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Sustrans is the national charity which has pioneered the National Cycle Network
This is a visionary Millennium project to revolutionise cycling in the UK by
creating 6,500 miles of safe, high quality and signposted rotes for cyclists by the
year 2005. The National Cycle Network routes are designed to be useful for
local people, attractive to novices, memorable for visitors.
In 1997, Sustrans hosted a series of six, 2-week long, practical construction
camps to build the Network - Aberfoyle, Lincoln, Leicester, Chippenham, Sirhowy Valley
& Heligan. There will be a variety of tasks for all ages and abilities. People
are encouraged to join for anything between three days and a full fortnight.
The Lincoln and Chippenham sites were both planned to have new sundials. The sundials have been designed by
Piers Nicholson, webmaster of Sundials on the Internet. They consist of a
6 metre stainless steel gnomons pointing to the celestial pole. The hour lines
will be cast into a concrete "horseshoe" of 10 metre diameter. The Lincoln camp runs from June 22
to July 5, and the Chippenham camp from August 2 to August 16; most of the work on
the sundials will be done in the first week.
In fact, only the Lincoln sundial was built in 1997, and it stands beside the Witham cycle path which leads to the village of Washingborough, with a 5 metre stainless steel gnomon which bears the legend
This sundial was designed by Piers Nicholson for the opening of the Witham cycle path on 4th July 1997
with the support of the Washingborough Parish Council, the Lincoln City Council, and the North Kesteven District Council, and
was built by Sustrans
Quite what future archeologists will make of that inscription, I don't know!
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