Seconds out.

We cycle to Longparish from Whitchurch quite often. It's lovely. Quiet lanes, streams, ducks, shady trees etc. There's two excellent pubs, a playground and more thatch than you can shake a Wurzel at.

It's lovely. A perfect English country bikeride. Except for the bit where we have to turn right off Winchester road into Nun's Walk. That bit's a gamble, every time.

We have no idea what speed cars will do coming off the A34, and we only have a second or two at best to judge their speed once we realise a car is coming. With children, on bikes, this is nerve-wracking to say the least. Some drivers try to do 60MPH or more around the corner, others drive sensibly and cautiously.

Even in a car, waiting to turn right into or left out of Nun's Walk, it's a gamble.

It's my belief this corner should be 40, no more. In fact, that the whole of Winchester road into Whitchurch should be 40, but one fight at a time.

So here is where I'll be posting a record of my communication with the council employees, managers, elected representatives at local, county and national level. This record will show how good (or bad) the Hampshire authorities are at reacting to public concern regarding road safety.

It is my fervent hope that during what I anticipate will be a long struggle, no-one is injured or killed. Being proved right in that way would be a tragedy.