This sign is an example of what can happen when you go for a run: you notice something, think about it a little bit, and then see other examples so you end up thinking about it quite a lot.
Today I became preoccupied with the our streets are visual cluttered with signs and posts. It started when I noticed a 'Have you paid and displayed?' sign that was more visible to the adjacent road than it was in the car park. It might be a useful reminder but not if it is facing away from the parking spaces; so why would they position like that? I then started to see how the streets were full of all sorts of signs, a whole jumble of them. Mostly we take them for granted, hardly see them, but if you start looking they are everywhere.
We may block them out but subconsciously I'm sure they crowd us in, and the more notices there are they less you notice them. Fewer must be better. The sign in the photo shows this is not the ethos of the highway engineer. It is almost as if they want to fill any empty bit of pole. What does it matter that it is actually a finger post for a cycle path? We must be told to buckle-up our seat belts.
Anyway the run itself was just a gentle 6k, perfect for letting the mind wander. Road signs might not be the most uplifting subject but that is the thing about running, you often don't chose what you think about - it just happens.
Juneathon 16 stats:
Cycle: 16 miles
Time 1 hr 10 min
Juneathon 17 stats:
Run: 6k
Time: 36 min
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