text: I'm not quite sure why you think I was "incensed", you seem to be reading rather a lot into a note asking any OSM user for confirmation of the situation on the ground.
  
  A cycle route which is effectively a dead for cyclists looks odd, but these things do happen due to poor planning and design by local authorities.
  
  It's worth noting that the route relation which I was enquiring about was deleted 3 years ago. You've never edited it.https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9708949/history