I NOTE that the path along the Thames has now been improved.

However, this fills me with dread, because cyclists can now go faster than ever.

A walk along the river on a pleasant sunny day is now impossible. Cyclists approaching from behind rarely give warning and push past pedestrians.

The worst groups are families, led by an adult, then several children and usually followed by an adult, who pay no attention to pedestrian safety and seem to think they have priority and give out a message of superiority.

S DODSWORTH, Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford