iviehoff wrote:If you are trying to follow a specific numbered cycle route, it is perfectly adequate.
Oh, come on. Imagine I'm approaching that junction from behind the left shoulder of the photographer. Do I go left or right? Both are marked exactly the same! And when I come back, how do I remember that I wanted that turning? It's just got a blue bicycle arrow, as do probably several others.
Even if you're happy with two completely opposite directions being identically labelled, you're assuming that the only reason to ride a bicycle is to dumbly follow a numbered route. The idea of
actually wanting to go somewhere doesn't really feature in the Notional Cycle Network. Cycling as a means of getting from from A to B? Don't be silly. What people want is to follow a number and see some lovely hedgerows!
iviehoff wrote:And frankly for repeater signs between cycle route junction on such numbered routes, it is unrealistic to expect any more.
It's not a repeater, though: it's a junction. And, if cycling signage is to be for anyone other than people who do it solely for leisure at the whim of a tourist information leaflet, it's useless.