Editing National Cycle Network (section)

===Signage===
[[File:National Cycle Route arrow72.svg|thumb|Direction sign for [[National Cycle Route 72|NCN Route 72]], Hadrian's Cycleway.|alt=A blue direction sign with a right-pointing arrow. Three symbols (ranged left to right) are; a Roman soldier's helmet, the number 72 written in white on a red background, and a bicycle symbol.]]
The network is signposted using a white bicycle symbol (and on some routes, walking) on a blue background, with an inset box showing a white route number on a red background. In general, signs do not show destinations or distances. On some older signs, regional route numbers have a blue background instead. The system of symbols is based on that used by the [[Danish National Cycle Routes|Danish National Cycle Route network]].

====Mileposts====
[[File:Loch Dee - geograph.org.uk - 2865.jpg|thumb|A NCN "Millennium Milepost"]]
One thousand "Millennium Mileposts" made from [[cast iron]] were funded by the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] to mark the creation of the National Cycle Network, and these are found along the NCN routes throughout the UK. Following the de-designation of approximately a quarter of the NCN in 2020,<ref name=":0" /> a significant number of the mileposts are now orphaned from their intended routes.
[[File:Millennium Milepost - Close-up (top) - geograph.org.uk - 303741.jpg|thumb|Millennium Milepost - Close-up (top) - geograph.org.uk - 303741]]
There are four different types: "Fossil Tree" (designed by John Mills), "The Cockerel" (designed by Iain McColl), "Rowe Type" (designed by Andrew Rowe), and "Tracks" (designed by David Dudgeon). The four artists are from each country of the UK, though all posts can be found in all four countries.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Cycle Network Mileposts|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/1462|work=Geograph Britain and Ireland website|access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=National Cycle Network - Art - Mileposts|url=http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/information/national-cycle-network/mileposts|work=Sustrans website|publisher=[[Sustrans]]|access-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212173930/http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/information/national-cycle-network/mileposts|archive-date=12 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Most mileposts contain a disk featuring symbols and text in code. There are 60 different designs, spread across the country. They form part of the Millennium Time Trail, a treasure hunt puzzle created by Sustrans in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Secrets of the Millennium Time Trail|url=https://millenniumtimetrail.wordpress.com|work=Secrets of the Millennium Time Trail website|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref>

The Verse held within the coded text is:{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}
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'''M'''EASURE EVERY HEARTBEAT TO COUNT OUT OUR LIFE'S SCORE/

'''I'''S "TIME TO ESCAPE" MEANT TO FIRE OUR COMING AGE?/

'''L'''OCKED IN SEASONS' BARS SWINGS PENDULUM'S CEASELESS CLAW/

'''L'''UNGS NEVER FULL ENSNARE US IN TIME'S EIGHT PIECE CAGE/

'''E'''NTROPY'S AIM SHOOTS LEPTONS IN DANCING CYCLES OF LIGHT/

'''N'''ATIONS REACH OUT IN HOPE ACROSS TIME ZONES AND LONG DEGREES/

'''N'''O CORNERS TO HIDE US, EARTH’S SHADE SPINS HOURLY ROUND TO NIGHT/

'''I'''N ALL MIND-STREAMS WE WADE, OUR WORLD-LINES WEAVE PAST TAPESTRIES/

'''U'''NCERTAIN DREAMS EVOLVE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR THE “WHY?”/

'''M'''UST IN ALL THESE TIDES OF FAITH, FLOW STILL SUCH WAVES OF FEARS?/

'''P'''LACE AND TIME TEMPT FATES, BUT ALL LIFE’S NATURE IS TO DIE/

'''O'''UR ERA, STARS, BOWS OUT, PLAYING ITS MUSICAL SPHERES/

'''E'''VERY GAINED UTOPIAN GOAL MAKES US MANIFOLD TIME’S TREASURE/

'''M'''APPED OUT, AS ABOVE SO BELOW, NERGAL TICKS OFF TIME’S MEASURE///
}}