New t-shirt, courtesy of Daughter1. I love it!

Thank you Reading Bike Hub 🚲, for being there just when I needed a puncture repair! That was on my way back from the market, loaded with groceries. You rock 🥰

Today is the day! You can vote until 10pm. Don’t forget your photo ID! #VoteGreen

The first question we should ask ourselves in these and all other elections is: Which candidates oppose the inordinate power of the ultra-rich, and which ones accept or encourage it?

🌡️ Europe is the fastest‑warming continent, warming at more than 2× the global average. Changing weather patterns, reduced air pollution, declining snow cover & proximity to the rapidly warming Arctic all play a role. ⬇️

Great day today at the Woodley precinct, chatting with people about our policies for the Wokingham local elections #VoteGreen

We celebrated today our 14th anniversary of moving to the UK as a family! We did it in the most British way we could find: an afternoon tea 😋 🇬🇧 (Ok, and champagne too…)

I had an interesting evening yesterday, advocating for more 20mph zones at the Earley Town Council. I think it was useful. Thank you @20splenty.bsky.social for the very useful material!

🚲 There’s a new crowdfunder to support Kidical Mass rides across the UK, and it’s one of those small things that quietly makes a big difference. 👇 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/km-insurance Image credit: @jamiebellinger.com 1/8

Anti-Suffragette postcard ca. 1910s Happy International Women's Day, bicycle friends!

After years of glacial progress Reading Borough Council now plans to remove cycling and walking infrastructure in an attempt please car drivers. media.reading.gov.uk/news/road-la...

Slowly stopping to use services provided by companies supporting fascism 🚮 First was obviously X -> BlueSky 🚮 then GoodReads -> StoryGraph 🚮 and now Spotify -> Tidal Every little helps 🙂

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Okay folks, I'll give you the ultimate cheat sheet to French food. Everywhere you go you'll be proposed something sounding like "des croubitchoux à la gableuse with a little glass of bounette". Every village has its own very local specialty. How to decipher that ? Very easy.

It was a bit wet today, but we did it anyway! Thank you @kidicalmassreading.bsky.social

Daughter has been stuck for 10 minutes, trying to create a password that matches all these rules 😅

But Worcestershire is fine?

Reading, the town, needs to change it's name. To much confusion with reading a book

2 near misses in 2 days… This is the life I chose! #WarOnBikes

Last week Oxygen took potassium on a date and it was just OK. Then yesterday I saw Oxygen with a date with Magnesium and I was like OMg.

We had a great ride today in Earley at @kidicalmassreading.bsky.social and the bubble machine worked amazingly. Look at these happy people! 🫧 🚲

OK, we forgot to eat a few artichokes and now they turned into these huge flowers… Bees look happy with them, though!

We made a tiny human who bakes cakes for us #ProudDad

I upgraded my bike this weekend. Cheers! 🍷

Weird encounter on local streets. It's bed time for geese! 🪿🪿🪿

Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲 As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles. So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!

"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen. This would help our bees " via I Love Bees

Sunny and joyful Critical Mass ride in Reading yesterday

I must say, I was expecting a bit better than this weather for my first day in Bologna, ITALY! In MAY! 🌧️

Having fun taking pictures of door bells in Venice 😬

Currently on holiday in Naples. The cult of Diego Maradona there is impressive !

Despite appearances, this Parisian street is *not* closed to car traffic - I saw a few. Cars just happens to be the least efficient way, so no one uses them unless they have to. Simple!

Leaving for a 2 week trip across Italy, all in trains 🚄 Thank you InterRail!

😳 You don’t see that kind of sign very often in the UK!

We had a very enjoyable Kidical Mass ride today, despite the wet weather. But the hardest part was navigating the clumsy infrastructure.

Classic 🙄 I'll see how high I can reach before giving up.

20 changes in Paris in one minute – a part of a video I made in 2023 showcasing changes that were often quite recent at the time. Those same places now have much more greenery, so there will probably be a 2025 or 2026 version! ;) 1/2

This used to be a highway with lots of loud polluting cars just driving through Paris. Now, it is a beautiful pedestrian & bike path along the Seine for all to enjoy on the first spring-like day of the year. #paris #urbanism #15minutecity #pedestrians #bikes

Ever ask yourself why so many climate scientists are also cyclists?

Nice walk in Henley today, with a rare sight lately : blue sky ! Don’t worry, the rain is back tomorrow 🌧️

Classic… Just a regular day with my bike. Driver then refused to acknowledge they made a mistake, let alone apologise.

What do you mean « addicted to the solar panel monitoring app »? Of course I’m addicted! We’re generating our own power!! 💪✊

After graduating in Computer Science, my oldest daughter has been looking for a job. Barely any interview in sight, but countless forms with weird questions such as: "What specific moment in your personal growth journey led to you realising that a career in technology at <CompanyX> was for you?" 😳

After 30 years of (nearly) daily service, my electric shaver died this morning. 😔 There was a little smoke, which was probably its soul reaching heaven. 🪦

"You are helping by cycling when you can" British WWII propaganda poster ca. 1940 (1/2)

Did you know that with roughly £550 you can travel by train for 1 month every day, either * everywhere in 33 European countries, with InterRail, or * between Reading and London, with @nationalrail.bsky.social Rail fares in the UK are crazy

In Aug 2024, #rdguk saw the somewhat controversial introduction of a bus lane on London Road. It was suggested that by converting one lane, congestion at a new pinch point would lead increased air pollution: rdg.today/roadworks-gi... The opposite has in fact happened: air pollution has dropped!

Last week, I started listening to music on my bike with a speaker. I like the energy it gives. Today, a pothole sent it flying, and the car behind didn’t miss it 😢 I could only gather half the pieces.