Kingfisher at a pond near the river Ure this morning.

Oh dear, is that a greengrocer's apostrophe? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This is a positive and uplifting article about reviving ghost ponds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Interesting video about revamping the Amsterdamse Straatweg in Utrecht. Also depressing how many light years away from doing anything that good we are in the UK www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG0_...

Refreshing to hear an MP speaking up against pavement parking.

It's no coincidence that Trumpists are against distributed, democratic renewables, and for energy technologies that can be horded by a few and monetised www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tories unable to put 2 + 2 together.

Otter in the river Ure, North Yorkshire, yesterday.

Kingfisher on the river Ure, North Yorkshire.

What's New in Val Thorens 2025-26 valthorensguide.co.uk/what-s-new-v... (Image by C. Cattin, OT Val Thorens)

'Yes we do do duvets'. Are there any Trevor & Simon fans out there who get the reference?

Illegal movement from Beech Grove to Victoria Avenue, Harrogate. North Yorkshire Council's ATF2 scheme included building out the footway to stop this happening. It hasn't worked @bricycle.bsky.social @mrdannyw.bsky.social

Drivers who drive straight at you when you're on a bike, trying to bully you out of the way.

The manoeuvre by the driver of the black Ferrari - wise or unwise?

The ebook version of Skiing Made Easier is free today only (in return for rating and reviewing it please) www.amazon.co.uk/Skiing-Made-...

Based on not much more than a feeling, I think there will be a tipping point quite soon when the use of fossil gas for cooking and heating plummets www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Looks like the printer's devil in Stonegate in York www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Thoughts on North Yorkshire's ATF2 scheme on Victoria Avenue Harrogate hedgehogcycling.co.uk/wp/2025/08/1... @ategov.bsky.social: (1) the funding was from 2020 so the council has wasted 5 years (2) they were going to build 4 ambitious cycle schemes, all scrapped (3) Light-controlled pedestrian...

✅I like to see a bike and trailer ❌I don't like to see drivers of commercial vehicles rat-running through a residential area

I don't like "Theoretically." being a whole paragraph www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

New information about the geographical distribution of the peacock butterfly.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 428 ppm in July 2025 10 years ago July averaged about 401 ppm Preliminary data from @noaa.gov at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/

D'you know what? There are worse irritating and pointless filler words/phrases than 'like' www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Our Summer 2025 Newsletter: we are critical of North Yorkshire Council's refusal to include cycling in their ATF5 junction scheme mailchi.mp/412983c70881.... On the other hand, we are positive about @ynymayor.bsky.social's commitment to walking & cycling, and hope to see progress soon.

New case study on compliance with the 2022 update to the Highway Code granting pedestrians right of way at side road junctions. “… only 31 % of drivers complied with the rule when turning from a main road into a side road where pedestrians were approaching or waiting at a junction to cross”

Cyclists should just get off and push at this @ategov.bsky.social @bricycle.bsky.social funded scheme says N Yorkshire Council Corporate Director harrogatecycleaction.org.uk/2025/07/31/g.... It's what we expect from NYC, but ATE? It would be a massive disappointment.

"If you go back and look at film from the 1980s, [Trump] actually was extremely articulate. He was still a jerk..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Roe buck between Harrogate & Knaresborough yesterday morning.

53 comments at the time of writing and none of the commenters agrees with Jenkins. Is the Guardian thinking 'oh good, this opinion piece drove engagement?'

Great news for active travel in Wigan! The works on St Helens Road are finished and looking really good. @wigancouncil.bsky.social we look forward to seeing lots more where this came from 🙏

Electric vehicle ownership could increase car trips made by 10 to 20%.

Is there enough in this for an article? (I will never know). And has Zoe Williams been spending time with Adrian Chiles?

Juvenile robin on cow parsley.

Someone asks why is it that Lime can make money off public space? I guess you could say the same about taxi drivers or ice cream sellers. It's a service the public wants www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz honoured by Great Britain and Keir Starmer with a visit to...Stevenage www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j.... When Agent Orange shows up later this year, could his visit be a tour of Stevenage, the most prestigious location for foreign dignatories?

Some surprise low level cycle lights have sprung up as part of N Yorkshire Council's ATF2 scheme on Victoria Ave. The first set give you about 4s headstart on general traffic.

Lads in balaclavas on electric motorbikes on the Nidderdale Greenway today.

A good piece about Dartmoor by eloquent and fearless advocate for nature Chris Packham www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A question about bicycle chains. Do you keep track of how many miles you've done with a chain, or just check it with a chain gauge every now and then? Or something else?

The HedgehogCycling polls have been quite accurate so far in predicting stage winners - apart from on Stage 6. I feel somewhat responsible for that, as I didn't include Ben Healy on the options list 🙂 Today the wisdom of the crowd says Pogacar or Healy.

Tim Merlier is the favourite to win Stage 1 of the Tour de France today, according to voters in the HedgehogCycling poll hedgehogcycling.co.uk/stage-1-tour...

This is a good, positive video about cycling in London.

Spain exceeds its maximum temperature record for June since records began. Huelva reaches 46 degrees celsius. In a La Niña year.

Someone who thinks he used to give his opinion too often and has decided to shut up...gives his opinion in a Guardian article www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

IMPORTANT. Please sign and repost. This petition is based on our recent research which found that English rivers are universally contaminated with these potent neurotoxic insecticides, the source being treated dogs and cats. Link in comment below.

Too many businesses are responding to global heating by framing high-carbon business-as-usual as sustainable. It would be quite a lot better if instead of greenwashing, they actually made their businesses sustainable.

Juvenile swallow in the Yorkshire Dales.

Banded demoiselle near the Ure.

I'm glad it wasn't @peterwalker99.bsky.social who did this Adrian Chiles-style clickbait piece www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju... - his reputation would never have recovered! To be clear, there would be nothing wrong with covering this issue in a sober way (& without banging on about helmets).

Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn Breaching threshold would ramp up catastrophic weather events, further increasing human suffering www.theguardian.com/environment/...