I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all . @nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧

86% of people sit on their saddle wrong, but 93.5% of statistics are made up youtu.be/8bqNImrdA_s?...

Drax emits far more greenhouse gases than any other UK power station, but it is magically counted as carbon neutral www.theguardian.com/business/202... It's a carbon accounting scam.

Has FIFA decided to award a plastic peace prize to Trump because the US President didn't get the real one? www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Good to see a new Toucan crossing in Harrogate. Shame they have set it to prioritise drivers.

Res Bikes are offering a free Winter Workshop session on Sunday afternoon at Westcliffe Hall, Harlow Terrace, Harrogate harrogatecycleaction.org.uk/2025/10/31/r... Free bike checks and tune-ups to keep you riding through the winter.

Bearded tit at RSPB Leighton Moss today.

Trainee stags.

When discussing the Mayor's Active Travel Fund at a Combined Authority meeting, the Conservative leader of N Yorks Council said he supports 'the concept of active travel' - just not the Mayor's specific proposal hedgehogcycling.co.uk/wp/2025/10/2...

The webcam in Orelle is showing a fantastic snowy view this morning #valthorens #orelle #skiing

It is daft to change what time it is twice a year and it should stop www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I'm reading a new book about nostalgia but it's not as good as the old books on the subject.

It never ceases to amaze me how politicians can say one thing about the climate and do the opposite www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Decarbonising transport largely relies on local authorities. Locally in N Yorkshire there's a lot of hot air from the council but little or no action.

This is a dreadful sign and doesn’t appear to acknowledge that most journeys are not just a cycle route. Sign me onwards to the right dropped kerb or whatever!

Thousands of miles of disused railways, canal towpaths, and green spaces lie blocked off or forgotten across the UK. @TimFarron.bsky.social explains the Lib Dem plan to reopen them, creating a national network of green routes for all.

The Chipsy King, Morecambe - a reference to local resident Tyson Fury, who is known as the Gypsy King. Is there a shop with a pun in its name local to you?

Bicycle lanes key to remarkable Paris cycling boom hedgehogcycling.co.uk/wp/2025/10/1... Admittedly, this could be filed under 'who'd 'ave thunk it'.

Climate action is the only economic growth story of 21st century, says leading economist Lord Stern - Fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Playing around with long-exposure photos.

Of all the disappointing thing this Labour govt is doing, launching a war on nature is the most incomprehensible and counter-productive www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Richard Tice of Reform says we face electricity rationing in the UK www.theguardian.com/politics/202... My electricity is not rationed. Is yours?

Beyond disappointing to see Rachel Reeves continue the Labour govt's war on nature www.theguardian.com/environment/... Could her oiling of the wheels for this developer be the equivalent of Robert Jenrick's Richard Desmond farrago?

Jenrick - not a nice man www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I've been looking at cycle infra in Knaresboro, and here's the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The Good is a modal filter which prevents rat-running from new housing developments through older housing estates towards the town centre. (It should really be the Brilliant) 1/3

Good News: we've started construction work on the permanent Cycleway 4 extension from Charlton to Woolwich🚲🚲🚲 Cycleway 4 will run from Plumstead right into London Bridge enabling 1000s of people to safely cycle through Greenwich, Lewisham & Southwark in South East London.

@ynymayor.bsky.social 2 points about the Local Growth Plan yorknorthyorks-ca.gov.uk/york-and-nor... (1) Clean energy is great but burning wood at Drax is NOT clean energy, it's a carbon accounting trick that covers up vast quantities of GHG emissions. (2) The text on the CA website is too wide

As a newspaper columnist, if someone overcharges you for a coffee, you're rubbing your hands thinking 'there's a piece about the state of modern Britain in this!' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Badenoch removing the last vestiges of decency and reasonableness from the Tory party www.theguardian.com/environment/... More heatwaves and extreme flooding events everyone? It doesn't seem sensible to me.

Another fox picture from London.

Urban fox, London.

Ed Miliband is the best of the Labour government ministers because he's not afraid to do what he sees as right www.theguardian.com/politics/202... This is Labour's opportunity, but too many of the other ministers are timid plodders, desperately trying not to offend anyone.

Cycling along the Embankment in London on a Santander cycle youtu.be/o8hJUKwKz5k?...

"You should get a bell" - genuinely what this lady said to me, which seemed harsh in the circumstances.

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/...