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Why I prefer cycling to hiking

Ace of Spades and Ace of Base in the same chart rundown ♠️ #totp 1993

How easy is it to cycle around some of our towns and cities? I got on my bike to find out www.bbc.com/news/article...

Interviewee on #r4today just said "doublingly troubling" and I'm sorry but I've no idea what he said after that

BBC Hull & East Yorkshire wrote a whole article around entirely predictable comments on their own Facebook post www.bbc.com/news/article... I've learnt to expect this from my local newspaper's website, but the BBC? I give up. The UK is doomed.

Pidcock's gold ever-so-slightly overshadowed by other cycle races and English winners of other European Championships www.bbc.com/sport/cyclin...

"Très punchy"? French cycling vocab borrows a word from English?? Sacre bleu! 🫨 #TDFF #TDFF2025

By the end of tonight's Dawlish Grand Prix circuit race, some of the riders were literally in bits ...either that or I chose an inopportune moment to uncover a new camera mode on my cheap Chinese phone

Hang on, article in my local rag headlined "road scheme gets £3.1m boost" turns out to be about money for active travel infrastructure😲 Am I dreaming, or have they got a new headline writer?! Anyway, good news for all in #exmouth & #eastdevon who walk, wheel or cycle😃 @exetercycling.bsky.social

A new cycle lane is among proposed changes with the aim of reducing traffic to be discussed by Exeter Highways and Traffic Orders Committee today.😀 The make-up of the committee has changed since the May elections and now includes four Reform UK councillors 😢 www.bbc.com/news/article...

BBC News - Indoor cycling changed my life after car crash www.bbc.com/news/article... No, indoor cycling helped her rebuild her life after a car hit her. Please do better @bbclondon.bsky.social CC @lauralaker.bsky.social

I'm happy Marlen Reusser won Stage 1 of the 2025 Tour de Suisse Women, mainly as she always gives such entertaining interviews youtu.be/_TW3srigk6c?... #tds2025 #tourdesuisse #tourdesuissewomen

Jeremy Bowen's long, measured, objective, but ultimately entirely clear and conclusive essay on Israeli war crimes. As Jonathan Sumption puts it: "These things make genocide the most plausible explanation for what is now happening." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Google's AI advises me that buying two bottles together for £4.50 rather than £2.20 each would save 40p #AIfail

The wonders of first past the post. Turns out Labour got more votes in #Exeter than any other party but ended up with none of the 9 County Council seats. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_De... (Thanks to an anonymous Wikipedia editor for doing the sums)

Our challenge to the funding cuts to walking, wheeling and cycling under the Conservative government - which haven't been restored by Labour, despite previous claims - will be heard in the Court of Appeal later this month. Please help us raise another £11,000 www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-th...

Waste and recycling crews have recently struggled to access several residential roads in Exeter due to cars parked on corners. The issue is preventing vital services from reaching homes—posing a risk not only to collections but also to emergency response. More: news.exeter.gov.uk/residents-ba...

How I arrived on Bluesky

Add your support for introducing Presumed Liability. Presumed liability shifts the burden of proof to the insurance company in a collision, and is intended to compensate vulnerable road users more quickly and effectively. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Last night we went to a club with John and Roger, the country bumkins. We were the only 4 people there apart from John's uncle who was riding round the billiard table on a bicycle.

The All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking have put out a call for evidence for the Active Travel and Social Justice Inquiry. Full details at appgcw.org/2024/11/12/a... The 6 questions they particularly want evidence on are: 1/n

Nothing about active travel (walking, wheeling and cycling) in the budget today. Please donate and help us bring stability to active travel funding. This could potentially be the most important active travel case in English legal history. www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-th...

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