Friday cider punks

On this blessed International Workers Day, may you all seize the means of production* *stay in bed all day.

Lovely sunny fat bike ride, OK a bit breezy but who cares? Laid under a tree and dozed.

Crane flys? In April? 😯

I haven't looked, but I'm guessing the BBC won't be asking those questions. The price of milkshakes, eh? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Incident on the bus today. I was listening to music and unknown to me a young woman was being harassed by a guy further down the bus. She eventually moved near me and I realised what was going on. I challenged the guy and he got off, threatening both of us. She was really shaken. No one else...

Yeah, the rich and powerful of these two countries certainly 'came together' to traffic and sexually exploit young women then ensure there were no worthwhile criminal investigations. Not my king. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Now.. very slowly for those at the back… Who wins when states go to war and when politicians promote fossil fuels over renewables and push to scrap Net Zero? Because it isn’t us. Our bills don’t go down. Our planet doesn’t get prioritised. Our futures don’t get safer. (Sky News)

Happy shopper 😀 If you don't need a car and have good public transport then e bikes are the way to go.

I think you can track popular music through the popular drugs of the time but I can't for the life of me think what they're taking today to produce 8 minute dance tunes repeating one line over and over...?

Morning all. Photograph by Ian Beesley, Bradford 1970s.

"And the meek asked for singletrack and Lo there was singletrack" John 27.4

Austerity, wealth inequality, trying to be USA2, poor cycling infrastructure... Shocking. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Morning all. Photographer Chris Killip. North East 1. July 1975.

Well done Saints fans, drowning out the PA and the BBC pundits 😀 #saintsfc

Local fat bike ride (lots of chats), half in the sun, half in the shade.

Morning all. Photograph by Dorothy Bohm, Worthing, Sussex 1970s.

Hoping Pep wears a fedora today. #saintsfc

The BBC; just say "propaganda" to your smart speaker.

Friday cider.

Can't have the poor dying with dignity can we? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Someone put this on a lamppost outside my flat and it made me flamin' happy 😀

One page of Fall's entry in "The Great Alternative & Indie Discography*" by Martin C Strong. #fallfriday *the edition with Blondie missing!

I've got a buzzing/humming smart meter. I'm not boasting, it is driving me nuts. 🐝🥜

The Sofat (SO postcode fat bike dudes) Thursday night ride down to Beaulieu, lovely in the New Forest tonight.

Saturday - day long ride Sunday - walk Monday - local 2hr ride Tuesday - long hilly ride Wednesday - walk Thursday- night ride Friday - CIDER 😀

Will I live long enough to converse with a sarcastic chatbot?

Fat bike ride up north (Hants); amazing smells today 🌻🏡🚜

Still a bit 'jaded' from Saturday but managed a couple of hours on the fat bike locally. No bag, no drink just me and the bike in the sun.

A day fat bike ride and cider 😀

Friday outside cider 🌞

Please repost if you agree that the BBC has been undermining democracy and enabling foreign interference in our politics by promoting and protecting Farage.

We talk some shit on our Thursday night Sofat rides but last night I actually learnt something about geese. I'm not gonna tell you.

The BBC is now one of those broken companies where the people at the bottom pay with their jobs for the overpaid at the top. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

Just had wax sucked out of my ear for 15 minutes, or the consultant liked my left profile. 😯

Happy Rattus Norvegicus Day everyone. What was Stranglers IV all about? And Hanging Around is the best start to any song ever... ...(apart from that Snuff one!) 🙂

#OtD 15 Apr 1989 the Hillsborough disaster took place during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest resulting in 97 dead and over 700 injured. Though caused by police negligence, police and the press blamed Liverpool fans stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8641...

On my cd-er, more Aussie goodness.

Managed to dodge the April showers for a lengthy fat bike ride to the New Forest.

My plans to annexe the New Forest have been rumbled. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Friday cider * *my usual drinking partner is MIA so might have to uncork these Devon beauties.

Morning all. Photograph by Elliott Erwitt, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, 1969 from his book Kolor.

Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #自転車 #streetstyle #filmsky #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #cycle #vélo 🚲🚴‍♀️

On my cd-er, a bit of melodic Oi.