Just ban it. Stop this being socially acceptable FFS 🤬

Wow. I'm in a webinar about the new road safety strategy, and a guy from the ADI has just said that there is no mandatory requirement for driving instructors to carry out CPD! So they could have been a driving instructor for 30 years and never have done any further learning in that time 😱

I've just skim read the entire Road Safety Strategy and can't see a single thing about pavement parking, which is disappointing. There's some stuff in there that I welcome, but a lot that is frankly wishy-washy.

A rather astounding take by the Telegraph (I shouldn't be surprised)

I don't think there are many finer things to eat than a slice of warm bread, fresh out of the oven, with butter. I say "slice"; it's very hard to stop at one...

Poole Harbour was looking particularly gorgeous today 😍 Lots of people out and about despite the cold.

First cycle of 2026. Can confirm: bit nippy out. Need some new gloves 🥶

Merry Christmas to you all, from me and my sleepy hound ❤️

Despite having not yet wrapped any presents, prepped any food or cleaned my house ahead of visitors arriving for Christmas, I have just inexplicably spent the past two hours painting my skirting boards... 😩

Happy solstice, blessed yule to you all ❄️

I do love a mural.

That's me done (work wise) for 2025! Laptop shut down, large G&T in hand, pie in the oven and two weeks off to look forward to. What a year - some really great schemes, the Active City conference, showing @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social around my manor, and my LA reaching level 3 capability rating 😁

I love these Christmas cards from @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social (formally known as Sustrans) I don't send huge numbers of Christmas cards but couldn't resist buying these 😊

Active Travel Capability Ratings published today on @ategov.bsky.social 's website. Needless to say I am VERY happy with the outcome 😁 Testament to the hard work and progress made to date, but still SO MUCH work to do! *Rolls up sleeves*

Timeline cleanser.

Well, this is nice 😁 Bus into town for work Xmas drinks.

Good morning! Interesting cloud / fog combo this morning.

Rainy days are a good time to notice defects and maintenance issues...

Makes me very happy to walk out of my local leisure centre and see a variety of bikes, despite the wind and rain 🥰

Pleased to report that punk's not dead - am at a live punk all dayer with my son and having a great time. Classic political quotes so far: "Farage and Trump and Johnson and all the other c*nts", "Suck a dick Kier Starmer", and "casual racist motherfuckers" 😂🤘🤘🤘

Is anyone aware of any useful guidance/info regarding the implications of Martyn's Law and active travel/accessibility? Lots of people are getting very excited about plonking barriers everywhere and I fear for the unappraised everyday repercussions of this...

Beautiful, cold morning here in Poole (south coast England)

This new route in Poole is not yet complete but teasingly some sections of it are now open. If you look closely at the old road markings you can see how much carriageway width is being reallocated. It's going to be so good when it's finished - I can't wait! 😁

It felt very strange seeing the Christmas lights being put up in Bournemouth today whilst the sun was blazing down and it was 16+ degrees out! 😕

Streets that work for disabled people work better for everyone. Decluttering our streets makes our communities safer, easier to navigate and more welcoming. And we can all play a role in making that happen. If you could change one thing about your local streets, what would it be?

Great afternoon getting nicely pickled at Conker gin HQ... Lovely selection of spirits but ooh, cargo bike! 😁

What a guy, I hope he makes a full recovery 💚 BBC News - Train hero who saved passengers during attack named www.bbc.com/news/article...

With 6 other orgs, we have written to the Chancellor ahead of next month's Budget urging her to reclaim £4.2 billion a year in lost revenue by allowing the "temporary" 5p fuel duty cut to come to an end and ending the 14-year fuel duty freeze.

Autumn 🍁

Traffic calming, Devon style 💪

I'm currently staying on a farm in the middle of nowhere, where the roads have grass growing down the middle of them and everything is hilly and muddy. This is the farmer's car. For anyone who claims that a Range Rover is essential if you live anywhere slightly sub-urban... 😉

Poole Harbour. Not bad, not bad.

Ah, yet another weekend of train disruption. I love public transport, I really really do. But you've got to wonder how we can expect people to use it with any confidence when more journeys than not seem to be disrupted. My sister was supposed to be here half an hour ago, now the train is "delayed"

Well, Eddie Izzard's solo performance of Hamlet was bloody brilliant! See it if you can, touring internationally.

Gonna be a wild night down here on the south coast, batten down the hatches!

To steal @crisortunity.bsky.social's turn of phrase...Good morning to almost everyone! (And don't get me started on the random post in the middle of the footway, have reported)

Not related to the photo, but they just played Sunshine on Leith by the Proclaimers on Radio 2. One of my all-time favourite songs and my goodness,I don't think there's any other song which makes me so emotional 😭

Well, that was a new one! Had to literally run to avoid getting hit by a driver this morning as he turned right into a side road at high speed, on the wrong side of the road, in fact on the wrong side of a pedestrian refuge! We have to share our streets with these maniacs 😔 (See alt text)

Autumn 🍁

I think it's always interesting to reframe stats to the cost of NOT doing the thing.

Little pootle in the sunshine to check out some emerging sexy infrastructure. A new *rubs thighs* machine-laid stepped cycle track complete with what will be a bus stop bypass (second picture, use your imagination).

Carlton has provided some great context here! 😊

Excellent article, very thoughtful and thought-provoking. See also Robert's article (also very good) linked within.

This is amazing! A colleague found it in her cavity wall whilst doing some DIY. A newspaper article from the 1960s bemoaning the introduction of some 50mph speed limits. "Poor British Motorists" - some things never change, do they?!

So lucky to live here 💙

"If we lose hope, we're doomed." We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

So grateful to live somewhere that a bunch of kids that don't know each other, can turn up at a park, chuck their bikes down and just play football together, for free. (Incidentally, anyone who says that "multicultural is a failed experiment" clearly has never seen a random group of kids play)

After work rounders on the beach - what a gorgeous evening! Got to grab these moments whilst we can 😎

Random photo of the day... Must be Bournemouth Arts Festival!

BBC News - Appeal after boy, 8, seriously hurt in Bournemouth hit-and-run - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Life changing injuries 😔