I always love this column and bracket combo.

Oh hello hedgehog! 🦔

So the big Q is can Andy Burnham turn this around or is it full steam ahead and turning into that episode of Tugs where everything blew up?

A gap in the tress allows for a view of a Northern 195 as it appears from the tunnel near New Mills station!

They lost me at Mr Brightside, everyone moaning about Wonderwall needs to get with the program as to what really constitutes overplayed and overhyped crap.

Old sign of the day. I miss those old motorway direction signs. Should we bring them back...?

The America you don't see on the media. Scrape beneath all the yee-haw and cousin fucking and there are some damn fine people that are just ground down by endless hick stupidity and people who miss the Confederacy making decisions. The real silent majority.

An attempt was made.

"An attempt was made."

Fix the built environment and a lot of physical and mental ailments will be mitigated against. The government is actively harming you whilst it refuses to undertake these measures.

I'm tired, literally and metaphorically. Don't test me today, world. 🫠

You'd think the homophpbic "protect are wimmin n gurlz" crowd might be a bit more self aware that women not being attracted to rapey kiddy fiddling men don't need their protection. Reminder that what they mean is "our" women. They don't want anyone else abusing them before they get to.

Better late than never...

The A27 is just utter garbage for all modes across most of the south coast. This bit is particularly egregious though as there's very little obstacle wise to prevent a useful fix for active travel.

youtu.be/THpkPLfx_Bs?... I know what it means to work hard on machines, it's a labour of love so don't ask me why...

A letter that has been on my desk for safe keeping for weeks is not on my desk. Apparently I don't have any sort of organisational or attention issues. Sure.

One of many reasons why Picc Gardens Bus Station needs a complete redesign is this stupid crossing point. Note the use of a Helvetica "!" as Transport lacks one. Yes I did do a concept redesign of the whole area a few years ago to remove most of the rubbish conflicts designed into the area.

As Pride Month ends here are some archive photos of what I look like when I make a tiny bit of effort. The haters are gonna hate as always but remember that there are amoebae with more adaptability than those losers 😘 🌈 The night belongs to you 💜

A possibly original to the opening of this bit of the M25 sign?

Instead of scrapping infrastructure projects, scrap the Treasury instead.

You just know the techbros will decide the answer to these heatwaves caused by climate change accelerated by needless AI datacentres is to use their beloved AAY EYE to, I dunno, set off a few volcanoes because someone mentioned The Year Without A Summer to Grok. I should place a bet on this.

2010 approach to the FRB southbound. Not sure if the RCS adds much value but I like it all the same.

The marvellous A830.

One to scare or interest @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social Making the 1897 Blackwall Tnl for active travel, by turning the 1967 bore into a 3-phase tidal flow operation: 1: 04.15-13.55: nb only 2: 14.05-19.55: sb only 3: 20.05-03.45: 2-way traffic THREAD....

There'll be some miserable curtain twitcher now dribbling into a keyboard about how the eCoNoMy is ruined because you can't drive down a tiny residential street. And then the Daily Mail, Telegraph or GB News will run it as a culture war issue. Remind them when they want football or VE parties...

People bang on about how places like Clovelly are lovely towns. You know why? Because they weren't demolished to make way for a car park so you could visit the "lovely town".

Those who spread fearmongering regarding 15 minute cities live on the internet and never leave their house anyway.

My parents aligned on most music so I had a diet of Rod Stewart, Queen, Elton John, ELO, Chris de Burgh, Eurythmics, and very often whatever "ULTIMATE TUNES COMPILATION" the nearest Little Chef was flogging for £3.99...

You really have to admire Antifa’s artistic skill. With nothing but box cutters, they somehow managed to perfectly recreate the intricate look of poorly applied paint peeling off concrete that had concentrated peroxide dumped all over it. Incredible craftsmanship.

Bus stop signage in Blackburn. The older ones followed TSRGD almost to the letter, later ones have gone for bespoke designs.

If I post a photo with frost on the ground will it trick you into thinking it's not 30C outside?

Some rather inventive private land signs seen out and about.

I love a good before/after comparison.

Every imbecile in the press or on social media that says "bUt wE cOpEd In 1976!" (birthdate: 1982) needs to be rounded up and placed in a steel blast furnace. Cope with that.

Sure Europe should normalize AC, but you know what else they need? Bug screens. Incredible invention. Means you can open your windows. At night. When there’s a heat wave. Without sharing your room with a hundred large moths

Even bumbles have fumbles and can faceplant into flowers. This is the bumblebee blooper reel you didn’t know you needed 🎬🐝 All bumblebees recovered gracefully and carried on with their day 💛

This is why cities need trees. Hard surfaces and parked cars can reach extreme temperatures, while shaded grass and tree-covered areas stay dramatically cooler. This is the urban heat island effect in one image: hard surfaces absorb and radiate heat, while vegetation and shade reduce it.

No, morons of the tabloid press who will run with this as something to be proud of. It's not normal. Stop rejoicing and start asking how we are going to deal with it.

When people bring up "but trees are a roadside hazard..." Not if you design the street properly they're not. The bigger hazard is urban heat islands and the thousands of avoidable heat-stress related deaths such bland landscapes cause.

You won, get over it.

The personal insecurity of adults being used as a weapon to attack the inquisitive nature of children with is one of the grossest episodes of our societal story.

Visible from Bolton...

I found this at the weekend @showmeasign.online, must be getting on a fair bit, another non road sign set in Transport aswell! 🙄

Maybe the lesson is STOP TRYING TO BE NIGEL.

The far-right do not care about women and girls, unless they are discussing ways to make them subservient to rich white men. There's no alt-text on the original but the USA is the only country to have voted "no" to a UN resolution to reinforce rights for women.

It's 23:28 on the night before summer solstice in Edinburgh, and there's still some sunset in the sky

Stumbled by accident upon @blackburnpride1.bsky.social in my hometown today. I have more pin badges and this magnificent teddy called Wainwright now. Congratulations on 5 years and I hope you have many more!

A selection of old End of Motorway signs.

Lane signs from that there Preston.

Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.