Don’t check the cricket score. Turn off the TV or radio. Read this instead. Tales of smuggling beyond the iron curtain, mud wrestling Hell’s Angels and Paraguayan thrash metal www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...

"what is this bonkers version of My Favourite Things?" I ask the radio... It's OutKast! I was not expecting that...

Rapidly going from "ugh I've got 15 mins to kill at Stockport or a taxi or a tiny wheel ride up the A6" to "don't you bloody dare make me miss my connection". Maybe it'll be a both-ways delay repay kinda week.

Shout out to the guy in coach D who's still wearing his Christmas cracker hat.

Is this a...west coast pale ale?

TIL that there are *two* McVities factories on the train line between London and Manchester. Shame the Pendo has no windows that open.

I'm on the Avanti that's due into Euston at 8:59 so of course I'm going to listen to Ghost Train.

No one knows what my job means so I just say I spend all day making PowerPoints, which is basically true.

These may have fallen into my trolley today...

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Amazing that there are folk in various threads on this that are arguing the semantics of "forced". It's in the bloody way!

Hey Stockport! How's about you do this with your bit of the A6?

I am reminded of one of those private jokes that couples / good friends have... I always say it as Plum Pudd (rhymes with mud) ing, thanks to a German (?) physics professor.

Thankfully Stephen is working hard to provide the answers I had the urge to, so I can just go straight to block for the eejits in the replies.

People who put "travelling" on their CV under hobbies. Just say you like going on holiday! Most people like going on holiday! Otherwise you sound like you forgot that you aren't a student any more.

Oh no, my task for the afternoon relies being able to read doctors' handwriting...

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? Reckon they might do okay...?

Yes! Libraries! and you can borrow e-books and audiobooks without leaving the house!

Awesome record.

Anyhow, great trip to Lisbon otherwise. Successful delivery of meeting for client. Stayed right next to the Calatrava designed Oriente station so got to gawp at that again.

I take back everything negative I might have said about Manchester terminal 3. At least there you can get a sit down hot meal on an actual plate. This is my dinner in Lisbon's Ryanair terminal (it was this or Maccys)

My favourite bit of doing expense claims is definitely having to submit the same Pret receipt twice to split out the VAT-able and non VAT-able parts of my airport breakfast.

⛔️ Don’t forget, a small section of Middlewood Way north of Bollington is now closed to next Wednesday 26th November for resurfacing. Cheshire East have put an alert online saying bikes can be pushed along the top path. Last redone 2020, photo from 2022. www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/leisure,_cul...

In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change

Both cancelled now!

Looks like storm Claudia has made the "Lyme or Marple parkrun" decision for me... That'll be pastry in Poynton tomorrow then...

ahahahaha Soulwax are releasing their new album on (very very limited edition) MiniDisc and 8-track. £150! They sure know their fanbase huh.

Cargo bikes are expensive. e-bikes are expensive. The cheapest Brompton is over a grand now. The biggest flaw in C2W was always that it benefitted higher earners more. The better "fix" would be to create something that benefits and can be used by all.

Day by day I'm more and more immensely grateful that I didn't [have to] vote Labour in the last election.

You have to applaud this level of Christmas market shameless capitalism.

My tip would be against bananas... the new scanners at Manchester frequently flag them!

Ah wow, I have seen this guy's work, didn't realise it was all a hobby!

"build on brownfield" they say. They will never be happy.

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Who needs turbo trainer intervals when you can just go full gas between sets of red lights on the A6 with a squishy rear tyre?

Too warm for cycling in leggings but too muddy for bare legs. Ugh.

So there's been some "package" found near Stockport station and the trains are buggered, what do the good folk of Facebook think, you ask? Immigration gone wrong, country not safe, slippery slope to digital ID, etc. Best not try to buy tin foil at Sainsbury's, think they might have sold out!

Sorry but horse riding is not sustainable transport. It's a hobby. I don't particularly like massive piles of shit on my (unlit, poorly surfaced) commuting route, thanks.

Oh no.

⛔️ Peak Forest Canal towpath completely blocked at Turf Lea/Strines for major works. Solid metal fence going up now. No good route Marple-Disley. Preferable to a collapsed canal but an *unbelievably* inconvenient stretch to close with seemingly little publicity or thought to cycle & wheel diversion.

Where the worlds of @owlernook.bsky.social and @showmeasign.online collide...

⛔️ Middlewood Way closed north of Bollington 17th-26th November. Where it often gets wet, so very welcome, but awkward to avoid! Provided you can use steps, the best diversion would be via Macc Canal from Holehouse Ln to Hawthorn Rd. Canal and return to trail is step-free at least and no hills.

POV I'm neurotypical. #autism #adhd #comedy

Okay so this seems like a great post-ride protein boost spot! Chug a milkshake, glide downhill on the old Buxton Rd.

Today's heart-warming FAFO news story www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...

The drivers on Facebook are at it again. This time moaning about parking charges. 50p for an hour FFS! Maybe they'll think twice about driving to my local park to GO FOR A WALK.

Man goes on a tour of the theme bars of the NQ and wonders why the NQ is "full of theme bars"? Yes there's them and the plethora of Irish pubs but NQ is chocka with loads of normal places!

I am once again begging councils to just concrete in plain old Sheffield stands!