Timely reminder that Blair is evil.

First longer cycle ride for a while, just over 28 miles with CyclingUK local club branch.

Three years ago when I was still time trialing in the evenings.

Given that the 31 Labour councillors and the 31 Tory councillors on Barnet council teamed up against the 1 Green councillor while awarding themselves top jobs last night I think it's clear where Labour stands on "progressive alliances": against progressives.

🚨BREAKING -- The Court of Appeal has ruled that Mr Justice Johnson had no jurisdiction to refer Palestine Action barrister Rajiv Menon KC for contempt of court proceedings. These proceedings were brought against Menon after he reminded a jury earlier this year of its absolute right to acquit.

The cyclist who was targetted by a hit-and-run driver on Friday has now died of his injuries. Richard Daniel Smith suffered serious head injuries in the crash and died in hospital on Monday. www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2610005...

Back running after illness waiting for an ENT referral 😬 constant ear infections causing absolute agony, then too dosed up on codeine, antibiotics etc. to run 🥶😱 Not “serious” but a total PITA, took it easy to avoid pulling a muscle, hopefully build up to a HM in September, ear permitting.

If you like data, here is something interesting for you: Bridget Phillipson interview on LK: 9m 40" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 31 Richard Tice interview on LK: 8m 23" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 9

Something that stung at end of being on Infinite Monkey Cage were frequent backstage invites for various anti trans activists - including to our small party for 201st episode - people who wrote vicious things about me & then lies about me after resignation. It was really rotten. www.robinince.com

My allotment, day 1 six years ago and today.

The voters have spoken. And we've heard you. You were yearning for a string of vacuous centrist cliches. And that's what I'm going to give you.

I wish councils would stop normalising pavement parking, it encourages it.

A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.

Bedford’s cycling infrastructure “ Opened by His Worship the Mayor, Councillor V. Strowry December 1984” demolished as unsafe 2026. But the posho’s needed a new lock gate for boats, bailey bridge carrying hgv’s put up in 24hrs

Daily Mail once wrote a headline “Beware the Green Menace” 🤭

The Greens has reached the stage of wall to wall media hate. There's no way to avoid this. It will be 24/7 and unending. We just need to stand firm in our beliefs and stay the course. Don't let them distract us or wear us down. It'll be exhausting, and it will be tempting, but we mustn't give in.

Cycling in Eskdale in the lake district do be like…

Aaagh, bye bye laurel wreaths, 🤭 rode motorcycle instead of bicycle to work 2 out of 5 days and im no longer a Strava “local legend” anywhere. Mind you, when i did Deliveroo i had about 75% of them in town 🤣

Narrowly avoided being SMIDSY’d on my cycle commute by someone pulling out on a roundabout, completely oblivious to my existence. 🙄🥶

At my allotment today, never has rhubarb bolted so early in the year 🤯 good harvest off of it though

My funky moped, 50cc of mayhem.

Was running early for work so detoured and explored a bit on my bicycle and had coffee from a flask this morning.

In a nutshell. 😊

Thinking of buying a Honda super cub🙂

Some of the motorcycles I have owned in more recent years,

Brutal assessment. Hard to argue with.

I think i am doing the best work I’ve done in 35 years , but sadly that is not reflected in audience numbers - I have to accept that due to decisions I’ve made this downward shift will continue and then I have to decide at what point I surrender

Dogs clearing the way for an ambulance . 😍

In my modded Skyrim video game i just went inside my portable Dwemer Storage cube, Sofia followed me in, so I told her to wait there, I then exited the cube, pulled it from my inventory and threw it in the sea on the northern side of Solstheim, then fast traveled back to Skyrim 😈👹

Stopped riding my bicycle and sat in a bath. 🤭

At my allotment, started raining, dived into shed, heated a mini Xmas pudding by boiling it inside the plastic container in water in a canteen on camping stove and made coffee with leftover water 🎄🤣

Public park in Hampshire football pitch, beyond the hillock you can see the other goalposts 🤣

Carers Allowance cliff edge.. even by 1p a truly labour government would sort this shit out.

Cycled to work on my Brompton, didn’t feel like cycling 7 miles home, so hopped on a bus 🙂

Borrowed scenery , families garden, neighbours tree.

Sometimes on my cycle commute I leave a few minutes early, and stop at this bench for some coffee from my flask, today is one of those days. 😀

I have a perforated ear drum and an ear infection, would have discovered that sooner and got treatment earlier if I didn’t have to fuck about paying for ear wax removal first as the NHS increases it’s gatekeeping. As a minimum wage cleaner that plus prescription basically wipe out a days pay. 😖

Took 200cc motorcycle to work today instead of cycling, I was not less tired after, and as i blasted down the bypass at 70mph just kept thinking i wish i was riding my bicycle. 🤯

Have not run much lately, gone from working 3 days a week to 5, so cycle commuting 12miles a day, and doing about 5k steps at work. Hopefully once I adjust to my new work schedule, i can pick up running again without much issue, though I may just aim for a HM this year rather than a short ultra.

Took Brompton out for a 10mile spin after lunch, with a flask of coffee and some biscuits.

My spare room, where i keep my spare bicycles.

@greenpartytu.bsky.social I joined a union yesterday 😎

My Suzuki vanvan 200cc

Couldn’t be bothered to go for a long ride, so did up a pocket sized flask of coffee and took my Brompton for a quick spin round neighbourhood and stopped by the river.

Out on my single speed yesterday first time in ages, dropped an old food delivery bag full of seeds at my allotment, checked out new bicycle commute for new job. Pushed hard home kept pace with traffic. How? How did I used to do Deliveroo etc every day, 60 to 80 miles daily? 🤯🤔

First run in weeks, quit job that i ran/commuted to, not starting new job until March. Moving house too, getting ready to sell. 🥶 Anyway, i did a 5k at my ultra pace

Offered a job Dec23rd,still not started. Been a civil servant, duty manager at a Citizen’s Advice, dementia charity adviser union welfare officer, signed Official Secrets Act twice, but nothing compares to the bureaucracy of onboarding as a part time cleaner in a housing association retirement home.

Mandelson put the “eww” into Neww Labour.

Today’s running event was loops of a park, do as many or as few as you like in 7hrs. Nov and Dec i did ultramarathons on same course , but training has slacked I cycled there on my mountain bike, ran 2 fast (for me) very muddy laps, 10.4k in 1h2mins, then a slightly faster ride home.