AndyDenizen
@andydenizen.bsky.social
Oxfordshire.
Active travel interest. Cycling. Some Audax.
Photography.
#ClimateCrisis
#EndSewagePollution
#BetterinEU
Active travel interest. Cycling. Some Audax.
Photography.
#ClimateCrisis
#EndSewagePollution
#BetterinEU
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Climate impacts now affect every coastal and marine habitat.
Overgrazing, polluted water and rising wildlife disease are adding relentless pressure.
If nature underpins stability, food security and wellbeing, this level of decline is indefensible.
Overgrazing, polluted water and rising wildlife disease are adding relentless pressure.
If nature underpins stability, food security and wellbeing, this level of decline is indefensible.
January 23, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Climate impacts now affect every coastal and marine habitat.
Overgrazing, polluted water and rising wildlife disease are adding relentless pressure.
If nature underpins stability, food security and wellbeing, this level of decline is indefensible.
Overgrazing, polluted water and rising wildlife disease are adding relentless pressure.
If nature underpins stability, food security and wellbeing, this level of decline is indefensible.
Reposted by AndyDenizen
A National Security Assessment highlighted nature as a national security risk earlier this week.
Yet yesterday’s Habitats Regulations report shows many of England’s most important habitats are rapidly declining.
Just 3% are in good condition.
And half are in an unfavourable and worsening state 🧵
Yet yesterday’s Habitats Regulations report shows many of England’s most important habitats are rapidly declining.
Just 3% are in good condition.
And half are in an unfavourable and worsening state 🧵
January 23, 2026 at 11:36 AM
A National Security Assessment highlighted nature as a national security risk earlier this week.
Yet yesterday’s Habitats Regulations report shows many of England’s most important habitats are rapidly declining.
Just 3% are in good condition.
And half are in an unfavourable and worsening state 🧵
Yet yesterday’s Habitats Regulations report shows many of England’s most important habitats are rapidly declining.
Just 3% are in good condition.
And half are in an unfavourable and worsening state 🧵
70km ride up into the Chilterns via Christmas common with a stop at the Spire & Spoke. Fortunately mostly had a tailwind on the way back. Always enjoy Nuffield Hill descent. Deliberately avoided some roads due to possible flooding... #Oxfordshire
January 20, 2026 at 4:29 PM
70km ride up into the Chilterns via Christmas common with a stop at the Spire & Spoke. Fortunately mostly had a tailwind on the way back. Always enjoy Nuffield Hill descent. Deliberately avoided some roads due to possible flooding... #Oxfordshire
THE TWILIGHT ZONE THEME
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January 20, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Bike in a stand and spin the front wheel (35mm tyres on) hard by hand, and time how long until it stops by itself? 2m55s here... 🙃
I needed to adjust the hydraulic brakes pads (with Birzman razor clam thingy) after 1st ride with these wheels, so thought I see... Quite surprised.
I needed to adjust the hydraulic brakes pads (with Birzman razor clam thingy) after 1st ride with these wheels, so thought I see... Quite surprised.
January 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Bike in a stand and spin the front wheel (35mm tyres on) hard by hand, and time how long until it stops by itself? 2m55s here... 🙃
I needed to adjust the hydraulic brakes pads (with Birzman razor clam thingy) after 1st ride with these wheels, so thought I see... Quite surprised.
I needed to adjust the hydraulic brakes pads (with Birzman razor clam thingy) after 1st ride with these wheels, so thought I see... Quite surprised.
First longer ride in Jan. Rained heavily overnight, so a lot of surface water around in the vale. New wheels on, 35mm tyres, 50-55psi. Bike needed a good clean after, though the mudguards help a lot. Just one short gravel linking section of Icknield greenway from East Hendred area. #Oxfordshire
January 18, 2026 at 11:04 AM
First longer ride in Jan. Rained heavily overnight, so a lot of surface water around in the vale. New wheels on, 35mm tyres, 50-55psi. Bike needed a good clean after, though the mudguards help a lot. Just one short gravel linking section of Icknield greenway from East Hendred area. #Oxfordshire
"The water firm said a technical issue with its online form had stopped some people from submitting a long response, so it would now accept emails until 23 January. "
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Abingdon reservoir feedback extended for longer responses
Thames Water gives people more time to respond after it found a problem with its online form.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
"The water firm said a technical issue with its online form had stopped some people from submitting a long response, so it would now accept emails until 23 January. "
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Heads up. This consultation massive SESRO reservoir in Vale of the White Horse ends tomorrow, 13th Jan.... thames-sro.co.uk/public-consu...
South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO) - Statutory Consultation 2025
thames-sro.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Heads up. This consultation massive SESRO reservoir in Vale of the White Horse ends tomorrow, 13th Jan.... thames-sro.co.uk/public-consu...
Still lots of ice on the roads, so no cycling. Walking it was... 6km ish in Bagley wood near Oxford. Great area.
#Photography #Trees #Oxfordshire
#Photography #Trees #Oxfordshire
January 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Still lots of ice on the roads, so no cycling. Walking it was... 6km ish in Bagley wood near Oxford. Great area.
#Photography #Trees #Oxfordshire
#Photography #Trees #Oxfordshire
Little meets large...
December 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Little meets large...
Looks like there was some enthusiastic hedge trimming going on in the Wittenham clumps area...
and 2019, also when the sign was a tad cleaner...
#Oxfordshire
and 2019, also when the sign was a tad cleaner...
#Oxfordshire
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Looks like there was some enthusiastic hedge trimming going on in the Wittenham clumps area...
and 2019, also when the sign was a tad cleaner...
#Oxfordshire
and 2019, also when the sign was a tad cleaner...
#Oxfordshire
Ha, I wasn't imagining it, having just checked the bike video footage... In a first for me, this fine, large cat, which I think may be a Bengal, actually chased after me with a high bounding run, from the other side of the road as I went passed... 😁😺
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ha, I wasn't imagining it, having just checked the bike video footage... In a first for me, this fine, large cat, which I think may be a Bengal, actually chased after me with a high bounding run, from the other side of the road as I went passed... 😁😺
First p*ncture for 10 mths, due to a fragment of flint, which had to be extracted from the tyre. Those skoggy Chiltern lanes, wet from recent rain... Glad I had some lightweight work gloves and pack of tissues, as tyres/rims were pretty grimey.
#Cycling #Oxfordshire
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#Cycling #Oxfordshire
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December 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
First p*ncture for 10 mths, due to a fragment of flint, which had to be extracted from the tyre. Those skoggy Chiltern lanes, wet from recent rain... Glad I had some lightweight work gloves and pack of tissues, as tyres/rims were pretty grimey.
#Cycling #Oxfordshire
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#Cycling #Oxfordshire
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Out an hour before sunrise on a 60km ish ride, expecting full on cloud and gloom for the duration, but was treated to a great sunrise. 🌞 Good to see Egrets at the Ewelme cress beds... Oh, had a puncture - first since Feb though...
#Photography #Sunrise #Oxfordshire #Cycling
#Photography #Sunrise #Oxfordshire #Cycling
December 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Out an hour before sunrise on a 60km ish ride, expecting full on cloud and gloom for the duration, but was treated to a great sunrise. 🌞 Good to see Egrets at the Ewelme cress beds... Oh, had a puncture - first since Feb though...
#Photography #Sunrise #Oxfordshire #Cycling
#Photography #Sunrise #Oxfordshire #Cycling
oops, that's the hedge clipper's 500W motor literally gone up in smoke. 😶🌫️ Not used it for years, perhaps that's why...
December 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
oops, that's the hedge clipper's 500W motor literally gone up in smoke. 😶🌫️ Not used it for years, perhaps that's why...
If [the works access road] had been built just 10 metres to either side, it could’ve been turned into an end-to-end cycle path.” Instead the road, which he estimates has cost £200m-300m, will have to be dug up once the line is built. More millions “completely wasted”... 🤦♂️😠 #HS2 #Cycling
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
The long read: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
e-'mod-motorbike' wheelie muppet in Abingdon. Busy pedestrian area...
December 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
e-'mod-motorbike' wheelie muppet in Abingdon. Busy pedestrian area...
Went for a 80km spin in the wind. Tasty headwind up Ashbury hill to Lambourn, but better once heading north. Lambourn downs looked great in the winter sun. Loads of cyclists out.
#Photography #Cycling #WestBerkshire #Downs
#Photography #Cycling #WestBerkshire #Downs
December 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Went for a 80km spin in the wind. Tasty headwind up Ashbury hill to Lambourn, but better once heading north. Lambourn downs looked great in the winter sun. Loads of cyclists out.
#Photography #Cycling #WestBerkshire #Downs
#Photography #Cycling #WestBerkshire #Downs
James Webb catches a giant helium cloud pouring off a puffy planet
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Arguably consistent with...
xkcd.com/3103/ 😉
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Arguably consistent with...
xkcd.com/3103/ 😉
Exoplanet System
xkcd.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
James Webb catches a giant helium cloud pouring off a puffy planet
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Arguably consistent with...
xkcd.com/3103/ 😉
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Arguably consistent with...
xkcd.com/3103/ 😉
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My friend's son was hit by a car whilst cycling yesterday outside Swindon. He is seriously injured. The car sped off and the police are looking for witnesses, particularly those with dashcams.
Please do share the article below if you're local to that area:
Please do share the article below if you're local to that area:
Cyclist suffers serious injuries in suspected hit and run on busy road
A cyclist suffered potentially life changing injuries in a suspected hit and run near Swindon.
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My friend's son was hit by a car whilst cycling yesterday outside Swindon. He is seriously injured. The car sped off and the police are looking for witnesses, particularly those with dashcams.
Please do share the article below if you're local to that area:
Please do share the article below if you're local to that area:
Had a few days in #London. The view from St Pauls Cathedral golden gallery (on top of the dome) is superb... 528 steps though, so a decent workout...
#photography #StPaulsCathedral
#photography #StPaulsCathedral
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Had a few days in #London. The view from St Pauls Cathedral golden gallery (on top of the dome) is superb... 528 steps though, so a decent workout...
#photography #StPaulsCathedral
#photography #StPaulsCathedral
Very slow progress on the bus from #Oxford station down the Abingdon road towards P&R at evening rush hour. No road works it seems, just volume of cars... Drivers, heading into Oxford, also blocked the bus from leaving the P&R, on two consecutive traffic light cycles. Not a clue.🤷♂️ #PublicTransport
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Very slow progress on the bus from #Oxford station down the Abingdon road towards P&R at evening rush hour. No road works it seems, just volume of cars... Drivers, heading into Oxford, also blocked the bus from leaving the P&R, on two consecutive traffic light cycles. Not a clue.🤷♂️ #PublicTransport
Went for a sunny 50km spin in Vale of the White Horse. Abingdon was super busy down by the river...
#Oxfordshire #Pigeons
#Oxfordshire #Pigeons
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Went for a sunny 50km spin in Vale of the White Horse. Abingdon was super busy down by the river...
#Oxfordshire #Pigeons
#Oxfordshire #Pigeons
Nice and sunny, before the it went cloudy... and quite windy, on a shortish ride via central Oxford this pm. Didn't find the Xmas market very inspiring, but a tasty lamb samosa from the Oxford covered market went down well.
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Nice and sunny, before the it went cloudy... and quite windy, on a shortish ride via central Oxford this pm. Didn't find the Xmas market very inspiring, but a tasty lamb samosa from the Oxford covered market went down well.