Mogs Jones
@mogs.bsky.social
I cook, eat, drink and cycle in and around Chester. Which is rather lovely.
As a mate said, tonight was an outstanding contender in a very strong field of @chesterscibar.bsky.social evenings.
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
As a mate said, tonight was an outstanding contender in a very strong field of @chesterscibar.bsky.social evenings.
Hidden in plain sight. I’ve just visited the rather beautiful and anachronistic city club in Chester.
October 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Hidden in plain sight. I’ve just visited the rather beautiful and anachronistic city club in Chester.
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings in Manchester Apollo. Sounding rather splendid
October 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings in Manchester Apollo. Sounding rather splendid
The usual bit of virtue signalling. Now it’s time for my second dinner of the day
October 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The usual bit of virtue signalling. Now it’s time for my second dinner of the day
I can be rather naive sometimes, but I am amazed people still rail against 20mph speed limits
It would be great if we could take a whole country and change the default speed limit to 20mph and then compare it to one left at 30mph. What if it reduced casualties by 25% and with lower risk reduced insurance premiums by £45 a year? Well it did! bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
October 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I can be rather naive sometimes, but I am amazed people still rail against 20mph speed limits
The Beta Band in Manchester were ace. Never heard a band start back into a song as the crowd refused to stop singing it before!
October 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The Beta Band in Manchester were ace. Never heard a band start back into a song as the crowd refused to stop singing it before!
Hurray for @chesterscibar.bsky.social bringing macabre science to the city centre of a Tuesday evening
September 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hurray for @chesterscibar.bsky.social bringing macabre science to the city centre of a Tuesday evening
Lovely (if damp) day out with Cafe 71 doing the Wirral suicide awareness bike ride #itsokaynottobeokay
September 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Lovely (if damp) day out with Cafe 71 doing the Wirral suicide awareness bike ride #itsokaynottobeokay
Not the sleekest of set ups, but I cycled, I cooked, I camped and I got everything home. Nice to know I can cycle off with everything I need (and a few I don’t)
August 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Not the sleekest of set ups, but I cycled, I cooked, I camped and I got everything home. Nice to know I can cycle off with everything I need (and a few I don’t)
Off to Abergavenny on Friday by train to pick up my bike and cycle home to Chester over the weekend. Worried about carrying all my camping equipment!
August 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Off to Abergavenny on Friday by train to pick up my bike and cycle home to Chester over the weekend. Worried about carrying all my camping equipment!
Hurray for the teenage fan club, although these days we’re mainly in our 50s
August 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Hurray for the teenage fan club, although these days we’re mainly in our 50s
Two graduations in two weeks - 2:1 twins. I’m a very proud father to two newly qualified scientists
July 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Two graduations in two weeks - 2:1 twins. I’m a very proud father to two newly qualified scientists
Crossing the Severn Bridge on a five-day 300 mile trip from lands end to Abergavenny. A few hours later got overtaken by a lad who’d done the same route in 3 days
July 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Crossing the Severn Bridge on a five-day 300 mile trip from lands end to Abergavenny. A few hours later got overtaken by a lad who’d done the same route in 3 days
Up on Bodmin moor in sunshine with a very good mate and our bikes, despite the fact we’ve hit 50. Life’s good
July 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Up on Bodmin moor in sunshine with a very good mate and our bikes, despite the fact we’ve hit 50. Life’s good
First 70 miles done in the sunshine. Bedtime very soon!
July 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
First 70 miles done in the sunshine. Bedtime very soon!
And we’re off! I’m more about scenery and fun than challenge. So cycling Land’s End to Bristol with a mate. Next year will be Bristol to Chester, then on to John O’Groats. Mini-adventures sorted for the next 4 or 5 years!
July 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
And we’re off! I’m more about scenery and fun than challenge. So cycling Land’s End to Bristol with a mate. Next year will be Bristol to Chester, then on to John O’Groats. Mini-adventures sorted for the next 4 or 5 years!
Sometimes you see a product you just don’t understand. Water marketed as ‘liquid death’ with a tagline ‘don’t be scared - it’s just water.’
I’m confused
I’m confused
July 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Sometimes you see a product you just don’t understand. Water marketed as ‘liquid death’ with a tagline ‘don’t be scared - it’s just water.’
I’m confused
I’m confused
Newly improved road surface! What a way to cheer up the commute
July 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Newly improved road surface! What a way to cheer up the commute
My mum and I walked from Arnside to Grange-over-sands at low-tide yesterday. A safe, guided walk a few hundred of us did, but a strange (wet) experience nonetheless
June 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
My mum and I walked from Arnside to Grange-over-sands at low-tide yesterday. A safe, guided walk a few hundred of us did, but a strange (wet) experience nonetheless
I used to work there. This too shall pass
June 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I used to work there. This too shall pass
Council cuts have hit to the extent that we’ve got a lone bin man emptying everyone’s food waste into a wheelie bin as he walks down the road
June 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Council cuts have hit to the extent that we’ve got a lone bin man emptying everyone’s food waste into a wheelie bin as he walks down the road
Listening to former MPs and ministers from the 90s I never agreed with, it’s striking how thoughtful and balanced they now sound. Is it me, them or the current politicians I compare them to who have changed? Or more relaxed, open, honest discourse out of power or out of current media spotlight?
May 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Listening to former MPs and ministers from the 90s I never agreed with, it’s striking how thoughtful and balanced they now sound. Is it me, them or the current politicians I compare them to who have changed? Or more relaxed, open, honest discourse out of power or out of current media spotlight?