Owler Nook
@owlernook.bsky.social
Award-winning active travel campaigner
Stockport and Manchester
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Owler Nook
@owlernook.bsky.social
· Dec 2
Deeply chuffed to have won People's Active Travel Champion at the 2025 Walk Ride GM Awards.
Thank you to everyone who voted for me!
Thank you to everyone who voted for me!
@manchestermill.bsky.social doing some proper reporting while the MEN's coverage is sorely lacking.
But I did have a dark laugh at the highlighted bit. Thuggery and stupidity go fist in fist.
But I did have a dark laugh at the highlighted bit. Thuggery and stupidity go fist in fist.
![So when the owner called him up to tell him that the windows of his cafe had been smashed during a protest about a conflict almost 2,000 miles away from Pakistan, and even further from the Curry Mile, between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, he quite naturally assumed there had been some kind of mistake. The Syrian president, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, is commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani. Akbar had been led to understand that the broken windows were the result of a Jilani/Julani mix up. [The next sentence is highlighted.] “Not only was it thuggish behaviour, but it was also stupid,” he says.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:evbq2cju2fvjn5or4aduubd5/bafkreiekshtxacwelyh72zuqdtzyyoxtx5yaotkmltbktekax7eei73o74@jpeg)
January 23, 2026 at 9:38 AM
@manchestermill.bsky.social doing some proper reporting while the MEN's coverage is sorely lacking.
But I did have a dark laugh at the highlighted bit. Thuggery and stupidity go fist in fist.
But I did have a dark laugh at the highlighted bit. Thuggery and stupidity go fist in fist.
Southbound data is being collected (and this is a good number southbound at this time of day/month), so hopefully it's just a reporting problem that will be resolved soon.
Thanks, @unabridgedopinions.com!
Thanks, @unabridgedopinions.com!
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Southbound data is being collected (and this is a good number southbound at this time of day/month), so hopefully it's just a reporting problem that will be resolved soon.
Thanks, @unabridgedopinions.com!
Thanks, @unabridgedopinions.com!
So that's two posts in two minutes sharing unlabelled screengrabs of you-know-who.
Come on, folks. Do better. Alt text improves accessibility AND allows people to have more control over what they see.
Come on, folks. Do better. Alt text improves accessibility AND allows people to have more control over what they see.
January 23, 2026 at 8:26 AM
So that's two posts in two minutes sharing unlabelled screengrabs of you-know-who.
Come on, folks. Do better. Alt text improves accessibility AND allows people to have more control over what they see.
Come on, folks. Do better. Alt text improves accessibility AND allows people to have more control over what they see.
Sigh.
Let me see what I can do to get this sorted.
Let me see what I can do to get this sorted.
On Thursday 22nd January 2026 there were 2,092 cyclists northbound and no data for cyclists southbound.
January 23, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Sigh.
Let me see what I can do to get this sorted.
Let me see what I can do to get this sorted.
Hoping that @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social gets to do the coverage of Gorton and Denton because then there's a good chance it won't be horribly misrepresented.
January 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Hoping that @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social gets to do the coverage of Gorton and Denton because then there's a good chance it won't be horribly misrepresented.
Yep, cannot wait for the hot takes from people who have barely even noticed that the constituency is no longer Denton and Reddish.
January 22, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Yep, cannot wait for the hot takes from people who have barely even noticed that the constituency is no longer Denton and Reddish.
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Statement in full on Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Adq...
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Statement in full on Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Adq...
I'm highly suspicious of the idea of a social media ban, but also I don't think the current state of social media is doing us any good. Being under a permanent state of negativity and urgency is absolutely terrible.
BREAKING NEWS is breaking me.
BREAKING NEWS is breaking me.
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
I'm highly suspicious of the idea of a social media ban, but also I don't think the current state of social media is doing us any good. Being under a permanent state of negativity and urgency is absolutely terrible.
BREAKING NEWS is breaking me.
BREAKING NEWS is breaking me.
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Massive news! Court of Appeal rules Tower Hamlets plan to rip out LTNs unlawful because council would be failing to implement it's own "local implementation plan [LIP] – namely, the way it planned to implement the transport strategy" of Mayor @london.gov.uk. In other words, rogue boroughs can't...
After 2+ years of legal battles, the Court of Appeal has ruled in our favour.
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Tower Hamlets cannot lawfully remove our safer streets. A huge precedent for London.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save low-traffic schemes
London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan
www.standard.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Massive news! Court of Appeal rules Tower Hamlets plan to rip out LTNs unlawful because council would be failing to implement it's own "local implementation plan [LIP] – namely, the way it planned to implement the transport strategy" of Mayor @london.gov.uk. In other words, rogue boroughs can't...
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Hit me with your photos of crossings in the UK which sit beautifully on the ped/cycling desire line 😍
January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Hit me with your photos of crossings in the UK which sit beautifully on the ped/cycling desire line 😍
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Any recommendations for a supplier of linden/lime honey?
Used to be available from supermarkets/Holland and Barrett, now can't find it anywhere.
Edinburgh Honey Co. last couple of orders tasted like normal honey, so not an option unless someone has recent experience.
Used to be available from supermarkets/Holland and Barrett, now can't find it anywhere.
Edinburgh Honey Co. last couple of orders tasted like normal honey, so not an option unless someone has recent experience.
September 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Any recommendations for a supplier of linden/lime honey?
Used to be available from supermarkets/Holland and Barrett, now can't find it anywhere.
Edinburgh Honey Co. last couple of orders tasted like normal honey, so not an option unless someone has recent experience.
Used to be available from supermarkets/Holland and Barrett, now can't find it anywhere.
Edinburgh Honey Co. last couple of orders tasted like normal honey, so not an option unless someone has recent experience.
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Wednesday, a day of the week, derives from Old English 'Wōdnesdæg' & literally means 'Look after yourself, the news is optional'.
January 21, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Wednesday, a day of the week, derives from Old English 'Wōdnesdæg' & literally means 'Look after yourself, the news is optional'.
ERROR
On Tuesday 20th January 2026 there were 42 cyclists northbound and 58 cyclists southbound.
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 AM
ERROR
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Drawn last week, when I wasn’t doing that well. For anyone who is struggling a bit, for whatever reason. It’s OK to have days when we just get by.
January 20, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Drawn last week, when I wasn’t doing that well. For anyone who is struggling a bit, for whatever reason. It’s OK to have days when we just get by.
Loving the CasualUK responses to a potential neighbour dispute where the standard Reddit response is rightly getting downvoted and the 'maybe they're not well' response, with helpful advice, is top-rated.
January 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Loving the CasualUK responses to a potential neighbour dispute where the standard Reddit response is rightly getting downvoted and the 'maybe they're not well' response, with helpful advice, is top-rated.
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There will be a temporary closure/signed diversion in place tomorrow on the TPT in Stockport between the M60 bridge and the green footbridge to allow a large unsafe tree to be felled - likely to be closed for 2 or 3 days. @stockportcouncil.bsky.social @walkridestocky.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
There will be a temporary closure/signed diversion in place tomorrow on the TPT in Stockport between the M60 bridge and the green footbridge to allow a large unsafe tree to be felled - likely to be closed for 2 or 3 days. @stockportcouncil.bsky.social @walkridestocky.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk
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New visualisations for the Salford Crescent > Media City scheme
January 20, 2026 at 4:09 PM
New visualisations for the Salford Crescent > Media City scheme
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*Sighs once again*.
Consultations are not referendums. We have a system of representative democracy. Those elected enact policy and consult on *how* it is enacted, not if. There are many, many good reasons why this is the case.
Consultations are not referendums. We have a system of representative democracy. Those elected enact policy and consult on *how* it is enacted, not if. There are many, many good reasons why this is the case.
January 20, 2026 at 2:33 PM
*Sighs once again*.
Consultations are not referendums. We have a system of representative democracy. Those elected enact policy and consult on *how* it is enacted, not if. There are many, many good reasons why this is the case.
Consultations are not referendums. We have a system of representative democracy. Those elected enact policy and consult on *how* it is enacted, not if. There are many, many good reasons why this is the case.
A blissful night's sleep, but not enough to deal with *gestures at my feed*
More active travel, please, less international news.
More active travel, please, less international news.
January 20, 2026 at 1:11 PM
A blissful night's sleep, but not enough to deal with *gestures at my feed*
More active travel, please, less international news.
More active travel, please, less international news.
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It was quite Dutch-style roundabouty in Chichester this morning.
Running very well in my view.
Running very well in my view.
January 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
It was quite Dutch-style roundabouty in Chichester this morning.
Running very well in my view.
Running very well in my view.
How's your day panning out? I've been awake since four, and am hoping to have at least some work done before my brain declares it naptime at around midday.
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 AM
How's your day panning out? I've been awake since four, and am hoping to have at least some work done before my brain declares it naptime at around midday.
Oh look everyone's sharing the same Twitter post without alt text so I'm seeing it multiple times instead of it being muted FFS.
January 19, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Oh look everyone's sharing the same Twitter post without alt text so I'm seeing it multiple times instead of it being muted FFS.
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There are now just 2 weeks remaining to show your support for this excellent scheme, which is currently on the receiving end of an organised campaign to stop it going ahead.
If you want a safe route between Irlam and the rest of Salford, please express your support
If you want a safe route between Irlam and the rest of Salford, please express your support
We have today submitted our formal support for the Peel Green Active Travel Scheme.
We are encouraging all our followers to submit their own support (see following post), as drivers are objecting to this scheme based on it adding a mere 70 seconds to their morning drive.
We are encouraging all our followers to submit their own support (see following post), as drivers are objecting to this scheme based on it adding a mere 70 seconds to their morning drive.
January 18, 2026 at 1:33 PM
There are now just 2 weeks remaining to show your support for this excellent scheme, which is currently on the receiving end of an organised campaign to stop it going ahead.
If you want a safe route between Irlam and the rest of Salford, please express your support
If you want a safe route between Irlam and the rest of Salford, please express your support
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Some excellent improvements for walking and cycling in here, including:
- 4 new cyclops junctions
- new and upgraded cycle tracks on Liverpool St and South Langworthy Rd
- new pedestrian crossings
- upgraded accessible bus stops
- 4 new cyclops junctions
- new and upgraded cycle tracks on Liverpool St and South Langworthy Rd
- new pedestrian crossings
- upgraded accessible bus stops
Have your say on plans to improve journeys between Salford Crescent and MediaCityUK.
Proposals include faster, more reliable buses and safer walking and cycling routes across Salford.
Public engagement is open until 22 February. Take part here: beenetwork.com/scmc
Proposals include faster, more reliable buses and safer walking and cycling routes across Salford.
Public engagement is open until 22 February. Take part here: beenetwork.com/scmc
January 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Some excellent improvements for walking and cycling in here, including:
- 4 new cyclops junctions
- new and upgraded cycle tracks on Liverpool St and South Langworthy Rd
- new pedestrian crossings
- upgraded accessible bus stops
- 4 new cyclops junctions
- new and upgraded cycle tracks on Liverpool St and South Langworthy Rd
- new pedestrian crossings
- upgraded accessible bus stops
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage