Andrew
@realspleen.bsky.social
Interested in Active Travel, Architecture, Arts, Hospitality Design, music. Frustrated by the failure of the UK on most things I care about.
Instagram: @spleenster
creeddesign.co.uk to see how I spent my working hours
Instagram: @spleenster
creeddesign.co.uk to see how I spent my working hours
The Outsiders Store (which I do like btw) seem to be competing with SMWS (which I also love) for pretzel prose
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Outsiders Store (which I do like btw) seem to be competing with SMWS (which I also love) for pretzel prose
The UK Government have taken a massive majority and continuously failed to take any positive actions for the benefit of UK society. Alienating all areas of the electorate in such a short time takes an epic amount of idiocy.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The UK Government have taken a massive majority and continuously failed to take any positive actions for the benefit of UK society. Alienating all areas of the electorate in such a short time takes an epic amount of idiocy.
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Please co-sign if you live in or travel to Birmingham UK and agree that we have a road safety emergency
We've joined with 15 local and national organisations, setting out 10 practical steps to address the city's road safety emergency and prevent needless deaths on our city's roads.
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Please co-sign if you live in or travel to Birmingham UK and agree that we have a road safety emergency
Probably because it’s worthless
The cybertruck is a massive men's rights win. Finally a car that she won't take in the divorce.
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Probably because it’s worthless
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Introducing my new Share the Road Score (SRS) equation.
Can be used to calculate taxes, fees, and fines proportionally.
SRS = (Vehicle Weight ÷ Human Weight) × (Road Space ÷ Human Size)
Can be used to calculate taxes, fees, and fines proportionally.
SRS = (Vehicle Weight ÷ Human Weight) × (Road Space ÷ Human Size)
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Introducing my new Share the Road Score (SRS) equation.
Can be used to calculate taxes, fees, and fines proportionally.
SRS = (Vehicle Weight ÷ Human Weight) × (Road Space ÷ Human Size)
Can be used to calculate taxes, fees, and fines proportionally.
SRS = (Vehicle Weight ÷ Human Weight) × (Road Space ÷ Human Size)
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Fed up with pavement parking?
We're supporting @livingstreets.bsky.social to show where pavements are used as car parks to the detriment of all who walk/wheel.
Go & take photos (make sure you cover over reg numbers) & upload them to the Living Streets map: lnkd.in/ekEmPn3q
Contribute by 22 Nov
We're supporting @livingstreets.bsky.social to show where pavements are used as car parks to the detriment of all who walk/wheel.
Go & take photos (make sure you cover over reg numbers) & upload them to the Living Streets map: lnkd.in/ekEmPn3q
Contribute by 22 Nov
September 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Fed up with pavement parking?
We're supporting @livingstreets.bsky.social to show where pavements are used as car parks to the detriment of all who walk/wheel.
Go & take photos (make sure you cover over reg numbers) & upload them to the Living Streets map: lnkd.in/ekEmPn3q
Contribute by 22 Nov
We're supporting @livingstreets.bsky.social to show where pavements are used as car parks to the detriment of all who walk/wheel.
Go & take photos (make sure you cover over reg numbers) & upload them to the Living Streets map: lnkd.in/ekEmPn3q
Contribute by 22 Nov
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And you can respond to the LCWIP survey here. LCCG will be making a response so feel free to share your thoughts with us at info@lccg.org.uk.
consultations.leicester.gov.uk/transport/lc...
consultations.leicester.gov.uk/transport/lc...
Have your say on our Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for Leicester
- Introduction
- Leicester...
This site contains consultations that are run by Leicester City Council .
consultations.leicester.gov.uk
August 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
And you can respond to the LCWIP survey here. LCCG will be making a response so feel free to share your thoughts with us at info@lccg.org.uk.
consultations.leicester.gov.uk/transport/lc...
consultations.leicester.gov.uk/transport/lc...
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The Council have put out the draft Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for consultation, until the 17th September. This plan sets out their long-term vision & priorities for improving walking, wheeling & cycling routes across the city. consultations.leicester.gov.uk/transport/lc...
Have your say on our Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for Leicester
- Leicester City Council
- Citizen Space
This site contains consultations that are run by Leicester City Council .
consultations.leicester.gov.uk
August 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The Council have put out the draft Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for consultation, until the 17th September. This plan sets out their long-term vision & priorities for improving walking, wheeling & cycling routes across the city. consultations.leicester.gov.uk/transport/lc...
#TCRNo11 Victor Bosoni is the first rider to complete. The field is still spread out across Europe, an amazing endeavour for all participants. VB stats are epic, taking 10days, 16hours and 46minutes, the average moving speed was 26.66km/h over 4835km of mixed terrain. Chapeau! is an understatement.
August 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#TCRNo11 Victor Bosoni is the first rider to complete. The field is still spread out across Europe, an amazing endeavour for all participants. VB stats are epic, taking 10days, 16hours and 46minutes, the average moving speed was 26.66km/h over 4835km of mixed terrain. Chapeau! is an understatement.
Following the dots on the Transcontinental Continental Race No.11 😳
Nearly 5000kms over 10 days and who wins rests on a bridge that can’t be crossed and a ferry that may not run. Incredible
Nearly 5000kms over 10 days and who wins rests on a bridge that can’t be crossed and a ferry that may not run. Incredible
August 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Following the dots on the Transcontinental Continental Race No.11 😳
Nearly 5000kms over 10 days and who wins rests on a bridge that can’t be crossed and a ferry that may not run. Incredible
Nearly 5000kms over 10 days and who wins rests on a bridge that can’t be crossed and a ferry that may not run. Incredible
Summer solstice picture from telegraph hill, London
June 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Summer solstice picture from telegraph hill, London
Some images from 200km of the Old Chalk Way, UK, a mainly off road cycle route following the chalk ridge from Lyme Regis, Dorset to Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. One day of drizzle and mist and another of sun and epic skies on the way to Avebury.
#bikesky #worldbicycleday
#bikesky #worldbicycleday
June 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Some images from 200km of the Old Chalk Way, UK, a mainly off road cycle route following the chalk ridge from Lyme Regis, Dorset to Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. One day of drizzle and mist and another of sun and epic skies on the way to Avebury.
#bikesky #worldbicycleday
#bikesky #worldbicycleday
On a nostalgic music journey today. One amongst many, but what a great track this is!
open.spotify.com/track/31lJXg...
open.spotify.com/track/31lJXg...
Tinseltown in the Rain
The Blue Nile · A Walk Across the Rooftops · Song · 1984
open.spotify.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
On a nostalgic music journey today. One amongst many, but what a great track this is!
open.spotify.com/track/31lJXg...
open.spotify.com/track/31lJXg...
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🙌 Nearly a thousand of you have taken our action calling for cycling to be remembered when it comes to a traffic free Oxford Street!
🧑💻 For those of you who haven't, help make that call even stronger by taking the action today: bit.ly/44pO9D4
🧑💻 For those of you who haven't, help make that call even stronger by taking the action today: bit.ly/44pO9D4
Say YES to a traffic-free Oxford Street, but demand decent cycleways in the West End
Take our 1-minute action on Oxford Street! YES we want a traffic-free Oxford Street – but what about cycling?! Mayor & Westminster need to be bold and build cycleways north & south of Oxford Street
bit.ly
April 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🙌 Nearly a thousand of you have taken our action calling for cycling to be remembered when it comes to a traffic free Oxford Street!
🧑💻 For those of you who haven't, help make that call even stronger by taking the action today: bit.ly/44pO9D4
🧑💻 For those of you who haven't, help make that call even stronger by taking the action today: bit.ly/44pO9D4
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Bedford is home. Council consults on extending £75 fines for town centre #cycling. Please respond NOW even if not local: visitors and #Disabled ppl often fined. #MyCycleMyMobilityAid www.bedford.gov.uk/your-council/have-your-say/consultations/town-centre-public-spaces-protection-order-consultation
Town Centre Public Spaces Protection Order consultation 2025 | Bedford Borough Council
www.bedford.gov.uk
April 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Bedford is home. Council consults on extending £75 fines for town centre #cycling. Please respond NOW even if not local: visitors and #Disabled ppl often fined. #MyCycleMyMobilityAid www.bedford.gov.uk/your-council/have-your-say/consultations/town-centre-public-spaces-protection-order-consultation
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Share with friends who do not ride but may like to - Bike loans are available too - Fun, free & friendly ...
April 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Share with friends who do not ride but may like to - Bike loans are available too - Fun, free & friendly ...
Some quality time on the bike this morning, sunny and cold.
March 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Some quality time on the bike this morning, sunny and cold.
This month I took a trip to Lausanne from the UK, by train. Should be unremarkable, except for the ease, punctuality and integration of Swiss trains. Awesome.
March 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This month I took a trip to Lausanne from the UK, by train. Should be unremarkable, except for the ease, punctuality and integration of Swiss trains. Awesome.
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Hi to all Leicestershire councillors/local politicians. There is growing concern about local traffic. We are residents who want safer quieter greener streets and want action. We’d like to see which politicians and parties will support us to achieve this. Please repost and comment.
February 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Hi to all Leicestershire councillors/local politicians. There is growing concern about local traffic. We are residents who want safer quieter greener streets and want action. We’d like to see which politicians and parties will support us to achieve this. Please repost and comment.
A quick post for #bikesky this image is of my commuting bike on a bridge over the canal in Leicestershire, Uk. I ride to work around 200 times a year, around 10km each way. This is one of the nicer parts of the route after I have left the city and traffic behind.
February 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A quick post for #bikesky this image is of my commuting bike on a bridge over the canal in Leicestershire, Uk. I ride to work around 200 times a year, around 10km each way. This is one of the nicer parts of the route after I have left the city and traffic behind.
This. enough people feel its 'their' bit of road already. It really needs to be dealt with properly. Everyone should be charged to store their car on the public roads to start with. Fee could pay towards all the broken pavements.
Um, no.
The space in the road in front of your property is not yours. But thanks for creating a trip hazard.
The space in the road in front of your property is not yours. But thanks for creating a trip hazard.
January 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This. enough people feel its 'their' bit of road already. It really needs to be dealt with properly. Everyone should be charged to store their car on the public roads to start with. Fee could pay towards all the broken pavements.
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
January 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
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“Current approaches are failing to properly assess escalating planetary risks or help control them. Planetary solvency applies the established approaches of risk professionals to our life-support system and finds it in jeopardy" - Prof. Tim Lenton
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Economic growth could fall 50% over 20 years from climate shocks, say actuaries
Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“Current approaches are failing to properly assess escalating planetary risks or help control them. Planetary solvency applies the established approaches of risk professionals to our life-support system and finds it in jeopardy" - Prof. Tim Lenton
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...