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AlanDRitchie
@alandritchie.bsky.social
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Cycling, data and information architecture, books, libraries, food, government information, cats

failed philosopher/failed librarian/basically pleasant bureaucrat

cisgender: he/him/his
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Mundane bike errand - vegetables
Front view of a red bike with with flared drop bars with green bar tape leaning against a bike rack. The front basket contains vegetables: cauliflower, red onions, carrots, red pepper.
July 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Mundane bike errand - cat food
Front view of a red bike with green bar tape leaning against the corner of a brick building. There is a case of tinned cat food in the front basket, secured by an orange bungee cord
June 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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#Coffeeneuring #7 - mostly on paths, including some I hadn't been on before. Through Carleton, across Hartwell Locks, through Experimental Farm then further west until I ran out of path. Back along some slightly different paths and had coffee at Happy Goat at Bank and Hopewell. #OttBike
Red bike with green-taped drop bars and a front basket leaning against a tipped over table in front of a coffee shop. Sign on the shop reads "Happy Goat Coffee Company" and has a picture of a goat. A front view of a red bike with green-taped drop bars and a front basket leaning against a small wooden footbridge. The bike has a row of ghost shaped decorative lights across the front of the basket and a box on the rear rack.
November 11, 2024 at 2:19 AM
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Yesterday's #coffeeneuring - #6 - along the canal to OPL Main branch to pick up @helendecruz.net's Wonderstruck then to Ottawa Bike Cafe for coffee. Back via canal, Riverdale and the Alta Vista branch to pick up more books. Gloomy and cold to start but turned into a nice day. #coffeeneuring2024
Upper part of a red bike with green-taped drop bars and a front basket in front of the Ottawa Bike Cafe. The bike's rear rack is decorated with a string of jack-o-lantern lights. There are tables and chairs behind the bike and in front of the shopfront. A tall, black, insulated travel mug and a book, entitled Wonderstruck on a cafe table. The lid of the mug is off to the right. There is a lot of reflection from the book cover.
November 2, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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Halloween coffeeneuring - #5 - a short ride in search of more candy. Of course once I got back with the candy resupply the trick-or-treaters stopped arriving. And I had to have iced tea because all the coffee was gone. A nice ride though. #coffeeneuring2024
A head-on picture of a red bike with flared drop bars with green tape and a front basket full of Halloween candy. The front basket has a string of ghost-shaped lights and the rear rack has a string of jack-o-lantern lights. Front quarter view of a red bike with flared drop bars with green tape and a front basket with a large illumenated Jack-o-lantern. It is dark and the decorative lights on the front basket and rear rack are bright but their shapes (ghosts and jack-o-lanterns respectively) are indistinct.
November 1, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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Coffeeneuring #2 today. To @octopusbooks.ca to pick up a book I'd ordered (Politics recoded / @aschrock.bsky.social) then to Bridgehead for coffee. Home via Bronson, Brewer Park, the new bike/pedestrian bridge at Carleton, Hog's Back and Brookfield. #coffeenuering #OttBike
A red bike with a front basket, a helmet in the basket, leaning against a coffee shop wall and window. A table in the foreground with a travel mug and a book on it. Book title is Politics Recoded. A red bike with a front basket, viewed head on, with the handlebars/for turned to the right, in front of a bookstore. The Octopus Books sign is hanging overhead.
October 13, 2024 at 12:20 AM
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Coffeeneuring backlog. Coffeeneuring #1 was last Sunday. Up the Sawmill Creek path to check out the new bike crossing over Hunt Club and the path alongside the LRT south route. The path is rideable but not really finished. Then back to the South Keys Starbucks for coffee. #coffeenuering #OttBike
A red bike with a front basket, viewed side on, leaning against the front of a Starbucks. The coffee shop doors are to the right of the bike
October 13, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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They are smooshing their little faces right this minute
A grey kitten with white paws curled up with one paw over her nose
August 19, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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Coffeeneuring #3 - Happy Goat coffee and a wiggly route home, under some bridges and over others.
#coffeeneuring #OttBike
Wooden bridge with a dirt path on either side, surrounded by vegetation.
October 14, 2023 at 10:59 PM