Andy Pennell
@andycooll.bsky.social
Cycles a bit, runs a bit, walks a bit. Stockport County, local stuff (Stockport & Manchester), environment & a bit of politics
A new walk for Stockport? It will be interesting to see if this makes any difference at all to what is already in place #mereseyvalleyway www.theguardian.com/environment/...
First of nine new river walks in England announced for north-west
Mersey Valley Way takes in Manchester and Stockport on its 13-mile route with other walks to be identified in 2026
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A new walk for Stockport? It will be interesting to see if this makes any difference at all to what is already in place #mereseyvalleyway www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There's a pavement meant for pedestrians to walk on underneath those cars. Location: corner of A6/Alldis Street, Great Moor. Grrr! #pavementparking @stockportcouncil.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There's a pavement meant for pedestrians to walk on underneath those cars. Location: corner of A6/Alldis Street, Great Moor. Grrr! #pavementparking @stockportcouncil.bsky.social
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Right on my manor . It’s shocking it’s not shocking .
August 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Right on my manor . It’s shocking it’s not shocking .
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People will be like "I would do anything for my kids!!!" right up until you suggest dropping the speed limit to 20mph.
August 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
People will be like "I would do anything for my kids!!!" right up until you suggest dropping the speed limit to 20mph.
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This absolute turnip lives in Mississippi.
He's LITERALLY an economic migrant.
Does he have ZERO self-awareness?
Does he just think nobody will notice?
Or because he's an entitled white man, does he perhaps believe that he doesn't count?
He's LITERALLY an economic migrant.
Does he have ZERO self-awareness?
Does he just think nobody will notice?
Or because he's an entitled white man, does he perhaps believe that he doesn't count?
August 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This absolute turnip lives in Mississippi.
He's LITERALLY an economic migrant.
Does he have ZERO self-awareness?
Does he just think nobody will notice?
Or because he's an entitled white man, does he perhaps believe that he doesn't count?
He's LITERALLY an economic migrant.
Does he have ZERO self-awareness?
Does he just think nobody will notice?
Or because he's an entitled white man, does he perhaps believe that he doesn't count?
When did #pavementparking become part of learning how to drive? Maybe the driving instructor needs a driving test resit?
August 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
When did #pavementparking become part of learning how to drive? Maybe the driving instructor needs a driving test resit?
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🧐 Reform UK and climate change denialism again?
"The former MP dismissed net zero as a “money making racket”"
☀️"Days after the Midlands became the latest area to enter drought as the country struggles with the driest start to the year since 1976."
"The former MP dismissed net zero as a “money making racket”"
☀️"Days after the Midlands became the latest area to enter drought as the country struggles with the driest start to the year since 1976."
'Climate change doesn't exist,' says Reform UK mayor despite third summer heatwave
Her comments came as the East and West Midlands became the latest areas of England to fall into drought as the country struggles with the driest start to the year since 1976
buff.ly
July 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🧐 Reform UK and climate change denialism again?
"The former MP dismissed net zero as a “money making racket”"
☀️"Days after the Midlands became the latest area to enter drought as the country struggles with the driest start to the year since 1976."
"The former MP dismissed net zero as a “money making racket”"
☀️"Days after the Midlands became the latest area to enter drought as the country struggles with the driest start to the year since 1976."
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Really dislike NYT's framing of Toronto's bike lane battle.
Rather than "drivers vs. cyclists," this is a fight over whether Torontonians themselves can decide how to use their streets.
City council voted 21 to 5 against Ford's push to kill bike lanes. You think those 21 represent cyclists alone?!
Rather than "drivers vs. cyclists," this is a fight over whether Torontonians themselves can decide how to use their streets.
City council voted 21 to 5 against Ford's push to kill bike lanes. You think those 21 represent cyclists alone?!
Drivers vs. Cyclists: A Battle For the Streets in Canada’s Largest City
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Really dislike NYT's framing of Toronto's bike lane battle.
Rather than "drivers vs. cyclists," this is a fight over whether Torontonians themselves can decide how to use their streets.
City council voted 21 to 5 against Ford's push to kill bike lanes. You think those 21 represent cyclists alone?!
Rather than "drivers vs. cyclists," this is a fight over whether Torontonians themselves can decide how to use their streets.
City council voted 21 to 5 against Ford's push to kill bike lanes. You think those 21 represent cyclists alone?!
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You'll never believe it - some scoundrel has been flypostering one of @jontafkasi.bsky.social stickers! :o
June 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
You'll never believe it - some scoundrel has been flypostering one of @jontafkasi.bsky.social stickers! :o
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Strange how any negative framing of auto culture is automatically anti-car & radical yet the billions of dollars spent on reckless car ads and auto first infrastructure isn't framed as anti-pedestrian, anti-bike, anti-transit, anti-person, anti-senior, anti-child or anti-planet.
June 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Strange how any negative framing of auto culture is automatically anti-car & radical yet the billions of dollars spent on reckless car ads and auto first infrastructure isn't framed as anti-pedestrian, anti-bike, anti-transit, anti-person, anti-senior, anti-child or anti-planet.
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“Car dependency is harmful for everyone, yet we force people into driving by failing to provide safe walking routes or reliable public transport to the places we all need to go - school, work, the shops, the GP. This doesn’t just isolate people – it…traps them in poverty and poor health”
Read this👇
Read this👇
📣 NEW REPORT
'Mind the Gap' from the #SustainableTransportCPG finds Scotland’s transport system is excluding majority of Scots 👇 (1/)
transform.scot/2025/06/17/m...
'Mind the Gap' from the #SustainableTransportCPG finds Scotland’s transport system is excluding majority of Scots 👇 (1/)
transform.scot/2025/06/17/m...
'Mind the Gap': New inquiry reports transport system excluding majority of Scots - Transform Scotland
A new report published today (Tuesday 17 June) by the Cross Party Group on Sustainable Transport reveals that Scotland’s transport system is systematically excluding many Scots — especially women, dis...
transform.scot
June 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“Car dependency is harmful for everyone, yet we force people into driving by failing to provide safe walking routes or reliable public transport to the places we all need to go - school, work, the shops, the GP. This doesn’t just isolate people – it…traps them in poverty and poor health”
Read this👇
Read this👇
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For 175 years, public libraries, despite often steeply declining Govt support, have served the educational, information and entertainment needs of the general public. Staffed by a committed national family of workers determined to transform the life chances of some 7.3mill people.Oh, and it's free.
So,as a little thought-experiment, tell me something about the United Kingdom that works well and is actually quite impressive. I am not trying to sound like some boosterish politician. I just genuinely believe that making people believe that all is lost is a convenient pretext for shady characters.
June 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
For 175 years, public libraries, despite often steeply declining Govt support, have served the educational, information and entertainment needs of the general public. Staffed by a committed national family of workers determined to transform the life chances of some 7.3mill people.Oh, and it's free.
Stockport boss Challinor signs new three-year deal
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba.... Excellent news!
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba.... Excellent news!
Dave Challinor: New three-year contract for Stockport County boss
Dave Challinor commits himself to Stockport County until the summer of 2028 after signing a new three-year contract.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Stockport boss Challinor signs new three-year deal
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba.... Excellent news!
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba.... Excellent news!
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Yes, you did vote to deport moms.
May 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Yes, you did vote to deport moms.
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And the Times say this as if it’s a bad thing
Lawyers say workers’ rights legislation could give union bosses direct access to every workplace ⬇️
Aim of Angela Rayner’s labour bill ‘to raise union membership’
www.thetimes.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
And the Times say this as if it’s a bad thing
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Misinformation: A Telegraph guide
1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱
2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔
3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉
4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊
5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈
1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱
2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔
3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉
4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊
5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈
May 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Misinformation: A Telegraph guide
1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱
2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔
3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉
4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊
5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈
1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱
2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔
3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉
4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊
5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈
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The great thing about cars is you can just chuck them anywhere without consequences.
Can’t find space in 1 of the council funded parking docks? But you still want to go shopping & you’re too lazy & ignorant to walk a little bit further?
No worries! Just abandon your car in the middle of the road.
Can’t find space in 1 of the council funded parking docks? But you still want to go shopping & you’re too lazy & ignorant to walk a little bit further?
No worries! Just abandon your car in the middle of the road.
May 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The great thing about cars is you can just chuck them anywhere without consequences.
Can’t find space in 1 of the council funded parking docks? But you still want to go shopping & you’re too lazy & ignorant to walk a little bit further?
No worries! Just abandon your car in the middle of the road.
Can’t find space in 1 of the council funded parking docks? But you still want to go shopping & you’re too lazy & ignorant to walk a little bit further?
No worries! Just abandon your car in the middle of the road.
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Who wore it better?
Delft Markt 1972 vs 2025.
Delft Markt 1972 vs 2025.
May 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Who wore it better?
Delft Markt 1972 vs 2025.
Delft Markt 1972 vs 2025.
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Kemi Badenoch says that if we reinstate universal winter fuel allowance, we don’t have a system to claw it back from the very wealthiest. Err, we do. It’s called more progressive taxation #bbclaurak
May 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Kemi Badenoch says that if we reinstate universal winter fuel allowance, we don’t have a system to claw it back from the very wealthiest. Err, we do. It’s called more progressive taxation #bbclaurak
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This is from The Telegraph. Wonder when they'll do a similar piece on the lax sentences handed out to some killer motorists?
May 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This is from The Telegraph. Wonder when they'll do a similar piece on the lax sentences handed out to some killer motorists?
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This ebike allows me to cycle to work up a steep hill carrying everything I need for the day.
My mum's ebike allows her to continue riding now that she's in her 70s.
Please don't conflate them with emotorbikes or unrestricted ebikes - they open cycling up as a viable option to so many more people.
My mum's ebike allows her to continue riding now that she's in her 70s.
Please don't conflate them with emotorbikes or unrestricted ebikes - they open cycling up as a viable option to so many more people.
"Ebikes are motorbikes!!!"
I'm basically Valentino Rossi now.
I'm basically Valentino Rossi now.
May 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This ebike allows me to cycle to work up a steep hill carrying everything I need for the day.
My mum's ebike allows her to continue riding now that she's in her 70s.
Please don't conflate them with emotorbikes or unrestricted ebikes - they open cycling up as a viable option to so many more people.
My mum's ebike allows her to continue riding now that she's in her 70s.
Please don't conflate them with emotorbikes or unrestricted ebikes - they open cycling up as a viable option to so many more people.
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And @righttoroam.bsky.social has
won!! The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camping on Dartmoor 🎉👏. Huge congratulations to all involved!
Now Government must step up & pass a comprehensive Right to Roam Act, to protect & extend public rights of access to nature across England
won!! The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camping on Dartmoor 🎉👏. Huge congratulations to all involved!
Now Government must step up & pass a comprehensive Right to Roam Act, to protect & extend public rights of access to nature across England
Today we find out if we lose our right to wild camp on Dartmoor - the last place in England where it’s still legal without permission.
We will share updates, verdict news and rally plans soon.
Live coverage of the verdict available on Sky News. More details can also be found here supremecourt.uk
We will share updates, verdict news and rally plans soon.
Live coverage of the verdict available on Sky News. More details can also be found here supremecourt.uk
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
supremecourt.uk
May 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
And @righttoroam.bsky.social has
won!! The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camping on Dartmoor 🎉👏. Huge congratulations to all involved!
Now Government must step up & pass a comprehensive Right to Roam Act, to protect & extend public rights of access to nature across England
won!! The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camping on Dartmoor 🎉👏. Huge congratulations to all involved!
Now Government must step up & pass a comprehensive Right to Roam Act, to protect & extend public rights of access to nature across England