OTOH remember that UK is one of very few countries to have completely eliminated coal power. This is an important piece of political leadership that should not be denigrated. Let's celebrate this success while we plan how to sunset more fossil fuel uses.

2017 I hit a boulder/rut on a track at speed (no vehicle involved) went over handlebars, hit the ground hard & braked the bike with my face. I had serious soft tissue injuries requiring many stitches but I'm certain my helmet saved me from a fractured skull.
Your choice but I always use a helmet.

Bravo to Rushcliffe Borough for prosecuting the company that flytipped that awful mess. I hope that they also prosecute the people who flytipped on the edge of Clifton at the end of December.

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2 photos today.
1: Curse of flytipping by Clifton highlighting some people are vile.
2: Closed coal power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, literally the same age as me, no longer polluting and awaiting demolition. Things can get better. We just have to care and try harder. 5/5

My #cyclecommute. Only navigating Greater #Nottingham by bike does this routing make sense. All because the Tory majority on Notts CC are so car brained they can't believe anyone would want to cycle round the ring-road. (Yes I could go via Ruddington but it's longer and more dangerous than this).

But it is a profoundly evil bridge. I was standing looking at it in 2017 by the observatory, somehow slipped and spent 8 weeks in plaster with a broken fibula which had to be screwed back together. Definitely the bridge wot done it, not me just being clumsy. The rehab got me cycling.

This is my employers wonderfully simple bit of cycling infrastructure. A cheap lean-to shed and waste heat from a lab makes a great drying room. Dry kit really improves cycling home.

At #AIUK2024 in Westminster talking Environmental Digital Twins and looking for ideas for improving implementation of Data Science in the geosciences.