Ben Addy
@benjaminaddy.bsky.social
Read/write.
Often found outside.
Participation and place.
Often found outside.
Participation and place.
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if you enjoy The Traitors, you'll love
January 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
if you enjoy The Traitors, you'll love
In a season of highlights, this is up there. Via @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
December 27, 2024 at 3:16 PM
In a season of highlights, this is up there. Via @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
December 27, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Absolutely brilliant news
On this (Boxing) day of walks, some good walking/access news:
c. 40,000 miles of historic rights-of-way in England & Wales have been reprieved from deletion from the “definitive map” of such paths.
Great work @ramblers.org.uk & other campaigners on this.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
c. 40,000 miles of historic rights-of-way in England & Wales have been reprieved from deletion from the “definitive map” of such paths.
Great work @ramblers.org.uk & other campaigners on this.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Defra scraps England deadline to register thousands of miles of rights of way
Campaigners jubilant after government heeded warning 2031 cutoff would mean loss of precious footpaths
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Absolutely brilliant news
Oh this is good.
And yes, hard is right. But also beautiful.
The ‘best’ essay I wrote in graduate school was where I applied (criminal psychologist) Lonnie Athens’ theory of ‘violentizarion’ to Macbeth. Fun times.
And yes, hard is right. But also beautiful.
The ‘best’ essay I wrote in graduate school was where I applied (criminal psychologist) Lonnie Athens’ theory of ‘violentizarion’ to Macbeth. Fun times.
December 21, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Oh this is good.
And yes, hard is right. But also beautiful.
The ‘best’ essay I wrote in graduate school was where I applied (criminal psychologist) Lonnie Athens’ theory of ‘violentizarion’ to Macbeth. Fun times.
And yes, hard is right. But also beautiful.
The ‘best’ essay I wrote in graduate school was where I applied (criminal psychologist) Lonnie Athens’ theory of ‘violentizarion’ to Macbeth. Fun times.
@deedeelea.bsky.social I’ll be popping into Brokedown Palace shortly if you’re around!
December 21, 2024 at 2:35 PM
@deedeelea.bsky.social I’ll be popping into Brokedown Palace shortly if you’re around!
There is no better train line in the country than the Mildmay Overground line between Clapham/Richmond to Stratford. I’ve sworn that I’ll never live more than a ten min cycle ride from it.
December 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM
There is no better train line in the country than the Mildmay Overground line between Clapham/Richmond to Stratford. I’ve sworn that I’ll never live more than a ten min cycle ride from it.
The swans of milwall dock who come up to Limehouse for a feed.
December 21, 2024 at 9:52 AM
The swans of milwall dock who come up to Limehouse for a feed.
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The APPG for Cycling & Walking is asking "Who is currently prevented from enjoying the full benefits of active travel and why"? Deadline this Monday. Our response will point out the particular impact of unsafe streets for children. Please respond even briefly if you can! appgcw.org/2024/11/12/a...
Active Travel and Social Justice inquiry - All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking
Call for evidence deadline is 16th December 2024
appgcw.org
December 12, 2024 at 11:18 AM
The APPG for Cycling & Walking is asking "Who is currently prevented from enjoying the full benefits of active travel and why"? Deadline this Monday. Our response will point out the particular impact of unsafe streets for children. Please respond even briefly if you can! appgcw.org/2024/11/12/a...
I was in Cambridgeshire for a workshop on ways to improve rural roads for walking, wheeling, and cycling. Back at Finsbury Park we splintered to the four corners of London - travelling conveniently, safely, sustainably and efficiently via public transport and cycling. What a city. @london.gov.uk
November 26, 2024 at 8:29 AM
I was in Cambridgeshire for a workshop on ways to improve rural roads for walking, wheeling, and cycling. Back at Finsbury Park we splintered to the four corners of London - travelling conveniently, safely, sustainably and efficiently via public transport and cycling. What a city. @london.gov.uk
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I once had a hospital appointment at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital that I was nervous about, so I decided to walk there from my house following river paths. Chelsea Creek was my last river-side section. It’s what remains of the lost Counter's Creek. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter...
Counter's Creek - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 23, 2024 at 7:13 PM
I once had a hospital appointment at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital that I was nervous about, so I decided to walk there from my house following river paths. Chelsea Creek was my last river-side section. It’s what remains of the lost Counter's Creek. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter...
Had to go to Imperial Wharf for something. What an odd, soulless place. Although Chelsea Creek looked interesting. Anyone know anything about it?
November 23, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Had to go to Imperial Wharf for something. What an odd, soulless place. Although Chelsea Creek looked interesting. Anyone know anything about it?
This is an essential component of realising an ambitious, people-centred solution in Richmond Town Centre. @richmondcouncil.bsky.social @alexanderehmann.bsky.social @richmondcycling.bsky.social
There's been a 63% increase in cargo bike use in London - over 70% in some areas - helping cut pollution & congestion.
Great to see the Better Bankside BID's new Green Logistics Centre to consolidate deliveries and support local businesses.
zagdaily.com/featured/is-th…
Great to see the Better Bankside BID's new Green Logistics Centre to consolidate deliveries and support local businesses.
zagdaily.com/featured/is-th…
November 23, 2024 at 1:46 PM
This is an essential component of realising an ambitious, people-centred solution in Richmond Town Centre. @richmondcouncil.bsky.social @alexanderehmann.bsky.social @richmondcycling.bsky.social
If Tim Dee thinks it’s a kestrel then a kestrel it is.
November 23, 2024 at 10:14 AM
If Tim Dee thinks it’s a kestrel then a kestrel it is.
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2,500 zebra crossings.
King Charles III's Coronation cost taxpayers £72m
King Charles III's Coronation cost taxpayers £72m
Government figures show that more than £20 million was spent by the Home Office policing the event.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:05 AM
2,500 zebra crossings.
November 18, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Hell yeah, @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Hell yeah, @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
We need to get suburban areas of large towns and cities adopting improved conditions for walking and cycling as a priority. This will require funding, political action, and vision. Let’s do it, it’ll be fun.
edition.cnn.com/2024/11/15/h...
edition.cnn.com/2024/11/15/h...
Want to live an extra 5 to 10 years? Adopt this habit, study suggests | CNN
Becoming as active as the top 25% of the US population could extend your life expectancy, a new study has found.
edition.cnn.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:45 PM
We need to get suburban areas of large towns and cities adopting improved conditions for walking and cycling as a priority. This will require funding, political action, and vision. Let’s do it, it’ll be fun.
edition.cnn.com/2024/11/15/h...
edition.cnn.com/2024/11/15/h...
Morning spent helping to prune back trees on the river bank and clearing debris from the water. Pulled out one branch with a decomposing adult nappy insnared. Flushed? However it got there, let’s clean up the Thames and hold polluters accountable.
On the plus side, incredible light.
On the plus side, incredible light.
November 17, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Morning spent helping to prune back trees on the river bank and clearing debris from the water. Pulled out one branch with a decomposing adult nappy insnared. Flushed? However it got there, let’s clean up the Thames and hold polluters accountable.
On the plus side, incredible light.
On the plus side, incredible light.
Our neighbourhood just got a new bike shop. Not one where you have to make an appointment to visit or where you need to take out a small mortgage. A standard, family owned bike shop. That sells bikes. And fixes bikes.
November 16, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Our neighbourhood just got a new bike shop. Not one where you have to make an appointment to visit or where you need to take out a small mortgage. A standard, family owned bike shop. That sells bikes. And fixes bikes.
Of the handful of times I’ve walked up Olympic Way from Wembley Park, I’ve missed Wealdstone Brook. Until last night. #lostrivers
November 16, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Of the handful of times I’ve walked up Olympic Way from Wembley Park, I’ve missed Wealdstone Brook. Until last night. #lostrivers
Some shows are better than others. #ezracollective
November 15, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Some shows are better than others. #ezracollective
So much of my professional and unprofessional life is revolving around London’s rivers at the moment. Walking and cycling routes beside them, swimming in them, campaigning for them, writing about them and exploring along them. What a joy.
November 13, 2024 at 9:05 PM
So much of my professional and unprofessional life is revolving around London’s rivers at the moment. Walking and cycling routes beside them, swimming in them, campaigning for them, writing about them and exploring along them. What a joy.
The Ripple Greenway has been doing the rounds after a visit from Deputy Mayor of London for Environment & Energy - Mete Coban - last week. A linear park delivered by local residents, Sustrans and LB Barking & Dagenham. With important input from Rob Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.
November 13, 2024 at 11:44 AM
The Ripple Greenway has been doing the rounds after a visit from Deputy Mayor of London for Environment & Energy - Mete Coban - last week. A linear park delivered by local residents, Sustrans and LB Barking & Dagenham. With important input from Rob Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.