David Quainton
@dqstuff.bsky.social
Writer, relentless witterer, the only me I know. Exuberance, LFC, cycling, and the surprisingly bearable lightness of being.
Absolutely made-up that the community WhatsApp group featured a complaint about a weevil infestation today, meaning that I could use a gag I’ve had in the back pocket since watching (the excellent) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World [checks notes] 22 years ago:
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Absolutely made-up that the community WhatsApp group featured a complaint about a weevil infestation today, meaning that I could use a gag I’ve had in the back pocket since watching (the excellent) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World [checks notes] 22 years ago:
BBC getting into Easter, a bit late perhaps but spreading the good word.
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
BBC getting into Easter, a bit late perhaps but spreading the good word.
Go with friends as the full team, surely!
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Go with friends as the full team, surely!
Not quite Hadji Hadda Eggen Chippo, but this is good
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Not quite Hadji Hadda Eggen Chippo, but this is good
Squires’ greatest work - and it’s a high, high bar - becomes more prescient every year
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Squires’ greatest work - and it’s a high, high bar - becomes more prescient every year
Climb up to Mizoen is pretty sharp, then evens-off through the village, followed by a pretty grind up to the top past a house built into the to side of an enormous boulder. The road surface for the last few kms is horrendous - there’s a reason pros never descend it (or did and all complained).
October 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Climb up to Mizoen is pretty sharp, then evens-off through the village, followed by a pretty grind up to the top past a house built into the to side of an enormous boulder. The road surface for the last few kms is horrendous - there’s a reason pros never descend it (or did and all complained).
Wow, they printed an article that’s literally this:
October 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Wow, they printed an article that’s literally this:
I like ‘em both. Especially the latter. But, you know, each to their own and all that.
October 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I like ‘em both. Especially the latter. But, you know, each to their own and all that.
Moving to Dubai for not the money because worried about [checks notes] falling crime in London.
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Moving to Dubai for not the money because worried about [checks notes] falling crime in London.
I mentioned to Dave that I listen to a different album every time I do a run or ride on the turbo trainer, by chance the latest was Big Star! Will tee this up next.
October 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I mentioned to Dave that I listen to a different album every time I do a run or ride on the turbo trainer, by chance the latest was Big Star! Will tee this up next.
First two comments…
October 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
First two comments…
The worst person you know is making a cycling race vaguely interesting #lombardia
October 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The worst person you know is making a cycling race vaguely interesting #lombardia