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Giselle du Toit
@giselledutoit.bsky.social
Manchester, UK.
Utility cycling 🚲 & public transport 🐝
Kevelaer.
September 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Tilburg.
September 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
No tractors, except tractors.
August 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Eindhoven temporary signs. Again instead of trip-hazard sandwich boards with sandbags taking up valuable footway space, it just fits in-between the bricks. Relies on bricks being present so perhaps not as easy to reproduce in the UK as the German variety.
August 30, 2025 at 5:32 AM
German alternative to sandwich boards and sandbags. Seems much more sensible with a smaller footprint where it matters to pedestrians and cyclists.
August 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Even in the Netherlands where two tier racks are common, the preference is clearly for the bottom rack. (Also these only really work if you have a frame lock, there are no locking points on them.)
Nijmegen Plein 1944
August 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
August 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Premade Dutch style humps in the wild! Stockport Grammar school car park.
April 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I wonder what house number this is?
February 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Caught the last Magic Bus on Saturday just before midnight. 🧙‍♂️

Stagecoach Manchester no longer runs these routes, now run by Metroline on behalf of the Bee Network. 🐝🚍
January 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
December 3, 2024 at 1:54 PM
One for @showmeasignbryn.bsky.social - 1911 apparently, from a local fb group
October 20, 2024 at 3:58 PM
My pockets are clearly undersized.
September 5, 2024 at 7:01 PM
...a better photo of the ICE cream ..
August 21, 2024 at 3:24 PM
#DeutscheBahn certainly tops UK trains for family friendliness. Travelling ICE long distance, kids got given a free (train themed) toy AND a free ice cream (or ICE cream, geddit) from the restaurant (also, a restaurant! Not just a little shop/trolley).
August 21, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Not sure why #Manchester permits parking right in front of this Gandhi statue next to the Cathedral...
June 17, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Presume colored bricks last longer than paint on top of the road surface...

#School road marking near Tilburg
June 10, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Dutch kerbs have an interlocking piece #KerbNerd
June 10, 2024 at 9:57 PM
#BusBypass just getting on with life near Tilburg
June 10, 2024 at 9:54 PM
The much lesser spotted #TractorGate
June 10, 2024 at 9:51 PM
And another one, with a helpful sign indicating what might happen to your car if you try to ride through it
June 10, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Now that's a #BusGate - near Tilburg
(Yes I know they're supposed to cycle in the cycle bypass, but everyone wanted a very close look at the actual bus gate)
June 10, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Delivery of a new kitchen, #Amsterdam style...
June 10, 2024 at 9:38 PM
New Euston departure boards... Not sensible at all for the use of the space. One closest to us (it was very busy!) didn't change from service disruption at all.
January 10, 2024 at 6:58 AM
14 years ago today. Can't say I miss that building!
January 6, 2024 at 7:39 AM