IanH
@ijh-1.bsky.social
Amateur guitarist, cyclist and archaeologist. Lover of cats, dogs, beer and rootsy music. Resident of east London. Attempts to make music here: http://www.youtube.com/@Jamie-lz9ny
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📅 It's been a record-breaking year for cycling in London, with the capital showing it's well on its way to becoming a city that runs on two wheels!
🚴 From hitting 1.5 million daily journeys, to the cycle networks expansion, here's our wrap up of 2025: bit.ly/4jgbeh5
🚴 From hitting 1.5 million daily journeys, to the cycle networks expansion, here's our wrap up of 2025: bit.ly/4jgbeh5
2025 in review: London's cycling boom - London Cycling Campaign
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December 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📅 It's been a record-breaking year for cycling in London, with the capital showing it's well on its way to becoming a city that runs on two wheels!
🚴 From hitting 1.5 million daily journeys, to the cycle networks expansion, here's our wrap up of 2025: bit.ly/4jgbeh5
🚴 From hitting 1.5 million daily journeys, to the cycle networks expansion, here's our wrap up of 2025: bit.ly/4jgbeh5
I always felt I was financially disadvantaged as a parent of three… and now I know it’s true! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... (University for three is going to cost me a minimum of £56K, possibly nearer £100K, that’s on top of the student loans)
How a 'fertility gap' is fuelling the rise of one-child families
'For every three children wanted… only two are born,' says one expert. So, what has led to this gap?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I always felt I was financially disadvantaged as a parent of three… and now I know it’s true! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... (University for three is going to cost me a minimum of £56K, possibly nearer £100K, that’s on top of the student loans)
Found this on another group…..
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Found this on another group…..
I’m definitely part of this statistic: www.gov.uk/government/s...
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance report: 20 November 2025 (week 47)
www.gov.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I’m definitely part of this statistic: www.gov.uk/government/s...
Yesterday I cycled to work in shorts but temperatures next week to be BELOW average. I’m strangely excited about this! www.bbc.co.uk/weather/vide...
Weather for the week ahead
Mild, wet conditions to be replaced by colder weather this weekend. Stav Danaos has the details.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Yesterday I cycled to work in shorts but temperatures next week to be BELOW average. I’m strangely excited about this! www.bbc.co.uk/weather/vide...
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Axing the cycle-to-work scheme might seem like low-hanging fruit for a cash-strapped Treasury, but it would be a big mistake. Particularly with expensive kid-carrying cargo e-bikes, it's one of the most effective modal shift levers out there.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Axing the cycle-to-work scheme might seem like low-hanging fruit for a cash-strapped Treasury, but it would be a big mistake. Particularly with expensive kid-carrying cargo e-bikes, it's one of the most effective modal shift levers out there.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I can add to this list playing the guitar and cycling, both of which I’ve stuck to for years www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I can add to this list playing the guitar and cycling, both of which I’ve stuck to for years www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Big skies over Essex this morning! And mud. But sadly no sign of the promised pigs. (Roads north of Upshire) #eppingforest @eppingforest.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Big skies over Essex this morning! And mud. But sadly no sign of the promised pigs. (Roads north of Upshire) #eppingforest @eppingforest.bsky.social
In a spirit of all things spooky and MR James like, this is the tomb of a Sir Sampson Meverill in Tideswell, Derbyshire, who fought against Joan of Arc’s forces but returned home to make himself thoroughly unpopular with all his neighbours! Well worth a visit. #ghosts #MRJames #folkhorror
October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In a spirit of all things spooky and MR James like, this is the tomb of a Sir Sampson Meverill in Tideswell, Derbyshire, who fought against Joan of Arc’s forces but returned home to make himself thoroughly unpopular with all his neighbours! Well worth a visit. #ghosts #MRJames #folkhorror
Absolutely unacceptable treatment of my wife and son at the hands of @gwr.com at Paddington this morning- more details to follow but in short their train was cancelled so a member of staff put them on an earlier one whereupon they were charged an EXTRA £68 as their ticket wasn’t valid.
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Absolutely unacceptable treatment of my wife and son at the hands of @gwr.com at Paddington this morning- more details to follow but in short their train was cancelled so a member of staff put them on an earlier one whereupon they were charged an EXTRA £68 as their ticket wasn’t valid.
This isn’t exactly encouraging car-free commuting: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'
The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This isn’t exactly encouraging car-free commuting: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great gig at Liquer/Reptile House on Saturday night - now looking forward to Sanctum Sanctorium in December! #goth #SistersofMercy #TheCure
September 29, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Great gig at Liquer/Reptile House on Saturday night - now looking forward to Sanctum Sanctorium in December! #goth #SistersofMercy #TheCure
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And no Young Sheldon? On a par with Modern Family in my opinion.
I do not understand this country. Why is Ghosts so far down? And Blackadder?
Fri is 50yrs since Fawlty Towers first aired. To mark the occasion we asked Brits: what is your favourite sitcom?
1. Friends
2. Only Fools & Horses
3. Big Bang Theory
=4. Gavin and Stacey
=4. Fawlty Towers
=4. The Office
=4. Modern Family
=4. Not Going Out
Full list: yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...
1. Friends
2. Only Fools & Horses
3. Big Bang Theory
=4. Gavin and Stacey
=4. Fawlty Towers
=4. The Office
=4. Modern Family
=4. Not Going Out
Full list: yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...
September 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
And no Young Sheldon? On a par with Modern Family in my opinion.
Love this!
This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem
September 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Love this!
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We must unite against those who seek to divide us.
September 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We must unite against those who seek to divide us.
After 3 attempts over the summer, I finally won my age group at Walthamstow parkrun! www.parkrun.org.uk/walthamstow/... Thank you all at Parkrun!
September 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
After 3 attempts over the summer, I finally won my age group at Walthamstow parkrun! www.parkrun.org.uk/walthamstow/... Thank you all at Parkrun!
Have been enjoying this BBC folklore podcast so thought I’d share! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Sounds - After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
The podcast that unpicks history’s spookiest, strangest, and most sinister stories.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Have been enjoying this BBC folklore podcast so thought I’d share! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Afternoon ride in Epping Forest: cows refusing to have their photo taken, views from High Beech area towards Hertfordshire, centuries-old coppiced beech trees.
August 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Afternoon ride in Epping Forest: cows refusing to have their photo taken, views from High Beech area towards Hertfordshire, centuries-old coppiced beech trees.
I’m quite excited about this.
August 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I’m quite excited about this.
First proper rain since about April!
August 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
First proper rain since about April!
My first mountain bike race in 16 years tomorrow! Gulp...
June 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My first mountain bike race in 16 years tomorrow! Gulp...
As someone who grew up in the Sheffield/Derbyshire borders but lives in London, this isn’t doing much for my claustrophobia: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of English districts by population density - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
March 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
As someone who grew up in the Sheffield/Derbyshire borders but lives in London, this isn’t doing much for my claustrophobia: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
It’s that time of year again!
January 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It’s that time of year again!
Epping Forest icier and frostier than ever this morning.
January 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Epping Forest icier and frostier than ever this morning.