Karen Christian
@karenechristian.bsky.social
Pedestrian safety campaigner
Move more, save the NHS
Walker, active travel, car-lite, flight free, Humanist #visionzero #banpavementparking #20isplenty
Also writer and tree warden
Move more, save the NHS
Walker, active travel, car-lite, flight free, Humanist #visionzero #banpavementparking #20isplenty
Also writer and tree warden
I was out for a peaceful walk until my path was blocked by this sign. Hey, Martin Traffic Management, Wiltshire Council, @chippenhamtown.com I guess cars are more important than the safety of people who walk and wheel?
Q. If I move this sign to a patch of grass opposite, can I get in trouble?
Q. If I move this sign to a patch of grass opposite, can I get in trouble?
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I was out for a peaceful walk until my path was blocked by this sign. Hey, Martin Traffic Management, Wiltshire Council, @chippenhamtown.com I guess cars are more important than the safety of people who walk and wheel?
Q. If I move this sign to a patch of grass opposite, can I get in trouble?
Q. If I move this sign to a patch of grass opposite, can I get in trouble?
I was feeling ever so slightly out of place at the Saxon concert last night. Then I popped to the loo and bumped into a fellow @thewaroncars.bsky.social fan. I showed off the stickers I always have on me. We talked about Bristol and the pedestrian improvements. It was the highlight of my night 😁
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I was feeling ever so slightly out of place at the Saxon concert last night. Then I popped to the loo and bumped into a fellow @thewaroncars.bsky.social fan. I showed off the stickers I always have on me. We talked about Bristol and the pedestrian improvements. It was the highlight of my night 😁
Counting down the days... @thewaroncars.bsky.social @bookshop.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Counting down the days... @thewaroncars.bsky.social @bookshop.org
Excellent food and beer (fab 0.5% beer range) at #Bundobust #Manchester and also excellent advice!
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Excellent food and beer (fab 0.5% beer range) at #Bundobust #Manchester and also excellent advice!
My weekend reading. I got a bit sweary just reading the intro to @iandunt.bsky.social How Westminster works, so I'm moving onto America's fight for freedom from white Christian fundamentalists. In between I'm checking out all the butterflies on my verbena - just to keep me going 😀
June 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My weekend reading. I got a bit sweary just reading the intro to @iandunt.bsky.social How Westminster works, so I'm moving onto America's fight for freedom from white Christian fundamentalists. In between I'm checking out all the butterflies on my verbena - just to keep me going 😀
The verbena is out and the butterflies and bees are loving it.
No pic of butterflies or bees - they were to quick for me 😆
No pic of butterflies or bees - they were to quick for me 😆
June 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The verbena is out and the butterflies and bees are loving it.
No pic of butterflies or bees - they were to quick for me 😆
No pic of butterflies or bees - they were to quick for me 😆
I went to the @livingstreets.bsky.social summit today to help me narrow down my focus for local activism. Instead, I've come away with 20 more ideas 😆 Fantastic day, thanks to all the Living Streets team and panellists.
June 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I went to the @livingstreets.bsky.social summit today to help me narrow down my focus for local activism. Instead, I've come away with 20 more ideas 😆 Fantastic day, thanks to all the Living Streets team and panellists.
I feel Swindon Wyvern needs a little bit of tlc
May 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I feel Swindon Wyvern needs a little bit of tlc
Spent the day supporting Bioblitz at one of my favourite places, The National Arboretum, Westonbirt. Felt good to do something, however small, to help nature.
We're doing it all again tomorrow if you're in the area.
We're doing it all again tomorrow if you're in the area.
April 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Spent the day supporting Bioblitz at one of my favourite places, The National Arboretum, Westonbirt. Felt good to do something, however small, to help nature.
We're doing it all again tomorrow if you're in the area.
We're doing it all again tomorrow if you're in the area.
Hot April day in Paris today! Just hope it cools down a bit in time for the marathon on Sunday - especially for those who've been training through the winter months.
April 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hot April day in Paris today! Just hope it cools down a bit in time for the marathon on Sunday - especially for those who've been training through the winter months.
Train number two: London to Paris. Food was good for a vegetarian meal, could of done with a better ratio of houmous to couscous though - so dry!
April 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Train number two: London to Paris. Food was good for a vegetarian meal, could of done with a better ratio of houmous to couscous though - so dry!
First train of the day: Chippenham to London Paddington.
April 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
First train of the day: Chippenham to London Paddington.
Happy colours in my garden 😍
April 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Happy colours in my garden 😍
T-shirt and stickers on the way from @thewaroncars.bsky.social ✅
Looking at website options for my campaign ✅
Thinking through short & long term goals - importantly, what can I focus on while learning more about how local & national gov work.
I see a busy few months ahead 😁👣
Looking at website options for my campaign ✅
Thinking through short & long term goals - importantly, what can I focus on while learning more about how local & national gov work.
I see a busy few months ahead 😁👣
March 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
T-shirt and stickers on the way from @thewaroncars.bsky.social ✅
Looking at website options for my campaign ✅
Thinking through short & long term goals - importantly, what can I focus on while learning more about how local & national gov work.
I see a busy few months ahead 😁👣
Looking at website options for my campaign ✅
Thinking through short & long term goals - importantly, what can I focus on while learning more about how local & national gov work.
I see a busy few months ahead 😁👣
And we desperately need a pavement parking ban in England.
Write to your MP and asked them to support a ban, or even better, invite them for a walk around your town and show them the problem.
Write to your MP and asked them to support a ban, or even better, invite them for a walk around your town and show them the problem.
January 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
And we desperately need a pavement parking ban in England.
Write to your MP and asked them to support a ban, or even better, invite them for a walk around your town and show them the problem.
Write to your MP and asked them to support a ban, or even better, invite them for a walk around your town and show them the problem.
It might have been a bit damp, but it was still lovely to walk around #RHSbridgewater yesterday. Plus we got to eat parkin and super crispy eccles cakes 😁
Definitely putting a date in the diary to return in the spring or summer and check out all the new trees and shrubs that were being planted.
Definitely putting a date in the diary to return in the spring or summer and check out all the new trees and shrubs that were being planted.
January 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It might have been a bit damp, but it was still lovely to walk around #RHSbridgewater yesterday. Plus we got to eat parkin and super crispy eccles cakes 😁
Definitely putting a date in the diary to return in the spring or summer and check out all the new trees and shrubs that were being planted.
Definitely putting a date in the diary to return in the spring or summer and check out all the new trees and shrubs that were being planted.
Yep, just deleted my insta account. I really should stop hoping for the best.
January 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Yep, just deleted my insta account. I really should stop hoping for the best.
Spent the day pootling around Manchester city centre - one of my favourite cities to get lost in. But please @mayorofgm.bsky.social fix the pavements!
The areas that have paving stones or cobbles are in a terrible state and make it difficult for people with mobility issues to walk or wheel.
The areas that have paving stones or cobbles are in a terrible state and make it difficult for people with mobility issues to walk or wheel.
January 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Spent the day pootling around Manchester city centre - one of my favourite cities to get lost in. But please @mayorofgm.bsky.social fix the pavements!
The areas that have paving stones or cobbles are in a terrible state and make it difficult for people with mobility issues to walk or wheel.
The areas that have paving stones or cobbles are in a terrible state and make it difficult for people with mobility issues to walk or wheel.
So, no, my knee was not ready to walk 1.3 miles today!Plus sitting down too much tonight probably didn't help! So I'll be ringing in 2025 in an ice pack 🙄
Here's to a better 2025 with more walks, strolls and rambles (and less ice packs and painkillers 😆)! Happy walking everyone.
Here's to a better 2025 with more walks, strolls and rambles (and less ice packs and painkillers 😆)! Happy walking everyone.
December 31, 2024 at 11:56 PM
So, no, my knee was not ready to walk 1.3 miles today!Plus sitting down too much tonight probably didn't help! So I'll be ringing in 2025 in an ice pack 🙄
Here's to a better 2025 with more walks, strolls and rambles (and less ice packs and painkillers 😆)! Happy walking everyone.
Here's to a better 2025 with more walks, strolls and rambles (and less ice packs and painkillers 😆)! Happy walking everyone.
Four weeks post knee replacement and I'm already getting out and about. Huge thanks to #RHS Wisley for lending me an electric scooter - there's no way I'd have seen all the garden using my crutches 😁
And I didn't run anybody over or churn up any borders 😆
And I didn't run anybody over or churn up any borders 😆
December 15, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Four weeks post knee replacement and I'm already getting out and about. Huge thanks to #RHS Wisley for lending me an electric scooter - there's no way I'd have seen all the garden using my crutches 😁
And I didn't run anybody over or churn up any borders 😆
And I didn't run anybody over or churn up any borders 😆