Martin
@martinr24.bsky.social
Currently completing all the walks in "Coastal Rambles of Wiltshire".
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Some wonderful objects; including:
19 drawings of small "household gods", Roman period (234), found in Devizes in 1714.
19 drawings of small "household gods", Roman period (234), found in Devizes in 1714.
October 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Some wonderful objects; including:
19 drawings of small "household gods", Roman period (234), found in Devizes in 1714.
19 drawings of small "household gods", Roman period (234), found in Devizes in 1714.
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Darker evenings don't mean more danger on our roads. Just a little extra caution — a bright coat of paint on your car, headlights on, pay attention while driving — can make a huge difference! #PedestrianShaming
October 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Darker evenings don't mean more danger on our roads. Just a little extra caution — a bright coat of paint on your car, headlights on, pay attention while driving — can make a huge difference! #PedestrianShaming
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“Hidalgo spearheaded legislation that constrains her eventual successor from reversing her policies & long-term goals, such as the creation of 55 acres of new green areas by 2040, and requiring at least 65% of any site bigger than 150sq.m remains soil or plants, with no building or paving allowed.”
Seine swimming pool opening gives Paris mayor another jewel in her green crown
Making the famed river swimmable is one of the final big projects Anne Hidalgo will inaugurate before she leaves office next year.
www.politico.eu
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“Hidalgo spearheaded legislation that constrains her eventual successor from reversing her policies & long-term goals, such as the creation of 55 acres of new green areas by 2040, and requiring at least 65% of any site bigger than 150sq.m remains soil or plants, with no building or paving allowed.”
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October 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race."
-H.G. Wells
Happy #BicycleBirthday, H.G. Wells!
September 21 (1866-1946)
Wells is shown here getting ready to ride a Humber "lady-front" tandem with wife Amy Catherine Robbins Wells.
-H.G. Wells
Happy #BicycleBirthday, H.G. Wells!
September 21 (1866-1946)
Wells is shown here getting ready to ride a Humber "lady-front" tandem with wife Amy Catherine Robbins Wells.
September 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race."
-H.G. Wells
Happy #BicycleBirthday, H.G. Wells!
September 21 (1866-1946)
Wells is shown here getting ready to ride a Humber "lady-front" tandem with wife Amy Catherine Robbins Wells.
-H.G. Wells
Happy #BicycleBirthday, H.G. Wells!
September 21 (1866-1946)
Wells is shown here getting ready to ride a Humber "lady-front" tandem with wife Amy Catherine Robbins Wells.
Worth a read; well argued and persuasive. @garethdennis.uk
September 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Worth a read; well argued and persuasive. @garethdennis.uk
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According to a fresh analysis from Clean Cities, cargo bike use across London has more than doubled in just two years, jumping by an eye-popping 104 per cent between 2022 and 2024. Yes, doubled.
momentummag.com/cargo-bike-b...
momentummag.com/cargo-bike-b...
A Massive Cargo Bike Boom in Underway as London Deliveries Get a Two-Wheeled Makeover
According to Clean Cities, cargo bike use across London has more than doubled in just two years, jumping by an eye-popping 104 per cent.
momentummag.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
According to a fresh analysis from Clean Cities, cargo bike use across London has more than doubled in just two years, jumping by an eye-popping 104 per cent between 2022 and 2024. Yes, doubled.
momentummag.com/cargo-bike-b...
momentummag.com/cargo-bike-b...
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Based pub.
More businesses, especially ones where you spend time there, should offer this. Just a pity none are sold secure gold, which would prevent someone's insurance from paying out if the bike was stolen, but a good start.
More businesses, especially ones where you spend time there, should offer this. Just a pity none are sold secure gold, which would prevent someone's insurance from paying out if the bike was stolen, but a good start.
September 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Based pub.
More businesses, especially ones where you spend time there, should offer this. Just a pity none are sold secure gold, which would prevent someone's insurance from paying out if the bike was stolen, but a good start.
More businesses, especially ones where you spend time there, should offer this. Just a pity none are sold secure gold, which would prevent someone's insurance from paying out if the bike was stolen, but a good start.
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The Bicyclers
Artist: Thomas Hart Benton
Artist: Thomas Hart Benton
September 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Bicyclers
Artist: Thomas Hart Benton
Artist: Thomas Hart Benton
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Time to cast your vote – help shape the future of the National Trust ahead of our Annual General Meeting (AGM): buff.ly/kmcNfha
It’s your opportunity, as a member, to tell us what matters to you. Make sure you have your say before midnight on 31 Oct!
It’s your opportunity, as a member, to tell us what matters to you. Make sure you have your say before midnight on 31 Oct!
September 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Time to cast your vote – help shape the future of the National Trust ahead of our Annual General Meeting (AGM): buff.ly/kmcNfha
It’s your opportunity, as a member, to tell us what matters to you. Make sure you have your say before midnight on 31 Oct!
It’s your opportunity, as a member, to tell us what matters to you. Make sure you have your say before midnight on 31 Oct!
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Company appointed to roll out up to 300 secure on-street ‘Bike Bunkers’ lockers in Dublin City irishcycle.com/2025/09/01/c...
Company appointed to roll out up to 300 secure on-street ‘Bike Bunkers’ lockers in Dublin City
— The Bunkers fit 6 bicycles in one car parking space, but the spaces are reserved for subscribers who get keys to the lockers. Bleeper, the company best known for its bicycle share service, …
irishcycle.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Company appointed to roll out up to 300 secure on-street ‘Bike Bunkers’ lockers in Dublin City irishcycle.com/2025/09/01/c...
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Please share far and wide @petedyson.bsky.social @bathecho.bsky.social @bathvoicenews.bsky.social @lukejohnemmett.co.uk @gillkirk.bsky.social @bathnewseum.bsky.social @bathfringe.co.uk @forestofimaginatn.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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More cyclists, even wobbly ones, a good thing!
A surge in 'strikelists' on the commute this week means some folk will continue cycling when strike is over - but "exposes the lack of capacity for cycling in London" says our Head of Campaigns @psimonk.bsky.social
metro.co.uk/2025/09/09/s...
A surge in 'strikelists' on the commute this week means some folk will continue cycling when strike is over - but "exposes the lack of capacity for cycling in London" says our Head of Campaigns @psimonk.bsky.social
metro.co.uk/2025/09/09/s...
'Strikelists' have taken over London after the Tube network ground to a halt
Seasoned cyclists have reported 'dodgy behaviour' from inexperienced riders during the Tube strike.
metro.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
More cyclists, even wobbly ones, a good thing!
A surge in 'strikelists' on the commute this week means some folk will continue cycling when strike is over - but "exposes the lack of capacity for cycling in London" says our Head of Campaigns @psimonk.bsky.social
metro.co.uk/2025/09/09/s...
A surge in 'strikelists' on the commute this week means some folk will continue cycling when strike is over - but "exposes the lack of capacity for cycling in London" says our Head of Campaigns @psimonk.bsky.social
metro.co.uk/2025/09/09/s...
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In case you were wondering the French for “Cyclists Dismount”.
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August 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
In case you were wondering the French for “Cyclists Dismount”.
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The Embankment cycleway (CS3) in London was purposefully built to be wider than was usual in order to future proof it.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
September 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Embankment cycleway (CS3) in London was purposefully built to be wider than was usual in order to future proof it.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
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Our next podcast drops tomorrow! This time, we're joined by award-winning photographer & sheep farmer Amy Bateman (@amybateman.bsky.social).
We discuss Amy's life as a farmer and her gorgeous book Forty Farms (photos below), chronicling the lives of forty farms across Cumbria and the Lake District.
We discuss Amy's life as a farmer and her gorgeous book Forty Farms (photos below), chronicling the lives of forty farms across Cumbria and the Lake District.
August 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Our next podcast drops tomorrow! This time, we're joined by award-winning photographer & sheep farmer Amy Bateman (@amybateman.bsky.social).
We discuss Amy's life as a farmer and her gorgeous book Forty Farms (photos below), chronicling the lives of forty farms across Cumbria and the Lake District.
We discuss Amy's life as a farmer and her gorgeous book Forty Farms (photos below), chronicling the lives of forty farms across Cumbria and the Lake District.
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Heard from a colleague spending a few months in the Netherlands.
"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."
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"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."
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July 24, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Heard from a colleague spending a few months in the Netherlands.
"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."
😢
"Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars."
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By getting express trains off the existing network, HS2 clears space for others - particularly FREIGHT. Fewer lorries on roads = major CO2 win.
The northern legs, presently "cancelled", are the crucial part. We need to safeguard the routes and BUILD THEM.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The northern legs, presently "cancelled", are the crucial part. We need to safeguard the routes and BUILD THEM.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Resurrect HS2 northern leg to boost rail freight capacity, say UK manufacturers
Reviving line to Manchester and Leeds would help get lorries off roads and cut emissions, according to lobby group
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
By getting express trains off the existing network, HS2 clears space for others - particularly FREIGHT. Fewer lorries on roads = major CO2 win.
The northern legs, presently "cancelled", are the crucial part. We need to safeguard the routes and BUILD THEM.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The northern legs, presently "cancelled", are the crucial part. We need to safeguard the routes and BUILD THEM.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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“200 years after its invention, we’re experiencing the biggest bike boom of all, transforming the places we live and way we live in them... In a rapidly urbanizing, ecologically imperiled, traffic-clogged, socially turbulent 21st-century, the 19th-century two-wheeler is a relic whose time has come.”
July 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“200 years after its invention, we’re experiencing the biggest bike boom of all, transforming the places we live and way we live in them... In a rapidly urbanizing, ecologically imperiled, traffic-clogged, socially turbulent 21st-century, the 19th-century two-wheeler is a relic whose time has come.”
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V&A announces details for David Bowie Centre
V&A announces details for David Bowie Centre
Chic’s bandleader and the Last Dinner Party are among the curators selecting from the 90,000+ items in the late star’s archive to go on display when the new London venue opens in September
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
V&A announces details for David Bowie Centre
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June 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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"Successive governments have left e-bikes in limbo. The combination of no purchase subsidies, muddled regulations, and little control of gig-economy rider employers has nurtured a grey market of “Franken-bikes” and public unease."
This piece is a good summary of the mess we're in with e-bikes.
This piece is a good summary of the mess we're in with e-bikes.
Unsafe "fake" e-bikes? Years of political neglect are the unseen hazard...
www.eta.co.uk/news/unsafe-...
www.eta.co.uk/news/unsafe-...
Unsafe e-bikes? Years of political neglect are the big unseen hazard | ETA
Unsafe “fake e-bikes” and a decade of policy neglect, not just battery fires, threaten UK e-cycling, says new APPGCW report urging urgent regulation.
www.eta.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Successive governments have left e-bikes in limbo. The combination of no purchase subsidies, muddled regulations, and little control of gig-economy rider employers has nurtured a grey market of “Franken-bikes” and public unease."
This piece is a good summary of the mess we're in with e-bikes.
This piece is a good summary of the mess we're in with e-bikes.
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For the first time since 1940 Coventry has a tram on the street... Not only that, we own the intellectual property for the new tech that enables the tracks.
May 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
For the first time since 1940 Coventry has a tram on the street... Not only that, we own the intellectual property for the new tech that enables the tracks.
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Refreshing from a car journalist: basically “don’t buy this SUV cos it kills kids and the climate, go and buy the estate instead.”
www.irishtimes.com/motors/revie...
www.irishtimes.com/motors/revie...
You’d be genuinely mad to buy an SUV unless you need it - just look at latest climate and safety figures
The new Kodiaq is efficient, but the Superb estate is a much better option
www.irishtimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Refreshing from a car journalist: basically “don’t buy this SUV cos it kills kids and the climate, go and buy the estate instead.”
www.irishtimes.com/motors/revie...
www.irishtimes.com/motors/revie...
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Bike to Glasto provides free, secure bike lock-ups, as well as a designated cyclists-only campsite, including showers, so there is every reason to make cycling there your first choice.
May 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Bike to Glasto provides free, secure bike lock-ups, as well as a designated cyclists-only campsite, including showers, so there is every reason to make cycling there your first choice.