Mill Road Bridges Uniting our 'Community of Communities'
@millroadbridges.bsky.social
Non-alligned community group for Mill Road, Cambridge, UK
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Exodus, movement of the people (from that anti-social medium under the control of he X-man).
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New bus service for Cambridge's Mill Road Romsey Town. Circular via Ross Street, Fairfax Road & Thoday Street. One (slow) service on the third Sunday of November.
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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And Chris Whitty reminds us that cycling is, in fact, a perfectly normal thing to do, a perfectly healthy thing to do, and a cheap form of transport. No lycra necessary. (Or cycle helmets, IMO. Shhhh!!!)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Chris Whitty says culture-war coverage of cycling could harm nation’s health
Chief medical officer for England urges people to set media cliches aside to focus on health benefits of physical activity
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
And Chris Whitty reminds us that cycling is, in fact, a perfectly normal thing to do, a perfectly healthy thing to do, and a cheap form of transport. No lycra necessary. (Or cycle helmets, IMO. Shhhh!!!)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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12 mayors commit themselves to a 'national active travel network', including our own Paul Bristow 💙. This is brilliant. We have at least four primary schools within walking distance of Mill Road.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan to create ‘national active travel network’
Exclusive: Unprecedented move to focus initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
12 mayors commit themselves to a 'national active travel network', including our own Paul Bristow 💙. This is brilliant. We have at least four primary schools within walking distance of Mill Road.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three magnificent London Plane trees on St Matthew's Piece, Cambridge, at risk on Wed 25/06/25. Full details...
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We believe the Council would be acting irrationally and opening itself to judicial review…
Three protected trees on St Matthew’s Piece still under threat of felling! Another guest post on behalf of Friends of St Matthew’s Piece. [W]e believe the Council really must refuse the appli…
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June 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Three magnificent London Plane trees on St Matthew's Piece, Cambridge, at risk on Wed 25/06/25. Full details...
mill-road.com/we-believe-t...
mill-road.com/we-believe-t...
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Shocking! Again???
120+ year-old trees to be felled because a nearby HMO has been poorly built? mill-road.com/st-matthews-...
St Matthew’s Piece Trees – Rinse and Repeat?
The same three protected trees on St Matthew’s Piece are again under threat of felling!
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May 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Shocking! Again???
Tweeple might have heard a radio news bulletin about a Lambeth Council Low Traffic Neighbourhood having “been ruled unlawful in a landmark decision by the High Court” …
What's the implication for the bus gate on Mill Road?
(Spoiler alert: not a lot.)
🧵 (1/13)
What's the implication for the bus gate on Mill Road?
(Spoiler alert: not a lot.)
🧵 (1/13)
May 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Tweeple might have heard a radio news bulletin about a Lambeth Council Low Traffic Neighbourhood having “been ruled unlawful in a landmark decision by the High Court” …
What's the implication for the bus gate on Mill Road?
(Spoiler alert: not a lot.)
🧵 (1/13)
What's the implication for the bus gate on Mill Road?
(Spoiler alert: not a lot.)
🧵 (1/13)
120+ year-old trees to be felled because a nearby HMO has been poorly built? mill-road.com/st-matthews-...
St Matthew’s Piece Trees – Rinse and Repeat?
The same three protected trees on St Matthew’s Piece are again under threat of felling!
mill-road.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
120+ year-old trees to be felled because a nearby HMO has been poorly built? mill-road.com/st-matthews-...
Vision for #MillRdCamb?
I bet there's a big overlap between the "Ban kids from playing in the streets" people and the ones who say "Kids these days don't play outside any more, that's the problem".
Lincoln Square Road Closure and Accompanying Comments From The Local Facebook Page (April 2025)
April 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Vision for #MillRdCamb?
Sad to learn of local (off-Mill Road) resident Chris Swales’ company, being scammed in a sophisticated manner, similar to Neal’s Yard Dairy, one of the UK’s best-known purveyors of artisan cheese, who had fallen victim to a scam of grand proportions.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
Who stole all the cheese? The inside story of the boom in luxury food heists
Who would steal 22 tonnes of posh cheese, or £37,000 of smoked salmon? A rise in fraudulent orders for luxury foodstuffs has rattled the industry, leaving artisan producers with unpaid bills and a tru...
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Sad to learn of local (off-Mill Road) resident Chris Swales’ company, being scammed in a sophisticated manner, similar to Neal’s Yard Dairy, one of the UK’s best-known purveyors of artisan cheese, who had fallen victim to a scam of grand proportions.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...
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I couldn't get a decent picture on Saturday due to the market stalls so here are some historic images of Berkhamsted Town Hall, 1859, designed by Edward Buckton Lamb in Gothic Revival style. Not sure what the dinner menu says of English cuisine in 1913.
April 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I couldn't get a decent picture on Saturday due to the market stalls so here are some historic images of Berkhamsted Town Hall, 1859, designed by Edward Buckton Lamb in Gothic Revival style. Not sure what the dinner menu says of English cuisine in 1913.
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feels like there are a lot of people also on the road who don’t really value your life. They are just not careful.
It’s not the pedalling that’s difficult, it’s negotiating this. It’s why so many people campaign for safe routes!
And it’s why I guess a lot of people stop riding …
… 🤷🏼♀️… /8
It’s not the pedalling that’s difficult, it’s negotiating this. It’s why so many people campaign for safe routes!
And it’s why I guess a lot of people stop riding …
… 🤷🏼♀️… /8
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
feels like there are a lot of people also on the road who don’t really value your life. They are just not careful.
It’s not the pedalling that’s difficult, it’s negotiating this. It’s why so many people campaign for safe routes!
And it’s why I guess a lot of people stop riding …
… 🤷🏼♀️… /8
It’s not the pedalling that’s difficult, it’s negotiating this. It’s why so many people campaign for safe routes!
And it’s why I guess a lot of people stop riding …
… 🤷🏼♀️… /8
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was coming. Of course he stopped a minute after, so I stopped too, and politely asked if he could go slower past those on cycles in the future, because it’s quite scary.
He looked at me and HE SAID SORRY. Hurrah.
But also, I forgot how quickly when you’re on a cycle, it … /7
He looked at me and HE SAID SORRY. Hurrah.
But also, I forgot how quickly when you’re on a cycle, it … /7
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
was coming. Of course he stopped a minute after, so I stopped too, and politely asked if he could go slower past those on cycles in the future, because it’s quite scary.
He looked at me and HE SAID SORRY. Hurrah.
But also, I forgot how quickly when you’re on a cycle, it … /7
He looked at me and HE SAID SORRY. Hurrah.
But also, I forgot how quickly when you’re on a cycle, it … /7
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meant “I thank you but I’m also still cross with the previous driver so I’ve got a bit of a glare going on”.
A few minutes later, a white van driver whizzed past me despite the fact it was, again, only one lane of traffic. I felt nervous as he approached, I could tell he … /6
A few minutes later, a white van driver whizzed past me despite the fact it was, again, only one lane of traffic. I felt nervous as he approached, I could tell he … /6
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
meant “I thank you but I’m also still cross with the previous driver so I’ve got a bit of a glare going on”.
A few minutes later, a white van driver whizzed past me despite the fact it was, again, only one lane of traffic. I felt nervous as he approached, I could tell he … /6
A few minutes later, a white van driver whizzed past me despite the fact it was, again, only one lane of traffic. I felt nervous as he approached, I could tell he … /6
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on a narrow road and I had nowhere to pull over, I got right in the middle, put my hand out “stop”, and mouthed “can you stop please?”
My stepdad also does a bit of a wobble at this moment also. I might add it in. This driver did stop. I mouthed “thank you” in a way that … 5/8
My stepdad also does a bit of a wobble at this moment also. I might add it in. This driver did stop. I mouthed “thank you” in a way that … 5/8
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
on a narrow road and I had nowhere to pull over, I got right in the middle, put my hand out “stop”, and mouthed “can you stop please?”
My stepdad also does a bit of a wobble at this moment also. I might add it in. This driver did stop. I mouthed “thank you” in a way that … 5/8
My stepdad also does a bit of a wobble at this moment also. I might add it in. This driver did stop. I mouthed “thank you” in a way that … 5/8
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go. There was no spaces in between the parked cars for me to stop. Maybe levitate or something? He could have totally stopped in a gap, but because I was “only on a bike” clearly thought it wasn’t worth the effort.
I learnt my lesson- after that when a driver approached … 4/8
I learnt my lesson- after that when a driver approached … 4/8
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
go. There was no spaces in between the parked cars for me to stop. Maybe levitate or something? He could have totally stopped in a gap, but because I was “only on a bike” clearly thought it wasn’t worth the effort.
I learnt my lesson- after that when a driver approached … 4/8
I learnt my lesson- after that when a driver approached … 4/8
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a lovely willow-like tree too.
But MAN. It’s intense sharing the road with cars and so on! A baptism of fire when you’re not used to it.
The first thing to happen was a driver just coming straight at me on a narrow road. I don’t know where he thought I was going to … 3/8
But MAN. It’s intense sharing the road with cars and so on! A baptism of fire when you’re not used to it.
The first thing to happen was a driver just coming straight at me on a narrow road. I don’t know where he thought I was going to … 3/8
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
a lovely willow-like tree too.
But MAN. It’s intense sharing the road with cars and so on! A baptism of fire when you’re not used to it.
The first thing to happen was a driver just coming straight at me on a narrow road. I don’t know where he thought I was going to … 3/8
But MAN. It’s intense sharing the road with cars and so on! A baptism of fire when you’re not used to it.
The first thing to happen was a driver just coming straight at me on a narrow road. I don’t know where he thought I was going to … 3/8
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was on her scooter on the pavement.
She was careful around people, but we could also cover ground quickly- a mile and a half in 15 minutes.
We saw lovely cherry blossom, a great circular bush/tree thingamybob, and … 2/8
She was careful around people, but we could also cover ground quickly- a mile and a half in 15 minutes.
We saw lovely cherry blossom, a great circular bush/tree thingamybob, and … 2/8
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
was on her scooter on the pavement.
She was careful around people, but we could also cover ground quickly- a mile and a half in 15 minutes.
We saw lovely cherry blossom, a great circular bush/tree thingamybob, and … 2/8
She was careful around people, but we could also cover ground quickly- a mile and a half in 15 minutes.
We saw lovely cherry blossom, a great circular bush/tree thingamybob, and … 2/8
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Second cycle ride of the year! You really notice a lot of great things on a bike huh. But also- drivers are so annoying when you’re cycling! I’d forgotten!
Let’s start with the positives. It’s been a beautiful day here, and it was lovely travelling with my daughter who … 1/8
Let’s start with the positives. It’s been a beautiful day here, and it was lovely travelling with my daughter who … 1/8
March 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Second cycle ride of the year! You really notice a lot of great things on a bike huh. But also- drivers are so annoying when you’re cycling! I’d forgotten!
Let’s start with the positives. It’s been a beautiful day here, and it was lovely travelling with my daughter who … 1/8
Let’s start with the positives. It’s been a beautiful day here, and it was lovely travelling with my daughter who … 1/8
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more LTNs.
Tania was the birthday girl. She did a speech about everyone, and about me she said:
“Carla is a real connector. In fact, when I was with her and she was knocked by a car on her bike, it was by someone she knew”. True story. It will be in the book 📙... 7/7
Tania was the birthday girl. She did a speech about everyone, and about me she said:
“Carla is a real connector. In fact, when I was with her and she was knocked by a car on her bike, it was by someone she knew”. True story. It will be in the book 📙... 7/7
March 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
more LTNs.
Tania was the birthday girl. She did a speech about everyone, and about me she said:
“Carla is a real connector. In fact, when I was with her and she was knocked by a car on her bike, it was by someone she knew”. True story. It will be in the book 📙... 7/7
Tania was the birthday girl. She did a speech about everyone, and about me she said:
“Carla is a real connector. In fact, when I was with her and she was knocked by a car on her bike, it was by someone she knew”. True story. It will be in the book 📙... 7/7
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manage to play together even though he’s Spurs and I’m Arsenal”
One of the boys told me that when he was cycling here before, he got knocked off his bike by a driver.
So there you go. If you want to get kids off their screens and out playing in the sunshine, we need … 6/7
One of the boys told me that when he was cycling here before, he got knocked off his bike by a driver.
So there you go. If you want to get kids off their screens and out playing in the sunshine, we need … 6/7
March 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
manage to play together even though he’s Spurs and I’m Arsenal”
One of the boys told me that when he was cycling here before, he got knocked off his bike by a driver.
So there you go. If you want to get kids off their screens and out playing in the sunshine, we need … 6/7
One of the boys told me that when he was cycling here before, he got knocked off his bike by a driver.
So there you go. If you want to get kids off their screens and out playing in the sunshine, we need … 6/7
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A bunch of kids PLAYING FOOTBALL IN THE STREET! Imagine!
I caught up with them afterwards, and they said the following:
“We love the LTN”
“It gets us outside playing, not on screens”
“Not many cars go down here, so it’s perfect for football”.
“Yes, we even … 5/7
I caught up with them afterwards, and they said the following:
“We love the LTN”
“It gets us outside playing, not on screens”
“Not many cars go down here, so it’s perfect for football”.
“Yes, we even … 5/7
March 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A bunch of kids PLAYING FOOTBALL IN THE STREET! Imagine!
I caught up with them afterwards, and they said the following:
“We love the LTN”
“It gets us outside playing, not on screens”
“Not many cars go down here, so it’s perfect for football”.
“Yes, we even … 5/7
I caught up with them afterwards, and they said the following:
“We love the LTN”
“It gets us outside playing, not on screens”
“Not many cars go down here, so it’s perfect for football”.
“Yes, we even … 5/7
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I was going to the Canonbury for a gorgeous friend’s birthday. Extremely snazzy the whole thing. Can confirm Konditor’s Curly Whirly cake is still the best ever.
So anyway after this lunch, I strolled back through this newly discovered LTN, and what did I see? … 4/7
So anyway after this lunch, I strolled back through this newly discovered LTN, and what did I see? … 4/7
March 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I was going to the Canonbury for a gorgeous friend’s birthday. Extremely snazzy the whole thing. Can confirm Konditor’s Curly Whirly cake is still the best ever.
So anyway after this lunch, I strolled back through this newly discovered LTN, and what did I see? … 4/7
So anyway after this lunch, I strolled back through this newly discovered LTN, and what did I see? … 4/7
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why- I had walked into a low traffic neighbourhood of course. Of course I had! That’s why it was so lovely, and all I could hear was birds chirruping away.
There was also some INSANE planters. Made of stone!
And this isn’t all - … 3/7
There was also some INSANE planters. Made of stone!
And this isn’t all - … 3/7
March 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
why- I had walked into a low traffic neighbourhood of course. Of course I had! That’s why it was so lovely, and all I could hear was birds chirruping away.
There was also some INSANE planters. Made of stone!
And this isn’t all - … 3/7
There was also some INSANE planters. Made of stone!
And this isn’t all - … 3/7
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and there was blossom everywhere. It was so pleasant and peaceful!
As I roamed around I marvelled at how lovely it was, just moments from the madness and loudness of the Highbury and Islington roundabout, and so central too. And then I found out … 2/7
As I roamed around I marvelled at how lovely it was, just moments from the madness and loudness of the Highbury and Islington roundabout, and so central too. And then I found out … 2/7
March 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
and there was blossom everywhere. It was so pleasant and peaceful!
As I roamed around I marvelled at how lovely it was, just moments from the madness and loudness of the Highbury and Islington roundabout, and so central too. And then I found out … 2/7
As I roamed around I marvelled at how lovely it was, just moments from the madness and loudness of the Highbury and Islington roundabout, and so central too. And then I found out … 2/7