Nico
@nicobobinus.bsky.social
Ex-London logistics operations whizz, now learning to pilot buses around the Home Counties.
Bucks/Oxon
Bucks/Oxon
Estate roads of South Oxhey currently looking for all the world like a loyalist area of Belfast with all the union flags hanging off streetlamps.
August 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Estate roads of South Oxhey currently looking for all the world like a loyalist area of Belfast with all the union flags hanging off streetlamps.
Six weeks since last in Central London. Haven't begun to miss it all yet. Some day?
July 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Six weeks since last in Central London. Haven't begun to miss it all yet. Some day?
Really enjoyed the 25 minutes this morning when I wasn't hot.
July 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Really enjoyed the 25 minutes this morning when I wasn't hot.
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June 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Due to my flexible working arrangements I may post outside of regular office hours. There is no expecation this will be read or responded to before the net working day.
The White House - an Investors in People employer.
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Due to my flexible working arrangements I may post outside of regular office hours. There is no expecation this will be read or responded to before the net working day.
The White House - an Investors in People employer.
Sitting in an air conditioned coffee shop watching all life on Broad Street pass by. Coming to the end of the first really hot spell I've experienced on SSRI medication (now 100mg Sertraline! Stepping up!). Takeaway: Whatever fluids I've been bringing out and about with me, double that amount.
June 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Sitting in an air conditioned coffee shop watching all life on Broad Street pass by. Coming to the end of the first really hot spell I've experienced on SSRI medication (now 100mg Sertraline! Stepping up!). Takeaway: Whatever fluids I've been bringing out and about with me, double that amount.
Current weather in central Reading: hot, but overcast with a few spots of rain. The air is thick. No sun since lunchtime. Feels like a storm might develop, though forecast/radar suggests otherwise.
June 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Current weather in central Reading: hot, but overcast with a few spots of rain. The air is thick. No sun since lunchtime. Feels like a storm might develop, though forecast/radar suggests otherwise.
Three weeks of training ✔️
All theory and CPC exams passed. PCV practical next week. All being well, I'll be signed off back to High Wycombe by the end of the week.
After two weeks of living on my nerves, everything started to 'click'. Absolutely loving it now. Oxford in the summer is a delight.
All theory and CPC exams passed. PCV practical next week. All being well, I'll be signed off back to High Wycombe by the end of the week.
After two weeks of living on my nerves, everything started to 'click'. Absolutely loving it now. Oxford in the summer is a delight.
June 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Three weeks of training ✔️
All theory and CPC exams passed. PCV practical next week. All being well, I'll be signed off back to High Wycombe by the end of the week.
After two weeks of living on my nerves, everything started to 'click'. Absolutely loving it now. Oxford in the summer is a delight.
All theory and CPC exams passed. PCV practical next week. All being well, I'll be signed off back to High Wycombe by the end of the week.
After two weeks of living on my nerves, everything started to 'click'. Absolutely loving it now. Oxford in the summer is a delight.
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Now an ex-employee of the courier industry, ending a 15 year run of involvement. Surprisingly emotional (and very noisy) leaving drinks, but nursing a relatively gentle hangover (Pinot Noir, thanks Bill).
May 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Now an ex-employee of the courier industry, ending a 15 year run of involvement. Surprisingly emotional (and very noisy) leaving drinks, but nursing a relatively gentle hangover (Pinot Noir, thanks Bill).
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I refuse to believe that the owner of that house wasn’t sleeping with the captain’s wife.
May 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I refuse to believe that the owner of that house wasn’t sleeping with the captain’s wife.
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Great examination of a difficult issue, this.
All three of these big parks used to be run for the benefit of London as a whole, but were transferred to the boroughs in the Eighties. They're all on borough borders too, which isn't ideal. It's a neat example of how poorly London is run.
All three of these big parks used to be run for the benefit of London as a whole, but were transferred to the boroughs in the Eighties. They're all on borough borders too, which isn't ideal. It's a neat example of how poorly London is run.
Exclusive: Lawyers for Brockwell Park residents say the festival organisers are wrong to say they can press on with Mighty Hoopla... Finsbury Park residents are now looking at same approach... Victoria Park could follow. Going to be a summer-long clusterfuck. www.londoncentric.media/p/mighty-hoo...
Brockwell Park festivals back on for now — but new challenges in Finsbury Park and Victoria Park
Mighty Hoopla and Field Day insist they'll go ahead as planned this month, despite losing a legal battle. But London Centric has learned other festivals in parks could now face challenges.
www.londoncentric.media
May 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Great examination of a difficult issue, this.
All three of these big parks used to be run for the benefit of London as a whole, but were transferred to the boroughs in the Eighties. They're all on borough borders too, which isn't ideal. It's a neat example of how poorly London is run.
All three of these big parks used to be run for the benefit of London as a whole, but were transferred to the boroughs in the Eighties. They're all on borough borders too, which isn't ideal. It's a neat example of how poorly London is run.
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So pleased we’ve identified foreign carehome workers who do the toughest jobs for fuck all money as the big problem with the country. Was worried it might be someone else.
May 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
So pleased we’ve identified foreign carehome workers who do the toughest jobs for fuck all money as the big problem with the country. Was worried it might be someone else.
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found a TfL FOI response about buses, made a thing to play with: edjefferson.com/busiestbusst...
London's Busiest Bus Stops
Find out where London's busiest bus stops are, and see the busiest stops by route.
edjefferson.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
found a TfL FOI response about buses, made a thing to play with: edjefferson.com/busiestbusst...
Met shenanigans have driven me to Hayes and into the arms of the Elizabeth Line, which is working as intended. Very pleasant journey when it all works (it doesn't always work).
May 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Met shenanigans have driven me to Hayes and into the arms of the Elizabeth Line, which is working as intended. Very pleasant journey when it all works (it doesn't always work).
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The 2000s revival is starting!
C&C Group makes multi-million pound investment into Magners www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/05/cc-g... @teamdb.bsky.social
C&C Group makes multi-million pound investment into Magners
C&C Group has made a seven-figure investment into its Magners cider brand this week in a bid to appeal to consumers during the warm weather.
www.thedrinksbusiness.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The 2000s revival is starting!
REPLICATE the experience of taking ketamine in a work environment by wearing out a brand new glasses prescription on a weekday.
April 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
REPLICATE the experience of taking ketamine in a work environment by wearing out a brand new glasses prescription on a weekday.
Final commute form for my last month of working in London: drive to Little Chalfont, Brompton ¾ mile from bountiful parking to station, train to.. depending on which train turns up really, unfold Brompton at other end and ride last 1-2 miles.
Nice to be back in the saddle!
Nice to be back in the saddle!
April 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Final commute form for my last month of working in London: drive to Little Chalfont, Brompton ¾ mile from bountiful parking to station, train to.. depending on which train turns up really, unfold Brompton at other end and ride last 1-2 miles.
Nice to be back in the saddle!
Nice to be back in the saddle!
Gloriously outdated counties of Britain jigsaw map at the big Oxfam in Cowley.
April 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Gloriously outdated counties of Britain jigsaw map at the big Oxfam in Cowley.
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Popes only do this when they’re threatened. There’s probably a busload of nuns out of shot.
April 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Popes only do this when they’re threatened. There’s probably a busload of nuns out of shot.
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We have essentially broken any social contract between the electorate and the local services they pay for. So I won’t be massively surprised if a bunch of people come in and say “let’s do this totally unworkable thing” and local electors go sure ok, the current situation isn’t working, whatever
April 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
We have essentially broken any social contract between the electorate and the local services they pay for. So I won’t be massively surprised if a bunch of people come in and say “let’s do this totally unworkable thing” and local electors go sure ok, the current situation isn’t working, whatever
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"I'm pausing the tariffs... for an hour"
April 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"I'm pausing the tariffs... for an hour"
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In a very real sense I never left this maze
April 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
In a very real sense I never left this maze
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold