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Tony
@onetwotony.bsky.social
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Brompton rider, amongst others. Coffee, cake and beer enthusiast, Super Randonneur, cycling and active travel bore.
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Two punctures within 300 metres. I’ve clearly been very bad.
An inverted bicycle.
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Great to catch up with some old friends at the Recyke y’Bike AGM this evening. And there was beer!
A copy of the Recyke y’Bike annual report and a pint of pale ale on a wooden chair.
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The view across the river’s not too shabby either. Newcastle looking fine on a bright winter’s morning.
Newcastle’s skyline from the opposite river bank on a clear and bright morning, prominently featuring the Tyne Bridge.
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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A rare trip south of the river today. Identikit retail outlets aside, I like what they’ve done with the car park.
A modern urban retail plaza featuring a Tesco supermarket, Vue cinema and Nando’s restaurant. There is a central seating area with a large metallic upright circular art installation.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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After my first century, June 2018 👇
Two glasses of sparkling wine on a kitchen bench.
October 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Nice out.
A bicycle leaning against a wire fence with a backdrop of rolling hills in bright sunshine.
October 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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I’m pleased to report that the café is open today.
A cooked breakfast and a cup of coffee.
October 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Things are looking up, culinarily and topographically speaking.
A cup of black coffee and a plate of beans on toast on an outside café table. My bicycle is propped against the wall beside the table. A steep road zig-zags up a grassy hill disappearing over the summit in the distance.
September 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Cycling in the North Pennines is my happy place.
A bicycle leant against a roadside railing where the road crosses a rocky beck, with green rolling hills behind.
September 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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My route today 😁
Ride elevation profile with 2,390 metres of climbing over 200 kilometres.
September 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Breakfast disappointment (café was closed 🙁)
A close-up of a takeaway coffee cup and yoghurt pot on a wall with a bike leaning against it.
September 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Brompton + office attire + LEL casquette = “the look” from the noisy free hub brigade.
A head and shoulders selfie wearing a shirt and London Edinburgh London 2025 casquette. Looking down on a folded Brompton parked a stairwell.
August 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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😬
LEL 10:45 group in front of Writtle College. LEL 10:45 group at the start line.
August 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Final fettling done and time for bed. It was three years ago when @karlonsea.bsky.social talked me into (suggested) this, now it’s just half a day away. Bonne route everyone. #LEL2025
A loaded red bicycle a hotel room with L E L rider plate A B 20.
August 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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It’s a bit of a cliché, I know, but shit just got real.
A selfie in front of the London-Edinburgh-London map wearing my rider’s cap. I’m being photobombed by another rider.
August 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Good work. Some decidedly uninviting wilderness to the west, means I’m probably starting again if I want to get any higher than 30.
An explorer tile map with a 22x22 square centred on Newcastle upon Tyne.
August 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Update: the accommodation is ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A fenced-off and burned out fast food restaurant with a motorway backdrop.
August 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Road Trip!
A selfie taken from a car’s passenger seat with the driver in shot.
August 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Well, this can’t be good.
A text message from today at 12:58. Hi All, [name redacted] and I would be very grateful if you could all be at the Office tomorrow, Thursday 3rd July, for a short meeting starting at 10.30am. There's nothing to worry about so please don't panic, but we really need to have you all there. Many thanks, [name redacted]
July 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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A man pushing a bicycle around a very boggy section of a rural lane.
July 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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The view from the train window: the unfashionable Tyne bridges and the Castle Keep.
West looking view of the Tyne taken from the High Level Bridge. The spans of Queen Elizabeth II, King Edward and Redheugh bridges are perfectly aligned, one behind the other. The Newcastle Castle Keep with surrounding office buildings and railway bridges.
June 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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🍻
A selfie, holding a glass tankard of ale.
June 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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I can’t believe it’s Thursday already but here are some photos from last weekend’s York Rally 400 (officially “Summertime Blues”). Possibly my favourite @audaxuk.bsky.social event to date.
A hand drawn tour map hanging below an Audax UK banner. A procession of cyclists on a path through farmland heading towards trees. A long road descent with more hills in the background. A gothic village hall, riders are being fed.
June 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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I’m taking a break from the overnight solstice C2C this year, which would have been tonight. It seems apt that my alternative silliness has taken me across the C2C route.
A road-sign with a 30mph limit and the text “Welcome to MELMERBY Please drive carefully”
June 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Heading for the York Rally for the briefest of visits.
A close up of a bicycle in a railway station.
June 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM