Paul Luton
@paulluton.bsky.social
Chemist by education ,retired teacher, National Trust guide and Nature conservation volunteer who uses a bicycle to see the world.
Pressing for safer cycling routes so that more people can enjoy it too.
Pressing for safer cycling routes so that more people can enjoy it too.
Impact on the capacity of a station ???
If it increasing the frequency of trains that would make getting to Rousham easier - it is indeed a delightful garden.
If it increasing the frequency of trains that would make getting to Rousham easier - it is indeed a delightful garden.
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Impact on the capacity of a station ???
If it increasing the frequency of trains that would make getting to Rousham easier - it is indeed a delightful garden.
If it increasing the frequency of trains that would make getting to Rousham easier - it is indeed a delightful garden.
Massive pile of Lime bikes by Pools in the Park/ Athletic ground today.
Clearly a need for a BIG pen to hold them properly.
@richmondcouncil.bsky.social
Clearly a need for a BIG pen to hold them properly.
@richmondcouncil.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Massive pile of Lime bikes by Pools in the Park/ Athletic ground today.
Clearly a need for a BIG pen to hold them properly.
@richmondcouncil.bsky.social
Clearly a need for a BIG pen to hold them properly.
@richmondcouncil.bsky.social
Chiswick House - even more photogenic in the winter after a scenic ride across Richmond Park. Glad to see the path from Staverly Rd marked as a cycle route.
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Chiswick House - even more photogenic in the winter after a scenic ride across Richmond Park. Glad to see the path from Staverly Rd marked as a cycle route.
Hmm three storey cycle hub ? Hope that doesn't require cyclists to push their bikes up stairs as we have just been given at Richmond.
Not at all fantastic.
Not at all fantastic.
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hmm three storey cycle hub ? Hope that doesn't require cyclists to push their bikes up stairs as we have just been given at Richmond.
Not at all fantastic.
Not at all fantastic.
Conversely this is a totally awful way to access cycle parking. Half of it is up a second flight of steps.
Fine if you are a healthy 25 with a featherweight racing bike.
Fine if you are a healthy 25 with a featherweight racing bike.
October 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Conversely this is a totally awful way to access cycle parking. Half of it is up a second flight of steps.
Fine if you are a healthy 25 with a featherweight racing bike.
Fine if you are a healthy 25 with a featherweight racing bike.
Which? article on insurance has this picture.
Would any insurance cover a bike on the streets that is illegal to ride there ?
( No second brake assuming fixed gear at the back )
Good that frame and wheel are both secured to stand.
Would any insurance cover a bike on the streets that is illegal to ride there ?
( No second brake assuming fixed gear at the back )
Good that frame and wheel are both secured to stand.
October 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Which? article on insurance has this picture.
Would any insurance cover a bike on the streets that is illegal to ride there ?
( No second brake assuming fixed gear at the back )
Good that frame and wheel are both secured to stand.
Would any insurance cover a bike on the streets that is illegal to ride there ?
( No second brake assuming fixed gear at the back )
Good that frame and wheel are both secured to stand.
Cabinets open at @hamhouse.bsky.social this week.
October 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Cabinets open at @hamhouse.bsky.social this week.
On the plus side - we have a new capacious cycle parking hub at Richmond Station. On the minus - most cycle parking is up one or two flights of steps in order to minimise loss of car parking. A bit of green wall .
@richmondcycling.bsky.social
@rtfoe.bsky.social
@richmondcouncil.bsky.social
@richmondcycling.bsky.social
@rtfoe.bsky.social
@richmondcouncil.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
On the plus side - we have a new capacious cycle parking hub at Richmond Station. On the minus - most cycle parking is up one or two flights of steps in order to minimise loss of car parking. A bit of green wall .
@richmondcycling.bsky.social
@rtfoe.bsky.social
@richmondcouncil.bsky.social
@richmondcycling.bsky.social
@rtfoe.bsky.social
@richmondcouncil.bsky.social
On display at @nationaltrust.org.uk Ham House a rare surviving 17c Sumpter Cloth used to cover baggage when travelling. JEL monogram of John and Elizabeth duke and duchess of Lauderdale.
October 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
On display at @nationaltrust.org.uk Ham House a rare surviving 17c Sumpter Cloth used to cover baggage when travelling. JEL monogram of John and Elizabeth duke and duchess of Lauderdale.
Sternbergias. When what other flowers there are in the garden are pink-mauve-white.
September 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Sternbergias. When what other flowers there are in the garden are pink-mauve-white.
The house was cut down from a Tudor palace in 1650s with the first domestic portico in England.
September 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The house was cut down from a Tudor palace in 1650s with the first domestic portico in England.
Gothic style bike racks at @nationaltrust.org.uk The Vyne .
Could have done with signing on the convoluted way out of Basingstoke.
Could have done with signing on the convoluted way out of Basingstoke.
September 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Gothic style bike racks at @nationaltrust.org.uk The Vyne .
Could have done with signing on the convoluted way out of Basingstoke.
Could have done with signing on the convoluted way out of Basingstoke.
This reaction to theft isn't acceptable either :
September 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This reaction to theft isn't acceptable either :
The NCR4 track up the hill at Runnymede has to be the most ridiculous. Very steep with an awful surface it is challenging to walk. Add in the dash across a dual carriageway needed at the bottom.
RAF memorial at the top is well worth visiting if only for the view.
RAF memorial at the top is well worth visiting if only for the view.
June 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The NCR4 track up the hill at Runnymede has to be the most ridiculous. Very steep with an awful surface it is challenging to walk. Add in the dash across a dual carriageway needed at the bottom.
RAF memorial at the top is well worth visiting if only for the view.
RAF memorial at the top is well worth visiting if only for the view.
Mitzy is allowed out in the day but has decided that squirrels
Are too fast
Have big teeth
so just looks at them disapprovingly.
Are too fast
Have big teeth
so just looks at them disapprovingly.
May 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Mitzy is allowed out in the day but has decided that squirrels
Are too fast
Have big teeth
so just looks at them disapprovingly.
Are too fast
Have big teeth
so just looks at them disapprovingly.
This is Toulouse. 20 km/hr is approx 12 mph.
May 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is Toulouse. 20 km/hr is approx 12 mph.
How to carry bicycles on trains without requiring the strength to lift one up onto a tight hook hidden in a narrow cupboard.
Space for luggage over the top too.
Thanks SNCF.
Space for luggage over the top too.
Thanks SNCF.
May 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
How to carry bicycles on trains without requiring the strength to lift one up onto a tight hook hidden in a narrow cupboard.
Space for luggage over the top too.
Thanks SNCF.
Space for luggage over the top too.
Thanks SNCF.
Signage here in Toulouse showing pedestrian priority in most central roads.
@livingstreets.bsky.social
@livingstreets.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Signage here in Toulouse showing pedestrian priority in most central roads.
@livingstreets.bsky.social
@livingstreets.bsky.social
Long term ambition realised to see the carvings at Moissac. Cycle route mostly along the Garonne canal from Bordeaux will end up at Toulouse tomorrow. ( More Romanesque)
May 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Long term ambition realised to see the carvings at Moissac. Cycle route mostly along the Garonne canal from Bordeaux will end up at Toulouse tomorrow. ( More Romanesque)
Saxifrage Kashiba types : the labels will say sunny location but these do fine in a trough with no sun at all in SE England.
April 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Saxifrage Kashiba types : the labels will say sunny location but these do fine in a trough with no sun at all in SE England.
Erythronium Pagoda in a shaft of sunlight.
Primroses trying to take over but no complaints.
Primroses trying to take over but no complaints.
March 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Erythronium Pagoda in a shaft of sunlight.
Primroses trying to take over but no complaints.
Primroses trying to take over but no complaints.
Mitzy as monarch of all she surveys.
March 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Mitzy as monarch of all she surveys.
The lift system at Teddington station is finally working.
Essential for wheelchair users and a boon for pram pushers but also handy for families from SE Teddington cycling to Bushy Park and wanting to avoid main roads.
@richmondcycling.bsky.social
Essential for wheelchair users and a boon for pram pushers but also handy for families from SE Teddington cycling to Bushy Park and wanting to avoid main roads.
@richmondcycling.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The lift system at Teddington station is finally working.
Essential for wheelchair users and a boon for pram pushers but also handy for families from SE Teddington cycling to Bushy Park and wanting to avoid main roads.
@richmondcycling.bsky.social
Essential for wheelchair users and a boon for pram pushers but also handy for families from SE Teddington cycling to Bushy Park and wanting to avoid main roads.
@richmondcycling.bsky.social
Crocus flowering on the enhanced 17c plats at NTHamHouse.bskyb.social
Plain grass that showed labour cost of continuous scything doesn't impress in the days of lawnmowers.
Plain grass that showed labour cost of continuous scything doesn't impress in the days of lawnmowers.
March 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Crocus flowering on the enhanced 17c plats at NTHamHouse.bskyb.social
Plain grass that showed labour cost of continuous scything doesn't impress in the days of lawnmowers.
Plain grass that showed labour cost of continuous scything doesn't impress in the days of lawnmowers.