Paul Marshall
@paulm844.bsky.social
Sales Operations Manager in the luxury lifestyle sector, Graphic Designer and general nerd, usually heard shouting NO at a Westie. Often on two wheels 🚴🏻♂️📚
"Why don't cyclists use the cycle lanes put in at great expense for them?"
August 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Why don't cyclists use the cycle lanes put in at great expense for them?"
Thanks to the brilliant new Northumberland line, I then took a train from Newcastle to Newsham, and cycled south to Whitley Bay, rather than east along the coast Road cycleway (which is functional, but relentlessly noisy thanks to the dual carriageway it follows).
August 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thanks to the brilliant new Northumberland line, I then took a train from Newcastle to Newsham, and cycled south to Whitley Bay, rather than east along the coast Road cycleway (which is functional, but relentlessly noisy thanks to the dual carriageway it follows).
Then it was home from Hartlepool to Newcastle via Northern Railway, with lovely views along the Durham coast.
August 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Then it was home from Hartlepool to Newcastle via Northern Railway, with lovely views along the Durham coast.
Then a trip via the Marina to see the (rapidly decaying) Wingfield Castle, which not only shares a name with my in-laws, but it used to ferry them across the Humber in their courting days.
August 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Then a trip via the Marina to see the (rapidly decaying) Wingfield Castle, which not only shares a name with my in-laws, but it used to ferry them across the Humber in their courting days.
Riding around the Headland at Hartlepool was a little gem too, especially as it’s being repurposed from its primarily industrial past.
August 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Riding around the Headland at Hartlepool was a little gem too, especially as it’s being repurposed from its primarily industrial past.
I was grateful of the partial shade!
August 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I was grateful of the partial shade!
This was my first ride on the sections between Sunderland and Ryhope, Ryhope-Haswell and the Haswell to Hart cycleways. There are a LOT of A-frames and barriers which is frustrating, even for narrow handlebars like mine. But the route is otherwise fantastic; mostly paved, off road and scenic.
August 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This was my first ride on the sections between Sunderland and Ryhope, Ryhope-Haswell and the Haswell to Hart cycleways. There are a LOT of A-frames and barriers which is frustrating, even for narrow handlebars like mine. But the route is otherwise fantastic; mostly paved, off road and scenic.
It never stops being fascinating that the ferry is officially part of the National Cycle Network. There were a few decent sized vessels on the Tyne too.
August 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It never stops being fascinating that the ferry is officially part of the National Cycle Network. There were a few decent sized vessels on the Tyne too.
Did you even grow up in the 90s unless this comes out in the voice of Mrs Doubtfire?
July 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Did you even grow up in the 90s unless this comes out in the voice of Mrs Doubtfire?
What a difference a sunny, windy day makes! #greenenergy #agileoctopus
June 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
What a difference a sunny, windy day makes! #greenenergy #agileoctopus
First time on the new M4 line on the Milan Metro; so much easier getting from Linate! #milan #milanmetro #meilanmetrom4
April 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
First time on the new M4 line on the Milan Metro; so much easier getting from Linate! #milan #milanmetro #meilanmetrom4
Apparently Dutch is just English but without the spaces! #amsterdam
April 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Apparently Dutch is just English but without the spaces! #amsterdam
RIP Kindle. 14 years of loyal service, hundreds of books consumed. A faithful travel partner. Known longer than my fiance 😂😂📚
April 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
RIP Kindle. 14 years of loyal service, hundreds of books consumed. A faithful travel partner. Known longer than my fiance 😂😂📚
So pleased to be finally reading this! #HerSistersKiller @marihannah.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
So pleased to be finally reading this! #HerSistersKiller @marihannah.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social
This has been a really interesting read; not my usual genre but an eye opener to some aspects of Japanese culture. #butter #asakoyuzuki #goodreads #booksky
March 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This has been a really interesting read; not my usual genre but an eye opener to some aspects of Japanese culture. #butter #asakoyuzuki #goodreads #booksky
Currently steeping and washing eleventy thousand old bottles and jars #weddingprep
March 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Currently steeping and washing eleventy thousand old bottles and jars #weddingprep
This is my trying to use the first section of it at 6:25pm on 31/1. At the end I had to stop as I had no idea where I was!
February 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is my trying to use the first section of it at 6:25pm on 31/1. At the end I had to stop as I had no idea where I was!
Unchanged. The official route will head slightly east and pick up the new path which will run over the Rendezvous roof and down to Spanish City. Unfortunately, that part of the route is entirely unusable in the dark as it’s totally unlit. So many will continue on the road as per now.
February 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Unchanged. The official route will head slightly east and pick up the new path which will run over the Rendezvous roof and down to Spanish City. Unfortunately, that part of the route is entirely unusable in the dark as it’s totally unlit. So many will continue on the road as per now.
Excited to start trying to read my first @ljross.bsky.social novel in French. Christ knows how long it’ll take, but I’ve read the English version so figured it was a decent place to start. #languagelearning #reading #french #ljross
January 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Excited to start trying to read my first @ljross.bsky.social novel in French. Christ knows how long it’ll take, but I’ve read the English version so figured it was a decent place to start. #languagelearning #reading #french #ljross
Heading off to Paris today for work, treated to a kiss goodbye from Metro #555.
January 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Heading off to Paris today for work, treated to a kiss goodbye from Metro #555.
Excellent Secret Santa haul! 🤓
December 29, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Excellent Secret Santa haul! 🤓
December 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM