Roger
@roggys.bsky.social
Brompton & big wheeled bike rider, cycle campaigner. Narrowboat owner, Salar, Slough Arm Ex IWA Trustee. Likes Belgium beer www.youtube.com/@roggieLondon
Lovely day for a bike ride, Gent to Bruges, 40+km mainly along canals. Stopped for refreshments in de Brug, Sint Joris.
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Lovely day for a bike ride, Gent to Bruges, 40+km mainly along canals. Stopped for refreshments in de Brug, Sint Joris.
€1, a bargain. Not sure I really needed another glass though.
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
€1, a bargain. Not sure I really needed another glass though.
Winter weather in Gent today, rain, sleet and snow. Today visited a wool shop (!!), Le Bal Infernal - used book café & the ultra touristic Dulle Griet with it's shoe deposit for their 1.2l beer glass. The latter does have a huge beer list.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Winter weather in Gent today, rain, sleet and snow. Today visited a wool shop (!!), Le Bal Infernal - used book café & the ultra touristic Dulle Griet with it's shoe deposit for their 1.2l beer glass. The latter does have a huge beer list.
Found a thrift store here in Gent, right by a university campus. Pretty good selection of Belgium beer glasses at €1 or less. Very disciplined and only brought 1. There were Ypres glasses but so brittle that unlikely to survive the trip home.
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Found a thrift store here in Gent, right by a university campus. Pretty good selection of Belgium beer glasses at €1 or less. Very disciplined and only brought 1. There were Ypres glasses but so brittle that unlikely to survive the trip home.
Back in Gent, local beer in a local cafe followed by a selection of delicacies in nearby friterie.
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Back in Gent, local beer in a local cafe followed by a selection of delicacies in nearby friterie.
Interesting article about @greenjennyjones.bsky.social in the current @iwa-uk.bsky.social magazine.
Amazed that one of her highlights wasn't when I joined her on the boat exploring Deptford Creek. A unique experience indeed.
Amazed that one of her highlights wasn't when I joined her on the boat exploring Deptford Creek. A unique experience indeed.
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Interesting article about @greenjennyjones.bsky.social in the current @iwa-uk.bsky.social magazine.
Amazed that one of her highlights wasn't when I joined her on the boat exploring Deptford Creek. A unique experience indeed.
Amazed that one of her highlights wasn't when I joined her on the boat exploring Deptford Creek. A unique experience indeed.
I’ll raise Slough Arm bridge debacle. Scheduled:
3 months 2024, cancelled
3 months 2025, cancelled
May 2025 (attached CRT trustee minutes May) cancelled
October 2025 cancelled
Currently January 2026 (if funding found)
Only 4 months notice to local boat yards deemed adequate
This is a £1m+ project.
3 months 2024, cancelled
3 months 2025, cancelled
May 2025 (attached CRT trustee minutes May) cancelled
October 2025 cancelled
Currently January 2026 (if funding found)
Only 4 months notice to local boat yards deemed adequate
This is a £1m+ project.
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I’ll raise Slough Arm bridge debacle. Scheduled:
3 months 2024, cancelled
3 months 2025, cancelled
May 2025 (attached CRT trustee minutes May) cancelled
October 2025 cancelled
Currently January 2026 (if funding found)
Only 4 months notice to local boat yards deemed adequate
This is a £1m+ project.
3 months 2024, cancelled
3 months 2025, cancelled
May 2025 (attached CRT trustee minutes May) cancelled
October 2025 cancelled
Currently January 2026 (if funding found)
Only 4 months notice to local boat yards deemed adequate
This is a £1m+ project.
Found a handy place to moor.... Almost right outside a decent pub in Uxbridge, The General Elliot. Saves cooking tonight.
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Found a handy place to moor.... Almost right outside a decent pub in Uxbridge, The General Elliot. Saves cooking tonight.
Lots of questions to the board at @shepherdneame.bsky.social AGM, some critical. Perhaps too many as long Q&A is eating into tasting time and some groans from sections of the audience show this.
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Lots of questions to the board at @shepherdneame.bsky.social AGM, some critical. Perhaps too many as long Q&A is eating into tasting time and some groans from sections of the audience show this.
7 months old Orval @ Dovetail for a pre Ronnie Scotts evening of jazz....
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
7 months old Orval @ Dovetail for a pre Ronnie Scotts evening of jazz....
Well it's Greene King London Glory, and it's free as a promo for their app, and it's just up the road.
@Brockley Jack SE4
@Brockley Jack SE4
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Well it's Greene King London Glory, and it's free as a promo for their app, and it's just up the road.
@Brockley Jack SE4
@Brockley Jack SE4
Entertaining afternoon tasting 2 Omer Brut Nature, 2020 & 2022.
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Entertaining afternoon tasting 2 Omer Brut Nature, 2020 & 2022.
Excellent evenings entertainment at London Palladium watching Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Americana at its best.
October 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Excellent evenings entertainment at London Palladium watching Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Americana at its best.
The church opposite our accommodation in Jerez was looking at us ...
October 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The church opposite our accommodation in Jerez was looking at us ...
First time in 20+ years I didn't go cycling in Belgium last week. Trip to the Sherry Triangle with my lovely wife instead. Bodegas Osborne & Fundador visited & Sherry drunk. Sunshine & 28C+ what's not to like.
October 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
First time in 20+ years I didn't go cycling in Belgium last week. Trip to the Sherry Triangle with my lovely wife instead. Bodegas Osborne & Fundador visited & Sherry drunk. Sunshine & 28C+ what's not to like.
My view this time last week was slightly different... 25° too
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
My view this time last week was slightly different... 25° too
Excellent mornings entertainment thanks to @nedboulting.bsky.social for organizing this unique hill climb in Ladywell, deepest SE London.
Here is @nutty.bsky.social ably supported by @lauralaker.bsky.social shouting encouragement.
Supported by @lewisham.gov.uk
Here is @nutty.bsky.social ably supported by @lauralaker.bsky.social shouting encouragement.
Supported by @lewisham.gov.uk
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Excellent mornings entertainment thanks to @nedboulting.bsky.social for organizing this unique hill climb in Ladywell, deepest SE London.
Here is @nutty.bsky.social ably supported by @lauralaker.bsky.social shouting encouragement.
Supported by @lewisham.gov.uk
Here is @nutty.bsky.social ably supported by @lauralaker.bsky.social shouting encouragement.
Supported by @lewisham.gov.uk
Excellent mornings entertainment. Thanks @nedboulting.bsky.social & XO Bikes in Lewisham.
October 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Excellent mornings entertainment. Thanks @nedboulting.bsky.social & XO Bikes in Lewisham.
Apologies for not saying hello...
October 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Apologies for not saying hello...
Entertaining afternoon at the @lewisham.gov.uk organised Silver Sunday Cabaret, held at Rivoli Ballroom in SE4
October 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Entertaining afternoon at the @lewisham.gov.uk organised Silver Sunday Cabaret, held at Rivoli Ballroom in SE4
Last nights impressive Speedway rider at the under21's Speedway of Nations event, Mario Hausl, might like to review his hat selection for a global TV audience.
October 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Last nights impressive Speedway rider at the under21's Speedway of Nations event, Mario Hausl, might like to review his hat selection for a global TV audience.
Regents Park Open Air theatre, an amazing location to watch @richardhawley.bsky.social. A truly impressive performance too.
September 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Regents Park Open Air theatre, an amazing location to watch @richardhawley.bsky.social. A truly impressive performance too.
3rd bar, the very nice Barley Twist...seems pork pies are a speciality, brought 1 pork & hock (??) & a Pork & Chorizo scotch egg for later. Micro bar close to the station with TV screen showing train departures.
September 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
3rd bar, the very nice Barley Twist...seems pork pies are a speciality, brought 1 pork & hock (??) & a Pork & Chorizo scotch egg for later. Micro bar close to the station with TV screen showing train departures.