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Walk Ride Bolton Borough
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A Walk Ride group representing the Borough of Bolton.
Part of @WalkRideGM.org.uk
Also affiliated to Bolton Active Travel Forum.
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The 48th #BoltonCriticalMass ride will be tomorrow. Come along and let Bolton Council know that they need to step up their performance whilst enjoying a pleasant pootle around Bolton to a summertime playlist. (There will be Black Sabbath.)
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25th July 2025
Ride 48 – The three-quarters in ride We are now three quarters of the way into Chris Boardman’s 10 year plan to “put people first, creating world class streets for walking, buildi…
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July 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Just a week until the 48th #BoltonCriticalMass ride. This will complete 4 years of Bolton Critical Mass. Let's get some critical mass into it. We really need to show Bolton Council that they should speed up infrastructure implementation very quickly.
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25th July 2025
Ride 48 – The three-quarters in ride We are now three quarters of the way into Chris Boardman’s 10 year plan to “put people first, creating world class streets for walking, buildi…
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July 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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“As mayors of 2 of the world’s great cities, we see every day how the climate emergency is already reshaping people’s lives…From deadly heatwaves & devastating floods to rising inequality & health crises driven by air pollution…”

@annehidalgo.bsky.social & @london.gov.uk call out campaigns of lies.
In London and Paris, we’ve experienced vicious backlash to climate action. But we’re not backing down | Sadiq Khan and Anne Hidalgo
Around the world, well-funded, organised climate deniers are spreading lies about the crisis. We call on governments and tech companies to step up, say London mayor Sadiq Khan and Paris mayor Anne Hid...
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July 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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The weather is looking good for tomorrow's #BoltonCriticalMass. Come along and enjoy a pleasant pootle around Bolton with friends old and new.
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June 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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More pics.
June 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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We finally have wand-orcas on Manchester Road (Bolton), not that they make a lot of difference. Junctions and the worst sections are not protected at all. A very poor cycle infrastructure scheme.
Shows a narrow cycle lane with some wand orcas spaced widely apart. Shows a narrow cycle lane with some wand orcas spaced widely apart. Shows a narrow cycle lane with no wand orcas at all. Shows a very narrow cycle lane with a wand orca just before it, making it difficult to move into primary position.
June 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Imagine the savings to the NHS if we had an environment conducive to living an active daily life rather than this one that forces motor-dependency.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Exercise ‘better than drugs’ to stop cancer returning after treatment, trial finds
First clear evidence that structured exercise regime reduces risk of dying by a third, can stop tumours coming back or a new cancer developing
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June 2, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Just one hour to go until #BoltonCriticalMass, and it's looking like a lovely one (again).
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25th April 2025
The Cherry Blossom Ride The 45th Bolton Critical Mass. If we’re lucky, the cherry blossoms will still be out. We will have a music playlist and plenty of friendly chat as we ride slowly on a …
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April 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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allthebeset.bsky.social
#everybikeisbeautiful, so this is a lot of beauty (and the perfect use for the phone's panorama setting)

alt text: a panoramic view of a looooong train platform, half-filled with neatly parked bicycles, beneath a beautiful metal-vaulted roof
grahamecooper.com Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · Apr 17
York has its act together far better than us.
April 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Look what we could have had. Join us on #BoltonCriticalMass on 25th of April. Info here: boltoncriticalmass.wordpress.com
hackneycyclist.bsky.social Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · Apr 17
1 bike, 4 people
A lady rides a cargo bike with 3 children inside
April 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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York has its act together far better than us.
April 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Deansgate, Manchester, including the completed new cycle lanes. youtube.com/watch?v=oEtz...
Deansgate, Manchester, with the new cycle infrastructure.
YouTube video by Bicycle-Riding Motorist
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April 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Had a tryout of the new Deansgate cycle lanes in Manchester this afternoon and rode down to Chorlton Park (Mauldeth Rd) and back on the Chorlton cycleway. All good to very good; puts Bolton to shame. No cost to go there on the train because I'm an old git.
Map of the route from Victoria Station to Chorlton Park on cycling infrastructure. View from the bridge linking Deansgate Railway Station to the Tram Station and lift, showing the new cycle infrastructure at the junction.
April 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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I heard some illegal barriers had been installed on a walking and cycle bridge at Nob End in Farnworth so I swung by to have look. The gap between the two barriers is 65cm and they overlap by approximately 50cm. There's no way to get even a normal bicycle through this gap. ...
Shows a chicane barrier across a cycle path between the parapets at the end of a narrow bridge. Shows a tape measure extended between the two fences of the chicane barrier. Shows the measurement of the gap between chicane barriers of 65 centimetres. Shows someone trying to get a typical bicycle through the chicane barrier, demonstrating that it is not possible.
April 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Wonderful to see two of the new Deansgate walking and cycling junctions open today
Cyclist riding through bidirectional cycle junction Pedestrians and cyclists riding and walking through a bidirectional cycle junction
March 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The playlist is done for this evening's #BoltonCriticalMass ride, and there is a possible route on the web site.
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28th March 2025
The Spring Equinox Ride The first ride if the year in daylight, though the sun will set at 6.37, so we may possibly see a sunset. Things are not moving fast enough on changing our roads and streets…
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March 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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This is remarkable from #Oxford - citizens’ assembly comes out overwhelmingly in favour of measures to make the city more walkable and cyclable. It would be great to see similar in Manchester @walkridegm.org.uk @cycloxoxford.bsky.social
oxfordclarion.bsky.social Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · Mar 17
Other recommendations of the assembly included improving Park & Ride (97% support), better community medical facilities to reduce the need to drive to hospitals (91%), a ‘kite mark’ for employers’ travel policies (94%), bus franchising (88%), and promoting active travel to younger people (86%).
March 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Come along and join us on the next #BoltonCriticalMass ride. 28th of March at 6.00pm.
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28th March 2025
The Spring Equinox Ride The first ride if the year in daylight, though the sun will set at 6.37, so we may possibly see a sunset (if the weather forecast improves). Things are not moving fast enoug…
boltoncriticalmass.wordpress.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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The next meeting of Bolton Active Travel Forum will be at 6.00pm on Wednesday 19th of March. All welcome. See this FB event for details. (No login required.)
www.facebook.com/events/17187...
Bolton Active Travel Forum March Meeting
Event by Bolton Active Travel Forum on Wednesday, March 19 2025
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March 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Some videos of our lovely ride yesterday, showing how pleasant cycling carefully in the motor traffic-free areas is.
Thankfully, this is legal now that the PSPO cycling ban has been lifted - well done @boltoncouncil.bsky.social.
#BoltonCriticalMass
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28th February 2025
The Twilight Ride Eight of us enjoyed the forty-third ride of Bolton Critical Mass in perfect conditions. This was the last ride in full or partial darkness until the autumn, so the last chance to …
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March 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Only a few hours to the 43rd #BoltonCriticalMass ride. Conditions are expected to be excellent, so come along and swell the numbers showing there is a demand for cycling in Bolton.
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28th February 2025
The Twilight Ride The forty-third ride of Bolton Critical Mass, this will be the last ride in full or partial darkness until the autumn, so the last chance to ride with fairy lights on our bikes. A…
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February 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Excellent weather predicted for tomorrow's #BoltonCriticalMass.
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28th February 2025
The Twilight Ride The forty-third ride of Bolton Critical Mass, this will be the last ride in full or partial darkness until the autumn, so the last chance to ride with fairy lights on our bikes. A…
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February 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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We have a success. The new version of the Bolton Town Centre PSPO has been released on the council web site (www.bolton.gov.uk/downloads/fi...).

The outright ban on cycling, scooting or skateboarding in the motor traffic free areas is gone. 1/3
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February 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Sacked UK Health Minister Andrew Gwynne Wished For Violent Road Death For Cycle Campaigner
Andrew Gwynne MP has been sacked after macking as series of abusive messages on WhatsApp
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February 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Statement from Walk Ride GM on the comments made by Andrew Gywnne MP and local councillors about a local campaigner
Walk Ride GM is appalled by remarks that have come to light today from Andrew Gwynne MP and local councillors, in which they made light of a local campaigner being run over by a heavy goods vehicle. That elected representatives would joke about such a traumatic incident speaks volumes about the contempt some politicians have for road violence. Every year, more than 80 cyclists are killed on British roads, people who set out on their bikes and never return home due to the unacceptable dangers they face. Dismissing or mocking those affected by road violence undermines the urgent need for action to make our streets safer. It is disgraceful that instead of engaging with constituents advocating for safer roads, local politicians are ridiculing those who highlight the risks that cyclists face every day. We demand an apology from the local Labour Party in Greater Manchester for these comments and a commitment to treating road danger as the serious issue it is. We ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander, to meet with Walk Ride GM to discuss how the Government intends to address the concerns of campaign groups advocating for an end to road violence - starting with ensuring that their own MPs and councillors engage with the issue with the gravity it deserves.
February 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM