Yindee
@yindee8191.bsky.social
Enjoyer of travel. CrossCountry survivor. Politics student. 21. He/Him.
Went on a wander today to see the progress on Bristol’s new cycle lane/pavement widening scheme between Temple Meads and the City Centre. Lots of work done, some sections are looking pretty finished! Plus, some Dutch kerbs - a first for Bristol? Never seen any here before myself.
July 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Went on a wander today to see the progress on Bristol’s new cycle lane/pavement widening scheme between Temple Meads and the City Centre. Lots of work done, some sections are looking pretty finished! Plus, some Dutch kerbs - a first for Bristol? Never seen any here before myself.
Incredible track maintenance/monitoring vehicle from 1944(!) in Plzeň this morning. Shame that 20th Century engineering works announced at short notice forced us onto a bus at this point! Still, a well-managed operation, so I can’t complain.
May 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Incredible track maintenance/monitoring vehicle from 1944(!) in Plzeň this morning. Shame that 20th Century engineering works announced at short notice forced us onto a bus at this point! Still, a well-managed operation, so I can’t complain.
Exploring the gorgeous city of Regensburg today. This bridge is 12th Century, somehow! Interesting to note that the top set of stones on the parapet (plus the surface paving) have been newly replaced. Definitely wouldn’t fly in the U.K.!
May 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Exploring the gorgeous city of Regensburg today. This bridge is 12th Century, somehow! Interesting to note that the top set of stones on the parapet (plus the surface paving) have been newly replaced. Definitely wouldn’t fly in the U.K.!
A delightfully odd bit of Czech railway infrastructure - for some reason, the track has been plain-lined to take it further away from the platform. Also, the disconnected track has newish concrete sleepers while the extant track has older wooden ones!
May 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A delightfully odd bit of Czech railway infrastructure - for some reason, the track has been plain-lined to take it further away from the platform. Also, the disconnected track has newish concrete sleepers while the extant track has older wooden ones!
Fascinating to see older Czech apartment blocks closer into the cities, and the clear lineage through to the later Soviet housing you see further out.
May 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Fascinating to see older Czech apartment blocks closer into the cities, and the clear lineage through to the later Soviet housing you see further out.
Olomouc is, it turns out, a gorgeous little city. With some crazy tram infrastructure, including a full grand union and multiple in-use tram/train flat crossings!
May 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Olomouc is, it turns out, a gorgeous little city. With some crazy tram infrastructure, including a full grand union and multiple in-use tram/train flat crossings!
Presumably in a bid to out-woke the rest of Europe’s trams, Olomouc has tram tracks surrounded not by grass but by wildflowers. Also: bonus Actually Good cycle infrastructure.
May 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Presumably in a bid to out-woke the rest of Europe’s trams, Olomouc has tram tracks surrounded not by grass but by wildflowers. Also: bonus Actually Good cycle infrastructure.
Czech Tesco is such an uncanny valley… why does this exist??
May 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Czech Tesco is such an uncanny valley… why does this exist??
Broke: putting grass around your tram tracks.
Woke: surrounding your tram line in a green tunnel of shady trees.
Woke: surrounding your tram line in a green tunnel of shady trees.
May 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Broke: putting grass around your tram tracks.
Woke: surrounding your tram line in a green tunnel of shady trees.
Woke: surrounding your tram line in a green tunnel of shady trees.
Ahhh, this must be where the Czechs practice the ancient sport of Tram Jumping.
May 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Ahhh, this must be where the Czechs practice the ancient sport of Tram Jumping.
I love concrete… here we have the Charleroi metro, over a main road, over a railway.
May 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I love concrete… here we have the Charleroi metro, over a main road, over a railway.
No prizes for guessing - it’s the weird tram system! The abandoned line actually seems to be getting revamped now!
May 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
No prizes for guessing - it’s the weird tram system! The abandoned line actually seems to be getting revamped now!
I’m sure nobody on this website of all places will know why I’m here
May 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’m sure nobody on this website of all places will know why I’m here
It turns out Calatrava has done two Belgian stations (I get why this one isn’t as famous, it’s not quite as fancy)
May 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It turns out Calatrava has done two Belgian stations (I get why this one isn’t as famous, it’s not quite as fancy)
They have bendy natural gas buses in France?? (And boulangeries, of course, but the bendy gas buses are cooler)
May 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
They have bendy natural gas buses in France?? (And boulangeries, of course, but the bendy gas buses are cooler)
Got a tour of Parliament today - both chambers, select committee meetings and plenty of history. Definitely a perk of studying politics!
March 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Got a tour of Parliament today - both chambers, select committee meetings and plenty of history. Definitely a perk of studying politics!
Exploring some relics of the Great Central Railway in Leicester today. A reminder of how short-sighted British transport policy often is… some extra capacity through here would be pretty useful these days.
January 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Exploring some relics of the Great Central Railway in Leicester today. A reminder of how short-sighted British transport policy often is… some extra capacity through here would be pretty useful these days.
Well we’ve had a good run (debatable) but I think the time of productivity is over for today
December 9, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Well we’ve had a good run (debatable) but I think the time of productivity is over for today
And with that, the 8 deposits me only a few minutes late back into Melton Mowbray. Just enough time to sprint to the station and catch a train 3(!) hours earlier than my estimate. Finished, in 10 hours and 8 minutes.
October 26, 2024 at 4:48 PM
And with that, the 8 deposits me only a few minutes late back into Melton Mowbray. Just enough time to sprint to the station and catch a train 3(!) hours earlier than my estimate. Finished, in 10 hours and 8 minutes.
Very helpfully, this Centrebus 8 was pretty late arriving (for once, their unreliability is useful!) so I was able to catch it instead of waiting an hour. This means I’m making my final bus journey to complete the loop two hours earlier than expected!
October 26, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Very helpfully, this Centrebus 8 was pretty late arriving (for once, their unreliability is useful!) so I was able to catch it instead of waiting an hour. This means I’m making my final bus journey to complete the loop two hours earlier than expected!
From Coalville, the 16 carries me and just one other passenger towards Loughborough.
October 26, 2024 at 2:57 PM
From Coalville, the 16 carries me and just one other passenger towards Loughborough.
I have been dropped off somewhat insalubriously by the head office of Poundstretcher, and a busy road. Not all connections on this trip are nice ones!
October 26, 2024 at 1:33 PM
I have been dropped off somewhat insalubriously by the head office of Poundstretcher, and a busy road. Not all connections on this trip are nice ones!
By sneakily going to Leicester Forest East and not actually into Leicester, I’ve switched back onto a 153 for a short hop out to… the middle of nowhere. More on that soon.
October 26, 2024 at 1:24 PM
By sneakily going to Leicester Forest East and not actually into Leicester, I’ve switched back onto a 153 for a short hop out to… the middle of nowhere. More on that soon.
Hinckley suits me for a small resupply at the well-placed Sainsbury’s by the bus station. Now for a packed 158 heading for Leicester (although I’ll be avoiding the city itself).
October 26, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Hinckley suits me for a small resupply at the well-placed Sainsbury’s by the bus station. Now for a packed 158 heading for Leicester (although I’ll be avoiding the city itself).
The 58 ran dangerously late and I thought my old dislike of Centrebus might be proven right again. But luckily it caught up just enough by the end for me to make my three minute connection onto the 8 to Hinckley - the first Arriva bus of the day.
October 26, 2024 at 11:04 AM
The 58 ran dangerously late and I thought my old dislike of Centrebus might be proven right again. But luckily it caught up just enough by the end for me to make my three minute connection onto the 8 to Hinckley - the first Arriva bus of the day.