Brilliant - thanks!

I think my "ex display" bike might actually be a customer return, because it's got a few non-standard features.

Tape measure over a bike saddle, showing it's about 160mm wide.

Tape measure over a bike saddle, showing it's about 160mm wide.

Brompton nerds - is this a wide Brompton saddle?

Here it's Dave, who lives at the other end of our street. His full name is Tractor Dave.

I was surprised at how little info was there when I looked earlier. This post made me look up my MP's page, where I discovered that she was a student where I teach after I started working there.

On their Facebook page they had a post "why are the Greens obsessed with us?", which was followed by a couple of dozen posts across a couple of days about the Greens.

They're now claiming that they totally won with that motion actually.

If the leaflet doesn't mention the ward or the candidate, it's not technically a leaflet for that election.

It's how they bypass the spending limits for local elections.

Extra DalesBus services to link Tees Valley and Richmond with Dales Sunday DalesBus services from the Tees Valley and Richmond to the Yorkshire Dales will resume this Easter Sunday, running weekly until October 18 to…

This could be good for some Brompton + bus rides

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2598080...

Canary on Instagram: "@matthewsnedker of @darlingtongreens explains why Reform and the Tories' push to roll back trans, intersex, and non-binary people's rights is so dangerous. You know what to do on... 168 likes, 6 comments - thecanaryuk on March 26, 2026: "@matthewsnedker of @darlingtongreens explains why Reform and the Tories' push to roll back trans, intersex, and non-binary people's rights is so...

Tonight I held the line against a ReformUK

We regard any framing that presents the rights of women, transgender, bisexual and non-binary are in inherently in conflict

Protecting women & protecting transgender people are both essential and compatible obligations

www.instagram.com/reel/DWXK78Y...

Mostly not good at reading, apparently.

David Haji Abbott Finally managed to get a picture so where the treasury is getting built in Darlo there’s a board saying Keir’s name and have a safe day. We don’t want this fucking name branded in this town. He’s the....

My crime: I pointed out his error under his rant about Keir Starmer's name being on a building site (which is operated by Kier Construction).

www.facebook.com/david.h.abbo...

The local Flag Guy, who also wangs on about freedom of speech when he's blocked by anyone on Facebook, has blocked me on Facebook. Bless.

Do they need an imprint? "Promoted by... Painted by..."

*waves at Darlington's Reform Plc who are trawling BlueSky looking for things to screenshot*

My great gran kept leftover fish and chips on the radiator, wrapped in newspaper, to keep them warm for later.

The conductor is an ex-student of mine

Anglican vicars are also priests, not just the Roman Catholics.

Any Brompton riders used one of these (reversed?) on their Brompton?

We're adding batteries later this year and will be able to geek out over this too

‘Basics’ of life in Britain have been sold for profit, says Polanski Exclusive: England and Wales Greens leader outlines economic policy including help to meet rising energy costs and water re-nationalisation

We live in Rip Off Britain.

We have to lower people's bills and tax wealth fairly.

This morning I'll be starting to lay out our vision of how to do this.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Absolutely killer abstract. Just lays it all down directly with no nonsense.

I'm concerned by the people who are baffled at how it got there

Brompton BlueSky - talk to me about Ergon grips. GPS2 large?

A Stanley flask in front of a Brompton bicycle

Hurworth Burn reservoir - a lake with bushes in the foreground

Daffodils by a country lane

Screenshot of a Strava map

First proper ride of the year - to Hurworth Burn reservoir and home again, on my Brompton.

And FWIW, all of the incidents of family voting I saw last May were white people, usually of retirement age

I feel for the team at Democracy Volunteers, paid staff and volunteers, who gave their time to observe a democratic process and tell us what they saw.

I was a volunteer last May. I was very surprised by the levels of family voting in County Durham - this is what I said at the time.

Green Menaces assemble! There's marauding to be done!

Google Maps satellite view showing a road called Cock Lane

Fanny Barks is just off Cock Lane

Reform asked voters of Gorton and Denton to 'channel their patriotic Blitz spirit'

And they did just that - by defeating fascists.

He'll have to return to his previous job of eating his own books on TV.