A platter of fancy sandwiches and even fancier petits fours, with a glass of bubbly at the front.
We celebrated today our 14th anniversary of moving to the UK as a family! We did it in the most British way we could find: an afternoon tea 😋 🇬🇧 (Ok, and champagne too…)
I had an interesting evening yesterday, advocating for more 20mph zones at the Earley Town Council. I think it was useful. Thank you @20splenty.bsky.social for the very useful material!
Girl cycling in middle of group. Image credit: Jamie Bellinger
🚲 There’s a new crowdfunder to support Kidical Mass rides across the UK, and it’s one of those small things that quietly makes a big difference.
👇 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/km-insurance
Image credit: @jamiebellinger.com
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Cartoon drawing featuring a woman in bright red bloomers and a men's-style blazer and bow tie riding a bicycle in the foreground, and an old man with a pitchfork losing hat and pitchfork in surprise. Over his head are the words, "What it will come to". At the bottom it says, "Then they WILL be satisfied".
Anti-Suffragette postcard
ca. 1910s
Happy International Women's Day, bicycle friends!
After years of glacial progress Reading Borough Council now plans to remove cycling and walking infrastructure in an attempt please car drivers.
media.reading.gov.uk/news/road-la...
Slowly stopping to use services provided by companies supporting fascism
🚮 First was obviously X -> BlueSky
🚮 then GoodReads -> StoryGraph
🚮 and now Spotify -> Tidal
Every little helps 🙂
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Okay folks, I'll give you the ultimate cheat sheet to French food. Everywhere you go you'll be proposed something sounding like "des croubitchoux à la gableuse with a little glass of bounette". Every village has its own very local specialty. How to decipher that ? Very easy.
Here’s one in Paris. I’m sure there are plenty https://www.lepetitplombieravelo.com/
Kids on bikes, in the Palmer Park in Reading, with bubbles flying around
A very blurry picture of people cycling in the street
It was a bit wet today, but we did it anyway! Thank you @kidicalmassreading.bsky.social
Daughter has been stuck for 10 minutes, trying to create a password that matches all these rules 😅
But Worcestershire is fine?
Reading, the town, needs to change it's name. To much confusion with reading a book
2 near misses in 2 days… This is the life I chose! #WarOnBikes
Last week Oxygen took potassium on a date and it was just OK.
Then yesterday I saw Oxygen with a date with Magnesium and I was like OMg.
People on bikes looking happy surrounded by bubbles
More people on bikes - mostly children this time - following the bubble trail
We had a great ride today in Earley at @kidicalmassreading.bsky.social and the bubble machine worked amazingly. Look at these happy people! 🫧 🚲
I highly recommend this one next, to stay in the mood 😁 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43908991
2 huge artichoke flowers, with bees having a feast on them, plus one not open yet in the background
OK, we forgot to eat a few artichokes and now they turned into these huge flowers… Bees look happy with them, though!
We made a tiny human who bakes cakes for us #ProudDad
Well done, that's impressive! Oh, and tell me who wins in the end...
My bike, having a wooden crate of wine fixed as a pannier at the back. The box is empty though, I drank it all… It was Bordeaux Tutiac, if you must know.
I upgraded my bike this weekend. Cheers! 🍷
Weird encounter on local streets. It's bed time for geese! 🪿🪿🪿
Illustration of a woman with a helmet carrying a bicycle while boarding a blue and white train. The text reads: ‘Bikes on trains? You want it – EU got it!’ An EU flag is shown on the ground and in the top-left corner.
Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲
As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles.
So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!
"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
For a laugh, you also want to know about brother-in-law -> beau-frère, which abbreviated as "beauf" can be used as an insult, describing someone stupid and annoying, full of himself. And don't we all have such a brother-in-law? :-D
Bikers riding on a street, one with a raised fist
Bikers riding on a street, with a big Critical Mass flag and a sunset
Sunny and joyful Critical Mass ride in Reading yesterday
Rain falling on a street. Sad.
I must say, I was expecting a bit better than this weather for my first day in Bologna, ITALY! In MAY! 🌧️
2 door bells next to each other on a wall, forming the shape of a face
2 door bells next to each other on a wall, forming the shape of a face
Having fun taking pictures of door bells in Venice 😬
A mural painting with Diego Maradona in a small street
A pixelated mosaic on a wall depicting Maradona’s « hand of God »
Maradona tat : busts, mugs, etc.
More Maradona merchandising
Currently on holiday in Naples. The cult of Diego Maradona there is impressive !
The canal Saint Martin in Paris under a setting sun, with people walking everywhere and a few bikes on the street. No car in sight.
Despite appearances, this Parisian street is *not* closed to car traffic - I saw a few. Cars just happens to be the least efficient way, so no one uses them unless they have to. Simple!
