This was apparently acceptable for an AA mechanic yesterday. Including his workspace changing a car’s tyre he was completely blocking the pavement and cycle path. He seemed a little confused (but very polite) when I said I couldn’t walk into the traffic that view of was blocked by his van.

Dislike the fact that Amazon are the official Comic Relief retailer. Probably done more than most to damage the wellbeing of people around the world. They could start by paying the proper amount of tax in the countries in which they operate.

Atmospheric (grim) out early doors today.

It’s important stuff - if you don’t manage to start writing your to do list until later in the day, still include all the stuff you’ve completed that day - it actually makes future you more productive!

First bivy of the year and my first solo winter bivy. Very lucky with beautiful, if cold, conditions. I think was asking a bit much of my 28 year old ME classic 500! Amazing to live somewhere I can do an adventure like that and be home by 9.30 for breakfast. #peakdistrict #wildcamp #bivvylife

Surly big dummy
Kona smoke
Cotic BFe
Genesis vagabond
Pipedream Sirius mk1

Likewise Sean and thanks for the info 👍

Countryside access curbs in England ‘cost six times’ Scotland’s right to roam Exclusive: Data shows implementing English countryside legislation cost £69m over five years

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That’s such a wonderful thing to have done on your wedding day. Congratulations on your anniversary

The State of the Planet, Part 2 As the US boils in fascism, the planet and our collective future bakes in radiative imbalance

“As the US boils in fascism, the planet and our collective future bakes in radiative imbalance” climatehuman.substack.com/p/the-state-...

The State of the Planet, Part I We desperately need collective healing

“We desperately need collective healing” climatehuman.substack.com/p/the-state-...

High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts National parks, famous for their rich natural heritage, should be at the heart of efforts to protect habitats and wildlife. Instead, experts say they are declining – fast

The Peak District feels very similar www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White

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Millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farmland every year Exclusive: Experts call for stricter regulation as current rules set in 1989 require testing for only a few heavy metals

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Same here… been meaning to copy and get something similar made for our house.

Vine Architecture completes curving rooftop apartment Vine Architecture has completed an airspace development in Hackney laid out on a radial grid expressed through its exposed timber structure

Lovely, but why such high heat demand and no air test? www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/vi...

People keep talking in the uk as if heat doesn’t pose a risk. No reasonable efforts are made on adaptation at all.

I don’t know… in the uk we sometimes have a beer fridge in the garage!

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How many fridges do you have?

Just stop setting fire to stuff

Amazing to hear how much discussion there is over dangerous "e-bike" riding (usually always electric motorbikes) compared to the amount of discussion over the constant dangerous driving everyone encounters daily.

It's so normalised we don't see it any more.

At last, a victory for rivers over megafarms: now councils can’t treat toxic waste as someone else’s problem | Charles Watson We won a high court case against Shropshire council’s plans for a new polluting poultry unit. Now a precedent has been set, says River Action founder Charles Watson

Small steps, but definite progress. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Close up of cycle disc rotor with spider worn to less than 0.5mm

Scary rotor wear on the commuter. Bike shop installed a too narrow replacement rotor for the pad/caliper 😬

Genuinely shocking how far into outright climate denial Reform and some Tories have now sunk. This level of detachment from basic scientific reality should be disqualifying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The quality of parking in Sheffield is astounding. It’s fine, we don’t need pedestrian crossings in the city centre.

Acc to Uplift ...

Shell paid no tax in the UK last year, instead receiving a payout from HM Treasury of £12.5m

By contrast, report shows that Shell paid over £2.5bn in taxes and fees to the Norwegian government in 2024

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We’ve retrofit our 1970 semi detached house in the UK to Enerphit (Passivhaus retrofit). It has one radiator and is supremely comfortable all year round. It’s doable, but isn’t something you do for the pay back in reduced energy bills.