I think I saw them on that tour - IIRC, Crystal Palace in London… definitely saw them the following year at Rock City in Nottingham. A tiny venue with sticky floors and overpriced beer. It was brilliant.
(Yes, of course I cycled there. From Whitley Bay. In one day*)
*Actually, a bit over 24 hours, but you get the picture.
Post you in another country.
In Newcastle on street parking costs the council £9,260,871.63 per year.
If on street parking is 'free' that would still be a cost that needs to be covered. It's roughly the same as a 6% rise in council tax, on top of existing rises.
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I did this some years ago to tell the other side of that story.
Make sure you get your passport stamped at the border!
You saw this, right?
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What do you need?
Nice.
Now will you hear my confession: I’ve never actually been to Pedalling Squares!
I remain baffled by the idea that sports cycling is seen as a way to promote everyday cycling.
Enjoy the spectacle, but if you want more people to cycle, then provide infrastructure.
So much of our language reflects
the common “car first” bias around our streets, & we should never forget that much of that language was the result of deliberate campaigns to specifically re-write our perspective of streets as “for cars only.” This is one of the more subtle, but important, examples.
Phew! That’s a relief!
How would you rate the chances of anything coming from Mars, Ogilvy?
All these "London is finished" tweets are massively insulting to the residents and blatantly not written by anyone who has actually lived here for any length of time. anon_opin GOLD from 12th August 2025
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Well...shit.
Just wow!
People if it's a car: "Accidents happen."
People if it's an e-bike: "Bikes are dangerous, and should not be allowed on the streets. Besides, they don't even pay taxes."
Absolutely amazing! 🖤
English Gothic. I thought I'd repost this old drawing of mine to alert people to the fact that there's only fifteen prints of it left. Head to my shop if you want to be one of the last fifteen people on earth to obtain one.
Also: the impact of the HPV vaccine over time will drive this down further.
Biltong's got a bad rep, but if you soak it in water overnight, then slice it thin and flash fry it before slow cooking it in red wine for three or four hours then its still biltong.
Has anyone tried to either polish it, or put lipstick on it? Or am I mixing my metaphors here?
By repeating bollocks like "some children self identify as a cat and the schools have to provide litter trays" you are self identifying as a gullible moron.
Similarly, whenever I’m researching work stuff, I make sure I’m either in the office or connecting via the company’s VPN.
Complaining on the phone to them about this I snapped and broke down in tears.
Totally shit few weeks. But sooner or later fate starts dealing less shit cards.
If it’s any comfort at all, I had a similarly shit time in 2018. Car died, bought a replacement, which then broke down as I was driving to Dover to join MrsOnSea in HonFleur for 25th anniversary. Interflora then failed to deliver the flowers I sent her...
Ah. An “acquired taste”, like the rustic andouillette sausage my friend once tried in the Alps? It looked, smelled, and apparently tasted like large intestine stuffed with small intestine, none of which had been emptied of their original contents.
💩🤢
Bűlk as a newer, but also more commuting friendly machine?
Although I do believe that if torn into thin strips (with, say, an angle grinder slit disc), it makes an excellent plug for leaks in a tubeless tyre.