AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 8hI suspect the 'biomass' energy generation component is Drax power stn, burning canadian forest wood pellets, a proportion of which is apparently from old wood. 000
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 11hSeems to happen there regularly. Guessing excessive cornering speed / not driving to conditions. 020
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 12hDid a real number on my quads - which are still stiff, with the Cadair Idris climb last Thursday. Apparently descending is more biomechanically stressful for quads, than ascending, due to eccentric contraction... Actually amazed I avoided foot blisters, as don't do much significant hiking. 120
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 14hDid you notice that white 'airport terminal' on the hillside across the fields, approaching the base of climb? = Mr Bean's gaff... 110
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 15hHave a 2nd gen Hudl here. Just connected to power lead to check, but battery must be very deeply discharged... 010
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 16hIn Oxfordshire, small bridge railings / walls regularly get demolished by drivers and #OCC simply erects red plastic barriers & seems never to repair them. Which is another approach, but not really a satisfactory one... #SomeDriversSpoilEverything 010
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 16hBeware induced demand... In any event, there are other de facto MWs, eg. A34 Winchester M3 to Oxford M40, is effectively a DCwy N-S motorway, no roundabouts / traffic lights along it's length. If UK was any good at major infrastructure projects [looking at you HS2] rail wins clearly every time. 000
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The first section of the Cadair climb was through steep Oak woodland alongside the river. Great bit of the route. Interesting ferns growing from tree trunk moss. #Wales #CadairIdris #photography bsky.app/profile/andy... 070
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Climbed Cadair Idris (893m), on southern edge of Eryri nat park yesterday. Minffordd Path up and back, ~12km. Lucked out with the weather; superb views. NGL my quads are burning* this am. 😁 Also no queue to get to the summit... #Wales #CadairIdris #hiking 2120
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Some more Welsh ride pics. Looking North to Barmouth from NCN82 is a spectacular viewpoint... #Wales bsky.app/profile/andy... 090
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Wales! 45km ride via Barmouth bridge, Mawddach estuary trail, Dolgellau, NCN82 over to Tywyn area. Superb. Some hike a bike up Ffordd Dhu gravel track. #cycling #photography #wales 1120
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Good bit of Welsh low cloud ☁️☁️ Atmospheric... 😁 #wales 070
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Another #MGIF muppet. 'lets overtake that cyclist on a bend - oops there's an oncoming car'... 🤦♂️😑 072
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026No prizes for guessing, but I wonder if you know what the good driver in this clip did well to react to.... had to come to an almost complete stop. 😐 130
Reposted by AndyDenizenCllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fun fact: I was one of the first women to drive this (outside of the engineering team). SO FUN. Bring on the CVLR! 2387
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Some moar pics... The river Thame has a new elevated walkway for when it floods (nr Stadhampton). Across the field to Newington village, and bridleway dust storm - fortunately blowing directly across & away. #Cycling #Photography bsky.app/profile/andy... 060
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Adjusted the route to take in the first of new Oxfordshire #QuietLanes program; Shepherd's Pit Lane. Ride was about 65km, with a fair bit of wind. Via Ickford, and Waterstock Mill to Waterperry, then Little Milton. #cycling #Photography 190
Reposted by AndyDenizenPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second. TW infrastructure has average age of 79 years. Industry average is 56 years. 40% of TW assets are over 100 years old. Profits siphoned-off, investment neglected, execs rewarded, customers fleecedtheguardian.comSchools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water 33429237
Reposted by AndyDenizenCllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thrilled to visit Oxfordshire’s first of the new Quiet Lanes: filtered to motor traffic, safe for us cyclists and walkers and horse-riders. First time I have ever felt safe to cycle to the fabulous Rectory Farm: love supporting local businesses. 1324141
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026HIF1 road to 'nowhere' & new Thames bridge crossing continues. Images where the new road joins the A415 nr Culham. Abingdon medieval bridge one way & a roundabout & Nuneham Courtney village route to Oxford the other. Proposed 'Culham New Town' main access to Didcot? bsky.app/profile/andy... 250
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Don't use either... 🙂 Well, I use valve caps for folding spare inner tubes (TPU). Once tube is in tyre I leave them off. The valve stalks aren't threaded either so... 020
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026In UK we are now in meteorological & astronomical autumn, but it still feels like summer. 🙂👍 Today's ride into the Chilterns was no exception. Warm n dry; superb. I can recommend the Courgette & Avocado cake at #StokeRowStore; good coffee too. #Cycling #Oxfordshire bsky.app/profile/andy... 090
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Out for #sunrise this morning, which is at a respectable 7am. 👍 Early sun burning off some September mist over the river Thames. Ride was 75km up into the Chilterns & back through Wallingford. Nuffield Hill is always a good value descent out of the Chilterns. #Cycling #Photography #Oxfordshire 0130
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Using this particular PassPixi single magnet variant quite often now. Easy to attach one handed even if it's in the jersey pocket, & seems particularly useful in eg urban / village areas where drivers may be stopped or slow up behind a cyclist, even briefly. #Oxfordshire #Cycling #Driving #Cars 020
Reposted by AndyDenizenAgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊 498158183857
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Had a bus tow all the way from Folly bridge to Donnington bridge junction this am, on the Oxford bit of my ride. 👍 Thames path route closer to Oxford centre is generally too busy on a Sunday in nice weather, so opted for Abingdon Road. 040
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Chain checking time... seems to be ~0.5 mild wear on this 11sp chain. Ok for now, but I suspect that to hang on to the cassette, I'll need to bin the chain at 0.75. One benefit of using wax emulsion is non-oily chains. #cycling #chain bsky.app/profile/andy... 151
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I love it up there. A great open space, with views. A decent proportion of my rides are 'All-road', which is good antidote to cycling on some of the over familiar local roads at times. I once took a 'new' 90s MTB up there in Feb, to test - didn't get far with clogging canti brakes... 😁 010
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Now officially getting ready for winter / cold weather... 😉 I've been using the standard Squirt #ChainLube, since early summer; impressed. Will try this low temperature formulation, when the time comes. #cycling #Oxfordshire 020
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Making the most of The Ridgeway atm. Still pretty dry, no mud on the 25km on Uffington White horse hill ride. For the first time on a ride, I was stung on the lip, fortunately probably not the full 'dose', no lingering pain/swelling. #Oxfordshire #Cycling 290
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Yep, generally a bit grim. I can never sleep on planes either. I used to go to New York area for several days, 7hr ish flight, horribly long first day, and enough time there to get nasty jet lag on return. 110
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Yep. New footbridge. 1km direct vs 9km to access moto centric infra route. Pedestrian (& cyclist) infrastructure lags woefully behind - need to pony up. 060
Reposted by AndyDenizenPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I see we are back into one of the intermittent periods of media moral panics about cycling. It is presumably a matter of days before someone calls for mandatory registration and insurance. Please do wake me up if anyone writes something we haven't already read 10,000 times before. 108221
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026'Britain needs ReformUK'... like a hole in the head. That is all. 020
Reposted by AndyDenizenDr. René MD 🇺🇸🩺 @drrenemd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Just look at this adult female Harpy Eagle ... Absolutely beautiful‼️🤯 52491611683
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Had two of these e-motorbike idiots a while back, one after the other, on the Thames path in Oxford. My Garmin varia clocked then at 35-40 mph, weaving around pedestrians and cyclists. Wearing the traditional balaclavas this time... 010
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotogr...skyatnightmagazine.comAndromeda Galaxy: Complete guide and how to see itAndromeda Galaxy is the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way. Facts about the galaxy and its role in one the Great Debate. 001
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Full sky view in Oxfordshire with Andromeda (M31) galaxy, taken on my mobile phone with 4 min astro mode photo. One of the best times of year to see M31 bsky.app/profile/andy... 230
Reposted by AndyDenizenJBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I captured the Andromeda Galaxy with an 8-hour integration time using my Askar FRA500 telescope, ASI2600MC Duo camera, and ZWO AM5N mount. High-resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/xz1nem #astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #andromeda #galaxy #eastcoastkin #photography 241215175
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Last night, the endlessly amazing M31 Andromeda galaxy (approx 1 trillion stars). Our closest large spiral galaxy, from which the light we see has been travelling for ~2.5 million years. Found it using Stellarium app, then some 8x40 binos; phone on a tripod... #Andromeda #M31 #cosmos #Oxfordshire 010
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Oxford UK, the high bike theft status quo seems to grind on. There's a limited places secure bike hub in the the main shopping centre, but AFAICS very sparse info online wrt using this facility. Ride an unattractive 'average' bike, & use a good D-lock, is about the only thing which works. 010
Reposted by AndyDenizenBerks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust @bbowt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🐍 Incredible footage of a grass snake at Warburg Nature Reserve taken by Warden Hugh Weldon! Grass snakes are our longest snakes and can grow up to 150cm! They're particularly fond of wetlands, but can also be found in other habitats, especially those with a pond nearby 🐸 082
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It was on the way to Gozzard's Ford / Frilford Heath. 001
AndyDenizen @andydenizen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026What's your take on drivers in the habit of overtaking cyclists on blind bends? This near Abingdon on a 60mph national speed limit road. 😑 Not the worst I've had, unlike times when another vehicle has been oncoming, but still... #Cycling #Oxfordshire #HazardousDriving #MGIF #Cars 590
