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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I love it now when there’s a windy day as I know the turbines will be generating and the wholesale prices tumble down.

Graph showing the price per Mega Watt Hour electricity generation on a windy day. Often at around £100 today it went so low it went negative!

Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

It’s the growing season! I must remember to bring my loppers next time I walk this way.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We need more schemes like this that help people try e-bikes as I am convinced that many non believers would be converted once they try them and realise the joys of cycling. (and the cost benefits)

A sign offering discounts of 42% to buy an ebike as part of an incentive to get people to cycle to work.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Today we had wind, sunshine and an impressive hailstorm. The sky is “moody”.

A country scene of a lane between fields with a dramatic sky of all colours, blue,black gold and white.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Yay! Wind and solar generating well today 👍

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

There were some lovely ones in Sheffield. Summer ‘24.

Rain gardens or SUDS, nicely planted, in a pedestrian area with seating.

Beautiful plants and flowers in a rain garden in Sheffield. Lots of colours and textures.

A sign explaining Sheffield’s city plans to become more environmentally friendly. From 2024.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

The weather is so mild there is blossom coming out! Beautiful sunsets too.

A country lane at dusk with a beautiful sunset of blue, gold, pink and white sky. In the foreground are branches of a tree with small pink blossoms on - possibly cherry.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

It’s so sad that it is sooo hard to get a new path registered as a footpath. DMMO 5 yrs on and still a long way to go for my favourite dismantled railway line

A leafy path through the woods on the line of a dismantled railway.

A leafy path through the woods towards a railway tunnel.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

If AI is so intelligent how come it is incapable of spelling? After helping me create a logo it now refuses to correct the spelling mistake 😤😆

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Tricycles especially with e assist are such great options for people who worry about balance. A good basket on the back and segregated paths to feel safe on are all my mother dreams of (on fine weather days 🙄)

My 85 year old mother riding a red tricycle.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

So many squirrels on my ride to the dentist this morning! So lucky to have the NCN6 & 52 to get me there. Beautiful autumn colours although a lot of slippery leaves.

A slightly muddy path through the woods covered in leaves and autumnal colours

Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Fog & mist making everything feel damp yet the ground here is still dry after such a hot dry year.

A misty landscape, countryside plus a brickworks chimney under a cloudy sky with the sun and its rays just visible.

Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Observations from a recent holiday in France: 2. They drive smaller cars. Yes some estates, vans or people carriers but generally far fewer SUV’s and some tiny micro cars!

A small micro car in France parked next to a much larger car

Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Getting the car ferry from Plymouth (UK) to Roscoff (France) and was amazed how many cyclists were using this route! Many were e-bikes on holiday. One older couple I spoke to were from Brussels and had crossed from Calais to Dover and were cycling a big loop home!

Lots of cyclists disembarking from a ferry walking their bikes down a ramp

A few cyclists waiting to board a ferry. Lots of bags and panniers on their bikes.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Bicycles represent Joy! Here’s another example

Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Bicycles represent Joy! Here’s one recent example of a bike decoration I found. Has anyone else seen them?

Photo of a red bike fixed in a garden with flower baskets on the front and rear full of colourful flowers.

Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I’m so lucky to have the Cloud Trail, part of NCN6, on my doorstep. When life gets stressful there’s nothing more settling than a bike ride out into countryside. The beautiful river Trent and canal path are my favourite.

The Cloud Trail path along the side of the canal near Swarkestone.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I love travelling by train. Looking out the window at Englands green and pleasant land, being nosy into back gardens and spotting the occasional big house on a hill. But for this money we should at least get a seat and be able to see out of the window! 😢

Looking along a train carriage where lots of people are having to stand squashed together as all seats are full.

Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Our local landmark is going to be demolished 😢 The brickworks made bricks from the local clay and had its own system of railways and trucks to move stock around. The chimney should have been protected.

View across a field where standing tall high above the trees is an old brick chimney with the words Newbold Brick written on it.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Yes great public transport all round the city with the old characterful trams still in service as well as new ones. Shame they still have terrible traffic and crazy parking as well.

Central Prague street with an old traditional tram and a modern one passing each other.

Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I’ve heard that things can “drive you up the wall” but not come across biking up before!

The outside of a bar in Brussels has lots of painted bicycles fixed on it.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

You’ve gotta love a double decker train! (until you realise you’re in a silent carriage and get shushed for talking 🫣😄).

The entrance to an intercity train in the Netherlands has stairs going up to a top deck or other stairs down to a lower level.

Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Oh Amsterdam, I’ve missed you ….

A street scene from Amsterdam with lots of parked bikes against the railings of a canal & bridge.

An average Amsterdam path alongside a canal. Lots of bikes & a boat.

People chilling by a central Amsterdam canal. Boats on the water. Lots of bikes parked.

A tree lined canal in Amsterdam. View from one of the bridges over it lined by railings with bikes fixed to them.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

And it is normal to be able to travel by bike and with your bike here & in much of Europe. We can hope, one day …

So my excitement at taking a sleeper from Vienna to Amsterdam was cut short when we were woken early to be told there were technical difficulties so we had to forego our leisurely breakfast to catch two other trains to get there! 🙄

Our sleeper bunk beds & wash basin on the train.

Vienna has excellent cycling infrastructure where cyclists are clearly segregated from pedestrians in the busy areas.

A cycle path in central Vienna has a red surface where pedestrians are crossing and green either side.

Cyclists and pedestrians have separate paths.

As well as clean toilets in most underground stations (cost €0.6) Vienna also provides lots of drinking water fountains.

A big column on the street states ‘Drink Water’ and has a water fountain to fill water bottles.

I’m sure my holiday photos are a bit mad but I can’t help taking pictures of things that bemuse or interest me! Walking through back streets in Vienna and just one section of road seemed to be being dug up to lay track for light rail or tram? Yet not connected to anything yet 🤷🏼‍♀️

A section of road is closed off while railway tracks are being laid, yet they don’t seem to connect to anything!

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Play streets, school streets or just quiet streets where cars are not priority seem to be common in Vienna.

A street next to a school has a sign showing children playing but careful cars are allowed. There are bikes and scooters parked and chalk drawings on the road.

A side street has the children playing sign where careful cars are allowed. There are bikes parked a rain garden and a sign directing the cycle route.

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Vertical storage for light weight bikes is just about doable, but I’m not sure how easy I would find lifting my ebike up onto these hooks!

Train carriage for bikes stores them vertically.

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

So excited to be on a sleeper train! Not convinced I will get much sleep but all is comfortable and still loving this European inter-rail holiday.

Photo of inside our sleeping cabin on the train. Two bunk beds looking cosy. Steep ladder to climb up to top bunk tho.

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Wohoo sleeper train accommodation tonight!

A train carriage with sleeping car written on it

Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I think these bollards have been naughty and told to go stand in a corner 🤣 #WorldBollardAssociation

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Ok, so I know I am a country bumpkin (only lived in rural villages) on a grand European imperial city tour, but sometimes it’s the not so little things that catch my eye like enormous impressive doorways!

A large ornate set of doors surrounded by even more ornate carved stone and pillars.

An enormous cast iron ornate set of doors with a normal small door within it.

Fancy iron set of large doors with another glass set behind.

Metal decorative set of doors. Good security I think.

Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Continuing the European tour by train, Vienna has very impressive rain gardens or SUDS!

Many pedestrian streets in Vienna have areas of planting and trees where the rain water goes, helping to reduce local flood risk and making nice places to be.