Bellamyonabike @bellamyonabike.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Great morning on the 🚴♂️ Cracking autumn afternoon. But. Is there a way to isolate a neighbours electricity supply? No idea what he’s doing, but it sounds like noisy cunt has dragged a cement mixer outside and thrown a brick in it. All fucking afternoon…. 010
Reposted by Bellamyonabikeannacycles.bsky.social @annacycles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026On Friday 16th October I'm doing a talk about our LEJOG in memory of Tim McKenna at the Cycle Touring Festival. It's online so you can tune in from wherever you are. It will be a poignant but hopefully joyful talk about why we all loved Tim so much 💚 cycletouringfestival.co.uk/whatson/cycletouringfestival.co.ukWhat’s On – Cycle Touring and Bikepacking Festival 02210
Reposted by BellamyonabikeBirmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 03/10/2026BBC2 is repeating its Sounds of Scotland show tonight. Here’s my own playlist of the best of Scottish pop 🏴🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/09L...open.spotify.comScottish PopOne song per act - six hours of brilliance - a virtual 5CD box set 86515
Reposted by BellamyonabikeBoak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026GOOD MORNING! Here's the latest edition of our regular round-up of good reading about beer and pubs. If there's a theme this week it might be about how beer culture changes over time. boakandbailey.com/2026/10/news...boakandbailey.comNews, nuggets and longreads 3 October 2026: LudwigEvery Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got expired beer, closed taprooms and anti-Kindle sentiment. 22612
Bellamyonabike @bellamyonabike.bsky.social · 02/10/2026How many is too many?? 45 on the bike 🚴♂️ 070
Reposted by BellamyonabikeBig Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I have another wonderful #buyastrangerabook day offer for you. @ultrasteve.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of any book by Ronan Hession. So, if there's one in particular you'd like, get in touch. UK only 31515
Reposted by BellamyonabikePellicle @pelliclemag.com · 29/09/2026It's finally here! Pre-order Pellicle — Issue 1: Joy now. www.pelliclemag.com/shop/pellicl...pelliclemag.comPellicle — Issue 1: Joy — PelliclePellicle is proud to present our very first print magazine. The inaugural, full-length issue features interviews, essays, long reads, short humour pieces, and much more, all centred on the topic of jo... 11818
Reposted by BellamyonabikeLaura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 20/09/2026And now you know what happens when I write my own headlines.wb.camra.org.ukTimothy Taylor ate my hamsterBatten down the hatches! The people with nothing better to do have been falling over themselves to get on the radio, telly and internet to call Timoth... 2144
Bellamyonabike @bellamyonabike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026That was painful to watch. Again. Possession football that’s predictable, ponderous and piss poor in quality isn’t getting us out of this league. #LCFC 000
Reposted by BellamyonabikeBoak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular weekly round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, with notes on pubs with too many rules, Norwegian pilsner and car park hops, among other things. boakandbailey.com/2026/09/news...boakandbailey.comNews, nuggets and longreads 19 September 2026: Some PeopleEvery Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got cheaper pints, Czech pubs and Belgian folk traditions. 22413
Reposted by BellamyonabikeLouise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...nationaltrust.org.ukAnnual General MeetingYour Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon. 23316238
Reposted by BellamyonabikePhil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New website that does a thorough job in identifying where exotic-sounding beer brands are actually brewed, how they're different and the authentic alternatives: pretendpint.compretendpint.comPretendPint: 39 beers sold as foreign are brewed in Britain39 beers on British shelves carry foreign branding and are brewed here. Where each is really made, its strength, who owns it, and which beers are what they say. 03015
Reposted by BellamyonabikeBoak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, this time with a couple of themes around (a) Oktoberfest and (b) making space for beer and pubs in communities. boakandbailey.com/2026/09/news...boakandbailey.comNews, nuggets and longreads 12 September 2026: Penda’s FenEvery Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got hop farming, Nottingham, and Cluedo. First, some news from the climate change frontline: the last commer... 23017
Reposted by BellamyonabikeIan King @twoht.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Wrote this late last night and it really is the manifestation of not having slept enough for a few days in a row. If there's an arthouse end to glam and a cabaret end to it, I definitely err towards the cabaret end. 232
Reposted by BellamyonabikeKatie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A blog post about winning, and editors www.katiematherwrites.com/the-gulp/win...katiematherwrites.comWinning//Editing — Katie Mather WritesI’m not accustomed to winning. I’m more comfortable with grafting, or whatever the writers’ equivalent to hard work is, thinking and thinking and writing and thinking. Getting headaches from it all. W... 3194
Reposted by BellamyonabikeIan Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social · 07/09/2026cokehead patriotism from knuckle dragging imbeciles too weedy to actually fight for a country, but are handy with their fists towards anyone weaker than them. All cheered on by bots, racists and cosplaying Nazis. I want to see every single one of these pricks sobbing as they're sent down. 38213
Bellamyonabike @bellamyonabike.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Shit few weeks. Bit of normal . 7 mile walk and 🍺 Let’s not mention football 😩 060
Reposted by BellamyonabikeBoak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026GOOD MORNING! Here's the latest edition of news, nuggets and longreads, with plenty of pubs and a little bit of road-transport logistics for those who are into that sort of thing. boakandbailey.com/2026/09/news...boakandbailey.comNews, nuggets and longreads 5 September 2026: Grand VitesseEvery Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got lists, pub crawls and ‘GDPI’. 42612
Reposted by BellamyonabikeStirchley Wines & Spirits @stirchleywines.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If you know, you know.. The latest vintage of @burningskybeer.bsky.social Anniversaire has arrived, joined also by a magnificent blackberry iteration. 🍺 Anniversaire 2026 | 6.5% 🍻 Anniversaire Blackberry | 6.3% Barrel-aged farmhouse perfection. In store now. #VivaStirchley #ShopIndependent 041
Reposted by BellamyonabikeDudley & South Staffordshire CAMRA @dudleycamra.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A branch pub is raising funds for the firefighters that fought the wildfire that destroyed 19 houses in Stourbridge. dudley.camra.org.uk/... 011
Reposted by BellamyonabikeTom Staniford @tomstaniford.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Just under 2wks until the @devonairambulance.bsky.social Cycle Challenge. 30, 50 and 100-mile distances - have you got your place? Optional fundraising of £100 will earn you this snazzy jersey! (Seductive male model not included). Hope to see you there! Sign up now at: www.daat.org/support-us/f... 0274
Reposted by BellamyonabikeShawn Hennessey ☀️🍷 @sevillatapas.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Bill is brill on banned food words 😅 5287
Reposted by BellamyonabikeJo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Five years+a few days ago, I set off on a 24-hour bus odyssey that would turn out to be the first of many occasional public transport challenges. (Origin story here for newbies www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...) Well, I couldn’t let that milestone pass without a new bus jolly. From 4pm, it’s #BusCity24bbc.co.ukLondon council worker's bus odyssey sparks Twitter stormJo Kibble got from London to Morecambe in a day on public buses - "a great way to see the country". 2945885
Bellamyonabike @bellamyonabike.bsky.social · 28/08/2026After a tough 8 months since a diagnosis of oesophageal cancer, and a horrendous last 4/5 weeks, Dad died at home on Tuesday. 2 months shy of his 93rd birthday. Caring for him these last weeks alongside managing mums dementia has been the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Might manage a beer tonight 360
Reposted by BellamyonabikePellicle @pelliclemag.com · 27/08/2026Good morning @trackbrewingco.bsky.social and thank you for joining us as Pro Patreon supporters! 091
Reposted by BellamyonabikePellicle @pelliclemag.com · 19/08/2026When nipping to the shop becomes a beer drinker's paradise. @davidjesudason.bsky.social on @stirchleywines.bsky.social Running Down the Avenue — Stirchley Wines & Spirits in Birmingham — Pellicle share.google/x1mrfl2zliHq...share.googleRunning Down the Avenue — Stirchley Wines & Spirits in Birmingham — PellicleKrishan Rajput takes an emerald Budvar bottle from a shelf and tells me how this is where his beer journey began in 1989. He explains how his family shop, Stirchley Wines & Spirits began selling a... 42410
Reposted by BellamyonabikeDave Cox @davidcox65.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Push Bikes Infra Safari to Dudley Rd Some good bits and some compromises www.pushbikes.org.uk/blog/dudley-... @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @adamtranter.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social @shivajishivalaw.bsky.socialpushbikes.org.ukDudley Road Safari | Push BikesIt's taking a long time to complete the new cycling infrastructure on Dudley Road, but it's almost complete and it's mostly good 096
Reposted by BellamyonabikeGraeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Our Secrets Are The Same will be published in paperback and - for the first time - as an audiobook on 3rd September. www.hachette.co.uk/titles/charl... 1219
Reposted by BellamyonabikeBoak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 22/08/2026GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular round up of good reading about beer and pubs. boakandbailey.com/2026/08/news...boakandbailey.comNews, nuggets and longreads 22 August 2026: Tales from the FollyEvery Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got bottle shops, pickle beer and cocktail lounges. 12211
Reposted by BellamyonabikeLukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026If it's rained for the first time in ages where you are and you're going to be out on the road on two wheels this morning please take care - they could be very slippery as the water lifts accumulated grime. 42510
Reposted by BellamyonabikeFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Helmets are often misinterpreted as the solution to safety. Put simply, they aren't. Helmets protect your head from an uncontrolled fall. Proper infrastructure is what protects you from multi-ton vehicles. Don't conflate the two, they are worlds apart. 332056
Bellamyonabike @bellamyonabike.bsky.social · 18/08/20266am Two carers arrive as the first part of dad’s emergency care package. Outstanding, compassionate human beings doing their job. 080
Reposted by BellamyonabikeThe European Bar Guide @europeanbarguide.bsky.social · 17/08/2026It is also such an old debunked argument. When the temperance movement succeeded in crushing Scandinavian pubs, excess drinking moved into the home (and other far less civil spaces than pubs) the alcohol also of dubious standard. Certain dry countries have this issue today. 142
Reposted by BellamyonabikeMatthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Some people seem to inherently associate pubs as places to drink alcohol, not community hubs where people come together, especially lonelier, older people. Pubs closing does not mean people will "drink less". The opposite is true, they will drink at home, without a community to watch out for them. 510726
Reposted by BellamyonabikeWhat's Brewing @whatsbrewing.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Time to take a stand by @davidjesudason.bsky.social Read on What’s Brewing: wb.camra.org.uk/2026/08/07/t...wb.camra.org.ukTime to take a standThe news that Westminster council could end standing at the bar or outside Soho pubs seems so far-fetched that I thought it was a joke, something stra... 011
Reposted by BellamyonabikeMusic Venue Trust @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social · 17/08/2026You just don't know who they are yet. That's how grassroots music has always worked. Long before the sold-out tours, the festival headlines or the records you know every word to, there was a small room. A handful of people. 1146
Reposted by BellamyonabikeRoger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Bluesky down for hours just when there's important #pubnews. The tightening of planning rules to limit the conversion of to other uses will save many pubs. "Pubs are vital community hubs" Angela Rayner 1485
Bellamyonabike @bellamyonabike.bsky.social · 16/08/2026www.lockworkscinema.co.uk/event/113006 Short notice, but can any mutual use 2 tickets to this tomorrow at Lockworks Cinema, Wolverhampton? New James documentary followed by a performance livestream and interview. I don’t want anything for them, just don’t want them wasted as it’s sold out.lockworkscinema.co.ukJames: Getting Away With It Showtimes & Tickets | Lockworks CinemaExperience James: Getting Away With It at Lockworks Cinema. Browse our showtimes and get your tickets online today! 003
Reposted by BellamyonabikeThe Fosse Way @thefosseway.net · 15/08/2026Full match report to come tomorrow but thoughts from the 1-1 in short: Kids good, senior players largely liabilities, absolutely cannot be playing DCDR up top. Lovely goal from JJ 3.0. Defensively terrifying, comedy style efforts for their goal. This meme is going to get used a lot isn't it? 052
Reposted by BellamyonabikeNed Boulting @nedboulting.bsky.social · 15/08/2026No paywall. nedboulting.substack.com/p/a-death-in... 2020654
Reposted by BellamyonabikeBoak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 15/08/2026GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular weekly round-up of good writing about beer and pubs with notes on dive bar life, shipwrecked Guinness, the nature of saison, beers that don't feel like beer, and Japan. boakandbailey.com/2026/08/news...boakandbailey.comNews, nuggets and longreads 15 August 2026: Saturday Night and Sunday MorningEvery Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got shipwrecks, dive bars and Japan. 22414
Reposted by BellamyonabikeThe Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026And now the British media have killed someone (again). 0252
Reposted by Bellamyonabikechiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026Just so we get this straight: we can't call Rod Liddle a paedo adjacent racist girlfriend assaulter, but it's perfectly ok for the press to hound black & trans people to literal death, in lockstep. 423576
Bellamyonabike @bellamyonabike.bsky.social · 14/08/20264 of these first to take the edge off the week 040
Bellamyonabike @bellamyonabike.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I’m a @thornbridge.bsky.social fan boy. But this is bloody good even by their standards 030
Reposted by BellamyonabikeKatie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I've written about the amazing beverage team at Timberyard/Montrose/Haze and how their drinks lists look beyond natural wine for innovation (although thanks to co-owner Jo, they were one of the first adoptees of "low intervention" wine in Edinburgh) www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/7/...pelliclemag.comThese Days of Salt and Fog — How Edinburgh’s Timberyard Reinvented the Restaurant Wine List — PellicleIn a warehouse building on The Shore in Leith there is a natural wine bar called Haze. Its name is appropriate, both for the unfiltered wines it sells and the haar—sea fog—that rumbles inland on warm ... 194