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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 05/10/2026

Possibly too niche for my followers...

Marty McFly: but your kids are going to love it

Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 19/09/2026

Ran my first sub-20 5k this morning, after lots of hard work and a couple of failed attempts. Apologies to anyone who has to talk to me for the next month, because I'm not going to shut up about it.

Parkrun result screenshot. 56
Ben HORRIGAN,

VM35-39,
8 finishes | Male 54/358,
66.69% age grade,
19:46,
New PB!

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 10/09/2026

"Who gets top billing in the new Brad Pitt film?" "The dog stars?" "No, 'Heart of the Beast'." @empiremagazine.bsky.social

Empire Magazine article about the dog in Heart of the Beast. Highlighted: "Pitt insisted his co-star be #1 on the call sheet.”

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 15/08/2026

Interesting stuff. So there *are* different levels of urgency but they all look and sound the same to the user. The only one that's different is level 1 because opting out is not possible. Quite horrifying to think about when that might be called for.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

Forgot to post the screenshot with this

iPhone notifications settings. Extreme Alerts and Severe Alerts both toggled on.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/08/2026

I wasn't a fan of this evening's Scarecrows' Wedding 4DX Bedtime Story Experience, to be honest

Page from The Scarecrows' Wedding picture book. It fell to the ground and it started a fire. Betty screamed "Help!" as the flames flickered higher.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/05/2026

It's a Bike Tetris kind of day 🧱 #quaxing

My Babboe Big-E cargo trike, with a wooden box at the front filled to the brim with filming kit

Filming kit laid out on the office floor. Enough to fill the boot of an SUV.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 03/05/2026

It's interesting to compare the reboot with the original. Edie McCredie's minibus was a central part of the show, but now it seems she's swapped it for a boat.

Edie McCredie posing with her yellow bus

Edie McCredie 25 years on, in front of a boat called Sea Dasher

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 03/05/2026

They've chosen to feature active travel very prominently in the titles. I'm definitely overthinking this but does the presence of a scooter imply an island-wide micromobility hire scheme?

Screengrab from the Balamory title sequence: a colourful animated street featuring a cyclist, scooter user, pedestrian, and no cars.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 03/05/2026

Best shows on TV for decentring cars? I'll start - the new Balamory does a great job of showing that you don't need cars to get around. Instead, the characters walk, wheel or (in Ava Potts and PC Plum's case) use their fabulous bikes.

Ava Potts from Balamory wearing a bright pink outfit, pushing a pink cargo trike with a back basket uphill along the street.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 02/05/2026

At the local May Day fair. Doggy Simon Says sounds.....dark 😰

DOGGY COMPETITION
SCHEDULE
1.30pm Best Doggy Fancy Dress
1.35pm Best Golden Oldie (Dogs over 10 years old)
1.40pm Doggy with the Waggiest
Tail
1.45pm Best Decorated Lead
(May Day Themed)
1.50pm Best Doggy Trick
1.55pm Doggy Simon Says (Doggies start in a circle walking round on their lead with their owners and when Simon says sit or lie down the last doggy to comply is eliminated)

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 30/04/2026

This is what it means to be English

Weather forecast for the next six days. Rainy for the entire bank holiday weekend, sunny either side.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 28/04/2026

Congrats to BP for making $3 billion profit last quarter! Love to see the underdog pulling through like that. 🥹

BP profits hit 3-year high as Iran war delivers windfall.
Oil major’s quarterly profit beats analysts’ expectations on back of ‘exceptional’ trading performance.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 27/04/2026

POV: Your heart is in the Netherlands but your address is in Stockport @walkridestocky.bsky.social

View from the saddle of my cargo bike, with a large wooden box at the front with child benches and other bits and bobs. I'm riding across a grassy field that doesn't have a path to my street, even though it does have a path from a cycleway to the other street that backs onto the field. It's a long story.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 26/04/2026

We love a milkshake machine/miniature railway combo. Norbury Cow Shed/Brookside Garden Centre. Both well served by decent bike routes if you're around Cheadle/Bramhall/Hazel Grove/Poynton. @walkridestocky.bsky.social

My boys having cake and milkshake at a picnic bench in front of a shed with vending machines in it. Babs the cargo bike is parked at one side.

Selfie of me and the boys on a miniature railway

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 23/04/2026

Interestingly, this Street View image from 2009 shows that it used to just be the bollards on the Grange Ave side, nothing on Moseley Road.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 23/04/2026

Such a joy to see inaccessible barriers being removed from walking/wheeling/cycling routes in Stockport. This cut-through is a key part of our commute/school run. Thanks @stockportcouncil.bsky.social and the brilliant campaigners of @walkridestocky.bsky.social 🎉

Before: Screenshot from Google Street View showing a set of three guardrails forming a tight chicane across a path between two houses. Our cargo trike would just about fit, but only with a dismount and lots of manoeuvring. I.e. not remotely accessible, and a pinch point during the school run as young people tend to congregate waiting for their friends.

Now: photo of the same cut-through with the chicane removed and just one railing panel remaining at the edge of the road.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 20/04/2026

Sometimes copywriters come up with things that make sense on first read but are actually nonsense. How exactly do you "delight" somebody to a tea room?

Back of a bag of Betty's coffee. "Since 1919, we've been delighting visitors to our Café Tea Rooms in Yorkshire..."

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 19/04/2026

Update: it went great! My knees no longer work but it went great!

2026-04-19
Ben Horrigan
Finished Marathon @ adidas Manchester Marathon 2026

Total time
03:32:32
Overall
position
5299
M35
852
Men
4788

Me at the end of the race with my boys either side, looking very happy that they were finished waiting around for me.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 15/04/2026

The latest annoying AI trend: businesses sending automated replies to all their Google reviews, ever

Five star Google review from me, two years ago: Lovely room and breakfast. Friendly and helpful staff. Much better value for money than staying in Edinburgh itself.

Reply today: Thank you so much for your wonderful review, Ben Horrigan! We're absolutely delighted to hear you had a great experience with us. Your kind words mean a great deal to our whole team, and we truly hope to welcome you back again soon.

— Leonardo Hotel Edinburgh Murrayfield

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 09/04/2026

"This isn't Amsterdam, you know – we have twice as much snow!" is my new favourite excuse @stockportcouncil.bsky.social what can we do about this? (No, not the snow, the lack of safe and accessible cycling infrastructure)

Screenshot from "What's your city's excuse" website comparing various physical and environmental metrics in Stockport and Amsterdam. Basically both places have great conditions for cycling, but Stockport has a cycling mode share of 1% compared with 27% in Amsterdam.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 03/04/2026

Eek...on 19th April 2026 I'll be running my first ever marathon! I'm fundraising for MS Trust, so please feel free to chip in a few quid if you're able to. Thanks 😊 givestar.io/gs/bens-manc...

Selfie of me wearing running gear, in the middle of a chilly woodland run through Mersey Vale, Stockport.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 26/03/2026

Remember guys, every bike is a cargo bike

Two red bell peppers, one strapped to each footrest on a child seat on the back of my bike. They arrived intact at nursery, where I transferred them to my kid's bag.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 18/03/2026

Just a normal day commuting in #Manchester. Five instances here of seriously dangerous driving, and that's fairly standard. Special mention to the driver who was watching TikToks at the wheel, not included because she wasn't visible on my bike camera.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 06/03/2026

Weird, right! I edited it a bit but the clouds look the same on the original. I can't remember if they were like that in real life 😂

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 05/03/2026

King Street West, Manchester

A skybridge linking a brutalist multi-storey car park and a modernist department store, in Manchester, UK. An interesting view of quite worn-looking architecture.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 22/02/2026

Come on Greens, come on Hannah!

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 10/02/2026

This garbage was in a real newsletter that my kid's school sent out to thousands of people.

AI slop infographic showing the impact of different levels of attendance on kids' learning. Lots of errors in the text, from basic spelling errors to fully incomprehensible bits.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 08/02/2026

L O A D I N G : New bike-riding human

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 29/01/2026

Beautiful eggs Benny, coffee and pistachio cruffin at The Excited Goat in Hebden Bridge.

Gorgeous eggs Benedict on sourdough with a cup of coffee.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 29/01/2026

Got a thorn in my front tyre a mile away from lunch, but I can think of worse places to fix a puncture. I somehow did seven extra miles by repeatedly going the wrong way. I know, weird given all I had to do was follow the canal in a straight line, but that's how navigationally challenged I am 🫠

My bike upside down and covered in mud on a canal towpath

Canal & River Trust sign. Attention dog owners, pick up after your dogs, thank you. Attention dogs, grrr bark woof.

Canal & River Trust sign at the Summit of the Rochdale Canal. Highest broad canal in England, 600ft above sea level.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 29/01/2026

I've had a lovely time getting my kicks on (NCN) Route 66.

National Cycle Network sign on a canal mooring. Route 66.

Selfie of me in bike gear with a view of canal, Todmorden and hills

Canal boat with an old industrial building in the background. Nice reflections.

Two geese in the canal, or maybe this bit is actually river, I'm not sure. But it's lovely and there's rolling hills in the background.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 28/01/2026

The plan is to ride up to Hebden Bridge along NCN 66 (mostly canal paths as far as I can tell), then get some food (cake will 100% feature, then either ride back the way I came or jump on the train back to Manchester (let's be honest I'll almost definitely ride back) @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social

Komoot screenshot showing my route from Stockport to Hebden Bridge on NCN 66, 70 miles round trip.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 16/01/2026

Sooo Matthew's wedding was on the island where Stephen grew up? #TheTraitors

Map of Lewis and Harris, including Luskentyre Beach

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/01/2026

He can't Lego, not yet anyway

0-3 in a crossed out red circle.
WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD
Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 14/01/2026

My friend Hannah Cox, who I cannot stress enough is NOT A RUNNER, is about to run her 80th marathon in a row. She's crossing India to tell a little-known story about historic injustice* and to raise £1M for orgs fighting the climate crisis. 1/3

Project Salt Run, 100 Marathons in 100 Days, Day 79 of 100. A woman wearing running kit, smiling and pointing at a chalk mark on the road in the shape of a lightning bolt.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 11/01/2026

Don't worry guys, Captain Llamerica is here

Captain America toy, riding triumphantly into battle on the back of a squishy llama stress toy

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 08/01/2026

On the plus side, what he did in 2008 is about to be wiped off the face of Google.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 29/12/2025

Loads of great moments in a year where I decided to spend more time riding my bike for fun, have more adventures and go further than I had before. I'm going to pick the ride that kicked it off, on my birthday in January. Big solo birthday adventures will henceforth be an annual tradition!

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 16/12/2025

This is a real email from school yesterday afternoon, after two contradicting messages about Christmas party day and Christmas jumper day*

Good afternoon,

There seems to be even more confusion since my last email. Children can wear non uniform/school uniform/Christmas jumper/no Christmas jumper/festive/non festive. Basically children need to come in suitable clothes (for the weather) on Wednesday.

Thanks

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 11/12/2025

Dutifully opening up @theguardian.com Style Guide to check whether to capitalise "happy new year"

Screenshot from Guardian Style Guide. new year
lc; including new year honours list, new year resolutions and happy new year; but New Year’s Day, New Year’s Eve

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 04/12/2025

More like "Checkgen italia" am I right

Heck chicken Italia chipolatas, but they're rebadged as CHECK for a testicular cancer charity called Cahonas

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 27/11/2025

Friendly reminder that Hannah Cox, a woman who did not call herself a runner this time last year, is currently a third of the way through 100 marathons in 100 days, raising £1 million for the planet. She's doing it to make a difference and prove what's possible, and she's absolutely smashing it.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 25/11/2025

Red light jumpers tend to unlock my competitive side... 👀

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 25/11/2025

Cheaper than heating the house. Other than that, I would NOT recommend this as a home working setup. Crocs were a bad idea. Jeans were a bad idea. Coffee was a VERY bad idea. Might catch on as a money saving hack, though - depending how the Budget goes... 👀

Me sitting on a bike trainer while editing a video on a laptop. I'm wearing a thick woolly jumper and jeans, and there's a cup of coffee labelled "Dad" on the desk in front of me.

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