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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This evening (if we ignore ridiculous helmet I grabbed), I cycled my daughter to dance class, then cycled to the chemist to pick up my dad’s medication, pedalled to give him the medication package, and popped home to check in on my son. I then cycled to pick up daughter, and we … 1/4

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fab thread Carla ! Thank you for taking the time to curate it 💚

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This sticker is my all-time favourite and I've now run out of them; I had reels to give away over the past year. Must schedule a visit to @londoncycling.bsky.social office to stock up again. I fancy a T-shirt with that logo( says it all ! #justSaying

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm with Muntasir.

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Barny at Westminster Wheels had some very interesting bikes outside, including a mini penny-farthing of sorts, which people had great fun trying out. Barny’s shop is a treasure trove, you really should visit for a chat and to spend all your money there 🙌🏻🙌🏻 … 5/16

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

people and bustling and play. A lovely chap called Jossy was set up with Swapfiets electric bikes. He explained they’re Dutch-style bikes that you can rent on a monthly subscription. If you have any problems with the bike and it needs fixing, someone will be there within …/3

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I met some amazing people at the #LondonCyclingFestival and saw some great things, and I’ve been wanting to tell you more about it! First off, I hit Edgware Road first thing and immediately came across two side zebras. Because this is @maxsullivan.bsky.social country around here! … 1/16

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James Godfrey @jamesgodfrey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fabulous

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you didn’t watch this video yet, give it a go - the woman in it is amazing! (The one who isn’t me obvs).

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wonderful 😍

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

At the #LondonCyclingFestival I met Erma, and was lucky enough to have a cycle on her amazing and viral “Smile Machine”. Four seats are on offer, and Erma takes people out in Westminster for a pedal, some fresh air and to run errands, who otherwise might not get out on a cycle. … 1/3

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The LCC Women's Network @lccwomensnetwork.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is what we like to see! More people on bikes 👏

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hi everyone, in this video, 28 seconds in, is the chicken on the left. 🐔🐔 Amazing costume, perfect head-bobbing. This will ruffle a few feathers etc!

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Does anyone have footage of the chicken from @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social yesterday perchance? He had a big mask on and - most importantly - also did the right neck bobbing movement while cycling. He passed by during a brief moment when my phone was charging! 🐔🐔

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Kidical Mass London @kidicalmasslond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Even very young children can use their own legs to transport themselves from A to B for literally miles in their daily lives if we have safe cycling infrastructure, and restrict and reduce private vehicle use. #StreetsForKids #SolveTheSchoolRun #KidicalMass

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m hearing great things about Colin here, who’s been recognised in the video. Apparently he’s been doing amazing campaigning since the early 90s and before that too … @garyinscotland.bsky.social

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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Colin was a good help back in the early 90s when I was LCC Borough Co-ordinator for LBTH, he was the same in Westminster. A lot of what has happened in London will be in part due to effort from him. V glad he's still well and cycling.

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Nothing so heartwarming as seeing children with the freedom to ride London’s streets on a sunny Sunday. Showing so very clearly the price we pay for the everyday traffic-clogged state of our roads. 🤸🏽 🌱 🚲

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It was just amazing yesterday when Kidical Mass arrived in Westminster for the #LondonCyclingFestival. I spent the day in the heart of London and let me tell you that people are ready for change there. Let’s go. Sound UP loud for the total vibe of yesterday ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We’re here on Church Street in Westminster flying the flag for @westminster-lcc.bsky.social and we even have a SPINNY WHEEL. With prizes! Come by before 2 for rides, chocolate, books and gossip. Oh and to spin the wheel of course! 1/3

Four of us on the stand from the Evil Cycling Lobby™️

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barnyvelo.bsky.social @barnyvelo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fellow combatant in the war on cars @carlafrancome.bsky.social

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Big day on Sunday in Westminster! I’m hoping to pop along at some point, maybe see you there. And defo go and say hi to people on the WCC stand if you’re passing - great friendly folks there …

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A very London moment yesterday, realising I matched the colours in the train Moquette! This train on the Windrush line had seats that looked so fresh and bright. Lovely. Reminded me of the fabulous woman on Mastermind who knows all the designs so well …

Me on a train seat in a light green denim jacket

The sleeves matching the green in the design

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Two wonderful rides for children and families next Sunday in Haringey. Details below. Huge thanks to everyone who organises and marshalls these, it gives children such a sense of freedom, and what is possible 🙌🏻🙌🏻

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This government is still sitting on parts of a buried report laying bare catastrophic risks facing us from ecosystems collapse. My message to @andyburnham.bsky.social: tell the truth. Release the report in full. And prepare the country for what's coming. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full

Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

So pleased to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social demanding the Government’s suppressed then redacted report on ecosystem collapse be published in full. People can’t prepare for what they don’t know - concealing this report is unforgivable #WildSummit

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Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full

Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis

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Brian Cutts @briancutts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Looks like it's a case for taking a leaf out of Mamdani's book! bsky.app/profile/mayo...

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Paul Chandler @paulchandler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Great work by Carla here drawing attention to the simple stuff that pisses people off. Paddling pool needs work doing? Well sort that out in April/May, don't do repairs in July. Broken escalators everywhere you go, bins overflowing. Just maintain the public realm, I'm not even saying upgrade!

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J.G. Bollard @jamesnonchalant.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Same in our local park in Islington. The water pump play feature has been broken for a good 18 months, promise of it getting sorted constantly delayed.

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Angry people in local newspapers: Paddling Pool edition 🤬🤬🤬🤬 This is Priory Park paddling pool in Crouch End. It hasn’t been open at all this year, from what I understand. Everyone has been hopeful from May onwards. This is a class issue and I’m furious about it. Here’s why. … 1/4

Me looking cross at Priory Park paddling pool

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Mayor’s investment in listening to women and bringing in measures to keep all women and girls safe in public spaces is welcome. I hope his teams also listen to @lccwomensnetwork.bsky.social who have been campaigning against on street misogyny directed at women on bikes making everyday trips.

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Books I’ve enjoyed this summer. All have a nice blue-ish hue and all brilliant in different ways. Has anyone else read any Anita Brookner? Hotel Du Lac came out in 1984 but I felt like it could have been written yesterday.

Intermezzo - Sally Rooney

Hotel du Lac - Anita Brookner

The Artist - Lucy Steeds

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Carla's piece is online here. Do give it a read and share it with anyone who might appreciate it. www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2647077...

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Exhumated 🧟 unDead @slothlydad.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My thoughts on this are prob too deep for the local press - & hard to explain unless you've experienced it, but: there's something about cycling for transport that teaches respect for the world. For geography. The hills & river valleys, some of them lost. For the seasons, and how they've changed.

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The piece is online here. Please give it a read and share it with anyone who would appreciate it. And thank you to all the politicians who have shown leadership in tackling climate change of late … 5/5 www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2647077...

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Why cycling offers hope in the fight against climate change

Award-winning cycle campaigner Carla Francome argues that safer cycling routes can help tackle climate change, cut emissions and give people a…

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I’ve written a piece in the Ham and High about how we need to get on with tackling climate change by focusing on the solutions - like building safe routes for cycling. How we need to get on with it, and as Nike would say: Just Do It. After the summer we’ve … 1/5

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Andy @andydrummond.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026

“We took the children off the roads. In 1971, 80% of seven and eight year olds got to school on their own. By 1990 it was 9%, and the fall has not stopped: more children are driven than ever, and cycling to school still barely registers. We did not defeat the danger. We surrendered to it.”

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The Curly Hair Project @curlyhairproject.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#RoadSafety Project Update! We've created an app for #neurodivergent children and young people to log good and bad things they experience when out and about. Tell us what you like or dislike about your #journeys! Download the YEA Youth Engagement App from Google Play/Apple Store! #autism #adhd

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Road Safety App for Neurodivergent Children and Young People

Download our YEA app to log good and bad issues you experience on your journey to school or when out and about.

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is a really important research project - please share with anyone you know who has children and young people. Hopefully they will take a moment to fill out the survey …

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Kate - Hackney Bike Fit @bikefit.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Riding across the alps with @carlafrancome.bsky.social and the wonderful team from Le Cure was incredible They started raising money for the Royal Marsden, who’d treated a friend for breast cancer. They raised so much, they now sponsor a research fellowship and have their own CA project. Amazing

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Hi everyone! Le Cure is going from strength to strength, and there are two one-day rides this autumn in the UK if anyone’s interested! The Le Cure Classic heads out from London to the Kent Hills and finishes at the iconic Herne Hill Velodrome on 19th September. There’s … /1

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Update on the grey water. Slopped another 3 washing up bowls of water outside. Except it was very heavy and quite a lot of it ended up on the kitchen floor. Spent a long time shuffling around with a tea towel on my feet to clear it up. #GreyWater #ClimateChange

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Hi everyone, this whole climate change thing is a LOT isn’t it?! Everyone’s talking about it everywhere and it’s so hot. It’s great it’s being spoken about but it can feel quite overwhelming right? But today I had a breezy cycle and went through a beautiful tree canopy .. 1/7

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Hi everyone, this is the best thread I’ve ever seen on climate change. Read it, share it, tell all your friends. It was originally on X and I emailed Jacqueline to ask where I could read it. Thankfully it’s here …

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Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Andy Burnham really needs to get to grips with the climate crisis and fast. I don’t understand how he hasn’t got it yet. Has he not just walked around and felt it? Is he just in air-conditioned cars the whole time or something?

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 04/08/2026

Biked 1 mile to coffee. Then biked another mile to the pharmacy. Then biked 1 mile home. 95% on protected (separated) bike infra. More Americans deserve the freedom of a life like this (if they want it).

Laura rides a bike on a protected bikelane. She has coffee on her handlebar mount and a front milk crate vasket. There are 2 other people on bikes in the background.

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