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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Eclipse report. Largely cloudy where I am, but during brief moments saw some amazing crescent patterns from light through trees (pics 1 / 2). Also rays of light in the sky. Colander, masher and strainer were all disappointing so gave up on them - probably user error. .

Eclipse patterns of sunlight through trees

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Update: Sieve - disappointing. However…

Sieve with sunlight shining though it onto a sheet of paper

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Additional note: image for reference if required tomorrow.

Reference image showing 21 blurry depictions of the sun, plus an extra

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Eclipse colander dry run. Sure, I can get a load of blurry dots on my A4 paper (blank). But to think that tomorrow they will be eclipse-shaped blurry dots seems far-fetched. SOMEONE HELP ME WITH SCIENCE

Colander, through which sunlight is shining, making dots on a sheet of A4 paper taped to a board. There’s a suggestion that a man is holding the setup using his hand.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Diagram in which I attempt to explain tactics in a bike race. As found in last week's Diagram Club newsletter, diagramclub.substack.com . Taken from my book 'The Cycling Cartoonist', published by Bloomsbury.

Black-and-white cartoon titled "TACTICS" with five simple diagrams of cyclists in a road race.

In General: Text reads, "You save energy by riding behind someone else," with an arrow pointing to the rider following another cyclist.

In the Bunch: Text reads, "Save your energy." An arrow labeled "Try to be somewhere in here" points to the middle of a tightly packed group of riders, while another arrow labeled "Not here" points to a rider at the back of the group.

In a Breakaway: Four riders are shown in a line. An arrow labeled "Try to be here most of the time" points to the front of the group, and another labeled "Not here" points to the last rider. Below, the caption reads, "(But, if everyone does this, the break won't stay away)."

Chasing the Breakaway: A group of riders is shown. An arrow labeled "Try to be here" points toward the back of the group, while another labeled "Not here" points to the front. Below, the caption reads, "(But, if everyone does this, the break will stay away)."

At the Finish: An arrow labeled "Try to be here" points to a rider crossing the finish line with arms raised in victory. Another arrow labeled "Not here" points to riders still behind.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

In response to comments by Wes Streeting last week:

"Growth was meant to the number one priority, is it still?

There's not enough money for defence, but today the Government announced £4.5 BILLION for walking and cycling."

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Why building safe routes to walk and cycle is really good value for money. [From my newsletter: diagramclub.substack.com ]

Black-and-white cartoon titled “Building safe routes to walk and cycle is really good value for money.”
- A children’s drawings of traveling to school suggest they want to walk, but “they can’t because it isn’t safe.”
- An “active travel money machine” illustration states that every £1 invested returns £5.50.
- Benefits include physical activity, thriving high streets, reduced loneliness and improved mental health, road safety, and less pollution. - A section showing different transport options, bus, bicycle, walking, helicopter, and ca, around a person, with label “people need a choice.”
- A pie labeled “roads budget” and a small slice labeled “active travel” illustrate the message that “a fair share goes a long way.”

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Tech question. This is the sort of internet speed I get on my Mac mini (but it varies hugely). Phone on same wifi is 87mbps. Who do I get to help me with this - to be honest pretty close to giving up as I don’t understand tech support advice and can’t afford a new computer.

Speed test screenshot showing poor internet speeds

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I'm selling various bicycles, if anyone who could get to south Essex to pick up might be interested. All under £231. Won't post all the details here - if you'd like more info get in touch and will send it.

Four bikes for sale. Boardman CX, trek road, Raleigh Pioneer and ClaudeButler low steps

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A cartoon from a little series I've drawn about creativity. This is for everyone who says "I'm not creative". Maybe, just maybe, the evidence says otherwise.

Cartoon in which person is saying "I'm not creative".
Below, various pieces of evidence:
The doodle you drew while you were on hold
The story you told that made us all laugh
The cookies you baked
The dull task you turned into a game (pic - throwing things into a donate box)
other mis evidence kept in this file ('Your creativity' written on file)
Awarded - the official stamp of creativity (picture of stamp saying 'I am creative', with a tick)

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

For World Bicycle Day: Cycling = multitasking. #WorldBicycleDay

Black and white cartoon drawing of a woman riding a bicycle. Showing how cycling is multitasking: mental health, drying hair, taking the dog out, showing off your bike, going in an adventure, exercise, transport, shopping, seeing friends, childcare, entertainment

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Diagram Club #080: - Cycling in Copenhagen - A new video from my time in China - Have the baby foxes finally left us? Read here: diagramclub.substack.com/p/080-cyclin...

Man stands next to orange bike in Nyhavn, Copenhagen. Bikes’s name is Aurelia

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Came to Copenhagen, and by sheer carefully-planned coincidence my favourite band were playing. Phosphorescent - entirely brilliant.

Man playing guitar with spotlight shining

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Some news. I’m stepping down from drawing cartoons for the Church Times. It’s been a privilege to do so for 21 years, and they’ve been brilliant, but it’s time. I’ve written more about this in my newsletter open.substack.com/pub/diagramc... . (Subscribe there if you’d like to follow what I do next.)

Cartoon showing the offices of the Church Times with all sorts of journalistic activities taking place

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It's the UK local elections this Thursday, 7 May. Please vote if you can.

Cartoon showing six numbered doors, with windows next to each. Six people are visible, saying the following things:

“I can’t be bothered to vote”
“My vote doesn’t count in any case”
“I don’t see the point in voting to be honest”
“What difference would my vote make?”
“My vote wouldn’t change anything anyway”
(With ‘Vote extremist party’ poster in the window) “I’ll be voting”

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

My 75th newsletter. A mixture of cartoons, thoughts about creativity, and (let’s face it) nonsense. Oh, and we have baby foxes in our garden. open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...

Text with toggle sliders. Heading ‘toggle this’. On / off; Yes / no; Maybe / maybe not

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Introducing a new cartoon project: Creativity Diagrams. Been a cartoonist for 20 years, trying (and quite often failing) to be creative. A series of cartoons on the topic in my newsletter every week. More about it: davewalker.com/creativity/ Newsletter: diagramclub.substack.com/p/072-introd...

20 little pictures of creative activities:
Draw
Sculpt
Play
Make
Film
Sew
Snap
Brew
Dance
Grow
Arrange
Write
Act
Recite
Bake
Design
Knit
Paint
Speak
Animate
Caption: create things

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

In some places we’d call this a reel, but not here, I don’t think. It’s my ‘Things that help me’ diagram, zipping past at a speed that doesn’t quite allow you to read it. [For an A4 printable version subscribe (free) to diagramclub.substack.com and I’ll send it.]

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

New cartoon: Things that help me (some of which might help you). It’s a note to myself, essentially. If you’d like a printable A4 pdf version subscribe to Diagram Club (link below) and you’ll be sent it. (Existing subscribers: It’s coming very soon.)

Black and white cartoon with title ‘Things that help me’

Subtitle: Some of which might help you

Then 12 little pictures:
Human interaction
Being outdoors
Not scrolling
Making something
Accepting “good enough” (Things don’t have to be perfect)
Campaigning in some way
Being kind to myself
Thankfulness (List of good things from today)
Doing something practical (Even if it’s just the washing)
Laughter / comedy
Reading
Writing things in a notebook

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

It's publication day for The PCC Strikes Back, my latest book, published by @canterburypress.bsky.social. It's collection no 9 of my cartoons from the Church Times. Photos taken at The Cafe, aka Essex Wildlife Trust Langdon, where lots of the cartoons were drawn. A link to buy the book is below.

Book on table with caption ‘cartoons from the Church Times’

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Drawn last week, when I wasn’t doing that well. For anyone who is struggling a bit, for whatever reason. It’s OK to have days when we just get by.

Hand drawn graph, with title ‘on a day like today’. Vertical axis is ‘level of achievement’, ranging from zero to high. Horizontal axis is ‘time’. There’s two lines in the graph. One: a very low ‘target’ line, horizontal, just above zero. And 2, an ‘actual’ line that wavers just above or below the ‘target’ one. At the bottom, text: ‘And that’s ok’

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

(In case it helps anyone: I did this, and it seems to have worked)

Instructions to do with getting Procreate brushes back

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

My commute to The Cafe* this morning. *Essex Wildlife Trust Langdon. Are hashtags a thing? #essexwildlifetrust #langdon

Misty woodland scene with shadows of trees

Misty woodland scene with bicycle handlebars

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Hello to new followers (no idea quite how you're finding me, but... hello!). This is the kind of thing I do. And my best work, every week, is in my newsletter, which you can subscribe to here: diagramclub.substack.com Anyway, thank you for following.

Twenty little black and white cycling line drawings, as follows:
It’ll be worth it / great view from the top (person cycling up a hill).
Bike shed - caption 'Room for another one?'
This machine fights climate change (bicycle).
'Slow and steady wins the race'. Picture of person on upright bike.
Bike helmet with 'A safe route would be even better' written on it.
People cycling helps drivers, showing how cycling removes one car from the queue in front of you.
Cargo bike (yes you can). Picture of cargo bike carrying washing machine.
Ding dong. Bike bell. (Cyclists: Pass pedestrians with care).
Cycling helps the NHS, written inside a heart.
There’s a bike for almost everyone, showing an adapted cycle.
Give us space - thank you. Diagram showing safe passing distance.
VIP transport (Very Important Pet). Pet in bike basket.
Picture of person on bike with caption 'Pays the same taxes you do'.
Folding bike picture, showing how they open up possibilities. Car boot, under your desk, on a train.
Take care please. Picture showing family on bikes ('could be your family') with car behind.
This week’s shopping, arrows pointing at shopping on bike.
E-bikes aren’t cheating. Picture of bike going up hill.
'Largely fuelled by cake', written on a piece of cake with bicycle topper.
Where there’s a road let's make a safe bike route too. Shows bike route next to road.
'Have fun out there'. Two cyclists and a sign saying 'adventure', pointing in the direction they are going.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Latest issue of Diagram Club, my cartoon-based newsletter (No 68). - The newsletter is pivoting - A new feature is revealed - One reason for optimism in 2026 - Also I have a new hat diagramclub.substack.com/p/068-one-re...

Two figures holding banner saying ‘appy ew ear’, the h, n and y from the beginning of each word having fallen to the floor.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The fitted sheet: specifically designed to very nearly fit, but not quite. From the book Household Problems: Domestic Incompetence in Diagrams. Which is [capitalisation] AVAILABLE NOW - amzn.to/4pSA2ym and the other Amazons.

Cartoon picture of a bed with a fitted sheet partly stretched over it. Caption is 'It is specifically designed to very nearly fit but not quite'. Additional picture of someone 'wrestling with the dreaded fourth corner'.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Thanks to those who have been in touch to say they enjoyed receiving the book yesterday. Here’s evidence (or an elaborately-constructed hoax) demonstrating that at least five copies exist. Also, a drawing about loading the dishwasher. If you’d like to buy it (and please do), there’s a link below.

Picture showing five copies of a book, Household Problems: Domestic Incompetence in Diagrams, by Dave Walker.

Cartoon picture of a man loading a dishwasher. Caption is ‘Load the dishwasher’ and then ‘but not like that’.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

To all friends, supporters, and both people shown this randomly by the algorithm: Merry Christmas! Here’s to ongoing adventures on two (or any other number of) wheels. From all at Diagram HQ (me).

Cartoon picture showing 12 Christmas- themed cyclists in a variety of different bikes. Some with Christmas hats, trees, or presents.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Never been less qualified to gatecrash the #clergymaltclub hashtag, but… seems a shame to break the tradition in year 10, so here we are. 0% these days. Hello everyone.

Red glass containing beer, can of Brooklyn Special Effects

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Ten strategies for finding the item that isn’t in the place you 100% definitely left it. From my book Household Problems: Domestic Incompetence in Diagrams. (Still, at this moment, available for Christmas delivery: amzn.to/4pSA2ym )

Ten strategies for finding the item at isn’t in the place you 100% definitely left it
- Recheck the place you 100% definitely left it
- and again
- down the back of the sofa
- question whoever ‘tidied it up’
- yesterday’s coat?
- ‘misc’ pile?
- a different ‘misc’ pile
- look in the bin
- stolen by shifty individual
- alien abduction

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

News! A new book. Household Problems: Domestic Incompetence in Diagrams. It’s a collection of more than 44 cartoons, as seen in my Diagram Club newsletter. A bit late in the year? Sure, but still available for Christmas delivery. Amazon UK link: amzn.to/4pSA2ym (available internationally too)

Book with title Household Problems - Domestic Incompetence in Diagrams. By Dave Walker. Colours are purple and teal. Black and white pictures - someone sweeping stuff under a rug, a printer with a sad face, some trays that don’t stack, a spilled drink, and someone tripping over something.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Diagram Club #066. - Bicycles for sale - Cafe news: I have my annual appraisal - Santa cartoon - Misc paragraph breaks (hand-drawn) - etc open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Without wanting to overwhelm you with commercial announcements: This weekend isn’t the absolute worst time to buy someone a gift from my shop, as there’s free UK delivery. davewalkershop.com

Graphic showing items available in the Dave Walker Shop. There’s a Christmas t-shirt and jumper with Santa on, a children’s t-shirt with a cycling heart design, and a bicycle mug saying ‘this machine fights climate change’.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Drive-through coffee at The Cafe.

Man on bike collects a coffee from a tray held by member of Cafe staff

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Oh it's infuriating isn't it. I currently use an old printer while the highly-recommended one we bought sits downstairs functioning as a large and expensive A4 storage box.

printer saying ' sorry mate - can't be bothered'

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Without trying to be too Black Friday about things, (but, let's face it, failing), today's the ideal day to buy someone a cycle cartoon gift from my shop. There's free UK postage and 10% off with code TAKE10 davewalkershop.com

Graphic saying 'New at dvaewalkershop.com'. There's a picture of a Christmas t-shirt and jumper, a t-shirt for children, and a mug. All of the products have cycling cartoons on them, such as Santa riding a bike, or bicycle design with text 'this machine fights climate change'.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Diagram Club no 64, published today. It's every week, free to read, and almost certainly the best thing I do. If you wanted to subscribe that would be lovely, but take a look and see what you think: diagramclub.substack.com/p/064-the-ul...

Drawing, with text 'I use occasional tables all of the time'. Picture of three black and white hand-drawn tables.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Household Problems, as seen in my newsletter (diagramclub.substack.com since you ask) every week. This one: The laundry. As always, unrelated to anything happening in my real actual life.

Black and white cartoons showing the different stages of the growth of a laundry pile. By the end it is very big.

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Far too early to be talking about Christmas jumpers, I realise, but for those planning ahead: Cycling Santa Christmas jumpers and t-shirts davewalkershop.com/christmas-co...

Various models wearing jumpers and t-shirts featuring a cycling Santa design

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

A new series of my Household Problems drawings (as seen in my newsletter every week). This one: What your leaning fence says about you.

Black and white drawing with title 'What your leaning fence says about you'.

Fence depicted, with different levels of lean:

Slight lean. Caption: Of course everything's fine - why wouldn't it be?
Medium lean. Caption: Just about holding things together
Extreme lean. Caption: Oh no

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Diagram Club #059. It’s my Substack newsletter, containing, this week: Annotated photos (below), bicycle cartoon, Cafe news, Household Problems (season two), and all the usual features. open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...

Pictures of Southend with hand-written labels
1. Pier with shelter in foreground
2. Container ship with man doing boat things in foreground
3. Cafe view
4. Seafront view

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Walking this afternoon. Langdon Hills, Essex.

Four pictures
- Hedgerow with sloes
- feather
- scene with distant skyscrapers
- man

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

For anyone waiting for my newsletter- lots to write about, but wanted to focus on being here in China while I still could. So planning to send it in a day or two when I’m home.

Scenes: podium on stage, man in front of camera, two men with a book, man with bicycle in background

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This sums up my experience of China. Young man on the hotel reception desk read this, took me out of the hotel to a corner shop, bought me a screwdriver, and said ‘ this is my gift to you’.

English text from a translation app: ‘i have an unusual request - I need to take the picture out of this frame as the frame is too big to take on the plane tomorrow. but i need a screwdriver to undo it. do you have any idea how I could find one?’ Then same in Chinese

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