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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Fingers crossed. In the meantime I have recently worked out a fairly simple, mostly quiet route, although I'm usually headed for the New City Rd area, I thought I'd share as it may be useful to someone.

A map showing a zigzag route through the back streets of West Ham & Plaistow.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It didn't go well for the London team, they certainly made a splash though. 😀

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The iron dome also deflects reality, weirdly focused on Labour, despite international agreement.

Tweet reading:

Israel Foreign Ministry

The UK labour government cannot wage a campaign against Israel and then expect to be treated as a credible actor in the region. Every hostile measure has a consequence. Keep targeting Israel. Keep losing influence. Labour is making the UK irrelevant.
Posted on X
13:30

Press release:
Joint Foreign Ministers' Statement on the Two-State Solution

Statement of the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK on the Two-State Solution

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Amazing work by the City police, if only the rest of Greater London and the country had their resources. Full details in the alt text.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I see you sharing this graphic on Facebook, it is misleading. It shows the Greenway in Newham which was closed earlier in 2026 for three years. As you can see there are no other north-south routes in the borough.

Two low detail cycle maps of Greater London labelled 'before 2016' and 'after 2026', nice loophole because it shows the Newham Greenway in the second one which was closed earlier in 2026 for three years.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

1989, Global warming accepted without question by Thatcher, "the world must act without delay". 37 years of inaction later and we are seeing the effects of all those prime ministers who sold us out to the oil companies, every single one of them.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I'm on Hackney marshes enjoying the breeze in a hammock. Just got passed by another large group heading to the River Lea for a dip in last night's sewage overflow.

A sunny field with trees in the distance. A hammock in the foreground.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

LiDAR maps are getting quite detailed. You can even see the landslip on east London's famous Alp. maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...

50cm - 1m LiDAR image, aerial view of the Beckton Alp. The image is detailed enough to see paths and the foundations of the old dry ski slope.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

A rare moment of the bus being preferable to cycling the currently closed for 3 years Newham Greenway. Currently heading to Custom House for the Lizzie line.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I see the whole of the Greenway in Newham is still on the map despite the 3 year closure of the central section. Highlighted here with an X at each end.

Close up of London Cycleway map, with additional Xs to mark each end of the 3 year Greenway closure in Newham.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Vice Chair, Labour's Cllr Dr Rohit Dasgupta.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

An historic night in #Newham this is amazing to see. @natehiggins.bsky.social A Green councillor, elected chair of the council. @newhamgreens.bsky.social

Newham Council meeting, view of stage, subtitles read "un and and uh therefore councillor Nate Higgins um has" ...

Newham Council meeting, view of stage, subtitles read "been elected chair of the council council" ...

An image of Cllr Nate Higgins and Newham's chief exec at a lectern.

Cllr Nate Higgins wearing a ceremonial chain speaking to full council.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Sunset on the marshes with a beer in the hammock.

A sunset over marshland in Waltham forest. A hammock, my knee, my leg with jeans rolled up for cycling.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Out of the frying pan, into the fire!

Graphic showing poll result for Essex County Council.
Reform UK gain from Conservative

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Rangers Road in Chingford is closed for a few weeks, I feel the urge to cycle to the forest just to be able to cross the road without dodging speeding cars.

Google maps screenshot showing Rangers Road E4 as closed to motor traffic.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

It would work well in London, we have large areas with the same speed limit.

2026 Transport for London Speed Limit map just out. Shows huge coverage of 20mph limits (in green).

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Newham have deliberately not allowed hire bikes, there was some fiddling around the edges about a year ago and Lime can now reach the western edge of the borough. But it's far from useful for residents.

Lime bike map shows Stratford and Canning Town as the only places in Newham accessible by Lime bike.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I like to do my bit by getting Gemini (free tier) to create pointless single page apps for my amusement, if we all do similar stuff we can cost them a lot of money, don't tell it where the bugs are, just ask for different animals dancing.

A screenshot of Google Gemini.

Happy Hardcore Crocodile Rave Application

Create me a single page application with happy hardcore music light sticks and crocodiles dancing. Please include a beats per minute slider which is tied to the speed of the music.

This single-page application upgrades the audio to a more complex synthesis engine—featuring a chunky distortion kick, a rolling bassline, and an authentic, ravey "Hoover" synth—while the crocodiles dance and move around the screen in sync with the BPM slider.

Save the following code as an .html file and open it in a modern browser (Chrome/Edge/Firefox recommended for the Web Audio API compatibility).

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Thanks, worth looking at that side of the park again, in my head that was a bigger zigzag. Not so many one-way streets on the western side too. I'm very aware of the Pelly Rd junction, I see the motorway crash barrier is still there.

Residential Motorway Crash Barrier on Pelly Rd Plaistow, not as exciting as its larger twin on Grange Rd Plaistow which has a sign warning you not to sit on it.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Every bollard that falls should be replaced with one of these.

Billy the bollard that grew its own bollard, local celeb in Stoke Newington, north London.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Yes I'm on a bus, I gave up cycling Hackney to Plaistow at the beginning of the year despite it being my most regular route, I can't rely on the Greenway being open or diversions being safe. It now takes twice as long and involves a train and a bus. In good news I'm reading books again.

West ham lane choked with cars, little do they know but Stratford high Street is also gridlocked. My bus was stuck there for 5 minutes even with priority.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I've always found the BBC's lack of EU coverage suspect. Rewriting headlines and rearranging articles to change focus doesn't help. Both versions archived here: archive.ph/https://www....

BBC Headline: US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules
6 hours ago

BBC Headline: UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas
57 minutes ago

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The new cycle path on Pool Rd in the Olympic park diverts you towards gates that are locked when West Ham play in the stadium. This seems to happen every time I decide to go that way, this was Sunday.

Large locked gates on the pedestrian and cycle route between Pool Rd and Carpenters Rd in Stratford.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Saw this earlier. The Newham Greenway will be closed by Thames Water for 3 years. There's no mention of who is closing it or for how long on the signs. The proposed detour is going to kill people and the council is silent.

Sign next to bin reading.
ADVANCE WARNING
The Greenway will be closed between Upper Road and Channelsea Path from January for essential maintenance works

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Never pick the quiet exit at Stratford platform 11, it only goes to busier platforms, and in the other direction, the busy exit you avoided.

The extremely complex map of Stratford station and its labyrinth of underpasses.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Saw this, laughed and closed the tab.

Image reading: FREE delivery Tomorrow, 6 November. Order within 4 secs.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Compared to the Curly Wurly Bridge in Wiltshire it looks very nice indeed. www.google.com/maps/place/C...

The Curly Wurly Bridge, a foot bridge over the M4 in Wiltshire to the south-east of Swindon on National Cycle Network route 45.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Interesting headline. It may be true.

Google News showing Guardian headline "Nigel Farage" with a picture of Wes Streeting.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

A benefit of cancelling paid cloud services is finding this clip in my Google Photos totally by accident. I was able to take stills and use image search to find the title Maryada Ramanna. #cycling #selfhosted

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Hi Will, are you aware of the imminent 3 year closure of the busiest section of the Newham Greenway? Are you happy that the A112 will be the diversion with no plans to make it safer?

A map published by Thames Water directing people to cycle on a busy A road rather than the traffic free Greenway which is due to close for 3 years beginning in October 2025.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Bluesky scammers are out there, looking at the replies, they follow you and wait for a follow-back, then send dodgy links via chat. I'm just happily blocking anyone following huge numbers while posting a handful of times.

A Bluesky user following 6.8K accounts while only posting 4 times.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Instantly recognisable Wotsit/Quaver combination.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

My cat just watches them, I had to get a spider catcher.

Image of a spider catcher tool with a fake spider.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

My first impression is that Rois Miah is dodgy, green heading but not a Green candidate. Wants to cut spending but doesn't state what spending. @natehiggins.bsky.social

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Walking from Clapton station yesterday I was met head on by a SUV cutting the corner of Southwold road, these curbs are needed everywhere. #Hackney

Photo of the corner of Southwold Road Hackney and Clapton Overground Station showing the curb at the same height as the main road.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

It's been a while since I last tried, I wonder if I can post gifs here now.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I see they are expecting horse traffic at Silvertown. 😉

Map of the route of the Silvertown Tunnel

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I'm wondering if that's an AI written piece from FB, I've not heard the "horse bend" myth in connection with Blackwall before. Here's the explanation for Rotherhithe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherh...

It includes sharp bends at the location of the shafts. This allowed the sections between the shafts to be straight, thus reducing the complexity of construction and avoiding the foundations of the docks. An urban myth is that the bends were installed to prevent horses from seeing daylight at the end of the tunnel too early, which might make them bolt for the exit.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

The current design for HS2 trains appears to have bike storage that doesn't require lifting the bike, has space for straight handlebars, and secures the bike at the front and back. Lets hope the DfT doesn't tell them to cram in more seats. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n54M...

Bike storage in the current HS2 train mock-up.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

C22 is closed for the next three years from Stratford to Plaistow, you need to remove it from the TfL map. Funding for safe diversions will save lives. Please don't wait for people to die like in Holborn.

A screenshot of the TfL cycling map showing C22 the only cycleway in Newham that links the north of the borough to the south.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

The pavement on the corner of Bridge Rd and High St is tiny, so I'll admit, I sometimes salmon and am very careful taking the corner. Weekend cyclists sometime shout at me for going the wrong way, it's always men on road bikes with all the gear. 😁

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I used Abbey Rd once, it was enough. I have noticed widening of the path from Pool Street to Carpenters Rd, which will help. Marked in orange. Yellow being my current route to avoid the Greenway.

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Fietser Steve @fietsersteve.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I have planned for this. Because there is no way I'm using West Ham Lane etc. Not a great route as it uses alleyways and pavements where necessary.

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