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Dr Grahame Cooper. Grandad, retired Prof, naturist. I walk, I cycle, I drive, I use public transport. Hitchens's razor applies.

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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 13/09/2026
A brilliant time was had by all on the York leg of the World Naked Bike Ride yesterday. Thank you Sadie for organizing it. #WNBR #OilDependencyProtest #CycleSafety #BodyPositivity #naturism #nudist
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 12/09/2026
Abuse of the horn to intimidate.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 12/09/2026
This is what a selfish, entitled idiot looks like. PE74XUN. Total Handling Solutions. www.totalhs.co.uk
Shows the driver of a van looking towards the camera through the nearside window.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 11/09/2026
Latest progress on Yang style 8 step Tai Chi. I still see issues with it, but it's much improved. Feel ready to move onto 24 step now. Doing this gives me immediate relief from a lower back problem, and doing it outside without clothes feels amazing. #TaiChi #naturist #naturism #nudist #bodypositive
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 30/08/2026
DD12GGD - 23/07/2026. It was very surprising that @gmpolice.bsky.social #opsnap decided No Further Action against this van driver who close passed me across a double white line, forcing an oncoming HGV driver into the kerb to avoid a head-on collision. #dangerousdriving
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 27/08/2026
Getting better. Working on rooting, balance, driving from the waist (dantian) and improving smoothness and grace. (Still a long way to go, though.) #taichi #naturism #naturist #nudist #bodypositivity
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 21/08/2026
Three and a half hours au naturel, gravel riding and exploring. About 24km and 313 metres of climbing. It's wonderful seeing and doing stuff most tourists never see or do.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 15/08/2026
A lovely afternoon au naturel at the beach in Fuerteventura. Walking in the dunes and on the waterline for 4.5km. (Hard going on sand.) #naturism #naturist #bodypositivity
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 14/08/2026
This is looking good, but we need many more miles of it to be useful. Video from last week. #ActiveTravel
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 09/08/2026
... So the kerbs appear to have been installed exactly as intended by the manufacturer. This can be seen more clearly in this image. This is really weird, and like no Dutch access kerb I've ever seen, so I searched for the manufacturer. ...
Shows an end kerbstone, taken from the middle of the dropped kerb.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 09/08/2026
... so I had a closer look, and took pictures. These two show that the top surface of the end kerbstones does indeed slope back away from the kerb, so that the final surface will need to slope down away from the carriageway. That seems absurd; the footway should slope ...
Picture shows one of the Dutch style entrance kerbs for the end, from a low perspective.Picture shows one of the Dutch style entrance kerbs for the end, from a low perspective.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 08/08/2026
My new happy place. Yang style 8 forms Tai Chi. Technique needs improving, but it's still very satisfying to do. I'd like to progress to 24 forms next, though it is the journey, not the destination that matters. I would recommend this to anyone. #taichi #naturism #naturist #nudist #bodypositivity
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 29/07/2026
The ride on Friday will complete 5 years of #BoltonCriticalMass. The weather is looking very good and the playlist is sorted. More info at: boltoncriticalmass.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/j... #CriticalMass
A group of riders on a sunny day cycling next to a formal garden in Queens Park, Bolton.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 24/07/2026
#bloodycyclists, getting in the way and blocking the roads? When will this insane car-spreading ever end.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 10/07/2026
I've long been intrigued by this sign on an old building at Shude Hill. I guess it's to prevent people building next to it.
Shows a window in an old wall with a sign saying "THESE WINDOWS HAVE REGISTERED RIGHT TO LIGHT WHICH WILL BE VIGOROUSLY ENFORCED"
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 04/07/2026
The next meeting of Bolton Active Travel Forum is scheduled for 15th of July. Info on this event page: fb.me/e/9lxjXUgKx #activetravel #walking #cycling #Bolton
Picture depicts active travel. People are walking on a zebra crossing in the foreground, with people cycling on a protected cycleway behind, and motor vehicles in the background. The picture was taken in Copenhagen.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 04/07/2026
It's good to see the new Copenhagen-style stepped cycle lanes taking shape on Higher Bridge Street. and the cyclops junction at Topp Way starting to take shape. #activetravel #walking #cycling #beenetwork #Bolton
A protected cycle lane starting to take shape at a junction. Some kerbs have been installed in the background and there is rubble in the foreground.A stepped cycle lane starting to take shape at the side of a road. The kerbs have been installed but the surfacing is not yet done.A stepped cycle lane starting to take shape at the side of a road. The kerbs have been installed but the surfacing is not yet done.A stepped cycle lane starting to take shape at the side of a road. The kerbs have been installed but the surfacing is not yet done.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 24/06/2026
#nakedcycling #naturist #naturism #nudist #bodypositive
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 24/06/2026
#nakedcycling #naturist #naturism #nudist #bodypositive
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 24/06/2026
#nakedcycling #naturist #naturism #nudist #bodypositive
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 24/06/2026
In this weather you really don't want to be wearing sticky, sweaty clothes. #nakedcycling #naturist #naturism #nudist #bodypositive
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 21/06/2026
Happy summer solstice everyone! (We already ate the breakfast but it was very nice.)
A man and woman in mid to late 60s sitting at a table facing back towards the camera. There is a garden in the background with a greenhouse.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 18/06/2026
Just over a week to go until the #BoltonCriticalMass Summer Solstice ride. boltoncriticalmass.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/j...
Screenshot of the BBC weather forecast for the event. Sunny intervals with light (6mph) wind. Temperature 25C, feels like 27C. Low chance of rain.Picture showing the participants in a previous ride at the start point in sunny Victoria Square, Bolton.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 16/06/2026
Bumble bees on a purple creeping thyme.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 14/06/2026
Manchester World Naked Bike Ride 2026 - Canal Street. #naturist #naturism #nudism #bodypositive #oilprptest #cyclesafety
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 14/06/2026
Manchester World Naked Bike Ride 2026 - Northern Quarter. #naturism #naturist #nudist #bodypositive #oilprotest #cyclesafety
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 13/06/2026
Manchester World Naked Bike Ride 2026. Another passing video. #naturist #naturism #nudism #bodypositive #cyclesafety #oilprotest
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 13/06/2026
Manchester World Naked Bike Ride 2026 passing the Lowry Theatre. #naturist #naturism #nudist #cyclesafety #oilprotest #bodypositive
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 28/05/2026
The weather is looking great for tomorrow's #BoltonCriticalMass Come along and have fun whilst supporting active travel in Bolton. boltoncriticalmass.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/m...
Weather forecast for Bolton at 6.00pm on Friday showing 19C temperature and no rain.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 23/05/2026
A relaxing ride down the canal. #naturist #bodypositivity #naturism #nudism
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 23/05/2026
It's a hard climb up onto Belmont Moor. #naturist #bodypositivity #naturism #nudism
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 22/05/2026
Some of the positive interactions on today's ride.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 22/05/2026
The first really warm day for a bike ride au naturel. 43km with 544 metres of climbing. #naturism #bodypositivity #naturist.
Map of the route from Astley Bridge, up to Belmont, over Rivington Road and Sheep House Lane to Cowley, down the canal to Adlington, then home via Horwich then Scout Road.A naked cyclist riding in the countryside. The camera faces backwards from the handlebar.A naked cyclist riding in the countryside. The camera faces backwards from the handlebar.A naked cyclist riding next to a canal with trees on either side. The camera faces backwards from the handlebar.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 21/05/2026
It's good to see that the work to construct a new CyclOPS junction at Topp Way and Higher Bridge Street in Bolton is finally starting. It takes so incredibly long for these things to happen. Two images show some of my previous experiences at this junction, and it's just as bad for people walking.
A very wide road junction with road construction workers beginning work.Looking back at a very wide road junction with road construction workers beginning work.A car driver turning across the image at a junction. The picture is taken from the point of view of a cyclist.An Arriva bus driver driver passing extremely close to the camera at the exit for m a junction. The picture is taken from the point of view of a cyclist.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 02/05/2026
Hope everyone has had a good #WorldNakedGardeningDay. Just potting up this year's tomato plants. #naturism #naturist #bodypositivity
A male naturist in a greenhouse holding a large plant pot with a small tomato plant.A male naturist in a greenhouse holding a large plant pot with a small tomato plant.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 21/04/2026
RRZ9954 16th April 2026. A warning letter to the registered keeper from GM Police for this one. This is really bad driving from a so-called professional lorry driver. I think they should have prosecuted this one. #OpSnap
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 25/03/2026
Sometimes I don't manage to find time to submit to the police. The close-psssing driver of this Jaguar, MK63BPV, sticks out like a sore thumb against the other four, careful and competent, drivers.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 21/03/2026
After a hard climb up onto Belmont Moor on my bike, I got the loveliest surprise when I met Col&Sadie (@freewilders.bsky.social) and Allen (@conquernaturism.bsky.social - who didn't recognise me with my clothes on 🤣), on their way to a walk au naturel. Well worth the climb. #naturism #bodypositive
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 20/03/2026
I thought the car driver was a bit stupid, but the van driver just played follow-the-leader without even looking down the road.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 01/03/2026
HS21YUO. Just your everyday driver entitlement.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 28/02/2026
Lovely, dry conditions for tonight's #BoltonCriticalMass. A great ride with good people and good music.
A night scene in Bolton town centre featuring seven people with bicycles, one of which is a tandem. The tandem is being held overhead by one of the people.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 17/02/2026
Disappointing result from GMP Traffic on this submission to #OpSnap. No further action. 1/3
Shows cars being driven on the footway, including one completely on the footway and reversed towards us, with reversing lights visible.Shows cars being driven on the footway, including one completely on the footway and reversed towards us, with reversing lights visible.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 23/12/2025
These three drivers have been referred to the Central Ticket Office by GMP Traffic for a fixed penalty, course or prosecution at court. All in the last week. In each of these cases, the driver saved less than 5 seconds by overtaking without waiting. The bus driver could have just moved over a bit.
A private hire driver in a white car is passing far too close to a cyclist. The cyclist's handlebar is visible at the bottom of the image.A truck driver in a white council truck is passing far too close to a cyclist. The cyclist is in a narrow cycle lane and the handlebar is visible at the bottom of the image.A bus driver in a blue bus is passing far too close to a cyclist. The cyclist is in a narrow cycle lane and the handlebar is visible at the bottom of the image.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 23/12/2025
FG24PKX, MM18KLM, PK58RKO. All sent warning letters by GMP Traffic in the past week.
Shows a car driver passing too close to a cyclist. The cyclist is in a narrow cycle lane and the handlebar is visible at the bottom of the image.Shows a van driver passing too close to a cyclist. The cyclist is at the side of the road and the handlebar is visible at the bottom of the image.Shows a car driver passing too close to a cyclist. The cyclist is at the side of the road and the handlebar is visible at the bottom of the image.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 17/12/2025
Carspreading. Thirty years ago, there was plenty of space on this road for cars to pass one another. Sheep House Lane, Rivington.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 28/11/2025
The forecast is looking good for tonight's Bolton Critical Mass. Hope to see everyone there. #BoltonCriticalMass #CriticalMass #Bolton. boltoncriticalmass.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/n...
Weather forecast screenshot for Bolton showing 7 celsius and less than 5% probability of rain at 6.00pm
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 08/11/2025
Remember to wear your hi-viz, folks, so that you won't be hit by a bus driver ... Oh ... www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2560646...
A road passing under a low bridge that is heavily marked with high visibility markings and signage. The roof of a double-deck bus is lying on the road in front of the bridge, and a roofless bus can be seen on the other side.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 01/11/2025
Only five of us for the 51st #BoltonCriticalMass ride last night, but the weather stayed fine and we had a good ride.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 30/10/2025
Less than 24 hours until our Halloween #BoltonCriticalMass ride. Come down to Bolton town centre for a spooky, slow ride to a ghostly playlist, and dress up if you wish. boltoncriticalmass.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/o...
Shows the front basket of a bicycle with pumpkin lights decorating it.
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Bicycle-Riding Motorist @grahamecooper.com · 24/10/2025
... the van was being driven without a valid MOT test certificate and therefore probably without valid insurance. The MOT certificate expired 110 days previously. I pointed this out in my statement - do the Op Snap officers actually read our statements, I wonder.
Screenshot from the DVLA web site showing the van has no current MOT certificate.
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