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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 05/10/2026

I'm sure it would be fine driving under a spiders web of rebar and loose concrete and dodging all the debris on the floor... Some people have no critical thinking skills don't they?

How about knocking it down overnight, then the road could be closed off between 2100 to 0600 and less disruptions

A spiders web of rebar and chunks of concrete missing from a piss soaked car park

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 04/10/2026

Wonder who's steering wheel will get stuck on this?

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 03/10/2026

The angles while they are so low!

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 03/10/2026

Ah, podium or gravel on the way is it?

Thunder/lightning and rain forecast for sepang tomorrow afternoon

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 03/10/2026

They already have plenty of experience of their vehicles being in the water... 🫠

A filthy lime bike on the banks of the Trent, presumably after being fished out

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 03/10/2026

So that's why they don't properly merge the stations...

Chunky bar reading London King's Cross St Pancras International

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 02/10/2026

The true Northern Line...

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 02/10/2026

Time to annoy both sides of the Channel... 🇫🇷

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 02/10/2026

Melbourne really missed a trick during the COVID years... The Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne was right there guys!

Donington Park race track on Melbourne Road leading to Melbourne (Derbyshire).

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 01/10/2026

nottinghamhiddenhistoryteam.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/g... I forgot Goosey was in slab square in 2020/1!

Goosey in her natural home on the Goosefair Island

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 01/10/2026

Concrete monstrosity once voted the "ugliest building in Nottingham" and alter to 1970 town planning be gone. 😍

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 01/10/2026

Although the traffic is having an effect on people's habits, cycling to the gym yesterday I saw more people cycling out of town than I've ever seen before! Interesting that even with all the congestion it's causing the overwhelming opinion seems to be it's worth it to get rid of the Arndale!

The Arndale last weekend before the improvement works (demolition) commenced. A concrete monstrosity not even the 70s could love, and you can smell the piss by looking at it

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 28/09/2026

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 27/09/2026

Like, is it still a roundabout once this has been done to it? The amount of effort we put into not building our motor roads properly, like how is this a good design for anyone?

The plans for the now under construction Wheatcroft Island on the A52 south of Nottingham, two separate carriageways cutting through the centre of a huge sea of asphalt, and cyclists and pedestrians expected to negotiate 6 separate crossings heading north bound (from the bottom right to top left along Loughborough Road)

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 26/09/2026

Not as insane as Formula 1 (on mobile) where you can see either the points or the driver but not both!

Formula 1 standings 2 mercedes drivers lead the championship

Formula 1 before scrolling, Antonelli is Italian and Russell British, but how many points is anyone's guess

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 26/09/2026

Although I think Amazon might find it difficult to operate such a service from our local distribution centre - being right next to the runway of the counties 2nd busiest cargo airport! The drone of cargo plans lining up for final approach to EMA every evening is annoying enough!

Map showing the Amazon distribution centre next to the runway of East Midlands Airport and the M1.

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 26/09/2026

We are living in the worse timeline aren't we?

It began as an unnerving high-pitched hum like a mosquito flying around a dark room at bedtime and it grew louder as it drew closer.

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 26/09/2026

Alas, no rainbows here to match ours...

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 22/09/2026

All to demolish that most 1970s idea of a motor normative future - a monstrosity of a concrete multi-story car park!

The absolute beauty that is about to be demolished. A piss soaked concrete car park with so much rebar and failed concrete showing it's a surprise it's still standing.

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 22/09/2026

Funny you should say that - we've currently got roadworks and construction going on in Nottingham City Centre - both pedestrians and cyclists are shafted by them. The absolute state of this, no signals at all on the cycleway - and both it and the footway are littered with signs and scaffolding!

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 22/09/2026

Given the Derby A38 junctions project costs have jumped > 200% in that time I wouldn't be surprised if those two roundabouts alone now have more funding than the NCN!

The current pedestrian crossing infrastructure at the Nottingham Knight.

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 22/09/2026

The road signs around Preston (in the county which contains the geographic centres of the UK, GB, and GB Mainland) know where they both are... The SOUTH! 😂

M6 entry sign at Preston

The SOUTH
Birmingham
Manchester

The capitalisation on the first line makes it look like a heading!

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 15/09/2026

Gotta love it when within the same local authority on the same road different generations of scheme side by side don't even look the same.... (Most of the rest of this street is black asphalt stepped lanes).

Red Cycle Lane at footpath height, to the right is the newer green painted lane, both merge into the older red lane in the distance...

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 15/09/2026

Closer to home, When walking or cycling on the shared path at Nottinghams Crown Island the state of the fences is really reassuring.....

The twisted remains of the guard rail on Nottinghams Crown Island, with some damage so sever plastic barriers have been zip tied to it...

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 15/09/2026

Might as well extend the tram to Stratford too... 🤣 Which form of public transport do you want to use? Yes. Although, if the Boats start serving the station climate change will have turned out to be even more severe than we imagined!

Sign at Stratford station
First line - Bus Stops
Second Line - National Rail, DLR, Elizabeth Line, Overground, Underground, Night Tube
Third Line - Bus Station, coaches, buses, bus stops

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 15/09/2026

Can we have one delay repay site please? Don't use some operators that often so have to keep recreating accounts... (Aside from EMR who is my most used operator and also a complete shit show)

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 13/09/2026

These are equally problematic, of course most people only notice the one in the foreground...

A lime Ebike and taxi parked on the footpath, both are in line with the Diamond Cable trench and therefore equally obstructive.

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 11/09/2026

Bridge to the Trent Nav?! Some serious flooding needed for that! Should connect to a pedestrianised County Road* to the heart of the Trent Sports Quarter. * Cattle Market Road going straight to almost Lady Bay bridge has long been a city council ambition

Map showing the proposed realignment of Cattle Market Road

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 11/09/2026

25 years, a ¼ of a century ago, thousands of miles away, but watching the events of that day unfold are still one of the most vivid memories I have.

The September 11 memorial tree in Nottinghams memorial gardens

Plaque at the base of the tree,

This tree was planted by The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Nottingham Councillor Des Wilson on behalf of the people of Nottingham in memory of the victims of the September 11 atrocities.

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 11/09/2026

When running a retro livery it's probably a good idea to double check all the sponsors of the original one. Running a livery based on one which originally carried the name of Osama Bin Laden's father over a race weekend which starts on Sept 11 is a, erm, choice. 😬 www.instagram.com/reel/DdHTI8b...

The 1981 williams carrying the Bin Laden name

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 09/09/2026

That underbounding that's been holding our city back was supposed to be getting fixed... Alas it's been "paused" 🫠 I live outside the city, yet it's quicker to walk to Nottingham railway station than either of our towns high schools 🙄. Make it make sense.

The city boundaries cutting though the heart of the built up area

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 09/09/2026

When the Nightingale Hospital signage is still up in our Capital City it's a pretty poor show! The venue which hosted it (ExCeL) has hosted 6 seasons of motor races since it ceased to be one, and there signs are taken down within days every time.

Totom sign saying
NHS Nightingale Hospital London
Staff & Contractor Car Park

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 07/09/2026

Of course the hot takes start immediately with Labour being seen as backing down to Reform challenges 🫠 Throwing any MP or Cllr that's tried to defend/support it under the bus too.

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 07/09/2026

"This column has been cut down for safety reasons and will be programmed for replacement in due course" Not "will be replaced in due course" but might one day added to the to-do list? 🫠 Notts County Council really don't care about anyone outside a car so they?

Back around the bottom of a Belisha beacon hit by a motorist with the text in the post

Wider view of the zebra crossing missing a Belisha beacon

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 06/09/2026

Training the good citizens of Nottingham in archery? I guess that's one way to help the poor.

Archery try out session at the Nottingham memorial gardens

Robin hood statue outside Nottingham castle

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 04/09/2026

I see the new DLR trains are to resume testing! Five years of going to London for the Formula E with disruption to the DLR every year except the first to test these... Now that's moved on from the ExCeL they are still testing 😬

Dear Mr Swindells,

We're resuming testing of our new DLR trains as part of our work to safely return them to service.

As part of this testing, you may see some of these trains operating on your route. Although they may appear on platform information screens as services to Beckton or Stratford International, they will be out of service and are not available for customer use.

Please do not attempt to board these trains, even if they stop at your platform.

One of the new DLR trains on test in July 2023 - the 2nd of 5 times I was in London for the Formula E races. IIRC I was walking back to the hotel at this point as no passenger services were running on the DLR.

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 29/08/2026

Not just me that's been bugged by the walking and cycling times to Old Market Square both being 30 minutes then!

The cycling time to Market Square has a sticker over it with a handwritten 13

Unmodified sign showing the walking and cycling to Old Market Square times at 30 minutes

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 29/08/2026

London; Why can't we do both?

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 29/08/2026

I bet Preston's twin city of Almelo don't have these though... 🧗‍♂️

Guild Wheel
Steep Slope
20%
Cyclists dismount

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 28/08/2026

Absurd the bleedy mascot got somewhere to sit before the passengers!

The EMR mascot sat on one of two seats on the concourse back in March

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 28/08/2026

Absolutely absurd that it took Nottingham railway station 16 (SIXTEEN) years from development to get some seating on the concourse! Still nowhere near enough kind.

Some benches looking rather tiny in the cavanous concourse...

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 28/08/2026

Who needs Dutch style roundabouts when you could have this doozey? Yeah you are seeing that right, a roundabout with two cycle lanes on the left, one a turn lane and one get flattened by motorists lane, with the motorist lane on the right.

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 28/08/2026

The evolution in design is, erm, interesting, getting less visually distinct each time, but actually less bad to use.

2016 - murder strips widened - about 60% of the lane is now red

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 28/08/2026

although the less said about the design of the bus stops on this route the better

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 28/08/2026

I find these work surprisingly well for keeping motorists out of the cycle lane... Odd how a kerb (even if it has less of an upstand than most dropped kerbs) and the visual of a solid white line and solid grey kerb line seems to work. (Still never feels comfortable using them mind!)

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 28/08/2026

That lack of capitalisation even extends to the real-time displays around the city - grrr

Realtime display outside Nottingham (Midland) station showing cot, key, and mln in lower case.

Real time display inside Nottingham station - mln and key in lowercase TRAM in block caps

cot , rv, sky, key all in lower case at the Broad Marsh bus station

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 27/08/2026

Talk about watering down an active travel scheme...

Notts County Councils original proposals to remove the blind corner, a sparrow crossing and direct across pedestrian crossing

Now marginally widening most of a shared path, retaining the blind corners, not putting the crossing on the desire line

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kevjs1982.uk @kevjs1982.uk · 26/08/2026

You can get your Xmas decs while you're at it... 🎃🎅

Xmas decs on display in £-Stretcher Stratford last week....

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