Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I know he’s unpopular but this seems a little harsh. 000
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Back on Bluesky. Tried Threads for a bit but it didn’t seem much better than X. 010
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Trump confusing Greenland with Iceland. Time for Ireland to be on high alert. 010
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Bumped into a senior Welsh Labour politician earlier who was severely alarmed at the UK Government’s new refugee strategy. 130
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Not sure North Macedonia will be quaking in their boots after that. #wales #cymru 020
Reposted by Mark HutchingsLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 15/11/2025Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions. 2054071958
Reposted by Mark HutchingsDing - Cardiff bike tours @dingwales.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Delighted that we’ve been nominated for a Cardiff cycling award. (Category 6, since you ask). It’s a public vote (not sure if you asked that). Voting is open til the end of the month. For anyone asking, the link is below… cardiffcyclecity.org/2025/11/09/t...cardiffcyclecity.orgThe 2025 C=CC Cardiff Cycling Awards – it’s time to vote! - Cardiff Cycle CityOur members have put forward a fantastic selection of nominees for the 2025 awards. It’s... 021
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Some achievement by the BBC to make Trump’s words worse than they actually were. 021
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 02/11/2025A note to those politicians who were demanding swift details about the suspects in the Huntingdon attack. As it transpired, one was completely innocent and has been released. Luckily his identity was protected before social media could trash his reputation. 083
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 28/10/2025I’m not a particular fan of canal boating but the series Great Canal Journeys with Timothy West and Prunella Scales was a wonderful celebration of partnership and how dementia doesn’t have to confine you to the sidelines of life. 000
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Why is the news media playing to Trump’s vanity by headlining whether or how he might run for a third term? 010
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Poor show from Llyr Powell, the Reform candidate, in not make a concession speech in Caerphilly last night - even if he didn’t have one ready written. 050
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 24/10/2025I’m not at the Caerphilly count - and nor is Nigel Farage. The latter part is definitely more significant. It’s looking like a Plaid victory - even possibly by a comfortable margin. Would be a huge victory for Plaid. Big blow to Reform. And Labour with much to put right. 5353
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Not the most diverse of stages in the BBC Wales Caerphilly candidates hustings. Reform’s Llyr Powell rather dominating proceedings - albeit sounding stroppy. 040
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 11/10/2025A grim end to a grim life. His was the most sickening court case I covered in 40 years of news reporting. 3438
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 09/10/2025England outclassing Wales. The only thing worse than the Welsh performance is ITV’s England-centric commentary. 010
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 24/09/2025There’s Toytown stuff about painkillers and autism - and then’s the experts and science. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHuntington's disease successfully treated for first timeOne of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC. 030
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 22/09/2025The media forced (?) to dance to Nigel Farage’s news management tune again. 020
Reposted by Mark HutchingsDing - Cardiff bike tours @dingwales.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Turns out, we weren’t the only tour in town. The farewell ride for Cardiff cycling legend Geraint Thomas. We’re always on the lookout for guides with local knowledge, bike know-how and time on their hands. #justsaying #tourofbritain 041
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I imagine Reform will be relieved to get a bit of media coverage at last today. 010
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Wow. Farage doesn’t get much of this back in the UK. 1101
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Man from Cardiff convicted of sexual abuse. I wonder what it is about this case that hasn’t prompted alarm from politicians…. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCardiff man jailed for sexually assaulting girls aged 11 and 15Alex Dale, 32, from Cardiff, attacked the girls in incidents that were only two days apart. 020
Reposted by Mark HutchingsThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/08/2025‘We’re seen as criminals’: Epping hotel asylum seekers facing limbo after court rulingtheguardian.com‘We’re seen as criminals’: Epping hotel asylum seekers facing limbo after court rulingHardening public attitudes and far-right aggression have left Bell hotel’s inhabitants fearful despite hopes of integrating An asylum seeker staying at a hotel that has been the flashpoint for anti-migrant protests has described being called a “scumbag” and treated like a criminal by local people. Dozens of residents of Epping’s Bell hotel face an uncertain future after a court ruled on Tuesday that it cannot be used to house asylum seekers because of a breach of planning rules. Continue reading... 93310
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Senedd flags at half-mast following the awful news of the sudden death of MS Hefin David. 051
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Met a British guy today who now lives in Spain and was back home for the first time in a while. Said he was shocked and saddened by the amount of racism being publicly aired in the UK - in marked contrast to what he remembered. 020
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 10/08/2025“My daughter’s under 12s could have taken better pens than that.” A bad day for the misogynists. 000
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Watching Destination X is like being on a slightly tedious bus trip, where you’re longing for a break at Leigh Delamere services. 000
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Great to see @robphillipshere.bsky.social, who I believe started reporting in the days of leather footballs and supporters’ rattles, embracing the world of the pod. 230
Reposted by Mark HutchingsLou Calvey @loucalvey.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her. 237124392874
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 27/07/2025The Euros were a great watch - and what characters there are in that England team. 010
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Painful to watch Wales defend so poorly. England toying with them. You get the feeling England could reach double figures if they really wanted to. 110
Reposted by Mark HutchingsDing - Cardiff bike tours @dingwales.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Let’s pose for a bike tour photo - and make it snappy. Visitors from Scotland and South Africa. 001
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Watching France, next up for Wales’s women. Gulp. 100
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Great achievement to get to the Euros finals and a huge boost to the women’s game in Wales. It’s a shame a solid first half has turned into a really ragged performance. Going to be a tough tournament. 011
Reposted by Mark HutchingsDing - Cardiff bike tours @dingwales.bsky.social · 29/06/2025This weekend we headed out of Cardiff, guiding a father and daughter from the US, Dave and Sofia, on our Three Castles Tour, from Cardiff Castle, up the Taff Trail via Castell Coch to Caerphilly. We called in at Nantgarw China Works. Sofia wore her Cardiff (San Diego) sweatshirt for the occasion! 001
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Dear @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social These barriers along the length of Bute Park have gone up this morning, presumably ahead of the Blackweir concerts. Overkill? 031
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Sun-kissed bike ride to recce a tour option. (In my BBC days, recces normally involved checking satellite signals outside court buildings or schools ) 131
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 16/06/2025A word to the wise if you work at Companies House - or any such call centre. Don’t repeatedly reply “Sorry about that buddy” when telling a caller (me) that the relevant department still aren’t answering their phones and that you need to keep ringing back til they do. 010
Reposted by Mark HutchingsDing - Cardiff bike tours @dingwales.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Who says the US and Canada don’t get on? They certainly do on a bike trip with Ding. Great company in the form of visitors from Quebec and Georgia. 001
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 07/06/2025So the man who said working to get Reform elected was not a good use of his time is put in charge of er, (checks notes) efficiency. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukZia Yusuf returning to Reform UK two days after quittingNigel Farage says Yusuf 010
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Full marks to BBC News for completely taking apart the White House’s bogus trashing of its journalism. 000
Reposted by Mark HutchingsDing - Cardiff bike tours @dingwales.bsky.social · 02/06/2025We’ve got lots of 5 star reviews on our bike tours. “Nice and all” is my favourite so far.. 001
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 27/05/2025If I were a cynic, I would think Cardiff Uni announced draconian cuts, enabling people to be relieved when they turn out not to be quite as bad as first proposed. But of course I’m not a cynic. 2212
Reposted by Mark HutchingsDing - Cardiff bike tours @dingwales.bsky.social · 26/05/2025A great three days of guiding visiting rugby fans around Cardiff in the sunshine. From England, Ireland and France. Plus a cricket fan from Pakistan.🏉🏏🚲 011
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Spurs men win plate trophy, meanwhile Arsenal’s women conquer Europe. 110
Reposted by Mark HutchingsDing - Cardiff bike tours @dingwales.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Always good to bump into BBC weatherman @derekbrockway.bsky.social while on a Ding tour. Here he is taking credit for all the sunshine. 001
Reposted by Mark HutchingsGeraint Owen @geraintowen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHow can traditional British television survive the US streamersSenior figures in the UK TV industry are contemplating how best to secure its future 011
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 13/05/2025At a time when multi-culturalism is under scrutiny… Today I took visitors from Portsmouth, Spain and Canada to the Betty Campbell statue in Cardiff. It celebrates how people can live together “regardless of where they come from or the colour of their skin.” One of the guests was moved to tears. 2184
Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 13/05/2025If we really are becoming an “island of strangers”, one remedy is to get to know each other better. Just a thought. 510212
Reposted by Mark HutchingsNationCymru @nation.cymru · 03/05/2025I’ve spent thousands of hours over the past eight years in Little Man Coffee, socialising in that basement gloom with people who have lit up my life ✍️ Beccy Leachwp.meThe little café that’s meant the worldBeccy Leach It may be a beautiful spring day but while the sun is blazing outside, I’m sipping tea in a dark basement of a coffee shop, with dim artificial light. And yet I choose to do this, saddened... 032
