Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Now I just need to find a Beryl Bike to cycle home! 020 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Considering I was up half the night with IBS, and recovering from a cold, think I did ok: Congratulations from Run Bournemouth! Your provisional time is 0:50:55. Entries for 2027 are open - enter now www.runbournemouth.comrunbournemouth.comRun Bournemouth - 11th October 2026, 9th/10th October 2027Come and experience 'running as it should be' at Run Bournemouth on 11th October 2026, 9th/10th October 2027. Half marathon, 10k, 5k & junior races. Enter now! 000 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 09/10/2026Wales is showing that ending profit-making in children’s social care can be done. The first phase of the Welsh Government’s reforms is now underway — with all new children’s homes and fostering providers required to operate on a not-for-profit basis. Why aren't we doing this in England?socialcare.walesRemoving profit from children's residential careInformation about removing profit from children's residential care, and where you can find out more. 010854 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@ternbicycles.com HSD is a compelling proposition for replacing a lot of our car journeys. But I'm struggling to find a child seat suitable for a disabled 4 year old who needs a bit of extra support. 000 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsNew Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Energy prices are going up AGAIN – this time by an average of £276. But we don’t have to accept a future of permanently rising bills. This government can stop prices spiraling – here’s how 🧵 34122 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Anyone have experience transporting a disabled child on a cargo bike? We have a 3.5yr old with cerebral palsy who needs extra support. He has a Kimba Buggy and Cross (which can be towed behind a bike, but is too large for school). The seat detaches. www.ottobock.com/en-gb/buggie...ottobock.comOttobock | Kimba FamilyThe Kimba Family provides everyday support to ensure maximum mobility. With one posture enhancing seating unit and five mobility bases it integrates perfectly into individual daily routines. 011 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Trees for the win! youtube.com/shorts/b4gEQ...youtube.comMore heatwaves are coming... what must we do?YouTube video by Simon Clark 000 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...you.38degrees.org.ukDear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-richJust sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it... 020 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsSundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 08/09/2026Worst invention of all time: The automobile. •Countless wars over oil resources •Destruction of our society and cultural structures •Millions of direct and countless indirect deaths annually •Siphoned public investments away from shared resources to private ones There is nothing more cruel 6597 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know these thugs do not speak for the rest of us. Add your name? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...act.38degrees.org.ukAn open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLIThis is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th... 000 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I cycled 100km round trip to Shaftesbury today to swim 2km in the amazing Lido. Proper tired now!! Nice to cycle most of it away from traffic. 010 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsRewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 18/08/2026We had to put the record straight 👊 Today, the Daily Mail published our response to their recent piece on wildfires and land restoration. 👇Scroll down to read it in full. Image: [1]-whitcomberd/Adobe Stock 1/13 33214 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I've been saying this for years. Really affected our kids despite the camping trips. 031 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsVolewica @nigel-purchase.bsky.social · 01/08/20261/n OK, it was always going to be a mammoth task to switch our economies from fossil fuels to renewables. But it's patently obvious that we are not doing enough. Next year could see 1.7 deg C increase from pre-industrial temperatures. What can we do? 53512 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan 29369602158 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 25/07/2026National service - but all you do is plant trees and build protected cycle lanes. Could it save humanity? 010 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I'm glad our area in Bournemouth is now 20mph, and I'm finding driving so much more relaxing. However a lot of drivers are struggling to keep to the speed limit! 010 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Very sad to hear that Ed Nelson - one of my favourite authors has died at age 81. Loved the Richard Jackson saga, but it was the Cast In Time series that really got me hooked. An amazing life produced some amazing stories. 000 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsRosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along) 3729481267 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Can we turn this into a vegetable plot when our last chicken dies? Chicken wire would keep other birds out. It's been fertilised by 4 chickens for 6 years but being in the shadow of the garage I'm not sure it will get enough light even with the roof off. Would LEDs help? 000 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsNatty🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏐🏈🐕🐴📎 @grillnatty.bsky.social · 28/06/2026How is it the power grid couldn’t handle electric cars but it will be fine with all these data centers? 33187662331 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23 16531861761 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/202635°C is normal, we used to just call that summer! Here's how many summers topped 32°C 70s 4 80s 2 90s 8 2000s 6 2010s all of them 2020s all of them And here's how many summers topped 35°C 70s 1 80s 0 90s 2 2000s 2 2010s 3 2020s 4 (out of 6 so far) 71232430 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Octopus Energy's new Charge Pack offering looks interesting. You earn at least £12/month allowing them to charge and discharge your battery, and they promise to charge it on cheap rate too. octopus.energy/help-and-faq...octopus.energyOctopus Energy FAQsWhat is Charge Pack and how does it work? 121 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Any recommendations for a smaller e-bike to tow this Kimba Cross disability wagon (23kg) with a 15kg child? My wife's Cube tour hybrid pro 2021 does a great job, but it's just too large and heavy. It would be nice to throw these both in the back of a Kia PV5 with my acoustic hybrid. 000 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsMichigan Maple Man 🍁🇨🇦 🇬🇱🥄🌲🐓⛷️🚵🏼♀️🎻🏕️🔨💋🐝🪵🌻🌈❄️🛶💙📎🐸 @mimapleman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026 12112822034 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsReal Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Call for action. We all hate pavement parkers don't we as they're selfish morons. Well here is a chance to influence action. There's a vote on Tuesday by MPs. Please use this link to email you mp and ask them to vote for the amendment. Shy bairns get nowt! act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/189938/...act.livingstreets.org.ukThis is our moment, we're on the cusp of a BIG win for pedestrians in EnglandWe know pavement parking is not only an irritation for many, but outrightly dangerous to wheelchair users, visually impaired people and parents walking their children to school. Write to your MP toda... 54018 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Being autistic, this 60km cycle was a bit outside my comfort zone (mainly due to 3 trains to get to La Spezia). So glad I did it, the scenery was amazing. And the ~30km cycle lane back to Viareggio was a delight. 120 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 27/02/2026No more Dirty Business ! The public, MPs and Environmental Groups have said NO to 14 years of illegal Thames Water sewage pollution. Email Ofwat now, so that they can't ignore us @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/emai...weownit.org.ukEmail Ofwat - the public have said NO to illegal sewage until 2040 000 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...you.38degrees.org.ukEnd the sewage pollution scandalWe're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo... 000 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsLiz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Anyone here in an Energy Local Club - buying energy direct from a local generator (wind, solar, hydro)? #EnergyLocal 244 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I'd like to go cycling in Tuscany this Easter. Any tips? Should I take my bike or hire one? What's it like transporting a bike on the trains? I'd have to take the Poole to Cherbourg ferry if taking a bike (thanks Eurostar☹️) 010 0
Reposted by Pete Cousins20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 08/01/202620's Plenty and it could deliver 20% of the UK Gov's 10-year target of a 65% reduction in casualties in just 20 months. 2179 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsLeeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 04/01/2026If you agree it's time for our politicians to look seriously at the consequences of Brexit and voters' opinion of it, please sign and share this #RejoinEU bit.ly/rejoinpetition3 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...bit.lyPetition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UKWe believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ... 042 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 23/12/2025The vet advised me not to run our aging dog on the lead anymore, and on soft ground. Now I drive the 40 minute round trip to the beach twice a week to run. It's a pain, but the sunrises have been amazing, and great for my mental health. The dog loves it, and she's still as fast as ever! 020 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsOxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Stagecoach are introducing extra buses and extending services from today to take advantage of Oxford's temporary congestion charge. They claim faster journey times on routes from Barton, Blackbird Leys, and Kidlington, and are extending two routes to the Park & Ride at Oxford Parkway. 1377 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 23/11/2025I'm thinking of going on a cycling holiday to Tuscany next Easter. Any top tips? Probably go by train from the UK. 000 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsRewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 30/10/2025Your October #RewildingWins are here 🍂 The weather may be getting colder here in Britain but the rewilding successes continue to hot up! Scroll down to read all about them👇 🧵1/7 12412 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 25/10/2025And after 3 hours of free electricity, we then had 30 minutes at 7p/kWh 110 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 25/10/2025#FreeElectricity @OctopusEnergy Thanks. Used as much free electricity as possible. Batteries fully charged so the rest of the day, and perhaps tomorrow will be free too!! 020 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Thanks for taking part in the 2025 London to Brighton Cycle. Your ride time is 04:18:46. That last hill was a killer!! Worth it to raise money for Barnado's. www.justgiving.com/page/pete-co...justgiving.comPete's fundraiser for Barnardo'sHelp Pete Cousins raise money to support Barnardo's 010 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Hey @octopus.energy !! Free electric at 2pm today, but you started charging my EV at 1-30pm! Oh well I'll charge the house battery at 2pm. Thanks for the freebie! 120 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Lovely cycle to Shaftesbury on Saturday for a swim in their fantastic heated Lido. Lunch in the Black Cactus helped to give me the energy to cycle home. 020 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Cycle advice needed. I've signed up for the London To Brighton ride for Barnados. Should I use my gravel bike (maybe with road tires) or my hybrid? My gravel bike will be faster, but my hybrid is more comfortable. I expect 5-6 hours of cycling! www.londonbrightoncycle.co.uklondonbrightoncycle.co.ukLondon to Brighton Cycle Ride 2022Come & Join Us On The London To Brighton Cycle Ride 11th September 2022, Support The Charity Of Your Choice By Completing This Epic 55 Mile Cycle 010 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsYounity @younityuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025☀️ The UK government has just unveiled its Solar Roadmap, with plans to more than double solar capacity to 47 GW by 2030. From rooftop plug-in panels to solar in car parks, the roadmap sets out 72 actions to scale up deployment in the sector. Let’s turn more empty rooftops into power stations.pv-magazine.comUK government unveils solar roadmap, outlines steps to 47 GW by 2030The UK government has published its plan to support solar deployment to 2030 and beyond. Policies include updating the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, a safety review of plug-in solar for balco... 1132 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Completed the Arundel "standard' distance Triathlon this morning. 2 hours 30 min. Bit hilly!!! (Not the swim - the pool was lovely and warm). Nice scenery. 020 0
Reposted by Pete CousinsWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 07/05/2025❓How do you get Steve Reed the Environment Secretary to listen to your concerns about the private water industry? ❗⚽Meet him on his home turf.⚽❗ Lois is inviting Steve Reed to the football - fat cat water bosses can do it, so why shouldn't she? #Loisatthepalace 20305318 0
Pete Cousins @petetri.bsky.social · 30/04/2025@sarahgogreen.com I'm staying near Pontypridd South Wales for a week cycling. Any suggestions on where to g9? Cycled to Tredegar House Newport today. Thinking of cycling towards Brecon tomorrow. Had my first warm Welsh cake yesterday. Very nice! 210 0