Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I think doable. It’s v steep at the beginning so prime for that but after that you’ve got a lot of options re whether you go round or over hills and how soon you come down. 110
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And home from Great Malvern to avoid too much back tracking while walking. Also v good book shop! 010
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026About 20 mins walk to get to the north end of Malvern Hills 100
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 30/09/202645 mins to Malvern Link station. Can see the hills! 110
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Back trying to get from Birmingham to nice countryside walks via public transport Today off to Malvern Walked to University of Birmingham train station and caught the train to Malvern Link 370
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This thread really resonates. I grew up in Weymouth. I spent a lot of my childhood swimming or messing about in boats. I knew people in the lifeboat crew. I remember the Penlee lifeboat disaster so clearly. How can you think the RNLI is anything but the most miraculous organisation? 011
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Flags have been gone from my bit of Brum for a few weeks now. Pleased to see that the stickers remain. #Birmingham #Brum #HopeNotHate 060
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Via Greenpeace As schools shut and people struggle to do the everyday things - sleep, travel, move around - this is what we should all be focusing on. 021
Reposted by Rachel WitheyThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 07/05/2026📢 Polling stations are now open! 📢 Want to replace the failing Labour Party and defeat the hateful message of Reform? Get yourself down to your local polling station and vote Green today! Every vote counts. Make sure your voice is heard 💚 Don’t forget your Photo ID for voting in England! 28955455
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Voted Off to spend the day encouraging likely Green Party voters to do the same If you’re in #Brum and you want to minimise the inevitable number of reform councillors announced on Friday please, please go and vote. It’s one of those elections where every vote is really going to make a difference 020
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Made me laugh over on Instagram courtesy of Uk Transport Department 030
Reposted by Rachel WitheyBetter Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 07/04/2026With three new rail stations on the Camp Hill line and two tram stops on the Eastside extension open in the last few days, we're taking the opportunity to ask for more stops please! 12014
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 31/03/2026So sorry to hear this John. Hope it heals quickly. So much to do to make Birmingham a safer city for cyclists 😢 010
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Find out more about energy efficient travel and safer streets from @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org 011
Reposted by Rachel WitheyJim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 28/01/2026@knittingcultlady.bsky.social Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a protest against Nazi occupation of their country All proceeds from the sale of this pattern go to local immigrant aid organizations who support those impacted by the actions of ICE payhip.com/b/TqQL1payhip.comMelt the ICE Hat PatternIn the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal... 34319
Reposted by Rachel WitheyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Their demands are reasonable, their treatment is disgraceful. The government's intransigence is killing the #PalestineAction hunger strikers. Just as its complicity has assisted the genocide in Gaza. It needs to wake up right now to the moral consequences. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comTwo Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers taken to hospitalMPs and next of kin of prisoners Amu Gib, 30, and Kamran Ahmed, 28, call for immediate government intervention 19555261
Reposted by Rachel WitheyLev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Every year I stop myself from posting “now look here you lot, my books would make an excellent Christmas present” in October because it’s way too early, and then I forget until it’s way too late. Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time. levparikian.com/index.php/sh... 412567
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Not sure who our local graffiti artist is but I’m loving their work. #Birmingham #Brum #Harborne 050
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Congratulations. Amazing achievement and tribute. Have loved all the updates 010
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Do donate if you have a little bit of spare money and follow for great cycling tour updates Tim style. Slow pace, great scenery, great food and drink 041
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 09/08/2025I’m really enjoying all the updates Anna. Much as I used to enjoy Tim’s. Have a fab day. Have fun @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social 230
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 28/07/2025This Friday Brummies. Please come #Birmingham #Brum #BetterStreets 032
Reposted by Rachel WitheyBetter Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 06/06/2025Only the led ride and counter aspects of the event will go ahead tomorrow. We've been watching the forecast and there's some pretty grim looking thunderstorms happening later in the afternoon that doesn't look like it would mix well with outdoor gazebos and bike checks. 168
Reposted by Rachel WitheyA38 Mobility Lane Users 🚲🛴🦼🛹🛼 @a38cycleway.bsky.social · 02/06/2025This Saturday we’re celebrating our cycle lane’s 6th birthday. • Led ride from Hippodrome Square to UoB via the Cycleway, leaving at 1pm • Help get the Sir Harry’s Road counter to 6,000 in a day • Free bike checks and minor repairs at UoB Green Heart, 1.30-4pm 💙 043
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 31/05/2025I hadn’t heard that either. Only knew him from here and twitter but we exchanged some nice messages about west coast of Scotland and I loved his posts. Condolences to everyone who knew him and good luck with the memorial ride. Have fun 020
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Harborne critical mass postponed until last week in June 000
Reposted by Rachel WitheySunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/05/2025"Katwala's paradox of racism" In a demonstrably less prejudiced society (attitudes shifted, esp across generations), I am in receipt of much more racism Minorities in 2020s have more equal opps than ever before - esp at very top - yet an increasingly unequal experience of more equal opportunities 1426967
Reposted by Rachel WitheyReal Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition now to show them the public still backs this nature-friendly fix: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/swifts-p...act.38degrees.org.ukSign the petition: Save Our SwiftsSwifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition ... 14815
Reposted by Rachel WitheyForgotten Poets @forgottenpoets.bsky.social · 18/05/2025. "You who filled every morning with rush and chaos..." —Khaled Juma #poetry #poem #poems 0227
Reposted by Rachel WitheyRoss Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 23/05/2025In just one week 40,000 people have demanded that Scottish Government Ministers recall and reject the Flamingo Land mega-resort application! Send your message to the Planning Minister today 👇 greens.scot/LochLomondgreens.scotSave Loch Lomond - TAKE ACTION NOWSave Loch Lomond - TAKE ACTION NOW - 45834
Reposted by Rachel WitheyCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/05/2025WTF? If this Government can’t even agree to this smallest of initiatives, which has no cost to them & absolutely no down-sides, what hope that it will step up to the bigger nature challenges we face? This is a *popular* policy, for heavens sake. Obstinate tin-eared stupidity doesn’t come close …theguardian.comLabour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homesMPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds 46884370
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Birmingham folks - Critical Mass comes to Harborne on Sunday 1 June. Come and enjoy riding in a big group. All welcome. Please share #Birmingham #Brum #Harborne #Cycling #CriticalMass 142
Reposted by Rachel WitheyBetter Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 15/05/2025We're pleased to announce our first monthly public meeting for Northfield constituency will take place on Tuesday 10th June at 7pm in the NAF Shop on Northfield High Street. They will take place every second Tuesday of the month. ‼️ Save your place: actionnetwork.org/events/bsfb-...actionnetwork.orgWhat would make your street better? Come and talk about it on Tuesday 10th JuneCome to Better Streets for Birmingham's monthly public conversation: What would make your street better? 134
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 11/05/2025I left a few years ago and joined the Green Party. No regrets, Labour Party feels so far from where I’d like it to be atm 010
Reposted by Rachel WitheyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Here's JSO's short cut of my protest rant on Politics Live. www.youtube.com/shorts/L_93v...youtube.com"They Cannot Tolerate Challenges to Wealth and Power" | George Monbiot | BBC Politics Live #shortsYouTube video by Just Stop Oil 45662258
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Our self seeded hawthorn tree is flowering this year for the first time. From what I’ve read it should just get more and more flowery as it get older. What a joy. 040
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Would definitely recommend. And great to hear that public transport is your main way of getting to hiking routes. Good inspiration for me to do it more. 040
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Excellent. Hope you have a great day out. Interested to hear about any good routes you find, hoping to do much more of this going forward 110
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 04/05/2025The High Peak bus service and the Derwent Valley Railway both go through Derby and seem to be really good routes out to great walking spots. Loads of walkers on both 120
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Malvern v easy. Get off at Malvern Link. I went to the Peak District yesterday and put some details if the journey in here. Might be a longer journey than you want but it was a lovely day. 110
Rachel Withey @rachellwithey.bsky.social · 03/05/20257. And now heading home via the v busy Derwent Valley Railway train to Derby 000