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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

It's been a really busy week, glad to hear slobbing out. Time to raise a more autumnal glass. Cheers 🍻 How was your week?

A bottle of Fullers Black Cab London stout held up in front of a TV and DVD racks.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

n the latest issue of #HighwaysMagazine, I argue that the UK should be bold and embrace failure. Digital edition here for free with registration. www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk/latest-i…

My article with a roadworks ahead sign that has swung onto its side.

If you need a plain text version of the article, just shout.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

*** New blog post *** Join me for a spin along Argentinierstraße, Vienna's Dutch inspired cycle street. therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/202…

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Now it's time for a beer and because it's horror month, I am joined by a Refuk voter.

A green can of Staropramen beer on a wooden table with a rather large pumpkin.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Down to the last few cheap summer lagers as a pretty warm week in London drifts by. A busy week at and away from my desk this week. How was yours? Cheers 🍻

A white can of Carling lager on a wooden table

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Given I've only worked two days this week, it hasn't exactly been strenuous. But anyway, thoughts head back to Austria with a tasty local brew. Cheers 🍻 How was your week?

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

No, you can't go ambling round local open spaces to collect free fruit by cycle, including the transportation of your long-pole fruit picker and getting the fruit home again. #CarryShitOlympics #ScrumpingByCycle

A photo of a side view of a large Dutch bicycle with red pannier bags towing a small black trailer with a pair of side by side wheels. In the trailer are green and red apples.

Leant against the bike is a metal pole with a red cage with prongs filled with apples.

The background is scrub land.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

On the other hand, I have loads of plums; two demijohns of wine on the go already and now a pan of them for jam which is my next job.

A close up of halved and stoned purple plums with yellow flesh.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

The heat has hit my garden apple harvest this year. I usually get at least 10 litres of juice, but this year there was no more than 3. I think an early lunch is in order before having a cycle with the trailer around some local foraging spots. #HomeBrewing

A green metal and timber apple press which has a circular metal base on which a vertically slatted timber cylinder goes.

On top of that, a scratter - an inverted truncated aluminium hopper full of green and red apples which sits on a timber frame with handles for lifting off the press and with a green metal flywheel which turns cutting knives (under the apples).

The press itself is a disc of timber under a metal screw ending in a T handle for turning, but that bit is swung out as the scratter is over the slatted timber cylinder.

It all sits on a rough timber platform to raise it up to get a collection bucket in white plastic to one side where there is a small spout cast into the metal plate on the bottom of the press.

The scatter has been removed to show the timber slatted cylinder full of shredded/ crushed apples in a linen type bag with perforations for the juice to flow.

A view of pink juice collecting on the edge of the green metal base being directed around the circular edge to the spout and then flowing down into the bucket.

A glass demijohn, just over half full with a reddish brown liquid.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

No, you cannot carry two 2.4 x 50mm x 47mm pieces of timber by cycle. #CarryShitOlympics #FishTailingFun

A large black bicycle with red pannier bags is towing a smaller black two wheel (side by side) trailer. On the trailer there's two square section pieces of timber sticking way over the end of the trailer.

It's all on a shared-use path which has a bollards showing a sign for such next to it.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

A wonderfully cooling spray system on the walkway next to the Danube Canal. #Vienna

A photo of a planter shrouded in mist coming from posts about 2m high.

The backdrop is colourful graffiti on a wall to the left and a bridge over the walking to the middle right.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

26°C and 93% humidity in Vienna at the moment. Like a steam room.

A golden 500ml glass of Weiselburger beer

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

Hired the electric version of the Wein city hire bike. At €3.30 per 30 minutes, they're not cheap, but they're fun. 10 miles in 50 minutes and that included 5 minutes under a building when the heavens opened! #Vienna

Me a white man with a greying beard, sunglasses and a light trilby hat. It's a selfie photo in which I'm wearing a pink and blue Hawaiian shirt and there's a chunky red and white ebike in shot with a canal behind green railings.

A surfaced canal path with a canal right and the graffitied supports of a concrete road bridge left

A new two way cycle track with footway and red brick building left and a parking and planting buffer (just bare earth) to the right withtl a road beyond that.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Photo. A large buff concrete building with skinny glass windows.

There is a sign on the corner which is a stylised OPEC. With the OP at the top and EC at the bottom

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

Massive lock action. Moving from the Danube canal to the main river. #Vienna

Photo of a lock gate stored horizontally with a concrete tower each side. The right hand tower is higher and the bottom of a control tower.

The canal below is greenish

The lock gate has moved towards us and started to swing down and we're seeing it at 45°

The lock gate is now vertical and the canal channel blocked

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Also, the prettiest ever backdrop to a traffic signal. Part of the astonishing tunnel system accessing the village by road.

A photo of a two aspect traffic signal with red showing and a stop sign below. There is a pretty little waterfall in the background with green plants on the rock wall.

An arched concrete sprayed tunnel with a 30kph speed limit.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Hallstatt, a UNESCO world heritage site which has been continuously inhabited for 7,000 years. #Austria

Photo looking over a crowd of people in a narrow street with alpine buildings both sides in timber and coloured render. A mountain is framed in the distance.

A photo across rooftops to a church with a lake left and green hills and mountains beyond. There's a blue sky and fluffy clouds.

A view of a vast lake hemmed by tree covered mountains. Just below is the roofs of the village.

A narrow deserted streets for pedestrians with timber houses left and a timber guardrail right. There's a mountain in the distance between some trees.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

But my goodness, you need to clear a lot of cars out of the city lads.

A really wide road with echelon parking on both sides.

A medium rise residential street with large trees bending to the middle. With echelon parking both sides.

A wide street with 4 lanes of traffic, tram lines right and then more traffic lanes!

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Stunning views on the paths next to the Danube though!

A wide path with a grassy slope left and a verge right then a wide river

A blue river stretches towards hills under a blue sky with fluffy clouds.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

A few hours to myself this morning, so I took advantage of the reasonable 0.89€ per half hour #Wien cycle hire for a mooch around the city, including their first cycle street on Argentinierstraße, connecting the central station to the city centre.

A traffic sign at the start of the cycle street, a blue round sign with a bike symbol and the word "Fahrradstraßer" on it and a no entry next to it with "ausgen" and a bike symbol.

A red surfaced road with 3 and 4 storey buildings fronting it with a red brick church ahead.

A man with a grey beard, sunglasses a light trilby hat, a white flowery shirt and blue shorts holds a white bicycle.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

The entrance has had a refit since Heimi Henderson came a cropper, but I bet the view will scare the living daylights out of you. IYKYK #Wien

A photo of a curving glass visitor building one story tall with a vast steel framed ferris wheel towering above

A view of the top of the ferris wheel with vast A frame supports and red cabin pods that look like big sheds

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

No, you cannot shift a pack of 2.4m x 150mm feather edge boards on a cycle. #VeiculoLongo #CarryShitOlympics

A large black bicycle with red pannier bags is towing a smaller black two wheel (side by side) trailer. On the trailer is a pack of thin wood sticking way over the end of the trailer.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Right, time for some lager louting 🍻 How was your week?

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

A slightly later finish to get a couple of things done and now a birthday beer. Except it's not my birthday today, but I was too hungover to enjoy this on the big day. How was your week?

A bottle of Bottle Shop Birthday Boy light hoppy ale sporting a cartoon of an obvious dad wearing a party hat.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

Rounding off a busy week in New Zealand. Well, Liverpool. Well, actually, I haven't left London. 🍻 How was your week?

A can of Love Lane NZ Pilsner with south Pacific hops.

A pale orange can wit colourful "Visit New Zealand" visitor posters.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

I completely forgot to post these snaps from the Severn Bridge earlier this week. We were on our way to the Lad's graduation and of course, I made him take photos, and we went this way to Newport because why not. Crossposted with @openvibe

A car's eye view of the Severn Bridge from the right hand side of two lanes going ahead and two to the right in the other direction and with the first support in the distance and suspension cables curving up to it. To both sides, wire rope safety fence.

View from the left lane between the supports.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

I'm pooped and very much looking forward to a couple of quiet days. Anyway. Since when was Wolverhampton in Italy? Cheers 🍻 How was your week? Crossposted with @openvibe

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

In the summer edition of Highways Magazine, I get back to basics and look at getting vehicle crossings right. Too many highway authorities are not doing their job right here. Digital issue available online (signup needed). www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk Crossposted with @openvibe

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

Anyhoo. Given I left home at 05:30 to get to site this morning, I've wound up work and am now enjoying some delicious Scottish produce. Crossposted with @openvibe

A two tone red striped can of Barr cola.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

This week's early starts have been me getting across London to look at school streets in Brent, and this morning, I caught this wonderful scene of people using a street in scheme I designed. As intended. ☺️ @CityInfinity Crossposted with @openvibe

A residential street with car parking both sides and some trees. A crowd of parents, carers and kids are in the middle of the carriageway walking, cycling and scooting.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

Always nice to see some of my work in the wild and being used. We're going to need more bays @CityInfinity Crossposted with @openvibe

A dockless cycle hire bay absolutely jammed with green and white Lime Bikes.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

Waiting for a relative at a health centre and of course looked at the unused token cycle park. Stands too close to each other, too close to the planting bed and rusting bolt-down hoops. I'd lock my bike to the "shelter". Crossposted with @openvibe

A rack of 6 steel cycle parking hoops with a narrow shelter over it. The hoops are close and there's a flower bed right behind.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

Random cycle track being built at Bradley Stoke on the edge of Bristol. Seen as we walked from our hotel to grab a pizza. Crossposted with @openvibe

A green cycle track meets at a little T junction for an orbital cycle track to the left of a roundabout. There is red tactile paving at a future crossing point.

A black footway left and green cycle track right with a roundabout circulatory area further right. The cycle track is set lower than the footway and is edged with a forgiving kerb.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

It has been a long and sweaty week for me, but work has been great fun. How did yours go? Crossposted with @openvibe

A can of Carling original lager. The can is white with Carling in black and some black and red stripes.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

A hot afternoon in rural Derbyshire looking at a road safety problem for a parish council and this is very much needed before I head back to London. Cheers 🍻 Crossposted with @openvibe

A lovely golden pint of Blue Moon Belgian style beer in a slender glass.

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

Also looked at Lambeth Bridge. The junction remodeling both sides is a long way from the protected junctions they should have been and the effective width of the cycle tracks on the bridge is laughable.

A signalised crossroads photographed from a cycle track that crosses ahead with a left slip that heads towards the bridge out of shot (north junction)

One of the one way cycle tracks. A black bike is parked across the cycle track with the front wheel touching one of a row of hostile vehicle mitigation bollards with half of the back wheel overhanging the footway to the right.

A cycle track ends at an advanced stop line with three traffic lanes to the right (two ahead, one oncoming).

South junction

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

Lots of progress around the Olympic Village and Westfield Stratford. Some amazing surfaces and some atrocious ones. The one over the bridge is sublime.

A black parked across a two way cycle track with grey paving both sides, the left side will be a floating bus stop.

A junction with a cycle crossing to a cycle track that goes over a bowstring arch bridge which has cycling on the left side of the arch and driving on the right.

A wide two way track with a black bike parked across part of it. There is lush planting on both sides.

A black bike with a new office style building to the right and a new cycle track to the left behind a works barrier.

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