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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Sunday ride through Leicestershire, looking very parched-though not quite as much as the filter on the video!

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Really Scabies?!! Not now FFS!

An image from the Guardian Newspaper with the headline ‘the sudden rise of scabies…’

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The Outsiders Store (which I do like btw) seem to be competing with SMWS (which I also love) for pretzel prose

Tasting notes for whisky. Such as ‘The nose was a new car tyre dipped in bramble jelly and orange marmalade…’

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The UK Government have taken a massive majority and continuously failed to take any positive actions for the benefit of UK society. Alienating all areas of the electorate in such a short time takes an epic amount of idiocy.

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Dave Cox @davidcox65.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Please co-sign if you live in or travel to Birmingham UK and agree that we have a road safety emergency

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Probably because it’s worthless

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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 17/10/2025

Introducing my new Share the Road Score (SRS) equation. Can be used to calculate taxes, fees, and fines proportionally. SRS = (Vehicle Weight ÷ Human Weight) × (Road Space ÷ Human Size)

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Walk Ride GM @walkridegm.org.uk · 09/09/2025

Fed up with pavement parking? We're supporting @livingstreets.bsky.social to show where pavements are used as car parks to the detriment of all who walk/wheel. Go & take photos (make sure you cover over reg numbers) & upload them to the Living Streets map: lnkd.in/ekEmPn3q Contribute by 22 Nov

A red car covering most of a pavement on a residential street. There are other cars covering the pavement further along the road.

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Leicester Cycling Campaign Group @leicestercyclingcg.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

And you can respond to the LCWIP survey here. LCCG will be making a response so feel free to share your thoughts with us at info@lccg.org.uk. consultations.leicester.gov.uk/transport/lc...

consultations.leicester.gov.uk

Have your say on our Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for Leicester - Introduction - Leicester...

This site contains consultations that are run by Leicester City Council .

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Leicester Cycling Campaign Group @leicestercyclingcg.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The Council have put out the draft Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for consultation, until the 17th September. This plan sets out their long-term vision & priorities for improving walking, wheeling & cycling routes across the city. consultations.leicester.gov.uk/transport/lc...

consultations.leicester.gov.uk

Have your say on our Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for Leicester - Leicester City Council - Citizen Space

This site contains consultations that are run by Leicester City Council .

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

#TCRNo11 Victor Bosoni is the first rider to complete. The field is still spread out across Europe, an amazing endeavour for all participants. VB stats are epic, taking 10days, 16hours and 46minutes, the average moving speed was 26.66km/h over 4835km of mixed terrain. Chapeau! is an understatement.

A map of Europe showing the start of TCR No 11 in the north west corner of Spain and the end on a beach on Romania's Black Sea coast. A string of dots represent the passage of riders along the course still strung out along the self selected routes.

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Following the dots on the Transcontinental Continental Race No.11 😳 Nearly 5000kms over 10 days and who wins rests on a bridge that can’t be crossed and a ferry that may not run. Incredible

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

My first trip to Portugal in May for a week of cycling off road was amazing. After higher than expected rainfall the trails and hills were full of wild flowers. So well organised by Paradise cycling tours too. #cycling #gravel #portugal

A gravel bike leans on a signpost next to a rough track in Portugal, surrounded by yellow wildflowers

A gravel track winds between banks of rock roses (?) and yellow wild flowers under blue skies.

A view along the coast near Faro, Portugal sand, sea and blue skies

Cyclist runs out of track on an uphill track that is overgrown with wild flowers

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Summer solstice picture from telegraph hill, London

Sun hides behind a cloud with the skyline of London below.people picnic on the hill in a summer heatwave 21.6.25

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Some images from 200km of the Old Chalk Way, UK, a mainly off road cycle route following the chalk ridge from Lyme Regis, Dorset to Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. One day of drizzle and mist and another of sun and epic skies on the way to Avebury. #bikesky #worldbicycleday

Mist rolling through the trees around a woodland track. On Lewesdon Hill Lane

A bicycle leans against one of two fallen trees blocking a misty woodland track. On lewesdon Hill Lane

A bicycle leans against the fence separating the public footpath from the paid visitors route to Stonehenge (seen in the distance). Sunny blue skies and big clouds above

A view from an overgrown cart track as I drop down off the ridge into the vale of pewsey. Lush verges and distant green and yellow fields under a sunny sky with big clouds. Near Chirton, Wiltshire

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

On a nostalgic music journey today. One amongst many, but what a great track this is! open.spotify.com/track/31lJXg...

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Tinseltown in the Rain

The Blue Nile · A Walk Across the Rooftops · Song · 1984

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🙌 Nearly a thousand of you have taken our action calling for cycling to be remembered when it comes to a traffic free Oxford Street! 🧑‍💻 For those of you who haven't, help make that call even stronger by taking the action today: bit.ly/44pO9D4

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Say YES to a traffic-free Oxford Street, but demand decent cycleways in the West End

Take our 1-minute action on Oxford Street! YES we want a traffic-free Oxford Street – but what about cycling?! Mayor & Westminster need to be bold and build cycleways north & south of Oxford Street

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Ben Foley @benwheels.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Bedford is home. Council consults on extending £75 fines for town centre #cycling. Please respond NOW even if not local: visitors and #Disabled ppl often fined. #MyCycleMyMobilityAid www.bedford.gov.uk/your-council/have-your-say/consultations/town-centre-public-spaces-protection-order-consultation

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Town Centre Public Spaces Protection Order consultation 2025 | Bedford Borough Council

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Ride Leicester @rideleicester.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Share with friends who do not ride but may like to - Bike loans are available too - Fun, free & friendly ...

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Some quality time on the bike this morning, sunny and cold.

Bicycle leant against an oak tree on a dirt track with grass up the middle. Sunny blue skies

A wide gravel track around the edge of a man made lake. Gorse bushes and grass. Sunny skies

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This month I took a trip to Lausanne from the UK, by train. Should be unremarkable, except for the ease, punctuality and integration of Swiss trains. Awesome.

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Leicestershire Active Travel Alliance @leicsactivetravel.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Hi to all Leicestershire councillors/local politicians. There is growing concern about local traffic. We are residents who want safer quieter greener streets and want action. We’d like to see which politicians and parties will support us to achieve this. Please repost and comment.

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

A quick post for #bikesky this image is of my commuting bike on a bridge over the canal in Leicestershire, Uk. I ride to work around 200 times a year, around 10km each way. This is one of the nicer parts of the route after I have left the city and traffic behind.

A red drop bar bicycle with rack and pannier leans against the old brick wall of a hump-backed bridge over a canal with a lock gate seen in the distance

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This. enough people feel its 'their' bit of road already. It really needs to be dealt with properly. Everyone should be charged to store their car on the public roads to start with. Fee could pay towards all the broken pavements.

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.

A sombre curved footbridge in Glasgow spans a motorway, caged in railings. Single figure in the distance

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

“Current approaches are failing to properly assess escalating planetary risks or help control them. Planetary solvency applies the established approaches of risk professionals to our life-support system and finds it in jeopardy" - Prof. Tim Lenton www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Economic growth could fall 50% over 20 years from climate shocks, say actuaries

Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.

Graphic showing a 9m track for metros can move as many people as a 175m wide road for cars.

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Yes please, for everywhere.

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

…and that’s the lot for last year. Lots of commuting, very few longer rides

An image of the Strava year round up screen. 206 active days, 6599km distance, 51k m elevation and 338 hours on a bicycle

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

The last commute of the year required a small detour. The River Soar has covered the meadows and my route to work

The river Soar has burst it banks and covered the path across the meadows at the bottom of the ramp. No way through without waders

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Just deal with this stuff, remove them and move on. Why can't authorities just sort it instead of spending so much time delaying and deferring removing this discriminatory rubbish.

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I spend my working hours with my colleagues creating commercial Interiors for our clients in the Hospitality, Leisure and Workplace sectors. I thought I would share some of what we do. Here are some visuals we created for a hotel project...

Hotel room visual showing a bed adjacent to a partially dressed window bathed in soft natural light

Hotel room visual showing a dining table and small desk area in front of an oak panelled wall. Views through the adjacent door to a rich red tiled en-suite bathroom

Hotel room visual with a view of the en-suite bathroom, including wash basin, mirror, WC and level access shower

Hotel room visual showing a small desk/dressing table area in front of an oak panelled wall. Views through the adjacent door to a rich red tiled en-suite bathroom

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

If you see this, post a pic from the last place your passport was stamped Portugal

Porto, an image of people walking up a hill past old buildings with the high level bridge over. At Sunset

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you do now 1) newspaper delivery 2) Christmas mail delivery x3 3) Habitat sales (furniture and lighting) 4) gooseberry picker 5) building demolition

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

........how many years since the consultation was carried out?

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

showyourstripes.info/c/europe/uni...

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Busy deleting Twitter posts from May 2020. Wow what a shower the UK government was then. Also rediscovered this: bikedata.cyclestreets.net

bikedata.cyclestreets.net

Bikedata - collisions, traffic counts, cycle theft, cycleability ratings, photos, and more

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Manchester really vibrant tonight, great to see. Did not enjoy the diesel fumes from the buses, so strong and choking. Makes me appreciate the change to electric buses in Leicester more

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Re-posting as I forgot the alt text! Guided bike ride in Vancouver in October. Impressed by the dedicated routes that seemed to make up a decent network. Still ongoing works to enhance the provision too. Nice!

A view of a segregated mobility lane in Vancouver with signs added to include skateboards. Pedestrians wait at a signaled crossing

A road through trees in Stanley Park Vancouver. Two cyclists ride away from the camera. Sunny, Autumn ride after rain.

Cyclists riding over a large bridge on segregated track with elevation footway to right and concrete barrier to vehicles on left.

A track through trees in Stanley Park Vancouver. A cyclist rides away from the camera. Sunny, Autumn ride after rain.

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Scenes from my bicycle commute this morning

A view of a canal and lock gates from a brick bridge. Trees with few leaves left against a largely Bluesky

A view of a canal the other direction from a brick bridge. Trees with few leaves left against a largely Bluesky. Still water reflects the trees

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

How do we get our pavements back? Communal bins large many European cities? Put them in the road? (Next to the dock less hire bikes) Plus, why are they so big?

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Bony 🦴 Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 12/11/2024

And what a nasty irony for #adopted and donor-conceived people who are already barred from access to the truth about their biological parentage, and therefore family health history.

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Ben (BicycleBenUK) @ben.fiets.uk · 11/11/2024

8 of the top 15 hotspots for uninsured driving are in the West Midlands, according to the Motor Insurance Bureau. This comes just weeks after we learnt that WM is also a hotspot for cycling incidents, and as new mayor Richard Parker downgrades the role of Active Travel and Road Safety Commissioners.

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Worst areas for uninsured drivers revealed - as motorist tells of 'lucky' escape from stolen lorry crash

New data from the Motor Insurers' Bureau shows the worst offending areas for uninsured driving in the UK.

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Roger Geffen @rogergeffen.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Please support @transportaction.bsky.social's legal challenge to the last Govt's #Walking #Cycling #ActiveTravel #Funding cuts: crowdjustice.com/case/stop-th.... We've been granted an appeal but can ONLY go ahead if we raise another £4.5K by next Tues. Here's why it matters: bsky.app/profile/roge...

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Stop the cuts to walking and cycling

We support local communities seeking better and more sustainable travel solutions. We also help people campaign against active travel and public transport cuts and oppose damaging road schemes

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

100%. Why does every city/country want to do it their way? Green/blue/or can’t be bothered as it might be fractionally more expensive? Driver education is key. Delineation needs to be consistent. The evidence on what works is known. Ignoring it wastes time, money and ultimately costs lives.

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Andrew @realspleen.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Lisbon cycle lanes. My first e-bike experience and on a warm day and in a city of hills I understand why people say they are a game-changer

A group of people on e-bikes riding through Lisbon on a sunny day

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