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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Lovely day out on the South Bank.

Wide angle photo along the Thames with Houses of Parliament in the background.

Photo of underside of the London Eye with River Boat pontoon and Houses of Parliament in the background.

Photo of Millennium Bridge leading to St Paul’s Cathedral.

Photo of three red London buses going over the bridge to Parliament.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

First attempt to get to London with my new wheelchair+triride. Had a great visit to the Science Museum for #StarTrek60 And a pretty smooth journey, other than the extra miles of rolling to divert around inaccessible stations.

Photo of display of Star Trek delta badges.

Wideangle photo showing my knees, front of triride, Assistance Dog Archer and in the background, Data’s model head from Star Trek TNG.

Back n white photo of prop model of the Enterprise.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Have cycle, will travel! Off to the seaside for the afternoon. Planning to hand-cycle along the sea-front and admire the wind-farms. #MyCycleMyMobilityAid

photo from inside of train, showing dog lying down between my feet, with wheelchair and hand-cycle add-on in background.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Great afternoon cycling to Fingringhoe Wick nature reserve as part of the Jane’s Walk Colchester. Big thank you to everyone involved in this inclusive local event.

Selfie photo, me on trike in cycling helmet, in background 3 cyclists in high vis and one assistance dog in a trailer.

Photo looking along country lane, with 9 cyclists stretched out along it, grassy verges and grey skies.

Photo taken from behind of at least 12 cyclists gathered at a junction on a shared use path.

Photo of cyclists just setting off and pulling out into a country lane. Taken from the back of the queue.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Time to get out and vote… Actually interesting in #Wivenhoe this time - not a foregone conclusion like normal. #DogsAtPollingStations #CyclingToVote

Photo. Assistance dog sitting by recumbent trike, parked outside polling
station.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Fantastic views at #FingringhoeWick today. So grateful for the freedom my trike brings #MyCycleMobilityAid and for the inclusivity of Essex Wildlife Trust in allowing me to use in the nature reserve as one would a mobility scooter.

Photo across muddy estuary, two knobbly skeleton trees reaching up like multi-fingered-hands in the foreground. Blue sly without a cloud.

Photo along a flood bank, damp mud either side with a row of skeleton trees inland. Blue sky and sunshine.

Similar photo along another flood bank, but this time the branches are reaching out towards the estuary.

Photo of recumbent trike on grassy trail with previous flood bank in background, Assistance dog in foreground.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I, like many, am not good at knowing what “time off” looks like. But today I think I might have had a glorious glimpse.

Photo taken from point of view of person lying in a hammock. Their legs and feet in shot, against a blue sky, fluffy clouds, house, garden, trees and a not to forget the fluffy labradoodle.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Happy 4th Birthday to Archer my assistance dog.

Very cute photo of cream labradoodle curled up in a grey circular bed, one paw out and snoozing. She’s wearing a pink bandana.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Drivers: don’t block drop-kerbs! The nearest drop-kerb is 0.4miles away at the other end of this path, and then the diversion to bypass this blockage is impractical - over 5 miles, including 2 along a gravel track.

Photo: Large black vehicle parked on double yellow lines across a pavement’s drop curve with buildings in the background.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

About time - Temporal, for Javascript and why it’s taken so long and the theatre is in redshift. #SotB26

Photo: Assistance dog curled at in back row of lecture theatre. Dimmed red lighting making the room glow.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

On our way to #SotB26 Early, wet, but there’s daylight and the train *is* moving.

Photo: closeup of a train seat, Assistance dog napping tucked under the seat and brown trouser clad leg of human.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Ah Christmas eve… and the accidental tradition of hurriedly finishing off the knitted Christmas presents. #IAmKnitting

Photo of large navy knitted “something” with
some stitches still on a holder in mid “sewing up.”

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

The Ice Adventure is well named. If you’re on the fence, so give it a try.

Photo. person in sunglasses visible reflected in a bike mirror at edge of shot. White dog looking out along a path overlooking a beech, sand almost to the horizon, fluffy clouds

photo. Taken from on recumbent. Bike mirror and one leg on pedal visible of the cyclist. Dog to the left side, Looking down across fields as land drops away to the sea in the distance.

Photo from recumbent again with leg on pedal. Dog again on left this time in Assistance Jacket. This one is looking down a country lane.

And again a photo from seated recumbent view with feet on pedals just visible, Dog on left finally looking at cyclist rather than the view. This id along a woodland cycle-path. Autumn colours. Estuary on one side, bushes the other.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Wondering if someone with friends in high places misjudged the tide. #Wivenhoe #Chinook

Photograph. Chinook flying with a truck suspended underneath. The truck is about a chinook’s length underneath. There’s a rope to each corner of the truck that join to a common point about half way between the truck and helicopter. Churchyard railings visible at bottom of shot. Blue sky, couple of fluffy white clouds.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Winter beauty at Fingringhoe Wick

Photo. Clear blue sky, view across a marshy estuary, low tide with long mud banks. Broken remains of the supports for a bridge or pier crumbling into the mud.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Thank you! I don’t know who was organised this or paid for it, but I was delighted to find work had been done to fix the horrible camber around these bends on the #Wivenhoe Trail. Much safer for anyone with parallel wheels.

photograph of gravel track through trees with a slight bend to the left, the inner side has a long piece of wood retaining the gravel.

photograph, as previous, but a bend to the right and here it is also clear that new gravel has been added next to the retaining wood, to build the track back up to a flat surface.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Show-off Bird or Harbinger? Seen from the #WivenhoeTrail at Hythe. I’m still unsure whether the bird was covered by sewage discharge (the smell was overpowering) or simply a dark shadow against the light.

photograph. A large bird on top of a pole in silhouette against a grey sky broken by low rise flats and an electricity tower with overhead lines fading into the distance.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Officially Halloween season - Archer came back from grooming with a novelty collar accessory.

photo of cream labradoodle lying in her bed looking at camera, with a green bandana decorated in skulls and pumpkins.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I’m guessing this is how GP surgeries like mine who were reluctant to make their booking accessible to those who can’t communicate by telephone are getting around the new online booking rules. I wonder if there are ever any appointments available?

screenshot from NHS app: No appointments available to book online at this time
You'll need to contact your
GP surgery to book an appointment.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

beautiful day to walk along the Wivenhoe Trail.

Photo. dog looking out along an estuary at high tide on a sunny day with radiant blue sky and fluffy clouds.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Yesterday I took a short walk along a riverbank, The path was wide and flat, perfectly accessible for wheeled mobility, except none were there because every hundred yards or so there was a kissing gate. This is society excluding it’s own, this is the #SocialModel of disability.

Photo of river. soft green banks, somewhat idyllic.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Archer has shown she fits perfectly in the chair, and all the reasons she should not be on the furniture have fled my mind. Clever girl!

photograph. Paisley wingback armchair, with a snoozing labradoodle curled up perfectly sized for the seat, her chin resting on one arm, and ear falling to either side of the arm. Very cute. Very settled and not about to move, ever.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Today’s small source of #AutisticJoy, new drawer spice rack arrived.

photograph looking down on the contents of an open drawer. It is filled by three perfect, colourful and alphabetical rows of spices and herbs, the jars lying almost flat with their labels on readable on top, and a few packets of stock cubes tucked down the right hand side.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

This is my setup. e-assist recumbent trike with trailer for my assistance dog. I kept being pushed towards mobility scooters, but I held out for active travel option. Without it I’d be relying on poorly accessible public transport - or in reality, just not going anywhere.

Photo of a recumbent trike with an orange dog trailer on an unmade up road beside a creek.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Sunday’s #InclusiveCycling highlight: seven cygnets swimming in single file.

photo as per accompanying text - seven cygnets swimming along a calm river in single file with a parent Swan at either end.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

we’ve had a lot of trouble with inaccessible cycle barriers recently, something I hope I’m not going to be alone in pushing to fix. The chicane (second) is by the hospital - blocking disabled cyclists from getting there along cycle-paths, alternative is an unsafe heavy traffic road!

photo: cycle barrier on bike path in three segments, and with a bollard - all gaps are very narrow.

Photo, from riding position of recumbent, looking at legs , while stuck unable to turn through a chicane barrier as not enough space between the two parts to get round.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Happy #WorldCyclingDay My cycling companion of choice is Archer, my assistance dog. This is our freedom! She love running alongside on tracks, and then travels in style in the trailer along the roads.

Photo, the full cycling setup, red recumbent tadpole trike with bright orange dog trailer, dog herself, a cream furred labradoodle, posing sat in front.

photo - mid cycle along a sunny treelined track. Taken from onboard the recumbent looking down at brown trousers and feet on pedals, a dog just ahead on the trail.

Photo, another on a track, this tome dog standing alongside as if we’re taking a breather together and having a chat.

photo - dog aboard orange dog trailer. Head put the top, tong lolling, happy as… a dog on a cycling trip.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Beautiful day for a cycling adventure to find our way to Highwoods Country Park. #Colchester

photograph. Wide path amid tall trees, still without many leaves. A labradoodle stating down the path, attached by lead to (out of shot) cyclist on recumbent cycle, pedals and one foot just visible.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

@ecargo-colchester.bsky.social Nice to meet you today - we continued on to the Wivenhoe trail where Archer got out and ran alongside - that’s why she was impatient about us pausing - she only grudgingly accepts that in order to run, first she must ride in the trailer to get to the trail.

Photograph. Archer and me at Hythe end of the Wivenhoe Trail. It’s a dull day. Archer is on the left, looking ahead down the trail. You can see my legs and the pedals of the recumbent trike. To the right is a simple metal fence beyond which is the river and boats. The trail here is brick paved, very built up area.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

It’s been a year like none other, on the heels of four “years of hell” and culminating in the last working week of December dumping three nightmares on me one after the other. So as I await the new year, I’ve been weaving…

photograph, tablet woven band with text “Fuck off 2024” in white on a brown ground.

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Steph Driver @stephdriver.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Off on an adventure. and to take some videos for Assistance Dog Archer’s assessment.

photograph. ground level view. Dog tucked under seat, with brown trouser-clad leg of human visible sat on that seat.

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