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And we're set up ready to go. Just waiting for our people to come along.
Going to be helping run a public apple pressing session at Stratford hospital today. I hope we don't get rained on too much (or at least can set up under some shelter!). 🍎🍏🥃
There's a lesson there for any country planning to invest their time, money and workforce in the USA in the next three or four years: don't.
Free fruit and veg plants - the best kind! 😉
Now then, now then.... 😉🤣
Jon from London Cycle Routes on YouTube has just released a new video of him #cycling during the rush hour whilst this week's #TubeStrike was on. Looks like Amsterdam! 🚴👍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=53OA...
Some interesting stats there for Higher Education folk. For me the 36% of the 15000 students surveyed who avoid going to the campus to save on travel costs is interesting, and not something I've heard before. Even after student discounts they're obviously still struggling with the cost of living.
Excited to get my lovely @ifixit.com replacement laptop battery and toolkit today. Went to change it this evening and once I finally managed to prise the Dell Inspiron case apart I discovered my "7000" uses a different battery type. Oh well, I get to try out their returns dept as well I guess.
Yep, there's even a Wikipedia article on it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compres...
My boss has fully bought into the AI hype, presented a Board paper detailing hundreds of employees we can get rid of. There's no AI that can do what he has told them so as the head of IT charged with delivering it, I'm fucking off to a better paid job before it goes tits up here.
ISTR some the modern airship manufacturers mentioning wind turbine blade deliveries (along side oil/gas production platform gear!) as they had the advantage of not needing a run way to take off/land on.
I wonder if you could build them underground too? That way the "solar panels/wind turbine/anything that isn't a coal fired power station spoil views of the countryside" NIMBYs would need to find another excuse to stand in the way of the energy transition.
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I just thought: I would send you some but I don't think we can send foodstuffs (especially dodgy homemade foodstuffs) to the EU anymore can we? Though I'm not quite sure what danger my fruit leathers pose, unless you eat an entire box of them in one sitting.
There's already been some apple leathers made (with blackberry flavouring too - yum!).
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
Don't worry about the rest of us - there's enough other crap going on in the rest of the world to distract us. We're more worried about you. Trying to find a positive side, Trump is providing some comedy gold material for your talk show hosts and comedians at least.
"A virgin birth! Its a miracle!" "No mate, its an iguana..." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Stratford-upon-Avon canal has had a closed section of the towpath for some years now. To the point that there is a clear "desire line" dipping down towards the water round the side of the heras fencing at one end. The towpath is properly wet half way along though (allegedly. 😉 )
Most people who bake: "I'll get a couple of apples and bake a nice apple pie this evening." Jon: "I'm over run with apples and need to set up a pie production line!" #harvest #allotment #gardening #cooking
And do you? 🤔🤣
I'm sure someone has already done this based on the #Epstein letter #Trump #signature, but I've not seen it on here yet, so here you go... 😂
Only instead of a lettuce its a bunch of cabbages. 🤣
That moment when you realise you don't know who most of the current Gov cabinet members are....
We just need @bicycledutch.bsky.social to pop over to make one of his calm "watch all the bicycle people gliding past each other at this junction" videos. 🚴👍😀
See if you have a #RepairCafe somewhere nearby. Many of those have folks who can sew and mend clothes, and will be happy to show you how to do it. If you need a replacement zipper you'll probably need to buy it first, or maybe take it to a repair cafe for advice first so you get the right sort.
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Hmm, dubious as most of it is type written and I think he'd still be hunting and pecking his stubby little orange fingers to type that much text! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just started to watch a Jimmy Kimmel video about the current shenanigan Trump is getting up to over in the USA, and was surprised to see YouTube had added a note saying "You're not alone" and the Samaritans phone number. Is news about Trump now that depressing? www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKP2...
I have been making this point for many years. That renewable energies distributed nature means it is more secure. Initially on Twitter which I started in 2011.
Nah, they're working out how to cut it out of the wall so they can flog it on eBay. 😉😂
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Thatcher sold off auxiliary functions of BR (Sealink, BR Hotels, Travellers Fare, etc) in 1980s that had already been split back in 1970s, but it was John Major presiding over the privatisation of the core rail part of BR from 1991-93. ISTR Thatcher even called it "a privatisation too far".
Just started working on the railway, wanted a job like this for years. Now have only just realised how shit the service is. Everything is late or doesn't run at all. Massive disruptions often, am amazed people actually still use trains.
Better bus stops could be coming soon! The Transport Select Committee says there should be a national standard for bus stops, as we've been calling for. Right now, many bus stops lack seating, shelter, & timetable info. Find out more in our latest blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/a-campa...
You know sometimes I think being a human bloke and interacting with ladies is tricky, but then I hear about insects and animals where the female scoffs the male after having her way with him and I realise we've got it easy. 😳😂
We’re delighted to announce the official launch of the 5th Edition of the Wheels for Wellbeing Guide to Inclusive Cycling! Date: Thursday 25th September Time: 12:30–1:30pm Location: Zoom
I had a formation fly past on my walk into town today.
I've got to wonder when the Government ministers who signed the proscription order will be arrested by the Met, as that one action seems to have galvanised more support for this organisation than it ever had before. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@clivebagley.bsky.social I got an extra set of the 150mm hex bits for you too. I'll drop it onto your workspace in the Charnwood eco hub in a couple of weeks when I'm next in there.
Wet morning so I popped to Messers Lidl, purveyors of cheap, decent tools and tasty chocolate. 😳😂😂 I may need to go back after lunch with a shopping trolley as they had a rather nice small mechanics vice for less than £25 which I've been contemplating for my workshop.
Is anyone going to tell him that some Universities do record and archive the vast majority of lectures already? We started doing it a year or two before the pandemic hit, and it was really handy when nearly everyone switched to distance learning.
Well one (very minor) benefit if Reform did get in, is that they're in favour of ditching FPTP for PR.
I don't know why but today was "edging shears" day in my sharpening zone at the local #RepairCafe. Had plenty of other things too, but I must have done 10 or 12 of these awkward tools, including one bag alone with three in. Still, there'll be some sharp lawn edges around the town now!
Guess what I'm doing today? Yes, its #RepairCafe time in Stratford-upon-Avon, so I'll be there sharpening scissors, secateurs, shears, etc. And maybe if I'm very lucky (and not too busy) drinking tea and eating cake!
Throw sandwiches at them?
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I bet its blooming football isn't it? Oh well... just have to be a doubly good one next week.
What? No #GardenersWorld this evening?! Gah! And I'm actually sitting comfy on the sofa waiting for it already. 😢☹️
Faffing around peeling scabby apples on #Beechgrove. Nah... all the slightly less than perfect apples get smashed to bits and put through the homemade apple press. Juice for me and cider for my mates!
I assume it's going to say "Warning! There's a Climate Emergency! The Government need to take action!" No? Well that's the alert I think we all need.... ⚠️🚨
I shall defer to your obviously greater knowledge of such things. 😉😂😂
After a day of helping with gardening stuff at both local hospital and town station, after tea I nipped out in my back garden with a borrowed large mains electric hedge trimmer and "did" most of the long side hedge. I then mowed the lawn with the prunings on it. Time for a drink & #GardenersWorld!
And potentially quite painful! 😂
I wondered why for a second and then realised what you probably saw first. 😳 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tumeric can give Lucozade a run for its money on randomly staining things.
Now that's a policy I think we can all get behind! 👍🥧 But one question: where do you stand on dumplings?
Also top trolling by the @libdems.org.uk with this snippet at the end: A Liberal Democrat source said: "We don't know who to feel more sorry for, Kemi Badenoch or Nigel Farage." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I assume Nadine has joined Reform so that she can give Farage some hints and tips on not bothering to represent your constituency properly whilst you're an MP. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I think I've seen this Backrooms video on YouTube already. 😉🤣🤣 www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-6c...
How come when I do the vacuuming, it doesn't matter how long I seem to push the cleaner back and forth and in different directions, but just after I've put it away I'll spot some crumbs/fluff/etc on the carpet I've just "done".
There might be stormy weather ahead but... "Up and down the streets and houses, Rainbow flying high! Everyone can see it smiling, All over the sky. Paint the whole world with a rainbow." 🌈🎶🎵
If you're having to try several times to verify that you're a human and failing, have you considered that you might actually be a robot that is just programmed to think it is human? I'm sure I've seen a film with that premise...
I think at the end Farage was veering towards, "Bigger boys did it. They go to a different school. You wouldn't know them."
We take great pleasure in your repairs.
Well at least in this case they are surrounded by hydrogen. Just a shame its nearly all bonded rather tightly to oxygen, eh?
Had an interesting talk at this evening's @suaclimate.bsky.social meeting by Ben from @climate-risk.bsky.social . We're usually looking at very local issues so it was good to think about larger scale risks, especially those where the effects of #ClimateChange might stuff up our plans to tackle it.
Interesting paper, and one I shall salt away to refer people to when we have composting discussions in the future. I don't know if it was related to this, but long ago I took part in a similar study (via Garden Organic IIRC) and my sample-size-of-one results were similar, even after years for some.
Here is our original research article www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus...
Maybe they're hoping for lots of outrage and media coverage and will then "graciously" change the name back to Sustrans after "raising awareness"? Of course that could backfire if nobody really cares what they're called any more.
That's a weird rebrand - they've changed the name of the account (to make it harder to find!) but still have "Sustrans" on the logo. Oh well... there are bigger fish to fry in the #ActiveTravel at the moment than them scoring own goals with marketing folk.
Is that for real, or one of those "The Onion" satirical articles?
For a brief moment under BoJo it looked like UK government finally "got it", but no, it was just an aberration. And it looks like Reform are very much against cheap, accessible transport that would mean people don't need to use cars all the time.
Sustainable transport sector is in such a bad place right now. Thought we would turn a corner after 14 years of the Tories and things are even worse. And there is little reason to think the next government will be any better. Time for a new approach.
We need to find you an "honestly really lovely" mug instead. 👍
I thought I'd experiment this lunchtime by mixing oats in with diced veggies, herbs & spices, then popping them through the food processor before reheating with small pasta in it. Tastes great! 👍 Unfortunately looks exactly like sick. 🤮🤭 Will probably make again for myself, but not for guests.
As for late frosts affecting harvests, that something we do get every few years, and there's not really much you can do about it outside of protected growing spaces (greenhouses, polytunnels, etc).
Having said that, for dealing with pests I tend to veer towards "mechanical intervention" (picking stuff off!) and supporting eco-systems of predators. The problem comes when a new pest arrives thanks to climate change/global trade/etc and we've no natural predators. We've seen this repeatedly here.
I'm not a commercial grower, so I don't have an livelihood on the line if the apples or hazelnut crops are bad. Having said that, we have had an increasing issue with ermine moth on the apples, which the trees seem to shrug off for now, but I don't know if we'll see long term ill effects.
I see the @warwickshirecc.bsky.social #ActiveTravel cycle routes document hasn't been updated for ages and appears to be a work of fiction based on the anticipated dates for lots of the schemes. And now the Reform lot are slowing it down even more. www.warwickshire.gov.uk/cycling-warw...
Happy Birthday to Kate, one of our Campaigns and Policy Leads. And we can't think of a better way of celebrating all the incredible work she does, than by sharing her cycle story! ➡️ wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/our-cycle-st... @tandemkate.bsky.social #AccessibleCycling #CycleStories
I like that the public and active travel options come first, with the GCR included too. Cars and aircraft as last options for those that can't make use of the others, which is just as it should be. 👍🚌🚶🚴🚂
🚌 There are so many options for travelling to and around Charnwood Forest - plan your journey with our new How To Get Here webpage: 🌐 www.charnwoodforest.org/explore/how-...
My road in Stratford-upon-Avon is in an odd situation that there is a basic bus shelter, but the one way bus route stops on the opposite side of the road! Been like this for many years - I've seen people shelter there from the rain and then scramble across the road when the bus comes.
A really important point. Bus stops are so variable, and they make a real difference to people's journeys. We're campaigning for a national standard for bus stops: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/we-need...
I'm not much of a fan of military pomp and pageantry, but compare the synchronised marching in this Chinese parade compared to the shambling troops Trump had a few months ago in the USA. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
For all those who think state ownership of British railways can solve all the problems they face, let's peer over the wall at Germany, where state owned DB is having a few issues of its own. monocle.com/business/tra...
It's ok... You can just suck on them like fruit pastille. 👍 I'll try to remember to bring some for you the next time I'm over.
It's that time of year when the dehydrator is in use turning fruit into yummy fruit leathers. These are blackberry and apple. #allotment #GrowYourOwn #harvest
Kemi Badenoch has been spreading misinformation. @PippaHeylings.bsky.social explains how renewable energy is the way forward to lower our energy bills and protect Britain and the environment 👇
As someone who responded to the South Warwickshire Local Plan consultation back in the Spring, I was emailed the overall processed responses today. I've not gone through it all yet, but its public so if you're interested in what folk said here's the link: southwarwickshire.oc2.uk/document/148
Overpriced, the same as usual. 😉🤣
You know how sometimes we find toxic waste that’s been haphazardly dumped decades ago and think, “what the fuck were they thinking?” That’s how the future will think about almost everything we’re doing in 2025.
Considering how our current Government seem to have a knack for screwing up policies in general, I'm half expecting them to try copying Scotland but scrap the off peak fares instead.
I've just had a cunning idea: why don't the Government announce that they're going build a large immigration processing centre in Clacton-on-Sea, thereby forcing Farage to actually appear in his own constituency?
We're now officially up & running! The #Christmas2025 countdown has started on TWO, with update 1 & our new game, Santa's Snow Show online. The winner will receive premium access to TWO for all of 2026! www.theweatheroutlook.com/forecast/chr...
I think they'll need Billy Connolly to do their adverts for them: he was really keen on talking about jobbies at one point!
I bet they all love it* when you call it an octothorpe. * Have no clue what you're talking about.
That's what they often say.... 😉🤣
Well, it’s Monday again, folks. Lots to do, so best get on with it, eh? (Me: slumps on sofa with coffee and continues to doomscroll)