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Love cycling, walking and being outdoors. Wishing for safer roads and better infrastructure πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š

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A thing of beauty 🚲

03.03.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Almost as if the β€˜people not in cars’ have no value when you look at the quality of infrastructure for pedestrians / rollers / cyclists.

1/2 mile stretch of road near my home recently resurfaced.

Sub-standard, obscenely narrow pavements with trip hazards, standing water everywhere - hmm…..

03.03.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, Swansea Council refuse point blank to change crossing timings and priority - can’t expect those nice warm, dry drivers to be inconvenienced for even 30 secs so a freezing cold, dripping wet pedestrian or cyclist can get somewhere safely.

03.03.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Who are these β€˜Elite Media Outlets’ of which you speak ?
🀣🀣🀣

We have none in the UK 😳

02.03.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great thread - thanks πŸ‘

01.03.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a thoroughly depressing sight that is….

Why do councils and planners have zero imagination or foresight - or even interest in making things better

01.03.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And rim brakes.
Definitely the torque from those discs that done it

🀣🀣

01.03.2026 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Poor Matt Goodwin. All he ever wanted was to be a hard working MP/academic/tv presenter/commentator/writer/pollster/wealth adviser/women’s health guru and you all ripped that away from him. A shame

27.02.2026 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1898    πŸ” 263    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 16

6 minutes

27.02.2026 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bloody marvellous

27.02.2026 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You must try out the Allister Heath headline generator. It is fab. Unless you are trying to avoid procrastination this afternoon, in which case look away now.

26.02.2026 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 8

That is absolutely awful.

Those irresponsible parents who then no doubt, clog roads, park and drive on pavements and endanger the children of others ought to be ashamed.

I see it every single day.

26.02.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Elbows up !

26.02.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Green Party isn't manipulating anyone. We are just coming up with good policies.

Other parties should try it.

25.02.2026 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Some do, some don’t.

None of them care.

25.02.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not just toxic masculinity.
Crossing junction with child last week, elderly male driver barely slowed as he turned.

When I pointed out it was our right way, he told me to β€˜fuck off’ and elderly female passenger just screamed β€˜wanker, wanker…’

All in front of a 6 year old.

Charming people.

25.02.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha

24.02.2026 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No, surely not 😡

24.02.2026 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, let’s celebrate destroying the planet, one β€˜cheap’ plane seat at a time.

πŸ™„

24.02.2026 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And the word you’re looking for is β€˜fewer’ not β€˜less’.

But it’s still a false comparison anyway.

β€˜Your’ welcome πŸ™„

24.02.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would be even funnier if it said β€˜a’ instead of it

21.02.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Starmer has done little but try to appease and embolden the populists since the last election tbh.

No surprise

21.02.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mae’r tywydd yn ddiflas

Ond o ble rwy'n eistedd mae'n ddiwrnod heulog hardd.

21.02.2026 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But why does it need a consultation. Why don’t councils just get on and bloody do it.

This idea of consultation over public safety improvements is utterly ridiculous.

21.02.2026 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We had hoped so

21.02.2026 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If only it had been wearing hi-viz horseshoes

19.02.2026 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If β€˜scaling back = abolishing’ I’m on board.

19.02.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Extremely, extremely poor in South Wales.

Anything that can be done to deny and obfuscate seems to be top priority.

Enforcement on roads and pavements is non existent and repeated requests for action go nowhere.

19.02.2026 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dragged kicking and screaming into finally acknowledging what was there for all to see.

Time to abolish of all of them.

19.02.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you can’t see the trees, it’s raining

If you can see the trees, it’s about to rain

Bob dydd. πŸ˜‚

19.02.2026 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0