Richard Bargoil

A photograph I took quite early on New Year's Day, 2019, while walking on the Isle of Purbeck during the research for my book Ring The Hill, not long before I did a tweet using the photo and this same caption. I imagine it won't have as much impact here, since loads of people have since reused it, and the phrase is now more widely known. It is still very very true, though. Lots of things are solved by walking. Although not everything, obviously.

Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".

White House Explores Opening Antitrust Probe Into Homebuilders Trump administration officials are exploring opening an antitrust investigation into US homebuilders as the White House sharpens its focus on tackling the country’s housing affordability crisis.

We'll try literally everything other than, "just build more homes," huh?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ICE is wreaking havoc on Minnesota’s economy and costing our local businesses millions of dollars every week. This cannot go on. ICE needs to leave immediately.

During national day of protests, Maine nurses host vigil in memory of Alex Pretti The nurses called on the federal government to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement and strip the agency of its funding.

"Our coworkers are terrified of coming to work. Housekeeping, transport services, CNAs of color are calling out because they can't safely leave their houses and come to work. Hell, if nurses are the heartbeat of the hospital, these workers are its backbone” she said to applause from the crowd #Maine

Would like to see the economic analysis for this project. Must be safety first but this alone does not explain height unless it is governed by vehicle bridges.

Regardless of political ideology, our Constitution has worked for almost 250 years but it’s not been an uneventful journey. Our forefathers created three components (executive, congressional & judiciary) and those elected or appointed must take their oath of office seriously or RESIGN!

Proposed Edgecombe County data center draws criticism during county meeting North Carolina’s rural communities are at the epicenter of a new wave of data center development. Many residents have expressed uncertainty — or even hostility — about their energy-hungry incoming nei...

www.wfae.org/energy-envir... - Will these mega data centers end up being nothing more than land use resource disruptions? There seems to be very limited transparency in transactions between local governments and private corporations.

So what are effective options for addressing affordable in any high growth city or region?

Ended Cotswold Way walk 9/13 with wife and realized Bath was celebrating Jane Austen Festival on her 250th anniversary of her birthday. Came across dad with two kids on cargo bike. Check out dad’s creative rigging for transporting kid’s bikes.

St. David’s large successful retail center spanning multiple buildings on their first two floors appeared to be thriving in conjunction with the older historic areas along Queens & St. Mary’s St. would like to see more information on the success and challenges.

Surprised by Cardiff, Wales’ extensive pedestrian zone that is further connected by 7+ historic 19th century arcades in center-city. Businesses seem to thrive and rain did not discourage vibrant activities. Three universities totaling 90K+ students out of total population of 370K big influence.

Definitely a worthy read that asks some serious questions. Cities cannot build their way out of traffic congestion! Transit must be an integral part of the solution for many reasons including environmental sustainability.

LOL. Guys. We don’t register to protest. We just show up.

I’m listening www.facebook.com/WFAE/ to Charlotte cyclists are calling for a mindset shift from Local News on my WFAE App! - great article! GLT government and City Council is where the cultural shift has to start. Look for best safety practices in the region and nation is a good starting point.

On Driverless Cars, New York Should Remember the Lessons From Uber www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/o... - (“In New York, though, 48 percent of workers rely on public transportation. If they didn’t, permanent gridlock would ensue, because we cannot fit more cars on the roads.” NYT). Key fact to know!

While I agree safety first must be our priority and if our towns & cities are failing citizens then we must take action to demonstrate what is required. Sometimes writing letters and speaking up at town council meetings, while important, is not always effective in and by itself!

While I agree safety first must be our priority and if our towns & cities are failing citizens then we must take action to demonstrate what is required. Sometimes writing letters and speaking up at town council meetings, while important, is not always effective in and by itself!

Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D.

Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... - BUT the Supreme Court seems inclined to “rubber stamp” Trump’s dictates regardless of Constitutional authority.

www.google.com/search?q=what is the state of the U.K.%27s council housing programs%3F - this sounds like I’m reading about the U.S. state of affordable housing. How long will it be before the disenfranchised rise up? History will repeat itself!

And most Americans did not flinch or recognize it!

Wake up America! The damages being inflicted will go far beyond this administration reprehensible policies that are nothing less than an assault on our democracy.

Correcting’s this administration’s policies will take decades and there will be preventable deaths on both sides of the Atlantic. All driven by greed ! Nothing more, nothing less.

Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign

Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o... - the U.S. has become the laughing stock for the world! Children and seniors are likely to die as a direct consequence of #RobertKennedy’s archaic policies that reject medical & scientific knowledge. Yet we as citizens sit idly by!

Those who use these bike lanes, pedestrian paths and sidewalks need to establish friends of the active pathways and bring your own shears if the local government fails to maintain proper and safe clearances. The would for roadways. Why are cycle and pedestrian paths any less important?

I’m listening www.facebook.com/WFAE/ to After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras from Local News on my WFAE App! - the U.S. will look back at this moment in history and note these actions contributed to our nation’s beginning of an economic crisis!

There are many older generations who’ve witnessed this playbook in other parts of the world. The risks of doing nothing is far too great. This is not about political ideology, it’s about one man wanting to destroy democracy!

Familiar Soulmates

Painting by DMP
Acrylic, 12x16 canvas

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#fineart #acrylic #ArtistOfBlueSky
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#soulmates

Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916)
'Dust Motes Dancing in the Sunbeams', 1900
oil on canvas
#art #bsky.art #oilpainting

We must begin having more discussions on how bike are used. Cities must act on policies that lower traffic speeds, eliminate right turns on red, add mid-block standardized hybrid beacon pedestrian crossings and enforce traffic speed.

This guys obviously does not spend any time on cycling!