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Kat A

@phdcycles.bsky.social

All kinds of cycling, climbing, mountains, cats and skiing. Learning French, working in active travel.

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I think (hope) it was just that way for the demo event and would get better when included for real. I thought it was like cyclocross on skis but a friend likened it to dog agility, which I now can’t unsee πŸ˜‚

20.02.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice to β€˜see’ a familiar face from cyclingbluesky :-)

15.02.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A large queue for buses that aren’t there.

A large queue for buses that aren’t there.

This sounds like they’d sorted out Antholz! Hope you weren’t there ages and ages too early and cursing me.
I just found the photo I took while we were queuing on Sunday. This was before they sent us all round the station…

13.02.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A dish of South Tyrolean favourites all in one place. A big curly sausage (not a euphemism) sits atop cabbage salad goulash and roast potatoes, with a bread dumpling nestled in the centre. Delicious!

A dish of South Tyrolean favourites all in one place. A big curly sausage (not a euphemism) sits atop cabbage salad goulash and roast potatoes, with a bread dumpling nestled in the centre. Delicious!

Nom! I hadn’t really clocked how not-Italian that area is until we got there. Enjoyed a medley of everything south Tyrollean on our last night!

12.02.2026 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’ll probably be fine and you’ll wonder what the hell I was on about! 🀞🏻

09.02.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Would be interesting to know if they’ve got a better system sorted by the time you go! To be fair the chaos yesterday helped us today - we’ve learned if you’re heading to a shuttle bus, get your best fast feet on!

09.02.2026 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations on the new house! Having experienced the Biathlon shuttle service, leave yourself about 3 hours to get to the stadium from the parking/station. Hopefully they’ve learned from the chaos yesterday… but if not, you’ll need it!

09.02.2026 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThem” being the sliding centre tickets

04.02.2026 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I bought them this morning on resale in the app. May not work for you but worth a look. Biathlon on Sunday - mixed relay

04.02.2026 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Two days to go! Can’t wait. We’re off to see biathlon, luge and cross country.

04.02.2026 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t know about everywhere but the introduction in the page basically says it’s the feed if you don’t live in India. It works in the UK - listening to Ned right now…

21.01.2026 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Live Update - Bajaj Pune Grand Tour 2026 Live Stream Live Stream for International Viewers If you are living outside India and want to follow theBajaj Pune Grand Tour live, then this is where you get to watch it.Follow the thrill of the live...

Live stream for Pune punegrandtour.in/live-update/
Thanks to @louhenderson.bsky.social for the heads up!

20.01.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Me too. VPN had paid for itself over and over this winter

12.01.2026 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gutted for him and CX πŸ˜”

08.01.2026 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations. As a Bath alumni, I hope you enjoyed some of that year and a half as well as survived it!

28.12.2025 06:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The book β€œLife after Cars” lying on a multicoloured rug.

The book β€œLife after Cars” lying on a multicoloured rug.

Lots of lovely Christmas presents, but absolutely delighted to receive this one, that I have been coveting since its release! @thewaroncars.bsky.social

26.12.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Three categories OF men’s youth races (alt text correction!)

14.12.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the UCI Instagram interactive prompt for today’s races  
Question: what would you like to see? 
Answer: some women’s youth races 

Context - today’s World Cup in Namur has three categories and men’s youth racing and none for the women…

Screenshot of the UCI Instagram interactive prompt for today’s races Question: what would you like to see? Answer: some women’s youth races Context - today’s World Cup in Namur has three categories and men’s youth racing and none for the women…

Well they did ask… #cyclocross #namur

14.12.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And how do we say β€œCaoimhe”? Please thank you?!

10.12.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah fabulous!! So often it is simply about know where to look. Thank you!

30.11.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This was one of my happy byproducts of discovery plus. I’ll miss it this winter.

29.11.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve just watched a (French) neighbour try and conduct the call on my behalf. It appears that actually speaking French is not the issue. It’s just that neither of us speak Utility Company. πŸ˜…

12.11.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing like answering my new French phone for proving how much I don’t, in fact, speak French πŸ˜†
In person with context I’m ok but having to deal with phone calls to set up a gas and electric supply is well, difficult. So thankful for today’s caller, who actually spoke slower when I asked them to!

11.11.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Auber93, even. Got overexcited with the St’s!

23.10.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alison Jackson to St Michel Preference Home St Auber wasn’t on my bingo card this morning but I like it! Looking more closely they seem to be building quite nicely this autumn πŸπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸπŸ‚πŸŒ±πŸ₯¬πŸŒΏπŸƒ

23.10.2025 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess we’ll find out…

20.10.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But would anyone have known about any licence sale? I guess it’ll all come out in the wash, though it would feel a bit unfair to UnoX if it shakes down that way though. A bit of intrigue to keep us interested anyway!

20.10.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Might might - all speculation until someone confirms something.

20.10.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s an article on @escapecollective.bsky.social suggesting that the inclusion of Q36.5 on this list might be an indication that they’ve bought the IntermarchΓ© licence… which might be bad news for Uno X

20.10.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Non Dutch podium!

19.10.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0