The Rancid Highwayman

Bit of a long shot, but looking for someone who is living on a new housing estate and would be prepared to speak to a journalist about poor local access to fresh food.

Fungi growing in a woodland, it looks remarkably like zombie fingers reaching up from the ground

When in the woods, best beware of dead man's fingers lurking there.
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.

Happy Halloween everyone.

Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman

String!

An orange pumpkin shaped mug with the handle to the left sat on a cork mat on a light wood desk.

Keeping it #Halloween this morning with a mug that places form above function!

#FridayFun

Don't believe the hype. There's a network emerging in the central London area, but most of outer London is a traffic soaked hellhole.

How short our memories are.

Just a few years ago, nurses carried this country through a pandemic, and now they're suffering a 55% surge in racist abuse.

To every nurse: London stands with you. You are loved and valued, and always will be.

It gets weirder and weirder as you watch it.

AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.

Ooh la la Virgin poster

Let's have a look into the #CrossChannelRail 🔮 and see where all this is heading after today's news Virgin Trains will have access to Temple Mills depot

This thread is speculative - please forgive that - but somehow I am left with a kind of impression we're missing some parts of the jigsaw still

The underground section of the new cycle tunnel beneath the N322 near Zaltbommel has been successfully installed in just 10 days!

Once completed, the tunnel will provide a safer and faster connection as part of the F2 cycle route linking Zaltbommel and ’s-Hertogenbosch.

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A narrow country road with a narrowing formed by stone walls either side, and signs warning of a seven foot width restriction.

Traffic calming, Devon style 💪

Waymo CEO Says Society Is Ready for One of Its Cars to Kill Someone Waymo CEO thinks it's matter of time when a Waymo driverless autonomous robotaxi accidentally kills somebody in a fatal crash.

We definitely aren't.

Waymo CEO Says Society Is Ready for One of Its Cars to Kill Someone

futurism.com/advanced-tra...

Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.

3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇

1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK

2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves

3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...

A rutted lane with farm buildings at the end of it. A slightly battered old Kia Ceed is parked, which is a smallish hatchback car.

I'm currently staying on a farm in the middle of nowhere, where the roads have grass growing down the middle of them and everything is hilly and muddy. This is the farmer's car. For anyone who claims that a Range Rover is essential if you live anywhere slightly sub-urban... 😉

Their convention for 10 minute rule bills apparently

• Short-sightedness
• Long-sightedness

Oh not in the least.

The government have very little of a positive story to tell so far but the green power stuff and net zero is a real strength that is very popular with the British public. But they don’t like talking about that 🤷‍♂️

A car with a roof rack with LiDAR machines and the words "HANDHAVING" and "Gemeente Utrecht" on it. All of inner Utrecht has only paid parking in effect every day from 9AM to 8PM. Paid parking is expanding to all of the city by 2035. The city has plenty of bus and bike options, and discounts for annual residential passes.

Utrecht has a fleet of ~6 of these cars topped with LiDAR. They circle Utrecht making images of parked cars throughout the day.

Since people don't always follow parking rules, Utrecht earns €50-100K a day. All that € goes into street improvements.

All it takes is cars with license plates (+ LiDAR)

Reform council's school transport cut call 'Victorian' Phillipson rejects call to extend the distance children can be expected to make their own way to school

“The way to reduce school transport costs in the long term, is to first invest in walking and cycling infrastructure that is safe enough for children to travel on independently, as they do in many European countries.”

☝️Our quote in Schoolsweek

schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-counc...

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#socialism #lenin #trotsky #stalin

I see #Havering 's two Tory MP votes to support Farage's fascist leave the ECHR bill 🤮

votes.parliament.uk/votes/common...

#LocalNews

As long as the packet is flame-proof!

Trick or treat, you bald-headed bastard 😂🎃👻👹🍌

#RememberingRik #RikMayall #AdrianEdmondson #Bottom #Terror #Halloween #SpookySeason

An original to seek out then!

2009, not sure if that's a remake or not though!

Nice to get out for a couple of hours for a meeting in a cafe, but back to the Hallowe'en film fest.

This evening "My Bloody Valentine"

I can't honestly remember it, but I assume the usual slasher flick.

I was watching water leak through a join in the ceiling. It was also chucking it down. That's all I know.

I was watching water leak through a join in the ceiling. It was also chucking it down. That's all I know.

The end wall of a train car (number 340215) with water droplets all down it coming from a join in the side of the ceiling.

Slightly worrying to see water leaking into this Elizabeth Line train.

#TrainPosts