I have got excessive baggage
Picture drawn on the 10:58 Eastbourne to London Victoria [Sorry it is a bit blurry. I took a blurry photograph in the Gatwick area.]
ChurchRail Trail
The Churches and the Railways in Norfolk and Suffolk are teaming up to promote the Churches and the Railways in Norfolk and Suffolk. The ChurchRail Trail has been endorsed by Vicars and enables travellers to get special stamps when they visit churches: As well as enjoying a unique day out, visitors can win prizes by…
John Davies: Walking the M62
John Davies has now begun his two month walk along the approximate route of the M62 motorway. You can follow his travels on his M62 walk blog here. I have mentioned this before, but thought I’d mention it again as a reminder now he has started. This post explains why he is doing it. Do…
The 10 Driving Commandments
The Catholic Church has issued a set of ’10 driving commandments’. See the BBC news report, or the full text of the document (warning: quite lengthy). The document also talks about prostitution, street children and the homeless. There are of course humourous aspects to a document such as this, but overall I think that it…
Upside down bicycle
People come to this blog to hear the latest in-depth analysis on the religious stories of the day, so I thought today I would talk about my latest invention, the upside down bicycle. This off-topic item will be a disappointment to everyone, I know, but such is the price of technological innovation. The blueprint is…
Responding to climate change
I sat in a coffee shop today reading the Independent and feeling unhappy. I know we have known for a long time that the lifestyles we choose to lead are having a disastrous effect on our planet, but it now seems even more definite and even more real. A lot of the things that usually…
Advice to Guildford Council about the operation of their Park and Ride scheme
I have a degree in Transport so I am qualified to give this advice. Have some signs from the main A3 explaining where the Park and Ride is. There are no signs from the A3 explaining where the Park and Ride which makes it difficult to know where it is if you are approaching from…
Holiday photograph 4
It pleases me that it is possible for a driver to commit a parking infringement on three sides and therefore perhaps get three simultaneous parking tickets. I realise that this may not have pleased the driver and may be uninteresting for those reading. I am fully expecting a 2-3% drop in subscribers to this blog…
Your car
You can repost this one on your blog for free – see my We Blog Cartoons site for a bit of code which will enable you to do so with a minimal amount of fuss and/or bother.
The cycling revolution
As avid followers of my cycling category will know I recently bought a new bicycle and have been riding it hither and thither. I find that after a day of doing drawing or admin or websites or blogging getting out into the fresh air is just what you need. I go though fairly uninteresting housing…
Cycle lanes
Tim posted this great site in the comments. It shows monthly examples of poorly designed Cycle lanes, cycle paths and cycle routes. Amusing, but beware, you can waste a bit of time looking at them all. I should know. I have to say I’m not sure whether cycle lanes are a good idea. The roads…
Tube maps
The London Underground map has been beaten into second place in the Great British Design Quest by the Concorde. Oh well. No doubt the London Underground Tube Diary Blog (bit slow without broadband) will have more on this story shortly. Meanwhile London Underground has set its lawyers on UK blogger Geofftech for unauthorised use of…