Pete

Cyclist with a capital C. Super domestique. Wannabe renaissance man.


This is why I wear a #cycling helmet. And this is why I ❤ the NHS.
I’m ok, I think, but have fractures to 5 vertebrae. Take it easy out there!

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I've shared this before but anyway, I used park my van on a quiet village street quite legally, and start and finish the day with a nice 15-20km ride into my office in #Oxford alongside the river. I returned one evening to find not one but two notes stuffed under the windscreen wipers … #cycling  #activeTravel

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Windy as owt this afternoon, but did a little ride around Malham Tarn and back.

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There’s a #bikeStormz #storyville, ‘If the Streets were on Fire’. #knivesDownBikesUp. #cycling

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001r3gj/storyville-if-the-streets-were-on-fire


Oh #FFS, just #GTTO.


nostr:npub1urwlfkutdllzw5wgahrk4md2hcg0ssl3ne9jlu2y2dcezawkxvrqzpkek3 that’s on the lower part of the loop that comes off the Pennie Bridleway at Settle.

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… and a little ride this afternoon. #cycling #gravel

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#inflation in action.

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Having a lazy week off work this week. Took a little walk up from Settle earlier on. #yorkshireDales

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Giving the Boiling Point TV spin-off a go. Seems ok, although given the sublime movie it's got a lot to live up to. Just thinking about that still stresses me out.


nostr:npub1uakhw5qfepk3jm76hqmjq4739mdah7aejag7ne37x26wzt505qdqp62sfz It's km and it's Wales. And I'm really looking forward to it! https://www.bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/events/bb200-event/


nostr:npub12w5dnkjkea7weyuz567we4gu3sfvekvgr0kxcwl8a5e7macxvc3qz25885 I started concocting a tale warning you not inadvertently getting mixed up with criminals who sell on stolen bacterial infections, y'know the C-Diff fences, but I thought better of it …


In 2020, 58% of UK car journeys were less than 5 miles in length. It'd take less than 5 additional minutes to drive that distance at 30mph rather than 20mph. Irrespective of whether that journey could be made by other means, what's the hurry?

#20sPlenty


Ooh, with a week to go I've got the #BB200 route but I'm sworn to secrecy until a week after I've ridden it as they run it twice on consecutive weekends and want no spoilers. Here's the elevation profile though. #mtb #bikepacking

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"GB News boss 'appalled' by Laurence Fox comments."

Cesspit owner 'appalled' by shitty contents.


Utter #Filth on the #gbbo

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Went to check what time the Asda shut and somehow found myself on Trip Adviser where Steve S evidently has a love hate relationship with the café there. WTF Steve?!?

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7. Skeleton Competition on Cresta Run

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6. Swiss 4-Man Bob Sled 1955 World Champions

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5. Figure Skating at the Kulm Ice Rink

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4. Horse Races on St Moritz Lake

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3. Panorama from Piz Nair

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7. Skeleton Competition on Cresta Run

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5. Figure Skating at the Kulm Ice Rink

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4. Horse Races on St Moritz Lake

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3. Panorama from Piz Nair

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2. Looking East from Corviglia

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Winter Sports in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

7 Three Dimension Full Color Pictures. 🧵

1. St Moritz Dorf 6000ft

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Just me, or does "Remember me" seems to be come more of a false promise each and every day?


Got distracted while looking for something else, spotted this and recalled that a little while back folk started complaining about kids (and 'kids' old enough to know better) building dirt ramps in the woods and demanding that the landowners to do something about it. 🙁
So the landowners did. 😂
#cycling #mtb

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nostr:npub1z3u4cl42x85wqzatkghmha5z9cfqwxpk84m228kl423ts305x08qmpeq3s It's been a good exercise, but does seem a bit of a racket IMO.
It's nice in that you define your own processes to adhere to and so can easily address the aspects we're talking about. For eg, we can state that we don't hold patient identifying data but were we to inadvertently receive any we have a process in place to deal with it.
My suggestion that we just cover all bases with a 'use common sense and don't be a dick' policy didn't quite cut it, mind.


nostr:npub1z3u4cl42x85wqzatkghmha5z9cfqwxpk84m228kl423ts305x08qmpeq3s Same. Who has the keys to your server room? Dunno, probably Jeff Bezos though.
We've just done ISO certification which _ought_ to negate a lot of questions, but I just know it won't and I'll still have to justify the lack of CCTV my home office.


Scum.

https://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/sycamore-gap-update/


nostr:npub1xp3r3hmx6832dzf6r2wec0z8r7ryyn6el3cht85dxjpu4808vlhqlnjlzx What, even the view that makes everyone look as though they're sat in a Grecian amphitheatre?

"140% CPU?!?"
"Nevermind that, Daniel looks like he's sat in a row behind Pete …"


Somewhat related: if you're running ads on your website then you're a commercial operation so cough up, yeah?


I'll nearly always offer up my non-commercial photos under a #creativeCommons license, and never expect to be asked for permission when used as such, but it's always nice when people do get in touch. Erwin just asked.

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Best laid plans … #cycling

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nostr:npub1an0mzals7tuqqq8zymz67uuwar8k497r53a236ma70p27c9uu9esrznt0n nostr:npub1p95jxlme8502w6wv6mfm5e0hl2k70heeq6xjc4wjvfw9zs6c2qysl3pr4u The same series of radio interviews had the Stephen Morris one I pointed you to to a few weeks back had a very #80sKids one last night: Howard Jones.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gh2w71


nostr:npub19s9lej7uafn4vs05lghz7cdq3s3s0rksshurwmjklc7ppgxxjghq0flf2h Hey, I meant to say that Kirsty is running the Autumn 100. Confuse her by saying hello if you see her. And hope you have a good one!
Coincidently, she's also been doing stuff with the green runners of late via a running app she works on: Skamper.


*FaceTimes my mother* "Hi Mum, you ok?"
*whispering* "Oh hello."
*I can see she's walking through an ecclesiastic looking doorway while talking* "Where are you?"
"At Jean's funeral."
"I'll call again later."
Parent's today, eh?


_this_ close to signing off an email, 'thanks for sharting'.


nostr:npub1f6smm2esp8gev5chwmdq9aac398fnjphruzslpugv9exdh76wfdschy8ra That showed up in my timeline just after nostr:npub1y4slzejy0jlgnwr7643d39kx76087rupmwyyzu9stmh0needafyssqcsk7  posting about his new exhibition and there's a certain parallel there!


I have my 'browser browser' and my 'dev browser'. Occasionally I'll inadvertently browse the broader web in my dev browser and be reminded what an ad-strewn, data-harvesting, content-blocking, bloated shit show the internet is.
And a #webdev tip: Check anything you're part of* building in your own browser browser and if it's not working, question just why that is.

*If you're working solo, you'll be doing it right anyway, yeah? 😉


“There was supposed to be an underground car park, but that wasn’t built, the council said, and instead surface car parking occupied land that had been earmarked for gardens.”

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2023/sep/27/london-apartment-block-that-deviates-from-plans-must-be-torn-down-says-council


nostr:npub1xc9n2lhhc6wy2wvsum8f9wcc955myh0pkx3y0788xkvzj6urp7mq9u47v9 Isn't it just? But I’m not crying, you’re crying.


Stolen from ace 'tog James Vincent, the madness of #3PeaksCyclocross' first climb oh so beautifully illustrated. #cycling #crossIsBoss #cyclocross

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Just seen this in an ad break and wow. #alzheimers #dementia

https://aboveandbeyond.agency/work/alzheimers-research-uk/disney-style-animated-film-showing-how-dementia-steals-happily-ever-afters/


A bit blustery out. #cycling #gravel

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‘SAS Are You Tough Enough’s cod psychology is awful but when they’re ripping Nick Hancock a new one, I wholeheartedly approve.
I met Foxy at last year’s #kendalMountainFestival. He was steaming drunk but genuinely nice.


nostr:npub19zzhds7vqa45lngu40kamtj4880du9dlu8grjwjj2c52xua85djq4m3euu There's also the 'Jo Zak' pertaining to bailing on a long run and getting a lift home.


nostr:npub19zzhds7vqa45lngu40kamtj4880du9dlu8grjwjj2c52xua85djq4m3euu "A Ross Barkley [time or distance]": Used in relation to someone who claims to have been 'dropping sixes' for their run, only to be exposed as big-upping their moving rather than elapsed time, à la Ross Barcley's world record 10km time that did the rounds a while back.


nostr:npub1jc6gtpy7n0ll6897rare0sq5rhpxhmq2laxvpnjmr79sz3lcyh3q8kxe3x Yeah, this is so far removed!
Everyone still goes off as if it's a 45min race, mind, thinking that if they can just get the holeshot for Simon Fell, the first off-the-bike climb, they'll somehow win. The guys that do, invariably do, but the masses just wither.
I'm not sure the organisers would want live coverage as it's quite old-school in presentation but there are few nice after the event vids on YT from the likes of GCN, EF, and road.cc and others.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=3+peaks+cyclocross


Coming soon, to a #parkrun near you.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/25/tigist-assefa-super-shoes-record-breaking-marathon-winner-ethiopian-berlin


nostr:npub1p95jxlme8502w6wv6mfm5e0hl2k70heeq6xjc4wjvfw9zs6c2qysl3pr4u You'll smash it! 👊


nostr:npub1xf9xfd7ptz7ege7un7rr4wq3udht9vcphg7tf4azujcerqq7svrqt4wr8p Such things are boycotted until they get the hell out! 🇺🇦 ✊


🎶 Dance, …

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Snails on Doors, Parts I and II.

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Want to buy some rechargeable lithium batteries for a GPS unit, but all the brand names just seem to be anagrams of Will Burn Your House Down.
I mean #FFS, this one even has the flames.

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Love this photo btw.

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Perhaps because we're new to having Apple TV, but Beastie Boys Story had completely passed me by until this evening. I can't believe it's over 11 years since MCA died.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCyqR2RXoQU


Taking audio source material from Nasa's Chandra Sonification Project (Nasa Chandra X-Ray Observatory, May 2022), John White visually captured the sound of the black hole at the centre of the Perseus Galaxy.

Via https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-66807814

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Cow and Cloud Combo

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nostr:npub1qgrggddcl7tehvh5nepn2ujykrfgdrnmhu66ysr82p4nlh4u2nhqlns7d7 He says he'll email you. 🙂


Oh … that is 'shows' multiple!

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nostr:npub1gf2v52j3ejzem7gpgz7flsaq2g4su2pwpf7eut5md754fzlzxysq3vu0nm I always like these session photos, Jeremy. (I mean literally, not in a 👍 or ⭐ fashion).


nostr:npub1z968782avfudjccc874zul09qefzrlv729u5xfmzavfvfcdvtuaqkj7337 Thank you. (PS. And thank you: To my mind it's the web equivalent of a flyer pinned to a bike shop wall and flyers don't track you, so why should this?)


nostr:npub12z9ad7ndvgftqvepgwmcqcmvu9ugwa9aptd8ug6zx69qelehsagskxw74q Good stuff. Thanks!


nostr:npub1qgrggddcl7tehvh5nepn2ujykrfgdrnmhu66ysr82p4nlh4u2nhqlns7d7 Thank you! Rob made for a useful and appreciated fresh pair of eyes/legs to validate our thinking that it’s a decent route.


I've been working on a route based on our cycle club's various weekly gravel ride routes and having ridden, tweaked, and re-ridden over the past 6 months or so now have a final route which I'm calling 'Mint Gravel'. It's a 160km loop around South Lakeland, Cumbria with ~4000m of ascent and is approximately 50% off-road.

Details and GPX here: www.mintgravel.co.uk

Boosts, shares and #FKT attempts welcomed!

#cycling #mtb #gravel #cumbria

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nostr:npub19s9lej7uafn4vs05lghz7cdq3s3s0rksshurwmjklc7ppgxxjghq0flf2h Just looking at it is giving me a hangover.


Goth juice!

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Prankin' Putin 2

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There was most definitely a final straw involved in the making of this sign.

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Up one side. Down the other. #cycling #gravel #cyclocross

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Was worried I'd left it too late to ride to the coast in time for ice cream, but just about made it. Two scoops: Grasmere Gingerbread, and Damson and Plum. #cycling

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Liking the near synchronicity of nostr:npub1ue8at34syej0qj42cwkn0d4n6z3nz32d6n6ydrk5uc4yapdd9w5qzhkvcm and nostr:npub1r2xw92ng5acjp9xjd2jswrwe05qxlrez7re8w5a0lsp83ewh7c8q23hlmr's posts at the mo.


nostr:npub1uwvd5p9rj2mykjzurq4ve98zuv5gqfclrxmnqhkgamlr3vwc7ugqftxzzz If it puts your mind at ease, I'll forward this thread to the coroner if we're both wrong.


nostr:npub1uwvd5p9rj2mykjzurq4ve98zuv5gqfclrxmnqhkgamlr3vwc7ugqftxzzz Skim-reading a post starting with 'crush' 'cut' 'nuts' had me wincing.

But in my untrained opinion you'll be fine. And Germolene cures all. Or even salty water.


Lee Craigie’s ‘Other Ways to Win’ is currently the No. 1 #cycling book on AMZ UK, but buy it somewhere else, yeah? I can thoroughly #recommend it! #mtb #ht550 #tourDivide #proCycling https://www.adventurebooks.com/collections/cycling/products/other-ways-to-win


nostr:npub15rt2xnhr92xwue9fayv9pljyfvf3e8rsfd5l59tjetrvvufn269qcdgl0v Oh shit, I didn’t think of that: CW - Mercury Results! 😳


I had thought Raye would win the #mercuryMusicPrize, but for feelgood tunes Ezra Collective are hard to beat.


Very tempted to buy one of https://fadirtools.com‘s axes, both to support the Ukrainian economy and because they look really nicely made. nostr:npub13lqrncvjjpr626dg6qdk58m39ne6d0kr693x48zy68jl9v2vp38qfdyzw8 I think you may like some of the things here!


Earned myself a pint by recommending nostr:npub16l6vecvkh6fz4uegf3r84cj72zh7l606rt9x39zqvv8vxhku9luqss4zxy to a friend who’s now off running a 100 miler in Bulgaria using it.


Nicely done.
 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66740603


Found a photo of my office in 2010. Didn't we publish a lot of books on now obsolete technologies? #GoodTimes, mind.  #webdev

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