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is this a robin hobb reference?!

Still admiring the people holding waterloo bridge - can't it just be pedestrianised forever? Also I had some good conversations with people handing out flyers; not just the usual stuff like "bring daaan the govment" but actual focused conversation on realtively modest and actionable points. @adroit is right - there are a few of the glasonbury types which are of course more visable but a couple I spoke to were doctor/lawyer types on their day off. Loads of "normies" taking holiday time off to be there with their kids and grandkids standing up for something they believe to be very important.

Exactly what I saw in the morning. Loads of huffing and puffing from some cyclists.

I guess the whole idea of it being in Canary Wharf is because governments only listen when money is involved, paticularly our lauded Financial Sector. But you are correct, no media report will point that out and just present it as the counter intuitave way that most people must initally see it as.

I have to say that waterloo bridge being closed the last two days has been brilliant.

Waterloo bridge is temporarily closed due to the protest at the moment and it illustrates us how glorious and calm it would be if it was permanently pedestrianised. Peds walking in the middle of the road and cyclists meandering over looking at the scenery and impressive mini ramp that has been constructed on it; it's thouroughly enjoyable. But of course there are still so many wankers expecting to be able to blast it over the bridge and beat that strava record or get to their office 20 seconds earlier. The amount of near misses I saw and people on bikes having the attitude "you're in the road get out of my way" sort of thing was such a shame. On the whole tho shared spaces like that would be so good for london.

this thread is so depressing because my bike with two "gold rated" d-locks on got fucked with the other day. And I assume most of these make it safely back to the owners! It was already a piece of shit and now it's worse!

nah can't you just remove the handle bars from the stem with an allen key, quickly slide the dlock over the remaining stem and fix the handles back on?

took the bike I keep at waterloo home to give it a service and touch up, and hence left the bike at the other end in our small village station carpark overnight. Got there this morning and have had my front wheel stolen ffs. Would like to get a wheel similar but have no idea what "mavic ambrosio elites" are... any ideas?

I think I have started a few people at work thinking about leaving london too. I'm not taking a pay cut, rent is substantially cheaper, save about £315 per month on train fares and the city is really good. Most importantly for me though is that my brother and partner's sister is down that way.

that was the vibe we were getting when we went out in an around canton the other day after looking at the place. Had quite a few conversations to some "locals" about the area. Looking forward to it - three month notice period is mad long!

thanks for all the advice. I thought it would be different to london in that there probably isn't the same volume of cyclists on the roads.
@Silly_Savage - We are moving to Canton area and I'm gonna be working by queen st station and hopefully cycling in. So I'm assuming Cowbridge road? We also looked at a house right opposite that bike track in Maindy! I'm gonna be getting back about 3.5 hours per day from not commuting on the train to london so maybe a club could be good to try out!
@Mr_Sworld - I am very much looking forward to Tiny Rebel beers!

Not sure I'd find that appetising haha ;)

meater (great term btw)

there is also the more visual one: bloodmouth. It doesn't go down well with them though haha.

Moving to Cardiff to start new job in couple of months. This is after a year of commuting to london from Aldershot way and previously six years living in peckham. Can't hack the >1.5 hour commute to london and wanna live near to work so I'm not a zombie all the time. Plus london is unaffordable for me and my partner now. What's it like cycling in the Cardiff?

According to one of the meaters at work, a sausage legally has to have a certain amount of dead animal in it to be called a sausage. Otherwise it has to be called a banger... not sure if it's true but if so I can see the argument there. Sort of. But it's still borne out of people's unwillingness to accept that their indulgences in meat is purely a preference and therefore banning/reducing the visability of alternatives makes them feel less bad and insulates them from their consciences.

The thing is, the line of argumentation that they are "protecting" the terms "steak, sausage, burger" etc will probably work given that the EU allow protection for Cornish pasties, stilton cheese and the like. There is already a precedent for it, in a loose mannar.

This is the most pathetic thing and clearly the work of the meat industry/insecure meet-free sceptics. Someone at work was bleating on in glib delight about this article when I was putting my lunch into the fridge this morning. "I accidently bought some shroom dogs from sainsbury's the other day and had to throw them out - it ruined my sunday dinner"
me: "did you at least try them if not that's a ridiculous waste?"
them: "fuck no, disgusting rubbish shouldn't be in the same shop as real meat or allowed to be called sausages".
Me: "they are called shroom dogs, not sausages - you clearly didn't look properly"
them: "they look too real and shouldn't be in the same aisle/shop. Why do you want anthing like meat in the first place"

Surely this won't actually make it to court?

That looks very nice- I love seaside towns. Plus hopefully a chance to try out some Cymraeg too!

Llandudno

Well I know where we are taking our summer holidays this year then!

But I miss being able to cycle to work. I'm getting pretty fat now that I don't have 20km a day to cycle.

Yea mate, I have a change so it's a tad more than the Guildford-Waterloo ticket. Still cheaper than trying to rent a place in london for the same size house we get out here, which is madness when you think about it.

Would love to do that. I rarely get a seat which is so annoying considering its £325 a month for the ticket! Where are you coming in from?

I can vouch that it's wicked, and really helps destress after the constant pushing and shoving in london, but the train commute in is hell (from Guildford).