AndyDenizen
@andydenizen.bsky.social
Oxfordshire.
Active travel interest. Cycling. Some Audax.
Photography.
#ClimateCrisis
#EndSewagePollution
#BetterinEU
Active travel interest. Cycling. Some Audax.
Photography.
#ClimateCrisis
#EndSewagePollution
#BetterinEU
If anyone's on the hunt for a bike cleaning brush the Dishmatic "Big Job" seems pretty good. Nice big brush head, with decent bristle stiffness - enough but not too much... Short harder bristles on the back. Picked this one up from Tesco, for £3-4 recently. #bikes #cycling
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Thames and tributaries very full at the moment... Water almost across the road on the way to Long Wittenham. Culham bridge road still dry though... #RiverThames #oxfordshire #flooding
February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Thames and tributaries very full at the moment... Water almost across the road on the way to Long Wittenham. Culham bridge road still dry though... #RiverThames #oxfordshire #flooding
No way. This is such an unusual sight around here.
A flag actually on a flag pole, rather than shoved half way up street light columns, at some roundabout.🙄
#Fix TheSystem, use actual flag poles, & stop littering the environment with flags for misguided political purposes. #Oxfordshire #Flagging
A flag actually on a flag pole, rather than shoved half way up street light columns, at some roundabout.🙄
#Fix TheSystem, use actual flag poles, & stop littering the environment with flags for misguided political purposes. #Oxfordshire #Flagging
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
No way. This is such an unusual sight around here.
A flag actually on a flag pole, rather than shoved half way up street light columns, at some roundabout.🙄
#Fix TheSystem, use actual flag poles, & stop littering the environment with flags for misguided political purposes. #Oxfordshire #Flagging
A flag actually on a flag pole, rather than shoved half way up street light columns, at some roundabout.🙄
#Fix TheSystem, use actual flag poles, & stop littering the environment with flags for misguided political purposes. #Oxfordshire #Flagging
Apparently only the Bible and Shakespeare have sold more book copies than Agatha Christie (Mallowan) who lies here in Cholsey. Cafe was closed in Wallingford, so spent my coffee money on some Brighton blue cheese from Abingdon market square... 😁 #Oxfordshire #AgathaChristie
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Apparently only the Bible and Shakespeare have sold more book copies than Agatha Christie (Mallowan) who lies here in Cholsey. Cafe was closed in Wallingford, so spent my coffee money on some Brighton blue cheese from Abingdon market square... 😁 #Oxfordshire #AgathaChristie
I wonder what the secret to getting a reliable seal on a presta valve, to accurately measure the tyre pressure is.... So far an effective method for using this new SKS Air checker 2 is evading me. Less check - more deflate, in my hands at least... 🤔🫤
January 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I wonder what the secret to getting a reliable seal on a presta valve, to accurately measure the tyre pressure is.... So far an effective method for using this new SKS Air checker 2 is evading me. Less check - more deflate, in my hands at least... 🤔🫤
Did some of the Thames path through Oxford. All dry, no flooded sections. Nice ride. Hinksey meadow flood plain well under water though... #Oxfordshire #Oxford #cycling
January 28, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Did some of the Thames path through Oxford. All dry, no flooded sections. Nice ride. Hinksey meadow flood plain well under water though... #Oxfordshire #Oxford #cycling
Reposted by AndyDenizen
🚨 CLARION EXCLUSIVE 🚨
£10m of Government funding for Oxford was sent back. Could it have paid for the cancelled Dutch-style cycleway on Woodstock Road?
In a deep dive, we ask why a Government grant was returned, and if it could have been spent elsewhere in Oxford.
oxfordclarion.uk/exclusive-10...
£10m of Government funding for Oxford was sent back. Could it have paid for the cancelled Dutch-style cycleway on Woodstock Road?
In a deep dive, we ask why a Government grant was returned, and if it could have been spent elsewhere in Oxford.
oxfordclarion.uk/exclusive-10...
Exclusive: £10m of Government funding for Oxford was sent back
A £10m grant for infrastructure in north Oxford was returned to Government unspent – just as a safe cycleway on Woodstock Road, to be funded by the very same Government body, was cancelled due to a £1...
oxfordclarion.uk
January 26, 2026 at 2:40 PM
🚨 CLARION EXCLUSIVE 🚨
£10m of Government funding for Oxford was sent back. Could it have paid for the cancelled Dutch-style cycleway on Woodstock Road?
In a deep dive, we ask why a Government grant was returned, and if it could have been spent elsewhere in Oxford.
oxfordclarion.uk/exclusive-10...
£10m of Government funding for Oxford was sent back. Could it have paid for the cancelled Dutch-style cycleway on Woodstock Road?
In a deep dive, we ask why a Government grant was returned, and if it could have been spent elsewhere in Oxford.
oxfordclarion.uk/exclusive-10...
Reposted by AndyDenizen
New headset cartridge bearings time; replacing 10+yro original set. There was some headset play, which couldn't be preloaded away, without the bar movement feeling grainy. Probably should have just installed new ones, when building the bike up 1.5yrs ago.
January 27, 2026 at 10:17 AM
New headset cartridge bearings time; replacing 10+yro original set. There was some headset play, which couldn't be preloaded away, without the bar movement feeling grainy. Probably should have just installed new ones, when building the bike up 1.5yrs ago.
Earlier, a driver decided my sin was not using the very muddy verge. I just stopped - the driver didn't. I didn't say a word or gesture, driver said 'Sooorry but I was driving slowly. Scared of getting a little muddy are we?'. 🙄 I just cycled off, ignoring them, they hooted. 🤦♂️ Muppet.
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Earlier, a driver decided my sin was not using the very muddy verge. I just stopped - the driver didn't. I didn't say a word or gesture, driver said 'Sooorry but I was driving slowly. Scared of getting a little muddy are we?'. 🙄 I just cycled off, ignoring them, they hooted. 🤦♂️ Muppet.
Misty Pang river valley ride, with a lunch stop at the Hampstead Norreys community shop and cafe. Nice warmed sausage roll and coffee. Up Churn Road, and over the Ridgeway down to Blewbury. Through the streets of flag strewn Didcot...
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Misty Pang river valley ride, with a lunch stop at the Hampstead Norreys community shop and cafe. Nice warmed sausage roll and coffee. Up Churn Road, and over the Ridgeway down to Blewbury. Through the streets of flag strewn Didcot...
Reposted by AndyDenizen
Climate impacts now affect every coastal and marine habitat.
Overgrazing, polluted water and rising wildlife disease are adding relentless pressure.
If nature underpins stability, food security and wellbeing, this level of decline is indefensible.
Overgrazing, polluted water and rising wildlife disease are adding relentless pressure.
If nature underpins stability, food security and wellbeing, this level of decline is indefensible.
January 23, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Climate impacts now affect every coastal and marine habitat.
Overgrazing, polluted water and rising wildlife disease are adding relentless pressure.
If nature underpins stability, food security and wellbeing, this level of decline is indefensible.
Overgrazing, polluted water and rising wildlife disease are adding relentless pressure.
If nature underpins stability, food security and wellbeing, this level of decline is indefensible.
Reposted by AndyDenizen
A National Security Assessment highlighted nature as a national security risk earlier this week.
Yet yesterday’s Habitats Regulations report shows many of England’s most important habitats are rapidly declining.
Just 3% are in good condition.
And half are in an unfavourable and worsening state 🧵
Yet yesterday’s Habitats Regulations report shows many of England’s most important habitats are rapidly declining.
Just 3% are in good condition.
And half are in an unfavourable and worsening state 🧵
January 23, 2026 at 11:36 AM
A National Security Assessment highlighted nature as a national security risk earlier this week.
Yet yesterday’s Habitats Regulations report shows many of England’s most important habitats are rapidly declining.
Just 3% are in good condition.
And half are in an unfavourable and worsening state 🧵
Yet yesterday’s Habitats Regulations report shows many of England’s most important habitats are rapidly declining.
Just 3% are in good condition.
And half are in an unfavourable and worsening state 🧵
70km ride up into the Chilterns via Christmas common with a stop at the Spire & Spoke. Fortunately mostly had a tailwind on the way back. Always enjoy Nuffield Hill descent. Deliberately avoided some roads due to possible flooding... #Oxfordshire
January 20, 2026 at 4:29 PM
70km ride up into the Chilterns via Christmas common with a stop at the Spire & Spoke. Fortunately mostly had a tailwind on the way back. Always enjoy Nuffield Hill descent. Deliberately avoided some roads due to possible flooding... #Oxfordshire
THE TWILIGHT ZONE THEME
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January 20, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Bike in a stand and spin the front wheel (35mm tyres on) hard by hand, and time how long until it stops by itself? 2m55s here... 🙃
I needed to adjust the hydraulic brakes pads (with Birzman razor clam thingy) after 1st ride with these wheels, so thought I see... Quite surprised.
I needed to adjust the hydraulic brakes pads (with Birzman razor clam thingy) after 1st ride with these wheels, so thought I see... Quite surprised.
January 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Bike in a stand and spin the front wheel (35mm tyres on) hard by hand, and time how long until it stops by itself? 2m55s here... 🙃
I needed to adjust the hydraulic brakes pads (with Birzman razor clam thingy) after 1st ride with these wheels, so thought I see... Quite surprised.
I needed to adjust the hydraulic brakes pads (with Birzman razor clam thingy) after 1st ride with these wheels, so thought I see... Quite surprised.
First longer ride in Jan. Rained heavily overnight, so a lot of surface water around in the vale. New wheels on, 35mm tyres, 50-55psi. Bike needed a good clean after, though the mudguards help a lot. Just one short gravel linking section of Icknield greenway from East Hendred area. #Oxfordshire
January 18, 2026 at 11:04 AM
First longer ride in Jan. Rained heavily overnight, so a lot of surface water around in the vale. New wheels on, 35mm tyres, 50-55psi. Bike needed a good clean after, though the mudguards help a lot. Just one short gravel linking section of Icknield greenway from East Hendred area. #Oxfordshire
"The water firm said a technical issue with its online form had stopped some people from submitting a long response, so it would now accept emails until 23 January. "
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Abingdon reservoir feedback extended for longer responses
Thames Water gives people more time to respond after it found a problem with its online form.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
"The water firm said a technical issue with its online form had stopped some people from submitting a long response, so it would now accept emails until 23 January. "
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Heads up. This consultation massive SESRO reservoir in Vale of the White Horse ends tomorrow, 13th Jan.... thames-sro.co.uk/public-consu...
South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO) - Statutory Consultation 2025
thames-sro.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Heads up. This consultation massive SESRO reservoir in Vale of the White Horse ends tomorrow, 13th Jan.... thames-sro.co.uk/public-consu...
Still lots of ice on the roads, so no cycling. Walking it was... 6km ish in Bagley wood near Oxford. Great area.
#Photography #Trees #Oxfordshire
#Photography #Trees #Oxfordshire
January 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Still lots of ice on the roads, so no cycling. Walking it was... 6km ish in Bagley wood near Oxford. Great area.
#Photography #Trees #Oxfordshire
#Photography #Trees #Oxfordshire
Little meets large...
December 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Little meets large...
Looks like there was some enthusiastic hedge trimming going on in the Wittenham clumps area...
and 2019, also when the sign was a tad cleaner...
#Oxfordshire
and 2019, also when the sign was a tad cleaner...
#Oxfordshire
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Looks like there was some enthusiastic hedge trimming going on in the Wittenham clumps area...
and 2019, also when the sign was a tad cleaner...
#Oxfordshire
and 2019, also when the sign was a tad cleaner...
#Oxfordshire
Ha, I wasn't imagining it, having just checked the bike video footage... In a first for me, this fine, large cat, which I think may be a Bengal, actually chased after me with a high bounding run, from the other side of the road as I went passed... 😁😺
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ha, I wasn't imagining it, having just checked the bike video footage... In a first for me, this fine, large cat, which I think may be a Bengal, actually chased after me with a high bounding run, from the other side of the road as I went passed... 😁😺
First p*ncture for 10 mths, due to a fragment of flint, which had to be extracted from the tyre. Those skoggy Chiltern lanes, wet from recent rain... Glad I had some lightweight work gloves and pack of tissues, as tyres/rims were pretty grimey.
#Cycling #Oxfordshire
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#Cycling #Oxfordshire
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December 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
First p*ncture for 10 mths, due to a fragment of flint, which had to be extracted from the tyre. Those skoggy Chiltern lanes, wet from recent rain... Glad I had some lightweight work gloves and pack of tissues, as tyres/rims were pretty grimey.
#Cycling #Oxfordshire
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#Cycling #Oxfordshire
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Out an hour before sunrise on a 60km ish ride, expecting full on cloud and gloom for the duration, but was treated to a great sunrise. 🌞 Good to see Egrets at the Ewelme cress beds... Oh, had a puncture - first since Feb though...
#Photography #Sunrise #Oxfordshire #Cycling
#Photography #Sunrise #Oxfordshire #Cycling
December 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Out an hour before sunrise on a 60km ish ride, expecting full on cloud and gloom for the duration, but was treated to a great sunrise. 🌞 Good to see Egrets at the Ewelme cress beds... Oh, had a puncture - first since Feb though...
#Photography #Sunrise #Oxfordshire #Cycling
#Photography #Sunrise #Oxfordshire #Cycling