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Bells and Bikes
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Cyclist. Bellringer. Author.
Mainly mobile phone photos.
Mostly of the past week.
Organised church bellringing for Le Tour de France in Yorkshire.
Pinned
Subsidence on the Snake Pass - half the road disintegrated. This is happening elsewhere on the road too. Difficult decisions ahead but, in the meantime (& maybe for the long term) it makes a great cycle path across the Pennines #peakdistrict #Sheffield #Manchester #ladybower #glossop #climatechange
If you are planning community events for the Tour de France 2027 in Scotland, England and Wales then you need my book about doing just that in 2014 #letour #christmaspresent #tdf #festival #cycling #bellringing #arts #engagement #tdf2027 www.adventurebooks.com/products/bel...
Bells & Bikes
Rod Ismay has a passion (some would say obsession) for the Tour de France. Fortunately Rod’s issues found their natural home when his native Yorkshire became the host for the 2014 Grand Départ. Rod al...
www.adventurebooks.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Is mostly classifying Christmas cards into display groups.
(1) Family (2) Religious (3) Red
(4) Blue / green (5) Various
(6) Trees (7) Small
I may ask AI for a Venn Diagram.
December 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My book. Christmas. Go on.
December 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Mary Did You Know, Feliz Navidad and Michael Bublé Christmas loud from my speaker on my cycle to work @visitsheffield.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Are you, or your loved one, desperate for 2027 & Le Tour de France returning to the UK. Well let me help. Here's my book about Le Tour. Especially for you. Get it for Christmas #tdf #letour #tdf2027 #tdf2014 "British eccentricity at its best" said @roadcc
www.adventurebooks.com/products/bel...
Bells & Bikes
Rod Ismay has a passion (some would say obsession) for the Tour de France. Fortunately Rod’s issues found their natural home when his native Yorkshire became the host for the 2014 Grand Départ. Rod al...
www.adventurebooks.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Cycling to bellringing
December 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Bad
December 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Note to self.
The sheepdog must not be scary #shepherd
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
And thus he switches into shepherd mode for Christmas Experience at All Saints Ecclesall.
December 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Bellringing practice night. Dore
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Christmas tree on Ball St
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My Christmas card of Dore.
And my other cards.
December 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Windows Restart
November 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Gone Fishing. River Findhorn.
Wholesome telly.
Majestic drone footage.
Bob the Barber.
Cows and toast #GoneFishing
November 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Bellringing twice today
November 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Putting up the outside tree lights has turned into googling a soldering iron.
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Mushroom and chestnut scotch egg as fellow coffee seekers arrive in their slightly short trousers and slightly undersized beanies.
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Introduce yourself with five pedal cycles you've owned.

Raleigh Tomahawk
Raleigh Arena
Triumph Tempest
Thorn Expedition
Thorn Club Tour
Introduce yourself with five pedal cycles you've owned

BSA Firebird
Raleigh Maverick 15
Claud Butler Mistral
ASP Bitsa
Brompton M6R
Introduce yourself with five pedal cycles you've owned

Alpha 7 Velomobile
Brompton M6L (a bastardisation conversion from an S2)
M*ulton TSR30
Tall Bike - DIY build
Bamboo café racer - DIY build
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Things I collected on a cycle touring holiday of The Alps (as well as cols)
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I'm in good company in the Amazon chart #christmas #books #giftideas #tdf #letour Tour de France #bellringing #yorkshire
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Red hot #Christmasgifts
Up nearly 2 million places
#books #goodreads #tdf #letour More to life than #blackfriday
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The green green grass of Sheffield @visitsheffield.bsky.social #rivelin
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Reposted by Bells and Bikes
Fun Thanksgiving conversation starters for people who ride bikes
Can we brainstorm some cycling hot takes to create some controversies at the table tomorrow?
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
How the commentary on a future bike race should be.
Real cycling. Love it.
"Pogacar first to the school drop-off but lost a lot of time trying to lift the cargo bike onto the upper racks... now he's on the road bike but needs to make up time over the next 30km if he wants a commanding place in the shower queue..."
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM