Gareth Dean
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Gareth Dean
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Freelance at Influence emobility, the world’s leading e-mobility PR agency. Cold water and marathon swimmer.
Genuinely baffled by the hire car pricing for our holiday. €19 for 8 days hire.

No warning lights, matching premium brand tyres and only 10000km on the clock.
October 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
August 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I don’t have many on my camera roll, so here is me driving a yellow car with intense “road test face”
August 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
On holiday in Kent (close to where I am from) and made the 580 mile journey in one of our EVs.

On the way we stopped at the Moto Rugby services which on a school holiday weekend, at lunchtime had charging bays galore.

We stopped more for the kids than the car. Nae bother

#EV #ElectricCar
April 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Sunrise this morning from our bathroom window.

Nae bad.

#scotland
January 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I had a gun show in my lobby last time out. I had to be accompanied past the rows of assumption rifles, scopes and body armour.

I am uncertain of the reaction of Border Force if I had won the competition at the hotel…
January 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Fireworks and fuel, which is why I think the original tweet is very inaccurate and should be taken down.
January 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Official reports from the scene.
January 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
He has retweeted far right figures in the U.K. too, plus talking about funding a very hard right more mainstream party.

He is already pushing their begging bowl tweets at us. I don’t follow Nigel Farage, i don’t agree with anything he says, but I see his tweet as a notification?!?
December 20, 2024 at 5:37 PM
He may not have donated overtly yet, but Elon is already pushing Reform UK Ltd’s leader’s begging bowl tweets to users. This was the first thing I had in my notifications when I ventured back on.

Unfortunately Fuhrage’s brand of simple, but unworkable solutions to complex problems appeals to many
December 20, 2024 at 8:12 AM
We had what I believe is called a “Moonbow” last night, which it turns out is not a bow for your bare posterior!
December 16, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Openly advertising to help people make illegal modifications to their car.

This should not be possible to brazenly advertise this.

#airquality #EV
December 9, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Some wet snow last night which froze in the small hours.

Perfect for my morning dip in our garden burn! 3.4 degrees in the water.

#scotland #iceswimming #icebath
December 4, 2024 at 9:41 AM
I wonder if u will ever get bored of looking at snowy mountains on the school run?

Angus glens looking special this morning!

#scotland
December 3, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Repost with a selfie that makes you feel confident.

This was a day I achieved something that a few weeks before I nearly gave up on. Swimming 13500 metres in the River Thames in shorts over 6.5 hours in the Thames Marathon.
November 29, 2024 at 7:44 PM
On the left of this picture it says “campaign for Richard” on a placard. That is being held by his widow Jane.

Richard was 60 when he died at his own hand, unable to take the zero quality of life his brain tumour was giving him.

Richard was a bright man, witty, successful, a brilliant raconteur
November 29, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Always wanted one of these when I was a teenager. 6.3
Litre conversion obviously.
November 23, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Bit of a Narnia like drive to my daughter’s ballet class this morning.

Winter tyres, remote heating and 4WD makes our EV a fine Scottish winter companion!

#EV
November 23, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Brings this to mind…
November 22, 2024 at 8:43 PM
I have more than a passing interest in what the new Jaguar turns out like, as I worked on the axed X391 EV predecessor.

We’ll see how all those arguments we had with some of the engineers about key capabilities actually turn out!
November 21, 2024 at 12:01 PM
New personal record for cold water dipping this morning. 0.7 degrees in the burn in our garden!

Cracking sunrise to see too.

#coldwaterswimming #iceswimming #icebath
November 21, 2024 at 8:19 AM
My father in law owns this amazing Captain Scarlett Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle from Dinky Toys.

The solidity of it is something to behold. Toys were definitely made rather better in those days!
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Looks like it could be pretty radical…
November 20, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Light dusting of snow in the garden for my morning dip in the burn.

Temperature of the water up slightly to 1.6 degrees!

#icebath #wildswimming
November 20, 2024 at 8:16 AM
1.3 degrees in our burn in the garden today. Fascinating (to me) how quickly the temperature changes compared to The Thames where I used to swim.

I’d expected it to be rapid, but it is near instant!

#icebath #wildswimming
November 19, 2024 at 8:18 AM