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highpoh.bsky.social
@highpoh.bsky.social
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🎶I love to ride my bicycle! I love to ride my bike.🎶 Usually a late adopter of new things. Likes cake. Speaks fluent sarcasm.
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highpoh.bsky.social
I have an emotional support dumpster fire given to me by a lad I managed as a thank you for my help.
Crocheted Emotional Support Dumpster Fire. It holds a sign which says "Emotional Support Dumpster Fire It's fine. I'm fine. Everything is fine!"
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Hurrah! The sun is out at a weekend, so I went out for a bimble to Rainham to test out my "new" bike and position. It was fab. I haven't done a longer weekend ride since London to Brighton what with one thing and another....
Picture of a turquoise hybrid bike with red pedals and curved handlebars. (The bike used to have straight handlebars!) Rainham Hall (National Trust) The gardens at Rainham, with the parish church just over a red brick wall. A tray containing a plate on which sits a chocolate orange donut, and a white China tea pot and cup with tea. The donut was delicious.
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Closure on #CS2 eastbound just after Aldgate East junction. Cyclists thrown into heavy traffic. Mercifully short but hey.
Picture of roadworks across a large junction, signs say "cyclists merge with live traffic" and "cycle lane closed". In our case "live traffic included a bus and multiple mopeds/motorbikes. Not fun.
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Busy bike and car lanes out there today. Bit drizzly and still surprisingly mild. No point in #ShortsWatxh yet. Not frosty enough (though lots have gone for the longer kit already)

Counts at 652pm (I checked the time on my phone today)
Embankment counter showing 10,904 cyclists today. Embankment counter showing 452,202 cyclists this "year" (since 23rd September).
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
highpoh.bsky.social
Slightly soggy evening commute home. And on further reflection, I like the expression "plain clothed police car" so I'll be using it more.

Anyhoo. Busy cycle lanes out there this evening. Counts at about 635 before the rain started. @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
Embankment counter showing 11,576 cyclists today Embankment counter showing 42r,716 cyclists this "year" (since 23rd September.
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
highpoh.bsky.social
Had a fun evening at the London 3 Day on Friday (sadly being a bit poorly overnight meant I couldn't go today). I think a madison elimination race is my favourite thing ever.
Matthew Richarson explaining handlebars to the commissaire.... Sophie Capewell (red jersey) and Emma Finucane trackstanding. Proper skillz
November 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
highpoh.bsky.social
Don't forget about the South of Scotland. There's a lot of Scotland below the Central Belt. Yes, it lack the spectacular nature of the Highlands but it's very beautiful nonetheless. (This is the Borders, south east Scotland) South East Scotland is also pretty dry and sunny!
View of the Eildon Hills from Scott's View. Eildon Hills and View through towards Galashiels. View of the Cheviot Hills from Smailhom Tower. Cheviot Hills from Roxburgh.
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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I even participated in #Shortswatch today. Shorts. On 30th October. Knees were a tad chilly but not too bad this morning.

Anyhoo, here are the counts for today, a mildish, dry Thursday during half term.... (approx 635pm) @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
Embankment counter showing 10,187 cyclists today. Embankment counter showing 383,780 cyclists this "year" (since 23.9)
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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These were the counts at approx 710pm last night.
Extreme close up (or eler it's blurry) of the Embankment counter showing 11,857 cyclists today (I was cyclist 11,890) A pleasing number of 366,060 on the Embankment counter last night.
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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You can tell i haven't commuted for a month. Totally forgot to put yesterday's scores up (they're in the next post for completeness).

Counts today (a soggy Wednesday) at around noon @cs3cs6count.bsky.social
Embankment counter showing 4977 cyclists today (probably most before the rain started!) Embankment counter showing 372,846 cyclists "this year" (the "year" started on 23rd September!)
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I am very much pining for Nice today..... I can haz Euromillions win?
View of Nice, beautiful turquoise Med to the left, almost cloudless blue sky above and the terracotta roofs of the old town to the right of picture Not sure what this flower is but it's always there when I'm in the Med. It's pretty.
October 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Yes, into the trebuchet gents....
October 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Final day of my holiday. Has been a bit duff having a cold the whole time Ive been in France, but Ive been in France for 10 days and it's been great. Even rode a bike in Paris today. Fun. A little hairy at times, but not much worse than London.
French hire bikes in their docks. Green ones are "mechanical". Blue are ebikes. The Place de la Concorde. Which is now covered in cycle lanes as well as traffic lanes. The Place de la Concorde.(2) View of the Tuileries gardens in Paris. The sky is blue, the sun is bright and warm, and there are leaves on the ground. Individual green chairs stand about randomly allowing people to move them about to sit in groups or tout seule
October 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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An emotional visit to Notre Dame de Paris today. The restoration is absolutely extraordinary, beautiful and so perfect. The church shines!
View down the Nave of the restored Notre Dame. Creamy white stonework soars upwards in 3 stories of arches The roof of the transept. A blue boss marks the centre where the spire fell through the stonework when the fire broke out. There was a gaping hole in that central "square" View into the transept and Nave from behind the altar. Stained glass windows are visible at the top of the walls of the Nave. The High altar featuring the famous sculpture of the "pieta", Mary receiving the body of her son, Jesus, after his death on the cross.
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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London is such a bloody show off at times.

I am in Paris at the mo and I was in the Places des Vosges today. It was packed. Glorious.
Photo from the centre of the Place des Vosges in Paris. Typical Parisian buildings surround the square, which has chestnut trees at the centre and grassy areas which are packed with people picnicing.
October 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Fun day Sunday in Paris today - early computers, opulent rooms, Who am I? and dinner with a friend.
The Tube signs in London are iconic. But so are the Metro signs in Paris. This one for the station Breguet Sabin. A "computer" for assessing census returns in the late 1920s in Paris. Ceiling paintings in the Musée de Carnavalet. And gold leaf around the cornices that the current inhabitant of the White House would covet.... Jean Valjean before the assizes in Arras - a key scene from the novel Les Miserables. A painting owned by the author, Victor Hugo and on display in an apartment rented by him
October 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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It appears @columnist.bsky.social has moved to Nice. And brought some friends!
Place Massena in Nice with some sculptures of men sitting atop columns.
October 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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The sun sets on my trip to Nice. I still have some lurgi which is a bit miserable. Hey ho. But I am getting very good at explaining things in pharmacies. Which I suppose is a win.

What a lovely spot it is. I could happily stop here for another couple of weeks. Perhaps I will win the Euromillions
Sunset on the beach Roman ruins by the Matisse Museum - this is a collection of bath houses Thought I'd better have a salade niçoise while I'm here.... Men playing petanque. The scene could only be more French if it was smoking Galloises and waving the tricolore, shouting "liberté, égalité, fraternité" and humming La Marsaillaise.
October 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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And this rather fun little cartoon by a French cartoonist called Raymond Paynet
Cartoon of the Loch Ness Monster being fed into the Loch like a lane line in a swimming pool. Artist Raymond Peynet.
October 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Some more yachts today, also Picasso and a pet owl, maths in an art gallery and a sandy beach!

Antibes. Absolutely beautiful.
Fancy pants yachts in Antibes harbour. Photo of Pablo Picasso and a little owl he rescued and nursed back to health. He did a painting and sculpture of it too. MATHS!!!! In an art gallery. The artist is Bernar Venet and he likes maths. *shudder* Little sandy beach at Antibes (most of the shoreline is pebbles)
October 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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A Happy Lap Around the Sun Day to me. Quite improvised this year, but I spent the day in Monte Carlo and returned to Nice for dinner.

Lovely but tiring day. Throat still bad but not hugely worse. Just irritating.... need some Vocalzone....
Some serious yachts in the harbour. But are they stable? I know nothing about motor racing but I have heard "Rascasse" before. C'est ca.... Cathedral in Monte Carlo. I recall the footage of Princess Grace being married in here. Woke fishes!!!! Woke fishes!!!!
October 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Climbed a hill in Nice today. Was quite hard work, but worked off some of last night's lemon tiramisu!

I have also developed a sore throat and a sniffle. This is Ungood. I hope it's just the change of weather and it settles down in a day or so.
Big ass cruise ship on the horizon. Soem fancy pants yachts in Nice's port. View over the old town of Nice, (in the foreground) and the newer parts of Nice and the surrounding hills View of the bay in Nice. The water is many shades of blue, a grey pebble beach in the centre and orange terracotta roofs of the old town of Nice on the right.
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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@singlecrow.bsky.social gave me a directive while on holiday to "eat all the tiramisu".

Now, I cannot eat or drink coffee (migraines) but on my trip to the Netherlands earlier in the year, I discovered lemon tiramisu. Had some for dessert tonight. Glorious!
Lemon tiramisu. I was not expecting a giant bowl thereof to be brought to the table and to have a "slice" cut for me. It was delicious.... Watching the waves on the beach. Wisdom defeating age and death. Apparently. Mad fresco in a palace. Lovely collection of baroque and other instruments. An array of harps is on a little display, with a grand piano off to the left.
October 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Absolutely no apology for incoming holiday span....

Starting with a jolly civilised breakfast of yoghurt/granola, banana bread and hot chocolate. On a terrace, in tbe sun. It's pleasantly warm....
A slice of banana bread and glass of yoghurt, granola and fruit on a sunlit table. I like Nice already....
October 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Goodness this coast is beautiful - the colour of the rocks in the sun is stunning. And the rocks also look interesting too.... yes, I still love rocks.
October 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM