Lucy Empson
@lucyempson.bsky.social
Landscape Architect, Calligrapher, Plant Lover and fan of a good cup of tea (with cake)
It’s the big issue for public health, environment, community - walking is free but we don’t do it. Cycling is nearly free (once you have or rent a bike) and both are better for us. Scooting is nearly free too but a car is still top choice for most of us.
“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” My interview with @modacitylife.com #CityMakingMath
Opinion: Why more urban cycling saves everyone money | Urbanized
The resulting benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the money most people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused for 95% of the time.
dailyhive.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It’s the big issue for public health, environment, community - walking is free but we don’t do it. Cycling is nearly free (once you have or rent a bike) and both are better for us. Scooting is nearly free too but a car is still top choice for most of us.
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Merry Christmas everyone, especially my #Playschool Babies. Be kind, considerate and compassionate as the festive season continues. Spread joy everywhere you go and remember the best gift you can give is unconditional love ❤️🎄❤️
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Merry Christmas everyone, especially my #Playschool Babies. Be kind, considerate and compassionate as the festive season continues. Spread joy everywhere you go and remember the best gift you can give is unconditional love ❤️🎄❤️
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
WANTED! Onto the important Christmas story:
Have you seen the Gingerbread Bandit?
Last spotted in The Boot Shop window
Have you seen the Gingerbread Bandit?
Last spotted in The Boot Shop window
December 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
WANTED! Onto the important Christmas story:
Have you seen the Gingerbread Bandit?
Last spotted in The Boot Shop window
Have you seen the Gingerbread Bandit?
Last spotted in The Boot Shop window
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It was a striking first glimpse of Luke Jerram's artwork designed with trees, time and hope in mind
Crop circle night glow illuminates 'living Stonehenge'
A striking vision of Luke Jerram's living artwork has been created by the community
www.bristol247.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
It was a striking first glimpse of Luke Jerram's artwork designed with trees, time and hope in mind
FREE Workshops at our Cam Valley Arts Trail Winter Sale & Exhibition over the weekend of the 1st & 2nd November. At Congyre Hall Timsbury, near Bath. Join me for a taster introduction to calligraphy and hand lettering.
Book here
www.camvalleyartstrail.co.uk/winter-sale-...
Book here
www.camvalleyartstrail.co.uk/winter-sale-...
October 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
FREE Workshops at our Cam Valley Arts Trail Winter Sale & Exhibition over the weekend of the 1st & 2nd November. At Congyre Hall Timsbury, near Bath. Join me for a taster introduction to calligraphy and hand lettering.
Book here
www.camvalleyartstrail.co.uk/winter-sale-...
Book here
www.camvalleyartstrail.co.uk/winter-sale-...
Join us at our Winter Sale & Exhibition coming up on the 1st & 2nd November at the Conygre Hall in Timsbury 10.30am - 4.30pm Meet the artists. The chance to see and buy stunning original artwork by local artists.
FREE art demonstrations
FREE taster workshops
www.camvalleyartstrail.co.uk
FREE art demonstrations
FREE taster workshops
www.camvalleyartstrail.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Join us at our Winter Sale & Exhibition coming up on the 1st & 2nd November at the Conygre Hall in Timsbury 10.30am - 4.30pm Meet the artists. The chance to see and buy stunning original artwork by local artists.
FREE art demonstrations
FREE taster workshops
www.camvalleyartstrail.co.uk
FREE art demonstrations
FREE taster workshops
www.camvalleyartstrail.co.uk
Join us at our Winter Sale & Exhibition coming up on the 1st & 2nd November at the Conygre Hall in Timsbury 10.30am - 4.30pm The chance to meet, see and buy stunning original artwork by local artists.
FREE art demonstrations
FREE taster workshops
FREE art demonstrations
FREE taster workshops
Cam Valley Arts Trail
Welcome to the Cam Valley Arts Trail
www.camvalleyartstrail.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Join us at our Winter Sale & Exhibition coming up on the 1st & 2nd November at the Conygre Hall in Timsbury 10.30am - 4.30pm The chance to meet, see and buy stunning original artwork by local artists.
FREE art demonstrations
FREE taster workshops
FREE art demonstrations
FREE taster workshops
@bristol_filming nice new bus stop and lamppost for filming in Wrington today! @bottleyardstudio @NorthSomersetC @wringtonpc #AGGGTM @BristolFilmCity #AGoodGirlsGuideToMurder
October 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
@bristol_filming nice new bus stop and lamppost for filming in Wrington today! @bottleyardstudio @NorthSomersetC @wringtonpc #AGGGTM @BristolFilmCity #AGoodGirlsGuideToMurder
October in the East and West
October 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
October in the East and West
Launch of one of my projects today at the Bristol Harbourside Centre Prom. Brilliant artwork commission with the Legacy Foundation, Bristol BID and Bristol City Council Culture team.
Landscape Institute South West
Choose Landscape
Landscape Institute South West
Choose Landscape
October 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Launch of one of my projects today at the Bristol Harbourside Centre Prom. Brilliant artwork commission with the Legacy Foundation, Bristol BID and Bristol City Council Culture team.
Landscape Institute South West
Choose Landscape
Landscape Institute South West
Choose Landscape
Launch of one of my projects today at the Bristol Harbourside Centre Prom. Brilliant artwork commission with the Legacy Foundation, Bristol BID and Bristol City Council Culture team.
Landscape Institute South West
Choose Landscape
Landscape Institute South West
Choose Landscape
October 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Launch of one of my projects today at the Bristol Harbourside Centre Prom. Brilliant artwork commission with the Legacy Foundation, Bristol BID and Bristol City Council Culture team.
Landscape Institute South West
Choose Landscape
Landscape Institute South West
Choose Landscape
It’s the Autumn Equinox, and the official start of Autumn. Dusk yesterday at the Stanton Drew Stone Circles.
It’s the point where day and night are of equal length, and the point at which we start to notice our landscape shift dramatically.
It’s the point where day and night are of equal length, and the point at which we start to notice our landscape shift dramatically.
September 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It’s the Autumn Equinox, and the official start of Autumn. Dusk yesterday at the Stanton Drew Stone Circles.
It’s the point where day and night are of equal length, and the point at which we start to notice our landscape shift dramatically.
It’s the point where day and night are of equal length, and the point at which we start to notice our landscape shift dramatically.
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Best in show my 1st prize ‘Mr Potato Mouse’ plus helps if you don’t eat your prize winning beans before show day (delicious btw). Brilliant Wrington Show.
August 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Best in show my 1st prize ‘Mr Potato Mouse’ plus helps if you don’t eat your prize winning beans before show day (delicious btw). Brilliant Wrington Show.
Just in case you paid a lot for your holiday airport parking @bristolairport Your car is in a field near me
August 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just in case you paid a lot for your holiday airport parking @bristolairport Your car is in a field near me
Made my day, one happy dog www.threads.com/@trysta_kric...
Trysta Krick (@trysta_krick) on Threads
Nobody is more proud of their stick than this corgi 🥰
www.threads.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Made my day, one happy dog www.threads.com/@trysta_kric...
I succumbed. I love marmite and what’s not to like about Elton John?
August 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I succumbed. I love marmite and what’s not to like about Elton John?
Bristol balloons. Not my photos by from Bristol Live and too nice not to share
August 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Bristol balloons. Not my photos by from Bristol Live and too nice not to share
Yikes! Thought Od seen this online before but maybe there really are lots of horror places like this. Must do better
someone posted a picture of the park on their newbuild housing estate and what on earth are we doing
August 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Yikes! Thought Od seen this online before but maybe there really are lots of horror places like this. Must do better
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It is 2025, and business lobby groups are finally realising that foot (pedal) traffic leads to more business than car parking on the main/high street
It’s REALLY important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against downtown bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of the evidence that they are better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Bike-lanes mean business.
Bike-lanes mean business.
August 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It is 2025, and business lobby groups are finally realising that foot (pedal) traffic leads to more business than car parking on the main/high street
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“Toderian, Vancouver’s former planning chief, has identified a 3-part formula for child-friendly downtowns.”
“Housing is most critical: Without [2 & 3-bedroom apartments], it’s ‘game-over’ for families in downtowns, he says.”
Downtowns need “new crowds,” aka more people, via Bloomberg.
“Housing is most critical: Without [2 & 3-bedroom apartments], it’s ‘game-over’ for families in downtowns, he says.”
Downtowns need “new crowds,” aka more people, via Bloomberg.
Struggling Downtowns Are Looking to Lure New Crowds
Traditional business districts in cities like Chicago and Portland are still waiting for office workers to return. Can younger residents and families fill the gap?
www.bloomberg.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“Toderian, Vancouver’s former planning chief, has identified a 3-part formula for child-friendly downtowns.”
“Housing is most critical: Without [2 & 3-bedroom apartments], it’s ‘game-over’ for families in downtowns, he says.”
Downtowns need “new crowds,” aka more people, via Bloomberg.
“Housing is most critical: Without [2 & 3-bedroom apartments], it’s ‘game-over’ for families in downtowns, he says.”
Downtowns need “new crowds,” aka more people, via Bloomberg.
I need a badge for blackberry picking and sloes that sit in the freezer waiting to make gin one day
I don't want to romanticise the rural past, but every year I spend the months of August to October shaking down every hedgerow I can find and no-one ever gives me a badge!
@themerl.bsky.social
@themerl.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I need a badge for blackberry picking and sloes that sit in the freezer waiting to make gin one day
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nothing beats a Jet 2 holiday - but if it could, it would be The Museum of English Rural Life
July 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
nothing beats a Jet 2 holiday - but if it could, it would be The Museum of English Rural Life