Purple Mouse
@purplemouse.bsky.social
Wurzel • Canuck • Norfolker
Biomedical Science Support Worker.
Very mature student, hoping to become a Biomedical Scientist.
I cycle for transport with a helmet camera.
I don’t eat animals.
Biomedical Science Support Worker.
Very mature student, hoping to become a Biomedical Scientist.
I cycle for transport with a helmet camera.
I don’t eat animals.
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Aideen’s story has sparked an overwhelming response, showing the real impact that pavement parking has on people’s daily lives across the UK.
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
Woman calls for pavement parking ban after falling out wheelchair on school run
Aideen Blackborough was left lying in the road after being forced to manoeuvre her way around a vehicle blocking the pavement in Great Barr
www.birminghammail.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Aideen’s story has sparked an overwhelming response, showing the real impact that pavement parking has on people’s daily lives across the UK.
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
This is why we are campaigning to end pavement parking.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/shaken-birmingham-woman-calls-pavement-32904943
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Looking for unique #Christmas gifts?
You might like my prints, homewares, cards and T-shirts inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture
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You might like my prints, homewares, cards and T-shirts inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-gi...
Christmas Gift Guide | Gail Myerscough
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift?
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November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Looking for unique #Christmas gifts?
You might like my prints, homewares, cards and T-shirts inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-gi...
You might like my prints, homewares, cards and T-shirts inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas-gi...
I miss the Wellington carnival so much!
The Somerset carnival circuit is one of the most underrated pieces of iconic British culture. Only when I moved away did I realise the rest of the country doesn't get to enjoy eccentric, OTT, lit up to the heavens, carnival floats crawling round town on a cold November night.
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I miss the Wellington carnival so much!
There seems to be a trend for some male cyclists to pull in front of a female cyclist in an ASL with the assumption that we will be slower than them. Stop it.
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
There seems to be a trend for some male cyclists to pull in front of a female cyclist in an ASL with the assumption that we will be slower than them. Stop it.
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Right then. It's mid-November and if you're thinking about #Christmas shopping, now's the time. All my products are designed here in Manchester and made in the UK.
Shop's open gailmyerscough.co.uk
Shop's open gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Right then. It's mid-November and if you're thinking about #Christmas shopping, now's the time. All my products are designed here in Manchester and made in the UK.
Shop's open gailmyerscough.co.uk
Shop's open gailmyerscough.co.uk
I cycle in a way to maximise my safety, not the convenience of motorists.
If motorists try to intimidate me into changing this I will assume they are an arsehole and THEN I will cycle in a way that may inconvenience them.
If motorists try to intimidate me into changing this I will assume they are an arsehole and THEN I will cycle in a way that may inconvenience them.
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I cycle in a way to maximise my safety, not the convenience of motorists.
If motorists try to intimidate me into changing this I will assume they are an arsehole and THEN I will cycle in a way that may inconvenience them.
If motorists try to intimidate me into changing this I will assume they are an arsehole and THEN I will cycle in a way that may inconvenience them.
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Anyone committing any driving offence should have their licence removed immediately and be forced to take a theory test before its given back. They're obviously not familiar with the law or the rules of the Highway Code so need to be reminded.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Anyone committing any driving offence should have their licence removed immediately and be forced to take a theory test before its given back. They're obviously not familiar with the law or the rules of the Highway Code so need to be reminded.
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Rain falling on leaves is a much nicer sound than rain falling on water or concrete.
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Rain falling on leaves is a much nicer sound than rain falling on water or concrete.
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From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
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Time to remove the 'No Ball Games' signs in built up areas and let kids play games together in the community.
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Time to remove the 'No Ball Games' signs in built up areas and let kids play games together in the community.
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Language matters. Asylum seekers live in appalling conditions but the buildings are described as "hotels". Members of the Royal family live a life of luxury and privilege but their homes are often called "cottage" or "lodge". Why not just describe things accurately?
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Language matters. Asylum seekers live in appalling conditions but the buildings are described as "hotels". Members of the Royal family live a life of luxury and privilege but their homes are often called "cottage" or "lodge". Why not just describe things accurately?
The results are in and I have a 1st class degree in Biomedical Science.
I celebrated by staying 3 hours late at work, and then having chips with my boys.
I celebrated by staying 3 hours late at work, and then having chips with my boys.
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The results are in and I have a 1st class degree in Biomedical Science.
I celebrated by staying 3 hours late at work, and then having chips with my boys.
I celebrated by staying 3 hours late at work, and then having chips with my boys.
Feeling very anxious about the world, and wishing there was somewhere to hide from it all.
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Feeling very anxious about the world, and wishing there was somewhere to hide from it all.
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Busy day in the studio with Pete!
Fancy giving us more to do? My online shop is full of bold and colourful designs and loads of Christmas present ideas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Fancy giving us more to do? My online shop is full of bold and colourful designs and loads of Christmas present ideas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Busy day in the studio with Pete!
Fancy giving us more to do? My online shop is full of bold and colourful designs and loads of Christmas present ideas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Fancy giving us more to do? My online shop is full of bold and colourful designs and loads of Christmas present ideas.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
This is why my back and legs were hurting at work this weekend, giving an “Oof” every time I bent over to open an incubator. But it was worth it!
A section of cycle path on the Purple Pedalway had become badly overgrown. We asked Norfolk County Council to clear it but they only did half a job, so we spent two hours yesterday clearing back the vegetation properly.
It was hard work but satisfying. We shouldn’t need to do this.
It was hard work but satisfying. We shouldn’t need to do this.
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is why my back and legs were hurting at work this weekend, giving an “Oof” every time I bent over to open an incubator. But it was worth it!
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This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
Looking out the window at work and seeing the steady stream of cars containing one person who will run around the park for 30-45 mins, then drive home again.
I’m afraid I just don’t get it.
I’m afraid I just don’t get it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Looking out the window at work and seeing the steady stream of cars containing one person who will run around the park for 30-45 mins, then drive home again.
I’m afraid I just don’t get it.
I’m afraid I just don’t get it.
My colleague arrived 10 minutes late for her midday shift, apparently because of traffic and then had to drive around for a parking space. She lives on my route to work - about 2 miles closer. She’s also on a direct bus route. She gets no sympathy from me!
During covid with minimal traffic I could cycle to work in 22 minutes. Today it took me 30 as I was continually stuck behind single occupancy cars.
It’s not cyclists who hold motorists up - it’s motorists.
It’s not cyclists who hold motorists up - it’s motorists.
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My colleague arrived 10 minutes late for her midday shift, apparently because of traffic and then had to drive around for a parking space. She lives on my route to work - about 2 miles closer. She’s also on a direct bus route. She gets no sympathy from me!
Yes!
Yep. Pet hate is drivers anxiously rushing to get past you only to immediately brake as they join a queue of traffic, usually slowing or blocking your path in the process.
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Yes!
During covid with minimal traffic I could cycle to work in 22 minutes. Today it took me 30 as I was continually stuck behind single occupancy cars.
It’s not cyclists who hold motorists up - it’s motorists.
It’s not cyclists who hold motorists up - it’s motorists.
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
During covid with minimal traffic I could cycle to work in 22 minutes. Today it took me 30 as I was continually stuck behind single occupancy cars.
It’s not cyclists who hold motorists up - it’s motorists.
It’s not cyclists who hold motorists up - it’s motorists.
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Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
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Imagine your kids asking what you did in the face of the rise of fascism and you can’t even tell them that you stopped using a website. Pathetic.
November 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Imagine your kids asking what you did in the face of the rise of fascism and you can’t even tell them that you stopped using a website. Pathetic.
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This. A thousand times this.
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This. A thousand times this.