Bells and Bikes
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Bells and Bikes
@bellsandbikes.bsky.social
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
The Snake Pass needs to be ready for this
January 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Snake Pass. A beautiful climb.
Great news its in the Tour de Femmes 2027 #letour #tdff Here's a taste of riding it as a closed road bellsandbikes.com/2024/09/19/s...
Snake Pass (road closed)
With access for walkers and cyclists, it was an idyllic climb, both ways. The Snake is usually a motorists race track but today it was traffic free – just the scent of pine and the sound of g…
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January 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I'm developing an interest in Wigan and the Côte de Parbold #letour #tdf #tdf2027
January 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Clitheroe, wi' its Norman castle 'n limestone outcrop, could be reyt for viewing t'Tour de France 2027 #letour #TDF2027 #tdf
January 17, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Encore une fois. Thinking about bellringing for Le Tour de France again #tdf #letour #letourfemmes Roll on July 2027
January 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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I'm so excited for the Tour de France Femmes coming to Sheffield. I hope they close Snake Pass so we can cycle up there to watch them race.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tour de France Femmes in Yorkshire 'will boost women's cycling'
The start of the annual elite women’s cycling race will take place in Yorkshire.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Excavations in Neepsend.
Cannon Brewery site.
Views from my cycle home #cycletowork
January 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Bull finish
January 8, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Will hiking boots and yak trax affect suppleness on the oche @nedboulting.bsky.social #snow #darts
January 8, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Best of both
January 5, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Winter sun
December 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Winter Wonderland.
#WorldBollardAssociation
December 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Castleford, Yorkshire, Christmas 1976, by Chris Killip. Terraced house and coal mine with a fence made of old house doors and a child looking out of the window.
December 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I'm dreaming of a bike Christmas
December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A Christmas Carol.
At The Crucible.
Fantastic performance and so relevant to our times.
December 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Bellringing for Dore Carol Service.
Dave's for a do.
Then attend Carol Service at Ecc.
Sherry after eight.
December 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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