In tech circles it has been vividly apparent for some time that the bubble is about to burst. May be more of a deflation rather than a tulip-style pop but clear that much of the sector will disappear.

As well as a mention of the "Stop the child murder" campaign the 2009 film also has the Dutch cycle advocacy expert talk about "strict liability" where motorists are deemed to be at fault in any crash with a person on a cycle. I did a short on that at the time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Bq...

Auction ends tomorrow. Better link below. Hopefully there will be a bidding war at the end. 10 bidders so far, none of whom know the story I've recounted on this thread. whisky.auction/auctions/lot...

Good one.

Or have equivalent protected cycle infrastructure? (Although the film shows lots of unprotected cycling, too.)

I didn't charge for the film, but I was gifted with a boxed parliamentary bottle of single malt. Speaker Martin's Macallan has been unopened since that trip in 2009. So, I put it up for auction. Current highest bid is £400 so I'll be getting a fee after all. whisky.auction/products/det...

Several Lords were part of the group, and we also had experts with us such as transport consultant Adrian Lord. In one of the Dutch hotels, a member of staff addressed Adrian, understandably, as Lord Adrian.

In short, they don't. Nedrailways doesn't want loads of people travelling with their bikes – there are bazillons of them, remember — so they created bike hire schemes centred on rail stations. Ride to the station, hop on a train and then get a hire bike at the other end.

Interesting that the regeneration is many years behind Liverpool, London, Newcastle and many other dockland cities. Turns out to be a good thing for recycling.

There were no train delays. So, Copenhagen to Hamburg last night and Hamburg to Newcastle today all on time. Colour me surprised, and happy.

Cheekily adapting the marketing slogan of a particular beer brand made in Copenhagen, 32 miles away across the öresund Bridge, Varvsstaden AB comms manager Elin Fasth said on a site tour: “Varvsstaden is probably the most exciting neighbourhood in the world.”

One of Varvsstaden’s nine rescued brick buildings with, in the background, Malmö’s “Turning Torso” residential skyscraper designed by Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter Santiago Calatrava opened in 2005.