Mark Jacobs
@markjacobs1.bsky.social
Husband 🏳️🌈& father📍Cardiff. I like all things active travel and outdoors. I will also post a lot of cycling pics. Be kind to others.
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Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
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Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change.
Streets for people are good for business.
Streets for people are good for business.
The Legal Attack on Superblock Barcelona - City Lab Barcelona
In this blog post, I attempt to unpack what this court ruling is about, the legal arguments, and who is behind it. Did the city really do something wrong? What will happen to the Consell de Cent proj...
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November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change.
Streets for people are good for business.
Streets for people are good for business.
Penarth Marina at sunrise
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Penarth Marina at sunrise
Sunrise at Penarth Pier this morning.
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Sunrise at Penarth Pier this morning.
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Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
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The footway parking ban in England consultation closed 5 years ago tomorrow. The Tories' inaction is now Labour's inaction.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Pavement parking: options for change
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The footway parking ban in England consultation closed 5 years ago tomorrow. The Tories' inaction is now Labour's inaction.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Llyn Ogwen, North Wales. 🏴 Beautiful scenes at the first hint of winter. #gogleddcymru
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Llyn Ogwen, North Wales. 🏴 Beautiful scenes at the first hint of winter. #gogleddcymru
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
On the first train out of Cardiff this morning. Cycled in and left the bike no one wants to steal at the station.
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
On the first train out of Cardiff this morning. Cycled in and left the bike no one wants to steal at the station.
Autumn sunrise on the Taff Trail, Cardiff.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Autumn sunrise on the Taff Trail, Cardiff.
Morning mist at Pontcanna Fields. Cardiff.
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Morning mist at Pontcanna Fields. Cardiff.
Cardiff Bay Barrage this morning.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Cardiff Bay Barrage this morning.
Cardiff Street art St Andrews Place/St Andrews Lane.
November 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Cardiff Street art St Andrews Place/St Andrews Lane.
Low cloud below the hill line. The pillar of the former Walnut Tree Viaduct at Taffs Well stands proud as a reminder of our industrial past in Wales.
November 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Low cloud below the hill line. The pillar of the former Walnut Tree Viaduct at Taffs Well stands proud as a reminder of our industrial past in Wales.
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It seems that very few of those in power at our councils and at the Senedd have a disability, or a family member with one, and it shows. If they had, we'd have our pavements back overnight ✍️ Stephen Price
Chasing pavements: Can we have our streets back, please?
Stephen Price Towards the end of my dad’s life, his only option to get out and about and away from the confines of his small flat and the TV screen was through the (initially very reluctant) use of a ...
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November 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It seems that very few of those in power at our councils and at the Senedd have a disability, or a family member with one, and it shows. If they had, we'd have our pavements back overnight ✍️ Stephen Price
Car brain at its worst
Plea to respect funeral processions after road rage crash www.bbc.com/news/article...
Plea to respect funeral processions after road rage crash www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pontyclun: Road rage at funeral corteges 'happening weekly'
www.bbc.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Car brain at its worst
Plea to respect funeral processions after road rage crash www.bbc.com/news/article...
Plea to respect funeral processions after road rage crash www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sunday sunrise at George Street Bridge, Newport, Gwent.
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Sunday sunrise at George Street Bridge, Newport, Gwent.
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Some graffiti has appeared on the Reform UK office in Caerphilly.
Following a by election last week which Reform lost someone has written “now you can fuck off home”.
Reform had made immigration a key issue in by election.
These pictures are the copyright of Matthew Horwood.
Following a by election last week which Reform lost someone has written “now you can fuck off home”.
Reform had made immigration a key issue in by election.
These pictures are the copyright of Matthew Horwood.
October 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Some graffiti has appeared on the Reform UK office in Caerphilly.
Following a by election last week which Reform lost someone has written “now you can fuck off home”.
Reform had made immigration a key issue in by election.
These pictures are the copyright of Matthew Horwood.
Following a by election last week which Reform lost someone has written “now you can fuck off home”.
Reform had made immigration a key issue in by election.
These pictures are the copyright of Matthew Horwood.
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That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.
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Lindsay Whittle has won the Caerphilly Senedd by-election for Plaid Cymru, defeating Labour in one of its strongholds
Breaking News: Plaid Cymru wins Caerphilly Senedd by-election
Lindsay Whittle has won the Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election for Plaid Cymru, defeating Labour in one of its strongholds. The by-election was called following the sudden death of Hefin David, w...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Lindsay Whittle has won the Caerphilly Senedd by-election for Plaid Cymru, defeating Labour in one of its strongholds