Richard Fairhurst
@richardfairhurst.bsky.social
Building the world’s best bike directions at cycle.travel
Very sorry to hear of the death of Terry Darlington, the endearing nutcase who took his narrowboat across the Channel (and various other entirely unsuitable places) as chronicled in ‘Narrow Dog to Carcassonne’.
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Very sorry to hear of the death of Terry Darlington, the endearing nutcase who took his narrowboat across the Channel (and various other entirely unsuitable places) as chronicled in ‘Narrow Dog to Carcassonne’.
They are just so hilariously bad at this. “You’re not going to get the change you want by voting for the populist left.” Well you sure as heck aren’t getting it now having voted Labour, so why not try the Greens?
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
They are just so hilariously bad at this. “You’re not going to get the change you want by voting for the populist left.” Well you sure as heck aren’t getting it now having voted Labour, so why not try the Greens?
Given that our local River Learning Trust primary has got through five heads in five years, I’m not convinced they need any help from the congestion charge for staff to start leaving
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Given that our local River Learning Trust primary has got through five heads in five years, I’m not convinced they need any help from the congestion charge for staff to start leaving
Headed out on the Bike Friday to explore some bridleways around Oxford.
October 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Headed out on the Bike Friday to explore some bridleways around Oxford.
“Get in, loser, we're founding a college”
September 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“Get in, loser, we're founding a college”
neatly illustrating w3w’s complete unsuitability for anything at all
September 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
neatly illustrating w3w’s complete unsuitability for anything at all
AI instant answers have their uses but “is it safe to cycle across Sudan right now” is probably not one of them
September 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
AI instant answers have their uses but “is it safe to cycle across Sudan right now” is probably not one of them
what3words is pivoting to AI to save their floundering business model and it makes NO SENSE. If "AI voice chat" can book you an Uber to "///frog.eats.donuts", it can also book you an Uber to "my mate Darren's house" and cut out the intermediate step of w3w coordinates what3words.com/products/pro
September 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
what3words is pivoting to AI to save their floundering business model and it makes NO SENSE. If "AI voice chat" can book you an Uber to "///frog.eats.donuts", it can also book you an Uber to "my mate Darren's house" and cut out the intermediate step of w3w coordinates what3words.com/products/pro
And the New Statesman printed my letter!
August 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
And the New Statesman printed my letter!
In a bunkhouse in St Briavels in the Wye Valley. Local lad Herbert Howells wrote a (very obscure) hymn tune called St Briavels and, well, it would be a shame not to
August 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In a bunkhouse in St Briavels in the Wye Valley. Local lad Herbert Howells wrote a (very obscure) hymn tune called St Briavels and, well, it would be a shame not to
On a public footpath high up the Wye valley side and I am absolutely baffled how it got there #cantparktheremate
August 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On a public footpath high up the Wye valley side and I am absolutely baffled how it got there #cantparktheremate
There’s a literal railway station here with 300,000 passengers a year you absolute halfwit www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
August 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
There’s a literal railway station here with 300,000 passengers a year you absolute halfwit www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
I realise Apple have fixed the “ducking” issue, but I’m in a pub in the orbit of the Black Country and the phone will _not_ autocomplete “faggot”
July 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I realise Apple have fixed the “ducking” issue, but I’m in a pub in the orbit of the Black Country and the phone will _not_ autocomplete “faggot”
I just verified my age by recognising Happy Mondays-style typography on the signwriting of a passing boat and getting a thumbs up from the owner
July 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I just verified my age by recognising Happy Mondays-style typography on the signwriting of a passing boat and getting a thumbs up from the owner
Komoot is now trying to get casual users to subscribe for £4.99 a week. Week. Not month. (Screenshot via Reddit.)
July 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Komoot is now trying to get casual users to subscribe for £4.99 a week. Week. Not month. (Screenshot via Reddit.)
@badlyparkedox.bsky.social S3 bus delayed in Charlbury by 15 minutes once again while the driver inched past this car parked on double yellows, carefully beckoned on by the regulars at the Rose & Crown
(OH: “we’ll get you through here mate, I’ve only had two pints of Stella”)
(OH: “we’ll get you through here mate, I’ve only had two pints of Stella”)
June 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
@badlyparkedox.bsky.social S3 bus delayed in Charlbury by 15 minutes once again while the driver inched past this car parked on double yellows, carefully beckoned on by the regulars at the Rose & Crown
(OH: “we’ll get you through here mate, I’ve only had two pints of Stella”)
(OH: “we’ll get you through here mate, I’ve only had two pints of Stella”)
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
June 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
Nicholsons Waterway Guides, the definitive UK canal/river guides for 50 years, have begun using OpenStreetMap mapping. Previously they were Ordnance Survey
June 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Nicholsons Waterway Guides, the definitive UK canal/river guides for 50 years, have begun using OpenStreetMap mapping. Previously they were Ordnance Survey
These are kind of nice, but I’d love a tube map which was geographically accurate in the city centre (for walking distances), Beck-style in the suburbs (for compactness). Apparently there was an unofficial one in the 80s but I’ve never been able to find it. tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/tfl-lau...
May 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
These are kind of nice, but I’d love a tube map which was geographically accurate in the city centre (for walking distances), Beck-style in the suburbs (for compactness). Apparently there was an unofficial one in the 80s but I’ve never been able to find it. tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/tfl-lau...
OpenStreetMap once again fulfilling Tony Wilson’s definition of praxis: "doing something, and then only afterwards, finding out why you did it" www.theverge.com/games/672035...
May 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
OpenStreetMap once again fulfilling Tony Wilson’s definition of praxis: "doing something, and then only afterwards, finding out why you did it" www.theverge.com/games/672035...
Not so sure there are many trains at this station though
(hum yourself a medley of the Harry Potter theme and the SNCF jingle)
(hum yourself a medley of the Harry Potter theme and the SNCF jingle)
May 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Not so sure there are many trains at this station though
(hum yourself a medley of the Harry Potter theme and the SNCF jingle)
(hum yourself a medley of the Harry Potter theme and the SNCF jingle)
I do like a good bridge, and this is a VERY good bridge
May 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I do like a good bridge, and this is a VERY good bridge
Cycling in France. Today was day 3 (started in Tours, currently just outside Thiviers). It’s a delight… as it always is.
May 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Cycling in France. Today was day 3 (started in Tours, currently just outside Thiviers). It’s a delight… as it always is.