Bernard the Badger
@thebadgerpuncheur.bsky.social
MTB, gravel and road bike rider. Avid bicycle race watcher. Occasional snowboard turner. Art dabbler. 🇺🇦🇬🇧🏳️⚧️
Visual representation of the water loss perhaps - same reservoir 2014 to 2022. Embalse de los Bermejales, Andalusia. Insane.
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Visual representation of the water loss perhaps - same reservoir 2014 to 2022. Embalse de los Bermejales, Andalusia. Insane.
What you looking at!? You looking’ at me!?
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
What you looking at!? You looking’ at me!?
Last week it was blazing Spanish sunsets and a final hurrah for Vitamin D topping up. This week dull and drizzly - battening down for British winter. Roll on spring 😃
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Last week it was blazing Spanish sunsets and a final hurrah for Vitamin D topping up. This week dull and drizzly - battening down for British winter. Roll on spring 😃
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families
Gino Bartali - Cyclist. WW2 resistance.
October 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Gino Bartali - Cyclist. WW2 resistance.
Shaded woodland. And twisting singletrack. Love this sort of riding. Combined with some wonderful chalky upland drove roads with great views. And so peaceful!
August 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Shaded woodland. And twisting singletrack. Love this sort of riding. Combined with some wonderful chalky upland drove roads with great views. And so peaceful!
Was tempted to buy this riding shirt recently. Now I’m definitely gonna press buy, as apparently it’ll stop me being abused by impatient, entitled drivists. And it’s bloody awesome, so that’s a bonus too.
August 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Was tempted to buy this riding shirt recently. Now I’m definitely gonna press buy, as apparently it’ll stop me being abused by impatient, entitled drivists. And it’s bloody awesome, so that’s a bonus too.
Just [email protected] and David Walsh and a shared love of the Tour. So looking forward to reading this.
(25 pages in - I needed a 5 minute work break, honest boss! - couldn’t resist, and so far, so wonderful).
(25 pages in - I needed a 5 minute work break, honest boss! - couldn’t resist, and so far, so wonderful).
July 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Just [email protected] and David Walsh and a shared love of the Tour. So looking forward to reading this.
(25 pages in - I needed a 5 minute work break, honest boss! - couldn’t resist, and so far, so wonderful).
(25 pages in - I needed a 5 minute work break, honest boss! - couldn’t resist, and so far, so wonderful).
132km. 20 ribinoù sectors (gravelly, rocky farm tracks). Just over 4 and a quarter hours of tough riding around the Breton countryside. Hard but rewarding! #trobroleon challenge.
May 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
132km. 20 ribinoù sectors (gravelly, rocky farm tracks). Just over 4 and a quarter hours of tough riding around the Breton countryside. Hard but rewarding! #trobroleon challenge.
Cycling in Almería is a wee bit different to the U.K. It’s a game of spot the car. Once in the mountains and onto the back roads it’s 1 or 2 per hour. Heaven.
April 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Cycling in Almería is a wee bit different to the U.K. It’s a game of spot the car. Once in the mountains and onto the back roads it’s 1 or 2 per hour. Heaven.
Not at this year’s Paris Roubaix, so here’s a throwback to 2018, Mons en Pévèle sector - World Champ Peter Sagan on his gold Specialized.
April 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Not at this year’s Paris Roubaix, so here’s a throwback to 2018, Mons en Pévèle sector - World Champ Peter Sagan on his gold Specialized.
Lovely little walk this evening. Refreshingly cold & crisp with a blush of orange in the sky.
January 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Lovely little walk this evening. Refreshingly cold & crisp with a blush of orange in the sky.
Topping up on Vitamin D. Glorious cold beach walk.
January 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Topping up on Vitamin D. Glorious cold beach walk.
This is what climate change with lack of rain/snow and resultant drought look like. Photos of a reservoir near Granada, Spain taken 8 years apart. Normally filled with snow melt and winter rains, ever warmer winters and lack of precipitation has left it but a puddle.
January 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is what climate change with lack of rain/snow and resultant drought look like. Photos of a reservoir near Granada, Spain taken 8 years apart. Normally filled with snow melt and winter rains, ever warmer winters and lack of precipitation has left it but a puddle.
First event of 2025 booked. Tro Bro Leon sportive here I come!
January 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
First event of 2025 booked. Tro Bro Leon sportive here I come!
Random picture alert. A heron just chilling on the bank of the river Thames as I stroll past.
December 28, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Random picture alert. A heron just chilling on the bank of the river Thames as I stroll past.
Ride starting and finishing through Longleat estate. Murky, muddy and lumpy and pretty chilly at times - but 1st ride towards 2025 goals. #cycling
December 14, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Ride starting and finishing through Longleat estate. Murky, muddy and lumpy and pretty chilly at times - but 1st ride towards 2025 goals. #cycling
Damp. Misty. But loved it. Nice 40 miles around the New Forest on super quiet roads and gravel.
November 30, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Damp. Misty. But loved it. Nice 40 miles around the New Forest on super quiet roads and gravel.
Marco Pantani portrait as he wins a stage while wearing Pink in the 1998 Giro d’Italia.
November 28, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Marco Pantani portrait as he wins a stage while wearing Pink in the 1998 Giro d’Italia.
Looking forward to the Classics already! But in the mean time remembering some classic spring races of past seasons. Retro bike race Saturday. La Flèche Wallone 1994. Gewiss Ballan crushed it.
Gorgeous De Rosa bikes, Campagnolo gears and Shamal wheels, classy blue kit. I wanted a De Rosa so bad!
Gorgeous De Rosa bikes, Campagnolo gears and Shamal wheels, classy blue kit. I wanted a De Rosa so bad!
November 23, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Looking forward to the Classics already! But in the mean time remembering some classic spring races of past seasons. Retro bike race Saturday. La Flèche Wallone 1994. Gewiss Ballan crushed it.
Gorgeous De Rosa bikes, Campagnolo gears and Shamal wheels, classy blue kit. I wanted a De Rosa so bad!
Gorgeous De Rosa bikes, Campagnolo gears and Shamal wheels, classy blue kit. I wanted a De Rosa so bad!
An unexpected snow day today. Dusting in the local woods this morning before the afternoon melt!
November 21, 2024 at 6:17 PM
An unexpected snow day today. Dusting in the local woods this morning before the afternoon melt!
Didn’t have one 🙂↕️ But was allowed to play games on my Dad’s! Yeah! 😃
November 17, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Didn’t have one 🙂↕️ But was allowed to play games on my Dad’s! Yeah! 😃
A few hours of gentle riding around the coast near Fareham with my Bro. Then lazy for the rest of the day. Bliss!
November 17, 2024 at 9:53 PM
A few hours of gentle riding around the coast near Fareham with my Bro. Then lazy for the rest of the day. Bliss!
Digging through some of my past cycling photos and rediscovered this one of Sir Wiggo at the Vuelta, resplendent in Brit Champs jersey. Finish was at the Sierra Nevada (Pradollano) ski resort if I remember correctly.
November 15, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Digging through some of my past cycling photos and rediscovered this one of Sir Wiggo at the Vuelta, resplendent in Brit Champs jersey. Finish was at the Sierra Nevada (Pradollano) ski resort if I remember correctly.