DeadDogBlog

My planned blog about cycle advocacy strategies has been hijacked by computer malfunction and the need to write to my councillors.   So I...

London's announcement seems to have rekindled the debate (on forums, blogs , twitter and even in the comments on my last blog pos t) abo...

Reading Boris' vision for cycling in London was a revelation.  Not because I believe it will all happen, or that funding's in place...

What does it take to make cyclists happy? Dropped kerbs. Photo courtesy of chdot via flickr Honestly. You think that sounds silly?...

Our first trip with the trailer. Picking strawberries to jam. Most of the time, I'm fending off comments about how 'brave' ...

I'm delighted that journals are using social media to promote journal articles.  It's a brilliant idea.  @T&F_Africa is real...

I know I'm not the only one who gets frustrated seeing people chuck huge amounts of cardboard or other recyclable stuff into ...

Is there an award for most pointless council expenditure of the year? If so, I'd like to nominate the pot-hole patching on North Meadow...

Readers of the Guardian's science blog have been told that " Hiding your research behind a paywall is immoral" .  The writer,...

. With anti-road campaigns back on the media agenda this week, it seems a good time for this post.... When I was in my final years o...

You'd be forgiven for thinking that Edinburgh doesn't grit or clear cyclepaths, Even the best used ones have been covered in thick l...

Spot the bodge job.  All four of 'em.  Are you wondering what on earth I'm on about? OR, what planet  childseat manufacturers ar...

With the 6 cyclist deaths on our roads this week, and Wiggin's and Sutton's crashes, a lot of unlikely allies seem to have joined ...

Every busy mom needs a tandem. I'd say that it was the SUV of bikes but that wouldn't convey the freedom that a tandem gives. An SU...

Small Mr B acquired a toddlebike late this summer.  As you can see opposite, a toddlebike is a small plastic ride-on toy.  He is very fond...

Some very patient admin people at uni are chasing me for 'course monitoring forms'. These are reports where we sum up our teaching f...

I've got to write about the school run again. All easy-peasy today. Nice tandem run, not too late. Dropped girl off, toodled down to t...

Friend/neighbour got hit and run by a Tesco's van today. By some amazing luck he is okay (and so was his bike). He found the van and ca...

I was given the CFA note above by Nathaneal and his comrades, who I met on my flight to Nairobi. They  had left Cote d'Ivoire the ...

I've been meaning to write about ASLs for a while. Now, there's a wee debate about them on-line and it seems a a good time to weigh...