Spencer
@plotfolk.bsky.social
Searcher of the abundant joy in the small things. #CargoBike ⚡📦🚲 rider and a hardworking pedestrian 🚶. Plot experimenter. Knows a bit about woodworking. Hoping #ActiveTravel is one day just called "travel" Shrewsbury UK.
🚌 Shrewsbury Park & Ride now runs into the evening - not as a trial this time, but yes, permanently! Buses from Oxon and Harlescott now run until around 9.50pm. Check the full schedule here: https://ow.ly/wylR5104ASI
At present we know very little about what's out there on our strategic road network for walking and cycling, so I'm excited to announce a new project and a new fellowship - investigating active travel provision in and around England's major roads lauralaker.substack.com/p/investigat...
Investigating walking and cycling provision on England’s major roads
Announcing my latest project - and my first fellowship!
lauralaker.substack.com
Nearly 30,000 people were killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads last year. That should shape where police focus, not the latest outrage. It’s time to push the facts to the front. By me in The Spectator: spectator.com/article/its-...
It’s time to stop demonising cyclists
There’s been plenty of outrage against cyclists recently. Last week, after Oxford Street in London was pedestrianised, a small number of people broke the rules by cycling down the traffic-free section...
spectator.com
We were delighted to be interviewed by industry title,BikeBiz, on the 10th anniversary of our first order. The #CycletoWork industry has come a long way since GCI launched its no limits scheme model, making the scheme fairer for everyone. #greencommute content.yudu.com/web/69r/0A44...
Last chance to email in your answers - closes at midnight tonight
Netherton Foundry@nethertonfoundry.bsky.social · 3w agoWith thanks to Wylde Market we have a £100 gift voucher to give away with one of our Compact Roasting Trays. Follow us, share this post and then find entry details here www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/competitions
l’ve had no orders for my nature jewellery.I know they seem expensive but silver for each costs >£70-I can’t charge £0 for several hrs’ making time on each.They’re casts of real flowers incl snowdrop & tiny silver sculptures of birds.A RT would really help just now,ty x: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
I wish I had this new data when I wrote this only a few weeks ago: cyclingindustry.news/could-uk-cyc... Cycle tourism is massive for any economy that invests in it seriously:
Road sweeper truck just came down our street to sweep leaves 🍂 from the gutters so they don’t block the drains and cause flooding of the roads. Found it to be a permanent car park as usual so has had to go away again. Of course it’s probably the Councils fault 🤷🤪
Meet Will, the Cambridge plumber who gets to many of his jobs by e-cargo bike. Will founded Veloplumb in 2023, with a simple idea: many plumbing jobs don’t need a van full of equipment. 'I really believe in it, it boosts mental health to be outdoors, exercising and of course doing some plumbing!
Stormy weather calls for cups of tea and comfort. The wind has blown the last of our apples from their branches, so this honey, apple and poppy seed cake recipe by Rachel Roddy provides balm as we are battered. www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ma... www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/baking-tins/...
Our loveliest of towns, Shrewsbury, has picked up 4 awards at the 2026 Heart of England in Bloom, including one for the Dingle, the RHS Gold for Small City, Overall Small City & 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 – 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣! 💐💐
I wrote a thing about one of my projects and could do with some help... We're pretty much giving stuff away at this point. Might be of interest to some of you, or someone you know.
Times are Changing - Single Use Alternatives
Back in the summer of 2019 we launched our new business. Our aim was to help small businesses and individuals have access to the then new alternatives to single use plastic disposables. We bought in b...
singleusealternatives.co.uk
🌳 Riverside Gardens is now open! 🌳 You can now explore Shrewsbury's newest play area, the open space and climbing boulder, built from English stone - including locally quarried Grinshill sandstone. The park also creates a new route from Frankwell to Raven Meadows and back.
Over a year on, and it looks like Blue Diamond Percy Throwers Shrewsbury are not wanting my business still. 😢
Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · last yr.Always check the cycle racks before and after you've locked up. Especially the shiny chunky ones.
As someone whose relatives have fallen and broken limbs from uneven damaged pavements, I hate that this has become so normalised. Why is everyone so impatient now? 🚗🚌🚚 Ironically I’m on a bike and we always get accused on cycling on pavements, but reality says different.
This from Shrewsbury's Residents Association traffic policy. How did people cope before cars?! I for one can't sleep without my passing traffic security blanket.
