We've got your weekend festive listening right here 👇... Thanks for joining us at Streets Ahead Podcast for 2024 folks, and here's to another year of adventures, big and small. Some really exciting stuff in the pipeline.

For Isabella Rossellini, Acting Goes Beyond Words newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

Does anybody have more info on the occasion or the background of this bike ride?

Not on a bicycle it isn’t. There is no traffic for cyclists. You drivers collectively create the congestion you suffer from. There isn’t enough road space for everyone to drive, and cars are the most wasteful users of our public road space.

“Thames Water intentionally diverted millions of pounds pledged for environmental clean-ups towards other costs including bonuses” 🤯 This is an absolute scandal. Thames Water shouldn’t be let off the hook – they should face criminal consequences. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

We need the same in the UK.

As the sun set at 4pm & darkness began to fall, I paddled back to my mooring; the flash of light from a District Line train providing a reminder that the real world wasn’t far away from the wild, wet & muddy world of the River Roding I had been immersed in completely alone all

'They've provided shareholders with £72 billion of our money. Maybe more of that should've been spent on the sewage system.' After failing to find a river in the UK that passed all of his tests, @feargal_sharkey challenges water corporations to an on-air debate. Nick Ferrari

The UK Government has announced it’s scrapping the 2031 deadline for saving lost paths in England! If this deadline had been allowed to stay in place, thousands of paths would have been lost forever. Find out more: bit.ly/3VW2p1v @DefraGovUk #DontLoseYourWay

On this (Boxing) day of walks, some good walking/access news— c. 40,000 miles of historic rights-of-way in England & Wales have been reprieved from deletion from the “definitive map” of such paths. Great work ramblers.org.uk & other campaigners on this. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Learn Scottish Part 1

Please support the campaign for Presumed Liability. Presumed liability shifts the burden of proof to the insurance company in a collision, and is intended to compensate vulnerable road users more quickly and effectively petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7004… Bespoke Cycle Group

Our Govt ought to insist that every contact with Afghanistan's regime is through our women diplomats, women Ministers and women officials. The Taliban can speak to women or not be heard.

🌟 What a fantastic end to 2024! 🚴‍♀️ 🌟 Despite the chilly weather, Waltham Forest Cycle Sisters showed up in great numbers for our final rides of the year! ❄️ We enjoyed wonderful journeys to Victoria Park and Spitalfields Market, where coffee & treats kept us warm. ☕🍰

Local media report on thousands of collisions every year, but rarely do they join the dots and tell difficult truths on road harm. So I want to thank Birmingham Live and Graeme Brown for their reporting in 2024. It’s not easy, but it is essential. birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

We are proud to say that this year we have delivered 861 new bikes and trikes to kids living with cancer and their families 😍 Exercise and activity is proven to be the single most effective way of improving both physical and mental wellness for people surviving cancer and these

🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋 See you where the skies are currently blue and less threatening than here. I’ve mostly enjoyed my time on Twitter but when it became Twatter, time to change. 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

This seems the best place to ask: would anyone have use for Tim Cycles The Coast’s panniers? He used a front & back set up and I’m sure he’d like to know they’ve gone to a good home and facilitated someone’s future adventures. We’re not asking for money, just a donation to Mind.

No idea - we've been offline for 48 hours with no sign of help from Hyperoptic in spite of 3 phone calls. No service = compensation for lack of service ? 😡 Anyone else in N1 affected ?

Local legend diamond geezer looks at rather embarrassing stats for #SilvertownTunnel bike bus: 100-150 cyclists per day (avg <1/bus.) We feel TfL has doomed this service to failure—it finishes at 9:28pm, placing a curfew on those who don't drive. diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/06/initia…