I have a been in my bonnet about the brilliance of built in wheel locks. As we have discussed, bikes are bet for short journeys. But for short journeys, the palaver at the start and end of your journ… (View Post)

The problem is, we almost all need to drive sometimes. And so we buy a car. And because we have therefore already shelled out the largest part of the cost of driving, we drive when other modes might … (View Post)

Old Trafford is clearly the best venue on the metric of being handy for my house. But compared to other test grounds it's situation is not quite as urbane. It is between an area of town best des… (View Post)

I know where you mean. Never done that one, but I do like the climb up from the village to the edge. I was overtaken by a nine year old boy last time I went up there (in my defence, he had a much bet… (View Post)

The reason they were removed was not lack of demand for public transport, so much as it was thought that bus could do the job with less impact on the street and with more flexibility and reliability.… (View Post)