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Adrian McEwen<p>This week&#39;s <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> group social ride took in the Gaza protest at Lime Street, but also passed by the Mini Roads in Everton Park, so we all had a play on that before heading down to the river, along to the Festival Gardens and back through Prince&#39;s Park.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>The road from Formby to the Cheshire Lines rail-trail is closed to through-traffic (I think the bridge over the old railway needs work they can&#39;t be bothered to do) so the local hares are getting used to mostly having it to themselves.</p><p>It was still really warm last night for a lovely ~40 mile loop out on the Cheshire Lines and back along the coast.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Formby" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Formby</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> &quot;event booking&quot; system is super lightweight. Someone posts a message like &quot;Anyone riding tonight? 6pm at the Bikiosk&quot; in the WhatsApp group and attendees react to that with 👍 </p><p>It&#39;s more of a &quot;don&#39;t go without me&quot; than a mandatory requirement; it&#39;s a very relaxed affair.</p><p>Last night there were five 👍s on my announcement.</p><p>As you can (just about 🤣 ) see from the video, the good weather and promise of beer garden brought out a few more!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Spent the evening experimenting with camera angles and filming options on bike with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://does.social/@Styles" class="u-url mention">@<span>Styles</span></a></span> </p><p>Took a slightly longer route home to chat more, as it was a lovely cool summer night, great for riding. Got a bit of video as I came through Prince&#39;s Park</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/NightRider" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NightRider</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Glorious weather last night for a <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/JoyRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JoyRide</span></a> around Liverpool.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/PierHead" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PierHead</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Friday night&#39;s <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/JoyRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JoyRide</span></a> was a (rare) men-only edition. Our route took in Anfield, and we paid our respects to Diogo Jota (many, many fans were there doing the same).</p><p>The ride ended at Everton Community Garden where they were having an open evening and barbecue</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>The abandoned Newsham Park orphanage and an allotment wind turbine silhouetted against an unusually bright midnight sky, from the floodlights at Anfield for the Lana del Rey concert.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/NewshamPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NewshamPark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Not mowing the verge makes the segregated cyclepath along the East Lancs dual carriageway much nicer.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Last night the <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> headed east. We&#39;ve not done the Croxteth-Kirkby-Fazakerley loop for ages, it&#39;s a great mix of countryside and urban riding.</p><p>Got escorted through West Derby by a gang of lads on mountain bikes, who were loving it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Last night the <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> went to the beach. As Formby is a bit further than our usual Friday night rides, we collected people at a couple of stations en route.</p><p>Alicja led the route. Vinny brought the tunes. Others brought refreshments and snacks. James brought a camping stove and bacon butty ingredients!</p><p>Some went for a swim. Some of us just hung out and minded the bikes.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>beach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sunset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Formby" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Formby</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Merseyside" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Merseyside</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Farm country.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Bickerstaffe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bickerstaffe</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>A field sown with wildflowers, between Maghull and Netherton</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bloomscrolling</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>A bit of video from Friday&#39;s <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/JoyRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JoyRide</span></a>. We were over the water this week, starting in Port Sunlight and wending our way through the Wirral interior before popping out onto the coast at Leasowe. Then pad thai cooked by a Thai member of our gang at the new Hype Urban Cycles hub in New Brighton.</p><p>Then back home along the river on the prom to Birkenhead and a ride through the tunnel.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADzwgV4OklQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=ADzwgV4OklQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Wirral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wirral</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Friday night&#39;s <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> ride took a route past Goodison Park to commemorate the end of men&#39;s football there.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Everton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Everton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/EFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EFC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>End of an era. Fans heading home after Everton&#39;s win in the last (men&#39;s) game at Goodison Park.</p><p>(A few hours after full-time, so I suspect there&#39;d been some post-match send-offs in the pub 😁)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Everton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Everton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/EFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EFC</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Found a new route over to Formby. Only a couple of miles different from other regular ones, but nice to connect things up.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Over the water for last night&#39;s <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> ride. Ferry to Seacombe, rode up the river through parks and industrial estates to the Tap at Eastham Ferry (a real bikers pub, but the sort with engines, they were mostly amused by a pack of acoustic bikes turning up); then back to Birkenhead for the train under the river and home.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Wirral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wirral</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/MerseyShipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MerseyShipping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/ship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ship</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>We often get folk joining in when they encounter us on our <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FolkRidingBikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolkRidingBikes</span></a> group social rides, but Friday&#39;s was the first on a penny farthing!!!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/PennyFarthing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PennyFarthing</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>This viewpoint is off to the edge of Everton Brow compared to the standard one, but you get a nicer view of the city centre.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>The view from the soundsystem bike on tonight&#39;s <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/JoyRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JoyRide</span></a>. Excellent fun as ever.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Liverpool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/InTheSaddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InTheSaddle</span></a></p>
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