I’ve contributed to magazine and online columns since 2021, when I wrote a monthly column for Cycling Plus magazine, which lasted until January 2025.
Since then I’ve run my own Substack page, which has a growing following of readers. It’s called Potholes and Pavements, and you can find it here.
In each instalment, I tried to shine a light on the maddening hurdles and hypocrisy everyday cycling is up against and how it’s fighting back.
Harry Tennant beautifully illustrated my columns…
HOW CAN WE GET MORE KIDS RIDING TO SCHOOL?
Schools are well and truly back – and with them the dreaded school-run traffic. The car is the usual means of travel to school for a third of kids, and makes up about 27% of rush hour traffic in London. According to the AA, only 20% of schools encourage cycling, often because of safety fears.
Growing up in rural Somerset, I dreamt of riding my bike to school, but three miles of narrow, winding country road, much of it national speed limit, stood in the way. There was nothing wrong with the school bus, but I was missing out on the many benefits of riding my bike. Read on from Cycling Plus’ website…
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