There’s a lot of fuss in Congleton about car park charges being introduced that will ‘kill the town centre’, but a study of some local shopping areas in Bristol showed that traders overestimated how many shoppers arrived by car. They thought 41%, but in fact it was only 22% - the rest walked, cycled or [...]
Forever, it seems like, we’ve been taking our old batteries and electrical things (mainly dead printers) to Congleton’s Curry’s for recycling, but they’ve stopped taking them. The good news is that I noticed last week that Morrison’s has a battery bin by its
As Congleton train travellers know, we are badly served on Sundays, with only three trains (Northern stoppers) each way and these not until the afternoon. So the only public transport serving Congleton on Sunday mornings is
Donate now at the Disaster Emergency Commission website – funds go to 13 charities already working in the area.
Just come across a possible solution – actually one for keeping hands dry but that’s half the battle. Washing up gloves.
I’d forgotten that my 3-layer approach to fending of frostbite in
We’re brushing up on our scuttling technique that we learnt during a winter in Poland. It kept us upright on the icy pavements there, and so far it’s working here too. Just as well as having to walk
Further to my research into warm toes etc, I found a couple of useful sites yesterday. One is the Guardian’s Bike Blog for 5th and 6th Jan, where a lot of people have contributed ideas. The other is about
How do you keep your fingers and toes toasty in this weather? Not by cycling, that’s for sure. So far no-one seems to have been out clearing or gritting any but the main roads round our way (Congleton), so we’ve left the bikes in the garage (need a spade to clear the doors anyway) and [...]
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