Journalist, author of Potholes and Pavements, cohost of @podstreetsahead.bsky.social
https://lauralaker.substack.com
Laura Laker
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Some thoughts, following today's cycling and walking investment strategy (CWIS3) launch, on the power of small things that together make something big
We're gonna need a bigger (water)butt
The "no trumpets" sign on the Barbican's pedestrian walkways is a new one on me
Uncanny...
Free subscription to my Substack for the first person who can guess the movie whose small character I accidentally channeled this week 😆
Water butt update: 37 litres collected overnight!
With apologies to two woodlice whose home I submerged briefly...I did manage to fish everyone out, unharmed.
Also remembered how to calculate a volume using Pi, with some prompting. Wins all round
New news
[Cycling and walking update]
Following news posted by @peterwalker99.bsky.social and @lauralaker.bsky.social yesterday, the Third Walking and Cycling Investment Strategy was posted overnight: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Also...
It's about 3 weeks until our AGM, and we're super excited to welcome special guest speaker @lauralaker.bsky.social to talk "People Power"! Unlike certain radio hosts, we also promise not to turn her mic off 🫣
Refreshments provided. RSVP: newhamcyclists.uk/agm26
Cities' abundant hard surfaces funnel rainfall quickly into drains and sewers. During a deluge, sewage can overflow into rivers. Today my local authority fitted a free water butt in my London garden. It's already busy collecting, and I'm a bit obsessed...within an hour it had this much, and rising
