Pete Swift
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Co-founder and Managing Director @planitIE @virtual_planit @standardpractice. Proud @BCorporation . Finder of brilliant people.Ride long distances. Views my own
Manchester; Liverpool & London
Joined January 2011
Genuine question…. How many people outside of #Liverpool and @hiro_monstera know this song and what a work of genius it is @michaelheadtreb ? 🙏🏻 #shack
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I’m a founder of a business with 70 staff. I have responsibilities to mine and each and every one of their families. There is no ‘off button’. Much to do today, which is why this & all my rides aren’t just for my benefit, it’s for theirs too. 2 wheels are my essential perspective
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Basically North Uist is the most beautiful place on earth 🌍
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For those who think you need an #MBA you don’t. This is what #leadership looks like. @GaryUsher_ painting the kitchen ceiling @TheWhiteHorsePu on a Sunday morning 👏🏻 can’t wait to eat here in April! Lovely chat 😊
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Possibly the best thing ever@on twitter besides @Coldwar_Steve ! Man, I forgot how brilliant the Adams Family were. .
ok the Addams Family dancing to Joy Division’s Digital (thanks to @Ian__Curtis___) is the best I’ve seen since someone put the Nicholas Brothers dancing to Little Dragon’s Ritual Union
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I am delighted to announce that today @PlanitIE becomes #EmployeeOwned. When the three of us set up in 1998,we never dreamt we’d still be here 25 years later. @EmployeeOwned is the right #successionplan for us as we hand majority ownership to our team members. So many to thank 🙏
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@Laing_ORourke I am speechless… having spent the morning with your colleagues and @Everton @PeelLivWaters I can safely say you are delivering a masterclass in logistics, quality and modern construction. No photos sadly, but I can assure everyone - this changes the game 👏🏻.
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Normally leave the kids off Twitter, but today, this young man is now an adult 🍾 Note to anyone who splits or divorces - parent like you’re not. It pays off. He’s a credit to everyone with a bright future ahead #architecture
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This man has been the comedy soundtrack to my adult life. What a joy to chat to @JamesMoir10 and @nancy_sorrell @sarah_cornwall and hear the story behind ‘Elton John’s Cocktail bar’. Meet your heroes. They are normal people 😊
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So I posted this, because this song had a profound impact on my day (put my back out 😩), as well as my musical tastes. It appears literally the ENTIRE WORLD (from South America to Australia) agrees. So, @michaelheadtreb it’s official mate… the world loves you 🙏🏻.
Genuine question…. How many people outside of #Liverpool and @hiro_monstera know this song and what a work of genius it is @michaelheadtreb ? 🙏🏻 #shack
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Well…. I’m here!! @vestrefurniture @PlanitIE #ExpeditionThePlus is COMPLETE!! 1000 miles, 11 days, one voice on a daily basis. the @komoot bloke 🙄🇳🇴 three groups of people to thank first… let’s start with the family @CLSWIFT 🙏
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She’s ready @NorthRoadCycles . The #Bokensha kanji are Japanese for #Explorer I am starting my adventure to @BIG_Architects @BjarkeIngels @vestrefurniture #ThePlus tomorrow… keep you eyes 👀 peeled for the ‘grand depart’ @PeelLivWaters @PlanitIE
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If you have EVER walked, cycled or driven up Winnatts Pass, you will know this is a superhuman feat 😳.
What a day. What an event. @WinNats21 was an absolute classic. Check Tom Bell’s speed on his record breaking run. #WinNats21
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If you’ve crossed #AlbertSquare recently you may have seen these…? I have to pinch myself every time I cross this space to think that a practice founded on a kitchen table could be helping deliver the transformation of this great city @ManCityCouncil #ourtownhall @PlanitIE
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So, as another (working) week in #lockdown comes to a close, I give you hope, progress and adaption all in one image. A new, better Greenwood Street @AltrinchamBID - a retro-fitted street, with a renewed surface and a renewed purpose. It’s future role more vital than it’s past 😊
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Right - 2 tonne of topsoil dropped. Horse manure on the way. we are luckily enough to have lots of space outdoors, so we’re pulling back our #allotment and will be growing not just for us but our wider #community . When it’s grown it’ll be free. Watch this space! @TheMontyDon
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Life goes on - early site visit for @PlanitIE Director and @PlaceNorthWest interviewee Lindsay Humblet - Greenwood Street very nearing completion @AltrinchamBID - a new welcome mat for when everyone returns @altrinchammkt @ConClubAlty and more #lockdownprogress @TraffordCouncil
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Just to say @gedcouser and all your colleagues @bdp_com 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 immense work and gratitude from everyone. You’ll be getting part of my clap this evening #clapforNHS.
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@coldwarsteve You are the greatest cultural find of a generation. Thank you for being the dark-light in the dark dark 🙏.
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What a joy. Lived round here for 40 years and the first time I’ve been able to safely cross the #JubileeBridge on a bike! Well done @HaltonBC @LpoolCityRegion for repurposing the bridge to create #worldclass cycle infrastructure 👏🏻🚴🏻♂️
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The thing about a project as vast as @PeelLivWaters is keeping an eye on the details whilst always seeing the big picture. @PlanitIE role as ‘Guardian’ is to do just that.This is a photo of the cover for the #districtheating pipes that cross the bridge. utility can be beautiful
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Dear @BBC6Music listeners visiting #BBC6MusicFestival in #Liverpool this weekend. try this. Get off the train. Put on headphones. Switch on #OceanRain by @Bunnymen and walk to the Mersey via #MathewStreet . Welcome to #MusicCity with its own soundtrack
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Quick whizz around @PortLoop on the @BromptonBicycle just to show you all how effortless good design looks in the flesh! @urban_splash @shedkm @GrantAssocs @Glenn_Howells 👌 #skills
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Couldn’t sleep so headed off early on the @NorthRoadCycles in search of coffee and views along the #wirralway . Found the second. now to seek out the first!
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There you go @virtual_planit . right there. on national BBC news!!! A proud day for the whole of team @PlanitIE and we sit with fingers crossed. 🤞🏻.
@Everton new stadium on the Bramley Moore Dock should get planning permission today. We'll have the latest on our lunchtime news at 1.30pm. Here's what it will look like.
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I’ve been @FootprintPlus today talking about @FestivalGardns and it’s 40th Anniversary. It is a personal passion without rival, except for cycling and perhaps @Bunnymen ? So @Will_Fuzz can you explain THIS??? How have I never heard this story? @JayneMoobs you??
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Day off today taking my folks around @PlanitIE projects in Manchester. Without their support 24 years ago, this would never have been possible. Invest in your kids 🙏 @BCALandscape BCALandscape (my first job) - Glade of Light had a massive impact on them 👏🏻
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And there you have it. Who says #Manchester isn’t a #WorldCity ? We spend years and months planning and designing from above, so the epic view is exciting. Wait to you get your feet back on the ground. Bravo @Bruntwood_UK and the @circlesquaremcr team. Behold #SymphonyPark 👏🏻🌳
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Well the news is out!Massive effort @PlanitIE @virtual_planit to push this project forwards through lockdown. Thank you @Everton for your ongoing patronage and to @CBRE_UK @burohappold @Laing_ORourke Pattern and the wider team 👏🏻
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When people talk about #popup THIS is the level of quality they should be aiming for. more like a Japanese temple than a shipping container. Manchester, meet #DINOSAUR @NOMA_mcr @standardpstudio @BlossomRoasters
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For those who have followed operation #containerconversion delighted to report that after broken glass/ replacement panels and more high end sealant than ever imaginable, we are watertight and plyed out. Next the fun bit #fitout !
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So, I’ve had the @NorthRoadCycles #Explorer since 3pm. Given how many gravel bikes are out there. why this one?
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Spent Friday on site @EvertonStadium checking out the Fan Plaza for @Everton that our amazing team have designed with @burohappold , executed majestically by @Laing_ORourke . We can’t post images, but the Club can… so here you go. It’s epic! @Lpool_Waters
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Let’s not forget that this wonderful announcement enables the ultimate regeneration of #GoodisonPark as a vital component of @PeoplesProject_ an exemplary #lowcarbon neighbourhood setting a new benchmark for #NorthLiverpool
Secretary of State Robert Jenrick has given the green light to the £500m @Everton FC stadium at Bramley Moore Dock in #Liverpool docklands - Liverpool Business News
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Big day today for @ArchiSwift .Not only is he 21 but he’s the proud owner of @NorthRoadCycles #ClariotofFire !! We are all so proud of him. He’s a fine human and a credit to all who have played a part in his life so far. Chuffed doesn’t get close and it had to be @liverpoolphil
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Hey @KlausBondam look!! Dedicated cycle infrastructure in Liverpool!! Great work @Regen_Lpool 🚴🏻♂️
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Stuggling to find an appropriate message today in all this mess, so instead reverted to the man who reminds us why Mums are BRILLIANT !! #MothersDay2021 💐💗.
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Our colleague @PlanitIE Sean is a MASSIVE @Everton fan. Life long, inter generational…. So, can you imagine how he feels standing between these two legends, knowing the digger is going to deliver his design!!? The stuff of dreams @PeoplesProject_ @PeelLivWaters
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To sit in #symphonypark @circlesquaremcr early this morning, before the contractors really got going was a privilege that made me quite emotional. My @PlanitIE colleagues designed this. When it’s finished it will be epic. and light. and full of people 😁
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Last evening/last climb/last sunset over our @VisitScotland @OuterHebs adventure and so a short thanks 🙏 to the people of #Scotland we were for many your first tourists from the south. We were worried but you were kind, welcoming, funny and generous to a fault. We thank you all
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So, some behind the scenes photos from @circlesquaremcr - from vantage points even @iammattdoran can’t get too!! We’re very excited @PlanitIE about #symphonypark and look forward to welcoming everyone when this is all over!
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Thanks @CapitalCentric for the keys to the roof. time to begin the #CovidChristmas party @PlanitIE Liverpool. Here’s to the year in front, marking the one behind 🎉🎉🎉
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Imagine being the first person to sing ‘officially’ on this stage @TheCoopLive ! Ride @The_Waeve @grahamcoxon
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I awoke today with a real feeling of dread. I’m normally ‘glass 80% full’, but felt like the tank was empty. Then I met with this lot - the @PlanitIE leadership team. I am now running at ‘over-full’! Cheers All 👍🏻👏🏻
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I did it!!! Thanks so much to Cure Parkinson’s and my dear friend Simon Bland . I am now a member of the Club des Cingles or the ‘Crazy Club’…. But, I did it for this ➡️
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#ExpeditionThePlus Day 4 done… not exactly to plan, but that’s what makes it an adventure, right ? 😳 184km due to bridge and road repairs but an epic journey none the less and the @NorthRoadCycles … wow 👌🏻 those bars are wonderful 🙏 rest and dinner 🍽
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It’s out. what we’ve been quietly working away on @PlanitIE with @rushbond during the lifespan of this pandemic. what an honour to reset the setting of arguably the finest building in Leeds! @stratusimagery - see, worth the wait from @virtual_planit !!.
Leeds City Council’s executive board has today formally approved funding to improve the area directly outside the city’s Corn Exchange building. Read all about it 👉👉
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We are all SOOOO proud of him. He’s a talented, committed, delightful human being, who begins the next chapter of his life down in ‘that London’. Good luck @ArchiSwift we’ll be down to see you soon 😊
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So, it’s finally here…. Today @PlanitIE celebrate our 25th Birthday and in so doing launch our first book…. #TheStartofSomething keep your eyes peeled across the next couple of days for more peeps inside and our first #podcast tomorrow morning #Planitare25
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Just to recap. 2 buildings on site in Princes Dock; one complete, one in progress on Central; new wall opening; consented International Cruise and IOM terminals; District Heat network; Construction Hub and Contractor Village underway. not much activity then @PeelLivWaters 😳
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Humbling to hear early feedback to the #ourtownhall . It is @PlanitIE most important project ever but what you see is the tip of an incredible dynamic relationship between our team, the #ourtownhall design team and the unsung @ManCityCouncil client team. They are the real heroes
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#RIP THE MOUNTAIN BIKE. Officially now, proved there is no need. Get a #gravelbike . Fit some 650 wheels (these #spengle loan from @NorthRoadCycles are amazing) then off you go. Technical downhills; climbs; mud; berms. the lot! Fit a #redshift stem and you’ve got suspension👏🏻
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And from the very north to the very south. our last night #hebrideanadventure on the tiny island of Barra. Our pitch for the night. 😳
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Ok, so I’m built for distance not for speed. Never ridden an #aero bike but OMG the @NorthRoadCycles #metis is BLISTERINGLY FAST. and that’s with me on it 😳 so if you fancy speed, comfort, climbing ability, disks & A UK BUILT CARBON FRAME. take a look 👌
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It’s Friday evening. It’s 8pm. This is @PlanitIE Studio Director @KRooikop . He is cleaning and watering @SadlersYard @NOMA_mcr . This is why my team are the greatest. Nurture beats maintenance 👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻 @landscapecareer @talklandscape @JaneEFindlay
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No trains…. No bother! Who would give up a commute like this? It’s better by gravel! 😊🚴 @NorthRoadCycles #TIRules
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So, this young man is off to @LivUniArch !! Thanks to everyone who’s helped him focus his passion @Project3Arch @DK_Arch @3XN_GXN @Satwinder_Samra and especially @archi_mitch and Tom Jarman @FCBStudios 🙏
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At last we can talk about it! Delighted and honoured to be working on this Place North West | Team chosen for Liverpool museum masterplan
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Happy bike. Happy me. Happy Birthday…. Been a while @NorthRoadCycles 😊 discovering new trails in the forest to cap off a splendid weekend +
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@michaelheadtreb I cannot describe to anyone who wasn’t there, the love in the room for you last night. I thought you never played #palefountains and then you finish with this… my fave song ever, that I thought nobody else knew! Wrong 😊@Tim_Burgess get this on @LlSTENlNG_PARTY
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@Paul_SLG Personally Paul, I’ve been thinking we should change the NAME. ‘ist’ makes it sound specialIST from the outset. Calling everyday bike riders ‘cycl-ers’ changes the tone. My parallel is ‘gardener’ vs ‘horticulturalist’ - we are all gardeners but not horticulturalists, right?.
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Ok - so either things went off the rails or that was the best day ever on Zoom@??!
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It’s been a big year @PlanitIE @virtual_planit - we turned 20, we came together with @standardpstudio , we landed some incredible projects and carried on many more. Thanks to our clients and collaborators, but most to our team. You are our finest asset #planitis20
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What a joy to be back in @altrinchammkt @MarketHouseAlty for solo dining @GreatNorthPieCo post site visit with @IrishjoeWebb #MECD - and to see Greenwood Street completed for the first time. Nice work @PlanitIE @civicengineers
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We are so blessed to have this place @PlanitIE .The wacky brainchild of my co-founder @ListerEdward & it just proves that you have to take a few risks in life. It connects us with the soil & innumerable conversations around #regenerativepractice .It’s also damn good for a party!
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Two days ago, we finally lost our brave, 4yr old Tibetan Terrier, Molly, to lymphoma. Yesterday this card and a bunch of flowers came from our two postmen @RoyalMail . Who says posties don’t like dogs!? Thanks fellas. Means a lot 👍🏻
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There are many ways to measure the success of a growing city. Increase GDP; cranes on the skyline; graduate retention. another is cultural capital- so take a bow @MayfieldMCR @uandiplc @WHP_Mcr @jondrape - for defining a new dawn
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@DowntownFrank @Liverpolitans the naysayers have no idea of how transformative and regenerative this truly is. I’ve stood on innumerable construction sites, but nothing close to this. The time is now
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WOW! This has to be one of THE greatest urban waterfronts in the World!.
Sundown in this magnificent city. We feel so privileged to be given the opportunity to work here with @PeelLivWaters. #Liverpool #Architecture #heritage.Credit - @almukhtar98
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My regular Monday morning chat with colleagues tends to be .‘What did you do at the weekend?’ .‘Gardening’.‘What, again?’.‘Yup’.This is what ‘again’ looks like!!.#gardeningneverstops
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My son drew this for me and his Mum to take to Buckingham Palace after the @TeamDransfield ride finishes in London tomorrow. Proud 🥹 #QueenElizabeth
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*New bike claxon 📢 !! Old model @NorthRoadCycles #Explorer to be known as #BokenSha its Japanese name… with kanji and hiragana by me, transposed by the deft @NorthRoadJane ready to hit the hills tomorrow…. Whatever the weather #StormEunice
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How many gigs are there where this is the journey in and out. #forestlivedelamere @PaulHeatonSolo you and Jaquie Abbott were amazing as ever. but @billybragg . you were something else fella. My 11yr old will never forget #NewEngland
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My son @ArchiSwift walked into this @shedkm room 3 years ago a boy with a dream. On Friday he walked out becoming an Architect. He has been surrounded by design all his life. It sinks in. Never stop your kids drawing and making @LEGO_Group . Thanks @annagidman @studio_mutt
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She’s back. Never thought I’d miss an inanimate object so much. the @NorthRoadCycles #bikespa has done a great job 👍🏻👌
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Oh my goodness. For once, I have no words. yet . But to my team @PlanitIE @virtual_planit - please begin your weekends. now 🙏🎉.
We are delighted with today's decision to approve @Everton's new stadium here at Liverpool Waters. This is a unique opportunity for Liverpool and in particular the northern parts of this great city that are in need of continuing regeneration. #liverpool .
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The first new buds to pop in #AlbertSquare for 30 years. Feels like a moment @PlanitIE but especially as two years ago…. This was a road!!
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#ExpeditionThePlus ‘Cockpit chat’! So, my Red bars allow we to tuck in 2 ways… aero and with snacks in the @Alpkit snack sacks. The find of the trip… the Cinq charger which works with a dynamo hub. I’ve done 160km today and arrived 100% charged! @GoProUK lights and comfort 👌🏻
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Ok, Day 2 @vestrefurniture #ExpeditionThePlus and the longest day at 101 miles and more climbing than the whole of next week, 1900m. Amazing weather and #KindnessCrew along the way with @NorthRoadJane and a coffee shop called Bev’s in Huddersfield who waived my payment 🙏
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Good people of Liverpool, this tree was a gift to the city by @JapanGov . So that means it is owned by EVERY SCOUSER and its wanton damage should matter to you…really matter. This is your #sycamoregap . Take it as seriously 🤬 @liamrobinson24 @LiamThorpECHO @Scousergerry.
A couple more photos of the damage to the 40+year old acer in the Japanese Garden. Anyone with expertise who could do some remedial work on the wounds?
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Right - 290km and 3600m climbing , so if you don’t mind @apidura @NorthRoadCycles I’m off to bed. if the caffeine will let me 😳 #parallels24 done. Left at first light, arrived at last (not planned but more of that tomorrow!
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The @NorthRoadCycles #Explorer has switched from #Expedition mode to full on FUN 🤩 MODE!! More than two bikes in one 👌🏻#shoplocal
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It’s wet. It’s grey. A little grim all around really. Never forget, the bike can also be the first line of #mentalhealthsupport for the spirit…. As well as the legs 🦵🏻 thanks @NorthRoadCycles … the fog is clearing 🙏
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Looking forward to seeing the big diggers and charting a path for the next phase of this. @FestivalGardens 🤞🏻🌳
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My mate Ian @NorthRoadCycles has joined me in the #HalfCentury club today, so what better way to celebrate than on my 50th Birthday 🎂 prezzie. made by. him!! Sorry they didn’t have any pies 🥧 😁👏🏻
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