Bicycle riding scientist who got stuck on the wrong side of the Pennines Ride leader with local community #cycling group #bimbling and exploring Cheshire and Merseyside #bike Trying to up my bike transporting day by day @mtonabike.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gyhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mubz46yz6s2zCrap, woke up and awake from about half 2 last night, manged to get back to sleep at some point but now I've slept in and missed the cycling meet up 😢. Will try and meet them on the return leg [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubz46yz6s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3muahujw6u224Really struggling to adjust my body clock back to UK time. I know it's only 7pm but I'm definitely struggling to stay awake still.29 Aug 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muahujw6u224https://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mu2ktktjik2fThank you England for the wet welcome home! It was supposed to be monsooning when we were over there! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2ktktjik2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtz33fcdo22tThank you India for your hospitality! I'm now officially exhausted and ready to stay still and not travel for a few days. Sat in the Hotel lobby waiting for my colleagues to get a 5am IST flight to arrive at 11am BST. Let's see if I can get some sleep on the flight. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz33fcdo22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtww77ceac2uRight, this is penultimate disorienting early morning wake up to get to an airport. Looking forward to getting a normal sleep cycle back. Mumbai here I come... again for the third time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtww77ceac2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtusd4oc422sThat's crazy! Wonder if anyone will be daft enough to take them up on the offer to return the left property https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1mv0e9nm3mo25 Aug 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtusd4oc422shttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mturppuc6s2sRight it's my final day of onsite work today and I'm exhausted, early morning swim to give me a bit of a kick start. Another short night tonight with an early morning flight to Mumbai and guess I'll have to start writing up my notes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mturppuc6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mttnsu35y22eThe nightlife has picked up a bit more than last night! Trying to Google this to work out bird or reptiles [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttnsu35y22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mttbzm7bcc2pAnother exhausting day at work. My social battery is depleted! Third site visit and a whole group of new people to meet and talk with. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttbzm7bcc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtsargzdf22pRight the weekend of travel and culture is over, time to get ready and go back to work after a restless night of tossing and turning. Coffee time I think! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsargzdf22phttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtqddlgwws2oSoldiering on through, try and do some none work things whilst it's still the weekend Trip up to the Ellora Caves for some beautiful carved temples (had to go by tuk tuk up the road as it was blocked to traffic.) Plus thankfully some behaving monkeys. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqddlgwws2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtpmwbi5jc2rWell that flight may as well have been a triangle! Feels alot less humid at 7am then it did by the coast in Daman and Mumbai. Absolutely shattered now, but the question is soldier on or have a cat nap!?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpmwbi5jc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtpa574m7s2mWell it's now 3am in the hotel lobby waiting for my colleague and the taxi to the airport. I shouldn't have tried to sleep as I'm feeling grumpy and groggy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpa574m7s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtolndb4tk2pRight time to finish my day off, with an expensive beer in the hotel lobby with some chill piano music, before I have to get up and out at 3am. This is all too classy, I think I'm bringing down the joint in my shorts and polo shirt. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtolndb4tk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtoee3sql22cFinally had a day of not travelling or working. Got a tour of Mumbai City for the day as it seemed a shame not to have a look around! Gateway to India, the Victoria Terminus station, the Dhobi Ghat open-air washing area, and the hanging gardens (built ontop of a water reservoir). Crazy city... [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoee3sql22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtm3rr6wnk2wVery much treating ourselves this evening, feel very much out of place..... Oryn at the Fairmont Mumbai [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm3rr6wnk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtlmzvw7es2gOutskirts of Mumbai have been reached! The car horn chorus has begun! So next 50 minutes to go about 20km [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlmzvw7es2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtldp7a6p22jAnd now a four hour drive to Mumbai, [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtldp7a6p22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtkqaxwgw22zWell thank you Gold Beach Resort on Dekra Being for being our base camp for the last few days! 1/2 day on site and back to hotel No. 1 in Mumbai until our Flight to site 3 on Sunday. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 02:40 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkqaxwgw22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtjyptr7js2fAlways one of my favourite texts to receive20 Aug 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjyptr7js2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtjeqn3ydk2xToday was a super long day of talking, mistranslations, understanding and then not understanding each other, diagram drawing and other stuff. So I figured, hey, I'll take a dip in the pool and have some liquid refreshment. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjeqn3ydk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtgr3pc3xc2zSecond site visit in the area today, spoiled us with lunch again today. I think my sleep last night was measured in minutes so had an early dart to get the chance to do some cultural sightseeing. Some beautiful temples a short jolly up the coast. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgr3pc3xc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtfrnsljlc2zI think they must turn on the music at exactly the same time as we've got Yesterday playing again with the fake bird sounds whilst waiting for our taxi [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfrnsljlc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtfnolsl2s2sYes it was a crazy long day yesterday and definitely could have slept better last night, they insist on playing music in the hallways and people slamming doors. But coffee (albeit nescafe) can try it's best to get me going! Plus saw this fella racing down the road, thankfully low driver's atm [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfnolsl2s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtdajayy3k2hWell it's Tuesday and I have just about had enough sleep to function. Breakfast by the sea to start the day, then off to work. Should be an interesting day [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdajayy3k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtbig6spik2rRight, now at my home for the next few days on the coast in Daman. The drive up was both terrifying and bone shaking, but did have some beautiful scenery and relaxed moments. Time for a quick power nap to settle my nerves. Try not to visit India in monsoon season if you can. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbig6spik2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mtadzgi5bs2hAnd it's definitely tomorrow now we've arrived st the hotel at 5am Just a taster of the driving here from the airport to hotel, but we've got a 5 hour drive tomorrow [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtadzgi5bs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mt6w3pnlx22zRight Mumbai, here I come!, 🛫 See you tomorrow [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6w3pnlx22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mt6q4zqodk2gRight time for some overpriced breakfast and caffeine [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6q4zqodk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mtonabike.bsky.social/post/3mt6jc7fnx22aOh I hate this part... Waking up after a broken sleep far too early and trying to keep busy before the taxi hopefully arrives to take me to the airport.16 Aug 2026 06:03 +0000at://did:plc:irrbmd6g2jyhpd5sbjssrlbb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6jc7fnx22a