Lawyer, writer, gardener. Irish-Italian. www.cyclefree.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3m7v7lawazs2kSeascraper by Benjamin Wood is a wonderful read. Short but packed with so much: beautifully detailed characters and a wonderful sense of place and nature. Poetic, resonant & hopeful. Also on Audible read by the author.13 Dec 2025 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7v7lawazs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3m6jenoki7s2jI wrote this in 2020 the last time something similar on jury trials was proposed. Every word is valid now. cyclefree.co.uk/12-good-men/. It is a disgraceful proposal for which the government has no mandate. From the article26 Nov 2025 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jenoki7s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3m5vhci335k2wWell worth reading. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2025 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vhci335k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3lj5r6xxz4s2hFor anyone interested in what the law actually says about single sex spaces at work and elsewhere, this is an invaluable - and accurate - guide. https://www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2025/02/26/something-for-everyone/27 Feb 2025 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5r6xxz4s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3lggrxi744c22The 1st para sums up much of what's gone wrong in this country's private & public sectors: too many people treating vital jobs as little better than one of many well-remunerated sinecures, for which no obvious experience or competence is required, that they try to do off the side of their desks.23 Jan 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggrxi744c22https://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3lgekeuelp22tThoughts on the Assisted Dying Bill - https://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2025/01/22/breaking-her-word/ The decision to exclude disability representatives is unfathomable, cruel & shows how little regarded they are by MPs always going on about the "vulnerable", the "marginalised" & "fairness". Empty words, as usual.22 Jan 2025 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgekeuelp22thttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3lfwt2eh4222bOn Helen Pitcher, Leadership and Taking Responsibility - https://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2025/01/15/pitched-out/17 Jan 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfwt2eh4222bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3lez7rehkvk2tSince Inquiries are in the news, a look at what some well known ones have taught us ........ https://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2025/01/05/not-another-one/05 Jan 2025 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lez7rehkvk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3lekhywnju22yCricket and Afghanistan: not normally subjects of interest to me. But the treatment of women is. Why England should not play cricket against Afghanistan - www1.politicalbetting.com30 Dec 2024 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lekhywnju22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3ldcjev4bfk2jA book review - but the last paragraph is applicable to more than just this story. barry-walsh.co.uk/challenges/ https://barry-walsh.co.uk/challenges/15 Dec 2024 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldcjev4bfk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3lc3hzwms2s2a#AssistedDying I am genuinely fearful. I have 2 long-term - and potentially expensive - health conditions. So does my brother, one of my children & one of their partners. How can we, if this goes ahead, really trust the NHS not to put financial considerations ahead of our interests?29 Nov 2024 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3hzwms2s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3lbpih3vch22rImportant correction to correct misinformation being spread. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2024 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbpih3vch22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3lbdjuyj52s23An excellent thread. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2024 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbdjuyj52s23https://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3l2yrfd27yo2nMuch excitement in Casa Cyclefree today! My entry for the local agricultural show - home-made gardening compost. (Though really Nature did the work, not me.) The sun is shining too!31 Aug 2024 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3l2yrfd27yo2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3kzwyvldp2x26Cat expressing in the way only a cat can what she thinks of the notes for my book.17 Aug 2024 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3kzwyvldp2x26https://bsky.app/profile/cyclefree.bsky.social/post/3kzhxjarwgs27Anyway since moving to the remote bit of the Lakes, the part no-one knows and with not a Beatrix Potter tea-towel in sight, I have slowly been morphing into a country mouse. Not many occasions for wearing kitten heels, for instance. But my transformation is now complete because this afternoon ...11 Aug 2024 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:xtecdm3juo7hdgbm4tydd73o/app.bsky.feed.post/3kzhxjarwgs27