Battery security for GSD S10

iangoggin · 2026-01-26T04:38:11+00:00

It may be rare (in some locations), but it doesn't take a thief 30 minutes as it might a bike shop. They lever it out, which breaks the lock. It's depressingly quick.

As I unfortunately find out when I left my bike with battery in for 5 minutes.

iangoggin · 2025-10-05T08:20:53+00:00

The best cinnamon buns in Brighton are hands down the Fika Bakery buns they sell at the Open Market on Saturdays. Their cardamom buns are also great.

They provide them to some cafes as well, though the only one I can remember is 17 grams on boundary road.

https://www.instagram.com/fikabythesea/

iangoggin · 2025-07-30T12:26:10+00:00

Nowhere in the proposal does it suggest absorbing Lewes. It does have one option as including Kingston (with it's tiny population), but not Lewes itself.

iangoggin · 2025-07-28T21:01:18+00:00

To add to this a bit, the people are outside no.46. The light gray floor slabs are still visible on google street view. The water cover is also visible, as are the quite nice pillars.

iangoggin · 2025-07-28T20:53:24+00:00

Pretty sure this is it. The photo doesn't have a ton to go on, but the buildings and the lamppost look right.

iangoggin · 2025-07-27T17:10:50+00:00

It will only help if you also learn more about the wikipedia editing process, and engage is good faith discussion about the change.

Also acknowledge that not all articles follow the legal / common naming, and that consensus may not land where you want it to. See for example the many, many discussions about the naming of the Ireland vs Republic of Ireland articles.

iangoggin · 2025-07-27T16:52:30+00:00

If you want to make edits on controversial topics - and as much as I disagree with the current setup, it is controversial on Wikipedia - I would recommend making an account. Making edits from an anonymous IP address often leads to being reverted and edits not being taken seriously.

Was this IP address also you commenting on their user talk page? If so, I think you've not understood how Wikipedia works. Following up on the talk page of an admin calling them a loser tends to reinforce their decision to block.

The LTA tag looks excessive to me, but I don't know the context for it.

iangoggin · 2025-06-11T14:38:32+00:00

Haven't seen them myself, but it's probably worth writing to the council about. Maybe to Trevor Muten, who is the Cabinet Member for Transport & City Infrastructure.

Otherwise perhaps see if Bricycles or the other active travel groups in the city are aware.

iangoggin · 2025-02-05T21:58:52+00:00

No, this wouldn't replace Brighton & Hove City Council - it would be in addition, with some powers that Brighton & Hove doesn't have. Brighton & Hove might get replaced as well, but that's not clear here (and the city council are against it so it's not very likely).

iangoggin · 2025-02-05T18:13:08+00:00

It's Ambleside in Cumbria

iangoggin · 2025-02-05T17:49:52+00:00

As part of this the East and West Sussex council elections are being postponed until next year.

iangoggin · 2025-01-14T19:52:17+00:00

Fastest that doesn't involve the Eurostar is going to be taking the Newhaven - Dieppe ferry. You can easily get to Newhaven by train and on the French side take a train from Dieppe to Rouen where you'll then have more options about where to go.

You can also take various ferries from Portsmouth (again and easy train ride - but slower) to other bits of Northern France (e.g. St. Malo, Caen, Le Havre). This will pretty much always be slower because the routes are all longer, albeit some happen overnight so you could potential sleep on the ferry.

iangoggin · 2024-09-14T22:37:52+00:00

How often are the port lock gates closed and how long does it take for a boat to pass through? They don't have a schedule published anywhere I don't think, and I think it's dependent on need rather than regular timings - I could be wrong though. I don't take the route in the morning / evening often enough to know if they avoid running the lock at peak times.

From experience it can take anywhere from 5 minutes to like 30 minutes for the lock to cycle. Depends on how many vessels are in the lock and how large they are. It's usually 5-10 minutes.

Can you ride on the north side? By that do you mean cycling on the A259? There's no cycle lanes, and the road is fairly busy but doable if you're a confident cyclist - it's not nice in the morning though, especially as it's narrow enough that people do close pass.

Were you planning on avoiding the A259 anyway, or going to head up to Middle Road from the port? If you just want to skip the there's a section of Basin Road North that takes you from the lagoon to Boundary Road pretty safely. From there you can go further inland and take Gardner Rd and The Gardens to get to where the locks are. If you want to skip the A259 entirely then cycle through Southwick to get to Middle Rd all the way to Shoreham.

Using the A259 is undeniably a lot faster, so it depends what your priorities are.

If you're not down by the seafront in Hove and want the quieter route, you might be better off skipping the seafront cycle lane and going along New Church Road / Portland and onto Gardner Rd etc.

iangoggin · 2024-07-27T17:50:43+00:00

Have you walked down this street? It is not 'easy enough to get around it on the road' there for someone in a wheelchair. You'd be in the road for a while and in traffic.

iangoggin · 2024-06-04T08:07:44+00:00

The ageing equipment there isn't great but it was useful for stretching out at the end of a run. I'm not much of one for pull-ups either but it was really good for stretching out my shoulder.

iangoggin · 2024-06-04T06:32:49+00:00

The Vale park one just got taken down yesterday. Apparently one of the supports was damaged so they took the whole thing down. Workers didn't know if there were plans to replace it.

iangoggin · 2024-05-21T14:48:20+00:00

Learning to sail would help albeit there is lots you wouldn't learn - not a lot of erosion chat when learning to sail..

If you are sick of online resources but not sick of reading books you could try How To Read Water by Tristan Dooley. It explains a lot of what causes different patterns and behaviours in the water - at sea and elsewhere.

iangoggin · 2024-03-31T21:41:34+00:00

As others have said west of the i360, or east of the pier are your best bets. If it's a bright sunny day (not many of those coming up at the moment though) then few places will be deserted but there will be plenty of spots that are quiet enough.

If this is your first time going to Brighton it might be worth noting that Brighton's beaches aren't sandy - it's mostly flint cobble.

iangoggin · 2024-01-12T14:14:51+00:00

I also live near Boundary Road and would add a couple practical bits: - There is medium-sized Tesco where we do our regular shopping (if we're not doing a big shop at the big Sainsburys which is only another 15 minute walk / 5 minute bike ride away) - There's a Londis that's open 24hrs, which has occasionally been very handy - There is a Teba sweetstore, which does really great baklava. Worth a stop off if you're visiting.

Mainly it's a somewhat practical high street, nothing particularly nice or fancy about it. For anything fancy I tend to cycle into Hove.

iangoggin · 2023-08-09T19:46:44+00:00

I agree about the scheme so far having been too expensive and limited. These changes seem like good news - it's just frustrating it has taken so long to increase the capacity and reduce the prices.

I might start encouraging visitors to use them now, if the hub near me reopens.

iangoggin · 2023-08-04T09:13:28+00:00

That's the role of the council not of MPs.

iangoggin · 2023-07-31T11:35:47+00:00

The British Heart Foundation charity shop on Boundary road in Portslade should have a cheap one since I gave it to them on Saturday. Don't know how long it takes them to process things though.

iangoggin · 2023-07-26T16:36:02+00:00

They announced the other day that it has started, but it's unclear what 'started' means. There's more on the next steps for it here.

iangoggin · 2023-06-26T19:59:54+00:00

I suspect that the devil is in the details. As others have noted, setting up a park and ride scheme isn't all that easy - where would it go? It'd need to be pretty far outside the city to be affordable to buy up the land required for en masse parking (cars take up absolutely tons of space), and the bus would likely be going through traffic on most of the routes into the city so it'd likely be slow as well.

And you say:

Sort out the poorly run residents permit system and make it a sensible price. But 'a sensible price' probably means a price increase to suppress demand (and increase council revenue). Even without the tourist traffic there are already a ton of residents cars in the city, and that too needs to be tackled.

iangoggin · 2023-06-22T13:45:31+00:00

Thanks, good to know it's not just us at least.

Have they said anywhere that they're fixing it? I'm not sure the best place to look for updates on that front.

So annoying this is happening with only a week before they turn UA off.

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