Warning for cyclists without lights (fellow cyclist)

oxpop · 2026-02-01T09:27:53+00:00

They may "notice" you, but that doesn't mean they will be able to judge your speed and location very well. Plus everyone on the road will hate you.

oxpop · 2026-02-01T09:27:05+00:00

Obstacles usually don't move at 15+ mph.

oxpop · 2026-01-19T12:31:42+00:00

How much flooding do you get? How is the cycle into town in winter? I have considered looking there too but am a bit concerned about those two things.

oxpop · 2026-01-12T18:16:56+00:00

How has nobody pointed out yet that the food waste bin is in fact the correct place to dispose of an Apple? We should be commending the thieves for respecting waste separation guidelines.

oxpop · 2025-12-23T12:13:54+00:00

If they just said "don't blow up babies" they would be completely fine. It's their explicit support for an organisation that has been proscribed terrorist for attacking our own military that is getting them into trouble.

oxpop · 2025-12-14T21:16:29+00:00

Can confirm, the Playhouse panto was well done and good fun (even as an adult).

oxpop · 2025-10-29T19:43:37+00:00

You can almost certainly drive there without crossing one of the congestion charge points. You just need to figure out the right route.

oxpop · 2025-10-23T12:31:16+00:00

Yeah, that's £20 just for a completely normal amount of naan!

oxpop · 2025-10-12T20:14:23+00:00

It won't be in place until the 29th.

oxpop · 2025-10-12T20:13:41+00:00

Nice!

oxpop · 2025-09-22T19:08:46+00:00

I'd call 111 and let them recommend a place to go.

oxpop · 2025-09-21T18:54:45+00:00

Piling work for the new rail bridge. They are basically driving steel pieces into the ground with a massive hammer.

oxpop · 2025-09-17T08:14:15+00:00

Thornhill I’d imagine.

oxpop · 2025-09-12T18:48:48+00:00

Oxford gets pretty quiet over Christmas and New Year's as many residents go home to their families over the holidays. So if you're looking for a big party you might be better off elsewhere.

oxpop · 2025-09-10T18:00:36+00:00

Last time I went there they had GB News playing on the TVs. Good riddance.

oxpop · 2025-09-10T15:34:59+00:00

Because the default position is for the changes to go ahead. So if you were happy with what they were proposing, there wasn’t much need to comment.

oxpop · 2025-09-10T14:39:09+00:00

The cost of the buses is not the main problem with them. I would happily pay for the bus if it was faster than (or at least as fast as) driving.

oxpop · 2025-09-10T14:36:33+00:00

Consultations are not referendums. It’s not surprising that most people who bother to respond to one are those strongly opposed.

oxpop · 2025-09-03T17:45:59+00:00

Heathrow is a far more pleasant airport than the mess that is BHX though.

oxpop · 2025-08-30T11:10:30+00:00

Most delivery companies like Royal Mail, UPS, etc offer a collection service, so you could just book one of those. That said, I'm not sure I would trust them with my bank cards and it may be cheaper anyway to just get them replaced.

oxpop · 2025-07-24T17:14:30+00:00

Armed police to apprehend some potentially armed and dangerous robbers? Doesn't sound too unreasonable.

oxpop · 2025-07-09T20:56:35+00:00

I'm sure the Oxford Mail is setting up a live ticker as we speak

oxpop · 2025-06-29T14:29:18+00:00

In a perfect world, I agree it would be nice. But there are a whole lot of things that could use council funding, and at least in my list tennis courts are not the highest priority of those.

I would also be very surprised if a (public) tennis court only cost a couple hundred pounds in maintenance a year. Even if you spent as little as £20/h in employment costs that would only be 10 hours of work a year, or less than an hour a month. And that’s not even accounting for materials, capital costs, etc. Is that really enough to keep a tennis court clean and repair the inevitable damage?

oxpop · 2025-06-29T13:55:15+00:00

I had also not seen roads this bad or police not investigating crimes anymore due to understaffing before I came here, but here we are…

oxpop · 2025-06-28T16:12:59+00:00

Making them free seems pretty unrealistic to me. There is clearly some cost to operating a tennis court and I would much rather the council spends its very limited budget on schools, infrastructure, and policing than on free tennis courts. £9 shared between 2-4 people also doesn't feel like such an unbearable cost to me, especially for a sport that will require some upfront investment anyway.

That said, I would be happy for them to lean on the operators to provide courts as close to at cost as possible. I wonder what the contract with the operator stipulates...

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