This story from #Lancashire (via the BBC) emphasises why potholes are a problem & need dealing with... but this needs to be done with money not robbed from #publictransport investment.... cycling & trains should complement each other not compete from cash!
Meanwhile in Lancashire, rain is compromising pothole repairs intended to deal with the effects of rain.... welcome to the North West, where its more often raining than not.
Its a classic case of cheap running repairs being a false economy... & I know, I've seen the cycle of pothole, patched rapair, patch failure, pothole reappears pretty much every day I cycle round here!
Living & #cycling in #Lancashire I am unsurprised that a coroner has found the Council's road maintenance (or lack thereof) to be instrumental in the death of a cyclist.... round here the roads are dreadful and badly maintained.
But we should also recognise that road maintenance costs money & all councils have been squeezed beyond reason by #Tory local council funding cuts;
Meanwhile in #Lancashire, if we thought we were having trouble getting a #doctors appointment right now, given over half of the county's GP practices are worried they may have to close (due to budgetary problems) in the next two years.... things may be about to get a lot worse.
Morning all. A lovely day to visit Clitheroe, Lancashire town of history, hills and witches. Here's a new poster to warn the good citizens I may be popping over there today. xx
Labour are going to lose the Asian vote in the North which should seriously worry them (it's a big voting block) but they're so far up their own arses they won't do a thing.
George Galloway, the fuck, like a rash all over Lancashire.
8 Apr 1579: Thomas Cottam of #Lancashire enters the #Jesuit novitiate at Sant' Andrea #Rome#otd
Arrested on landing at #Dover June 1580, tortured in Marshalsea & Tower of #London, executed 30 May 1582 having refused last-minute pardon if accepted Supremacy of Elizabeth I (NPG)
Can anyone recommend #opensource#data for historic #climate records in the UK?
I need daily precipitation & wind speed records for a #gis project in #Lancashire for the last 10 years