Notes & borrowings

[juliet]

Observed on my way to work this morning:

• An RV1 with a big notice on the back saying "FUELCELL NO EMISSIONS". It had an exhaust pipe on the top of its roof, occasionally spitting out what looked to be steam - it dissipated almost immediately. Hrm, looks like they've extended this project, & that is indeed just water vapour. Good stuff.
• A motorbike at the junction of Southwark St with Blackfriars Bridge, waiting behind the regular white line instead of the cycle-advance white line. Hurrah. (this is sadly v rare; motorbikes all seem to be under the misapprehension that they are bicycles. Given the amount of engine-revving that goes on, you'd think this would be a difficult belief to sustain.)
• The Thames looking really very pretty as I came along the Embankment. Lots of red buses crossing Waterloo Bridge with the Eye as a backdrop. I sometimes think I don't pay enough attention to the scenery when I'm cycling, but then keeping one's eyes & attention on the road is also a Good Thing.

In other news: does anyone (ideally someone coming to BMovie tonight, for ease of borrowing) have an ankh necklace I can borrow for the weekend? Required for dressing-up purposes for this pubcrawl whatsit that dogrando has been up till all hours writing.

Comments

[infinitarian.livejournal.com]

Same here, I'm afraid. The alternatives are trying to nudge between car-drivers who've already stopped with a spacing they're happy with, thus pissing them off, or joining the queue of cars at the back and squandering my Magic Scooter Powers.

On the rare occasions when I'm the first vehicle to the traffic lights, I do stop behind the line. Generally another motorcyclist comes in front of me.

There aren't really enough cyclists around in Bristol for it to be much of an issue, usually. It's the hills, I think.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

Ooh, do you still get to ride motorbikes in bus lanes in Bristol? That's something which would make my commute a lot easier.

[infinitarian.livejournal.com]

We do, and it certainly does. If I ever move cities, I'm going to have to concentrate really hard not to slip into doing it whenever it would make things more convenient.

Still, concentrating really hard when driving is probably a good idea anyway.