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Fare dodgers take everyone for a ride
Posted on 12:39pm Wednesday 21st May 2008
As I've said before, I commute to work into Bradford on the train most days and feel lucky and happy that I don't have to struggle in through the rush-hour traffic.
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No smoke without ire
Posted on 12:42pm Thursday 24th April 2008
When the smoking ban came into force there were dire warnings of what it would do to the income of pubs and clubs and other places where people gather socially.
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Drivers paying the penalty
Posted on 2:54pm Wednesday 9th April 2008
There's been a welcome sight in the last couple of days of yellow penalty notices sprouting on the windscreens of cars parked illegally in the pedestrian zone next to the New Victoria hotel in Bradford city centre, a habit that been allowed to go unpunished for quite a while.
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Taking stock on my blogging year
Posted on 2:01pm Friday 4th April 2008
A year on from the start of this blog and it's time to take stock of how I've been doing in my efforts to live a greener life.
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A brewing tradition we should be proud of
Posted on 11:52am Monday 3rd March 2008
Local food and drink is the freshest and best, preferable to the stuff shipped around or stored in chilled warehouses for days or weeks and treated with chemicals. And it is all the rage now with country of origin, food miles and getting reconnected to the land important for many shoppers.
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Red for danger
Posted on 12:21pm Friday 22nd February 2008
Red is the new amber. And as amber was the new green that means drivers are shooting through traffic lights, roadworks signals and pedestrian crossings like they are not there.
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Never forgetting tragedy in Flanders' fields
Posted on 2:28pm Monday 4th February 2008
I’ve just got back from a holiday that managed to combine most of my passions - good beer, travel, family history and a bit of birdwatching. You don’t get much better than that. All I needed was warm weather and it would have been perfect!
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Cutting the carbon in 2008
Posted on 7:07pm Friday 11th January 2008
Well, I’ve made my New Year resolution and you won’t be surprised to hear that it’s all about cutting my carbon footprint - in a serious way.
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Crazy beyond be-leaf
Posted on 1:03pm Thursday 8th November 2007
Leaves on the line may not get as much press as they used to these days but leaves on the pavement may soon be taking over from them.
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River is a corridor for wildlife
Posted on 1:00pm Friday 19th October 2007
The Aire Valley may not be the prettiest of the Dales but it certainly has its charms and there's no doubting some fantastic vistas open up of the hills and meadows as you travel along it either by car or train.
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Flying gives me a guilty feeling
Posted on 11:41am Tuesday 4th September 2007
Green or obscene - the mileage counter
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Get in touch with the wild species among the concrete
Posted on 2:44pm Thursday 26th July 2007
Green or Obscene - the mileage counter
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