Update #1: Nail Creations Salon, next to the Thai place.Update #2: we have a link to a video. The commentary is perfect given the circumstances. For those concerned about them Franco and colleagues are OK. At least they were at 12:00; if they stayed [...]
Gloucester Road #2: an eerie calm over the A38
Posted by Kimberly
Normally this road on a Saturday is pretty chaotic: through traffic, shoppers trying to park outside their shops, either in the designated areas, or in the bus stops, the buses trying to get through, pedestrians trying to [...]
Gloucester Road Incident #1
Posted by Kimberly
Some breaking news here: Gloucester Road is closed on account of the Thai Nail Bar Corrections Nail Studio near the co-op and just round from Franco's Hairdresser's blew up at 10:00 today; Gloucester Road is closed.1. The [...]
Concept vehicles by Nikolay Yeliseyev
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, June 24, 2011
nikyeliseyev.blogspot.comKeywords: science fiction sci-fi concept futuristic vehicle work utility loader loading with hydraulic lift cabin with treads all terrain assist electric train large scale subway tram chick on bike [...]
Tesco Stokes Croft: A consultation
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, June 21, 2011
We're reproducing a message sent out today, in order to prevent any misunderstandings if our email became public through other channels, just like that recent incident involving "Quercus", twitter and a naked man on a unicycle. First, we need to make [...]
Concept vehicle art by Donald Yatomi
Posted by Kimberly
Donald's image portfolio on CGHub. Concept ships.Keywords: science fiction sci-fi concept futuristic vehicle with hydraulics monster truck huge scale off road all terrain automobile rendered in rain six wheeler monster tire [...]
We confess
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, June 20, 2011
Ok, we confess.Just for once, we rode a bicycle, instead of using the van. In the spirit of investigative journalism, of course.Here you can see a bunch of Bristol Traffic supporters, who turned out to photograph us (naked!) [...]
We feel for the unicyclist
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, June 19, 2011
The world naked bike rideWe worry about the sunburn for most of the participants, but for the unicyclist, the biggest risk is that they end up coming off the front of their toy. We can see from the photo that he has wrist-guards [...]
Tesco's plans to Walthamize the cycling city in the back.
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, June 18, 2011
We are impressed. Every day that one of the team members has been down to Cheltenham Road this week, there's been a vehicle or two outside Tesco. What was once one of the showcase "cycle city" and "Greater Bristol Bus Network" [...]
Tesco Walthamises Cheltenham Road
Posted by Kimberly
As we stated many months ago, a new Tesco mini-mart would finally give us a reason to park along Cheltenham Road.What we hadn't expected was how rapidly it would transit from a boring, functional bus lane and bike lane into [...]
Lamborghini Gallardo wallpaper
Posted by Kimberly
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Lamborghini Gallardo wallpaper
Posted by Kimberly
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Tesco Stokes Croft: did FirstBus torch it?
Posted by Kimberly on Thursday, June 16, 2011
There are lots of theories about who torched the new Stokes Croft TescoSome squatters made petrol bombs and tried to torch the mini-mart in a protest against supermarkets.Lots of drunk people reacting to the police blocking their road home.A group of [...]
Discussions with the BSM and other Bristol Driving Schools
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, June 15, 2011
We always have a special place in our coverage for driving schools, as they have to teach beginners the hard art of driving and parking in a city which, excluding Clifton, is anti-car.Here, up in Filton. Evolution WM10YHO [...]
Cheltenham Road goes upmarket
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The Tesco Express has re-opened on Cheltenham Road. It shuts at 18:00, so anyone wanting value beverages after that time is recommend to walk past the Arches, turn left to Zetland Road and go into Booze Express, who are [...]
Breaking news! The Polis at the tesco parking area!
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, June 13, 2011
A quick trip in our van at 09:59 shows the delivery van YR59YUD happily ensconced in the bus lane, waiting to deliver to tesco. We say waiting, because apparently as long as they don't start unloading until 10:00, it's OK. [...]
pavement work in Southville
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, June 12, 2011
"MB" sends these shots of some vehicles in Greenway Bush Lane. Southville. He notes that even the trucks are parked on the road. Only one vehicle is showing how much they care about their paintwork and wing mirrors that [...]
Laura Local: our favourite new tier-3 provincial journalist
Posted by Kimberly
We feel really sorry for the Bristol Evening Post. Most of the real journalists have moved on, leaving only a few people who are actually valued for their knowledge of the area and their willingness to type what senior management want them to write (Ian [...]
The Battle of the Bearpit Continues
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, June 11, 2011
We are pleased to have another photo from "TH", who is rapidly becoming out city-centre correspondent, today with another "Bearpit Incident", this one being rated as "minor" in the international Bearpit Incident Scale. Apparently [...]
Left Hook at Kellaway Building Supplies
Posted by Kimberly
A tax-dodging troublemaker emails us this video to say "Is this white van DK04TBX that nearly ran me over on June 10 in its rush to get to Kellaway Building Supplies on Shaldon Road yours?"Here is the response composed by our lawyersAskmid says this [...]
Don't try this in Stokes Croft
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, June 10, 2011
It seems that NYC is as bad as Stokes Croft. Both for Police persecution, and parking in cycle lanes [...]
the luxury school run
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, June 8, 2011
We are sent an email by "Mike" showing the proper way to get the kids to school, here with a stretch limo outside Colstons Primary School on, what, Cotham GroveThe submitter of this photograph seems a bit, well, unhappy [...]
Concept vehicles by Andrew Ley
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Clipped from a huge post on Conceptart.org. Andrew's blogspot. Check conceptrobots and conceptships.Keywords: digital concept vehicle drawings drafts illustration design by andrew ley concept motorcycle designs sci-fi science [...]
The Bearpit: the heart of Bristol
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, June 6, 2011
Why were down at the Croft for the festival, then, apart from emergency deliveries to the massage parlours? To see the bearpit back in full swing again.In the nineteenth century, the festivals that used to take place in [...]
