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Goes nicely with our blue and orange livery.

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We do sunshine too. Third tour in three days. This time a couple from Edinburgh.

Who says you can’t cycle in the rain? Not these Dutch people and Ding cycle tours.

Match day experience courtesy of Ding for Emma from New Zealand, whose great-grandmother was Irish. Also she’s a fan of Torchwood.

i wondered why they left the women out of this picture! Perhaps they were all sitting at the other end of the table?

Had this through our door. Seems to be quite an active campaign against Cardiff Uni cuts.

The US vice president scolds European leaders over democratic values, while playing deputy sheriff to a man who tried to overturn a democratic election.

Good luck to all my “old” BBC Wales colleagues heading down the redundancy trail today. Still lots of talent left in the building but plenty of it heading out of the door.

These are small but significant figures, as Reform win a by-election in Pontypool - their first elected councillor in Wales. He’ll join the group of 3 Tory defectors on Torfaen council.

Go to Google Search "Gulf of Mexico" Click the 3 little dots next to "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)" Choose "Send feedback" Click "Gulf of America" Click "Inaccurate content" Click "Incorrect" Tell Google the correct name en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of...

Evening out for Ding at the reception for nominees in the Cardiff Life Awards. We’re in the running for best New Business. (Bike helmets deposited in the cloakroom.)

When people say “Make *fill in country* great again,” I always wonder what previous time they’re referring to.

Gatland’s exit?

Sunday chapel. Took Mark from LA on a tour during his flying visit to Cardiff. Thanks/Diolch to the volunteers at Tabernacle Chaple for letting us having a look inside this Welsh language landmark. DING: Cardiff Cycle Tours / Teithiau Beic Caerdydd

From the glass half-full department…

It’s probably time that broadcasting executives stopped indulging presenters whose “difficult” behaviour is excused because they’re the “talent”. The cult of celebrity comes with plenty of baggage.

Sad to see the death of Dafydd Elis Thomas. A true character in a Welsh political scene that was crying out for charisma. He once paid me a compliment on air - a clever tactic which wrong-footed me!

National Museum, Cardiff back open for business after its safety-enforced closure last week.

Great line from Armando Iannucci on C4 just now. “As far as I’m concerned, the sooner Elon Musk goes to Mars the better.”

People turning up at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff to find it closed at short notice due to “health and safety concerns”. Looks like a rush job judging by the sticky tape on the door. One family have just arrived from Swansea.

Remember when there used to be a debate about whether Italy were good enough to compete in the Six Nations… #wales

With apparently zero evidence, Trump is using a tragedy to further his campaign against diversity policies. These are disturbing times .

If you’re interested in the financial package that the Vice Chancellor gets at the financially beleaguered Cardiff University, here are the details (Salary £290k pa) www.cardiff.ac.uk/public-infor...

#AI rejected my job applications, says former cabinet minister with ‘unconventional’ CV - and it could happen to anyone www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In light of the sweeping cuts announced by Cardiff Uni, any data to show what effect Brexit may have had on the number of international students coming to the UK?

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Delighted that we’re in the running for a @cardifflife.bsky.social New Business of the Year award. Winners to be announced in March. 🚲🚲

“Europe’s left-wingers” - what a bizarre headline.

Beautiful morning for a spin round Cardiff with Gwenda, Jim and Tomos from @cyclinguk.bsky.social. Good to show them the cycling infrastructure (with a bit of history thrown in), plus the bits that need extra work - eg improving accessibility In Hamadryad Park.

Some really strong journalism here. Good to see, albeit with a highly worrying subject matter. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Day 1

The Musk “salute” must be roundly condemned and challenged. We really shouldn’t let it slip by into any form of accepted or unimportant behaviour. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...

It’s a bit squashed in that hall. Remains me of being a parent watching primary school Christmas shows.

you have to ask - again - whether they understand that 10,000 is a barely significant rounding error in a country with 3 million millionaires

I find it rather depressing that a story about flawed cancer services in Wales seems to be getting less social media response than some new stats about 20mph zones.

Tucked away in this “full Welsh fry up” assault by Andrew RT Davies is the oft-repeated claim about £1,600 a month being dished out to “illegal immigrants”. Here’s a fact-check www.reuters.com/fact-check/w...

Elon Musk seems to be deciding the UK news agenda. Just the sport and weather to go. Time for a bit more robustness.