Purple Mouse
@purplemouse
Wurzel • Canuck • Norfolker Newly qualified Biomedical Scientist. I cycle for transport with a helmet camera. I don’t eat animals.
If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from your device without comment.
Yes, I’m also that person at work who uses pipette tips in a random order. #biomedicalscience @ibmscience.bsky.social
A bus trip to Beccles today to visit my partner who is staying with his poorly mum. She liked my new t-shirt (by @masatojones.bsky.social) so my partner took a rare photo of me.
Loved Manchester, and got to spend lots of time with my sunshine. We took him to the amazing Hulme Community garden centre to jolly up his yard. Now heading to Sheffield via Leeds where I had a dress fitting with the wonderful @masatojones.bsky.social
As a fan of @mooseallain.bsky.social I was delighted to see this card in Waitrose tonight. Love it!
A similar sign caught my eye when trying to navigate out of our hospital grounds. Cyclists are directed through a car park and are asked to look out for pedestrians, presumably walking to their cars. No signs for the car drivers to watch for other pedestrians or cyclists.
This #Norwich driver didn't like being asked to move back as I was trying to pass in the cycle lane. There was no-one behind at this point, but instead of reversing he said "It's 7am!". Then he said he was a "keen cyclist" himself, still not reversing to let me pass.
I hope the driver is okay, and also anyone who may have been entering or leaving the park at the time. The cycling/pedestrian sign was knocked down in the process, but had been propped up when I was on my way home.
Had similar on Monday. Didn’t even have the decency to tuck in their wing mirror - had to do it for them.
It’s a bit cold in the house this morning. Hoping we can get the boiler fixed today without too much expense. I’ve had to pay my registration fees as well as renewing my passport in order to register, so I could do without a broken boiler!
When Deliveroo drivers mistake themselves for a paramedic. "I have to park somewhere!" Parked diagonally in a cycle lane, no hazards, and utterly oblivious.
Have you seen this @vannabartlett.bsky.social and @jeremybartlett.bsky.social ? Not sure where cyclists are expected to go now, but I refuse to dismount.
These people took issue with me cycling through the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social on a shared path. When I pointed out that they are asked to keep their dog on a lead I was told to "Go away". I'm trying to get to work, and I'm so tired of having dogs running across my path endangering both of us.
I arrived back from our holiday keen to continue the fun with several items on my calendar. Unfortunately the lurgy was upon me. My daughter was far worse, maybe because she didn’t have the flu jab. An abrupt end to the fun, and back to work tomorrow if I’m better ☹️
I was delighted to get off the bus in Manchester & see a Timmy’s. We bought a latte, some nibbles, & some Timbits for my son who we were visiting. Then we felt awful about all the waste we’d generated - just for a snack! This will one day be as shameful as smoking in the same room as a small child.