Dave Walker

26 Nov 2024

Things I do. Household Problems: householdproblems.com Shop: davewalkershop.com Newsletter, called Diagram Club: diagramclub.substack.com Cartoon website / portfolio: davewalker.com/diagrams/

Great to meet up with Bike Worcester for the start of their @cyclinguk.bsky.social Glow Ride. Rain = no deterrent.

shop.cyclinguk.orgCycling UK ShopPurchase guidebooks and art prints for Cycling UK's Adventure Series routes.

Oh yes, forgot to say: Of relevance to this. There’s a @cyclinguk.bsky.social Glow Ride collection featuring my drawings. It’s here: shop.cyclinguk.org

Photographic evidence of my participation in the Mûr de Ned hill climb yesterday has emerged - thanks DC. Still buzzing from it. Thanks again @nedboulting.bsky.social / @xobikes.bsky.social

I unexpectedly participated in a bike race today, the Mûr de Ned, a quirky and joyful community event hosted by @nedboulting.bsky.social in Lewisham. My first Hill Climb since The Tumble in the 90s (didn’t go well). Photos of my actual ride yet to emerge. Full report in newsletter next week. (1/2)

[Photos: First runner on the course, before the start with @lauralaker.bsky.social, the Mûr de Ned sign, Gilbert the dog (participant), Photo with Ned, Rider No 51 (11 point something seconds, didn’t trouble the podium)]

How to pay for parking.

diagramclub.substack.comDiagram Club | Dave Walker | SubstackDiagrams by cycling cartoonist and author Dave Walker. Social commentary, environmental topics, how to be creative, bicycles. Click to read Diagram Club, by Dave Walker, a Substack publication with th...

[Link to newsletter as per final slide: diagramclub.substack.com ]

22 Sept

New cartoon: The RNLI

rnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.

22 Sept

(To support the RNLI: rnli.org)

12 Aug

Eclipse report. Largely cloudy where I am, but during brief moments saw some amazing crescent patterns from light through trees (pics 1 / 2). Also rays of light in the sky. Colander, masher and strainer were all disappointing so gave up on them - probably user error. .

Eclipse colander dry run. Sure, I can get a load of blurry dots on my A4 paper (blank). But to think that tomorrow they will be eclipse-shaped blurry dots seems far-fetched. SOMEONE HELP ME WITH SCIENCE

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Update: Sieve - disappointing. However…

This, from @jennifed.bsky.social gives me hope that the colander will work. bsky.app/profile/jenn...

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Additional note: image for reference if required tomorrow.

18 July

Diagram in which I attempt to explain tactics in a bike race. As found in last week's Diagram Club newsletter, diagramclub.substack.com . Taken from my book 'The Cycling Cartoonist', published by Bloomsbury.

diagramclub.substack.com#087 Before you encounter a milk churnNecessary items / Shewn in red

17 July

My latest newsletter. There are bicycle racing cartoons, transport maps and signs, a summer playlist, hand-drawn paragraph dividers and a reasonable amount if nonsense. diagramclub.substack.com/p/087-before...

Why building safe routes to walk and cycle is really good value for money. [From my newsletter: diagramclub.substack.com ]

In response to comments by Wes Streeting last week:

Dear Wes, Building safe routes for people to walk and cycle pays for itself five and a half times over though reduction of accidents, taking the strain off the NHS, and many more ways besides. Yours, Dave Walker (Basildon)

diagramclub.substack.com#083 Can I print it? Yes you canCycle paths = value for money / Bikes for sale

Diagram #083 is out: - Why building cycle routes is good value for money - Good news if your printer works - Bikes I'm selling - Misc hand-drawn nonsense diagramclub.substack.com/p/083-can-i-...

(Should say 'Diagram Club', but you get the idea)

19 June

Tech question. This is the sort of internet speed I get on my Mac mini (but it varies hugely). Phone on same wifi is 87mbps. Who do I get to help me with this - to be honest pretty close to giving up as I don’t understand tech support advice and can’t afford a new computer.

19 June

It's working again now. For no obvious reason. Which is what makes it so frustrating, as I know it won't last.

16 June

I'm selling various bicycles, if anyone who could get to south Essex to pick up might be interested. All under £231. Won't post all the details here - if you'd like more info get in touch and will send it.

youtube.comTaihang-tastic Changzhi: Changzhi's Transformation from Coal Mines to TourismYouTube video by People of Asia for Climate Solutions

16 June

Might be of interest to some of you. A video from China, made by PACS, the people who invited me there last autumn. It shows how to economy in Shanxi province, one of the world's biggest coal producing areas, is transitioning to tourism www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-2j...

16 June

Sorry - how 'the' economy...

gov.ukActive Travel – Active England: the third cycling and walking investment strategy (CWIS3)

[Cycling and walking update] Following news posted by @peterwalker99.bsky.social and @lauralaker.bsky.social yesterday, the Third Walking and Cycling Investment Strategy was posted overnight: www.gov.uk/government/p... Also...

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gov.ukCycling and walking boom with £4.5 billion for thousands of new routes and safer crossingsStrategy aims to deliver 5,000 new walking, wheeling and cycling routes and 10,000 safer crossings over the next 5 years.

While I'm being comprehensive about things: a press release "Cycling and walking boom with £4.5 billion for thousands of new routes and safer crossings" www.gov.uk/government/n...

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There's more. Second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy - Report to Parliament (pdf): assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a2ac6...

gov.ukActive Travel – Active England: the third cycling and walking investment strategy (CWIS3)

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Worth Every Step, a pdf containing a plan for 2026-2030: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a2a6b...

theguardian.comMinisters want 60% of pupils in England ‘actively’ travelling to school by 2035Exclusive: Transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, says cycling and walking plan focuses on ‘everyday travel needs’

For context: @peterwalker99.bsky.social Ministers want 60% of pupils in England ‘actively’ travelling to school by 2035 www.theguardian.com/politics/202... @lauralaker.bsky.social England's National Cycling and Walking Network backed by billions lauralaker.substack.com/p/englands-n...

8 June

A cartoon from a little series I've drawn about creativity. This is for everyone who says "I'm not creative". Maybe, just maybe, the evidence says otherwise.

open.substack.com#081 The Cafe from a great heightCarrying sundry paraphernalia / Mediocre wildlife photography

6 June

Diagram Club #081: - Cargo bike cartoon - Modifying my latest bicycle to carry things - Cartoon about volunteering - Misc nonsense (hand-drawn) open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...

3 June

For World Bicycle Day: Cycling = multitasking. #WorldBicycleDay

diagramclub.substack.comDiagram Club | Dave Walker | SubstackDiagrams, maps and annotation by cycling cartoonist and author Dave Walker. Topics: Creativity, environment, bicycles. Click to read Diagram Club, by Dave Walker, a Substack publication with thousands...

3 June

Cartoon is taken from From A to B, my cartoon manifesto for pedal-powered transport, published by Bloomsbury. and also the sort of thing you’ll find weekly in my newsletter, diagramclub.substack.com

29 May

Diagram Club #080: - Cycling in Copenhagen - A new video from my time in China - Have the baby foxes finally left us? Read here: diagramclub.substack.com/p/080-cyclin...

25 May

Came to Copenhagen, and by sheer carefully-planned coincidence my favourite band were playing. Phosphorescent - entirely brilliant.

20 May

Some news. I’m stepping down from drawing cartoons for the Church Times. It’s been a privilege to do so for 21 years, and they’ve been brilliant, but it’s time. I’ve written more about this in my newsletter open.substack.com/pub/diagramc... . (Subscribe there if you’d like to follow what I do next.)

open.substack.com#078 The rosy world of varifocalsMake the thing, just start / Roads - fine, as far as they go

10 May

Newsletter just published (Diagram Club 078): - Creativity diagram about getting started - Does building more roads = more traffic? (Yes) - How do you get on with varifocal glasses? - Video of the little foxes who live under our shed open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...

7 May

#BikesAtPollingStations

5 May

It's the UK local elections this Thursday, 7 May. Please vote if you can.

5 May

Original cartoon published by Church Times. This version from my newsletter, diagramclub.substack.com

16 Apr

My 75th newsletter. A mixture of cartoons, thoughts about creativity, and (let’s face it) nonsense. Oh, and we have baby foxes in our garden. open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...

open.substack.com#074 Storm Dave: A statementPond dipping / Free postage day

6 Apr

Diagram Club #074. Statement re Storm Dave; pond dipping; Easter cartoon; furthering The Cycling Agenda open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...

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Liam Calvert

@liamcalvert.bsky.social

20 Mar

So I bought a second hand tumble dryer. Turns out the box on my bike was almost the perfect size. If anyone asks, @davewalker.bsky.social made me do it.

13 Mar

Introducing a new cartoon project: Creativity Diagrams. Been a cartoonist for 20 years, trying (and quite often failing) to be creative. A series of cartoons on the topic in my newsletter every week. More about it: davewalker.com/creativity/ Newsletter: diagramclub.substack.com/p/072-introd...

10 Mar

In some places we’d call this a reel, but not here, I don’t think. It’s my ‘Things that help me’ diagram, zipping past at a speed that doesn’t quite allow you to read it. [For an A4 printable version subscribe (free) to diagramclub.substack.com and I’ll send it.]

9 Mar

New cartoon: Things that help me (some of which might help you). It’s a note to myself, essentially. If you’d like a printable A4 pdf version subscribe to Diagram Club (link below) and you’ll be sent it. (Existing subscribers: It’s coming very soon.)