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Jon
@ormondroyd
Fulham FC and Deal Town FC fan, on loan to Brisbane Roar/Lions. Former @guardian football cartoonist back before they had someone funnier who can draw. Tall.
May 20, 2022 • 26 tweets • 5 min read
Who wants to read about my great great grandfather's bike ride, on 21st May 1884?
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Wednesday May 21, 1884:

About 7 o’clock Mary knocked at my door to say Henry was waiting outside the house. He came over for me to go a run. So up and boiled the kettle on the forge. 1/25 Had a shave and breakfast and all ready to start out at 8 o’clock. 2/25
Dec 14, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Holy bloody shit all we normally hear from angry car people is that road capacities need to increase, and yet when a city is finally conned into building an entirely new parallel road along an existing route, guess who pisses and moans about it?
kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/new… "WE NEED MORE ROADS"
"Okay, here's another roa..."
"NO NOT LIKE THAT"
Nov 20, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
About 500 people in at Deal Town FC at a guess... And Lucy the dog Image I bloody love Non-League. @DealTownFC @nonleaguedogs Image
Sep 28, 2021 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
So anyone want to see the progression of a giant hogweed burn over a week and a half or so? It's... not nice. This was about 36 hours after the presumed contact on an off-road bike ride. Image
Sep 20, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
13 year old Hope Fennell was hit on her bike by HGV driver Darren Foster. He climbed down, found her trapped under the wheels, but climbed back into his cab, leaving her to die as he deleted the text messages he had been sending as he drove.
Foster received a 6 month sentence. Image Lorraine Barrow was killed when Victoria Hamer hit her from behind in full daylight at "a minimum of 44mph" in a 30mph zone. Hamer received a suspended sentence and a 30 month ban.
Lorraine's husband Paul said the law has "gone too far in protecting the rights of the perpetrator" ImageImage
Jul 1, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Muir David Taylor was driving over the Tamar bridge when he noticed someone legally riding a bicycle behind him. After initially stopping to tell him not to cycle on the bridge, he deliberately swerved across 2 lanes to knock him down, injuring him.
He received a 12 month ban. 13 year old Hope Fennell was hit on her bike by HGV driver Darren Foster. He climbed down, found her trapped under the wheels, but climbed back into his cab, leaving her to die as he deleted the text messages he had been sending as he drove.
Foster received a 6 month sentence. Image
May 8, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Barry Brettell (centre) was cycling with William "Roy" Higgins in bright sunshine at 10:15am. An HGV driver hit them both from behind at estimated 43mph, killing Barry & seriously injuring Roy. After claiming one rider "wobbled" as he passed, the driver was cleared of all charges Image Tom McConnachie on foot when he was hit by a car driven by Lewis Seaman in Plymouth. He was thrown 20 yards. He died of head injuries.
Seaman was drunk, and had no insurance. He drove off and set fire to his car. He was jailed for 10 months, and banned for 3 years 5 months. Image
Apr 26, 2020 • 19 tweets • 7 min read
Can I spread a bit of joy? Right on the edge of Deal in Kent is a village called Sholden. Someone in Sholden has four pet peacocks. I'd seen them occasionally on school runs.
With COVID lockdown, the peacocks have decided the town is theirs. They're roaming THE WHOLE TOWN daily. On Monday they invaded a local car repair garage.