DEGREES OF FREEDOM
Apr 14, 2020
2 minutes
OXFORD A CYCLING CITY, says the sign as you cycle in. There’s a friendly bike symbol and a list of twin towns: Leiden, Netherlands; Perm, Russia; León, Guatemala; Ramallah, Palestine… Presumably academia, rather than cycle infrastructure, is the linking factor.
Last time I cycled here, I was a student. So long ago, they paid you to go to university; helmets were unknown; we leaned bikes
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