Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@jon I refuse to lock my bike up outside. It's my luggage, we wouldn't accept people having to lock suitcases outside. So who bikes. I've been ok in about 90% of the hotels I stay in.

[wlukewindsor@c.im]

@jon meanwhile https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/why/bike-friendly.html show how it can be done

[davidm_yeg@beige.party]

@jon

Don’t worry, I’m sure plans are already afoot to move that decimal point…

[raphv@social.edu.nl]

@danbrotherston @jon unlike the recycling centre where (at least in my municipality which is one of the 10 biggest cities in the supposedly bike-friendly Netherlands) you can only enter by car (no walk-ins, no bike-ins and, although the municipality offers free removal of bulk at the doorstep, there are some garbage categories like paint and chemicals where trees no alternative).

[jon@gruene.social]

@quixoticgeek Sure, that's also OK, but outside parking is handy *as well*

[endicottauthor@mastodon.social]

@jon "You're gonna need a bigger sign".

[jon@gruene.social]

Here's today's #CrossBorderRail video, summarising what I learned taking the new Régiolis service. It's a BIG step forward, much better than the diesel trains it replaces https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/7FcqQDVUvhJmUk6pSifNvd

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@jon as long as they don't require it as the only option. I was at a best western in Germany where they insisted my bike must be locked up outside. Then I asked them to cancel the reservation, and they relented.

[meercat0@mastodon.social]

@jon Thank you for the video

[fataqe@mas.to]

@notsoloud @jon @mkoek second that