During May, Rachel and I tagged bikes in the city with project postcards. We put them in spokes, in baskets and between cables of locked up bikes. We have been getting a good response from bike-owners contacting us via email to express interest in being part of the research.
This join-up image is from May, when Rachel and I spent our first week in Hull. We had a quick break between interviews and meetings, so we grabbed some lunch and cycled into Pearson Park. We leant our bikes against a tree and sat on the grass in the sun. I’m hoping that lovely summery weather returns. It’s been a much colder and rainier June than I expected.
I was lucky to spend nearly four hours with an interviewee today. We cycled for nearly two hours. We talked for over an hour and a half. I then took a portrait of him and his bike. All of it was incredibly valuable for the project. The guided tour was eclectic and fascinating. We cycled the historic edge of the city via the docks, along busy industrial roads to quiet green cycle tracks. We looped East Park. We crossed through the city. We looped Pearson Park. We finished at a cafe on Newland Avenue. Phew. And the rain mostly stayed away. It was good.