A glimmer of hope after 7/7

The bombings on 7/7 brought 52 lives to an end, and injured many more.  However, that ghastly day in 2005 may in the end have saved some lives because cycling increased markedly.  The memorial looks like a collection of garden fence posts, but Alex Bamford sees it in a different light.  Perhaps we should too.

7/7 on 9/11 © Alex Bamford

Reducing pollution by cycling will mean we constantly arrive at work all hot and sticky.  That will encourage the provision of showers, secure cycle storage and airing facilities.  Imagine a world where those facilities are the norm.  

I envisage even better in chapter 03 of Serpent Dove.  The bronchs are designed for fresh air and cycling.  Arrival branches are cooled so that cyclists reach normal temperature quickly, and of course departure branches are warm to get cyclists comfortable.

On this tenth anniversary of 7/7 may those who died rest in peace; may the injured continue to find healing; may we relish the gift of life and look after our world.

Here's to imaginative investment that encourages us to do that!

I wish,
Elder Adok