Meryl Wingfield

Great question from @emilyshuckburgh at #edie23: how can we all do more to go faster and further?

@SamanthaMalin @LottieShed I’m with you on mushy peas but what’s wrong with baked beans?! Essential foodstuff!

@au_tom_otive 😂

@MerylWingfield Three options: 1) BMW i3 2) BMW i3 3) BMW i3

I’m thinking about changing EV and I’m looking for something small, good range and strong regen braking. Any suggestions?

@richardstobart How do you find the regen in it?

@MerylWingfield I loved my Zoe.

@AndrewFreeman3 @paulfp I have a Kona and the moment and love it! Fits exactly what I need. But my partner doesn’t love it - too bouncy - so I’m exploring what else. Glad to hear you love yours too :)

@paulfp I meant the ID.3 and I thought it had supply chain issues so it was basically impossible to get hold of, but maybe I’m being too pessimistic!

@paulfp I thought about that but not sure you can get them any more?

@RichardGledhill About that or smaller ideally

@MerylWingfield Thought so! ☺️ So about the Kona size, or smaller/larger?

Farnham Repair Cafe (FRC): Very busy y’day: 107 visitors, 46 repairs & 2 prospective repair cafes attended to see FRC system: cumulative impact: 80 sessions; 4213 visitors; 1868 repairs; 66% repair rate; 5.3 tonnes landfill diversion; 50.2 tonnes of CO2e…lnkd.in/eMhqTUeG

@brooktop68 That size is good but not sure about range. And any thoughts on one pedal driving? Can’t do without that any more!

@MerylWingfield Or if BEV, Zoe 50, e208, Corsa, eUp, Mokka. Loads to choose from. Or you want bigger than that?

@learnsmartuk I would love one but not sure about the range. What do you get?

@green_bens @brooktop68 I do love them! But what range do you get?

@brooktop68 @MerylWingfield The i3 is fab, but I have to sling it into EcoPro mode to get one pedal driving, normal regen is just a bit too weak.

@RichardGledhill Good memory! I currently have a Kona - the finance contract is up later in the year and my partner doesn’t love it so thinking about what next. Still have the polestar 2 🥰

@MerylWingfield Though I think you had one before, didn't you? 🤔

Hearty and well-deserved congratulations go to the six finalists who have been shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Award for the best nature-writing published and nominated in 2022: @LeifBersweden @leeinthelakes @BenRawlence @guyshrubsole @malachytallack & Annie Proulx.

California’s almond-growing region covers over 1 million acres and is where ~80% of the world’s almonds are produced, valued at more than $10 billion. The entire industry relies on imported bees for pollination, without which there would be no almonds.

It’s 4am in Montreal and after several years of negotiations, governments have just adopted an historic Global Biodiversity Framework for saving nature. Here’s a thread with my take on what's good and what's bad in it.

Farnham Repair Cafe (8th Oct): 78 visitors; 3D printing up & running again/Cumulative impact: 76 sessions; 3855 visitors; 1713 repairs; 66% repair rate; 4.8 tonnes landfill diversion; 45.2 tonnes CO2e savings; 98% satisfaction Meryl Wingfield John Pearce…lnkd.in/e-hFevfh

@sammesseruk That’s what I thought - not much going on

@MerylWingfield I don't see an awful lot interacting with mine, barring spiders and general bugs - mind you, it's quite small and a bit sickly, and has never done too well. My mum's are bigger (she has a few) but I don't particularly recall seeing birds in them. The canopy a bit dense?

#wildlifegardeners Are Japanese Acers any good for wildlife?