The heartwarming story of a Slovenian sex-worker who fucks for handbags and a Green Card and becomes the First Lady of the United States of America. I mean, there's some dystopian stuff in there about a dead-eyed ghoul and a quasi-fascist wannabe dictatorship, but I think the central message holds.

Big Shropshire News - Bigfoot on the loose!!!

@lewisbaston.bsky.social thank you very much for *pass the Duchy* on page 36. You properly made I laaff...

To the grindstone...

Snar. It's Schrödinger's Snow: it means that my children can't go to school, *and* that they must go out *at the same time*.

Pork & Black pudding pie. Long Mynd, Shropshire.

I'm only 4 episodes into this - excellent btw - and I'm already of the view that every service chief, CDS, and foreign & defence secretary, PM and Chancellor of the last 35 years should be fucking shot. @deborahaynes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/show/4lHtW6x...

On the marches of England, towards Wales. Freezing.

Seems unnecessarily brave...

Europe has had, charitably, 6 years warning of this. It chose to do nothing - to hope, to declare - but to do nothing. It's economy is 6 times greater than Russia's, it's population 4 times greater. Ukraine is the victim today, but Europe is the author, and probably soon, the next victim.

For @olliekingsbury.bsky.social (I had Spaghetti Bolognese for breakfast as well....

Cheeky one.

Feeling cute - might delete later...

The faintest hint of the Aurora from Bewdley, Worcestershire - 20.00 01/01 - it was much brighter (reds and purples apparently..) and more active earlier. Might pop out before bedtime to see what it's doing...

Spooky sky stuff. Shropshire. We had a picnic, read a story about a heroic Rabbit, and drank hot chocolate. It was a good day.

The New Year's Day breakfast of champions.

Morning dawgs!

Children and their shit cooking. An omelette that's 70% milk, with no oil in the pan. A vomlette, as Mrs Bot suggested?

Shropshire, cold and hard...

Wyre Forest - 11am. About 10cm of snow, roads ok, but plenty of drooling half-wits with no lights on...

Snarrrr!!!!!! Great big fluffy flakes of kids begging not to go to school...

Civilisation. Shropshire, Sunday morning.

Aaannnddd I had a nice slice of cake...

A nice walk in the woods - child 3 even found some glutenous mud...

It's Saturday afternoon. 1) where am I? 2) am I dumber than a bag of hair?

Wet dog.

Fireworks, pork bap, a brew and a slab of bread pudding. Bridgnorth rugby club.

Lick it. Lick the shroom.

Is there who doesn't snigger when saying 'Titterstone'...? Asking for a friend - who's 49 and 10 months.

Wyre Forest, Shropshire on a stunning Autumn day...

Sunrise, Shropshire.

Northern Lights. Bewdley, Worcestershire.

A walk in the woods - Shropshire.

Makes a change....

The ground was littered with webs this morning - dew, sunshine...

No idea. Shropshire.

Moor dog. Geddit??!!

Coz I is worth it.

Hill dog. It's a cold, wet, windy morning, and I've got a brew. Paradise.

Pub dog. Wensleydale. @olliekingsbury.bsky.social this one's a bit ruff - but the beer is excellent.

You love it...

Haul.

Getting very queasy about being one of Husks' numbers, so, yeah... We've had a week of adventure in Wales - kids first time staying in Youth Hostels and bothies...

Dens of Wyre... (An obscure subject, but one - I think - that deserves a wider audience...)

A bit of cold and frosty Shropshire. -1c: owl's hooting, deer back to skittishness, oak, beech and birch stripped of their leaves. The cusp of winter is here....

Autumn light. Herefordshire.

Do YOU live in WALES? Have YOU lost a FOREST? Call WORCESTERSHIRE HIGHWAYS *NOW* to see if YOUR forest can be recovered! Contact Bewdley bridge, River Severn, for details....

Forestry goodness. Deer out, honking off - but today's special was an *astonishing* Sparrowhawk flying down a track so fast that she made that ripping the air sound of a fast jet at low level. Absolutely stunning experience.

Wyre Forest. 8am. Bucks roaring.