Sheringham to Cromer beach + seagull.

North Norfolk on the way to Cromer.

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital. Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There are 20 restaurants & cafes & 9 bars in the House of Commons. These are heavily subsidised - a pint of beer costs £3.50. 9 bars in a place of work seems absurd. The subsidies shield MPs from the reality of the outside world & should be withdrawn immediately. Indeed the bars should be shut.

Run Norwich. circa 9,000 runners. Great event. Great atmosphere. Pandemonium!

They told us privatisation would mean better services at less cost They told us the more millionaires the better because wealth would trickle down The opposite happened They lied, and despite having been proved wrong they're still lying meme via Jon Cumberbatch

Burn How Garden Hotel, Bowness-on-Windermere last Wednesday evening. "Rocks and Rain, Reason and Romance" @saraband-books.bsky.social and "Science and Sensibility: From the Heavens Above to the Earth Below" Lutterworth Press. Where were you!

Rainy morning by Rydal Water: when all at once we saw a crowd A host of wild swimming folk; Along the Lake, beneath the trees, Ten thousand swimming in the breeze. Wearing wetsuits as their watery coats And on their backs bright orange tow floats. (Sorry William, sorry Dorothy).

Grasmere Show Senior Guides fell Race 24 August 2025.

Morecambe Prom Parkrun 23 August 2025. One of the best settings for a 5K run along the prom by the Bay with the Cumbrian Fells in the distance. And it's an absolutely flat course! @cumbriapr.bsky.social But I didn't have my running shoes with me. Oh dear....

Morecambe Bay...from Morecambe.

Another twilight view of Norwich Cathedral across the River Wensum.

Norwich Cathedral from Bishop's Bridge at twilight.

On the shelf in the wonderful Langdale Co-op. Where you can still have a divi number 😍

Meet the author..the fascinating David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social is guest at the Burn How Hotel book session on Weds Aug 27, 7pm, it's free, all welcome. David wrote the glorious "Rocks & Rain, Reason & Romance", one of the best ever books about the Lakes. Pls share. @lakedistrict.bsky.social

Big skies walk from Reedham to Great Yarmouth along the banks of the River Yare.

Come and join us!

Well I've tried to get my phone to give permission to take a camera facescan for age verification but after many attempts I've failed. Surely this confirms I'm a very senior citizen hopeless with technology. So there's no point in posting a chat message to me as I'm not allowed to read it!!

Impressive!

Thomas Payne was born in Thetford UK, a Norfolk boy. There's a gold statue of him in the town, ironically on King Street!

TIL Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in a Chipotle

Sad tree.

I'm actually quite relaxed about celeb books - if they're good books and actually written by the person (or if there's a co writer credited) but the last para almost killed me. It's AI that I fear not celebs.

Spot on.

"This is not a conflict. This is not a war. It's not an escalation of violence. It is intentional ethnic cleansing, which is entailing genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity" Francesca Albanese at the UN HUman Rights Council this morning. 🎯

More than 130 charities & NGOs are calling for Israeli/US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to be shut down Over 500 Palestinians have been killed while trying to get food since the GHF started operating in May, following Israel's 3 month blockade of Gaza www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I wish.

A window view from space: Africa to the left, Europe to the right. -Credits: NASA

Not to worry Alan, I'm not in that coveted prime spot either! 😃😮‍💨

Fancy a bit of sea breeze? Here's a selection of Norfolk coast walks from my 15 Short Walks in Norfolk, just published: www.cicerone.co.uk/explore-norf...

Norwich Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the foreground with the Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist jn the distance.

Wensum's weeping willows.

Norwich cathedral(s) from Kett's Heights.

On May 29, 2025, atmospheric CO₂ concentration at the Mauna Loa Observatory reached 430.71 ppm. When I was born in 1991, the global average was around 355 ppm. A cataclysmic geological shift in just three decades, and no serious effort to « flatten the curve » here.

Rothko wall, leaves and grass

Milford Haven ria estuary. Milford Haven indust-ria-l oil terminal. Beauty and the Beast.

Pond life in yellows and green.

Valerian steps in the Pembroke May sunshine.

Con trails over Norwich this morning, I guess all flying west from Europe to North America taking the polar route...maybe? A couple of deviants playing noughts and crosses.

Our feudal hangover

Reflections on Rothko.

This: cumbriacrack.com/2025/04/23/l.... But you can all help by adding your name here: saverydalmount.org.uk

"...millions of people, indifferent to the loss of democracy, [are] happy to capitulate to the rule of the strongman, relieved to feel order restored when they [are] being told what they could and could not do, no matter the human cost." Vivian Gornick essay on Erich Fromm.