My seizures have changed a few things over the past few months, including, it now seems, my beautiful velvety Nottingham tones. I have been asked if I'm from parts south. The posh parts at that. I can deal with some things, but this...

Scammers claiming to be the Co-op bank are getting sophisticated, but thankfully fail at the simplest thing; calling from a private number. Stay vigilant.

So he wants Hate Speech not Free Speech then? Glad he's cleared that up. Not that anyone with a functioning soul is surprised.

Wee Danny (not that one), being a chod again.

Llandudno Remembrance Parade 2025 witnessed an act so audacious that Bond would have been impressed. This individual waltzed in, mingled with the Chain Gang et al and laid a wreath. The catcher? No one knows who the feck he is. Whoever he is he Walted big and hard. I'm not even angry, I'm impressed.

Now even Kim can generate this level of sycophancy.

Hilarious that Tr**p's threat to sue the BBC is not only without merit but out of time according to English law. The 26th October was the deadline. [Sad trombone]

So Davie has gone and the sympathetic hacks are already gaslighting with claims the BBC is politically balanced. My view; he knows the RW hype he's platformed is crumbling under the scrutiny of reality as Fromage/Deform fail in all aspects of practical politics. The vultures are clearly circling.

This year I was invited to attend a Remembrance Service with a difference at the Vintage Tractor Show at Newark Showground by Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society. It certainly made a change from St Mary's, Notts and was beautifully done by all involved.

Interesting fair of Fordsons at Newark Vintage Tractor Show today. Erotic Tractor ™️ central for several hours today. I'm getting an idea or two @adamwatkinson1.bsky.social.

Disposable Heroes - my latest ramblings on Substack, will be available from 19:00 GMT. Hopefully it'll be an interesting read if nothing else.

Want to lend credence to your cause? Coattail vulnerable veterans and attract the Walts. This is beyond grotesque. I really do despise this kind of behaviour and all who support it. www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/...

Wear a Poppy, don't wear a Poppy; I genuinely don't care. I just care whether or not you're a good person. Its literally what we fought for.

Heavy breathing from the yard... Erotic Tractor ™️🚜

Lest Wo We!

Fitting for the Medium+ Active User chair today. A lot more than meets the eye to the process, but the difference a rigid frame makes is pheonominal. Next up Wheel Chair Services final sign-off.

A succulent meat sandwich?

I'm at the stage now where I'm seeing some of my pre-seizure activities, mainly to do with my military associations, as being monumentally pointless energy vampires. Focusing on the enjoyable ones (two in total) is quite liberating to be honest.

Adam's on the ball once more.

Weird FND symptom #107: mutism. Today I've lost my voice. Most annoying. Solution; learn Makaton, which lots of folk do, as mutism isn't permanent. Roll out the big guy..

Bollocks - this ended on 3 January and was a temporary scheme funded from their surplus, not by taxpayers. Stop making things up you divisive shit-stirring prick.

Embracing the new normal I'm now shamelessly using my all-terrain wheelchair to plug my titles from Pen and Sword Books. The first of these is the Land Rover, available, along with other great titles, from the Pen and Sword Books website;(www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Land-Craft-7...)

A short 🧵 showing paintings of events on Halloween in the Great War. First up is the London Scottish at Messines on 31st October 1914. They lost 14 men killed, had 122 men wounded, and reported 185 missing. Messines Ridge was in German hands from Halloween 1914 until 7 June 1917. 1/

Have any of you got access to a parking spot in west or west central London that I can borrow on Thursday please?

Despite the headline it’s not George RR Martin personally going for them cos he’s rich and famous. It’s all of us. The test case used his work, but it’s about the plain-as-day issue that ANY generative AI ignores and infringes copyright, by passing off. That’s a win for basic law.

So neeed this in my life right now. auctions.ramco.uk/auctions/944...

I'm going with blackmail...

What the feck is Poppy scene? An underground dance movement? Or a niche lifestyle choice? This remark does prove my point beautifully though and shows who gets triggered. Odd individual.

Because as a non-driving active user this single seat underpowered fibreglass death trap will really help with my mobility.

I'm dealing with a data breech and have received an email from someone whose lack of integrity includes throwing AN Other under the bus while not willing to accept their own error (which they admitted) is a form of mental gymnastics I didn't believe possible. Did I go up the chain? Damn right I did.

Oh...

How are they cutting more than is spent (£22.8bn per annum) Oh that's right, they're just being adlist gobshites again. Then what's next? UC, Pensions, War Pensions/AFCS...

It's amazing what you find. My Gore-tex bivvy bag was still in its pouch. Old school.

Politicisation and commercialisation of the Poppy as a symbol of Remembrance? I'd like to say surely not, but sadly this isn't the case.

Just remembered the nickname "village". I think the time is ripe for it's revival.

Spent my evening running circles around Deform defenders on Facebook.

My first Substack post will be out tomorrow, if you wish to have a read and give me a follow wander over to: open.substack.com/pub/benskipp...

Screams in horrified Pevsner.

What fresh hell is this?

I could write an entire Malcolm Barnardesque essay on this photograph. But I won't because sometimes a picture really does say it all.

Young beavers yearn for the dams!

In the early 2000s there was a one eyed VC 10 captain who was the doyen of the fleet and knocking on 70yrs old iirc. So goodness knows who the RAF have in dry store out there.

Today I tried going up an incline. Feck me, it always seemed easier on foot, I actually ground to halt at one point. Still, I got to my intended destination eventually. I'll have arms like Garth in no time.

Looking forward to giving a talk about Prince Rupert, as part of the Cromwell Museum's autumn lecture series.

Beyond symbolic.

Rod didn’t mean to kill anybody but once he did, he knew who to call to help him. Anti hero military veterans clash with organised crime groups already involved in a turf war. It is a fast paced story with brutal action and tough dialogue. amzn.eu/d/eqCN0yy

Show them the meaning of haste!

CPS not using the OSA rules for a potential espionage case witness statement. Incompetence beyond belief.

There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system. Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts Spending is controlled, not spiralling Worklessness is near record lows My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...