Trump invokes Article 5 of NATO Treaty following attack by Belgium

Boycotting the World Cup and trying not to know any scores is a bit like Whamaggedon. And I am now out- dammit 🤣

@thegreenrunners.bsky.social Spotted at Registration Sprint North. Good luck Emma Male!

All good to go on @spinerace.bsky.social . Frank running the full Spine and me volunteering.

Trump’s World Cup Chaos continues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good to see @ultradamo.bsky.social at Shrewsbury last night on the last night of his speaking tour. The last and best (as he got the news of Arsenal winning the league). Also Frank and I helped with book sales afterwards. I hugely recommend this book whatever your age. It's brill!

The shower inspector has retrained

Well done Jasmin Paris! @thegreenrunners.bsky.social

Amazing London Marathon today but, unless I've missed it, why is there no mention on the BBC of the female once holder of the outright Winter Spine Race and only female to finish the Barkley Marathons? Go Jasmin. @thegreenrunners

Full house! Ground number 92 out of current 92 league grounds. English/Welsh League Ground 119 in total. Bromley FC v Shrewsbury Town.

Quite proud of this as due to my dislike of heights, (even little ones) this is the first time I have stood upright on a trig! Brow Point, Robin Hood's Bay.

Northallerton hospital. Not the next checkpoint we wanted. Frank's lower leg started hurting at Shap (60 miles). He continued to Kirkby Stephen (79 miles) but couldn't put weight on it. The UTC at Northallerton is brilliant. No wait & a quick Xray showed no obvious break. Just got to rest. Dammit.

Frank at CP2 Shap (otherwise known as my car). 60 miles into Not the Northern Traverse.

At 8am this morning, Frank set off on his Not the Northern Traverse adventure. I’m crewing for him. 190 ish miles Coast to Coast from St. Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay.

In case anyone on here was doing The Northern Traverse (anyone of the races) and still plans to do the route, please note that some fab people have set up an unofficial support network. For more info follow Community Traverse on Instagram or DM me and I'll get you added to the WhatsApp group.

"Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"

A birthday trip to Hay on Wye (Hay Bluff) and a trig with a Welsh Dragon. Draig goch.

Bloody hell, Shrewsbury; another win and I'll havevto go for a trim!

Help @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social get the message across to the UK Government that they need to get tough on supermarket plastic. Greenpeace are petitioning for the UK Government to push for a Global Plastics Treaty that reduces plastic production. 204,765 have signed. Help them reach 250,000.

We call upon the Green Running community to head out for a barefoot run today in solidarity of our co-founder @ultradamo.bsky.social #Barefoot #BM100 #GoDamo

laz: How’s it going Damian? Damian Hall: Probably exactly how you want it to be going. #BM100

The #BM100 sheet has a 2026 tab now! - Not a primary source, and neither are most of its sources, WILL contain misinformation - Don't share screenshots, share the link, so people see corrections - Refresh the page manually even if it says it can do it automatically docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

1/3 - When enough of us share evidence & advocate for better ways of doing things, organisers & brands listen. Speaking out isn’t just about pointing out problems; it’s about combining our voices into a powerful force multiplier. More in our latest blog. #HowWeSpeakOut #SmallSteps

We’re calling for World Cup matches to be moved outside of Trump’s US. Football brings communities together, Trump tears them apart. Sign the petition as part of our new campaign: Football Against Fascism. 1/2 FootballAgainstFascism.org

1/3 "The most important thing we can do is to make climate breakdown a normal conversation." 🗣️ @ultradamo.bsky.social believes #HowWeSpeakOut is our most powerful tool. It’s about progress, not perfection, and using our collective voice to demand change. 🌍

Have you ever tried jogging down a muddy path while carrying a heavy camera bag? That was me after spending sunrise on Caer Caradoc, near Church Stretton. As I headed back down the hill I spotted some sheep in a field and realised they were being herded into a lane. I started to run...

@thegreenrunners.bsky.social TGR meet up in Hawes as requested.

Registration for the Northern Challenger completed at Hardraw; now for a 12 hour shift at Hawes YHA looking after the full Spiners. #montanespinerace

Man at work. We Will Get to Hawes.

Operation Get to Hawes begins. Path clearance under way. Only 30 metres of uphill drive to negotiate after this. Currently I am directing operations from inside - trying to ascertain if the road at the top of our drive is navigable. Proper Spiney.

People fatally shot by UK police in 2024/25: 2 People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280

Ice in the pool today. Ok no evidence exist of my actually being in there but there was no one else about and I wasn't about to try an in icy pool selfie!

Nigel Farage is probably delighted today that Reform have the most members of a political party. It doesn't have to be this way. 180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate. Stand and be counted. Join.greenparty.org.uk

I found this in an owd paper a few years ago, alus nice to see it pop up on social media #Shrewsbury #shropshire #rocknroll

Amazon benefits from Trump’s tax cuts and attacks on labour; while the US government benefits from Amazon’s funding, political support, and provision of surveillance technologies. Here we explain why our #BoycottAmazon campaign can go beyond disapproval of its UK tax avoidance: bit.ly/4lQQXP0

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @theguardian.com

Harrogate Town v Shrewsbury Town. League Ground 117 for me. 90 out of current 92.

It looked bleak outside at 7am. The Shropshire hills were shrouded in mist. The rain was biblical; the winds strong but I had great fun. I ended the run by jumping into the stream in Cardingmill Valley and wading about (whilst picking out litter)- so pleased was I to see water now restored to it.

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All 21 Anglesey trigs completed over a long weekend. This was a very windy Bwrrd Arthur and I was clinging on for dear life!

Six Anglesey trigs done today whilst Frank runs the Ring of fire. This one was bonkers and involved rock climbing and then bashing through very dense and deep bracken. Forever indebted to OS mapping!

Holyhead Mountain trig #4/21. A lesson learned- if we've an hour for the car park it's best that estimating distance isn't up to me. As we climbed, the heavens opened & the wind howled. Trig gained, we'd 20 mins to make it back so a mad dash ensued - perhaps not the best prep for Frank's race!

Whilst Frank is running The Ring of Fire, (and in between crewing for him), I have a plan to visit all 21 Ynys Mon (Anglesey) Trig points. Grabbed #1 on the way to our Holyhead base - very difficult to find as it was hidden in a hedge and all the more satisfying for it. Cefn-Cwmmwd.

The boss of the world's biggest oil company (and the Saudi sovereign wealth fund) is jetting in to greet his subjects in Newcastle tonight... 👇 Totally normal goings on in 2025 😬🤢🫣

Oops… I got carried away #EndDuchenne www.justgiving.com/page/nicki-l...

A fabulous race Festival in the beautiful South Shropshire Countryside. Entries open 9am Friday 23nd August vis sientries

🔴 FIFA and UEFA need to get serious about heat dangers. It can't just be left to players 👇 🔴 Dangerous heat will impact the next two Men's World Cups in North America, Spain, Morocco 🌡️ 🔴 Future proofing football means serious climate policy. Ending fossil fuel sponsorship is a common sense start 📣

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