I was thinking of trying Bibisco but I've realised that the free @novelwriter has one serious advantage that will make me stick with it. It supports smart quotes while you type! Yes, Bibisco, you can export as a document, load into a word processor and change the quotes from " to “ and ” but […]

I had a nice walk around Thrunton Woods. #thruntonwoods #northumberland #uk

Should this footbridge be repainted to ensure a long life, or is it purely cosmetic? The Haugh bridge, Rothbury, I only noticed today! #bridge #corrosion #maintainance

Auton invasion starts in rural Northumbrian industrial estate. #joke #drwho

The field edge. Poppies and tufted vetch. My morning walk #morningwalk #rothbury #northumberland #uk

"He said the trip had been covered by the Musk Foundation, a private philanthropic organisation" I think they spelt fascist wrong. #FuckFascism #tommytennames https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/11/elon-musk-family-foundation-took-tommy-robinson-to-russia-says-musks-father

@chris108 Well, If the price includes building a train station first I indeed will BE surprised.

It makes you wonder why the company Plantir picked the name. It comes from The Lord of the Rings. A Plantir was a magical all-seeing stone that could show far off things relevant to the user. However the dark lord Sauron had one and used his power so that others would see what he wanted them to […]

The prices would be the least surprising thing about it. We haven't had a station for sixty years. 🤣 #joke #northumberland

I took our local walking group to Dove Crag. I thought it was a good choice because it's easy walking but surprisingly difficult to find. They seemed to like it. #walking #northumberland #uk

Common blue butterfly. They're common but it's the first time I've managed to photograph one before it flew away!

Thanks for the suggestion, WhatsApp 🤣🤣🤣! #ai #funny

I repeated the walk in going to lead later in the year, which incorporates Bowden Doors and St Cuthbert's (Cuddy's) cave. The first time I walked it out was fine, then I went with my daughter and somehow took a wrong turning, so I had to repeat it again to […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

I came across this article. It had a quiz about where you should use a semicolon; I did not do well. (6/10) https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/18/marked-decline-semicolon-use-english-books-study-suggests #grammar #englishlanguage #quiz #semicolon

Have I got this right? Does W-social federate all posts to Bluesky, but not accept responses? If it does that after making such a fuss about real users and no bots. A lot of people wouldn't expect their posts to be scraped by AIs, reposted out of context by bots, and laughed at in far right […]

RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@chris108/116817131940198193 (continuation of quoted post) Some people obviously were well beyond their comfort zone, and only crossed it because it was obvious that it was vital that we finished soon. I honestly think that if we had walked for another 15 minutes to […]

I've really put a downer on the Friday walking group. The walk was described as intermediate, 4 miles, easy paths. After walking about 4 miles the leased announced that he hadn't recced this part of the walk and wasn't sure where he was. At this point some people were suffering slightly because […]

I decided to miss today's u3a walk. After last week, which had an event every day, I just wanted to do a familiar walk alone, one that I don't need to look at maps for. So I've come to Simonside via Garleigh hill and Whitton. Surprisingly it's really quiet […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

Hulne park. It's nice, but a bit obscene that one family owns so much land. #alnwick. #northumberland #uk

In the Mahabharata, Yudhishthira, the exiled heir to the throne, camped in a forest. He, and his large party, stayed there for a year and eight months. In a dream, a group of deer came to him, trembling. They said, "You are such great hunters and you've been […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

There are a lot of interesting cars in the Beggar's Rigg car park, Rothbury, today. I was just taking recycling to the bottle bank, but I had to stop and take a look. Seeing how clean the engine was, I think these are in show condition. I don't really know […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

I'll have to look carefully before I move off. My neighbour's cat likes to lie in my driveway, sometimes right up against the front wheel. I'm pretty sure that the cat would move with the sound of the doors closing and people getting in, but with an EV […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

I've just dropped scovered "show your stripes. https://showyourstripes.info/l/europe/unitedkingdom/newcastleupontyne #showyourstripesday #uk #newcastle

Oh, do he quiet grammar checkers, there's nothing wrong with a comma splice. Nor with sentence fragments. Especially in dialogue. #grammar_checkers #grammar

Oh dear you have to laugh, don't you? I take it that this means that I've overpaid £XXX.XX in tax but owe exactly the same amount. #hmrc #fuckhmrc #tax

Does this annoy anyone else as much as me? "... last week, there were highs of 14C. By Tuesday the temperature had more than doubled, reaching 34C" No, to doubling where you start from an arbitrary point makes no sense. You need to start from absolute zero […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

I will survive! #trees #northumberland

I finally found my way to Dove Crag near Holystone. I've heard some people say they where underwhelmed by it, but after walking on tracks in the sun, this felt like a sacred grotto to me. There was only a trickle of water rather than a waterfall, but it felt cool. #northumberland #uk.

Are you sitting comfortably? For some reason I find this horse's rather ungainly sitting posture cute! #horse #CuteAnimals

Bluebells, just coming down from the Carriageway in Rothbury on a group walk #northumberland

can't help thinking that the true North is under-represented here. I mean Durham, Northumberland, and Cumbria have just as good nondescript towns as Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester 😉 […]

High tide at Low Hauxley. #northumberland

"The UK has avoided the need for gas imports worth £1.7bn since the start of the Iran war, as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar..."

@ketanjoshi.co It just occurred to me that the lyrics to the 1970s glam rock song that nobody understood at the time now make perfect sense in the world of AI chatbots. "Metal guru could it be you're gonna bring my baby to me? She'll be wild you know, a rock 'n' roll child, oh yeah Metal guru […]

Einstein: You only get certainty in mathematics. Gödel: You only get certainty in mathematics, and even then you can't be certain of everything and when you are certain the opposite might also be true. Einstein: Are you sure? #esotericjoke #joke #Maths #math

A friend and I had joint senior moments yesterday with amusing consequences. I'd posted a rather esoteric joke on Facebook. He responded with another rather esoteric joke but managed to hit enter half way through. I spent 15 minutes contemplating what I thought must be extremely esoteric and […]

I've got chills, they're multiplying... #joke

I should just ignore an idiot but I can't help taking it personally. I have mixed race nephews and nieces. #feelingsad #racism #FarRight

RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@chris108/116302021222039135 (continued from part 2) He then said that that maybe it was a pocket of moderates but if someone sneaked into a mosque you'd find they were extremists. I pointed out to him that for most and probably all mosques in Britain you would not […]

RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@chris108/116301987549536005 (continued from part 1) He then sayid that the the government should not have money, they should save money by not giving it to immigrants, especially Muslims who are out to destroy the country. He said that the truth was being suppressed […]

A group walk left me feeling quite annoyed today and a bit upset. I will be trying to avoid a certain individual from now on, and I certainly won't discuss politics with him. It started out with him saying that the government takes too much in tax, and inheritance tax was unfair. I told him that […]

Crow on post. Well a forbid anyway, I'm reasonably sure it's a crow but I only saw it in siluet. Taken on Ogdon Moor. #corvid #crow #siluet #Yorkshire

I had to pinch this one! #trump #BoneSpurs #joke

Gerry Anderson's TV series had some fantastic signature tunes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az9O2Ry2QqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZC9B0YJ8W8 #gerryanderson #vintagetv #Supermarionation

Random thought: Pet animals are extremely successful kleptoparasites! #randomthought #weird

It's amazing what you find just a few metres off the path. #walking #rothbury #northumberland #uk

RE: https://toot.wales/@thebaywindowgirl/116073524838290221 Great lighting there

I guess this must be the Star Wars edition. "You can't hide in that tree Ewok, my plasma rifle will get you". #funny #sciencefiction

Someone must have made a mistake and booked the wrong cinema in a multiplex.