What has my daughter poppy done to her cat? #christmas #cats

I once tried to persuade a Londoner that Northampton really isn't in the North of England. I really hope he doesn't see this map #uk #maps #Northampton #northsouthdivide

Some people go mad for crimbo. #Crimbo #ChristmasLights

OK Firefox spell checker, my bad it's "car park" two words, not one. But what are the chances of someone writing "carp ark"? Maybe the fish prophet receiving a Lovecraftian covenant from Dagon?! And "cark" was a new word to me - evidently Aussie slang for […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

These step stiles are always fun when they are wet and you have slippery mud on your boots. #hiking #walking #northumberland #deathstairs

When in a shop that starts playing an American Christmas music track it's fun to wait for a particular tune then start singing "The people's flag is deepest red. It shrouded oft our martyred dead...". (BTW I'm by no means a Marxist socialist; I'm a democratic socialist politically) #theredflag […]

One of the issues with What3Words. German hiker in the UK: I need help. My what three words location is ///aufgetragen.bauxit.lockt Rescue: Wait a minute, I can't enter that. Can you change your What3Words app to English. (A couple of minutes after fiddling with settings) The German hiker […]

Few Leeds University Heron (you can see the little red duck house 🏠 on the edge of its pond) 2/2 bsky.app/profile/jont...

At Leeds University resides a famous Grey Heron. Activities include standing on top of the duck house, freaking them out when they ducklings, and introducing new rush-about students to the ways of calm and mindfulness. 1/2 🧵

Walking down the lane this morning I saw a heron ahead. I took several pictures as I approached, this was the last before it flew off. #heron #northumberland #morningsun #silhouette

Rare two-legged horse spotted in Northumberland. #opticalillusion #horse #northumberland

Sheep in the snow. #SheepOfMastodon #northumberland #uk

When the water goes down there'll be a tree stuck in the stepping stones. #steppingstones #rothbury #northumberland #uk

The river in Rothbury is the highest I've seen it since early spring. These waves are caused by stepping stones that are well submerged. Rothbury Bridge is only a couple of hundred metres away so the frequent winter periods when they are submerged are not a […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

I took a trip to Cragside and tried out the National Trust's new scone of the month. It was a nice walk with autumn colours and the calm day giving clear reflections in Tumbledon lake. The scone of the month is "red dragon", served with onion marmalade and […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

I'm feeling a lot better today. After not managing to go out yesterday I had a gentle walk with Poppy (my daughter) to Cragside, then after some refreshments walked back. I'm feeling really tired now though. #Cragside #northumberland #uk #walk

I had my second shingrix (shingles) vaccine yesterday and I'm feeling terrible. I felt bad after the first one buy this is worse. I'd hot rather blase about vaccines as I've never had any issues with others, flu, covid, etc. I'm sitting indoors and shivering with a coat on, and my tracker watch […]

I had a short walk in Thrunton Woods this morning, and some paths are closed off due this forestry work. These include tracks that are often used to make a round walk from the carpark. #hiking #walking #thruntonwoods #northumberland #uk #Footpath

The rain from earlier this week has left the Coquet high, but today is lovely and sunny. Ideal for a morning walk. #rothbury #northumberland #uk

He may have officially given up his titles but he'll forever be known as "Nonce Andrew". #nonceanrew #RoyalFamily

McVittie's have reduced the cocoa content so much that they have to call them "chocolate flavoured" rather than chocolate biscuits. I don't often eat these but for some reason I find this example of Qualityflation particularly disappointing. #RipOff #chocolate #mcvitties #qualityflation

On the u3a natural history walk we came across this rock, which is very artistically painted. It was up near the Drake Stone above Harbottle and we left it for others to see. Whoever Mel is, it brought a smile to our faces! #northumberland #northumberlandrocks #paintedrocks #art

This map of designated "Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty" (AONBs) makes it looknlikebl the Midlands must be less beautiful than the rest of the country. Come on Midlanders, prove me wrong? What areas are beautiful enough to be designated? If they're really […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

Huh. Gonna be an awkward day for Secretary of State-National Security Advisor-Acting Archivist Marco Rubio. www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/fil...

Slightly frustrating. I lead a short walk with a local walking group starting in Alnwick. As one other leader did previously, I arranged it to start on the arrival of a bus to save C02 emissions.. Almost everyone had "things to buy" in Alnwick so had to take their cars. Only three of us went on […]

I'm sure this will be very hard work, but it sounds idyllic! Article : https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/isle-mull-job-opportunity-couple-36033303 #islandjob #islandlife #scotland

Beamish valley had a large number of parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota procera) at various stages. These are large mushrooms, hand to scale. #fungi #mushroom

I've given up on the book group book for this month "Aberystwyth Mon amour". I pushed through to about a third of the way through but I was finding it positively irritating. It has a type of humour similar to Terry Prachett, which I know a lot of people like but to me is just silly instead of […]

I moved from a self hosted Mitra instance back to Mastodon. Here are what each does best. MITRA - https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra * Quote posts (coming to Mastodon in 4.5) * Markdown support. The one thing I really miss * Lightweight and easy to self-host. *Portable identities could be […]

The Railway Hotel is going to be auctioned with a pretty low guide price of £180,000 https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/167732789 However I think the purchase price will be a lot lower than what it will cost to make something of it, the interior was […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

How am I getting home? I'm taking a liberty 😉. #pun #joke #dadjoke

I'm recceing a walk that I will be leading for a local walking group next week. I've come to Alnwick via public transport as some walkers prefer that option. It was good to recce as there was a small diversion where more houses are being built. #Alnwick […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

This is lucid and excellent. Found via @prefec2 https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/30/how-americas-business-elite-became-their-own-marxist-caricature/

Over 40 years, we were collectively told to give tax cuts to rich people. And we were told that if we did that, wealth would trickle down and everyone would be better off. Over 40 years, pretty much everything got cut to fund these tax cuts. Schools. Hospitals. Public housing. Public […]

I like this! #farage #refuk #Putin #ReformUK #russianinterference

There's a patch of Access Land to the south east of Rothbury. The path up to it used to have white birch railings, but these fell down a year ago. The path has now become quite overgrown to the point where an unofficial path about 100 metres further along the […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

# Moved After self hosting for a while I have decided to move back here. I enjoyed self hosting but the interest of setting up a single instance Mitra) server the maintenance became routine. I have also realised the time and expense in running even a single user instance, which used nearly 15GB […]

@w7voa you can also link to the version of the article outside corporate firewall, it is free to read: https://www.hudson.org/politics-government/how-elon-musk-could-turn-national-governments-potemkin-powers-tom-tugendhat

If you think Amsterdam managed to avoid being overrun by cars, you’re wrong. They also surrendered their streets to cars for many decades. But the people fought back, and forced leaders to see their mistake. There's nothing magical about #Amsterdam. They just saw their mistake, and changed it.

I was very disappointed to discover that this was a book title 🤣🤣🤣 #joke #humour

My "Scientific American" subscription is coming up for renewal. I'm trying to decide whether to renew it on the basis that they are critics of Trump or cancel on the grounds that it would be supporting America. This is made harder because I see only two viable alternatives, **New Scientist** […]

>During Treasury questions, the Lib Dem deputy leader and Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper asked the government to “commit to a ‘Buy British’ campaign as part of a broader national effort to encourage people to buy British here at home”. > >In response, Reeves replied: > >In terms of buying […]

Everything wrong with the Wikipedia is something that is just generally wrong with working with humans. My experience with the Wikipedia included being harassed white nationalists because I edited their creepy "Race and IQ." A very ugly experience and I did not feel supported or protected by […]

I asked for you Dom, but they wouldn't sell Greenland either. #trump #humour #Greenland

From https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2025/apr/05/tom-gauld-on-modern-folk-horrors-of-the-british-isles-cartoon #funny

“If a car generates more potholes in our roads, takes up more parking space and poses more danger to pedestrians, cyclists and other car occupants compared with smaller vehicles, then it is only fair that its owner pays more for driving that vehicle.” Via @theguardian.com

Unsure Calculator: calculate with numbers you're not sure about Pretty neat! https://filiph.github.io/unsure/

@ketanjoshi.co The ambiguities of percentages. Does this mean they missed their target by 7% of the target, i.e achieving 19.53% instead of 21%? That would class as a very good effort. Or does it mean they missed by 7 percentage points, achieving 14% instead of 21%. While much better than […]

"Starmer dismisses claims he’s been ‘played’ by Trump, and says future trade deal could lessen impact of tariffs" https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/apr/01/uk-politics-labour-conservatives-trump-tariffs-trade-deal-keir-starmer-latest-news From the article: > The US is our closest […]