Congratulations to this year's winner of the Doris Gooderson Short Story competition: wrekinwriters.wordpress.com/doris-gooder...

It’s not the same photo they used last Saturday because the weather is different! 🤣

Wasn't expecting to see a Snapper Simon photo today, but Shefali chose to use one this lunchtime that I took yesterday when the skies were brighter 😁

Sunny Severn-siding 5

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No prizes for guessing which days I was dog-sitting last week 🤣

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a dog in want of a good life is in need of a human slave. Despite not starting slave duties until 7.30pm, there was still time this evening to put the dog guard in the back of the car and go out 🤣

Travelling down the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway: youtu.be/oF7Y-4sdQpU?...

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The Flying Scotsman flying past me on the newly re-opened Severn Valley Railway.

Not quite Monarch of the Glen 🤣

Seems it was worth getting up early to do my walk this morning 😜

Early Sunday morning shadows.

Early Sunday morning shadows.

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Doesn't Bridgnorth cemetery look pretty on Midlands Today this evening 😁

Just spotted this from last night 😁

So, if the consultant is running late by 75 minutes on his 1st July appointments but the clock in the waiting room says it’s the 31st June, is the consultant running late or is he ahead of schedule? 🤔🤣

Many thanks to Kate Tilton and @andilit.bsky.social for their help with my article about Virtual Assistants in this months issue of Writing Magazine. www.simonwhaley.co.uk/virtual-assi...

Spotted one of my photos on a news website. Not sure which AI wrote the headline though 😜

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I walked into the library for this evening's writing group, and the caretaker says, "Just seen your piccy on the telly." 🤣

Thought that image looked familiar on the BBC One o'clock news weather summary!

Things must be getting bad when the bees have to diversify. Mind you, thinking about it, I’m now getting worried about the size of the bees round here! 😱🤣

I'm a bit late posting this as I was away last week, but sometime ago I chatted with Mary and Beth at The Write Club podcast about all things writerly, and the episode was released last week. You can listen to it here: rss.com/podcasts/wri...

Democracy in action. Here in my local ward, the difference between winning (highlighted yellow) and being a runner up (highlighted green) was ONE VOTE.

Heating Up Around Haweswater 7

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