May The Fourth Be With You!

Just 30 seconds of a Red Kite circling. Such beautiful birds. #RedKite #Raptor #birdofprey #Kite #bird #birding #twitching #magnificent

Vincent's stars. (Over a Dutch looking but very English Windmill). - On my usual nightly walk. #UrsaMajor #GreatBear #constellation #nightsky #skyatnight #stars #walk #night #getoutdoors #photography #astrophotography #sciart #sky #bskyphotography

10 year Anni of my last big crash today too. Top marks to the Metropolitan Police on the day who delivered my bike to my work before my ambulance had even left the scene 😁 #Strava #cycling #crash #london #bikelife #10yearslater

Happy International Women's Day #Internationalwomensday

Super Blood Moon on the ride home #supermoon #bloodmoon #wormmoon #astronomy #seenonmyride #Sky #nightsky #exercise #cycling #Health #active #outdoors #getoutdoors #bike #getmoving #bebetter

Enjoyed the Blood Moon riding home the other night, my view probably wasn't as good as this person's. #dusk #flight #paramotor #paragliding #paraflight #sky #hobby

Yeah,....again. Blindsided..... You Told Me You Loved Me #PsalmsForLittleBear #pflb #SalmosParaUrsinha #spu #imowp #InMyOwnWordsProject #IMOWProject #writing #words #thoughts #emotion #feeling #poetry #expression #rationalisation #unfiltered #love #honesty #burned #blindside #blindsided

Another solo Gran Fondo, second best time not that I was trying with my broken knee 😁 #Strava #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #walking #Health #active #outdoors #getoutdoors #bike #mtb #getmoving #bebetter #granfondo #solo #sunset #dusk

The Greens are offering a different kind of politics – one that offers a sense of solidarity, camaraderie, and agency in an age of individualism. Contests like this don’t just give us hope. They make us feel we’re part of something bigger than ourselves. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ground...

Why is it always this knee?

Nice day for a ride yesterday, and bees, even though it was 2⁰C. #Strava #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #Health #active #outdoors #getoutdoors #bike #getmoving #bebetter #nature #bees #clouds #bluesky

Sometimes we all need a little nudge, a little hope and a little chance. #fortunecookie #fate #luck #future #chance #sign #nudge #takeachance #do_it #goforit

Bleak day but nice enough ride and only got rained on a little. #Strava #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #Health #active #outdoors #getoutdoors #bike #getmoving #bebetter #UK #UNKLE #FEAR

New belt hole day! #Patience #perseverance #persistence #commitment #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #walking #Health #active #outdoors #getoutdoors #bike #mtb #getmoving #bebetter #active #results

This week's movements #Strava #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #walking #Health #active #outdoors #getoutdoors #bike #mtb #getmoving #bebetter

Watercolour painting of a dog called Betty. All that hair was a challenge! #dogs #dogsofbluesky #petportraits #art #watercolours #painting

#PsalmsForLittleBear #pflb #SalmosParaUrsinha #spu #imowp #InMyOwnWordsProject #IMOWProject #writing #words #thoughts #emotion #feeling #poetry #expression #art #creation #rationalisation #unfiltered #love #honesty #comment #observation #notes @imowproject @activeSlacker

#PsalmsForLittleBear #pflb #SalmosParaUrsinha #spu #imowp #InMyOwnWordsProject #IMOWProject #writing #words #thoughts #emotion #feeling #expression #poetry #expression #art #creation #rationalisation #unfiltered #love #honesty #comment #observation @imowproject @activeSlacker

Starting something long overdue today. Putting my words out there. A word of warning, while mostly they will be on love and general observations, rarely they will deal with abuse, for which I make no apology nor will entertainany conversation. @imowproject.bsky.social #writing #expression #honesty

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I went to check charity shops for a Portuguese-English dictionary... #Strava #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #walking #Health #active #outdoors #getoutdoors #bike #mtb #getmoving #bebetter

A relatively quiet week. ... #Strava #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #walking #Health #active #outdoors #getoutdoors

Another day done, sub zero riding and a windy after dinner walk/skate. #Strava #Garmin #cycling #walking #exercise #Health #active #getout #outdoors #mtb

Walking in untreated roads - beware the ice! #Ice #walking #roadsafety #safety #advisory

Careful little night walk getting those steps for sleep in. To be fair, this one probably burnt more calories through shivering than it did through movement. #Stava #Garmin #Garminuk #Exercise #Active #Health

HappyNewYear from the Shire. #Newyear #thought #2026

First full-ish year since 2019 of not being officially obese, not that BMI is a great metric if you have muscle. And my first ever KMC chain failure. Swings and roundabouts 😄. #garmin #bmi #health #cycling #progress #consitance

Thanks to Brexit the closest sub £250 SRAM XG1199 cassette to me is in Germany and will cost £350+ after import. So I got a £44 Shenruifa (Amazon) which is actually a Zitto which is good. It's +200g but it shifts perfectly, backpedals without down shifting and should last through the Winter.

More testing out of the S25Ultra Camera system at night. Hand supported resting in road hence the shake. #Samsung #S25Ultra #Galaxy #Nightshot #UrsaMajor #astrophotography #photography #mobilephotography #greatbear #sky #night #skyatnight

Checking out the low light / night capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy S25Ultra. #Samsung #S25Ultra #photography #nightshot #lowlight

Straight to the point, and if knock-off-Nigel doesn'tlike it, he could always try not being an opportunist, racist, grifter.

Venus imaged mid-morning today, when only 5.2% illuminated. The narrowest crescent I've ever captured of this world. I was imaging the Sun and thought I'd try Venus which was only about 18° away. I tried for Saturn too, but that was asking too much! #astrophotography

End of another day, and another month.

If this isn’t how you are greeted after a ride, then you are basically failing at life 😁

Goodbye Winter, hello Spring. Equinox sunset in the Shire.

Costa Rica has massively rewilded over recent decades. Has this led to the collapse of farming, rural society, or national wellbeing? Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

A bit of the half moon from a couple nights ago. #astrophotography #lunarphotography #lunar #moon #moonpics #solarsystem #astronomy #nightsky #meadeinstruments #fujifilm #myfujilove #fujifilm_global #xt2 #shadow #fujilove

very low sun activity today through the trees .. #sun #sunspot

In the beginning…. Where to begin? Yes a little Athiest humour 😏 to kick things off for the first post on/via Flashes. #seeingspots #sunspots #solarphotography #astrophotography #solar #sun #helios #meadeinstruments #fujifilm #baader #fujilove #myfujilove #fujifilm_global #fujifilmxt1

Hmmm so Flashes is finally here! 😃, but, to create a new image specific account or just stick with the original one? I don’t really want multiple handles or a longer one. Decisions…

A tiny chip on the tip of a fibre-optic cable can perform AI computations as light passes through it, dramatically reducing the amount of energy and computing power required. www.newscientist.com/article/2467...

#lightpollution exposed by the #fog #iphonephotography #mobilephonephotography #mobile__photography #iphone12pro #photography #nightphotography #nightshot #orange #amber #foggy #moody #cinematic #haze #weather #gloom #muted #bloom #glow #light #longexposure #silhoutte #liminal

When you have the first clear night for weeks but that great British weather still has other ideas 🙄 #frost #britishweather

I’ll never make it as a train spotter. #iphonephotography #mobilephonephotography #mobile__photography #iphone12pro #photography #nightphotography #nightshot #foggy #moody #cinematic #haze #weather #gloom #muted #bloom #glow #light #longexposure #silhoutte #liminal #traintracks #train #rails

Light trails on the way home. #fujifilm #fujifilm_global #fujifilmxt2 #fujilove #fujixlovers #photography #nightphotography #nightshot #foggy #moody #haze #weather #gloom #muted #bloom #glow #light #slowshutter #longexposure #lighttrails

Creeping round the village in the fog 😏 #fujifilm #fujifilm_global #fujifilmxt2 #fujilove #fujixlovers #photography #nightphotography #nightshot #orange #amber #roadmap #foggy #moody #cinematic #haze #gloom #muted #bloom #glow #light #slowshutter #longexposure #silhoutte #liminal

More hanging around on road sides on #foggy #moody nights. #fujifilm #fujifilm_global #fujifilmxt2 #fujilove #fujixlovers #fujixshooters #nightphotography #nightshot #blue #haze #gloom #bloom #glow #light #longexposure #silhoutte #liminal #headlights #lighttrails #photography

New Zealand will allow tourists to work remotely while on visitor visas, in a bid to attract digital nomads