The Chester 10K isn't just a race .. we always love the fun element of it!

If you would like to join @tcvnational.bsky.social and take part in this exciting conservation project to plant a new hedge along a section of the Shropshire Union Canal in Blacon, Chester, please check out the poster below. @cprecountryside.bsky.social hope to plant 50% more hedgerow by 2050

Great to wake up to a good news story about the Countess of Chester Hospital .. I've benefited from the expertise within the Endoscopy Unit a few times and cannot praise them enough. thechesterblog.com/2026/03/04/h...

I always look forward to this point in the year when the Blackthorn flowers begin to burst open from their buds lighting up the hedgerows. The promise of Spring and a sign that the natural world is wakening up.

Inspired by the litter heroes who pick up in the #CountessofChesterCountryPark I've been doing what I describe as Postcode litter picks. If you have a sense of 'place' in where you live it's actually very therapeutic and quite good fun. Most interesting thing today .. a pair of underpants 🤔.

Last Friday my @tcvnational.bsky.social #GreenGym team in the #CountessofChesterCountryPark rebuilt a fallen down post & wire fence, planted hedging whips in a large gap and put in a diagonal stay to repair a strainer post. TCV volunteers are the 'heroes' who look after the site.

Looks like the Orange Man didn't think much of Springsteen's new song 🤔

"The UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that, whatever its long-term potential, contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs." archive.is/hvRv2

Utterly damning report from Office for Environmental Protection - the Govt’s not only missing its targets to protect wildlife in England, it’s also failing on *almost all* environmental measures - and in some cases actively destroying the natural world through its obsession with growth at all costs

Tired of endless quick-fixes and expensive supplements? The biggest boost you can get this year is Vitamin V – Volunteering with TCV. Free. Fun. Good for you and the planet. Find your nearest activity: www.tcv.org.uk/find-tcv/ #VitaminV #BetterNatureForAll #JoinInFeelGood #Volunteering

Environmental Ethics "The explicit acceptance of the view that the world does not exist for man alone can be fairly regarded as one of the greatest revolutions in modern Western thought." Keith Thomas | Man and the Natural World 1983

Good morning Andy & all our pals in #BlackDogRadio land! I'll be listening until about 11am, then off to help @andyscargill.bsky.social set up at #FolkAtTheLodge for tonight's house concert from Brothers Gillespie.

If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight. Use the Quick Vote option. Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...

With #Halloween & bonfire night fast approaching, we're urging anyone who's building bonfires to only do so on the day they are to be lit & to check them carefully before striking that match! These steps can help save #hedgehogs & other wildlife from appalling suffering. 🦔 🍂 🔥 ❗ Please share ❗

Remembering Wirral-born disc jockey John Peel, who died on this day 2004, aged 65.

And if you’re wondering who Labour is listening to? “Reeves boasted she hatched plan to rip down our nature protections over a “smoked salmon & scrambled eggs breakfast” with corporate lobbyists”. While Starmer’s resolve to kick down planning rules are result of his “conversations with leading CEOs”

I've thought this for quite some time. I really worry about the world young people will grow up in. Sadly, my generation were complicit, in helping cause this.

Looking forward to Vera Van Heeringen & Brooks Williams in Chester tomorrow Thur 9th Oct on their #SongRoots tour. Playing in the beautiful St Mary's Creative Space. Brought to you by #SoundboxChester @sboxmusic.bsky.social @rpmmusic.bsky.social Get your tickets from wegottickets.com/event/654715/

Cracking night at Storyhouse last night, seeing @katiespencermusic.bsky.social perform as part of the Blue Lantern series of gigs. Particularly liked the collaboration with Igloo Hearts. Katie is a #FolkattheLodge favourite and we look forward to having her back.

China remains way ahead in clean energy growth, adding more solar and wind capacity than the rest of the world combined. This enabled the growth in renewable generation in China to outpace rising electricity demand and helped reduce its fossil fuel generation by 2%. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Wish I could say I was shocked, but here's the Labour government constraining the right to peaceful protest again... 'You can protest but only according to our rules. The rules are: you're not allowed to use any of the tactics that make protest effective.'

The @friendscoccp.bsky.social thoroughly enjoyed joining with @midcheshirecrp.bsky.social to walk the last section of the Mid Cheshire line relay walk from Manchester to Chester as part of the 200th Anniversary of the Railways. We did the 10.5 miles from Mouldsworth finishing at the Station Tap Room

I'd hoped that people would have stopped this ridiculous misuse of the term actor by now .. seemingly not! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...

At a time when we're really seeing the impact of the climate crisis, giving permission for another runway at Gatwick shows that those heading up the Labour government just don't get it. We need fewer flights, not more!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You get a cracking view across the river from the University of Chester's Churchill Building (Western Command). @heritagechester.bsky.social @shitchester.bsky.social

I've wondered why it's taken councils so long to say this. Hopefully, Cheshire West and Chester will now follow suit. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Get yourself over to Nature Fest at Chester Zoo at the weekend. The @friendscoccp.bsky.social will have a stall in the Nature Reserve on Sunday .. be sure to come and say hello to them. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/fam...

Recommend you head over to Chester Zoo this weekend to check out Nature Fest .. and it's free! Come and say hello to the @friendscoccp.bsky.social on Sunday and find out about the Chester Wetland project and other great things happening in the #CountessofChesterCountryPark.

Great to see these gorgeous #CheshiresWonderfulWildlife posters by @nickytomo.bsky.social in the stairwells of the @thecountessnhs.bsky.social Inspired by the @friendscoccp.bsky.social Art Trail in the #CountessofChesterCountryPark, they brighten up the blank walls and help with patient wellbeing.

SAT 1.00 -3.00 FREE Sketch Book Session Donations welcome for indoor plants, plus notebooks, cards and pendants designed by Aleta Doran. @skintchester.bsky.social @shitchester.bsky.social @thecountessnhs.bsky.social @cwpnhs.bsky.social @socheshire.bsky.social @heritagechester.bsky.social Pls share.

Will definitely do this again .. growing courgettes vertically. It's a bit fiddly tying them in, but well worth it .. so much easier to look after, and they take up less space.

And we certainly have heard them, ad infinitum, from the right wing media especially the #BBC. Almost unbelievable he's been given a platform so repeatedly. They share the blame.

This should be headline news - the implications are horrifying …

If anyone finds a handbag in the park please could you phone Neil on 07740 899716 or email us at [email protected]

Everyone is invited to this Community Bioblitz event on Wed 27th August from 10am to 1.30 pm with @tcvnational.bsky.social and @recordlrc.bsky.social at the National Grid's Capenhurst Substation where TCV are heading up some conservation work.

And the world leaders still watch while children starve, their parents are blown to pieces, their grandparents shot and their land is stolen. #Israel #Genocide #StandWithGaza

Declaration of famine in Gaza lays bare Israel’s disregard for humanitarian duty

And so it begins. The planning application for the Chester Wetland project has now been lodged with Cheshire West & Chester Council (they're actually the applicant, too). Check out 25/02261/FUL on the Planning Portal to find out more and comment should you wish. @shitchester.bsky.social

It would appear that Keir Starmer’s government has cut environmental protections further and faster than the Tories ever did. This certainly isn't what I voted for! Time to step away from trying to be a populist government and rejoin the EU.

Check out this FREE activity with @tcvnational.bsky.social & @recordlrc.bsky.social If you are into nature and really want to help find out what there is in the area, we will be there looking for butterflies, bees different plants, trees and anything else 'nature' we can spot.

To help you be better informed about the #ChesterWetlandProject, this article is well worth a read 👇👇 cheshirelnp.co.uk/chester-wetl...

FREE sketchbook session on Thursday 21st August @skintchester.bsky.social @cwva.bsky.social @socheshire.bsky.social @cwpnhs.bsky.social @wearechester.bsky.social @cfccommunitytrust.bsky.social @aletadoran.bsky.social @heritagechester.bsky.social @recordlrc.bsky.social @shitchester.bsky.social

This has been five years in the making and a lot of hard work by our partners from : The Land Trust, @chesterzoo.bsky.social, @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @envagency.bsky.social, Binnies, @tcvnational.bsky.social and Cheshire West & Chester Council. A wonderful opportunity for Chester!!

Poet Ted Hughes was born #OTD 1930 in Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire. Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death in 1998. His poetry is dominated by nature, especially by animals, though his approach is more mythical than naturalistic. (Pic by Jane Bown 1966.)

Another poorly constructed and inaccurate article from the Chester Standard: www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/2538686... My advice is to wait for an official media release about the Chester Wetland Project (it's correct title) to find out what it's actually all about

🌿Introducing TCV’s Strategy 2025–2030: Better Nature for All 🌿 TCV's new 5-year strategy focuses on connecting people together to protect and restore nature, delivering lasting benefits for both. We believe that when nature thrives, so do people - and we’re taking bold steps to make that happen.

Welcome to Bluesky TCV (@tcvnational.bsky.social) .. please give them a follow. Also, @friendscoccp.bsky.social & @recordlrc.bsky.social who have left X.