Bryan Higgs was one of the BBC Radio Gloucestershire Make A Difference award winners this year 🏆 Top man! Keep up the good work Bry 🥊

🪈 You too can play the Carrot Flute. Big thanks to Michele from the Phoenix Recorder Orchestra who showed @jonysmith.bsky.social how it's done. Listen through BBC Sounds 📻 👇

Swear this happens every year, I catch a bunch of #Autumn pics that i'm pretty fond of, but then because they're not on the usual tags, no one gets to see them but... well this view of the Devils Chimney, Cheltenham was pretty gorgeous esp. considering its moniker 🍂

👻 We've met some characters on our Heather's "Spooky Tour of Gloucester" Albert Jones' Handlebar Moustache (and love of beer) The Watcher of St Mary's Gate Demaris Deighton and her cellars And of course Mischievous Maurice and his incontinent ghost dog 🐕 Big Thanks to The Gloucester Civic Trust 🎃

Love the carving on the Saxon Font in Deerhurst 🌀

Apologies to everyone in Gloucestershire yesterday that had to endure me reading the news for the first time in more than two years. Whilst there was not enough in the way of animal stories for my liking, I did go large on Leather Shorts, Wooden Stools and Puddles of Beer. Off the subs bench 🎙️📰

⚽ Big win for Mushet and Coalway at Fintan in the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division Two If twelve goals isn't enough for you what about Rodborough Old Boys v Falcons Reserves in the Gloucestershire FA Intermediate (North) Cup Second Round? You can keep your top flight snore draws ⚽

Interior view of Odda’s Chapel at Deerhurst in Gloucestershire. It was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, a relation of Edward the Confessor, for the soul of his brother Aelfric. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #Deerhurst #OddasChapel #Gloucestershire

It was lovely to have a chat with Dame Jacqueline Wilson at Cheltenham Literature Festival about her latest book and revisiting characters from her much loved children’s books. Hear with @jonysmith.bsky.social on his BBC Glos Breakfast Show 6-10am @paddytracey.bsky.social

Well worth a listen 👇

I’m back on the Beeb! Tune in tomorrow and come with me on an art historical adventure!

🤖 Yes... I got binned off by a bot 💔 Find out what happened when we placed our order with "Sophie" at The Nippy Chippy in Stonehouse She's the creation of Brad-Lee Narfuz who has rolled her out to more than ONE HUNDRED other takeaways 🍟 Listen through BBC Sounds 📻👇

🍺 Will you be going to the pub this weekend? You might be surprised how little they make on each pint Emma Gibbon from Cheltenham pubs The Plough and The Hewlett Arms wants the government to give the industry more support Listen through BBC Sounds 📻👇

🗺️A map of smutty place names sent Dee and Tash from The Forest of Dean on a Rude Road Trip (and if I ever see any innuendo in the show I whip it out) Listen through BBC Sounds 📻👇

👑 It's not everyday that Queen Elizabeth I comes to your radio station And even rarer when she brings an Honduran Tarantula and Giant African Land Snail with her🐌 But that's how Georgie of Berkeley Castle rolls🕷️ Listen through BBC Sounds 📻👇

🎪 It's the Ashleworth Show. Burgers, beer and bales Bouncy Castle and Brass Band Other letters of the alphabet remain available

🚶 The Ladder Man walking from Doncaster to Cornwall - he called in to see us on the way Cleaning gutters is his passion in life Listen through BBC Sounds 📻👇

On a wet day in Gloucestershire why not enjoy this cracking view of The Forest of Dean in sunnier times?

💰 There's a big black hole where the cash used to be Gloucester City Council are £1.5 million pounds short Liberal Democrat Declan Wilson is the Deputy Leader of the Council and joined @jonysmith.bsky.social on BBC Radio Gloucestershire Jon wanted to know why it's taken them so long to find out 📻👇

⛪ Eric and Flo are hanging up their Dog Collars 🐶 The Dog Vergers of Tewkesbury Abbey are heading into retirement 🐾 Read more 👇

🏊 My mum's going to have to wait a bit longer for a return for her aqua aerobics at Five Acres. The new plans for the Forest of Dean leisure centre are out. No pool. Read more 👇

⚽🎙️"A close fought encounter in The River Windrush... With the Men's Team beating Bourton Rovers Veterans Two-One... But the true winners were the spectators on the banks, getting cooled off on a Boiling Hot Gloucestershire Bank Holiday Monday."

I’m on BBC Glos today until 2pm! Hearing about Phoenix Chilled Festival, visiting a museum dedicated to photocopiers in the Forest & catching up with my phone box! Plus Jo’s Code AND Jo’s Bank Holiday Bingo - what can you tick off my list?! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🏞️⚽ It's looking like a great day for the annual River Football in Bourton-on-the-Water 🌞 Here's a taste of the action from last year🏆

TOMORROW 25th August! The premiere of our radio documentary - EMF: The Unbelievable Journey. The story of EMF: Five lads from the Forest of Dean who made it to number 1 in America. 6.00pm on BBC Gloucestershire and then after on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🛥️ Restrictions come into force at the entrance to Gloucester Docks from the River Severn The lock will remain closed until levels rise ⛔ Read more 👇

🏞️ People living and working near Maisemore Weir fear that the Eastern Channel to Gloucester Docks will dry up if the weir collapses completely. But the Canal and River Trust say "there's no risk to navigation on the Severn". Listen through BBC Sounds 📻👇

Tewkesbury, July ‘25 #35mm #filmphotography #kodakcolorplus #colorplus200

🚜 Gloucestershire Farmers speak out against changes to inheritance tax, saying it's driving the next generation out of the industry. The government says most estates will be unaffected and money raised will go towards public services we all rely on. Listen through BBC Sounds 📻👇

👞🔨 Dean's closed the St John's Lane Heel Bar just off Gloucester's Westgate Street He says too many people prefer to buy cheap shoes, then bin them rather than repair Listen through BBC Sounds 📻👇

🛍️ Had a look at the Cotswold Designer Outlet near Tewkesbury this afternoon 🏪 It's an optimistic name, it's not in The Cotswolds, although you can see the hills from the car park ↗️ But plenty of that famous colour in the stonework on the shops 🧱 Busy car park too for a Wednesday afternoon 🅿️

♻️ The greatest way a person can spend the afternoon The unbridled joy of the slot at The Tip Sorting out your bits for the various areas The fluid one way system The frankly brilliant and cheery staff ❤️ Gloucester Household Recycling Centre ❤️

🔎 Inspired by the @richardosman1.bsky.social books 📚 Jon Smith meets the filmmakers who live at Monkscroft care home in Cheltenham Listen through BBC Sounds 📻👇

🛟 @jonysmith.bsky.social gets out on the estuary with the Severn Area Rescue Association SARA help people right across Gloucestershire but are most known for their work on our mightiest river 🚤 Listen through BBC Sounds 📻👇

🚣🍖🏞️🌞 The River Wye at Lower Lydbrook is one of the best places in Gloucestershire during the summer. People gather on the river bank to share a barbecue. Paddlers float by, some taking a dip when their balance goes. And others cool off in the river.

🚴💨 A good bit of Sunday morning sport. The peloton approaching Staunton Cross.

🦋 I met a Poplar Hawk Moth at the Hartpury Church and Paddock Eco Morning. He had feet like velcro. Plenty more to see there until midday. Well worth a look.

🚣🚣🚣 TWENTY FOUR HOURS 🚣🚣🚣 The team at Gloucestershire Airport were joined by Firefighters and veterans rowing nonstop for the charity Wings for Warriors Listen through BBC Sounds 📻👇

🚨 COMING SOON 🚨 EMF: The Unbelievable Journey It's the story of how the band met, created the music, got a record deal, made it to number one in America and made history. Audio documentary airing 6pm UK 25th August on BBC Gloucestershire and then anytime after on BBC Sounds 😎

Straight off the training ground ⚽

11 August 1965 - The Who play the Blue Moon Club, Cheltenham. Dave Berry & the Cruisers play the Fiesta Club, Stockton. The Animals play the Flamingo, London.

It took a passing Roe Deer to wake up the sleeping Spoonbills on the Top New Piece at WWT Slimbridge today. Taken from the Van de Bovenkamp Hide. #birds #GlosBirds

It's the display of Local Plums at the Hartpury Orchard Centre. The wasps behaved themselves 🐝 And the Ploughman's Lunch and Cake offering was great. But best of all... The Perry 🍐🍻

🥓🍳 Needs mushrooms ☕

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Love a Charity Shop. Love a themed window display. But absolutely LOVE the thought that's gone into this one. Bring it home Lionesses 🦁🏆

🦇 RIP Ozzy 🦇 April from Cheltenham came on the show this morning to share just how important The Prince of Darkness has been throughout her life and how special it was to be at Villa Park for that last gig just over two weeks ago. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🐶 Get Finn Home 🐾 Alongside coats, sunglasses, bags and a ukulele, Finn the Boston Terrier was handed in to Lost Property after EMF's headline slot at Cindyfest. If he's your pup, get in touch with the Forest of Dean District Council on 01594 810000 and they'll point you in the right direction.

🌡️A hot weekend for The Tewkesbury Medieval Festival. Naturally you wear a Wolfskin. Stay cool out there Gloucestershire ☀️

⛅ This is my kind of summer's day. Ambling along in a quiet part of northern Gloucestershire. Bit of breeze, plenty of high fluffy clouds, but still lots of sunshine too. Winner.

⚽ Robbie Savage is the new manager for Forest Green Rovers. This will be the club's sixth permanent manager in the space of three years. Savage left Macclesfield this week ➡️ bbc.in/4etaD9n