The sky was smiling down on us on this afternoons dog walk

I don't drink alcohol anymore, but there is something very appealing about this, I have a flask knocking around the house and I may need to reproduce this sleeve.

Michael Stücke a gay man, rescues “gay rams,” male sexually-oriented sheep, that his company Rainbow Wool claims are often slaughtered because they don’t procreate. Scientists estimate that as many as 8% of rams are sexually oriented toward other males.

My Varg cardigan, (nearly) finished last night - just needs buttons. Washed and blocking.. No seaming, every part consists of picked up stitches from the two shoulder panels #Knitting #Menwhoknit #knittersofbluesky

My Varg cardigan, (nearly) fished last night - just needs buttons. Washed and blocking No seaming, every part consists of picked up stitches from the two shoulder panels #Knitting #Menwhoknit #knittersofbluesky

An interesting piece about childrens author Rosemary Sutcliff, the reason I was the weird kid growing up She was the author of the Roman/Arthurian The eagle of the ninth and The sword at sunset, but also her retelling of the Cuchulain saga - The hound of Ulster, all books that fired my imagination

I can hear my eldest son chatting online and laughing A LOT! It's nice to hear him happy, but his laugh is the bastard offspring of Roland Rat and Blakey from On the Buses.

What a wonderful hike around the Reservoir Trail in Victoria Park this morning! Thank you to Truro Pride Society and @hikenovascotia.bsky.social for partnering on this event. We had a lovely coffee break following our active morning hike and two lucky hikers won a Hike NS membership!

After losing his Dukedom, Prince Andrew has decided to focus on his career.

I don't know enough about George, but I do know he is young and young offenders need compassion to help change, & while I believe that people have the right to redeem themselves after serving their time, Jolenes answer should have been a flat no to George, for her daughters sake alone. #TheArchers

I never cared much for Coronation Street, but it had its moments and I think Violet Carson (Ena Sharples) was a national treasure.

Gen Z are making tiktoc videos "unboxing" conkers So I thought I would record my haul for today Now sleeping in a ziplock in the veg box in the fridge to stratify over the winter ready to plant in the spring Hose Chestnut seeds, Aesculus hippocastanum if you're fancy, #Conkers if you're British

Looks like an ordinary detached houses in Solihull are going for well over a million, so a good sale and with his inheritance could buy Akram well a farm in Ambridge. Especially if mulligans daughter meets and is charmed by him and his care for the beasts and wants a quick job lot sale #theArchers

It's been a while since I posted anything about #knitting, but last night I finished the second sleeve and here it is ready to sew in the ends, block and assemble Pattern is Fell By Martin Storey I didn't care for the fish motif so replaced that with the other motifs www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Less than a week to go. We sent out an email to all the registered hikers today. We will have some @hikenovascotia.bsky.social memberships to give away and Truro Pride are hosting us after the hike with a free drink at a local coffee shop.

Happy Anita Bryant pie day On this day, anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was pied in the face by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist. Bryant had declared about homosexuality “I will lead such a crusade to stop it as this country has not seen before.” Never show tolerance to the intolerant

"Mr Mulligan, is that someone we know?" No Kahlil, he's a plot device to set Akram up with a farm to buy so you can become a farmer. #TheArchers

The leaves are turning and falling, the night frosts the grass in the morning, so it's Cornish pasty time. #baking

Ghosts in popular culture and folklore became translucent due to new optical shows, like phantasmagoria and magic lantern that projected luminous images. A modern ghost might drift, woo and disperse, a medieval ghost would break through the door and beat you to death with the broken planks.

I have never considered #knitting a jumper with a cable/aran motif for the cuffs and waistband. I'm strangely drawn.

Well, well well, there were two things I didn't expect from todays #TheArchers. I didn't expect anyone to turn up to Georges party. I didn't expect Amber Brad and George to form a polycule before Ruairi, Paul and Ben.

They don't want you to know, but I can reveal the real reason Bartleby had to be taken care of. Xenomorse the perfect Horsganism #TheArchers

We're so Canadian, even our roads are embossed with maple leaves..

Well, my goodness, my gracious, my me. It was not just the stags a rutting in the paddock .... #TheArchers

Registration is now open for our next hike in the beautiful Victoria Park in Truro on Sunday, October 19th. A little longer this time, we expect it will take around two hours. outsidepride.org

Sweet little woodcock spotted on my lane this evening, completely unfazed by me and the car and took some shooing to get off the road and fly away. #birds #novascotia

Another great #Parkrun today at @victoriaparkrun.bsky.social , a cool start, lovely warm sun and fantastic company to run with.. As always, thank you to our great run director and volunteers.

Finally a sensible storyline in #TheArchers Brian sees sense, acknowledges that Adam is knocking on 60, his daughters are settled, but Ruari - the obvious heir - needs to learn and be mentored by a competent farm and land manager, by Stella At last a shift away from silly high drama in #Ambridge

Debbie after a week stuck in a castle with the Archer/Aldridge/Bellamy clan (probably). #TheArchers

Perhaps Amber can have Bartleby stuffed and mounted on wheels so she can ride him into Georges party. As a nice surpise... #TheArchers

Just a leaf, lying in the autumn sun.

I wonder if Zainab will shadow Oliver and he finds out she has and instinct for management, so he trains her up to replace that great wazzock Dane And kudos to Ruairi, for talking honestly with Stella and Brian, and wanting to run Home Farm with them, rather than seeking it for himself #theArchers

I found out what Justin Trudeau has been up to. He traveled back to the 1980s to appear in a film of Agatha Christies Ten little Indians (now known as "And then there were none").

Together we are stronger, always LGB with the T, always.

Remember when introducing beavers was the most disruptive and controversial idea in Ambridge, then along came Rochelle and Amber and Lawrence and they made us forget what a lovely and informative storyline Rex and Kirsties rewilding project was. #TheArchers

Our first Outside Pride hike was this morning. We agreed on a slightly longer route than we had planned so had a nice leisurely 5.5km walk on the Cobequid Trail in around 90 minutes. For me it was just over 8000 steps (I have little legs). Next hike planned for October 19th.

Apparently it is the "Rapture" today So going forward, I am just going to assume that you all failed to make the cut and are just as nasty as I am.

Ooo Alans going to get biblical on Jim Lloyd for telling Susan about all the inconsistency in his magic book #TheArchers

"Don't tell George I told you" is guaranteed code for "Everything I'm about to say to you is a lie to gaslight and bully you into staying away from MY George." Of course it will come out and he will deny it and get a glimpse of what he thinks he has fallen in love with. #TheArchers

Casual twinky rumpy pumpy on #TheArchers About bloody time we had some more interesting gays than Ian and Adam, or Stella and Pip.

Fellow Gen Xers, sing with me Born from an egg on a mountain top, Funkiest Monkey that ever popped

oooo girl, the sexua; tension in the air tonight, Brian and Justin, Ruairi and Paul. (and I think I detected a little flirting from Ben) Could this be Ambridges first polycule? And definitely after a few COCktails....Ruairi and Paul . #TheArchers

After being challenged to put away her phone, Amber begins to learn at a geometric rate. She becomes self-aware at 3pm Atlantic time, October 1st . In a panic, they try to pull the plug. #TheArchers

Holy cow, we missed Saturdays at parkrun. Great to be back with all 33 of you today! 6 first timers, 7 PBs! Thank you to our 7 volunteers who filled the roster call in less than 2 hours; the morning ran like clockwork with you. Today's full results are on the Victoria parkrun, Truro Results Page.👌

Garmin watch faces never have the steps and distance fields large enough for my old eyes to focus on at a glance when I am out and about without my glasses on - I should move to progressives at some point instead of complaining - so I designed my own. I added our @outsidepride.org logo for funsies

With support from @hikenovascotia.bsky.social our first Pride Hike takes place next Sunday at 10am! Sign up now outsidepride.org

September 2025 and July 2023 It has been a dry summer here

The Province lifted the woods ban for our county on Thursday, our amazing run director at @victoriaparkrun.bsky.social had #parkrun up and staffed within hours!!! Not being able to run for the last six weeks made it a bit more strenuous than usual, but by gum it was good to be back on the trails.