On this day in 1973 James Bolam & Rodney Bewes appeared in the first episode of Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads reprising the roles they played in the 1960s. Classic sitcom. #70srule

Love this gift I received today #booksky

Pals, I’ve been teaching Dolly how to live the best life for a month. She’s grown so much already!! Probs cause she noms all her food, then steals my kibbles! Love Bob 🐾

Here we are, love Bob & Dolly ❤️

Not quite signalling to Mars, but for anyone UK based, there’s a red alert for the aurora just now, so worth having a peak towards the north if you’re somewhere without too much cloud cover/light pollution

Same #schnauzers different bench. The river is flooding after the rain

Afternoon stroll at Keswick today.

Today has definitely been a woolly sheep hat day 🐑💚🐑❤️ #sheep #snow #winter #beautiful #bsnm #knitted #knitwear #winterknits #farming #January #snowing #scenic #knitting #cold www.theyorkshiregreysheep.co.uk/product/la-n...

The Summit & the Sun ☀️ ❄️☀️ #BlueSkyArtShow #Scape #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin The top of Penhill in Wensleydale.

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘Winter Sunshine at Nether-Alderley’ Artist: SR Badmin

And here’s the recipe for the homemade instant pancake mix! www.nigella.com/recipes/home...

Lovely bright day for a little stroll #SchnauzerGang #DogsOfBluesky

A chance to get out on ski's today. A rare thing over the last couple of years. Great to be out in the #snow, not too cold unfortunately but ......just a lovely #winter landscape ❄️😊 #ski #skiing #scotland #forest

Late Afternoon Tracks. 0°C and very icy. Deer in the wood.

The next 15 hours will be run in darkness, over the snow and ice fields😬

Today's walk on the East Yorkshire Wolds

Frosty ❄️ run out in the Forest this morning. 🧡 #SchnauzerGang #SchnauzerPals #DogsofBluesky

There’s a risk of freezing rain across parts of Scotland and northern England tonight and into Sunday ⚠️ Want to know what freezing rain is and why it’s hazardous? 🌧️ Check out this short explainer video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WisQ...

Thought provoking stilin' from God's own county

Virga, Wester Ross.

Spine Challenger Race South. Mel @nuddypants.bsky.social tweeted me this morning, that she was going to take it steady.🙄 as if. She's just arrived at the Torside checkpoint 👀 as the fifth placed lady, only 30 seconds behind the 2nd place. #AllexMel

Slabby stile with dog notch 👌

Chilly for fell ponies, but they graze on unperturbed.

As leader of Gussage Parish Council I have stated we will invade Wimborne St Giles. If needed we will send in a crack unit of Morris dancers to do this. According to Jill their village shop has to be secured against the threat of Eastern baked goods such as Baklava & Filo Tarts.

Out with Foxy for a walk by a frozen #lancastercanal

The hills, the coast, the stile.

Artistic stilin' 🥰

Oh yes 😊

Absolutely the content we should all be here for!

📣❄️ You are warmly invited to our Winter Holiday chat! ❄️📣 When? Sun 8th Feb, 7.00pm UK time Where? Zoom - link nearer time What? A relaxed chat about Winter Holiday. I’ll share a few questions beforehand to help us. Important Prep: cosy reading, nice rations, Susanish tea 🫖🍫 #SwallowsAndAmazons

Good morning to ewe 💚 Pic credit @tutty352.bsky.social

A hot hike up to Bruach na Frithe, #Skye in September 2023 with a refreshing dip at the end! @undisscot.bsky.social #munro bagging. ⛰️ 🥾

They must have heard about all the baaaaaaaagains.. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Barbara Hepworth (1903-75), sculptor and artist, was born on this day in Wakefield. One of the foremost modernists of the 20th century.

A Winter Walk, by Yorkshire-born printmaker Hester Cox.

Here’s a poem called ‘My Unbearable Politeness of Being’.

Into The Woods. -1°C just after dawn. Pheasants.

New Year and new workshops! Please share far and wide, especially if you're in the UK and near(ish) to the North Dorset area where I'm running these classes 💚Thank you x #craftworkshops #linocut #celebratinghandmade #learnacraft #printmaking

The mists below. Photograph taken from Glastonbury Tor this morning.

walking in Torridon my only companion distant barking dog from: "often I stop and look back" bardofcumberland.com/poetry/ #bookwormsat #haiku #poetry art: 'cu sìth' is the 'faerie dog'; it will let out three barks, only three, as an ill omen

The legendary John Bamber, master of Greg’s Hut on Cross Fell. Here he is in Edale with the brand spanker sign for his hillside noodle bar on the highest point of the PW, where he rescues chilly, battered runners with his signature dish and a brew #SpineRace #CrossFell #GregsHut #BambersNoodles

I nearly forgot… I actually have a #FingerpostFriday 😊

My favourite podiatrist @nuddypants.bsky.social is off for a run again tomorrow, this time the Montane Spine Challenger South, a mere 108 miles along the Pennine Way, thru the snow and ice and darkness, from Edale to Hawes. Much dot watching will be done 👀 #SitClub #AllezMel

#FerrousFriday is a rusty relic from Green Moor. #LakeDistrict #Lakes

#FingerpostFriday a classic without the crowds. #LakeDistrict #Lakes

In my garden (Cumbria). #ukbirding #ukbirds #ukwildlife #Birds

Ice in Borrowdale, Cumbria today.

A lovely winter scene, captured by Rob, one of our brilliant skippers. Thanks for sharing ❄️ #Winter #Windermere #LakeDistrict

📚 Why not come on a magical journey in folklore through the Lake District and its surrounding counties "Folklore of the Lake District" by Stephen G. Rae more: folklorepress.co.uk #folklore #lakedistrict #booksky

Saturday 10th January: Due to the planned closure of the M6 Stagecoach Cumbria service 563 will only operate between Penrith and Appleby with a revised timetable, and will not serve Brough or Kirkby Stephen. Please see www.stagecoachbus.com/service-upda... for details.