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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 12h

Not this time - achilles healing well but taking my time rather than rushing it back. Hoping to break 10 years of stop/start progress by actually giving it time to heal properly!

5 months off and lots of physio - just easing back into walk/run parkruns now. Fingers crossed for next year!

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 13h

Home after a really nice weekend in Manchester with my running buddy. Had a great time - heavy metal ballet, parkrun, crazy golf, urban regeneration gardens in the sky and grilled cheese sandwiches. What more could you want?!

Pleased with this snap from Salford Quays last night 😍

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 1d

Cannot recommend this thread highly enough.

I have no words.....

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 1d

Mr Brazil starts us off inoffensively enough with a fairly boring suit but my goodness he's selling it with that walk. He does get a bonus point for the suit clearly fitting though, because as you will see that is not always a given...

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I've missed you posting these - used to adore them when I was little!
@lbflyawayhome.bsky.social

Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d

An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old

“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”

Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon

(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)

Black-and-white picture of two children playing in woodland. Also in the picture, there are 12 hidden animals including an owl, a bat and a squirrel.

NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 1d

😂😂

D did mention that he had to hose it down when he got home...!

NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 1d

Fab, glad to hear that it went well and he wasn't a mobile hazard!!

Think he got his fastest parkrun time in about 5 years!

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn colour at lovely Wythenshawe #parkrun in Manchester with my running buddy 😍.

Still rehabbing the achilles and being careful but first sub-35 in ages, with walk breaks every km. Really pleased with that and enjoyed the atmosphere!
#loveparkrun
#ontour

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 2d

Unexpectedly wonderful night out at the Lowry with my lovely friend, watching Black Sabbath: The Ballet.

Really shouldn't work. Really, really did.

What an awesome show. Definitely worth a visit if you get a chance.
#manchester
#heavymetal
#BlackSabbath
#ballet

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 2d

Second new tyre in three weeks fitted on my car this morning. Frustrating as I only drive it once or twice a week, and rarely do more than 3000 miles a year, preferring to e-bike where I can.

Garage said the problem was tyre wall damage. They're seeing a lot of it due to our appalling roads 🙄.

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 3d

I had at least half of these - and the others were in the school library anyway...!

Timeless stories and such wonderful illustrations ❤️

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 3d

Smart coat and mucky face!

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 3d

Rather you than me.... 🤮

NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot tell you how excited I am about this.

Very. Just very excited. That'll do.

If you haven't read the Stranger Times series, go on - give yourself a treat. Laugh out loud funny and very, very clever. On Kindle too, if you're an e-book kind of a person 👍

Caimh/CK McDonnell @caimhmc.bsky.social · 3d

Ring The Bells book 5 of The Stranger Times series is out today!! Available everywhere.
Well, not newsagents.
Or hairdressers.
Almost no nail saloons.
Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 4d

In my more cynical moments I have wondered if this is actually the point...

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 4d

😂😂

True!

NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 4d

Heaven forbid there should be any bikes cluttering up our nice rustic bike rack...!

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 4d

I can't help thinking they must have spent more on the nicely painted sign than on the actual "cycle racks" 🙄

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely - I'm not even sure how exactly you're supposed to lock a bike to this contrivance. Through the wheel??

And heaven help you if you have a non-standard or cargo bike...

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 4d

I do enjoy walking at #burghley but I'm afraid their cycle parking offer is pathetic.

I've emailed previously and had no response. Tens of thousands spent recently on a new car park, but this is their idea of acceptable secure cycle parking.
#stamford
#activetravel
#cyclesnotwelcome

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 4d

Had to run a few errands in town this morning so today's #WednesdayMorningWander was a bit of a backyard affair.

Autumn definitely putting its best foot forward in Burghley Park - another week or two and the colours will just glow!
#burghley
#autumn
#walkingboots
🍁🍂🍁🍂

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 4d

So much this... ⏬

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 4d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 5d

Found this an unexpectedly touching book and not what I expected at all from a "football book".

I don't really watch football but do have a soft spot for teams like Liechtenstein and the Faroe Islands. They should have a place in tournament football.

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 5d

I don't get it. Looks like pond slime and tastes worse 🤮

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 6d

Ribbons and tapes and hooks and drops and rails and rings and......

Enough already!! Just too confusing for my poor brain to cope with 🤪😭

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NessaW @nessawinters.bsky.social · 6d

So traumatised by buying curtains when we moved in *13 years ago* that I cannot contemplate redecorating ever again.

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