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Nick Barlow

@nickbwalking.bsky.social

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Writer, walker, Who and Wolves fan. Lives in Whitehaven. Lots of other things that don't begin with W. https://linktr.ee/nickbarlow He/him Avatar: Me (50ish man with greying hair and beard) smiling at the camera.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 30m

The Harbour itaelf is currently a particularly Trumpian shade because of iron ochre leaking into a stream from some old mine workings.

Whitehaven Harbour, showing grey-looking water mixing with an orange-tinged flow from the other side

A small boat entering Whitehaven Harbour

An information board from the harbour commissioners explaining the orange water.

Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 30m

Whitehaven Harbour would like to enter the "when was Britain last invaded?" chat.

A plaque on the old watch tower at Whotehaven Harbour saying that John Paul Jones' raid was the last invasion of Britain.

The old stone watch tower on the old Quay at Whitehaven Harbour

Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 1h

"We've decided you can't afford a new boiler so we've taken out your old one and sold it to a friend of ours. He'll come round every few days and sell you hot water at a fiver a bucket."

A blue van for Cameron Osborn plumbing and heating.

Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 4h

There's a weird comedy curse going on where he's become Alan Partridge.

Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 5h

Visions of what the future would be are usually more interesting than the future itself turns out to be.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21h

he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 20h

Floored Genius is a collection of songs that in another version of the 80s would have made Julian Cope an absolutely massive star.

Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 20h

Despite being used on a great song, Julian Cope couldn't get any other orders for the assault course microphone stand. #TOTP

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 20h

The Every Loser Wins video is a classic 80s "oh god, it's going to be a hit, how quickly can you put together a semi-competent video?" #TOTP

Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 20h

80s Top Of The Pops are a reminder of how my teenage attractions and sexuality developed and hello there Susanna Hoffs and the rest of the Bangles. #TOTP

Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 1d

"The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Mr Donald F Trump of Muskie, Iowa, for his extraordinary ability to allow us to troll the guy bin the White House who's never getting his hands on this medal."

Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 1d

Wolves' pre-Premier League sponsor was a British payday loans company and promotion brought a whole new level of dodgy sponsorship.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 1d

It's somehow beyond "good" and "bad" but definitely something you need to be in the right mood to enjoy.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 1d

A bunch of celebs asked to bring mourning outfits could have upstaged her, so of course Claudia turns up on a horse. #CelebrityTraitors

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J.M. Berger @jmberger.com · 1d

Rule one of cover-ups: Don't loudly scream THIS IS A COVER-UP

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 2d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 2d

Latest walking post is up, this time a quick stroll up Fellbarrow from last week. nickbwalking.medium.com/wainwrightin...

Wainwrighting: Fellbarrow

Short-cutting to the end of the ridge

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Zack Fox 🦊 @zjfox.bsky.social · 2d

It'll be wild when Charlotte Church reveals she's been pretending to be Welsh this entire time #TheTraitorsUK #CelebrityTraitors

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 2d

The producers must have spent the first night redoing the rest of the puzzles once they saw how good Nick Muhammad is at them. #CelebrityTraitors

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 2d

#CelebrityTraitors continues the series' commitment to the musical genre of overly dramatic cover versions.

Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 2d

Jonathan's going to be sussed out as a traitor very quickly becauae he just can't shut up. #CelebrityTraitors

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Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 2d

Really hoping they find some convoluted way to reference Celia's appearance in Highlander (she's Connor's girlfriend who tries to get him burnt at the stake in his home village) #CelebrityTraitors

Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 2d

Nation's dads now demanding Charlotte Church lasts a long time in #CelebrityTraitors

Nick Barlow @nickbwalking.bsky.social · 2d

People obviously haven't watched Weird and understood how much all modern lyricists owe to Al Yankovic.

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