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SE London history & landscape, paused blogger, socialist, green, runner, #runningpunk, #goodgym member, acting curator of #TidesOutTuesday, views mine, poor proof reader - he/him/me duck, real name Paul

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 3d

I am striding for Gaza in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). I will be completing 98km in 23 days & virtually following the displacement journey of one of MAP's Palestinian workers in Gaza. Please donate to my page & help me support MAP.

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Stride for Gaza 2025

I am striding for Gaza in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). I will be completing 98km in 23 days and virtually following the displacement journey of one of MAP's Palestinian colleagues in Gaz

medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 7h

The fastest #parkrun time since the spring, despite starting far too quickly and fading badly, but still managed first in my age group. Afterwards I had lessons from a 2 1/2 year old on balancing. Cone flinging (set up) before. #RunningPunks #GreenRunners

Autumnal colours on trees with grass to the front

Ageing man in pink t shirt looking down towards the camera a tree with autumn colours behind him.

Small child attempting to show adult how to balance on a beam. Grass parkland behind.

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Catford parkrun @catfordparkrun.bsky.social · 8h

Catford #parkrun 317 saw some beautiful autumnal colours & with firm conditions underfoot there were 48 PBs amongst the 248 runners & walkers. There were 32 1st timers, with 3 doing their very 1st parkrun. A massive thank you to the 28 wonderful volunteers.

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First timers welcome next to the bandstand

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 12h

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOForOpulent

The ceiling of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome

An ornate golden ceiling with six windows using a wide angel lens.

Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 12h

Six photos of autumnal berries, a couple of salvias from the garden, a passion flower and a small chicory flower on the Heath that took my breath away.
#SixOnSaturday #bloomscrolling

Six photos in a grid with autumnal berries including a pyracanthas and a chicory flower in light blue and an ornate passion flower and a purple and white salvia.

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 1d

Jubilee Park (Petts Wood) signage #FingerpostFriday

A mixture of signs - cycle routes to Bromley (left), Petts Wood and Orpington (right) plus a Petts Wood Circular. Winter Woodland behind.

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 1d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOForOpulent
The Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College when the Helios installation was there.

An ultra wide angle shot showing arched windows down the side, with baroque painting on the ceiling centring around the then King and Queen - William and Mary. Hanging from a metal structure in the Hall is Helios a large golden representation of the sun.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 1d

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?

The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

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The Greenwich Wire @greenwichwire.bsky.social · 2d

Plans to knock down Lewisham Shopping Centre for 1,700 new homes and a new mall could move forward next week when councillors decide whether or not to approve the scheme.

Sainsbury's and Greenwich Council are objecting, while a protest is planned for Saturday.

greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/09/l...

Plans for 1,700 flats at Lewisham Shopping Centre set for approval - The Greenwich Wire

Plans to knock down Lewisham Shopping Centre and replace it with more than 1,700 new homes and a new mall could take a step forward next week when councillors decide whether or not to approve the…

greenwichwire.co.uk

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

9 November 1891 | Czech Jewish woman, Eliška Budlovská, was born in Benešov.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 January 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

Vintage black and white portrait of a woman wearing a hat and a light-colored shirt, with the name inscribed at the bottom.

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 2d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOForOpulent
The entrance to Versailles

Ornate gilded gates attached to carved stone pillars - the gates are around 10 metres tall.

Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 2d

I got one for each of the Big Half and Vitality London 10,000 - they remind me of trees planted in a local Tiny Forest a couple of years ago - they are now thriving.

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Kristi Tange @kristitange.bsky.social · 3d

Dramatic clouds, a heron, and ducks on the Thames tonight in Hammersmith

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 2d

Sproston Green - appropriately it came at the end of a playlist whilst running today - it made me so happy!

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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 2d

What would it be like if cats and whales changed places? My partner sent me these pictures from a Russian children’s book and I can’t stop thinking about the little whale drinking from a saucer. 🐋

Illustration of a giant cat in the ocean with birds landing on it. Below, a tiny indoor house whale laps from a saucer

A tiny whale curled up on a bed. Above, tiny whale is silhouetted climbing in a fence at night

Giant sea cat amidst some ships with Russian text. Above, a small wall pounces at some mice, landing on its flippers

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 3d

An easy paced 16k around Blackheath and Greenwich, I had intended to go further afield but the autumn colours were so beautiful. It was the first few km of my fundraiser for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social (see pinned post). #GreenRunners #RunningPunks

Late summer flowers in the foreground autumn coloured trees behind

Almost neon orange tree against grey sky and grass flecked with leaves below.

Aging runner in neon yellow balancing on log - it is amazing that it only took one photo and that no limbs were broken given his poor balance.

A dull day in Greenwich Park from the top of the escarpment. The towers of Canary Wharf at the rear autumn colours in trees at the bottom of the slope

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 3d

Stride for Gaza 2025

medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 3d

There had been a torrential downpour which had stopped a couple of minutes before but the water hadn’t dissipated so I got some amazing reflections.

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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 3d

Badenoch’s only achievement is to have shrunk the Tories to a low-wattage Faragist think tank and warehouse storing future parliamentary candidates for Reform www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr

The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidates, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

www.theguardian.com

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 3d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOForOpulent
Pearls - a Deptford mural generally known as Deptford Pearls

A large mural on the side of a building - mainly pink - at the top are two chimneys one with a tie around it, the other with a tie. On the shop extension at ground level are two chimneys on a blue background at 90° to what you’d expect.

The text on the information panel
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Deptford Pearls
by Artmongers
When we first started thinking about this mural in 2001, we wanted simple, playful visuals but with many potential interpretations. We never intended to represent a binary heterosexual couple; it was about the roles we play, or even different aspects of the same personality.
This comes across in the stories associated with this terrace, which was built by a woman, Mary Slade, between 1775 and 1785. Mary ran a haberdashery business with her sister Elizabeth; they lived in the largest house, 110. The two sisters won contracts to supply the naval dockyard and became extremely wealthy together.
She is often confused with another remarkable woman, Mary Lacey, who ran away to sea dressed as a man and later trained as a shipwright. Ill-health forced her to give up her work and reveal her gender, threatenirig her pension. Legend has it she had help from a local aristocrat in obtaining it, after which she moved in and began an affair with his wife! The truth is, according to local historians, she married, settled in Watergate Street, and had at least six children. How you choose to interpret a story or a mural is really up to you.
All this makes us wonder if we were unconsciously influenced by their stories, as well as this building... maybe they are the original Deptford Pearls. Whatever the case, these womens' gender-bending stories let us see beyond the surface.

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ElliOnTheGo @ellionthego.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes it takes a grey day to show the beauty of this land’s raw perfection.

#Iceland 🇮🇸 #Arnardrangur #Reynisfjara
#landscapephotography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky 📷
#ThePhotoHour #StormHour
#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
#TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday

A moody coastal scene from Reynisfjara in southern Iceland on a rainy day. The tide has receded, exposing wide stretches of dark volcanic sand that glisten faintly under the misty light. In the middle distance, a solitary rock formation rises from the shoreline, its rugged surface softened by the haze. Gentle waves curl along the beach, their white foam tracing delicate lines against the black sand. In the background, distant cliffs and headlands fade into the fog, giving the entire landscape a quiet, almost otherworldly atmosphere.

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Lorraine Inglis @lorraineinglisd.bsky.social · 4d

A quiet moment between tides 🌊🩵 But beware of the quicksand!!

#TidesOutTuesday
#weston-super-mare #pier
#ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue #photography #EastCoastKin

The pier at Weston silhouetted in the blue evening light. Empty beach at low tide.

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 4d

Used a photo from that spot a couple of weeks ago for #TidesOutTuesday

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 4d

It was something like 8°C in August

Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 4d

Three Cliffs Bay!

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Nita Lewsey @redlucy54.bsky.social · 4d

#RockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday the 500-600 million year old volcanic rocks on the beach in #TraethLlydan #Rhosneigr #Anglesey #TidesOutTuesday #travelphotography #EastCoastKin #WeAreRoamers #ColourADay #BlueTue

500 to 600 million year old black volcanic rocks on the beach at Rhosneigr surrounded by sandy beach under blue skies

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