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Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · 19d

Walking #StCuthbertsWay, Melrose, Scottish Birders to Holy Island, Northumberland.
Despite the claim on the notice, Wideopen Hill is _not_ the midway point of the walk (although the summit is the highest point).

Sign post on St Cuthbert’s Way, Scottish Borders.

“St. Cuthbert's Way
Wideopen Hill
1207ft/368m
This is the highest point of the Way and also the halfway point between Melrose and Lindisfarne.”

Strictly, the summit of Wideopen Hill is _not_ the halfway point of St Cuthbert’s Way, which is at Kirk Yetholm.

Selfie - author & wife on top of Wideopen Hill, Scottish Borders; walking St. Cuthbert’s Way.

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · 22d

To the #MiningArtGallery at the #AucklandProject in Bishop Auckland, County Durham.

aucklandproject.org/attraction/m...

The Pit Road paintings of Norman Corrnish were especially evocative

normancornish.com

Coming Home

The colliery lies in the background as three miners head home along the pit road. We can almost hear their conversation. There appears to be a little more spring in their step compared to miners trudging towards the colliery, often lost in thought.

Painting by Norman Cornish

The Words that Bind Us — Nicola Anthony - contemporary Artist

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · 22d

Reinterpreting the spirit of Magna Carta and its continuing call for justice in today’s world, this collective vision of a ‘Modern Charter’ continues to evolve each day with contributions from visitors to the exhibition.
#TheWordsThatBindUs

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · 22d

Fascinating visit to @durhamcathedral.bsky.social for the #MagnaCarta and the North exhibition and Nicola Anthony’s #TheWordsThatBindUs artwork.

The Words That Bind Us is a light installation artwork by contemporary sculptor Nicola Anthony, at Durham Cathedral. A glowing river of public-contributed words explores justice, democracy, and equali...

www.nicolaanthony.co.uk

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Sep 7

I grew up in the 60s, and remember the collection boxes, but can't recall ever seeing someone with the assistive braces.

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Sep 1

Just found it — Settings / Accessibility / Require alt text before posting 👍
So now I should never need to remember!

Screen shot of Settings/ Accessibility controls:
“Require alt text before posting” now set to “on”.

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Sep 1

I do try to remember!

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Aug 31

for #wildflowerhour #fruits — guelder rose, rose hips (dog rose), haws & sloes.
Local blackberries already gone over — we have been eating them since June, and those that are left are mostly dry & shrivelled!

Guelder rose.
Cluster of bright red berries against green leaves.

Sloes, spherical purple fruit of the blackthorn.

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Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Aug 13

Perhaps because Clubs either _are_ “the Reds” (1st choice shirt) or are not, and don’t want to be associated with one of the Clubs that is “red”?

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Jul 25

Stunning, aren't they?
Not seen one, yet, this year, but still hoping.
They seem to like a local council depot, with a hedge of hawthorn & (young) oak.

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Jul 15

Super little local museum at Valence House. Found out that Barking used to be a major fishing port!

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Jun 30

Would @londonmulberries.bsky.social know?

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Jun 30

Are there any #typewriter #skystorians on here?
Saw this beauty yesterday, and wondered who needed the special keys at the top of the keyboard — £1/1d; £19/10d; £100/.; £1000/1s; £10,000/10s.

Google Picture search suggests it is a Royal, but has not helped with the currency keys.

Old mechanical typewriter.
Dusty, black metal. Round keys in QWERTY format, with additional set of 5 GB currency (sterling - £sd) keys above.

5 Round keys on old typewriter, labeled successively: £1/1d; £19/10d; £100/.; £1000/1s; £10,000/10s.
Looking rather like an old-style cash register.

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Jun 27

Belatedly got around to collating some photos of the Barkingside trees.
Just one plaque visible (plus another subsumed into a still-expanding tree).
Compare Sir Frederic Wise, from Valentines - looks like the same crest (a tree within a shield outline).

Tree plaque, Valentines Park, Ilford
Sir Frederic Wise DL
MP 1920-28
1937

Tree plaque, Barkingside Recreation Ground, Ilford
James Deneson (?)
[1937 - from another photo]

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Jun 17

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Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Jun 7

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Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · May 26

Visit to #EssexWildlife #FingringhoeWick.
Highlight was nightingale, cuckoo, and turtle dove all calling at the same time.

Shame we can’t post audio files, yet. 🎶

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · May 25

Naivety? Or honesty?
Should Lineker simply toe the line? Ingratiate himself with he new boss?
Lazy headline, by the way.

OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | BOTTOM TRAWLING OFFICIAL CLIP | IN CINEMAS NOW | Altitude Films

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · May 22

Is this the wrong way around? Not that atheists believe that religious faith is positive, but that religious faith (the positive, morally foundation of religion) is a construct of basic human morality?

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Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · May 18

Watched #OceanWithDavidAttenborough this afternoon.
Scenes of bottom trawling were devastating.
But there is hope.
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#DavidAttenborough #OceanFilm
youtu.be/IzG9AwlypaY

YouTube video by Altitude Films

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Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · May 3

Saw 2 in a nest this week. On an island in a local park lake.
2 clutches last year, in separate nests at either end of the island, 5 (giant) chicks in all.

Andrew Beaven @andrewbeaven.bsky.social · Apr 30

Next time I am in the Rec, I shall.