BenInChamonix
@beninchamonix.bsky.social
🇬🇧 living in Chamonix 🇫🇷 | Trail & Ultra Runner | 2 kids | Rescue 🐶 & 🐱 | 🏔️ ⛷️ 🏃♂️ | DCFC 🐏 | Radiohead
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@beninchamonix.bsky.social
· Nov 16
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To all the 🌹 reply-guys telling me I MUST VOTE LABOUR:
1. FPTP - 🌹 have never won in my constituency
2. Never gonna vote for a party that goes full-fash against immigrants
3. Your ‘saviours’ are polling at 17% 😂
4. It’s not a 2 party state
5. Fuck you, random internet person
1. FPTP - 🌹 have never won in my constituency
2. Never gonna vote for a party that goes full-fash against immigrants
3. Your ‘saviours’ are polling at 17% 😂
4. It’s not a 2 party state
5. Fuck you, random internet person
Melania the movie - reviews are in at Rotten Tomatoes!
- Critics Score; 7% 😬
- Audience Score; 99% 🧐
Looks like the MAGA bots have been busy 😆
- Critics Score; 7% 😬
- Audience Score; 99% 🧐
Looks like the MAGA bots have been busy 😆
January 31, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Melania the movie - reviews are in at Rotten Tomatoes!
- Critics Score; 7% 😬
- Audience Score; 99% 🧐
Looks like the MAGA bots have been busy 😆
- Critics Score; 7% 😬
- Audience Score; 99% 🧐
Looks like the MAGA bots have been busy 😆
January 29, 2026 at 2:35 PM
This is a good thread, and as @davidallengreen.bsky.social points out provides more evidence of Tory incompetence.
Their pathological obsession with immigration & the Rwanda scheme cost the taxpayer dear & benefitted no-one except the Rwandan government.
Their pathological obsession with immigration & the Rwanda scheme cost the taxpayer dear & benefitted no-one except the Rwandan government.
Paul Kagame's Rwanda government got £290 million from the UK government/taxpayer - for very little beyond three press conferences (with a new Home Secretary each time). The attempt to seek another £100 million shows a striking level of chutzpah
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 28, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This is a good thread, and as @davidallengreen.bsky.social points out provides more evidence of Tory incompetence.
Their pathological obsession with immigration & the Rwanda scheme cost the taxpayer dear & benefitted no-one except the Rwandan government.
Their pathological obsession with immigration & the Rwanda scheme cost the taxpayer dear & benefitted no-one except the Rwandan government.
Reposted by BenInChamonix
Paul Kagame's Rwanda government got £290 million from the UK government/taxpayer - for very little beyond three press conferences (with a new Home Secretary each time). The attempt to seek another £100 million shows a striking level of chutzpah
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Paul Kagame's Rwanda government got £290 million from the UK government/taxpayer - for very little beyond three press conferences (with a new Home Secretary each time). The attempt to seek another £100 million shows a striking level of chutzpah
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Long run today; not as long as I wanted but 2 hours is better than nowt. Some fresh snow with occasional sheet ice underneath made for ‘interesting’ going!
For a runner, these winter months are maintenance only; most trails snowbound or icy so hard to do meaningful intensity. Roll on spring!
For a runner, these winter months are maintenance only; most trails snowbound or icy so hard to do meaningful intensity. Roll on spring!
January 25, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Long run today; not as long as I wanted but 2 hours is better than nowt. Some fresh snow with occasional sheet ice underneath made for ‘interesting’ going!
For a runner, these winter months are maintenance only; most trails snowbound or icy so hard to do meaningful intensity. Roll on spring!
For a runner, these winter months are maintenance only; most trails snowbound or icy so hard to do meaningful intensity. Roll on spring!
Share a photograph you’ve taken of mountains
(have a version of this as a tattoo)
(have a version of this as a tattoo)
January 22, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Share a photograph you’ve taken of mountains
(have a version of this as a tattoo)
(have a version of this as a tattoo)
18km & 850m vertical today with Freddie 🐶 . Took in 3 ‘buvettes’ (small mountain restaurants) - Cascade du Dard, Cerro & Glacier des Bossons.
Still plenty of snow but warmer temperatures so getting a mix of slush and wet ice
#trailrunning #chamonix
Still plenty of snow but warmer temperatures so getting a mix of slush and wet ice
#trailrunning #chamonix
January 18, 2026 at 4:32 PM
18km & 850m vertical today with Freddie 🐶 . Took in 3 ‘buvettes’ (small mountain restaurants) - Cascade du Dard, Cerro & Glacier des Bossons.
Still plenty of snow but warmer temperatures so getting a mix of slush and wet ice
#trailrunning #chamonix
Still plenty of snow but warmer temperatures so getting a mix of slush and wet ice
#trailrunning #chamonix
January 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
FUCK. Just signed up for this:
UTMB TDS; 153km / 9,000m of vertical 💩😬💩😬💩😬
I’ve got until August 24th to get my shit together.
montblanc.utmb.world/races/tds
UTMB TDS; 153km / 9,000m of vertical 💩😬💩😬💩😬
I’ve got until August 24th to get my shit together.
montblanc.utmb.world/races/tds
TDS - les Traces du Duc de Savoie - HOKA UTMB Mont Blanc
The TDS is more than ever a world-class event and the adventure of a lifetime.
montblanc.utmb.world
January 13, 2026 at 10:24 AM
FUCK. Just signed up for this:
UTMB TDS; 153km / 9,000m of vertical 💩😬💩😬💩😬
I’ve got until August 24th to get my shit together.
montblanc.utmb.world/races/tds
UTMB TDS; 153km / 9,000m of vertical 💩😬💩😬💩😬
I’ve got until August 24th to get my shit together.
montblanc.utmb.world/races/tds
Congratulations to Lib Dem MPs @freddievanmierlomp.bsky.social and @laylamoran.bsky.social for leaving X 👏
You will find more engagement & more actual voters (rather than bots) on here than the CSAM site.
Hopefully more of your colleagues will follow suit.
You will find more engagement & more actual voters (rather than bots) on here than the CSAM site.
Hopefully more of your colleagues will follow suit.
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Congratulations to Lib Dem MPs @freddievanmierlomp.bsky.social and @laylamoran.bsky.social for leaving X 👏
You will find more engagement & more actual voters (rather than bots) on here than the CSAM site.
Hopefully more of your colleagues will follow suit.
You will find more engagement & more actual voters (rather than bots) on here than the CSAM site.
Hopefully more of your colleagues will follow suit.
So delighted to see this from @louisehaighmp.bsky.social - thank you for your pragmatic & principled decision.
This is not be a party political matter; it’s simply a case of doing what’s right.
Any MP who makes excuses for not leaving a site which generates CSAM should be thoroughly ashamed.
This is not be a party political matter; it’s simply a case of doing what’s right.
Any MP who makes excuses for not leaving a site which generates CSAM should be thoroughly ashamed.
Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter
Grok is just one of many reasons why Westminster should finally get off the website.
www.politicshome.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:38 PM
So delighted to see this from @louisehaighmp.bsky.social - thank you for your pragmatic & principled decision.
This is not be a party political matter; it’s simply a case of doing what’s right.
Any MP who makes excuses for not leaving a site which generates CSAM should be thoroughly ashamed.
This is not be a party political matter; it’s simply a case of doing what’s right.
Any MP who makes excuses for not leaving a site which generates CSAM should be thoroughly ashamed.
I have found myself in Narnia
January 10, 2026 at 9:17 AM
I have found myself in Narnia
Big dump of snow today - fun to run during the blizzard, hard work on the climbs. Freddie having the time of his life 😍🥰 🐶
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Big dump of snow today - fun to run during the blizzard, hard work on the climbs. Freddie having the time of his life 😍🥰 🐶
Quick ski / board with the boy. -16C, only lasted an hour!
January 7, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Quick ski / board with the boy. -16C, only lasted an hour!
Here’s my Strava year in sport - this includes a few hikes but 99% running.
I increased volume steadily is year; 5% more distance, 13% more vertical & time.
128,900m vertical ascent = 14.5 Mount Everests or 32% of the way to the ISS 😂
Some big goals in the pipeline for 2026!
#trailrunning
I increased volume steadily is year; 5% more distance, 13% more vertical & time.
128,900m vertical ascent = 14.5 Mount Everests or 32% of the way to the ISS 😂
Some big goals in the pipeline for 2026!
#trailrunning
January 6, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Here’s my Strava year in sport - this includes a few hikes but 99% running.
I increased volume steadily is year; 5% more distance, 13% more vertical & time.
128,900m vertical ascent = 14.5 Mount Everests or 32% of the way to the ISS 😂
Some big goals in the pipeline for 2026!
#trailrunning
I increased volume steadily is year; 5% more distance, 13% more vertical & time.
128,900m vertical ascent = 14.5 Mount Everests or 32% of the way to the ISS 😂
Some big goals in the pipeline for 2026!
#trailrunning
Back in 🇫🇷 after a hectic week in 🇬🇧 visiting friends and family.
It’s rather chilly 🥶; -13C today, everything is frozen, including sections on the river I pass on the dog walk
It’s rather chilly 🥶; -13C today, everything is frozen, including sections on the river I pass on the dog walk
January 6, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Back in 🇫🇷 after a hectic week in 🇬🇧 visiting friends and family.
It’s rather chilly 🥶; -13C today, everything is frozen, including sections on the river I pass on the dog walk
It’s rather chilly 🥶; -13C today, everything is frozen, including sections on the river I pass on the dog walk
This year on Bluesky I wrote 185 posts and 855 replies. I received 5,067 likes, 137 were from my most popular post, and apparently I love saying "not" and 😂!
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beninchamonix.bsky.social's Bluesky Wrapped 2025
Check out beninchamonix.bsky.social's year on Bluesky!
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December 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This year on Bluesky I wrote 185 posts and 855 replies. I received 5,067 likes, 137 were from my most popular post, and apparently I love saying "not" and 😂!
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
Foolishly stayed up until 2am listening to #theashes on #TMS. No miracles, although nice to hear Joffra get his 50. Now feeling totally discombobulated, like the night after a big lash up (no alcohol was consumed).
It’s a strange form of masochism. Will be pleased when the tour is over!
It’s a strange form of masochism. Will be pleased when the tour is over!
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Beautiful Sunday run with Freddie. 19.5km with a respectable 650m of vert along the Petit Balcons sud & nord.
Nothing as taxing as that which @alpinemigrant.bsky.social took on today, but I’m looking forward to the bowl of soup (sweet potato & lentil) ‘fait maison’ 😋
#trailrunning #chamonix
Nothing as taxing as that which @alpinemigrant.bsky.social took on today, but I’m looking forward to the bowl of soup (sweet potato & lentil) ‘fait maison’ 😋
#trailrunning #chamonix
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Beautiful Sunday run with Freddie. 19.5km with a respectable 650m of vert along the Petit Balcons sud & nord.
Nothing as taxing as that which @alpinemigrant.bsky.social took on today, but I’m looking forward to the bowl of soup (sweet potato & lentil) ‘fait maison’ 😋
#trailrunning #chamonix
Nothing as taxing as that which @alpinemigrant.bsky.social took on today, but I’m looking forward to the bowl of soup (sweet potato & lentil) ‘fait maison’ 😋
#trailrunning #chamonix
One to get you into the festive spirit. Taken exactly one year ago in Le Lavancher
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
One to get you into the festive spirit. Taken exactly one year ago in Le Lavancher
Just submitted my French nationality application. It has aged me.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Just submitted my French nationality application. It has aged me.
My last #trailrunning race of the season today at Les Saisies (1,600m) ski resort.
All on pistes through snow, lots of slipping & sinking. I ran well though considering I’ve been sick on & off since late Sept.
20km / 870m vert / 53/370 scratch, 4th in my age cat 💪🏼
altichrono.fr/resultats/20...
All on pistes through snow, lots of slipping & sinking. I ran well though considering I’ve been sick on & off since late Sept.
20km / 870m vert / 53/370 scratch, 4th in my age cat 💪🏼
altichrono.fr/resultats/20...
December 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My last #trailrunning race of the season today at Les Saisies (1,600m) ski resort.
All on pistes through snow, lots of slipping & sinking. I ran well though considering I’ve been sick on & off since late Sept.
20km / 870m vert / 53/370 scratch, 4th in my age cat 💪🏼
altichrono.fr/resultats/20...
All on pistes through snow, lots of slipping & sinking. I ran well though considering I’ve been sick on & off since late Sept.
20km / 870m vert / 53/370 scratch, 4th in my age cat 💪🏼
altichrono.fr/resultats/20...
First Nordic ski / ski de fond of the year. Just a short one to try & remember how it works. Perfecting the “Bambi on ice” look, but only one crushingly embarrassing fall which is a total result 😂
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
First Nordic ski / ski de fond of the year. Just a short one to try & remember how it works. Perfecting the “Bambi on ice” look, but only one crushingly embarrassing fall which is a total result 😂
Grands Montets! ⛷️
November 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Grands Montets! ⛷️