Nick Hobson
@nickhobson25.bsky.social
Self-employed architect, Scottish Government House Condition Surveyor, nature lover, likes doing up old buildings.
Will follow those posting beautiful landscape photos, especially of Scotland 🏴.
Will follow those posting beautiful landscape photos, especially of Scotland 🏴.
@ballotbox.scot
Reform top first preference votes 😬
Reform top first preference votes 😬
November 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
@ballotbox.scot
Reform top first preference votes 😬
Reform top first preference votes 😬
Disappointing……very disappointing, but to be honest not really surprising.
Scottish government drops heat pumps bill for second time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scottish government drops heat pumps bill for second time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scottish government drops heat pumps bill for second time
The bill, aimed at driving the move from fossil fuel heating systems, has been delayed until next year.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Disappointing……very disappointing, but to be honest not really surprising.
Scottish government drops heat pumps bill for second time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scottish government drops heat pumps bill for second time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Coffee and a read before work…….
Architecture Scotland Annual 2025
Architecture Scotland Annual 2025
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Coffee and a read before work…….
Architecture Scotland Annual 2025
Architecture Scotland Annual 2025
Just watched this …..unbelievable.
Q: Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you're president. Is that a conflict of interest? And your royal highness, the US intel community concluded you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journali---
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
TRUMP: Who are you with?
Q: ABC News
TRUMP: Fake news
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just watched this …..unbelievable.
Revisiting one of my more unusual projects.
A house built within some redundant water tanks.
#architecture
#reuse
A house built within some redundant water tanks.
#architecture
#reuse
November 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Revisiting one of my more unusual projects.
A house built within some redundant water tanks.
#architecture
#reuse
A house built within some redundant water tanks.
#architecture
#reuse
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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As I think Labour is discovering but few in the Conservatives wanted to is this inter-connected world has few opportunities for growth in mature economies, and lots of expectations from people that governments can and will do everything to remove risk. Doesn't add up.
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
As I think Labour is discovering but few in the Conservatives wanted to is this inter-connected world has few opportunities for growth in mature economies, and lots of expectations from people that governments can and will do everything to remove risk. Doesn't add up.
40 words which neatly sum up everything that’s wrong with the UK right now…..
You are essentially stuck between an ageing society desiring nostalgia and / or risk removal and a shrill social media cacophony demanding everything is sorted out now. With glib supposedly edgy one-liners far too often passing as serious commentary.
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
40 words which neatly sum up everything that’s wrong with the UK right now…..
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Whatever the local causes on this occasion, the BBC is in essence the victim of a destructively fissiparous society slowly fragmenting into mutually hostile & resentful moieties—each believing the others exercise stealth control over the institutions of a shrinking civil society
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Whatever the local causes on this occasion, the BBC is in essence the victim of a destructively fissiparous society slowly fragmenting into mutually hostile & resentful moieties—each believing the others exercise stealth control over the institutions of a shrinking civil society
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Nick and David holding Alan at the end of The Traitors (like two massive daft saps) while Claudia looks on in despair
with apologies to El Greco
with apologies to El Greco
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Nick and David holding Alan at the end of The Traitors (like two massive daft saps) while Claudia looks on in despair
with apologies to El Greco
with apologies to El Greco
Games of Thones move…..sending Prince Andrew North of the wall
October 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Games of Thones move…..sending Prince Andrew North of the wall
Nice (but eventful) jolly up Criffel hill outside Dumfries.
Moffat Mountain Rescue, some bloke with a falcon and a woman who runs up and down 4 times every day 😳
Moffat Mountain Rescue, some bloke with a falcon and a woman who runs up and down 4 times every day 😳
October 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Nice (but eventful) jolly up Criffel hill outside Dumfries.
Moffat Mountain Rescue, some bloke with a falcon and a woman who runs up and down 4 times every day 😳
Moffat Mountain Rescue, some bloke with a falcon and a woman who runs up and down 4 times every day 😳
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On this day in 1939, HMS Royal Oak sank in Scapa Flow with the loss of 835 men and boys. Today, and every day, we remember them.
October 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
On this day in 1939, HMS Royal Oak sank in Scapa Flow with the loss of 835 men and boys. Today, and every day, we remember them.
Some lovely fungi on my walks over the last couple of days but no idea what they are.
#FungiFriday
#FungiFriday
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Some lovely fungi on my walks over the last couple of days but no idea what they are.
#FungiFriday
#FungiFriday
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Outdoor recreation won’t change the world or solve all society’s ills. But a wee bit of investment will be highly visible, will bring joy and better health to a lot of people and will boost the rural economy. What’s not to love?
🌳Scotland needs Paths Into Nature!🚶
We’ve launched an ambitious joint manifesto ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, backed by 7 partner orgs in Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance.
Our goal? ✅ Make Scotland’s world-class access rights an everyday reality for all!
ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto
We’ve launched an ambitious joint manifesto ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, backed by 7 partner orgs in Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance.
Our goal? ✅ Make Scotland’s world-class access rights an everyday reality for all!
ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Outdoor recreation won’t change the world or solve all society’s ills. But a wee bit of investment will be highly visible, will bring joy and better health to a lot of people and will boost the rural economy. What’s not to love?
Great initiative!
🌳Scotland needs Paths Into Nature!🚶
We’ve launched an ambitious joint manifesto ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, backed by 7 partner orgs in Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance.
Our goal? ✅ Make Scotland’s world-class access rights an everyday reality for all!
ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto
We’ve launched an ambitious joint manifesto ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, backed by 7 partner orgs in Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance.
Our goal? ✅ Make Scotland’s world-class access rights an everyday reality for all!
ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Great initiative!
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Failures in planning have marred the delivery of the Promise to care-experienced young people, a new report has found. www.holyrood.com/news/view,pl...
Planning failures slowing delivery of the Promise to children in care
Audit Scotland has said the lack of detail and direction, as well as a failure to assess resources and skills, has contr...
www.holyrood.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Failures in planning have marred the delivery of the Promise to care-experienced young people, a new report has found. www.holyrood.com/news/view,pl...
Reposted by Nick Hobson
Nicola Sturgeon has broken her promise to Scotland’s young people, writes @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
Nicola Sturgeon has broken her promise to Scotland’s young people
Sturgeon and the SNP’s soaring rhetoric has not been met with the same action on the ground
www.holyrood.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Nicola Sturgeon has broken her promise to Scotland’s young people, writes @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
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A Letter From Scotland by Jackie Kemp. The ludicrous story of the Balgy Gap between Wick and Caithness the only place in Europe where there is no mains electricity! open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
Balgy Gap Shows Something is Missing from Scotland’s Energy System
The privatisation of Scotland's power has proved a failure
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A Letter From Scotland by Jackie Kemp. The ludicrous story of the Balgy Gap between Wick and Caithness the only place in Europe where there is no mains electricity! open.substack.com/pub/jackie12...
Watching the morning political shows.
What a binfire this country has turned into….
Utterly depressing.
What a binfire this country has turned into….
Utterly depressing.
October 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Watching the morning political shows.
What a binfire this country has turned into….
Utterly depressing.
What a binfire this country has turned into….
Utterly depressing.
Blimey 👀
This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
October 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Blimey 👀
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This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
October 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
It is always worth it when you stop and look up.
Lovely stonework on a building in Oban
#Architecture
#Streetscape
#Oban
#Scotland
Lovely stonework on a building in Oban
#Architecture
#Streetscape
#Oban
#Scotland
October 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It is always worth it when you stop and look up.
Lovely stonework on a building in Oban
#Architecture
#Streetscape
#Oban
#Scotland
Lovely stonework on a building in Oban
#Architecture
#Streetscape
#Oban
#Scotland