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Mark

@rfcider.bsky.social

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Bimbling down the auld Corpse Road with a view to a pint or two... Love a good walk, pubs, music, beer, art, cider, Leicester Tigers RFC, the Sooty Show. https://corbypubsafari.blogspot.com/

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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · Apr 19

Apologies, launch date rescheduled for 31st April. Still struggling to find some ribbon and a pair of photogenic scissors… and a star turn.

#CorbyPubSafari

Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · Jan 23

Please Note: Walking Route May Differ From That Advertised. Corby Pub Safari Accepts No Responsibility For The Absence Of Roads, Footpaths, Pubs or Beers.

#CorbyPubSafari

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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 3h

Another lengthy roundtrip to Aylestone finishes at the Beerhouse and a Green Duck Bostin Mild

##SeeMildDrinkMild #BSkyBeer #Pubs

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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 7h

East Mids Cider & Perry Competition results from Nottingham CAMRA Festival, c/o the Grantham Panker.

#Cider #Perry

Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 8h

Lunch O’Clock pint of Lenton Lane Keep It Simple, and a Cheese, Cheese & Onion Cob in the Blue Boar, Leicester.

#BSkyBeer #Pubs #CheeseNOnion

Pint of pale ale and a Cheese & Onion Cob on the bar.

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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 9h

Is that a Sausage in that bag?

Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 9h

Our data is already a commodity to be traded, essentially they own us.

Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 9h

Omagh

Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 9h

I can never work out what they brew there since Brewpoint opened, presumably Voll-Damm is one.

Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 11h

Never been up it despite working for the company since 1980, but I do have the playing cards…

Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 11h

Sibelius, Sir Adrian Boult Conducting The London Philharmonic Orchestra – Tone Poems (PYE Collector, 1978)

#PoetryThursday #Vinyl #ClassicalSky

Vinyl Album sleeve for Sibelius – Tone Poems

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Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · Jun 24

🍏 Charnwood Cider are part of our Geopartner Network, and make a fantastic selection of ciders using apples from orchards across Charnwood Forest.

👍 Let's support local producers!

🌐 Discover more about the network on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/geopartner-n...

Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 11h

Not too late to be risen onto the stage Alice…

Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 11h

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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 12h

We live a life of generous state handouts and endless creativity?

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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 12h

For me, whenever I see young Tories like these, it smacks of ideology before service. None of these people look like they’re interested in going into politics as a public service, it looks more like some kind of pyramid sell cult.

Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 12h

Could the answers be:

1. Trump
2. Trump
3. Trump

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 12h

Brownshirt Britain

Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 12h

Tank Top Tories, 2025

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 12h

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.

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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 12h

Heads-Up: 26th October, BST ends, clocks and the flags go back. Tis your patriotic duty.

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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 1d

If by ‘early hours’ they mean Monday-Fri before 6pm, I’d be fucking delighted…

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise plans

www.theguardian.com

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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 13h

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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social · 13h

Which came first?

Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire

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ManofWye @manofwye.bsky.social · 13h

Rob Clough of Charnwood Cider. In here is a story of how cidermaking for fun becomes an (good) obsession! I’ll have some of that strong stuff if there’s any going….