Ves
@vesmo.bsky.social
Old lass from Durham City, happily living in exile in Northumberland. Rtd children's social worker specialising adoption/fostering. Family, friends, music, books, drumming,, walks, Labour government, rejoin EU
Daughters car ventilation not working 🙄. Other half who over 50 years has fixed and maintained everything from cars to long wheelbase land rovers, changed engines, gearboxes, welded, totally fed up at inaccessibility of cogent info on or offline for modern cars, Grandland. Grrrr.
January 31, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Daughters car ventilation not working 🙄. Other half who over 50 years has fixed and maintained everything from cars to long wheelbase land rovers, changed engines, gearboxes, welded, totally fed up at inaccessibility of cogent info on or offline for modern cars, Grandland. Grrrr.
Yesterday: I don't mind these dark, dreich days you know - they have their purpose, you catch up with stuff in the house and enjoy being tucked in and cosy. Today: Christ, I'm effing sick of these dark dreich days - you can get nowt done.
January 26, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Yesterday: I don't mind these dark, dreich days you know - they have their purpose, you catch up with stuff in the house and enjoy being tucked in and cosy. Today: Christ, I'm effing sick of these dark dreich days - you can get nowt done.
Friend coming for coffee, scatter round and tidy, Baked frozen almond croissants and Portuguese custards. Fab day in Durham yesterday. Cold, bright but lovely along waterside - heron, grebe.
January 17, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Friend coming for coffee, scatter round and tidy, Baked frozen almond croissants and Portuguese custards. Fab day in Durham yesterday. Cold, bright but lovely along waterside - heron, grebe.
Re-reading Fred Hoyle and John Elliot's The Andromeda Anthologies. I'd forgotten how good it is.
January 14, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Re-reading Fred Hoyle and John Elliot's The Andromeda Anthologies. I'd forgotten how good it is.
Just booked three days in borders, March, lots walking, see son, castles, Lammermuirs.
January 14, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Just booked three days in borders, March, lots walking, see son, castles, Lammermuirs.
Thank you, kind, lovely, witty, funny, daft friends - or should that be fiends? - for your birthday wishes. Lovely day walking in the snowy wastes of Weardale 🥰
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Thank you, kind, lovely, witty, funny, daft friends - or should that be fiends? - for your birthday wishes. Lovely day walking in the snowy wastes of Weardale 🥰
Thank you, you gorgeous, funny, witty people, all of you, for your birthday wishes. How lucky am I, to have such lovely friends xxx
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Thank you, you gorgeous, funny, witty people, all of you, for your birthday wishes. How lucky am I, to have such lovely friends xxx
Morning Wulfies, a freezing, icy, cold day out there but am snuggled in and warm. And it's my birthday - a very nice weekend ahead, chilling with family today, maybe the coast, nice food and wine later, Labyrinth with daughter and g.daughter at local pictures tomorrow. And a son staying Monday🍾🥂
January 10, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Morning Wulfies, a freezing, icy, cold day out there but am snuggled in and warm. And it's my birthday - a very nice weekend ahead, chilling with family today, maybe the coast, nice food and wine later, Labyrinth with daughter and g.daughter at local pictures tomorrow. And a son staying Monday🍾🥂
Off down into frozen wastes of north Durham to lead walk at Gibside. 17 turned up the easier walk yesterday. We'll see what stalwarts turn up today. My new Robert Plant cd with breakfast and papers today. He's good, Saving Grace are good but the song choice, not so great.
January 7, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Off down into frozen wastes of north Durham to lead walk at Gibside. 17 turned up the easier walk yesterday. We'll see what stalwarts turn up today. My new Robert Plant cd with breakfast and papers today. He's good, Saving Grace are good but the song choice, not so great.
Off to drag the Xmas tree into the icy waste of a garden. That'll be today's work out.
January 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Off to drag the Xmas tree into the icy waste of a garden. That'll be today's work out.
So today's excitement has been untangling light from Xmas tree, two lots, then trying to separate them to put away. Determined not to do my usual scrunching into a bag, unravelled them and wound each set into a ball. This is patience hitherto unknown to me.
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
So today's excitement has been untangling light from Xmas tree, two lots, then trying to separate them to put away. Determined not to do my usual scrunching into a bag, unravelled them and wound each set into a ball. This is patience hitherto unknown to me.
Morning Wulfsters, just having cup of tea after leading walk at Gibside. Fresh to say the least, chipping ice off car this morning but up to 6 deg now - positively balmy. Have a great New Year's Eve and the best 2026
December 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Morning Wulfsters, just having cup of tea after leading walk at Gibside. Fresh to say the least, chipping ice off car this morning but up to 6 deg now - positively balmy. Have a great New Year's Eve and the best 2026
Useful numbers - it's not all jingle bells and mistletoe
Samaritans
☎️116123
Childline
☎️1800666666
Women's Aid
☎️1800341900
Aware
☎️1800804848
Men's Aid
☎️015543811
Dublin Rape Crisis
☎️1800778 888
Bodywhys
☎️1890 200 444
Pieta House
☎️1800 247 247
AA
☎️1800 459 459
Gamblers Anonymous
☎️01 872 1133
Nollaig Shona…🎄
☎️116123
Childline
☎️1800666666
Women's Aid
☎️1800341900
Aware
☎️1800804848
Men's Aid
☎️015543811
Dublin Rape Crisis
☎️1800778 888
Bodywhys
☎️1890 200 444
Pieta House
☎️1800 247 247
AA
☎️1800 459 459
Gamblers Anonymous
☎️01 872 1133
Nollaig Shona…🎄
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Useful numbers - it's not all jingle bells and mistletoe
How I'm arriving - well, it was getting too damn cheerful 🙄
December 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
How I'm arriving - well, it was getting too damn cheerful 🙄
I agree - BP has been a good supportive friend to many on this site.
@pfrazee.com and @moderation.bsky.app is there anyway you can do me a favour and check the reasoning behind the suspension of the account @brexitpirates.bsky.social and provide that reasoning, as I've personally known them for years and the likelihood of a valid reason for a suspension is unlikely.
December 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I agree - BP has been a good supportive friend to many on this site.
Disgraceful
The Reform-led Durham County Council cabinet has voted to raise council taxes for some of the most vulnerable people in the county.
Reform vote to raise council taxes for the poorest in County Durham
Planned council tax reforms will impact the poorest in County Durham
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Disgraceful
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Oh dear Chris. And BBC.
Think we’ll all go with the OBR official, rather than you and your unprofessional biased nonsense.
Feel free to issue an apology and have a bit of a think. Maybe about the years of barely scrutinised *Tory* policies that got us into this mess.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Think we’ll all go with the OBR official, rather than you and your unprofessional biased nonsense.
Feel free to issue an apology and have a bit of a think. Maybe about the years of barely scrutinised *Tory* policies that got us into this mess.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Oh dear Chris. And BBC.
Think we’ll all go with the OBR official, rather than you and your unprofessional biased nonsense.
Feel free to issue an apology and have a bit of a think. Maybe about the years of barely scrutinised *Tory* policies that got us into this mess.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Think we’ll all go with the OBR official, rather than you and your unprofessional biased nonsense.
Feel free to issue an apology and have a bit of a think. Maybe about the years of barely scrutinised *Tory* policies that got us into this mess.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Right. Breakfast. Other half away for week in Scotland for astronomy field trip. Off downstairs for a pot of coffee, toast, papers in front of fire. Then off to lead a walk at Gibside. Don't think weather is going to be too balmy ...
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Right. Breakfast. Other half away for week in Scotland for astronomy field trip. Off downstairs for a pot of coffee, toast, papers in front of fire. Then off to lead a walk at Gibside. Don't think weather is going to be too balmy ...
Morning Ash morning all. Sad news about our Co op cat Mr Biggins who has died. He had a good home, well looked after for used to to hang around theco op - people bought him cat food, cuddles, Dreamies. He played the part of course all but sucking his little cheeks in to look starved. Anyway, gone 😢
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Morning Ash morning all. Sad news about our Co op cat Mr Biggins who has died. He had a good home, well looked after for used to to hang around theco op - people bought him cat food, cuddles, Dreamies. He played the part of course all but sucking his little cheeks in to look starved. Anyway, gone 😢
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Our work resurrecting ice age #ghostponds in the Guardian today @timholtwilson.bsky.social @hburningham.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social ‘Just add water’: how to bring back ancient plants in a Norfolk ghost pond | Wildlife | The Guardian share.google/kO6HQaC4PAUJ...
‘Just add water’: how to bring back ancient plants in a Norfolk ghost pond
An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’
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September 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Our work resurrecting ice age #ghostponds in the Guardian today @timholtwilson.bsky.social @hburningham.bsky.social @uclgeography.bsky.social ‘Just add water’: how to bring back ancient plants in a Norfolk ghost pond | Wildlife | The Guardian share.google/kO6HQaC4PAUJ...