Robin Stewart
@baldierobba.bsky.social
Baldy. Sometime runner, walker, swimmer and canal driver
#themtherecowboys a real #greenbelt high point
August 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
#themtherecowboys a real #greenbelt high point
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That absolute wardrobe who runs Samuel Smith pubs strikes again.
Famously strict brewery suddenly shuts Abbey pub after rules broken
The much-loved, Grade II-listed pub reopened in September after five years closed
www.derbytelegraph.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
That absolute wardrobe who runs Samuel Smith pubs strikes again.
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RIP Paul Durcan.
This was the first poem I read by him, and it absolutely broke me.
This was the first poem I read by him, and it absolutely broke me.
May 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
RIP Paul Durcan.
This was the first poem I read by him, and it absolutely broke me.
This was the first poem I read by him, and it absolutely broke me.
Nice to see an Entwistle (albeit with a 2nd 't') on University Challenge last night. No doubt on Grandad's enormous family tree...
April 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Nice to see an Entwistle (albeit with a 2nd 't') on University Challenge last night. No doubt on Grandad's enormous family tree...
Couldn't get to sleep last night, managed to drift off by pondering who has actually managed Huddersfield Town in the past 30 months. It's really hard!
The previous 30 years, not so tricky...
The previous 30 years, not so tricky...
March 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Couldn't get to sleep last night, managed to drift off by pondering who has actually managed Huddersfield Town in the past 30 months. It's really hard!
The previous 30 years, not so tricky...
The previous 30 years, not so tricky...
9 years today since my complete mental collapse. Followed by a very interesting but long journey back to some sort of normality. Would have been better not to take this journey, but it had led to some pretty interesting places.
February 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
9 years today since my complete mental collapse. Followed by a very interesting but long journey back to some sort of normality. Would have been better not to take this journey, but it had led to some pretty interesting places.
Swim and sauna in the ice at Pool Bridge today. Exhilarating!
January 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Swim and sauna in the ice at Pool Bridge today. Exhilarating!
Canal Idyll... On the Coventry canal, charming, fascinating and pubs plenty
December 30, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Canal Idyll... On the Coventry canal, charming, fascinating and pubs plenty
On the boat for the week, hope the mist clears
December 27, 2024 at 10:10 PM
On the boat for the week, hope the mist clears
Sauna and cold swim, good for the soul
December 20, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Sauna and cold swim, good for the soul
Magical day out in London yesterday...
December 13, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Magical day out in London yesterday...
Been watching Town for 44 years now, can't remember a worse pair of strikers than Lapado and Bojan. How are we 4th?
December 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Been watching Town for 44 years now, can't remember a worse pair of strikers than Lapado and Bojan. How are we 4th?
Touch of seasonal black dog
December 6, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Touch of seasonal black dog
Regular dip this morning at a very chilly Redbrook
November 28, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Regular dip this morning at a very chilly Redbrook
Been waiting for this take... worth a read
New data on farms and inheritance tax: a third of farm estates over £1.5m aren’t farmers but wealthy people avoiding IHT by sinking money into farmland.
The Budget hits farmers too hard and tax avoiders too lightly. It needs to change.
The Budget hits farmers too hard and tax avoiders too lightly. It needs to change.
November 24, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Been waiting for this take... worth a read
Coffee before art class
November 22, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Coffee before art class
Rather bracing swim this morning
November 21, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Rather bracing swim this morning
Reflections in Huddersfield narrow canal
November 18, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Reflections in Huddersfield narrow canal
Bow Street train station. No idea about the back story
November 17, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Bow Street train station. No idea about the back story
Aberystwyth sunset
November 16, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Aberystwyth sunset
Chirk viaduct, this time on a train. Sailed over that!
November 15, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Chirk viaduct, this time on a train. Sailed over that!
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This week’s column on weird politics of wage compression - Britain’s big squeeze: middle-class and minimum-wage
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
November 14, 2024 at 11:37 AM
This week’s column on weird politics of wage compression - Britain’s big squeeze: middle-class and minimum-wage
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
www.economist.com/britain/2024...
Winter swimming tips at Pool Bridge Farm
November 15, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Winter swimming tips at Pool Bridge Farm
Lovely sauna and swim at Pool Bridge Farm this morning. 10c in the water, bracing!
November 14, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Lovely sauna and swim at Pool Bridge Farm this morning. 10c in the water, bracing!
Twatter account finally deactivated. No more sneaky looks to see the football scores but instead get stuff from antivax loons and racists from a Russian troll farm
November 14, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Twatter account finally deactivated. No more sneaky looks to see the football scores but instead get stuff from antivax loons and racists from a Russian troll farm