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Chris Brooking
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I guess this must be the Star Wars edition. "You can't hide in that tree Ewok, my plasma rifle will get you".

#funny #sciencefiction
A picture from a book cover showing Huckleberry Finn riding s log , pointing a rifle with a huge bright red beem coming from it!
February 3, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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Someone must have made a mistake and booked the wrong cinema in a multiplex.
Cinema poster with text: Melania documentary sees single figure ticket sales across UK cinemas Source | Telegraph
January 28, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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Let me guess what Trump's deal in Greenland will propose. Complete sovereignty of bases including mineral rights. Combine this with them already being able to build and expand bases where needed for defence, and if anyone were stupid enough to sign it the next stage would be declaring all areas […]
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January 25, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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A walk from Wooler was cancelled due to the bad forecast. With the weather appearing to be better further south we headed to Morpeth. The Wansbeck was very high, the stepping stones covered.

#Morpeth #Northumberland #northumberland #steppingstones
The Wansbeck is wide and running high up the banks. Here the steppingstones are covered by the water.
January 22, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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@christianp Happy birthday and I give you the location 40°00'00.0"N 40°00'00.0"E in Türkiye. Though there is no street view of the exact location the picture is close to it. Enjoy the warm weather, sunshine and hills!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/hJDhartQD8GSf5xg6?g_st=ac
Map showing location 40 N 40E in Türkiye. Google photo from nearby, green hills, blue sky and reddish earth.
January 14, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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I chickened out of a group walk this morning because of the wet weather forecast. It brightened up in the afternoon so I walked across to Cragside. Quite a change from a couple of weeks ago when they were turning people away, hardly anyone was there. I tried […]

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A savory cheese and Marmite scone and a cappuccino. Tumbledon lake frozen but after recent rain there is water on top. This can't last long, either the ice will melt or float up as water goes through small holes.
January 13, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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You should ensure that at least backups of data are retained outside the USA. If Trump or MAGA decide that any data goes against their line on climate change or environmental protection it could go the way of the EPA website […]
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January 8, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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I wonder if the salesman knew what sort of test drive I'd take the car on. A little bit on the A1 for a cruising speed test, then across Alnwick moor, along to the to the Todburn turning, then down the unnamed road with the turnoff for the kennels and cattery […]

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The car could get into my driveway, here's a picture showing it in place. It is narrow and off a narrow lane
January 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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A chilly walk at Branton Lakes then my "Birthday Cake" at Ingram tea rooms!

#northumberland #branton #uk #walk
A nice slice if walnut cake and coffee. In the background Poppy's tea and chocolate cake Ice covering the East Lake with bullrushes in the foreground and hills in the background My daughter Poppy's picture of me in the Beamish taken from the foot bridge My picture if Poppy on the foot bridge from the Beamish.
January 4, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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This is the moon setting as the sun was rising, taken from my back door this morning. It did not look so bright and sun-like in real life, but like a red moon.

#moon #moonset #rothbury
A bright orange disk looks like the sun, but in a dark sky. Below are snow covered hills, but only a light dusting.
January 3, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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What's going on here. I've just walked through the Cowhaugh car park and it's full of smart sports cars!
A lot of smart sports cars in a car park. There are a few more out of shot.
January 1, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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A rainbow over Rothbury from my morning work earlier today.

#rainbow
A rainbow ends on buildings which appear to be illuminated by a patch of sunlight
December 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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What has my daughter poppy done to her cat?

#christmas #cats
Cat with father Christmas cap and collar. She does not look amused
December 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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I once tried to persuade a Londoner that Northampton really isn't in the North of England. I really hope he doesn't see this map

#uk #maps #Northampton #northsouthdivide
A map showing England divided into North and South to have an equal population split. Northampton is just in the Northern part!
December 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Some people go mad for crimbo.

#Crimbo #ChristmasLights
December 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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OK Firefox spell checker, my bad it's "car park" two words, not one. But what are the chances of someone writing "carp ark"? Maybe the fish prophet receiving a Lovecraftian covenant from Dagon?!

And "cark" was a new word to me - evidently Aussie slang for […]

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A spell checking drop-down showing alternatives: car park car-park carp ark carp-ark cark
December 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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These step stiles are always fun when they are wet and you have slippery mud on your boots.

#hiking #walking #northumberland #deathstairs
A stone wall has rough steps going up to the top, made by long stones which protrude on this side. You can't see it from the photo but they also protrude on the far side giving steps up and down. It's a dull grey day and the steps are already wet and muddy.
December 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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When in a shop that starts playing an American Christmas music track it's fun to wait for a particular tune then start singing "The people's flag is deepest red. It shrouded oft our martyred dead...".

(BTW I'm by no means a Marxist socialist; I'm a democratic socialist politically)

#theredflag […]
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December 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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One of the issues with What3Words.

German hiker in the UK: I need help. My what three words location is
///aufgetragen.bauxit.lockt

Rescue: Wait a minute, I can't enter that. Can you change your What3Words app to English.

(A couple of minutes after fiddling with settings)

The German hiker […]
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November 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Few Leeds University Heron (you can see the little red duck house 🏠 on the edge of its pond) 2/2 bsky.app/profile/jont...
jontopham.bsky.social Jon Topham @jontopham.bsky.social · Nov 20
So, our concrete jungle may be deemed architecturally significant, but I definitely get more out of the heron.
Roger Stevens Building, University of Leeds Heron in pond by Roger Stevens building
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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At Leeds University resides a famous Grey Heron. Activities include standing on top of the duck house, freaking them out when they ducklings, and introducing new rush-about students to the ways of calm and mindfulness. 1/2 🧵
johnpleeds.bsky.social John Preston @johnpleeds.bsky.social · Nov 23
@everyheron.bsky.social thee heron on Leeds University campus. It.ised to.have a Twitter account.
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Walking down the lane this morning I saw a heron ahead. I took several pictures as I approached, this was the last before it flew off.

#heron #northumberland #morningsun #silhouette
A wet road reflects the early gold-tinted sun. A large heron shows in silhouette.
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Rare two-legged horse spotted in Northumberland.

#opticalillusion #horse #northumberland
Horse standing in a field appearing yo have two legs.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Sheep in the snow.

#SheepOfMastodon #northumberland #uk
Looking over a grey drystone wall sheep are in a field with a light covering of snow. Bright sunshine catches their white wool and coloured identification marks
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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When the water goes down there'll be a tree stuck in the stepping stones.

#steppingstones #rothbury #northumberland #uk
An uprooted tree in the middle of the river. This crosses a line of standing waves caused by the submerged stepping stones.
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM