Dave Jackson
@davejackson1954.bsky.social
Grandad etc
Nothing wrong with being green and ...well red.
Nothing wrong with being green and ...well red.
Walk out to Braggers Hill and back.Great views ,noone about. #Telford #Shropshire
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Walk out to Braggers Hill and back.Great views ,noone about. #Telford #Shropshire
Last nights #dream. I was at a funeral without trousers and wearing two left #clown shoes. Today I saw a shop where a pair of children's clown shoes were displayed alongside an orthodox incense burner, a selection of machetes and a #goatshead all for <€20. Life's #Weird .
June 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Last nights #dream. I was at a funeral without trousers and wearing two left #clown shoes. Today I saw a shop where a pair of children's clown shoes were displayed alongside an orthodox incense burner, a selection of machetes and a #goatshead all for <€20. Life's #Weird .
Our #interrail trip has started with a smooth as you like #Telford to #Paris 2 change journey. One sniff of the incense at the service in #NotreDame and I was a 10 year old altarboy at Our Lady's #EllesmerePort having my first hallucinogenic experience : )
June 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Our #interrail trip has started with a smooth as you like #Telford to #Paris 2 change journey. One sniff of the incense at the service in #NotreDame and I was a 10 year old altarboy at Our Lady's #EllesmerePort having my first hallucinogenic experience : )
The Govt’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” ruled out public ownership - a solution 82% of us support - before even starting.
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
Sir Jon Cunliffe: put public ownership back on the table!
From day one, the government’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” - a.k.a the Cunliffe Review - has ruled out the solution that 82% of the British public want: public ownership.
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actionnetwork.org
June 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The Govt’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” ruled out public ownership - a solution 82% of us support - before even starting.
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
10km of nature reserve walking with R @pete62jackson.bsky.social this morning..
June 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
10km of nature reserve walking with R @pete62jackson.bsky.social this morning..
60km of road #cycling this morning with these guys . First spin out for my roadbike for years .
Now both #kneesreplaced and heart #AF sorted it felt great.
Now both #kneesreplaced and heart #AF sorted it felt great.
May 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
60km of road #cycling this morning with these guys . First spin out for my roadbike for years .
Now both #kneesreplaced and heart #AF sorted it felt great.
Now both #kneesreplaced and heart #AF sorted it felt great.
Exactly 20km #walk under 2hrs. This #kneereplacement is a revelation.Great views including a 100+ #deer herd,a coffee in Wellington an accidental selfie that looks like a #lightbulbmoment. And a bus home.
May 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Exactly 20km #walk under 2hrs. This #kneereplacement is a revelation.Great views including a 100+ #deer herd,a coffee in Wellington an accidental selfie that looks like a #lightbulbmoment. And a bus home.
Decided on a nice and easy ride on the #cycle tracks of #Telford today .The original #NewTown paths were an amazing forward looking #infrastructure. The route was a Joy.The pictures could have been taken almost anywhere on route. #Mayblooms
May 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Decided on a nice and easy ride on the #cycle tracks of #Telford today .The original #NewTown paths were an amazing forward looking #infrastructure. The route was a Joy.The pictures could have been taken almost anywhere on route. #Mayblooms
Morning #bikeride into the #Ironbridge gorge and back. As quick as I've done this in 25 years.
April 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Morning #bikeride into the #Ironbridge gorge and back. As quick as I've done this in 25 years.
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We welcome the case made by @cfyounglives.bsky.social for increased investment in joined-up early years support. Evidence-based, high-quality & integrated early years services will be vital if the government's vision to "break down barriers to opportunity" is to become reality.
Today we’ve published new FOI request data from 80% of local authorities in England showing nearly half of councils report cuts to their budgets for children’s centres and Family Hubs between 2023/24 and 2024/25.
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https://www.centreforyounglives.org.uk/news-centre/new-foi-data-reveals-funding-cuts-to-family-hubs-and-childrens-centres-could-put-governments-opportunity-mission-at-risk
t.co
April 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We welcome the case made by @cfyounglives.bsky.social for increased investment in joined-up early years support. Evidence-based, high-quality & integrated early years services will be vital if the government's vision to "break down barriers to opportunity" is to become reality.
48 years after running the first Wrekin #Fellrace I'm marshalling at today's event and managed to get up and down the Recall before the start. @telfordac
April 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
48 years after running the first Wrekin #Fellrace I'm marshalling at today's event and managed to get up and down the Recall before the start. @telfordac
A drive south into #Worcestershire Beautifull day in Kidderminster and Worcester.
April 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A drive south into #Worcestershire Beautifull day in Kidderminster and Worcester.
Excellent company on today's road trip. An injury time equaliser felt like defeat. #football #afctelfordunited but great performance.
March 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Excellent company on today's road trip. An injury time equaliser felt like defeat. #football #afctelfordunited but great performance.
Stircrazypost knee surgery, stumbled on a #QuestionTime clip debating rote learning. #PeterHitchens recited Housman’s A Shropshire Lad, sparking memories of Chaucer, Eliot, Dylan, and even Latin mass. Today, inspired by ‘blue remembered hills,’ we drove to the #Longmynd.
#Perfectday
#Perfectday
March 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Stircrazypost knee surgery, stumbled on a #QuestionTime clip debating rote learning. #PeterHitchens recited Housman’s A Shropshire Lad, sparking memories of Chaucer, Eliot, Dylan, and even Latin mass. Today, inspired by ‘blue remembered hills,’ we drove to the #Longmynd.
#Perfectday
#Perfectday
Moonrise and Sunset from our house.Both spectacular.
March 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Moonrise and Sunset from our house.Both spectacular.
Quite a skilful and entertaining game at the theatre of Jockeys is abandoned with 2 or 3 minutes to go and Dawley leading 2-0 because of fighting.There's a reason these guys are not playing at a higher level and that's it.
March 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Quite a skilful and entertaining game at the theatre of Jockeys is abandoned with 2 or 3 minutes to go and Dawley leading 2-0 because of fighting.There's a reason these guys are not playing at a higher level and that's it.
I've been testing out my new knee down the pub.Impressed that Nobby came dressed for the occasion.Great evening. : )
March 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I've been testing out my new knee down the pub.Impressed that Nobby came dressed for the occasion.Great evening. : )
Day 14 following total right #kneereplacement managed a 1.4km walk down into the #LNR and a loop around Castle Pool. Spring sunshine and it's getting better everyday.
March 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Day 14 following total right #kneereplacement managed a 1.4km walk down into the #LNR and a loop around Castle Pool. Spring sunshine and it's getting better everyday.
I'm laid up so #reading loads.hate the tech barons but been used kindle app from start #Book recommendations /reviews I like I immediately downloadfree sample so I always have a folder of possible next reads. much prefer ebooks to real also happy to use audio books Recommend all my 2024 reads
March 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
HappyBirthday #CharlesDarwin.
I've been rereading his books.He was an upper class privileged Victorian,a racist and seemed to enjoy shooting the very fauna he studied. But his observations and scientific skills are unmatched. #OriginoftheSpecies Topbook
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I've been rereading his books.He was an upper class privileged Victorian,a racist and seemed to enjoy shooting the very fauna he studied. But his observations and scientific skills are unmatched. #OriginoftheSpecies Topbook
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February 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
HappyBirthday #CharlesDarwin.
I've been rereading his books.He was an upper class privileged Victorian,a racist and seemed to enjoy shooting the very fauna he studied. But his observations and scientific skills are unmatched. #OriginoftheSpecies Topbook
mailchi.mp/humanism/hum...
I've been rereading his books.He was an upper class privileged Victorian,a racist and seemed to enjoy shooting the very fauna he studied. But his observations and scientific skills are unmatched. #OriginoftheSpecies Topbook
mailchi.mp/humanism/hum...
Today's amble around some of the #Pitmounds ,#Pools,disused #railtracks and #canals of Dawley.It was dry and I saw some sun. Roll on spring.: )
February 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Today's amble around some of the #Pitmounds ,#Pools,disused #railtracks and #canals of Dawley.It was dry and I saw some sun. Roll on spring.: )
Been moping in the house with a cold for a couple of days so made myself get out in the reserve with my litter picker.Rain and litter didn't raise my spirits much.but the visual pun of finding a lost "soul" in the churchyard somehow did.
January 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Been moping in the house with a cold for a couple of days so made myself get out in the reserve with my litter picker.Rain and litter didn't raise my spirits much.but the visual pun of finding a lost "soul" in the churchyard somehow did.
Watching/marshalling the Birmingham Crosscountry league 3 race this afternoon @attinghamparkNT @telfordac worthy team winners.. You'll have to look very hard to find the runners in the pictures. but there was a lot of them. Amazingly it felt a good 10⁰ warmer than Dawley: )
January 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Watching/marshalling the Birmingham Crosscountry league 3 race this afternoon @attinghamparkNT @telfordac worthy team winners.. You'll have to look very hard to find the runners in the pictures. but there was a lot of them. Amazingly it felt a good 10⁰ warmer than Dawley: )