Nigel Pepper
@fredbat.bsky.social
Runner's roadie and photographer. Also rugby league fan and statto. Originally from Stoke but 40+ years in Yorkshire
Why is everyone saying Farage was "tricked"? No he wasn't, he'll do anything for the money and showed his stupidity by faiing to check what he was saying before he said it.
January 16, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Why is everyone saying Farage was "tricked"? No he wasn't, he'll do anything for the money and showed his stupidity by faiing to check what he was saying before he said it.
Casablanca premiered this day in 1942. I wonder if the friendship is still going?
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Casablanca premiered this day in 1942. I wonder if the friendship is still going?
One of our aircraft is missing
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
One of our aircraft is missing
Good turnout too. 2/2
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Good turnout too. 2/2
Well done Skipton Building Society for this Remembrance Day presentation. 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Well done Skipton Building Society for this Remembrance Day presentation. 1/2
Strangely enough I saw this memorial to the Barnoldswick men who died only the other day
October 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Strangely enough I saw this memorial to the Barnoldswick men who died only the other day
This afternoon I will be listening to Ladies of Letters in memory of Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This afternoon I will be listening to Ladies of Letters in memory of Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.
Sorry but the redesign is a complete dog's dinner. Currently I get all this information on one screen (the next 18 hours). The beta requires me to scroll down 4 times to get the same detail (as well as selecting the detailed forecast tab) and click right to get only another 6 hours.
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Sorry but the redesign is a complete dog's dinner. Currently I get all this information on one screen (the next 18 hours). The beta requires me to scroll down 4 times to get the same detail (as well as selecting the detailed forecast tab) and click right to get only another 6 hours.
So now I get all this information on one screen (the next 82 hours). The beta requires me to scroll down 4 times to get the same detail (as well as selecting the detailed forecast tab) and click right to get another 6 hours and then again for the following 6.
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
So now I get all this information on one screen (the next 82 hours). The beta requires me to scroll down 4 times to get the same detail (as well as selecting the detailed forecast tab) and click right to get another 6 hours and then again for the following 6.
I don't know if it was unique but this mobile tea/coffee bar in the shape of a teapot was on Blackpool beach. Not sure of the date, late 40s/50s?
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I don't know if it was unique but this mobile tea/coffee bar in the shape of a teapot was on Blackpool beach. Not sure of the date, late 40s/50s?
sad news, but good excuse to dig out this Far Side cartoon
October 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
sad news, but good excuse to dig out this Far Side cartoon
well scum does tend to float to the surface
September 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
well scum does tend to float to the surface
Thank you @universityofleeds.bsky.social for putting the Art Trail together. A very enjoyable morning wandering round campus. Also pleasing to know that Red Route still sqeaks.
August 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Thank you @universityofleeds.bsky.social for putting the Art Trail together. A very enjoyable morning wandering round campus. Also pleasing to know that Red Route still sqeaks.
this is the real deal
August 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
this is the real deal
“If you see this, post a Castle”
August 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“If you see this, post a Castle”
Hats (or is it pants) off to Sarah Dempster of @theguardian.com for this review of the historical accuracy of The Tudors.
July 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Hats (or is it pants) off to Sarah Dempster of @theguardian.com for this review of the historical accuracy of The Tudors.
The hours (days/weeks/months) I spent playing Elite when I should have been doing proper work (code rewriting and checking) on the BBC Micro. Luckily we had a Bitstick which made control so much easier and "realistic"
July 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The hours (days/weeks/months) I spent playing Elite when I should have been doing proper work (code rewriting and checking) on the BBC Micro. Luckily we had a Bitstick which made control so much easier and "realistic"
very soon he'll get to go straight on, while the sprinters around him have their little side excursion up the Cheviot.
June 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
very soon he'll get to go straight on, while the sprinters around him have their little side excursion up the Cheviot.
Share one of your favourite quotes from a movie or TV show
June 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Share one of your favourite quotes from a movie or TV show
Like Prince George, did he take acting lessons about the importance of stance from Messrs Keanrick and Mossop?
May 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Like Prince George, did he take acting lessons about the importance of stance from Messrs Keanrick and Mossop?