Big Dave
@livehistory03.bsky.social
Eco-grad.
A bit left-wing, increasingly anarchist.
With a chronic need for adventures.
Human rights, democracy, history, hiking, food, beer, friends and family.
And Genesis.
Leics ex-pat in Yarkshire, UK.
A bit left-wing, increasingly anarchist.
With a chronic need for adventures.
Human rights, democracy, history, hiking, food, beer, friends and family.
And Genesis.
Leics ex-pat in Yarkshire, UK.
A little later than planned, but the sloe gin is finally underway.
Should be ready in February.
Should be ready in February.
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A little later than planned, but the sloe gin is finally underway.
Should be ready in February.
Should be ready in February.
Woke up stupidly early, gave up at 6.00 and watched a very good film over croissants and coffee.
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Woke up stupidly early, gave up at 6.00 and watched a very good film over croissants and coffee.
Am determined that 2026 is going to be better than this stinker has been.
As much exploring, days out & events as possible.
"The only way is up..."
As much exploring, days out & events as possible.
"The only way is up..."
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Am determined that 2026 is going to be better than this stinker has been.
As much exploring, days out & events as possible.
"The only way is up..."
As much exploring, days out & events as possible.
"The only way is up..."
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
As a middle aged man, carrying a few issues with "The Establishment", and who just about remembers punk and New Wave, this album is utterly sublime.
November 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
As a middle aged man, carrying a few issues with "The Establishment", and who just about remembers punk and New Wave, this album is utterly sublime.
I've always loved French kit from the First World War.
If I could own an artefact, it would be one of these.
#LeedsRoyalArmouries
If I could own an artefact, it would be one of these.
#LeedsRoyalArmouries
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I've always loved French kit from the First World War.
If I could own an artefact, it would be one of these.
#LeedsRoyalArmouries
If I could own an artefact, it would be one of these.
#LeedsRoyalArmouries
Watching QI last night, Sandi described how foot soldiers at Agincourt discarded their hose and fought naked waist-down because of dysentery.
So this reconstruction at the Royal Armouries is accurate up to a point, in that he looks pretty skanky downstairs.
Good job there's a glass screen 🤢
So this reconstruction at the Royal Armouries is accurate up to a point, in that he looks pretty skanky downstairs.
Good job there's a glass screen 🤢
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Watching QI last night, Sandi described how foot soldiers at Agincourt discarded their hose and fought naked waist-down because of dysentery.
So this reconstruction at the Royal Armouries is accurate up to a point, in that he looks pretty skanky downstairs.
Good job there's a glass screen 🤢
So this reconstruction at the Royal Armouries is accurate up to a point, in that he looks pretty skanky downstairs.
Good job there's a glass screen 🤢
Final photos from a grand museum experience.
The live presentations there are so good: I saw Romans vs. Celts (and cheered for the Celt, of course), and D-Day - both of which were excellent.
Thank you, #LeedsRoyalArmouries
Not my first visit, nor the last.
The live presentations there are so good: I saw Romans vs. Celts (and cheered for the Celt, of course), and D-Day - both of which were excellent.
Thank you, #LeedsRoyalArmouries
Not my first visit, nor the last.
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Final photos from a grand museum experience.
The live presentations there are so good: I saw Romans vs. Celts (and cheered for the Celt, of course), and D-Day - both of which were excellent.
Thank you, #LeedsRoyalArmouries
Not my first visit, nor the last.
The live presentations there are so good: I saw Romans vs. Celts (and cheered for the Celt, of course), and D-Day - both of which were excellent.
Thank you, #LeedsRoyalArmouries
Not my first visit, nor the last.
Mounted reconstructed subjects at #LeedsRoyalArmouries
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mounted reconstructed subjects at #LeedsRoyalArmouries
Mail armour is just the business
#LeedsRoyalArmouries
#LeedsRoyalArmouries
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Mail armour is just the business
#LeedsRoyalArmouries
#LeedsRoyalArmouries
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A good half day out at #LeedsRoyalArmouries
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A good half day out at #LeedsRoyalArmouries
I read "Wigan" as "Wogan"...
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I read "Wigan" as "Wogan"...
Bought a new (Bosch) drill today.
If anyone needs a hole drilling, let me know.
If anyone needs a hole drilling, let me know.
October 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Bought a new (Bosch) drill today.
If anyone needs a hole drilling, let me know.
If anyone needs a hole drilling, let me know.
We took a walk through and around Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire today.
A perfect walking day, albeit so busy that we went to a café in Ripon, rather than queuing.
Turned out to be better, anyway.
A perfect walking day, albeit so busy that we went to a café in Ripon, rather than queuing.
Turned out to be better, anyway.
October 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We took a walk through and around Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire today.
A perfect walking day, albeit so busy that we went to a café in Ripon, rather than queuing.
Turned out to be better, anyway.
A perfect walking day, albeit so busy that we went to a café in Ripon, rather than queuing.
Turned out to be better, anyway.
Off to Corrour again in April, and am as impatient as a child to go.
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Off to Corrour again in April, and am as impatient as a child to go.
Over five months since the accident, my damned foot is still not recovered from the tendon and ligament damage.
And every time the light gets nearer, it then recedes back down the tunnel.
Sigh.....
And every time the light gets nearer, it then recedes back down the tunnel.
Sigh.....
October 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Over five months since the accident, my damned foot is still not recovered from the tendon and ligament damage.
And every time the light gets nearer, it then recedes back down the tunnel.
Sigh.....
And every time the light gets nearer, it then recedes back down the tunnel.
Sigh.....
October 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
October 15, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Relict ash and wych elm hedge in North Yorkshire this morning.
A delight to find historical landscape features like this.
A delight to find historical landscape features like this.
October 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Relict ash and wych elm hedge in North Yorkshire this morning.
A delight to find historical landscape features like this.
A delight to find historical landscape features like this.
I feel your pain. Seemingly just as prone to that sort of crap here, too.
A useful gadget is a tool for unscrewing motorcycle oil filters. They also work on stiff jam jars and the like.
A useful gadget is a tool for unscrewing motorcycle oil filters. They also work on stiff jam jars and the like.
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I feel your pain. Seemingly just as prone to that sort of crap here, too.
A useful gadget is a tool for unscrewing motorcycle oil filters. They also work on stiff jam jars and the like.
A useful gadget is a tool for unscrewing motorcycle oil filters. They also work on stiff jam jars and the like.
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
October 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
