Martin Lingard
@mrmrlingard.bsky.social
I love live music, food, beer, cocktails, theatre, movies, hiking, camping, books, cooking, art, cricket, hockey, radio, poetry and architecture.
Not necessarily in that order.
Not necessarily in that order.
My pets share the same birthday.
Beans the whippet is 6 today & Loki is 13.
Beans the whippet is 6 today & Loki is 13.
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My pets share the same birthday.
Beans the whippet is 6 today & Loki is 13.
Beans the whippet is 6 today & Loki is 13.
My whippet, Beans is pretending to be asleep so he doesn’t get turfed into his perfectly comfy cave bed.
November 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My whippet, Beans is pretending to be asleep so he doesn’t get turfed into his perfectly comfy cave bed.
The Incident doing a cover of an original song by William Eyelash, or summat similar.
October 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Incident doing a cover of an original song by William Eyelash, or summat similar.
Beans has had 3 weeks of his pack being on holiday.
All back home now & he’s happy!
All back home now & he’s happy!
October 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Beans has had 3 weeks of his pack being on holiday.
All back home now & he’s happy!
All back home now & he’s happy!
After a fantastic two weeks inter-railing around NorthernSpain, I’m now on the Eurostar back to the land of the rising gammon.
October 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
After a fantastic two weeks inter-railing around NorthernSpain, I’m now on the Eurostar back to the land of the rising gammon.
Well, I was as ready to be raptured as I would ever have been but I felt nowt & it’s past the deadline here in Bilbao so I now declare Jesus & God are fakes & phoneys.
Fuck ‘em.
Fuck ‘em.
September 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Well, I was as ready to be raptured as I would ever have been but I felt nowt & it’s past the deadline here in Bilbao so I now declare Jesus & God are fakes & phoneys.
Fuck ‘em.
Fuck ‘em.
Smashing couple of days in Oldstead, foraging, learning preserving methods and eating incredible food in a beautiful but not that well known part of Yorkshire.
September 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Smashing couple of days in Oldstead, foraging, learning preserving methods and eating incredible food in a beautiful but not that well known part of Yorkshire.
Unfortunately osteoarthrosis has called time on my hockey umpiring career. I was never particularly good at it, I did it as I figured someone had to & if no one else did, my kids wouldn’t have been able to play hockey & they loved the sport, as do I.
I will miss umpiring hockey matches.
I will miss umpiring hockey matches.
August 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Unfortunately osteoarthrosis has called time on my hockey umpiring career. I was never particularly good at it, I did it as I figured someone had to & if no one else did, my kids wouldn’t have been able to play hockey & they loved the sport, as do I.
I will miss umpiring hockey matches.
I will miss umpiring hockey matches.
I’ve recently agreed to manage Joe & his group, Doogle.
Listen to this 2 1/2 minutes of pop perfection.
We are headlining at The Parish in Huddersfield on Thursday 28th August.
Do come & join us.
music.apple.com/gb/album/set...
Listen to this 2 1/2 minutes of pop perfection.
We are headlining at The Parish in Huddersfield on Thursday 28th August.
Do come & join us.
music.apple.com/gb/album/set...
settle down pt. 1 by doogle. on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 2:36
music.apple.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I’ve recently agreed to manage Joe & his group, Doogle.
Listen to this 2 1/2 minutes of pop perfection.
We are headlining at The Parish in Huddersfield on Thursday 28th August.
Do come & join us.
music.apple.com/gb/album/set...
Listen to this 2 1/2 minutes of pop perfection.
We are headlining at The Parish in Huddersfield on Thursday 28th August.
Do come & join us.
music.apple.com/gb/album/set...
What a way to travel.
Oxenhope to Glasgow by train.
Stunning & relaxing.
Oxenhope to Glasgow by train.
Stunning & relaxing.
August 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What a way to travel.
Oxenhope to Glasgow by train.
Stunning & relaxing.
Oxenhope to Glasgow by train.
Stunning & relaxing.
Sometimes, when there is so much crap happening in the world, it’s good to see summat nice.
This is my view this evening from my friend’s back yard in Stanbury in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
#freepalestine
This is my view this evening from my friend’s back yard in Stanbury in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
#freepalestine
August 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Sometimes, when there is so much crap happening in the world, it’s good to see summat nice.
This is my view this evening from my friend’s back yard in Stanbury in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
#freepalestine
This is my view this evening from my friend’s back yard in Stanbury in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
#freepalestine
Jim Jones Allstars at Hebden Bridge Trades Club tonight.
Simply wow!
Simply wow!
August 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Jim Jones Allstars at Hebden Bridge Trades Club tonight.
Simply wow!
Simply wow!
Great fun today doing the mass Kate Bush Wuthering Heights dance on Penistone Hill, Haworth.
July 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Great fun today doing the mass Kate Bush Wuthering Heights dance on Penistone Hill, Haworth.
Whippet siblings. Beans’ sister Luna is visiting for the weekend.
July 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Whippet siblings. Beans’ sister Luna is visiting for the weekend.
When I was in my early teens, George Orwell was my favourite writer.
To me, facism means to hate and seek division. To take pleasure in other peoples suffering.
I reject this. I like people.
I guess there are too few people who have read owt by George Orwell.
We beat 1930’s populism in WW2.
To me, facism means to hate and seek division. To take pleasure in other peoples suffering.
I reject this. I like people.
I guess there are too few people who have read owt by George Orwell.
We beat 1930’s populism in WW2.
July 13, 2025 at 5:13 AM
When I was in my early teens, George Orwell was my favourite writer.
To me, facism means to hate and seek division. To take pleasure in other peoples suffering.
I reject this. I like people.
I guess there are too few people who have read owt by George Orwell.
We beat 1930’s populism in WW2.
To me, facism means to hate and seek division. To take pleasure in other peoples suffering.
I reject this. I like people.
I guess there are too few people who have read owt by George Orwell.
We beat 1930’s populism in WW2.
George Orwell was my favourite author in my early teens.
I thought his books would stop this ever happening again.
I thought his books would stop this ever happening again.
July 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
George Orwell was my favourite author in my early teens.
I thought his books would stop this ever happening again.
I thought his books would stop this ever happening again.
My daughter Tilda & me ran the Oxenhope Straw Race together today in fancy dress, in aid of the local Sue Ryder Manorlands cancer hospice.
We dressed as Dumbledore & Bellatrix from Harry Potter, with our whippet Beans dressed as Dobby!
We dressed as Dumbledore & Bellatrix from Harry Potter, with our whippet Beans dressed as Dobby!
July 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My daughter Tilda & me ran the Oxenhope Straw Race together today in fancy dress, in aid of the local Sue Ryder Manorlands cancer hospice.
We dressed as Dumbledore & Bellatrix from Harry Potter, with our whippet Beans dressed as Dobby!
We dressed as Dumbledore & Bellatrix from Harry Potter, with our whippet Beans dressed as Dobby!
When our friend Jackie was trying to get a photo of us with our whippet Beans paying attention, she held a dog treat above her phone & said “look at the treat”…
July 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
When our friend Jackie was trying to get a photo of us with our whippet Beans paying attention, she held a dog treat above her phone & said “look at the treat”…
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Tilda, Beans the whippet & me are running the Oxenhope Straw Race again this year In memory of my dad. 3 miles in fancy dress carrying a 20kg bale of straw uphill, sinking 5 pints of ale along the way.
Tilda, Beans the whippet & me are running the Oxenhope Straw Race again this year In memory of my dad. 3 miles in fancy dress carrying a 20kg bale of straw uphill, sinking 5 pints of ale along the way.
Martin's fundraiser for The Oxenhope Straw Race
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July 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Tilda, Beans the whippet & me are running the Oxenhope Straw Race again this year In memory of my dad. 3 miles in fancy dress carrying a 20kg bale of straw uphill, sinking 5 pints of ale along the way.
Tilda, Beans the whippet & me are running the Oxenhope Straw Race again this year In memory of my dad. 3 miles in fancy dress carrying a 20kg bale of straw uphill, sinking 5 pints of ale along the way.
Yay.
I’ve made it to 60.
I’ve made it to 60.
June 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Yay.
I’ve made it to 60.
I’ve made it to 60.
My whippet, Beans having fun with his sister, Luna today.
May 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My whippet, Beans having fun with his sister, Luna today.
My whippet, Beans, giving his equivalent of thumbs up, to a temporary art installation on the moor above Haworth, Yorkshire.
It’s a wooden framed tower covered in unprocessed wool.
It looks spectacular.
It’s a wooden framed tower covered in unprocessed wool.
It looks spectacular.
May 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
My whippet, Beans, giving his equivalent of thumbs up, to a temporary art installation on the moor above Haworth, Yorkshire.
It’s a wooden framed tower covered in unprocessed wool.
It looks spectacular.
It’s a wooden framed tower covered in unprocessed wool.
It looks spectacular.
A new discovery for me. Teelings Irish Whiskey. Distilled in Dublin.
Highly recommend.
Highly recommend.
May 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A new discovery for me. Teelings Irish Whiskey. Distilled in Dublin.
Highly recommend.
Highly recommend.