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Mark Picken
@picken.bsky.social
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Founder at Proven Studio. Humanity. Equality. Possibility.
CEDA trustee,
Dad to 2 girls,
Runner: 6 x marathon; 4 x ultra,
WBA.

Live in Cornwall, work globally.
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Lighthouse Marathon ✅

- 14 miles on brutal coast paths,
- 8 miles on road / trail,
- 4 ish miles on dunes.

Over 1,000m of elevation gain.

Slipped down a bank on mile 5. Stacked it coming into St Ives on mile 13.

Perfect weather and fantastic scenery
A strava map showing my route on the Lighthouse Marathon. I got lots of personal records on my third run on this route. A view of the coast path heading to a rocky area. The sea is on the left. In front of me is another runner. The sunsetting over the beach and sea on the last part of the Lighthouse Marathon.
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Kit check for tomorrow’s Lighthouse Marathon.

26.2 + miles on some of the most brutal coastline in west Cornwall.
Going from Pendeen to Godrevy.

And a glass of wine to relax into the evening 🍷
My running kit laid out on the kitchen floor. It looks like the amount of stuff you’d have to carry for an ultra marathon. It includes running vest, gels, cap, buffs, running jacket, head torch, first aid kit, reusable cup. A glass of red wine to help relax into the evening ahead of tomorrow’s coast path marathon.
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Sunday crumble using apples straight from the tree in the Trelissick orchard 🍎

National Trust approved scrumping!
A golden topped apple crumble straight from the oven.
November 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Weekend pics 📸
- ‘Mars’ at Truro Cathedral,
- Kalan Gwav at Trelissick featuring The Owlman of Mawnan Smith, Morgowr, and lots of piskies.
A large art installation of the planet Mars inside Truro Cathedual. In the background is the cathedral ceiling, windows and arches. Mars is large, round and rusty coloured. The Owlman of Mawnan Smith. The artwork is up in a tree and looks like a very large owl, with its wings outspread. An artwork of Morgowr, the Cornish sea monster. It looks like it’s coming up out of the sea and about to eat the boat in front of it. A small piskie with pointy ears and wearing leg warmers sat upon the top of a cabinet. It has a grin on its face b
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Moonlight and torchlight trails at running club tonight.

Taking in woods, farm fields and lots of hills.
A runner in a bright yellow top running through a farm field. In front is the light of his head torch, which is illuminating the way. Above is the moon and dark skies.
October 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Heligan half-term trip to see the Lowarnes sculpture.

It’s huge! 🦊
A giant wooden sculpture of a vixen set in woodland. The vixen is on its hind legs looking like it’s about to pounce with its front paws. The sculpture is made with lots of pieces of wood and has a real texture to it.
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Listening to the archive Radiohead interview on Steve Lamacq’s show while sorting dinner.

Earned some kudos from my 15 year old daughter by digging out my promo copy of Hail to the Thief.
A copy of Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief. It has an elongated cover with painted artwork on the front. The inside of the promo copy of Hail to the Thief. The artwork folds out to create an art-style map. Underneath is a key with blocks of colour. The lyric sheet in the Hail to the Thief promo. It’s laid out like an old hymn book with the words aligned left with lots of space.
October 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Rainy half-term afternoon.

Taking the seeds from the girls’ carved pumpkins and cooking them with honey and chilli flakes 🎃
A tray of golden pumpkin seeds cooked with honey, chilli flakes, salt and olive oil.
October 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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2-hour coast path run training session before the rain came.

Only one field of cows to navigate. Pastel de nata at the finish.
A slopping farmer’s field with a scattering of brown cows. Hedges line the top of the field. The clouds are grey and low. A golden pastel de nata sat on a brown paper bag. The sea is in the background.
October 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Goldie Lookin’ Chain x Falmouth went off 💥
October 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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All the sunflowers we attempted to grow over summer died. Except one.

And it opened today (17 October) 🌻
A small sunflower against a wall. The sunflower flower opened today, in October, after months of doing very little.
October 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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New Hello Kitty ‘flips the bird’ bedding from H&M.
A screenshot from a marketing email from H&M. It’s if the Japanese character Hello Kitty on some stripy bedding. Her hand is to her mouth with her middle finger sticking up.
October 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Today’s office view.
A view of the 3 spires of Truro Cathedral. The cathedral dominates the skyline making all the buildings around it look small. There are low, grey clouds.
October 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Early misty run. Stopped to watch this heron.
September 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Easy 10 mile / 90 minute run to take me past 1,000 miles for the year 🏃‍♂️
A screenshot from my Strava app showing my run route around Truro today.
September 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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No trip to Cwmbran is complete until you’ve paid a visit to the house with the T-Rex in the garden 🦖
A large model T-Rex in someone’s front garden. It is peering over the front hedge.
September 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Cwmbran park run.

- 37th out of 424,
- 3rd in age category🥉

Great to see loads of people there for the 400th Cwmbrân run.
A selfie of me, a 50 year old man with a grey beard, wearing a running hat and running kit, in front of a Park Run Cwmbrân sign. The park run finish sign written in Welsh and English. It says ‘Diwedd’ and ‘Finish’. The boating lake in Cwmbran. The water is calm with trees around it.
September 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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And the first crumble of the season.
Two crumbles side by side. One larger with a golden topping. The other one is smaller with blackberry juice seeping through the crumble topping.
September 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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A grim day outside called for the first roast of the season.

My youngest made these gluten free Yorkshire puddings 😋
A tray of golden Yorkshire puddings risen in a roasting tray.
September 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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“What are the chances of that happening?”

Ready for Harry Hill at Hall for Cornwall
The stage at the Hall for Cornwall. It has 3 large cats with glowing eyes, some sort of doorway and a desk.
September 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Trip down west to Carn Euny ancient village and its mostly Iron Age remains.
A fogou,which is an underground passage unique to Cornwall. I am looking through the tunnel towards the light at the other end. A view of some Iron Age building remains surrounded by grassy areas. The sky is big and blue.
September 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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The big E’Leclerc at Bayeux had ALL the things going on:
- giant King of the Mountains top on the outside,
- Bayeux Tapistry decorations on the trolley parks and inside,
- a US WW2 jeep with mannequin in US military attire parked in the fruit area with a display of fresh melons on the back.
A giant Tour de France King of the Mountains top on the outside wall of a E’Leclerc hypermarche.
August 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Norman Style in Bayeux.
A photo of a display board at the Bayeux Tapestry museum. It is of Guillaume / William the Conqueror
August 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Heading home: historical detour.

Stopped at Versailles. Spotted some more Invader art.
A mosaic street art piece of work by artists Invader. It is of a castle and is in Versailles. A mosaic street art piece of work by artists Invader. It’s of a space invader wearing a crown.
August 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Spotted lots more Space Invader art as we walked around Paris today.
A piece of mosaic tile street art from Space Invader. It is of an ancient pot with handles. It is yellow and orange in colour. In the background is the Eiffel Tower. A piece of mosaic tile street art from Space Invader. It is of a penguin and is on the wall of the Jardin Notre Dame restaurant in Paris. A piece of mosaic tile street art from Space Invader. It is of the Mona Lisa. A piece of mosaic tile street art from Space Invader. It is off 2 space invaders: one blue and one red. The blue one is on top of the red one.
August 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM