Stuart Baldwin 🇬🇱 🇺🇦
@stuartbaldwin.bsky.social
Retired, #pétanque player, #Shropshire via #Manchester #UK. Ally, I hope. Cochlear implant user. Not always entirely serious. Not age verified so no DMs (but I'm too old for you anyway). Curmudgeon (h/t @churchcat.bsky.social)
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More strong aurora alerts tonight. Us in south Shropshire:
January 20, 2026 at 8:09 PM
More strong aurora alerts tonight. Us in south Shropshire:
Our local hill can't even peak through the clouds here, let alone the sun.
December 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Our local hill can't even peak through the clouds here, let alone the sun.
Unlikely, I would think
December 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Unlikely, I would think
Live chat confirms that a camera got taken out so that must have been what I saw.
December 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Live chat confirms that a camera got taken out so that must have been what I saw.
Looks like the volcano just got the camera
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Looks like the volcano just got the camera
No cheating. Post your lock screen.
July 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
No cheating. Post your lock screen.
Not caught, just spotted on an overgrown flower bed in our front garden: a scarlet tiger
June 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Not caught, just spotted on an overgrown flower bed in our front garden: a scarlet tiger
Must try harder
(I've left out the week I spent snowbound in the CIC hut on Ben Nevis, so add a couple of points for that)
(I've left out the week I spent snowbound in the CIC hut on Ben Nevis, so add a couple of points for that)
May 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Must try harder
(I've left out the week I spent snowbound in the CIC hut on Ben Nevis, so add a couple of points for that)
(I've left out the week I spent snowbound in the CIC hut on Ben Nevis, so add a couple of points for that)
My alternative to doom scrolling is to photograph the birds in my Shropshire garden.
Google says this is a starling. I thought it was a fledgling but when it eventually flew off it seemed quite competent.
Google says this is a starling. I thought it was a fledgling but when it eventually flew off it seemed quite competent.
May 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My alternative to doom scrolling is to photograph the birds in my Shropshire garden.
Google says this is a starling. I thought it was a fledgling but when it eventually flew off it seemed quite competent.
Google says this is a starling. I thought it was a fledgling but when it eventually flew off it seemed quite competent.
This Percy Thrower?
May 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This Percy Thrower?
Looks like there's a Larson fan in Euronics...
March 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Looks like there's a Larson fan in Euronics...
If you see this, post a tree.
An old chestnut. Can you see it?
An old chestnut. Can you see it?
March 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If you see this, post a tree.
An old chestnut. Can you see it?
An old chestnut. Can you see it?
A few miles away in Church Stretton's Rectory Wood...
February 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
A few miles away in Church Stretton's Rectory Wood...
Looks like YouTube has me sussed...
January 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Looks like YouTube has me sussed...
By "cereal", don't you mean "porridge" and by "Demerara" don't you mean "Lyles Golden Syrup"?
January 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
By "cereal", don't you mean "porridge" and by "Demerara" don't you mean "Lyles Golden Syrup"?
And this is what sharp sand looks like under a microscope. An essential component of all construction projects.
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December 11, 2024 at 11:19 PM
And this is what sharp sand looks like under a microscope. An essential component of all construction projects.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
I'm guessing that it could have been worse
December 6, 2024 at 6:14 PM
I'm guessing that it could have been worse
Not actually mine - that wasn't a thing in 1970
November 17, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Not actually mine - that wasn't a thing in 1970
There you are, you beautiful lot!
October 19, 2024 at 5:58 PM
There you are, you beautiful lot!
Barbershop/nailbar combo in Church Stretton.
October 17, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Barbershop/nailbar combo in Church Stretton.
Christmas Cheshireman steaming through Church Stretton on 25th November 2023, en route from Chester to Bristol.
September 12, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Christmas Cheshireman steaming through Church Stretton on 25th November 2023, en route from Chester to Bristol.
September 8, 2024 at 11:14 AM
I saw one of these ten years ago (9/8/8/2014) at my parents' old house in West Wickham. Not seen any before or since. It was a highlight at a time when everything else was fading.
August 1, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I saw one of these ten years ago (9/8/8/2014) at my parents' old house in West Wickham. Not seen any before or since. It was a highlight at a time when everything else was fading.