Caroline Goodridge
@trivia-nerd.bsky.social
I'm a historical re enactor who loves music and nature. I enjoy a pint of good beer, and l collect and cook old recipes. I'm a very proud Cumbrian, love swimming in open water, and I am a passionate environmentalist. Leftie and Remainer. No DM's, please.
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Pet of the dreaded Perchten, trickster and, some say, harbinger of death. Half-goat, half-bird, sometimes a witch, always wild - the Habergeiß stalks the Alpine Winter nights - and she might test you, too!
We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below!
🎨 Abigail Larson
We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below!
🎨 Abigail Larson
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Pet of the dreaded Perchten, trickster and, some say, harbinger of death. Half-goat, half-bird, sometimes a witch, always wild - the Habergeiß stalks the Alpine Winter nights - and she might test you, too!
We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below!
🎨 Abigail Larson
We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below!
🎨 Abigail Larson
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I've not posted a picture of Dio in quite a while, so here's one from a couple of days ago. Ruling the roost at my mum's house, but still keeping an eye open for cats through the front window.
#lurcher #dogsofbluesky #rescue
#lurcher #dogsofbluesky #rescue
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've not posted a picture of Dio in quite a while, so here's one from a couple of days ago. Ruling the roost at my mum's house, but still keeping an eye open for cats through the front window.
#lurcher #dogsofbluesky #rescue
#lurcher #dogsofbluesky #rescue
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Our 7th #yulefolklore tale takes us back to France today on St Nicholas Day and we’ll meet one of his ghastly companions who whip up the tension of the saint’s annual visit.
This one does it literally though, what with his cruel backstory.
Read it, following the link below!
This one does it literally though, what with his cruel backstory.
Read it, following the link below!
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Our 7th #yulefolklore tale takes us back to France today on St Nicholas Day and we’ll meet one of his ghastly companions who whip up the tension of the saint’s annual visit.
This one does it literally though, what with his cruel backstory.
Read it, following the link below!
This one does it literally though, what with his cruel backstory.
Read it, following the link below!
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"And sometimes, if the wind howls just so on the eve of his feast, parents warn their little ones: “Be good, or Père Fouettard will come.”
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · On this day of Saint Nicholas, O my best beloved, let me whisper of Père Fouettard, the Whipping Father, whose shadow follows the good saint through the frosted villages of France.…
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December 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"And sometimes, if the wind howls just so on the eve of his feast, parents warn their little ones: “Be good, or Père Fouettard will come.”
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On St Annes beach with Dio. The sunny weekend has meant lots of visitors to the town. Some of them are litter louts, full stop 🥺
Used a spare poop bag to clear 5 plastic tubs, a balloon, a burst ball, 2 small beach toys, coke bottle, cider can, ice lolly & sweet wrappers & 2 bags of dog waste 🤢
Used a spare poop bag to clear 5 plastic tubs, a balloon, a burst ball, 2 small beach toys, coke bottle, cider can, ice lolly & sweet wrappers & 2 bags of dog waste 🤢
March 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
On St Annes beach with Dio. The sunny weekend has meant lots of visitors to the town. Some of them are litter louts, full stop 🥺
Used a spare poop bag to clear 5 plastic tubs, a balloon, a burst ball, 2 small beach toys, coke bottle, cider can, ice lolly & sweet wrappers & 2 bags of dog waste 🤢
Used a spare poop bag to clear 5 plastic tubs, a balloon, a burst ball, 2 small beach toys, coke bottle, cider can, ice lolly & sweet wrappers & 2 bags of dog waste 🤢
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Well that was very emotional. Nearly 42 years since I first saw this man on stage in Liverpool with Marillion. I had a huge lump in my throat when he walked off stage at the end.
Fish, thank you for all your words & songs. Enjoy the Road to the Isles big man.
#LiveMusic #Rock #Prog #Fish
Fish, thank you for all your words & songs. Enjoy the Road to the Isles big man.
#LiveMusic #Rock #Prog #Fish
February 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Well that was very emotional. Nearly 42 years since I first saw this man on stage in Liverpool with Marillion. I had a huge lump in my throat when he walked off stage at the end.
Fish, thank you for all your words & songs. Enjoy the Road to the Isles big man.
#LiveMusic #Rock #Prog #Fish
Fish, thank you for all your words & songs. Enjoy the Road to the Isles big man.
#LiveMusic #Rock #Prog #Fish
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February 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
That's my boy 😀
Walking in the woods and fields around Cartmel village with Dio. Zoomies too 🐕
#dogsofbluesky #rescue #lurcher
#dogsofbluesky #rescue #lurcher
February 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
That's my boy 😀
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British terms of endearment for Valentine’s Day:
- “You’re not all bad”
- “I quite like you, in a way”
- “I’ll let you buy the first round”
- “Help yourself to chips”
- “You daft sod”
- “You’ll do”
- “Come here, you idiot”
- “You scrub up well”
- “Tea?”
- “You’re not all bad”
- “I quite like you, in a way”
- “I’ll let you buy the first round”
- “Help yourself to chips”
- “You daft sod”
- “You’ll do”
- “Come here, you idiot”
- “You scrub up well”
- “Tea?”
February 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
British terms of endearment for Valentine’s Day:
- “You’re not all bad”
- “I quite like you, in a way”
- “I’ll let you buy the first round”
- “Help yourself to chips”
- “You daft sod”
- “You’ll do”
- “Come here, you idiot”
- “You scrub up well”
- “Tea?”
- “You’re not all bad”
- “I quite like you, in a way”
- “I’ll let you buy the first round”
- “Help yourself to chips”
- “You daft sod”
- “You’ll do”
- “Come here, you idiot”
- “You scrub up well”
- “Tea?”
Dio really does not fancy his evening walk. #dogsofbluesky #lurcher
February 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Dio really does not fancy his evening walk. #dogsofbluesky #lurcher
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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
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A cold, dull morning in St Annes, but that didn't stop us from going to the beach. Dio enjoyed having a run, and a wander around all the bits of driftwood that have been washed up.
#lurcher #dogsofbluesky #rescue
#lurcher #dogsofbluesky #rescue
January 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A cold, dull morning in St Annes, but that didn't stop us from going to the beach. Dio enjoyed having a run, and a wander around all the bits of driftwood that have been washed up.
#lurcher #dogsofbluesky #rescue
#lurcher #dogsofbluesky #rescue
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"What happened?"
"I’m stuck. It's so embarrassing."
“I guess things went... a-rye?”
“Please do shut up.”
"You should get out of the sun."
"Why?"
"Otherwise, you'll be toast."
"You're an asshole, Charlie."
“You’re right, you deserve butter.”
"I’m stuck. It's so embarrassing."
“I guess things went... a-rye?”
“Please do shut up.”
"You should get out of the sun."
"Why?"
"Otherwise, you'll be toast."
"You're an asshole, Charlie."
“You’re right, you deserve butter.”
January 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"What happened?"
"I’m stuck. It's so embarrassing."
“I guess things went... a-rye?”
“Please do shut up.”
"You should get out of the sun."
"Why?"
"Otherwise, you'll be toast."
"You're an asshole, Charlie."
“You’re right, you deserve butter.”
"I’m stuck. It's so embarrassing."
“I guess things went... a-rye?”
“Please do shut up.”
"You should get out of the sun."
"Why?"
"Otherwise, you'll be toast."
"You're an asshole, Charlie."
“You’re right, you deserve butter.”
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@slatterylive.bsky.social Rest in peace, you lovely man xx
January 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
@slatterylive.bsky.social Rest in peace, you lovely man xx
A particularly lovely sunset over Lancaster on this cold and frosty evening.
January 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A particularly lovely sunset over Lancaster on this cold and frosty evening.
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Give Liza a follow! Boost her presence! Buy her stuff!
Please help me! I’m on X because that’s where my paintings sell. I shift about 95% of my work there. If I could just get my followers up to the same level here, it would release me from the swamp. I live in the middle of nowhere so I rely on social media to share & show my work.
January 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Give Liza a follow! Boost her presence! Buy her stuff!
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January 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Work on a new wetland reserve on the Wirral is set to start in 2025:
Plan announced for new Wirral wetland
Work on a new wetland reserve on the Wirral is set to start in 2025. The creation of new habitat between West Kirby and Hoylake is expected to begin late next year. Earlier in 2024, Wirral Council was awarded £430,000 of flood management funds to create a new wetland across Hoylake Carrs.
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December 27, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Work on a new wetland reserve on the Wirral is set to start in 2025:
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Snow on the Lancashire coast, a rare sight indeed. It didn't stop Dio having a snow-day zoomie 🐕
#lurcher #DogsOfBluesky
#lurcher #DogsOfBluesky
January 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Snow on the Lancashire coast, a rare sight indeed. It didn't stop Dio having a snow-day zoomie 🐕
#lurcher #DogsOfBluesky
#lurcher #DogsOfBluesky
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Sewage spills considered illegal by the European Union are getting worse in Britain after Brexit, The i Paper has found
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'Our beaches are full of sewage, rubbish and sanitary products - Brexit is to blame'
The EU previously acted as a watchdog on sewage pollution
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January 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Sewage spills considered illegal by the European Union are getting worse in Britain after Brexit, The i Paper has found
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