David Preston
@wdpreston.bsky.social
Born 1942. Loves mountains,wild places and wild camping.
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Good luck to all of the brave saboteurs and monitors going out to protect wildlife from the hunts tomorrow.
And shame on all of the pathetic cowards who will be trying to kill foxes this Boxing Day and for every person watching on.
And shame on all of the pathetic cowards who will be trying to kill foxes this Boxing Day and for every person watching on.
December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Good luck to all of the brave saboteurs and monitors going out to protect wildlife from the hunts tomorrow.
And shame on all of the pathetic cowards who will be trying to kill foxes this Boxing Day and for every person watching on.
And shame on all of the pathetic cowards who will be trying to kill foxes this Boxing Day and for every person watching on.
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A frosty, misty, & sunny Christmas Day ending with a beautiful sky at dusk. Calm & below freezing all day. #Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A frosty, misty, & sunny Christmas Day ending with a beautiful sky at dusk. Calm & below freezing all day. #Christmas
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Greta Thunberg should have won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Instead of Trump's warmongering oil stealing puppet.
Instead of Trump's warmongering oil stealing puppet.
December 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Greta Thunberg should have won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Instead of Trump's warmongering oil stealing puppet.
Instead of Trump's warmongering oil stealing puppet.
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Merry Christmas 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Merry Christmas 🎄
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Whiteout on the River Coupall, Glen Coe. Hope ye all have a very merry Christmas folks, and a belter of a New Year! Thanks for all your your support and kind words over 2025, always very much appreciated 🙏Here's to adventures new in 2026, Slainte!!🥃 xxx www.damianshields.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Whiteout on the River Coupall, Glen Coe. Hope ye all have a very merry Christmas folks, and a belter of a New Year! Thanks for all your your support and kind words over 2025, always very much appreciated 🙏Here's to adventures new in 2026, Slainte!!🥃 xxx www.damianshields.com
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So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.
"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."
Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:
"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."
Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
October 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.
"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."
Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:
"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."
Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:
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It turns out this Truth Social post from Trump was meant to be a DM to Pam Bondi directing her to prosecute James Comey. OOPS. Can we somehow blame this on Joe Biden?
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It turns out this Truth Social post from Trump was meant to be a DM to Pam Bondi directing her to prosecute James Comey. OOPS. Can we somehow blame this on Joe Biden?
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We have all become addicted to drama, scandal & hyperbole. Some of us are trying to wean ourselves off it & focus on stuff like this. But it can sometimes feel like being a vegetarian at a barbecue.
At the risk of sounding like a government spokesperson, I wonder if we're too gloomy. NHS waiting times are falling, as are net migration numbers. Growth hasn't been fast, but it's improved. Real wages are growing. Inflation is a bit sticky, but much reduced.
September 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We have all become addicted to drama, scandal & hyperbole. Some of us are trying to wean ourselves off it & focus on stuff like this. But it can sometimes feel like being a vegetarian at a barbecue.
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Politicians have been warned against "making a hero" of Lucy Connolly as more than half of voters think they should distance themselves from her.
Politicians given warning from voters over Lucy Connolly after vile asylum tweet
www.mirror.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Politicians have been warned against "making a hero" of Lucy Connolly as more than half of voters think they should distance themselves from her.
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An international wildlife treaty has ordered the UK to end the badger cull.
The Bern Convention says Defra’s excuses don’t wash — financial reasons and outdated science can’t justify the slaughter of nearly 250,000 badgers.
The massacre must end.
The Bern Convention says Defra’s excuses don’t wash — financial reasons and outdated science can’t justify the slaughter of nearly 250,000 badgers.
The massacre must end.
August 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
An international wildlife treaty has ordered the UK to end the badger cull.
The Bern Convention says Defra’s excuses don’t wash — financial reasons and outdated science can’t justify the slaughter of nearly 250,000 badgers.
The massacre must end.
The Bern Convention says Defra’s excuses don’t wash — financial reasons and outdated science can’t justify the slaughter of nearly 250,000 badgers.
The massacre must end.
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Tory James Cleverly charged taxpayers £20,000 updating his website and hiring people to advise him on ‘digital communications’, documents have revealed.
James Cleverly billed taxpayers £20k for his website and comms consultants
www.mirror.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Tory James Cleverly charged taxpayers £20,000 updating his website and hiring people to advise him on ‘digital communications’, documents have revealed.
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ICYMI from yesterday: more evidence that the UK news media is a racism factory, deliberately training the public to be more bigoted. This is the intended outcome of editorial policy at the behest of media owners and operators for political ends.
August 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
ICYMI from yesterday: more evidence that the UK news media is a racism factory, deliberately training the public to be more bigoted. This is the intended outcome of editorial policy at the behest of media owners and operators for political ends.
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Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business
At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Statement by John Cleese regarding Trump
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July 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Statement by John Cleese regarding Trump
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New research shows that billionaires have become 'ludicrously' wealthier.
July 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New research shows that billionaires have become 'ludicrously' wealthier.
Shutlingsloe 7.30am, no wind, temp 16c, great views. Just gazing down into Wildboarclough enjoying the stunning views and tranquility. A few midges about so it was a quick coffee and down for breakfast.
July 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Shutlingsloe 7.30am, no wind, temp 16c, great views. Just gazing down into Wildboarclough enjoying the stunning views and tranquility. A few midges about so it was a quick coffee and down for breakfast.
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We were born on a planet abundant enough for everyone to thrive…
But the rich and powerful carved it up, waged war on what they couldn’t own, called it scarcity
…and sold us the illusion that we must compete for crumbs.
But the rich and powerful carved it up, waged war on what they couldn’t own, called it scarcity
…and sold us the illusion that we must compete for crumbs.
June 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We were born on a planet abundant enough for everyone to thrive…
But the rich and powerful carved it up, waged war on what they couldn’t own, called it scarcity
…and sold us the illusion that we must compete for crumbs.
But the rich and powerful carved it up, waged war on what they couldn’t own, called it scarcity
…and sold us the illusion that we must compete for crumbs.
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Heading up Shutlingsloe yesterday morning at 0645am. Great views. 🥾🥾
June 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Heading up Shutlingsloe yesterday morning at 0645am. Great views. 🥾🥾
Not much hope for the free world with idiots like this around. Traitor!!
Tucker Carlson: “If I were Putin, I would offer free first class trips to Moscow so they could see that Moscow was so much nicer than any place in Great Britain. It's like not even close…It's just weird that they're mad at Putin. Why aren't they mad at Keir Starmer?”
Russian asset
Russian asset
June 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Not much hope for the free world with idiots like this around. Traitor!!
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Red deer 🦌 and an early chorus 🐦⬛ at 5.00 am this morning. Happy weekend!
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June 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Red deer 🦌 and an early chorus 🐦⬛ at 5.00 am this morning. Happy weekend!
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Grab a coffee, sit back, relax and watch my 10 minute video of walking the Herriot Way over the past four days.
4 days of beautiful sunshine in the Yorkshire Dales.
Please like, share and subscribe to my YouTube channel.
youtu.be/tHCuO8liQv4?...
4 days of beautiful sunshine in the Yorkshire Dales.
Please like, share and subscribe to my YouTube channel.
youtu.be/tHCuO8liQv4?...
The Herriot Way - Yorkshire Dales
YouTube video by TeamWalking - Hill Skills & Outdoor Adventures
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June 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Grab a coffee, sit back, relax and watch my 10 minute video of walking the Herriot Way over the past four days.
4 days of beautiful sunshine in the Yorkshire Dales.
Please like, share and subscribe to my YouTube channel.
youtu.be/tHCuO8liQv4?...
4 days of beautiful sunshine in the Yorkshire Dales.
Please like, share and subscribe to my YouTube channel.
youtu.be/tHCuO8liQv4?...
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It rankles many of us to see them exhalting the 'goodness' of the Dartmoor verdict while spouting the same bogus arguments that Darwall espoused to try and get it banned in the first place
That's why we're launching a campaign to tell the full story of wild camping
www.thebmc.co.uk/en/the-bmc-i...
That's why we're launching a campaign to tell the full story of wild camping
www.thebmc.co.uk/en/the-bmc-i...
The BMC is standing up for wild campers - The British Mountaineering Council
Wild camping - pitching your tent in a quiet place and leaving no trace - has long been a much-loved part of outdoor adventure. But across most of England and Wales, it remains off-limits, unclear, or...
www.thebmc.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It rankles many of us to see them exhalting the 'goodness' of the Dartmoor verdict while spouting the same bogus arguments that Darwall espoused to try and get it banned in the first place
That's why we're launching a campaign to tell the full story of wild camping
www.thebmc.co.uk/en/the-bmc-i...
That's why we're launching a campaign to tell the full story of wild camping
www.thebmc.co.uk/en/the-bmc-i...
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