Happy birthday Mike’s mum 🥳xx

Very well Melvyn - thank you. I will give you a shout when we hit Lincolnshire!! 🥾📻

I have fond BBC memories of Boulby, having once earwigged at an editorial meeting. After much discussion, everyone agreed that night’s lead was the possible closure of Boulby. After which the Editor asked, “What exactly is potash anyway?” Blank faces all round.
Well done everyone 👏🥂
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… it used to be a potash mine; now it produces polyhalite which is used in fertilisers and rock salt. Half of Britain’s winter gritting salt comes from here 2/3

Exactly

Thank you. A day of surprises!

Plus these wooden posts by the Tees Estuary - all that remains of the old houseboat community from a century ago.

Other gems from an eventful day included: passing the former home of John Darwin in Seaton Carew (aka Canoe) - the man who faked his own death and hid next door for five years

Agreed! Delighted to see you quoted in The Guardian this morning Alina 😊

Yes! I went a couple of weeks ago and got somewhat obsessed at the way Tiraspol and Chisinau feature in every map - eg Tiraspol in the Devonian Era!