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"Don't tell me I'm still on that feckin' island". Beachcombing the little rocky Isle of Man aka Isle of SUV http://backoftheocean.weebly.com “Everyone should believe in something. I believe I’ll go fishing”.

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backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · Jan 23

When trying to sleep with the sound of the storm or when a storm is only in my head, I try to return my mind to the peace of the tent after walking all day. Deep in the forested mountains of the Vercors. Falling asleep to the soundtrack of owls & animals of the night. My own Innisfree.

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backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 2h

“Put some goodness in the world before it blows up” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

The Uncool by Cameron Crowe review – inside rock’s wildest decade

From shadowing a cocaine-addled David Bowie to winning over Joni Mitchell, deliciously readable tales from the director of Almost Famous

www.theguardian.com

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🅢🅗🅔🅔🅝🅐 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 22h

#STUNday #SundayYellow
Sundown on Irvine Beach

Silhouettes of people and horses on a beach taken from a distance. Whole photo bathed in golden yellow light

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backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 19h

@whitehouse-47.bsky.social The Whitehouse aka the House of Propaganda, Lies, Corruption, Fascism, Stupidity has appeared in my Bluesky. Oops I nearly cared. Bless. Blocked.

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Laine Thompson @marlinhoister.bsky.social · 23h

The stone remembers the sea. And through its lens - a world of deepest blues. Dawn only a suggestion, a smudge of pewter where clouds bruise sky.

This is the old gate, the arch of ruined rock, framing the eternal watch of the beacon, the silent, sleeping bay, and the slow, patient leaching of light

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CelticStoic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @celticstoic.bsky.social · 2d

"Ah, many a time and oft on nights like this
The whip-poor-will has sent abroad her song
From depths of anguish and from heights of bliss."

- Edgar Lee Masters (from Ode to Autumn, 1923)

🎨Tom Thompson. Red Leaves. 1914.

Red Leaves (c. 1914) by Tom Thompson (Canadian).
Media: Oil on wood.

Source. National Gallery of Canada. Bequest of Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, 1944.

Fair use.

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backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 2d

....Day 10 and still eating stones as they are softer than the kiwis...

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backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 2d

No surprise in an Island that has stages of its National Footpaths on narrow roads with no pavement & no speed limit! And where so many measure their sense of self-worth by size & speed of their SUV. #IsleofMan www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of...

'Long way to go' to increase active travel numbers

MHK calls for report into active travel

www.manxradio.com

backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 2d

....Day 10 and still eating stones as they are softer than the kiwis...

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backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 2d

Sea lions. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

'Their resilience is a lesson to us all': The maritime lions hunting seals on the beach

In Namibia, a group of desert lions have left their traditional hunting grounds for the Atlantic coast and are now thriving as the world's only maritime lions.

www.bbc.com

backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 2d

'Long way to go' to increase active travel numbers

MHK calls for report into active travel

www.manxradio.com

backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 2d

Coming back this year, we stayed in a Travelodge near Carlisle, ahead of the next day's ferry. In morning we found M6 closed 1/2 mile north of the service station. We had 20 miles southbound without seeing another vehicle.

backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 2d

"make board games great again"

Tin Man walking @tinmanbs.bsky.social · 3d

Never underestimate the ingenuity of bored teenagers. (Order now to get one before Christmas!)
e-upgames.com/products/ame...

backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 2d

do foxes come to your garden?

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backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 3d

Only a dozen apples on our little cordon. But a good weight.

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backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 3d

Oystercatchers & Galloway hills. The Isle of Man is nearer Scotland than Brexitland, Wales or Ireland. There used to be a ferry to Scotland (Ardrossan) but now we have to use England's back door, Heysham, turn left & make a dash for the Scottish border.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 3d

Private Eye doing an excellent job of predicting the forthcoming budget headlines in each paper… showing just how ridiculous they can all be.
Top prizes - *of course* - to the Telegraph, Mail, Times and Express.

THE AUTUMN BUDGET
What you will see

Daily Mail
CARNAGE - REEVES BREAKS BROKEN BRITAIN

The Daily Telegraph Worst budget ever in history of budgets
- entire country to leave country

DAILY & EXPRESS
BREXIT BETRAYED
- GHOST OF DIANA
SLAMS REEVES
FOR BUDGET PENSION CUT

THE TIMES
How the budget will affect the average 94-year-old billionaire

Sun
REEVES GRIEVES AT BUDGET BODGE-IT

The Guardian
Corbyn budget better

FT FINANCIAL
TIMES
FTSE up and down
2.5% as Bitcoin bites Dow Jones

STAR
IAN BOTHAM HAS ALIEN IN FRIDGE

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 3d

20 years ago people said the Green Party was cloud cuckoo for wanting renewables. Now renewables produce over 50% of UK electricity and soon it will be 100%. Other parties always mock the Green Party before eventually adopting their polices. Because it is full of smart caring people.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 4d

Farage Vs Polanski?

Choose your side.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

We see you Zack Polanski 👀

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 4d

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 4d

The other Staffa.

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Olga Pecorelle @olgapecorelle.bsky.social · 5d

I have added green yarn to Etsy.
My sheep's wool dyed with goldenrod and indigo.
Unfortunately I still can't ship to the US, but if you are anywhere else in the world I would love to send you some green yarn 🌿🌿🌿
pecorelle.etsy.com/listing/438731…

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backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 5d

Pink, moon. On calm nights, the evening offshore breeze brings the smells of the restaurant, particularly distressing if I have gone fishing before my tea. #IsleofMan

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 6d

Frits Thaulow’s Peaceful Night
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_T...

narrow track passing stone houses, and scrub on the other side, wisps of cloud hang in the night sky

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 6d

Back from The Great Vodafone Outage of October 2025. I was on the verge of taking a photo of my dinner and showing it to strangers in the street.

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backoftheocean @backoftheocean.bsky.social · 7d

"There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot." Steven Wright

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