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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Sep 25

#picoftheday reflects a sad goodbye (for now) to my favorite person (dog), who's staying in the UK for the foreseeable. I'll miss him infinitely.
#dogsofbluesky

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Sep 21

#picoftheday sees tonight's sunset behind #BuckinghamPalace with the flags of the #UK & #USA flanking The Mall to mark the state visit of #POTUS 🇺🇲🇬🇧
#London #British #UnitedKingdom #Royal #sunset

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Sep 11

My sassy Sphinx-fox-dickhead-dog protecting his precious ball is #picoftheday.
#dogsofbluesky #dogs #dog #terrier #play

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Sep 8

#picoftheday is this mighty assembly of windmill rotor blades ready for shipment across Europe from the port of Le Havre. How anyone can find windmills ugly is beyond me.
#windmill #windpower #wind #energy #electricity #greenenergy #windturbine #sustainable #sustainability #Normandy #France #LeHavre

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Sep 7

#picoftheday taken from Pier van Blankenberge looking up Strand beach toward the port of Zeebrugge, with Norwegian Dawn in the background.
#Zeebrugge #Blanlenberge #Belgium #Cruise #Beach #Europe

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Sep 6

One of my favorite cities today. And #picoftheday is the splendid Amsterdam Centraal 🚉
#Amsterdam #Netherlands #Travel #Train #CentraalStation #Rail #Cruise #Ijmuiden #NorwegianCruiseLine #Canals #AmsterdamCanals #Dutch

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Sep 4

Stepped into Narnia for today's #picoftheday. A sculpture of Aslan at the CS Lewis Memorial Square in Belfast.
#Aslan #Narnia #Lion #ChroniclesOfNarnia #CSLewis #Belfast #NorthernIreland #photography #sculpture #art #fiction

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Sep 2

Took a lovely 12 mile hike in the forest around the cute Highland town of Alness, and found this pretty fairy bridge.
#picoftheday #Scotland #Highlands #Alness #hiking

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Aug 31

High winds meant an aborted shore day for Norwegian Dawn, so no adventures in Edinburgh for me (or 2,000 pissed off pensioners). Here's the closest we got, taken from the Firth of Forth.
#picoftheday #cruise #norwegiancruiseline #Edinburgh #Scotland #Forth #cruising #Newhaven #weather #cruiseship

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Aug 29

#picoftheday is a very windy departure from Southampton on Norwegian Dawn 🚢
#cruise #norwegiancruiseline #ncl #southamptpn #cruising #UK #Norwegian

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Aug 15

Cows. Chilling in the river. End of post.
#picoftheday #cows #cattle #shrewsbury #shropshire #river #severn #riversevern

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Aug 14

No apologies for posting another pic of my child, enjoying his stay with my mom 😘
#Barney #dog #dogsofbluesky #dogs #picoftheday

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Aug 13

It's this little dickhead's fifth birthday. As a fully grown adult I did my fatherly duty and brought him his first beer. He kinda loved it but now he stinks. Happy birthday, Barney! 🎁
#dogsofbluesky #picoftheday #dog #dogs #birthday #cake #doggo

Barney the Parson Russell Terrier and his birthday cake

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Aug 10

Started 2025 meaning to post mindful pics summarizing each day. Life took a detour. Trying again. Hartlepool's Steetley Pier was built to pipe salty sea water into dolomite to make magnesia for steel furnaces. This relic of a bygone industry was the site of today's walkies #picoftheday #steelworks

View from under the Steetley Pier in Hartlepool, England

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · May 14

For business reasons I Googled famous people whose birthdays are next week. I don't know who's been upvoting this shit but sorting the "celebs" by "most popular" is giving all kinds of fucked up vibes.

Screenshot of famous people's birthdays from bornglorious.com, showing the birthdays in week commencing May 19th. Queen Victoria, Jeffrey Dahmer and Bob Dylan are the top three, sorted by popularity.

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · May 4

A quirky #picoftheday is three countries and two continents in one eyeline, taken from the port of #Gibraltar aboard #EmeraldPrincess. #UK to the left, #Spain to the right and #Morocco straight ahead. Also here is where the #Mediterranean Sea meets the #Atlantic Ocean ⛵

#cruising #africa #europe

The UK territory of Gibraltar is left of frame, centre of frame are the hills of Morocco, and on the right is Spain

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · May 1

Enjoyed a beautiful hill walk today, from the port at La Seyne Sur Mer, Toulon. The Mediterranean coastline is so beautiful in this part of France.

#picoftheday #mediterranean #toulon #france #sea #coast #sun #cruising

Gorgeous view across the Mediterranean from Toulon, France

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · May 1

A belated #picoftheday from yesterday represents the unashamedly classical nature of Italian markets, where one can find everything from Anchovies to Zebra-print dog collars and everything in between. This is the Mercato Delle Vettovaglie in #Livorno

#italy #tuscany #cruising #princesscruises

Mercato Delle Vettovaglie in Livorno, an indoor market

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Apr 28

For someone who travels so much, I rarely "do" touristy shit, but I enjoyed strolling around #Bordeaux this morning and snapped this pic of the Monument aux Girondins, a symbol of liberty, equality and fraternity

#France #picoftheday #girondins #French #history #frenchrevolution

Monument aux Girondins in Bordeaux, France

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Apr 27

I'm having an atypically restful Sunday, so #picoftheday represents a sunny poolside date with #JackReacher

#reacher #leechild #reading #books #sunday #pool

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Apr 24

24 hours of intense rainfall in the Dordogne has resulted in a very swollen and moody river. But ☀️ is on its way!
#picoftheday #dordogne #france #river #weather #rain #floods

Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Apr 21

#picoftheday represents the indescribable and unparalleled emotions of an introvert when hearing "cabin crew, boarding complete" accompanied by this stunning vista:

#cabincrew #flightattendant #easyjet #flying #aircraft #airplane #airbus #a320 #travel #wanderlust #adventure #relief

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Apr 16

I enjoy unexpected juxtapositional urban experiences, like meeting these frickin' gigantic pigs living their best life in Wythenshawe Park

#picoftheday #pigs #pig #Manchester #farm #urbanfarm #park

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Apr 15

Kid hates the journey but he loves the destination. Barney's train ride today will take him to his nanny Mandy's in #Shrewsbury. At least he can catch some rays on the platform while we nervously wait for the @transportforwales.bluesky.social #train at #Stockport.
#picoftheday #dogsofbluesky 🐕 ❤️ 🚆

Barney the Parson Russell Terrier waiting for a train at Stockport station

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Den Carter @dencarter.bsky.social · Mar 28

90% of the time Barney is cute and demure, but when the ball comes out he goes from darling to dickhead in about 0.4 seconds 🤣
#dogsofbluesky #picoftheday #dog #dogs #cute

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