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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 21h

What a great idea! I might virtually join you. I really enjoyed the glow of colour of my gleanings on the dining room table. Even without the camera, just fiddling about with them was special. Might also head out to Bradgate Park this week as it's been rewarding there in previous years.

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you. Messing about with my camera was also a mood lifter, as it always is.

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 1d

Grumpy today and it's grey and dismal so #UnconfinedWalks along the cycle route because it's good for autumn colour. The textures and rich colour have brightened me up a bit.

A tarmac path leading through trees and bushes full of autumn colours

A pattern of leaves of different colours and sizes

Autumn leaves, fruits, berries and flowers arranged in a pattern

A salmon pink leaf overlaid with berries and fruits of different colours

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 3d

I don't remember those!!

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 4d

#UnconfinedWalks was the 6.5k canal loop which is lovely at this time of the year.

A canal with a brick bridge ahead and a cast iron bridge over a side loop

A rural canal full of leaf debris and floating crabapples. The trees and shrubs are turning yellow and red

A small tree covered in pink, red and yellow leaves

A view of a canal and tow path from a bridge. There is a canal boat passing underneath, a bridge in the distance and autumn colours in the trees

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 8d

#UnconfinedWalks left me in no doubt that this is one of the most spectacular #MastYear s I've ever seen. To the retail park and back along the canal.

Feet in grey walking shoes with turquoise Ravenclaw socks standing on a huge drift if acorns

Bright red shiny round berries against bright green leaves

Swags of round dimpled red Bryony berries trailing through an ivy hedge

Pale yellow-green leaves against a cloudy white sky

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 8d

#UnconfinedWalks was bathed in low golden sunshine at Brandon Nature Reserve. There were swarms of ladybirds; we were covered in them. Also saw a guy wandering the paths in bare feet for reasons best known to himself. There was also a hornet nest in the pine cone art installation!

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 9d

I detest that feeling with a passion. From an attendee's point of view though, it was really slick!

Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 9d

It's going so smoothly! Thanks for such a useful overview.

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks Rachel. Great to think that @archiveswm.bsky.social is at the heart of such a positive step forward for the sector.

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 10d

Gorgeous #UnconfinedWalks this morning with M who, having better spatial awareness than me, bolted together the best bits of 2 walks. Breezy and sunny, with lots of canal soup thanks to storm Amy.

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 10d

Hi there. A day of off-the-scale excitement here cos We are Top of the League, the only side still unbeaten in the EFL and scoring an unbelievable amount of goals. Golden, glorious times. Whole family in uproar. #UnconfinedCocktails is Inch's cider. #PUSB

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 11d

No words. Lots of very loud screaming but no words! #PUSB

Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 11d

Sky high! #pusb

Championship table showing Coventry in 1st with a +20 goal difference

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Justine Pick @justinepick.bsky.social · 16d

#Birmingham People's History Archive event
Saturday 4 October from 10am (talk at 1.30pm)
Please note the venue: All Saints Church, Kings Heath
(not at the archive in Margaret Street)

a flyer with text and a photograph of people holding a Kings Heath CND banner. It advertises Birmingham People's History Archive presents 'Decisions and Consequences' 4 October at All Saints Church, Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham Free event no need to book all welcome

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 11d

The sky here is a horrible dark green colour. We've been at a neighbour's funeral this afternoon and it really did feel grim, bucketing it down.

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 12d

This sounds awfully hard. I'm just coming out the other side of a period of full-on anxiety. I reconnected with a practitioner who used to work at our old GP surgery who does massages. Magical difference after one session. Worth trying?

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Archives West Midlands @archiveswm.bsky.social · 13d

After the #ArchivesWM AGM in September the annual review for 2024-2025 is now available via the website!
Introduced by The National Archives it offers an overview of the work of the charity and includes 'Around the Archives' sharing news of the great projects taking place across the region
#Archives

Archives West Midlands Annual Review 2024–2025

We are delighted to announce the publication of our latest Annual Review. As with our previous reviews, it contains an overview ...

www.archiveswestmidlands.org.uk

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 14d

Sluggish #UnconfinedWalks but that's where the hashtag really motivates.

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Archives West Midlands @archiveswm.bsky.social · 15d

Calling all #ArchivesWM members - a free online course on carbon literacy!
No limit on number of staff/volunteers joining and specifically shaped for the #archives sector
Mon 26 Jan 2026 (9.30am to 1pm) &
Tues 27 Jan 2026 (1 – 4.30pm).
Must attend both days of the course.

A free course to help you and your colleagues become carbon literate

AWM is offering its members are free one day course in carbon literacy. The course aims to improve awareness of the carbon emissions with regards to archives, records management and special collectio...

www.archiveswestmidlands.org.uk

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Anna James @superteadrinker.bsky.social · 16d

I'm off work for a couple of months and looking for an in-person volunteering post for about half a day a week starting now to give a bit of shape to my week.

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 17d

Forgot #ConfinedCocktails photos but we've had red wine and Indian takeaway with family. Niece was in the area for uni open day so we're now watching the #RyderCup and reflecting smugly on today's football. #PUSB

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 18d

I remember this from my accreditation visit!

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 18d

I absolutely did not know that! Who is?

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 18d

#UnconfinedWalks pavement loop. Our post box is doomed and staff in the post office don't know how the automated one will work or when it's coming. Google search says they're whizzy solar powered thingies, but ours is in shade most of the day. Hmmmm. Have some late summer flowers instead!

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Caroline Sampson @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 18d

I'm in! Provides motivation when there are so many opportunities for excuses.

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