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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 10h

I was scanning some old photos from the early 90s today and look who I stumbled upon

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 1d

Person opposite me on the train has a water bottle on the table. Is this just wear and tear or deliberate defacement?

A "contigo" bottle with a part of one of the letters scratched out

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 1d

I'm no particular fan of Alice Roberts but I'm not at The Guardian levels of trying to deny her existence.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

TV tonight: Rylan Clark goes witch-hunting in Elizabethan Essex

Prof Alice Roberts joins Rylan to investigate witch trials in Chelmsford. Plus: an exposé of the international dog-fighting trade. Here’s what to watch this evening

www.theguardian.com

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 2d

Also if they were to be elected I'd rather "hope" (see what I did there?) that they would be doing more than making us think "hope this lot is better" and rather that they were actually delivering. Or something

Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 3d

Long Meg and her Daughters
#standingstonesunday

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 3d

Some truly amazing #cloudinversions filling the entirety of the #Eden Valley this afternoon as viewed from the #NorthPennines with the #Howgills and #LakeDistrict rising out of the sea of clouds. #Meteorology #weather

Panoramic photo from Hartshead Summit across the wide expanse of the Eden Valley. The sun is just about to set.into the clouds

The hills of the Lake District (Skiddaw, Blencathra area) can be seen riding above the cloud inversion

An earlier photo from a different point but with the Eden Valley filled with cloud. The Howgill hills are rising out of the clouds

A panoramic view of the cloud filled Eden Valley from Shot Moss on the edge of the North Pennines

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 3d

Why is the prove me wrong arrow pointing somewhere else?

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 6d

See also the Starch Goods section here (scroll down quite a way) Not that useful but a bit of info on making them

www.glias.org.uk/journals/8-b...

Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society

The Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society is a registered charity founded in 1968 dedicated to exploring, recording and explaining the industrial sites of London

www.glias.org.uk

Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 6d

Found this (I tried to use bing as you'd struck out on Google! 😃)

www.verymeaty.com/fresh-meat/c...

Why Are Shrimps And Bananas Together? (Fully Explained)

Shrimps and bananas - two foods that you wouldn't normally associate with each other.

www.verymeaty.com

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 6d

Should anyone be interested, here's the view from it whilst rotating. Taken last year and filmed at 16x speed...

youtu.be/pbx3MbiPWGA?...

London from the BT Tower

YouTube video by Richard May

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 6d

Did he at least have a curly wig? If he was going method he'd have to have been agent Grendel

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 6d

And he still claims to know nothing about marillion?

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 7d

Sheffield Cathedral. An interesting combination of medieval parish church and 1960s additions

Inside Sheffield Cathedral. Looking east down the medieval nave from next to the modern don't

The exterior of the cathedral from the SW showing the mix of medieval and modern

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 7d

Birmingham from the top of the BT offices in Snow Hill

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 8d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 8d

I left my original psp (along with a bottle of gin) on a coach somewhere in the middle of Turkey after a waking up blurry from a 12 hour drive. Had to buy a replacement in duty free later

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 8d

I'd best not look for that on the work laptop but definitely will look it up when I get home. Thanks for the heads up. FEVER!!!!!

Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 8d

Ace isn't it. I know what I'm doing when I get home tomorrow night

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 8d

I still love the PSP and dig it out from time to time (in fact regretting that I didn't stick it in the bag today as I'm working away with an overnight stop and lots of trains). LocoRoco and Patapon are two truly unknown classics. Did you ever play them? I sense they might have been up your street

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 8d

I am new to you this year but are you telling me this story is just some old shit?

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 8d

Morning! Up and out at sparrowfart today with the boy before heading to get a train to Sheffield. The clouds were playing silly games at 5am when they thought nobody was watching
#clouds #moon #beforesunrise #blackandwhite

An oval shaped cloud (I just missed getting the phone out of my pocket when it was being almost perfectly circular) flanked by trees and a fenceline

The same cloud a minute or two later further down the path. Just one small tree on the horizon. The cloud has now become a triangle

A third photo of the same cloud formation with the same tree as the second photo but again, taken from further along the railway path. The cloud is now, to my mind at least, in the shape of Australia

Final of four photos. Back In an embankment on the railway path with the cloud again flanked by bushes and a fence. This time the formation has changed to two imperfect circles joined together

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 11d

A meeting of minds
#dog #hedgehog

Henry the Springador comes nose to nose with one of the garden hedgehogs

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 11d

Mind you, for the TV show (not watched it yet) I'll wager they film it in Kent/Sussex. Far too likely that Mr Coogan would risk a driving ban if he was travelling around the M25 to film

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 11d

Yep this. There's a bit in one of the first episodes of from the oasthouse that says it's a modern replica

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 12d

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