Jeanette Spear
@yetispear.bsky.social
In no particular order .. boats, colour, (spanish) horses, paintings, cheese, theatre, jigsaws, trees, Salvage Hunters, Scotland.
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Jeanette Spear
@yetispear.bsky.social
· Mar 12
Photos taken at Hartpury during the ANCCE competition GBPRE 2017 when Rio was Champion Section 11 and Champion mare and Movement Champion
#ANCCE
#LGANCCE
#CampeonaConcurso
#ANCCE
#LGANCCE
#CampeonaConcurso
A good news story for Christmas, yay
A mini-story to cheer you up this morning. The other day my teenage son returned to his locked bike to find the back wheel nicked. We went back yesterday to rescue it - and found this note taped to the frame. We have the wheel again. A very happy Xmas to Ollie and his note-writing other half.
December 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A good news story for Christmas, yay
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Worth a read. Especially if you’re a cyclist.
You may not agree with it but the rationale is sound.
@roadcc.bsky.social
You may not agree with it but the rationale is sound.
@roadcc.bsky.social
Following today’s sentencing of Paul Doyle, several people have understandably queried why he was not banned from driving for life.
It’s a good question, and one I attempted to grapple with in #NothingButTheTruth in the context of repeat driving offenders.
It’s a good question, and one I attempted to grapple with in #NothingButTheTruth in the context of repeat driving offenders.
December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Worth a read. Especially if you’re a cyclist.
You may not agree with it but the rationale is sound.
@roadcc.bsky.social
You may not agree with it but the rationale is sound.
@roadcc.bsky.social
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Prayers didn't work 😢
December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Prayers didn't work 😢
One day (maybe) I'll be old enough to look around and see that I am one of the last of my generation. Will it make me so fearful of my inevitable end that I end up writing things like this?
This has been written by someone who is terrified of the end
This has been written by someone who is terrified of the end
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One day (maybe) I'll be old enough to look around and see that I am one of the last of my generation. Will it make me so fearful of my inevitable end that I end up writing things like this?
This has been written by someone who is terrified of the end
This has been written by someone who is terrified of the end
Anyone for a game of Jenga?
Book tower finished....pleased take 30 second to look ....it's taken my life over ...BLOOD sweat and tears #art #bookshops
December 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Anyone for a game of Jenga?
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What a lovely thought
Why not drive out to somewhere lovely, go for a walk, then brew up and simply chill? Simple pleasures. 😊
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What a lovely thought
"Move to London and live another decade"
Pass it on
Pass it on
Wrote a letter to Donald Trump, putting him right on a couple of points about London. This one stood out: London’s life expectancy is better than *all 50* US states.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-a...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-a...
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
"Move to London and live another decade"
Pass it on
Pass it on
Anyone else need a good laugh on this dull, grey morning
On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, FIVE GOLD RINGS, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. Swan milkshake, yum.
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Anyone else need a good laugh on this dull, grey morning
I love Gannets
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I love Gannets
Here's what the clever people at Lightfoot Solutions are working on at the moment
"Lightfoot Solutions introduce their 72-hour modelling tool, a new simulation capability to support NHS operational standards for the first 72 hours of care.
www.lightfootsolutions.com/wp-content/u...
"Lightfoot Solutions introduce their 72-hour modelling tool, a new simulation capability to support NHS operational standards for the first 72 hours of care.
www.lightfootsolutions.com/wp-content/u...
www.lightfootsolutions.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Here's what the clever people at Lightfoot Solutions are working on at the moment
"Lightfoot Solutions introduce their 72-hour modelling tool, a new simulation capability to support NHS operational standards for the first 72 hours of care.
www.lightfootsolutions.com/wp-content/u...
"Lightfoot Solutions introduce their 72-hour modelling tool, a new simulation capability to support NHS operational standards for the first 72 hours of care.
www.lightfootsolutions.com/wp-content/u...
Who would have guessed that Tolly's little patch of earth by the Thames is part of a revolution in the study of soil and, I hope, a transformation of farming methods to something more in harmony with the environment
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Who would have guessed that Tolly's little patch of earth by the Thames is part of a revolution in the study of soil and, I hope, a transformation of farming methods to something more in harmony with the environment
Well!
'When I were a kid' we had 4 children (6 to 15 yrs), 1 dog and luggage for a 2 week holiday and an 8 hour journey in the back of Ford Escort estate.
'When I were a kid' we had 4 children (6 to 15 yrs), 1 dog and luggage for a 2 week holiday and an 8 hour journey in the back of Ford Escort estate.
While this BBC article on ever-bigger SUVs is perfectly good, it's absurd the way there has to be quotes from people who insist they could not get around without a vehicle the size of a Sherman tank. It's just bollocks. I'm one of three kids and we were all ferried around in a Vauxhall Astra estate.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Well!
'When I were a kid' we had 4 children (6 to 15 yrs), 1 dog and luggage for a 2 week holiday and an 8 hour journey in the back of Ford Escort estate.
'When I were a kid' we had 4 children (6 to 15 yrs), 1 dog and luggage for a 2 week holiday and an 8 hour journey in the back of Ford Escort estate.
Mikaela Bartlett, UK #artist who works in needle felt and sculpts creatures out of natural/dyed sheep and alpaca wool #WomensArt
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Big sigh - poor (600kg) pony is very bored while we wait for all the diagnostics to be done and the treatment plan to start.
All being well he might be sound enough to sit on at Easter
All being well he might be sound enough to sit on at Easter
MRI for his tootsie's on Monday.
Shoes will have to come off, so Farrier for high heels and fancy pads on Tuesday.
Shoes will have to come off, so Farrier for high heels and fancy pads on Tuesday.
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Big sigh - poor (600kg) pony is very bored while we wait for all the diagnostics to be done and the treatment plan to start.
All being well he might be sound enough to sit on at Easter
All being well he might be sound enough to sit on at Easter
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Our latest episode is a return to North Yorkshire. We stood on the beach, listening to the sea and watched the light fade.
Episode 287 - Dusk on Boggle Hole beach (45 mins)
Perfect solitary quiet from a quiet place.
> www.podbean.com/ew/pb-nyi4f-...
Episode 287 - Dusk on Boggle Hole beach (45 mins)
Perfect solitary quiet from a quiet place.
> www.podbean.com/ew/pb-nyi4f-...
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Our latest episode is a return to North Yorkshire. We stood on the beach, listening to the sea and watched the light fade.
Episode 287 - Dusk on Boggle Hole beach (45 mins)
Perfect solitary quiet from a quiet place.
> www.podbean.com/ew/pb-nyi4f-...
Episode 287 - Dusk on Boggle Hole beach (45 mins)
Perfect solitary quiet from a quiet place.
> www.podbean.com/ew/pb-nyi4f-...
Valegro and Uthopia have gone and I doubt we'll ever see the like of Blueberry again. He was a once in a lifetime horse with a remarkable temperament.
It's always so difficult to make the decision to say goodbye and even more so for the special ones.
It's always so difficult to make the decision to say goodbye and even more so for the special ones.
These are two of the dressage horses that won Team GB their historic first ever gold at London 2012, Uthopia, 25, and Valegro, 24, (Valegro remaining the greatest dressage horse of ALL TIME, bought for £3500 coz he was "unremarkable"). Valegro looks basically the same, Uthopia HAS NO TEETH. Enjoy!
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Valegro and Uthopia have gone and I doubt we'll ever see the like of Blueberry again. He was a once in a lifetime horse with a remarkable temperament.
It's always so difficult to make the decision to say goodbye and even more so for the special ones.
It's always so difficult to make the decision to say goodbye and even more so for the special ones.
I've never seen the back of the chess pieces, they're gorgeous and really interesting
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I've never seen the back of the chess pieces, they're gorgeous and really interesting
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Every year I look forward to sharing my Advent Calendar online. My mother made this by hand in 1976 or 1977. There no Velcro or glue - everything is sewn onto the panels in her tiny little stitches. Day One is a very content looking felt cow with a tiny French knot for her eye. #AdventCalendar
December 1, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Every year I look forward to sharing my Advent Calendar online. My mother made this by hand in 1976 or 1977. There no Velcro or glue - everything is sewn onto the panels in her tiny little stitches. Day One is a very content looking felt cow with a tiny French knot for her eye. #AdventCalendar
How many in this group are wearing a suit that fits?
Can they not afford a proper outfit?
Can they not afford a proper outfit?
85% of these people are a Pointless answer so surely one of them could resign without blowing the old ship of state off course?
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How many in this group are wearing a suit that fits?
Can they not afford a proper outfit?
Can they not afford a proper outfit?
A small good thing from social media - I visited a church museum and posted photos of a cool thing and then heard from a scholar who said my photos were the best he could find of said cool thing and could he use one for his article? And now it’s out!
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I wonder what she's going to say?
🤔
🤔
Apparently, there's a budget tomorrow. Why has nobody mentioned this?
Would really have appreciated a bit of a build-up to that because it would have been really fascinating to read all about it in advance, I'm sure.
#NationalSarcasmDay
Would really have appreciated a bit of a build-up to that because it would have been really fascinating to read all about it in advance, I'm sure.
#NationalSarcasmDay
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I wonder what she's going to say?
🤔
🤔
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.