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Benjamin Franck
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Human centred design 👨‍💻, music 🎧 and trail running for the views🏃

(All views are my own, taken on a run somewhere nice 🤭)
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Last Spotify wrapped, cancelled my subscription after 13 years... They've been taking the piss too much adding crap I'm not interested in to push prices up.

Glad Belpop is in my last top genres after leaving the country over a decade ago 🥳
Reads: " Your top genres: 1 Electronica, 2 Indie Rock, 3 Alternative Pop, 4 Belpop 5 Trip Hop,"
December 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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The only fun side of Halloween, carving pumpkins. I'm staying well away from the door tonight .
Halloween pumpkin nibbling on a smaller pumpkin stuck in its mouth.
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Went for a very windy and wet run in Portsmouth last Sunday... All good until you stop. Then it gets cold.
A tug board in the rough sea outside if Portsmouth. The very end of the walkable sea front of Portsmouth. On the left of the image: the barrier that keeps you off the old military fortifications, on the right: the waves crashing against the pier, that's covered in pebbles.
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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How can such a little thing leave such a big void in one's life?
A photo of Leia, my late Siamese cat, sitting on a notebook, on my desk, in front of my computer screen, looking straight at the camera.
January 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Brewed 10 years ago today.
🤤
A bottle of Orval (Trappist beer) next to an Orval branded glass full if beer. On the bottle label a date (30/12/2014) is visible.
December 30, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), North Wales.
May 2024.
Photigraph taken on the way down from the top if Mount Snowdon in Wales. There are some runners in front of me, running down between big rocks. In the background, the Snowdonia skyline with other peaks, under a blue and sunny sky.
December 20, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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Pen Y Fan, Brecon Beacons.
September 2024.
Photograph taken from the top of Pen Y Fan, with the edge of the summit disappearing in a thick fog, with about 20 metres of visibility.
December 9, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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Kitwood, Hampshire.
October 2023.
Looking at through a hole of n the hedge, a tree against the orange and yellow sunrise sky. A layer of mist is visible close to the ground.
December 4, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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Farleigh Wallop Estate, Hampshire.
December 2024.
A long straight path that goes through a foggy forest with tall trees on both sides if the path. In the distance, a runner.
December 1, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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Packing for a trail event is part of the fun 😆
All the things I'll take with me on tomorrow's trail event from emergency kit to rainproof jacket, hard, snacks, sunglasses and buffs. All is laid organised on the floor.
November 30, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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If you’re a runner, and like me you use prescription sunglasses, they’re most likely forward-heavy.

I have been looking for a good retainer and I finally found it!

Light, adjustable, feels very durable, and actually stays on…

Best of all? It’s not overpriced.

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A photograph of my sunglasses and the retainer. the retainer is made of a high visibility yellow silicone, and the wire is coated metal. There are two sliders to adjust the length of the retainer. A close up of the retainer, showing the silicone part that goes over the tip of the sunglasses temple (the part that goes behind the ear), as well as the adjusting slider. The photograph clearly shows the coated metallic wire that makes the main part of the retainer. The coating is in a matching yellow colour, and leaves the stainless steel wire visible.
November 27, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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Four Marks, Hampshire.
Every autumn, every year.
A muddy trail in the woods. On the foreground, a tree covered in green moss. A fallen dead tree lies across the path.
November 25, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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Dean, Hampshire.
May 2023.
A photograph of a footpath, crossing a huge field with growing cereal crops. The path is a light brown line stretching towards the horizon, cutting the green of the field in two.
November 20, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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Never forget alt text again:

1. Settings
2. Accessibility
3. Require alt text before posting
November 20, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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Album cover for Sigur Rós' album Ágætis byrjun. It features a line art illustration of a foetus with a bigger than usual head, a pair of wings and an umbilical cord. it appears to have its hands joined in prayer. The drawing is white on a dark blue background.
November 18, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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Pen Y Fan, South Wales.
September 2024.
A photograph of a very wet trail that follows the edge of a cliff, a lot of fog, so much fog that you cannot see the bottom of the cliff. The edges of the photograph are blurry due to raindrops on the lense.
November 18, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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Valley of rocks, Dorset.
October 2024.
A photograph of a rocky cliff on the coast, with rays of sun hitting from behind with visible rays shining down towards the sea.
November 16, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Jurassic Coast, Dorset.
June 2024.
Photograph of a rocky coast, with a grassy foreground, a partially clouded sky, giving the sea water a turquoise colour. In the background, waves crash against the rocks.
November 14, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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New platform, new start.
Let’s make it about what matters to me. And hopefully it’ll be of interest to you 🙂

Expect to see mostly pics of the beautiful places I discover as I run around my world.
A selfie photograph of me, smiling, wearing running gear. In the background, a rolling hills and a valley between them, from the North Devon area. Vegetation is made of dying ferns and green grass in a very sunny and bright weather.
November 13, 2024 at 5:15 PM