Matt Horritt
@environmentrisk.bsky.social
Managing risk in a changing environment www.horrittconsulting.co.uk
New Clifton Railway bridge on M6-WCML crossing being moved into place - 6x speeded up
January 10, 2026 at 12:32 PM
New Clifton Railway bridge on M6-WCML crossing being moved into place - 6x speeded up
Been modelling some flooding in Oxfordshire - and managed to create this weird angler fish
December 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Been modelling some flooding in Oxfordshire - and managed to create this weird angler fish
How I'm feeling today
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
How I'm feeling today
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
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[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
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NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
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KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
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[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
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[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
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[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
"52 years an imbecile" is the putative title of my autobiography
Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.
October 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"52 years an imbecile" is the putative title of my autobiography
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Every person should have fair access to Britain’s green spaces, coastlines, and waterways.
Read our plan to unlock them:
Read our plan to unlock them:
This Land is Your Land - Restoring Public Paths Through Nature
In the UK, access to public paths is shrinking. Thousands of miles of disused railway lines, canal towpaths and green spaces sit unused or blocked off. Our new policy will transform these forgotten…
www.libdems.org.uk
October 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Every person should have fair access to Britain’s green spaces, coastlines, and waterways.
Read our plan to unlock them:
Read our plan to unlock them:
@secondmentions.bsky.social "The wind-swept archipelago"
October 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
@secondmentions.bsky.social "The wind-swept archipelago"
More LLMs for coding - this time to access the National River Flow Archive
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More on the surprisingly awesome power of AI in coding for hydrology
After the last post ( https://horritt.blogspot.com/2025/04/llms-for-coding-surprisingly-helpful.html ) describing my first foray into using ...
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July 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
More LLMs for coding - this time to access the National River Flow Archive
horritt.blogspot.com/2025/07/more...
horritt.blogspot.com/2025/07/more...
Claude from @anthropic.com seemed particularly relevant as I'm just rereading Hitchhiker's Guide
April 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Claude from @anthropic.com seemed particularly relevant as I'm just rereading Hitchhiker's Guide
horritt.blogspot.com/2025/04/llms... My first look at using LLMs for coding
LLMs for coding - surprisingly helpful
There's been a lot of talk about AI, and specifically LLMs (large language models, like ChatGPT). Much of this talk is polarised into "it's ...
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April 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
horritt.blogspot.com/2025/04/llms... My first look at using LLMs for coding
Most exciting news today? From April 1, we'll be able to recycle tetrapaks in our doorstep collections.
March 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Most exciting news today? From April 1, we'll be able to recycle tetrapaks in our doorstep collections.
If I ruled the world, everyday would be the first day of spring. More policies to follow.
March 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
If I ruled the world, everyday would be the first day of spring. More policies to follow.
"... the bling-loving eponymous colonel" @secondmentions.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"... the bling-loving eponymous colonel" @secondmentions.bsky.social
Only conclusion I can draw from this is that "Disengaged Traditionalists" make the best balloon giraffes.
🧵Why the resurgence of Blue Labour chat? Labour's vote is down on 2024 in all of our segments, but most of all (numerically and in %) among our Loyal National segment: A group that is more socially conservative but economically statist - and that e.g powered Boris's Red Wall wins in 2019.
February 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Only conclusion I can draw from this is that "Disengaged Traditionalists" make the best balloon giraffes.
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Just reading up on German thrash metal's "Big Four": Kreator, Destruction, Sodom and, erm, Tankard.
January 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Just reading up on German thrash metal's "Big Four": Kreator, Destruction, Sodom and, erm, Tankard.
Was really hoping for some Rumours era Fleetwood Mac style tale of drugs and imploding relationships here.
January 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Was really hoping for some Rumours era Fleetwood Mac style tale of drugs and imploding relationships here.
Lots of yarn; two laptops; a really small kettle; deflated yoga ball #duvetknowitschristmas gofund.me/9804345e
December 24, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Lots of yarn; two laptops; a really small kettle; deflated yoga ball #duvetknowitschristmas gofund.me/9804345e
Well, that's pretty much the years work done - just a few model runs to keep an eye on over Christmas. January will kick off with finishing all the stuff I didn't get done this year.
December 20, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Well, that's pretty much the years work done - just a few model runs to keep an eye on over Christmas. January will kick off with finishing all the stuff I didn't get done this year.
So much wrong here
November 29, 2024 at 2:23 PM
So much wrong here
Would also recommend using ChatGPT for guidance on techy stuff like setting up a Samba server to access network disks from Windows
November 29, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Would also recommend using ChatGPT for guidance on techy stuff like setting up a Samba server to access network disks from Windows