Erica
@ericawg.bsky.social
Raised in Wales. Mountain lover. Slowly restoring runner. Science. Outdoors. Lefty. Owned by 3 black and white rescue girl cats.
A very happy and muddy time at parkrun this morning. My times are very consistent despite the varying underfoot conditions. We are also on day 3 billion of fireworks. The cats are increasingly unimpressed.
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A very happy and muddy time at parkrun this morning. My times are very consistent despite the varying underfoot conditions. We are also on day 3 billion of fireworks. The cats are increasingly unimpressed.
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And so it was that throughout the lands, as news readers named Watson and Crick as the discoverers of the DNA helix, a rousing chorus of “Rosalind Franklin” was directed towards the news.
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
And so it was that throughout the lands, as news readers named Watson and Crick as the discoverers of the DNA helix, a rousing chorus of “Rosalind Franklin” was directed towards the news.
Gemini identified this creature as a golden retriever, an Akita.
A lovely dog whatever the breed and a capybara.
A lovely dog whatever the breed and a capybara.
October 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Gemini identified this creature as a golden retriever, an Akita.
A lovely dog whatever the breed and a capybara.
A lovely dog whatever the breed and a capybara.
The refreshing lack of repetitive and tedious announcements on trains in Europe is so lovely.
September 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The refreshing lack of repetitive and tedious announcements on trains in Europe is so lovely.
Tomorrow is likely to be a tricky travel day but I have spent the last 10 days travelling around France Switzerland and Austria mostly by train and it has been fantastic. Reliable. Decent trains. I am going to miss this. Especially the views. Beats flying hands down. Or driving!
September 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tomorrow is likely to be a tricky travel day but I have spent the last 10 days travelling around France Switzerland and Austria mostly by train and it has been fantastic. Reliable. Decent trains. I am going to miss this. Especially the views. Beats flying hands down. Or driving!
I was in Paris this morning and there no sign of anything happening. Everybody going about their normal day.
September 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I was in Paris this morning and there no sign of anything happening. Everybody going about their normal day.
Watching the Labour government fuck everything in order to pander to a minority of racists/against everything ists that will never in a million years vote for them is certainly interesting.
September 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Watching the Labour government fuck everything in order to pander to a minority of racists/against everything ists that will never in a million years vote for them is certainly interesting.
King and conqueror is a pile of steaming horse manure. Truly terrible script, historically dodgy and um needlessly dark and dingy.
August 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
King and conqueror is a pile of steaming horse manure. Truly terrible script, historically dodgy and um needlessly dark and dingy.
Buffy starting the week well.
August 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Buffy starting the week well.
Lovely chatty parkrun this morning and an unexpected meet up with an old friend. Social scampers on a Saturday morning.
August 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Lovely chatty parkrun this morning and an unexpected meet up with an old friend. Social scampers on a Saturday morning.
A little marshalling this morning at Abingdon parkrun.
August 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A little marshalling this morning at Abingdon parkrun.
Today’s parkrun was a damp one. Ran around with a coming back from injury husband and a friend who recently had an argument with a tree on her bike. Between the 3 of us we may have one okay leg! Somehow I collected my fastest time for about 6 weeks. I quite like a run in the rain!
July 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Today’s parkrun was a damp one. Ran around with a coming back from injury husband and a friend who recently had an argument with a tree on her bike. Between the 3 of us we may have one okay leg! Somehow I collected my fastest time for about 6 weeks. I quite like a run in the rain!
Today‘s parkrun involved two of my friends hitting their 50 milestones and me taking all the skin off my left leg below the knee. Trail rash and lost of dignity not recommended.
July 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today‘s parkrun involved two of my friends hitting their 50 milestones and me taking all the skin off my left leg below the knee. Trail rash and lost of dignity not recommended.
Buffy has lived with us for eight years. She is now just over nine and the happiest of cats. A giant friend kitten to everyone.
June 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Buffy has lived with us for eight years. She is now just over nine and the happiest of cats. A giant friend kitten to everyone.
Been playing in the French Alps for the last few days and honestly it has been the best time I have had since I got back from Switzerland last summer.
June 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Been playing in the French Alps for the last few days and honestly it has been the best time I have had since I got back from Switzerland last summer.
Today’s unofficial parkrun in La Belle France was a belter!
June 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Today’s unofficial parkrun in La Belle France was a belter!
Abingdon parkrun had its 600th event this morning. I ran around with friends. Husband was RD. I think I have volunteered or ran or walked in just over half of the Abingdon events.
June 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Abingdon parkrun had its 600th event this morning. I ran around with friends. Husband was RD. I think I have volunteered or ran or walked in just over half of the Abingdon events.
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Nigel Farage wants to reopen coal mines in Wales.
Wales had the highest rate of respiratory death in Western Europe due, in part, to our industrial heritage.
The mines also devastated our environment and there remains thousands of people living below dangerous coal tips.
Wales had the highest rate of respiratory death in Western Europe due, in part, to our industrial heritage.
The mines also devastated our environment and there remains thousands of people living below dangerous coal tips.
June 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Nigel Farage wants to reopen coal mines in Wales.
Wales had the highest rate of respiratory death in Western Europe due, in part, to our industrial heritage.
The mines also devastated our environment and there remains thousands of people living below dangerous coal tips.
Wales had the highest rate of respiratory death in Western Europe due, in part, to our industrial heritage.
The mines also devastated our environment and there remains thousands of people living below dangerous coal tips.
Not a care or a thought happening. And for once she isn’t snoring like a walrus!
June 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Not a care or a thought happening. And for once she isn’t snoring like a walrus!
Tea break on my stroll along the Thames Path this afternoon
May 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Tea break on my stroll along the Thames Path this afternoon
For the first time in a long time I don’t have a running training plan to follow. I went here this morning.
May 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For the first time in a long time I don’t have a running training plan to follow. I went here this morning.
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Starmer’s immigration focus is the dumbest, stupidest piece of political manoeuvring I’ve seen in a long time. His rhetoric is going to split his coalition and whatever he promises will only drive the racists to demand more. You can’t placate them. It’s a losing strategy.
May 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Starmer’s immigration focus is the dumbest, stupidest piece of political manoeuvring I’ve seen in a long time. His rhetoric is going to split his coalition and whatever he promises will only drive the racists to demand more. You can’t placate them. It’s a losing strategy.
My mother would have been 90 a month ago. Her memories of VE Day were mostly of disbelief. Wartime was pretty much all she could remember. She told me once that the greatest things that had happened in her life were greater union with Europe and the NHS.
May 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
My mother would have been 90 a month ago. Her memories of VE Day were mostly of disbelief. Wartime was pretty much all she could remember. She told me once that the greatest things that had happened in her life were greater union with Europe and the NHS.
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Some Welsh contributions to railway history – part one
So many historic achievements happened first in Wales, yet most people don’t seem to know it. The first-ever steam locomotive is a perfect case in point
✍️ Peter Brown
@bylines.cymru
So many historic achievements happened first in Wales, yet most people don’t seem to know it. The first-ever steam locomotive is a perfect case in point
✍️ Peter Brown
@bylines.cymru
Some Welsh contributions to railway history – part one
So many historic achievements happened first in Wales, yet most people don’t seem to know it. The first-ever steam locomotive is a perfect case in point
bylines.cymru
May 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Some Welsh contributions to railway history – part one
So many historic achievements happened first in Wales, yet most people don’t seem to know it. The first-ever steam locomotive is a perfect case in point
✍️ Peter Brown
@bylines.cymru
So many historic achievements happened first in Wales, yet most people don’t seem to know it. The first-ever steam locomotive is a perfect case in point
✍️ Peter Brown
@bylines.cymru