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Graeme Holdsworth 🦋
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"Oh God, another Vicar!?!"
Long distance cyclist, analytical chemist, juggler and priest in the Church of England. I'm an intentional trip hazard on the road to hell: taking 35mm photographs along the way
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Graeme Holdsworth 🦋 @fatherhilarious.blog · Nov 17
Hello World
I'm a scientist and chemist, a juggler and long distance cyclist... and a priest in the Church of England. I blog and microblog about cycling, faith, and the ministry I have here in Slaithwaite and Marsden (West Yorkshire, UK) - and I've recently discovered the joy of 35mm photography.
Black and white photograph of a bicycle in the porch of a camping hut, as seen from the bed. Background out of focus. Pentax MX with 50mm f1.4 lens. Ilford XP2 film.
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25% of all original sales to @newcastlefoodbank.org

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November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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If you didn't catch todays Daily Service, you can still join me for it on BBC Sounds. In today's episode I share a poem, and a story from my pilgrimage, reflecting on the kindness and generosity of strangers, in a more meditative episode than usual.
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Daily Service - Letter to Corinth - Abundance mentality - BBC Sounds
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Jay Hulme.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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35mm Kodak gold Olympus Mju Hong Kong, 2016
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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twist
📷fuji gs645s
🎞️kodak ektar

#filmphotography #photography #mediumformat #autumn #london
close photo of trunk of tree filling up left side of frame. it has a distinctive twisted pattern to its bark. past it the ground is covered in orange leaves and a bit further away is another tree still with yellow-green leaves
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Bilder av himmelen 🌅
#35mm
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November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Left to me by a church member who passed away recently... Minolta XG9. It's an honour to be able to keep their passion for photography going in their memory.
#FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm
SLR film camera on a desk. Black body, silver top. Minolta XG9 camera from the 1970/80s.
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Rutger Bregman urges privileged individuals to take on an active role in shaping a better future:
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The Reith Lectures - Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution - 1. A Time of Monsters - BBC Sounds
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman delivers his first BBC Reith Lecture: Moral Revolution.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Our annual Festival at St Paul's Cathedral is the oldest #choral music event of its kind in the world. 🎵

It's free to attend and open to all, as we celebrate and give thanks for clergy and their families.

If Santa gifts you a new diary this Christmas, make sure it's the first thing you add to it!
The dome of St Paul's Cathedral, as seen from below. Text reads: Save the date. The 371st Festival. St Paul's Cathedral. Tuesday 12 May 2026, 5pm.
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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WorldBicycleRelief.org
Maggie and Febby were two determined teenage mothers in rural Malawi who, despite many challenges, fought to stay in school, walking nearly two hours each way every day - until their school provided them each with a bicycle, transforming their daily lives.
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Comeback Girls Revisited
This is "Comeback Girls Revisited" by World Bicycle Relief on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Moran Cross

After my race I went to get a few frames of the next race on the course... here's four frames from the off-camber downhill turn after the climb.

Nov 16th, 2025
Wallingford, CT

📷 Pentax Spotmatic w/50mm f1.4 lens
🎞️ Catlabsx320 at 320 ISO
⚗️ Zone 510-pyro 1:100 13.5'
#believeinfilm
a woman entering the offcamber turn, the official race series photographer is three kneeling in the background a woman on her bike mid-turn on the offcamber a woman exiting the offcamber turn a woman mid-turn on the offcamber turn i found it a little bit of a challenge with the manual lens and racers going by quickly. there's more about the taking the photos and the subject than the actual photo itself. analog sports stuff is not easy, manual everything makes me want to get the old N6006 nikon out for the next race.
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Marco te Brömmelstroet and I crowdsourced our 2025 study to show how people's environments shape motonormativity

Now we're back. Along with Ashton Rohmer, we want ask if we can measure and understand the wider belief system underpinning car-supremacy. You can help: whydonate.com/fundraising/...
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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"Buy something you love, treat it like you love it, stay faithful"
- the best route to sustainability
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A really informative video from GCN and especially the reflection on sustainability from 28 minutes... youtu.be/1gnj8X0r0HA
This Carbon Expert Will Never Buy A New Carbon Bike
YouTube video by GCN Tech
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November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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A really informative video from GCN and especially the reflection on sustainability from 28 minutes... youtu.be/1gnj8X0r0HA
This Carbon Expert Will Never Buy A New Carbon Bike
YouTube video by GCN Tech
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November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Client assessing if a freelancer is well enough to work or not.
Oil on wood.
Michael Sweerts
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A man in a big hat sticks his finger into a skulls nose cavity.
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Some very striking points on flooding here.

“We need to see this flooding as our new normal, and not as singular events,” “We need to start – as a nation, not just as a county – thinking through how we deal with extreme weather events.“
www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
Storm Claudia puts Wales under water – why did these record-breaking floods barely make the news?
On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, Jude Rogers heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly the disaster was hardly referred to in Westminster and the national press
www.thenerve.news
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Kid has been watching the catalogue of Peanuts/Charlie Brown videos available on our streaming service. I've been enjoying the nostalgia, and most recently, the unexpected bike content: Rerun van Pelt on his mother's bicycle (mother not pictured, of course).

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A black and white four-panel comic from the Peanuts: the comic features Rerun van Pelt in all 4 panels, seated in a bike seat, presumably on the back of a adult bike (not pictured). Rerun is wearing a helmet. There is a speech bubble, spoken by Rerun in each panel. 1. "So here I am riding on the back of my mom's bicycle..." 2. "Now we turn around because she forgot the car keys..." 3. "Now she remembers she doesn't need the car keys because she's riding her bicycle..." 4. "Mom is really stressed out..."
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Job advert: Vicar Wanted!
Know anyone who might be interested #CofEPeeps?
@leeds.anglican.org
@churchofengland.org
Transcript: jobs.CHURCHTIMES Vicar The Benefice of Marsden and Slaithwaite Location: Yorkshire and Lincs Ref: JN014322 We are two thriving communities with countryside and moorland all around. The Benefice of Marsden and Slaithwaite in the beautiful Upper Colne Valley in West Yorkshire in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds are seeking to fill the permanent post of vicar as our interim vicar is moving on. A brochure and profile are available on request. Please contact the secretary Tim Swift on bcaswift@hotmail.co.uk or 07739930014 (leave a text if no answer). Closing date: 14th December 2025 A lush green valley in West Yorkshire
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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My Bloody Valentine were incredible tonight. 🫡 to the @foggynotions.bsky.social crew for putting it on.
My Bloody Valentine on stage at the Point Depot (3Arena) in Dublin on Saturday 22nd November 2025. My Bloody Valentine on stage at the Point Depot (3Arena) in Dublin on Saturday 22nd November 2025. My Bloody Valentine on stage at the Point Depot (3Arena) in Dublin on Saturday 22nd November 2025. My Bloody Valentine on stage at the Point Depot (3Arena) in Dublin on Saturday 22nd November 2025.
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Bicycle under the arch #AlphabetChallenge #WeekUForUnloved
A bicycle secures to one of four hoop stands, in front of a delapidated-looking brick wall and black painted "fireplace" covered in graffiti.
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Cycling through forest and countryside into České Budějovice. We met the saints of both spiders and hitch-hikers.
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Cycling home from Prague - via České Budějovice - Father Hilarious
We left the empty Czechia countryside in search of city culture and found České Budějovice.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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When I first arrived in the UK, in 2002, the Loughborough fair was on, and I visited. 🎡🎠

Here are some photos of the fair taken 23 years later.

Loughborough Fair is in its 804th year in 2025. 🫨

📷 Ricoh 500g
🎞 Ilford XP2
⚗️ AG Photo Lab

#believeinfilm #filmphotography #filmisnotdead
A fair ride lit up in the dark swings up to nearly vertical, holding the riders upside down. Silhouetted fair attendees watch a lit up fair ride. A fair attendant stands amongst the lights and fog of a fair ride, helping folks to get on and off the ride. Silhouetted fair attendees watch on as a brightly lit carousel spins around.
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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A big #SaturdayShoutout to Holland Road Baptist Church 🙌

Through their partnership with Acts 435, they’re changing lives — helping meet practical needs and supporting people through hardship

🎥 Hear some powerful stories from our advocate Jeri-Lee
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Seward Park, Seattle
📷 Canon EOS Rebel X 🎞️ Kodak Ektachrome 100 / 🧪 Moon Photo
#photography #filmphotography
A woman in sillohette sitting at a bench on a lake beach on a very cloud day. Next to the bench there is an empty lifeguard chair. There are pylons sticking out of the water and on the right, a crow is mid-flight near the ground
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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#believeinfilm #photography #nikon

lomochrome purple, in my nikon f80, its always fun to see how it shifts the colors
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM