Lucy Betteridge-Dyson
@lmbd1418.bsky.social
Military & Animal Historian🗡️ 🇲🇲🐴
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Burma Star Memorial Fund Scholar
PhD candidate KCL
Freaking out in a Moonage Daydream…
Author
Burma Star Memorial Fund Scholar
PhD candidate KCL
Freaking out in a Moonage Daydream…
Rode Max today, my first time back at the yard after the horrendous events of last week. We are so very lucky to be at such a wonderful place, the owners put the most gorgeous flowers out for Pip 🥺
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Rode Max today, my first time back at the yard after the horrendous events of last week. We are so very lucky to be at such a wonderful place, the owners put the most gorgeous flowers out for Pip 🥺
Right that’s it. First fire of the season, it’s officially cold.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Right that’s it. First fire of the season, it’s officially cold.
Walked 3.5 miles today. Came across many twatty drivers. Including this parking.. honestly folks, don’t park over the pavement on a main road - it’s really not cool.
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Walked 3.5 miles today. Came across many twatty drivers. Including this parking.. honestly folks, don’t park over the pavement on a main road - it’s really not cool.
Went to collect our darling Pippi today. 😢 So very sad, but glad she is home, safe with our other boys and girls. How lucky we were to know and love her, Gizmo and Moomin 🩷
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Went to collect our darling Pippi today. 😢 So very sad, but glad she is home, safe with our other boys and girls. How lucky we were to know and love her, Gizmo and Moomin 🩷
11 years today. We got married the same year that Pip came to us. I couldn’t have got through this week without my partner in crime.
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
11 years today. We got married the same year that Pip came to us. I couldn’t have got through this week without my partner in crime.
Pip has been cremated. My heart breaks for my lovely Mum, Pip was her heart horse and they were meant to grow old together. To lose her at 16 after getting through her recent surgery so well feels so unjust. The pain of losing a horse you have bonded with on such a deep level is indescribable.
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Pip has been cremated. My heart breaks for my lovely Mum, Pip was her heart horse and they were meant to grow old together. To lose her at 16 after getting through her recent surgery so well feels so unjust. The pain of losing a horse you have bonded with on such a deep level is indescribable.
‘Somewhere in time's own space
There must be some sweet pastured place,
Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow -
Some paradise where horses go,
For by the love that guides my pen
I know great horses live again.’
There must be some sweet pastured place,
Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow -
Some paradise where horses go,
For by the love that guides my pen
I know great horses live again.’
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
‘Somewhere in time's own space
There must be some sweet pastured place,
Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow -
Some paradise where horses go,
For by the love that guides my pen
I know great horses live again.’
There must be some sweet pastured place,
Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow -
Some paradise where horses go,
For by the love that guides my pen
I know great horses live again.’
Thank you everyone. Came hope late and did ironing etc till 2am. Just cannot believe this has happened. Seeing her lying down, head flat on the floor was just awful. It’ll haunt me. We could see in her eyes she had given up. She deserved so much more life, she was so special.
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Thank you everyone. Came hope late and did ironing etc till 2am. Just cannot believe this has happened. Seeing her lying down, head flat on the floor was just awful. It’ll haunt me. We could see in her eyes she had given up. She deserved so much more life, she was so special.
Losing our beautiful Big Hoof leaves such a hole in our lives 💔. 11 years of joy and love, we thought we would grow old together but life kept throwing you hurdles and this was just one too much. You were so tired, and you told us that it was enough.
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Losing our beautiful Big Hoof leaves such a hole in our lives 💔. 11 years of joy and love, we thought we would grow old together but life kept throwing you hurdles and this was just one too much. You were so tired, and you told us that it was enough.
We are all utterly heartbroken. Goodbye our darling Pip, you fought so hard, it is all so unfair 💔
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We are all utterly heartbroken. Goodbye our darling Pip, you fought so hard, it is all so unfair 💔
This week is our 11th anniversary.
‘Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.’ - Tennessee Williams
‘Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.’ - Tennessee Williams
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This week is our 11th anniversary.
‘Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.’ - Tennessee Williams
‘Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.’ - Tennessee Williams
Rather than attend the local parades etc I spent this Remembrance Sunday having a tranquil ride in the forest. I wasn’t wearing a poppy, but it doesn’t mean I wasn’t thinking of Them.
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Rather than attend the local parades etc I spent this Remembrance Sunday having a tranquil ride in the forest. I wasn’t wearing a poppy, but it doesn’t mean I wasn’t thinking of Them.
No big threads etc today from me. Just this, one of my favourite spots on the Somme.
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
No big threads etc today from me. Just this, one of my favourite spots on the Somme.
Thanks to Simon for including information about the source of this image, I’ve been able to explore the collection myself. If you don’t cite the source of archival images you post of socials, you are a scoundrel.
📸 Bnf Gallica, link in image description
📸 Bnf Gallica, link in image description
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Thanks to Simon for including information about the source of this image, I’ve been able to explore the collection myself. If you don’t cite the source of archival images you post of socials, you are a scoundrel.
📸 Bnf Gallica, link in image description
📸 Bnf Gallica, link in image description
Lovely mooch around the home of the OG mr nouveau riche, Sir Edward Dalyngrigge.
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Lovely mooch around the home of the OG mr nouveau riche, Sir Edward Dalyngrigge.
I’m not saying I live in a middle class rural area, but my neighbour just stopped me on the lane to complement my gilet. Which, to be fair, is fantastic.
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I’m not saying I live in a middle class rural area, but my neighbour just stopped me on the lane to complement my gilet. Which, to be fair, is fantastic.
Look I know everyone thinks their kids are the cutest but mine actually is 🩷 I was on the fence about having kids for most of my life but parenting is nothing like I imagined - seeing him change every day is genuinely magical
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Look I know everyone thinks their kids are the cutest but mine actually is 🩷 I was on the fence about having kids for most of my life but parenting is nothing like I imagined - seeing him change every day is genuinely magical
Pick up the latest edition of All About History magazine for an interview with yours truly chatting all things Burma Campaign
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Pick up the latest edition of All About History magazine for an interview with yours truly chatting all things Burma Campaign
Thought Olive had got out this morning. Running around like a headless chicken trying to find her…
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Thought Olive had got out this morning. Running around like a headless chicken trying to find her…
and the local community, with celebrations lasting the entire month of November - and it’s bloody brilliant.
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
and the local community, with celebrations lasting the entire month of November - and it’s bloody brilliant.
So what’s the deal with bonfires and Sussex? I’m glad you asked…
Guy Fawkes night in most of the country is usually celebrated by big fireworks displays, but in Sussex it’s more of a festival, with many of our villages holding processions and bonfires that are 12 months in the planning.
Guy Fawkes night in most of the country is usually celebrated by big fireworks displays, but in Sussex it’s more of a festival, with many of our villages holding processions and bonfires that are 12 months in the planning.
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
So what’s the deal with bonfires and Sussex? I’m glad you asked…
Guy Fawkes night in most of the country is usually celebrated by big fireworks displays, but in Sussex it’s more of a festival, with many of our villages holding processions and bonfires that are 12 months in the planning.
Guy Fawkes night in most of the country is usually celebrated by big fireworks displays, but in Sussex it’s more of a festival, with many of our villages holding processions and bonfires that are 12 months in the planning.
First encounter with Pip 🩷
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
First encounter with Pip 🩷
My pal @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social sent me and Teddy a care package from Canada. Lovely. Except now I’m addicted to this coffee that you can’t buy in the UK. CURSES!
November 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My pal @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social sent me and Teddy a care package from Canada. Lovely. Except now I’m addicted to this coffee that you can’t buy in the UK. CURSES!
Timeline cleanser: Riley (Pip’s bestie) greeting her after her return from hospital. They missed each other 🩷
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Timeline cleanser: Riley (Pip’s bestie) greeting her after her return from hospital. They missed each other 🩷
We had a welcome home party at the yard for Pip.
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We had a welcome home party at the yard for Pip.