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Justin

County Fermanagh, previously Peak District.

Like hiking, classical music, art, wildlife, gardening.

Don't like bananas.

He/him. Trans ally. 🏳️‍⚧️

Used to blog at: http://www.occasionallylost.com/
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'Ere, where d'ya think you're going?

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#SheepOfTheDay #OnThisDay in 2021.
A grumpy looking sheep standing just inside the entrance to a snow covered field on a hillside. It is staring at the photographer.
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Today's Mavis pic...

No help with the crossword this afternoon! 🙄

🐾 💤
A German Shepherd's head resting on my outstretched legs on a sofa. She is fast asleep.
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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You don't need to say that twice, Brenda. 👍
Michelle of the Resistance from the BBC sitcom, 'Allo, 'Allo.
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Volans: String Quartet No. 1, "White Man Sleeps"

The Duke Quartet

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A screenshot of a Black Box album cover for a disc of string quartets by Kevin Volans performed by The Duke Quartet.
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Gate, Sligo, on this day in 2023.

#Thursgate #Sligo #ThrowbackThursday #OnThisDay #EastCoastKin #Photography
A rusty double gate at the entrance of a field. It hangs between a stone wall on the right and a stone shed on the left. There are bare trees and blue sky in the background.
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Today's Mavis pic...

Mavis is a big fan of 'Mayor of Kingstown'

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A German Shepherd on a couch with her front paws resting on my outstretched legs. She is looking at a television in the background with Jeremy Renner on the screen.
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Holst: The Cloud Messenger

Della Jones, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Richard Hickox

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A screenshot of an album cover for a two disc Chandos set of vocal and choral music by Gustav Holst.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Starry, starry night...

Forgot I took this last night when we arrived home.

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Night sky. There are some moonlit clouds at the bottom of the picture but the majority of the image is clear sky covered in stars. There are branches of a tree on the edge of the frame to the left.
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

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Hmm... Perhaps someone could start a whip round now? I can't imagine the ransom is very much.
Composite publicity photo for 30 Rock, showing the characters (from left to right): Tracy Jordan, Liz Lemon, Kenneth Ellen Parcell, Jack Donaghy, and Jenna Maroney.
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Maliszewski: Symphony No. 2 in A major, Op. 12

Opole Philharmonic Orchestra, Przemysław Neumann

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If you're looking for a symphony that sounds more like Glazunov's Seventh than Glazunov's Seventh does, you won't go far wrong here... 😉
A screenshot of an album cover for a DUX boxed set of Maliszewski's complete symphonies and other orchestral works.
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Čiurlionis: In the Forest

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrėnas

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A screenshot of an Ondine album cover for a disc of orchestral works by Čiurlionis.
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Castle Naze, 2018.

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#CoosDay #PeakDistrict #EastCoastKin #Scape
A highland cow grazing on a steep grass covered hillside on the right. It is dwarfed by the large gritstone escarpment on the left. The sky in the background is clear and bright blue.
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Sawyers: The Valley of Vision

English Symphony Orchestra, Woods

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A screenshot of a Nimbus Alliance album cover for a disc of orchestral works by Philip Sawyers.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Enniskillen Town Hall, floor detail.

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#MosaicMonday #Enniskillen #Fermanagh
A circular mosaic set in a marble floor. There is a ring of dark marble around the mosaic. The mosaic itself depicts a castle with three towers inside a shield design. A banner at the base of the shield contains the motto, Ut Proavi. This image is encircled by ribbons of clover leaves that extend from a bow at the base of the mosaic.
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus

Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pommer

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A screenshot of an album cover for a disc of orchestral works by Rautavaara on the Ondine label.
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Happy Monday, folks - hope you all have a great week, wherever it takes you...

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Photo: Mount Famine from the Pennine Bridleway, November 2019

#MondayMotivation #PeakDistrict
#LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin
A rocky path with grass covered moorland and the remains of dry stone walls on either side. There is a large hill in the distance with a long ridge-like summit. It is in shadow but the foreground of the scene is brightly lit by the sun. The sky is grey and overcast and the hazy outlines of more distant hills can be seen on the right.
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Mozart and a cheeky afternoon glass of wine... Well, why not?

🎶. 🪈 🍷

Soloists, Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

#ClassicalMusic
#MagicFlute
#ChateauDeVersaillesSpectacles
A photo of a television screen showing the opening titles of video of The Magic Flute in French.
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5, Op. 82

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Segerstam

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A screenshot of an album cover for an Ondine boxed set of their Sibelius recordings with Leif Segerstam.
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Following on from my earlier post about Yockenthwaite stone circle, here are a few more pics from my riverside walk in Langstrothdale four years ago today.

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#OnThisDay #Hiking #YorkshireDales #EastCoastKin #Scape #LandscapePhotography
A shallow, winding river in a valley. There is a shingle shore line below the left bank and a narrow cobble path in the grass on the right hand bank. There is a large fell on the horizon and early morning light is breaking through the cloudy sky above. A small waterfall in a shallow river. There are exposed rock shelves forming the bank in the foreground on the left and exposed rocks in the shallow waters. There is sheep pasture on either side of the river and some bare trees on the bank in the distance. Exposed, flat shelves of rock in the bed of a shallow river. The stream narrows as it finds a way through the channels between the rock and there are a few small, isolated pools of water. There is a large, steep hillside in the background on the left and bare trees on the sides of the river in the distance.
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Yockenthwaite stone circle (also known as the Druid's Circle) in Langstrothdale, on this day in 2021

www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2017/07/19/y...

#OnThisDay #AncientSiteSunday #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Hiking #YorkshireDales
A small, well-preserved limestone stone circle, thought to date from the Bronze Age. It lies in sheep pasture and the ground behind it slopes upwards to the left. A small, well-preserved limestone stone circle, thought to date from the Bronze Age. It lies in sheep pasture and the ground behind it slopes upwards to the right. There is a gap in the stones which forms an "entrance" (unintended or not) and a larger stone than the rest lies further to the left of this within the circle. The photo shows the circle from the opposite side to the previous picture.
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Enniskillen Castle earlier today, on our way to the Christmas Market...

🌲 🏰 🌲

#CastleSaturday #Enniskillen #Fermanagh
A castle on the bank of a river. It is reflected in the water. There are wooden jetties in the foreground on the right and a large pleasure boat moored up in front of the castle. There are clouds and gulls in the sky.
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon

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A screenshot of an Ondine album cover for a disc of orchestral music by Witold Lutosławski.
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg, Alsace, 2016

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#CastleSaturday #Alsace #France #Scape #Architecture #EastCoastKin
View along the top of a castle wall, which is built into the rocky side of a mountain. The roof is slanted and covered in tiles. It curves gently from the foreground in the left to a keep with a tower near the centre of the frame. Below it, various other castle buildings with pointed and tiled roofs can be seen from above. Below them are the tops of trees and in the background on the right, an extensive plain can be seen stretching out into the distance until it is lost in haze on the horizon. The sky above is blue.
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Mam Tor, 2018

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#FlyDay #FlyFriday #PeakDistrict #EastCoastKin #LandscapePhotography #Scape
View out across a valley from the edge of a hill (Mam Tor) in the Peak District. There is farmland below and a moorland plateau on the far side of the valley. Right in front of the camera is the canopy of a paraglider, although the pilot is out of sight below the hill. A bit further away is another paraglider, seen in full with the pilot suspended below its sail.
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Really enjoyed this tour today - a guided walk around some of Enniskillen's most significant buildings, afternoon tea at the castle, and then a screening of James Scott’s film about the early life of his father, William Scott, in Enniskillen, “Every Picture Tells a Story” (1984).

#Fermanagh
A screenshot of a webpage advertising a guided tour from Enniskillen Castle, called "Around the Town, Around the Table", including the date (today) and time (1:30pm to 5:30pm).
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM