Nick Barlow
@nickbwalking.bsky.social
Writer, walker, Who and Wolves fan. Lives in Whitehaven. Lots of other things that don't begin with W. https://linktr.ee/nickbarlow He/him
Avatar: Me (50ish man with greying hair and beard) smiling at the camera.
Avatar: Me (50ish man with greying hair and beard) smiling at the camera.
"His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy, there's vomit on his cassock already, Mom's spaghetti."
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy, there's vomit on his cassock already, Mom's spaghetti."
"Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me..."
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"Hey now, hey now now, sing this corrosion to me..."
Take a break from doomscrolling and watch Dougal playing in the snow for the first time. (Near the top of Latrigg in the Lake Distrixt, for the curious)
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Take a break from doomscrolling and watch Dougal playing in the snow for the first time. (Near the top of Latrigg in the Lake Distrixt, for the curious)
A story set in the future of Albert Square? What could possibly go wrong?
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A story set in the future of Albert Square? What could possibly go wrong?
And a little entertainment afterwards?
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
And a little entertainment afterwards?
If you see this post an album with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If you see this post an album with a motor vehicle on it.
"When I was writing about my relationship with Mr Bell was I actually taking notes on a criminal conspiracy?"
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
"When I was writing about my relationship with Mr Bell was I actually taking notes on a criminal conspiracy?"
It'll be entirely fitting for the height of the Stupid Era in British politics to be Farage finally crashing because of a scandal about him plagiarising Nick Clegg.
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It'll be entirely fitting for the height of the Stupid Era in British politics to be Farage finally crashing because of a scandal about him plagiarising Nick Clegg.
Went up Blake Fell today. Nice walk up but it was, as they say, heckin wimdy at the top. It also has a lot of other easily reached summits and fells around it so am considering putting together a Blake's 7 route for wanderings on a summer day.
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Went up Blake Fell today. Nice walk up but it was, as they say, heckin wimdy at the top. It also has a lot of other easily reached summits and fells around it so am considering putting together a Blake's 7 route for wanderings on a summer day.
The Star Trek: The Motion Picture novelisation (ostensibly by Gene Roddenberry himself) had this absolutely wild No Homo footnote
October 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The Star Trek: The Motion Picture novelisation (ostensibly by Gene Roddenberry himself) had this absolutely wild No Homo footnote
Just a timeline cleanse with some reflections at Ennerdale Water today.
October 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Just a timeline cleanse with some reflections at Ennerdale Water today.
The Harbour itaelf is currently a particularly Trumpian shade because of iron ochre leaking into a stream from some old mine workings.
October 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Harbour itaelf is currently a particularly Trumpian shade because of iron ochre leaking into a stream from some old mine workings.
Whitehaven Harbour would like to enter the "when was Britain last invaded?" chat.
October 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Whitehaven Harbour would like to enter the "when was Britain last invaded?" chat.
"We've decided you can't afford a new boiler so we've taken out your old one and sold it to a friend of ours. He'll come round every few days and sell you hot water at a fiver a bucket."
October 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"We've decided you can't afford a new boiler so we've taken out your old one and sold it to a friend of ours. He'll come round every few days and sell you hot water at a fiver a bucket."
Who's going to be the first party to do a "Farage in Trump's pocket" poster?
September 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Who's going to be the first party to do a "Farage in Trump's pocket" poster?
Thanks to a Google News alert, I've discovered I'm not the most embarrassing person with my name.
September 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Thanks to a Google News alert, I've discovered I'm not the most embarrassing person with my name.
And now wondering how much that influenced Cally's look in Blake's 7.
September 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
And now wondering how much that influenced Cally's look in Blake's 7.
What Im wearing to the Rapture
September 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
What Im wearing to the Rapture
Went to Buttermere today, which meant I was able to pick up a special treat for the transport geeks here on the way back:
September 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Went to Buttermere today, which meant I was able to pick up a special treat for the transport geeks here on the way back:
Our descent from Dent this evening was accompanied by some surprise bagpipes.
September 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Our descent from Dent this evening was accompanied by some surprise bagpipes.
Linehan: women are "supposed to be the most vulnerable and wonderful human beings". Such a feminist hero.
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/09...
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/09...
September 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Linehan: women are "supposed to be the most vulnerable and wonderful human beings". Such a feminist hero.
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/09...
www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/09...