Simon Varwell
@simonvarwell.bsky.social
Loves trains, the outdoors, travel, Esperanto, ambient and post-rock music, dystofic, good food and scrontous beer. Hates car-centric societies, late stage capitalism and courgette. He/him. Inverness | 🏴 | 🇪🇺 Work: @hisasimon.bsky.social
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Cicerone Press have a sale on, which means 20% off my new #walking guidebook to the Small Isles. 💚
www.cicerone.co.uk/walking-rum-...
#Scotland #Hebrides
www.cicerone.co.uk/walking-rum-...
#Scotland #Hebrides
Walking Guidebook | Rum & Small Isles | Rum, Eigg, Muck & Canna
Discover the 'hidden gems' of the Hebrides with 25 routes for adventurous walkers from 2-25 miles with OS maps and GPX downloads.
www.cicerone.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Cicerone Press have a sale on, which means 20% off my new #walking guidebook to the Small Isles. 💚
www.cicerone.co.uk/walking-rum-...
#Scotland #Hebrides
www.cicerone.co.uk/walking-rum-...
#Scotland #Hebrides
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What the fresh craziness is this on Culduthel Road? Why shouldn’t we just stay on the road and use the traffic lights? It’s not even a mandatory cycle lane, just a painted dashed line….
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
What the fresh craziness is this on Culduthel Road? Why shouldn’t we just stay on the road and use the traffic lights? It’s not even a mandatory cycle lane, just a painted dashed line….
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Low Stakes Conspiracy:
Richard Quest (the money markets guy) and Simon Calder (the travel problems guy) are the same person and they've been ripping the piss out of news networks for double appearance fees for decades.
Richard Quest (the money markets guy) and Simon Calder (the travel problems guy) are the same person and they've been ripping the piss out of news networks for double appearance fees for decades.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Low Stakes Conspiracy:
Richard Quest (the money markets guy) and Simon Calder (the travel problems guy) are the same person and they've been ripping the piss out of news networks for double appearance fees for decades.
Richard Quest (the money markets guy) and Simon Calder (the travel problems guy) are the same person and they've been ripping the piss out of news networks for double appearance fees for decades.
I do wish people would stop reskeeting screenshots of Twitter. I don’t want to know what’s going on in Fashbook and don’t think any sane person should be there. Stop going there, even for wins.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I do wish people would stop reskeeting screenshots of Twitter. I don’t want to know what’s going on in Fashbook and don’t think any sane person should be there. Stop going there, even for wins.
Wow. I had no idea he was (a) from Inverness (well, Daviot) or (b) a Gaelic speaker.
There’s a lot of focus on Richard Burton today, but did you know that the actor and author Alistair MacLean were once involved in a punch-up at the Dorchester? (The Scot won). And that the two men are buried in the same graveyard in Switzerland? www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...
Alistair MacLean: Meet the Gaelic-speaking Highlander whose Arctic heroics fuelled his books
Alistair MacLean never had any pretensions about his literary talent even though many of his books became international blockbusters. As he said: "I don’t
www.pressandjournal.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Wow. I had no idea he was (a) from Inverness (well, Daviot) or (b) a Gaelic speaker.
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me: I was thinking we could come to some sort of... arrangement
florist: well, yes
florist: well, yes
March 4, 2024 at 6:44 PM
me: I was thinking we could come to some sort of... arrangement
florist: well, yes
florist: well, yes
I’m intrigued by the left and progressives of England losing their shit over the BBC. Where were they in 2014 when they were warned it was being lost to political bias and interference? They chose to ignore, yet could have helped save it back then. Ah well.
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m intrigued by the left and progressives of England losing their shit over the BBC. Where were they in 2014 when they were warned it was being lost to political bias and interference? They chose to ignore, yet could have helped save it back then. Ah well.
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I think the COP talks (and the absence of the USA at them) should be leading the news this week. They are that important.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I think the COP talks (and the absence of the USA at them) should be leading the news this week. They are that important.
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No. No. A thousand times no. We honour the memory of the dead
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
No. No. A thousand times no. We honour the memory of the dead
Are there runners-up prizren?
Kosovo, Preliminary final election result:
Pristina mayoral (run-off) election
Rama (LDK-EPP): 51.5% (+0.6)
Çeku (LVV-S&D): 48.5% (+48.5)
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/kosovo
Pristina mayoral (run-off) election
Rama (LDK-EPP): 51.5% (+0.6)
Çeku (LVV-S&D): 48.5% (+48.5)
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/kosovo
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Are there runners-up prizren?
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Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
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Nothing says sombre respectful reflection like a dog's arse.
and it's still not going to be the most insane Maximum Respect thing done to a dog on a niche British reality TV show. #GameOfWool
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Nothing says sombre respectful reflection like a dog's arse.
I love doing crispy bbq tofu.
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I love doing crispy bbq tofu.
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So many great details and quotes here but I especially love that he wears three-piece suits to school but "the fedora is reserved for weekends, holidays and museum visits."
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So many great details and quotes here but I especially love that he wears three-piece suits to school but "the fedora is reserved for weekends, holidays and museum visits."
I couldn’t believe how noisy these birds were. No respect for their human neighbours.
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I couldn’t believe how noisy these birds were. No respect for their human neighbours.
Remembrance without peacemaking is just pissing on war graves.
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Remembrance without peacemaking is just pissing on war graves.
A Dundonian went into a Swedish bakery asking for an onion, and left with nothing.
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A Dundonian went into a Swedish bakery asking for an onion, and left with nothing.
I wonder, is quietly leaving a church known as holy ghosting?
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I wonder, is quietly leaving a church known as holy ghosting?
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Schrödinger: Excuse me, miss, can I borrow that box for a science experiment?
Pandora: Sure, be my guest.
Pandora: Sure, be my guest.
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Schrödinger: Excuse me, miss, can I borrow that box for a science experiment?
Pandora: Sure, be my guest.
Pandora: Sure, be my guest.
Tonight’s washing up album (well, EP) is Høurglass by Kloyd. Soothing but upbeat electronica with gorgeous vocals. Not my usual thing but could get into this more.
music.apple.com/gb/album/h%C...
music.apple.com/gb/album/h%C...
Høurglass - EP by Kloyd on Apple Music
Album · 2024 · 4 Songs
music.apple.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Tonight’s washing up album (well, EP) is Høurglass by Kloyd. Soothing but upbeat electronica with gorgeous vocals. Not my usual thing but could get into this more.
music.apple.com/gb/album/h%C...
music.apple.com/gb/album/h%C...
It always takes me ages to get my head around metaphors and fables, so when someone tried to explain to me the myth of Sisyphus it was a bit of an uphill struggle.
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It always takes me ages to get my head around metaphors and fables, so when someone tried to explain to me the myth of Sisyphus it was a bit of an uphill struggle.
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Men like this can't imagine a world where their wealth won't automatically buy them access, influence, and power.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Men like this can't imagine a world where their wealth won't automatically buy them access, influence, and power.
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Events offered in #Esperanto in Summer 1914...
A theatre Play in Bohemia & a Roman Catholic Pilgrimage to Lourdes
#esperantomuseum #vienna
A theatre Play in Bohemia & a Roman Catholic Pilgrimage to Lourdes
#esperantomuseum #vienna
October 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Events offered in #Esperanto in Summer 1914...
A theatre Play in Bohemia & a Roman Catholic Pilgrimage to Lourdes
#esperantomuseum #vienna
A theatre Play in Bohemia & a Roman Catholic Pilgrimage to Lourdes
#esperantomuseum #vienna
Anglaparolantoj, kio estas "nugget" en #Esperanto, signifante produktitaj premitaj etaĵoj de bestnutraĵoj? la plej bona indiko al tradukaĵo estas ĉi tio noto en Vikipedio kaj ĝi ne helpas. eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nugeto_...
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Anglaparolantoj, kio estas "nugget" en #Esperanto, signifante produktitaj premitaj etaĵoj de bestnutraĵoj? la plej bona indiko al tradukaĵo estas ĉi tio noto en Vikipedio kaj ĝi ne helpas. eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nugeto_...
Happy Friday!
Feliĉan vendredon!
🍻
Feliĉan vendredon!
🍻
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Happy Friday!
Feliĉan vendredon!
🍻
Feliĉan vendredon!
🍻