Tomsprints
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Long time social media user. Anglo-Irish by birth. Ex local government. Enjoyed some good years as freelance photographer until the pandemic wrecked my business model. Also a reasonably successful Masters sprinter, but currently injured
Here’s the Met Office surface pressure chart for late afternoon on Sunday (two days from now). That really is a complex low pressure system.
December 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here’s the Met Office surface pressure chart for late afternoon on Sunday (two days from now). That really is a complex low pressure system.
No, I don’t find Truss amusing, except on occasions like this:
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
No, I don’t find Truss amusing, except on occasions like this:
Screenshot from the Met Office weather forecast (position likely for pm today) for the British Isles, online currently. Nasty, nasty weather on its way. First time I’ve ever seen a diagram with three separate low pressure systems over us all in a row like this. Jet stream, I assume.
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Screenshot from the Met Office weather forecast (position likely for pm today) for the British Isles, online currently. Nasty, nasty weather on its way. First time I’ve ever seen a diagram with three separate low pressure systems over us all in a row like this. Jet stream, I assume.
No point paying for decent waterproofs if you never take them out in the rain, eh?
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
No point paying for decent waterproofs if you never take them out in the rain, eh?
Did you know that the first person to be killed by a moving steam train was an British Member of Parliament? This plaque, in the collection of the National Railway Museum at York, tells the story. It’s also a great object lesson in verbosity.
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Did you know that the first person to be killed by a moving steam train was an British Member of Parliament? This plaque, in the collection of the National Railway Museum at York, tells the story. It’s also a great object lesson in verbosity.
“Mallard”, seen here a couple of days ago at the National Railway Museum, in York, was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in the mid 1930s. It set a world speed record (126mph/203kph) for a steam locomotive in 1938. Even as a static display item, it looks like it’s still moving fast. Great stuff!
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“Mallard”, seen here a couple of days ago at the National Railway Museum, in York, was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in the mid 1930s. It set a world speed record (126mph/203kph) for a steam locomotive in 1938. Even as a static display item, it looks like it’s still moving fast. Great stuff!
…And here’s a similar sort of shot, but in the opposite direction, looking through York Minster’s Choir. This is breathtaking architecture, given the age of the Minster.
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
…And here’s a similar sort of shot, but in the opposite direction, looking through York Minster’s Choir. This is breathtaking architecture, given the age of the Minster.
Earlier this week, I got in for my visit to York Minster earlier than the usual visitor numbers, and had lots of time there almost to myself. Here’s a “vertical panorama”, very wide-angle shot of the cathedral’s eastern end.
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Earlier this week, I got in for my visit to York Minster earlier than the usual visitor numbers, and had lots of time there almost to myself. Here’s a “vertical panorama”, very wide-angle shot of the cathedral’s eastern end.
Rather a nice Green Man, produced by one of the volunteers at Ightham Mote, in Kent, as part of their Christmas decorations this year:
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Rather a nice Green Man, produced by one of the volunteers at Ightham Mote, in Kent, as part of their Christmas decorations this year:
Today’s the feast day of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of music and musicians. Both are #stainedglass from Kent churches. Left is from Horsmonden church, and is by renowned glass artist Arild Rozenkranz. The other is from Holy Trinity, Sissinghurst, and is by Leonard Walker.
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today’s the feast day of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of music and musicians. Both are #stainedglass from Kent churches. Left is from Horsmonden church, and is by renowned glass artist Arild Rozenkranz. The other is from Holy Trinity, Sissinghurst, and is by Leonard Walker.
I visited London’s exquisite Fitzrovia Chapel earlier this week. Panoramic photo of its ceiling here. The chapel had an art exhibition on at the time, so I need to go back and see the place as its designer intended.
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I visited London’s exquisite Fitzrovia Chapel earlier this week. Panoramic photo of its ceiling here. The chapel had an art exhibition on at the time, so I need to go back and see the place as its designer intended.
Not your average sky for 13 November today. Both photos taken while enjoying my customary stroll beside the River Medway. A big belt of nasty wet weather is due to arrive later, for which we have a yellow storm warning. This must be what the calm before the storm looks like!
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Not your average sky for 13 November today. Both photos taken while enjoying my customary stroll beside the River Medway. A big belt of nasty wet weather is due to arrive later, for which we have a yellow storm warning. This must be what the calm before the storm looks like!
Lots of thick scum gathering by the River Medway today.
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Lots of thick scum gathering by the River Medway today.
Mainly horizontals. (Oh, and a circle.)
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Mainly horizontals. (Oh, and a circle.)
Later this week, in the UK at least, a new film about the post WW2 Nuremberg trials is being released. It’s currently being heavily promoted. I’ve not seen it, but I’m guessing this guy will feature prominently in the portrayals. He’s buried in the grounds of the lovely Jevington church, in Sussex.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Later this week, in the UK at least, a new film about the post WW2 Nuremberg trials is being released. It’s currently being heavily promoted. I’ve not seen it, but I’m guessing this guy will feature prominently in the portrayals. He’s buried in the grounds of the lovely Jevington church, in Sussex.
I think this is the new road sign warning of a very low bridge:
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I think this is the new road sign warning of a very low bridge:
And proof from a Guardian headlines in 2020 of possible chronic White House overstaffing?
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
And proof from a Guardian headlines in 2020 of possible chronic White House overstaffing?
I’m having a bit of a clear-out of my photo archive. I found these screenshots of genuine Guardian headlines while doing so:
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’m having a bit of a clear-out of my photo archive. I found these screenshots of genuine Guardian headlines while doing so:
A genuine headline from 2020, which time has rendered no less absurd:
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A genuine headline from 2020, which time has rendered no less absurd:
Great pavement art from outside London’s National Gallery, from about six or seven years ago.
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Great pavement art from outside London’s National Gallery, from about six or seven years ago.
I first saw this in September 2019. These days there seems a touch of Starmer about it.
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I first saw this in September 2019. These days there seems a touch of Starmer about it.
This chart was posted online a few years back. Happy to say, they have not achieved any of these aims yet.
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This chart was posted online a few years back. Happy to say, they have not achieved any of these aims yet.
The day Tr*mp broke wind in public, 2017:
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The day Tr*mp broke wind in public, 2017:
Shocking that the public purse doesn’t stretch to getting Charles a clean pair of gloves for his ceremonial duties at the Cenotaph today. (Screenshots from the tv)
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Shocking that the public purse doesn’t stretch to getting Charles a clean pair of gloves for his ceremonial duties at the Cenotaph today. (Screenshots from the tv)