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ItTakesATrainToCry @alsoatdeathsdoor.bsky.social · Feb 1
It's a dog's life.
Dog sleeping on sofa. Head on armrest. Also has 3 cushions.
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Traditional use for a thick trunk.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
"JiMMY x MiLLIE 1903" carved into the west side of a beech trunk "LYNNUS 25 X" carved into the east face of a beech trunk
January 20, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Minley Manor, built about 1860 in the French Gothic style. From about 1935 to 2014 it was army property. On open days in the 1970s, kids could get a ride around the place in a tank. Now an events venue.
#heritage
Red brick mansion with grey slate roofs in the winter sun
January 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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This is just before I got a bit lost.
#ForestFriday
Snow-dusted track through a grove of beech trees
January 16, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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A bridge in the forest.
#ForestFriday
Light dusting of snow on the bridge. Afternoon shadows.
January 9, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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"Shame, ain't it?" said a passing cyclist as I was looking around this ruin. It is Minley Home Farm, built 1896. The MoD owns it and wants to demolish it. Heritage charities are trying to save it.
#heritage #ruins
Red brick farm buildings in the afternoon sun
January 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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Splendid even in death.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
Dead oak tree in the afternoon sum
January 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Simon's Wood in Berkshire. One of the National Trust's earliest acquisitions.
#ForestFriday
Oak, birch and chestnut trees on a grey winter day
January 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Polypore on a dead birch trunk.
#FungiFriday
Underside of bracket fungus
January 2, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Dog mess shoved in a tree hollow. That's no way to treat a thick trunk.
#thicktrunktuesday
Dog mess bag in an oak tree hollow. 2 days later it was on the ground. Just on he ground, not collected
December 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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A row of old oaks. Planted I guess more than 100 years ago, when these woods were the pleasure grounds of London bankers.
#ForestFriday
Part of a straight line of oaks
December 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Health warning: this song has some truly offensive lyrics.

"And as awful as the world can be we are still alive
And if we're very careful we might well survive
There are cures & solutions & there is compromise
Christmas morning"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pgz...
Christmas Morning
YouTube video by Loudon Wainwright III - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Her first Xmas. Just before she wrecked all of the furniture.
#dogs
Puppy surrounded by newspapers because she is not completely house trained
December 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Apropos of nothing...a track from Sgt Rutter's Only Darts Club Band.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuDW...
The Rutles - Being For The Benefit Of Mankind
YouTube video by sadmonkey62
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Funny how some sweet chestnuts have twisty bark but their neighbours don't.
#thicktrunktuesday
Mossy south facing tree trunk
December 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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The carnivorous heathland strikes again.
#dogs
Lost dog jacket hanging from a gorse branch
December 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Polypore on a broken birch tree.
#MushroomMonday
Polypore growing just below a burl on a snapped birch trunk
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”.
I've slept in worse places.
#trees
Hollow trunk of an old oak tree, with a bed of leaves in it
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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This is the north facing side.
#MossyMonday
Old beech trunk covered in moss
December 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Oakmoss glowing on a grey day.
#lichen #fungifriends
Grey-green lichen in sweet chestnut leaf litter
December 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Despite the hollow trunk, it is alive.
#thicktrunktuesday
Oak tree with hollow trunk but 3 healthy boughs
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A tower of mushrooms
#MushroomMonday
#FungiFriends
Bracket fungus on a birch stump
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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The army being weird again.
#trees
A4 colour photo of a tank tied to an oak tree. Smoke grenade canister resting on a branch below it, pin and charred contents of canister spiked to the bark above it
December 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Trees reaching south for the light.
#ForestFriday
Some sweet chestnuts at the forest edge
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Yellow staghorn defying the frosts. Tiny and easily missed.
#FungiFriday
Tiny fungus
December 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Indiana Dog and the Lost Kibble.
#dogs
Doggo at the entrance to a Neolithic burial mound
December 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM