Banjo Nick
@banjonick8.bsky.social
River devotee, marathon single sculler, travelling troubadour, playwright-director (George Devine Award 1988: Nick Ward Plays 1 published by Faber and Faber, 1995). Banjo Nick Rambles on Facebook.
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Peter Oborne vs BBC: The Gaza Genocide Cover-Up EXPOSED
YouTube video by ClassicClipsVault
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November 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Golden morning chill
Hooray and up she rises!
Tethered to meaning
Smile at sound of Geese
The Moon was on the river
Sunshine triangle
Incense smoke and steam
Another day underway
Coffee and porridge
#haiku catch-up
Hooray and up she rises!
Tethered to meaning
Smile at sound of Geese
The Moon was on the river
Sunshine triangle
Incense smoke and steam
Another day underway
Coffee and porridge
#haiku catch-up
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Golden morning chill
Hooray and up she rises!
Tethered to meaning
Smile at sound of Geese
The Moon was on the river
Sunshine triangle
Incense smoke and steam
Another day underway
Coffee and porridge
#haiku catch-up
Hooray and up she rises!
Tethered to meaning
Smile at sound of Geese
The Moon was on the river
Sunshine triangle
Incense smoke and steam
Another day underway
Coffee and porridge
#haiku catch-up
King of Kosala
Pasenadi was his name
Death came rolling in
Sensual pleasures
Non ascetics fight their likes
Addicted to pain
More than lip-service
Ascetics fight ascetics
Attachment to views
Fear of losing it
Money fame and leadership
Secretly teaching
#haiku
Pasenadi was his name
Death came rolling in
Sensual pleasures
Non ascetics fight their likes
Addicted to pain
More than lip-service
Ascetics fight ascetics
Attachment to views
Fear of losing it
Money fame and leadership
Secretly teaching
#haiku
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
King of Kosala
Pasenadi was his name
Death came rolling in
Sensual pleasures
Non ascetics fight their likes
Addicted to pain
More than lip-service
Ascetics fight ascetics
Attachment to views
Fear of losing it
Money fame and leadership
Secretly teaching
#haiku
Pasenadi was his name
Death came rolling in
Sensual pleasures
Non ascetics fight their likes
Addicted to pain
More than lip-service
Ascetics fight ascetics
Attachment to views
Fear of losing it
Money fame and leadership
Secretly teaching
#haiku
Darren Clarke: excellent demonstration vid on the laid back Tulsa Sound of JJ Cale.
youtu.be/90CkehXUF_E?...
youtu.be/90CkehXUF_E?...
J J Cale’s Guitar Style Explained | The Tulsa Sound & Clapton Connection
YouTube video by Everglades Rhythm
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November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Darren Clarke: excellent demonstration vid on the laid back Tulsa Sound of JJ Cale.
youtu.be/90CkehXUF_E?...
youtu.be/90CkehXUF_E?...
Reposted by Banjo Nick
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Reposted by Banjo Nick
One of favourite meditation spots in the fenced off copse on the raised old Thames bank upstream of Castle Meadows. Many neolithic stone tools in the vicinity.
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
One of favourite meditation spots in the fenced off copse on the raised old Thames bank upstream of Castle Meadows. Many neolithic stone tools in the vicinity.
Delighted to be stunned by a rare Thames Otter early this morning crossing the river just upstream of Snowy and then swimming towards me before diving and reappearing downstream.
Otters spotted in Oxfordshire's River Thames by photographer | Oxford Mail share.google/NdwIx5QYhfuN...
Otters spotted in Oxfordshire's River Thames by photographer | Oxford Mail share.google/NdwIx5QYhfuN...
Otters spotted in River Thames by photographer
Otters have been spotted in the River Thames by an amateur photographer.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Delighted to be stunned by a rare Thames Otter early this morning crossing the river just upstream of Snowy and then swimming towards me before diving and reappearing downstream.
Otters spotted in Oxfordshire's River Thames by photographer | Oxford Mail share.google/NdwIx5QYhfuN...
Otters spotted in Oxfordshire's River Thames by photographer | Oxford Mail share.google/NdwIx5QYhfuN...
Tim Crooks : Recently, I was told that my record (3 hours 29 mins, 1978) still stood, so no tailwinds at Boston in September please.
Rowing poet Crooks
Racy reports in blank verse
Champion Sculler
#marathonsculling
Rowing poet Crooks
Racy reports in blank verse
Champion Sculler
#marathonsculling
November 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Tim Crooks : Recently, I was told that my record (3 hours 29 mins, 1978) still stood, so no tailwinds at Boston in September please.
Rowing poet Crooks
Racy reports in blank verse
Champion Sculler
#marathonsculling
Rowing poet Crooks
Racy reports in blank verse
Champion Sculler
#marathonsculling
Halloween Thames scull
Brunel's Bridge crowded with ghosts
Bats, Nymphs, Hermit too
#haiku #halloween
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Brunel's Bridge crowded with ghosts
Bats, Nymphs, Hermit too
#haiku #halloween
youtube.com/shorts/563na...
October 31, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Halloween Thames scull
Brunel's Bridge crowded with ghosts
Bats, Nymphs, Hermit too
#haiku #halloween
youtube.com/shorts/563na...
Brunel's Bridge crowded with ghosts
Bats, Nymphs, Hermit too
#haiku #halloween
youtube.com/shorts/563na...
October 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Mandolin pioneer #ChrisThile exhuberantly enthusing on (and demonstrating) his very early campfire #bluegrass roots and later influences from #Beatles to #Bach 'Wishful hearing' is a wonderful expression of the will to practice until wishful thinking and reality converge.
youtu.be/-oRm_MZhFrU?...
youtu.be/-oRm_MZhFrU?...
The INSANE Musical Mind of Chris Thile
YouTube video by Rick Beato
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October 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Mandolin pioneer #ChrisThile exhuberantly enthusing on (and demonstrating) his very early campfire #bluegrass roots and later influences from #Beatles to #Bach 'Wishful hearing' is a wonderful expression of the will to practice until wishful thinking and reality converge.
youtu.be/-oRm_MZhFrU?...
youtu.be/-oRm_MZhFrU?...
Following earthworks
Wallingford Castle remains
Old Moat with Rabbits
Blackening seed pods
One fly on many berries
Time not standing still
Scarlet and orange
Beyond the Outer Bailey
Yesterday's berries
#haiku
Wallingford Castle remains
Old Moat with Rabbits
Blackening seed pods
One fly on many berries
Time not standing still
Scarlet and orange
Beyond the Outer Bailey
Yesterday's berries
#haiku
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Following earthworks
Wallingford Castle remains
Old Moat with Rabbits
Blackening seed pods
One fly on many berries
Time not standing still
Scarlet and orange
Beyond the Outer Bailey
Yesterday's berries
#haiku
Wallingford Castle remains
Old Moat with Rabbits
Blackening seed pods
One fly on many berries
Time not standing still
Scarlet and orange
Beyond the Outer Bailey
Yesterday's berries
#haiku
Very thankful to Yorkshire Mark for checking Snowy's electrics (new battery) and engine and giving her the ok. I foolishly ran the battery flat back in June from watching TV. I haven't watched TV for years, I was only watching it because it's there. Now covered with decorated remains of uke case. 1
October 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Very thankful to Yorkshire Mark for checking Snowy's electrics (new battery) and engine and giving her the ok. I foolishly ran the battery flat back in June from watching TV. I haven't watched TV for years, I was only watching it because it's there. Now covered with decorated remains of uke case. 1
