Chris Dale
@chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social
Solicitor who promoted eDiscovery/eDisclosure in England and Wales and elsewhere. Now retired to my photographs of places, birds, and the dog. In Oxford.
Near Thiepval OTD in 2016
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Near Thiepval OTD in 2016
November 1918. The armies go home, leaving a devastated land behind them. Looking forward to reading Hugh Clout's "After the Ruins" on the restoration of the countryside of Northern France after four years of war 1/3
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
November 1918. The armies go home, leaving a devastated land behind them. Looking forward to reading Hugh Clout's "After the Ruins" on the restoration of the countryside of Northern France after four years of war 1/3
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'Evening Quarters: The Lookout at Cannon Street Anti-Aircraft Station' (1917) by Ronald Gray
(Imperial War Museums)
(Imperial War Museums)
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
'Evening Quarters: The Lookout at Cannon Street Anti-Aircraft Station' (1917) by Ronald Gray
(Imperial War Museums)
(Imperial War Museums)
Reflections on the river
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Reflections on the river
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It is early in the morning, and there are few people about in this 1919 work by William Nicholson of the Cenotaph in London. It is the original white-painted wood and plaster structure designed by Edward Lutyens, it stands out in stark relief against the Foreign Office.
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It is early in the morning, and there are few people about in this 1919 work by William Nicholson of the Cenotaph in London. It is the original white-painted wood and plaster structure designed by Edward Lutyens, it stands out in stark relief against the Foreign Office.
Sunset over Keble College Chapel
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Sunset over Keble College Chapel
Colours by the canal
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Colours by the canal
A brief break from worrying if the grandson has fallen in the water, or if the dog has dropped his ball, to look up at the trees and sky.
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A brief break from worrying if the grandson has fallen in the water, or if the dog has dropped his ball, to look up at the trees and sky.
With an iPhone on Port Meadow at sunrise at 04:42 on a June morning
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
With an iPhone on Port Meadow at sunrise at 04:42 on a June morning
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The most incredible library in the world, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk opened to OTD 1602, through the energy, money & commitment of Sir Thomas Bodley. It began with 5k books, & now more than 22m, with 2m+reader visits a year, & multi-million online users across the globe. Privilged to be its 25th librarian!
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The most incredible library in the world, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk opened to OTD 1602, through the energy, money & commitment of Sir Thomas Bodley. It began with 5k books, & now more than 22m, with 2m+reader visits a year, & multi-million online users across the globe. Privilged to be its 25th librarian!
Thames treeline at the end of the day.
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Thames treeline at the end of the day.
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Recent new visitors - a sparrowhawk in the garden and three parakeets at the end of the street.
Perhaps we could introduce them to each other in the hope that the sparrowhawk finds parakeet tastier than the sparrow whose feathers lie around it in this picture..
Perhaps we could introduce them to each other in the hope that the sparrowhawk finds parakeet tastier than the sparrow whose feathers lie around it in this picture..
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Recent new visitors - a sparrowhawk in the garden and three parakeets at the end of the street.
Perhaps we could introduce them to each other in the hope that the sparrowhawk finds parakeet tastier than the sparrow whose feathers lie around it in this picture..
Perhaps we could introduce them to each other in the hope that the sparrowhawk finds parakeet tastier than the sparrow whose feathers lie around it in this picture..
Recent new visitors - a sparrowhawk in the garden and three parakeets at the end of the street.
Perhaps we could introduce them to each other in the hope that the sparrowhawk finds parakeet tastier than the sparrow whose feathers lie around it in this picture..
Perhaps we could introduce them to each other in the hope that the sparrowhawk finds parakeet tastier than the sparrow whose feathers lie around it in this picture..
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Recent new visitors - a sparrowhawk in the garden and three parakeets at the end of the street.
Perhaps we could introduce them to each other in the hope that the sparrowhawk finds parakeet tastier than the sparrow whose feathers lie around it in this picture..
Perhaps we could introduce them to each other in the hope that the sparrowhawk finds parakeet tastier than the sparrow whose feathers lie around it in this picture..
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The RSPB’s Otmoor reserve is to get a 21-hectare extension, funded by developers. A former agricultural site will be transformed into a floodplain grazing marsh, with wetland features such as scrapes and footdrains.
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The RSPB’s Otmoor reserve is to get a 21-hectare extension, funded by developers. A former agricultural site will be transformed into a floodplain grazing marsh, with wetland features such as scrapes and footdrains.
Early November 2021 down by the river. It felt as if winter had arrived.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Early November 2021 down by the river. It felt as if winter had arrived.
Don't worry, old dog. I'm sure you and my feet can find a way of sharing the space under my desk till the fireworks have gone.
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Don't worry, old dog. I'm sure you and my feet can find a way of sharing the space under my desk till the fireworks have gone.
There was a bagpiper out there this evening, alone with his dog in the middle of the meadow.
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
There was a bagpiper out there this evening, alone with his dog in the middle of the meadow.
Sounds great, and could be done with care and planning. What we'll get is acres of shoddy boxes built on the cheap by spiv developers, approved by planners who couldn't tell the qualitative difference between a Queen Anne rectory and a Nissen hut.
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Sounds great, and could be done with care and planning. What we'll get is acres of shoddy boxes built on the cheap by spiv developers, approved by planners who couldn't tell the qualitative difference between a Queen Anne rectory and a Nissen hut.
Lots of midges and ticks on Rum, and quite a hike to the butcher and deli, so no thanks
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 20 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove
20 bedroom detached house for sale in Kinloch Castle, Isle of Rum, PH43 for £750,000. Marketed by Savills Rural Sales, Edinburgh
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November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Lots of midges and ticks on Rum, and quite a hike to the butcher and deli, so no thanks
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
OTD in 2023 Port Meadow was largely under water. This year I can walk down to the river bank (roughly where the cormorant is flying). The water levels fluctuate from year to year.
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
OTD in 2023 Port Meadow was largely under water. This year I can walk down to the river bank (roughly where the cormorant is flying). The water levels fluctuate from year to year.
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Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration.
The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.
Paddington Station at night, this week in 2023
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Paddington Station at night, this week in 2023
James/Jan Morris said of the New Bodleian that "it looks like a well-equipped municipal swimming bath, and replaced a nice corner of jostling old houses in the late 1930s.”
Article and photographs here:
oxfordhistory.org.uk/broad/buildi...
Article and photographs here:
oxfordhistory.org.uk/broad/buildi...
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
James/Jan Morris said of the New Bodleian that "it looks like a well-equipped municipal swimming bath, and replaced a nice corner of jostling old houses in the late 1930s.”
Article and photographs here:
oxfordhistory.org.uk/broad/buildi...
Article and photographs here:
oxfordhistory.org.uk/broad/buildi...
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Freuds in Oxford's Jericho. Built as a church in 1836, latterly an entertainment venue, long closed. Standing outside in the dark, I thought I heard ghostly music.
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Freuds in Oxford's Jericho. Built as a church in 1836, latterly an entertainment venue, long closed. Standing outside in the dark, I thought I heard ghostly music.