Ailsa
@clartyfeet.bsky.social
Simple things/fresh air/swimming/seaside/walking/reading/radio/picnics/fossils/flora/fauna/making/doing/looking
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
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The Prime Minister must pick up the phone now to Donald Trump. We have 24 hours to stop Trump’s billion-dollar raid on British licence fee payers.
We’ve written to the PM, calling on him to demand that Trump drop his ludicrous $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC.
We’ve written to the PM, calling on him to demand that Trump drop his ludicrous $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC.
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Prime Minister must pick up the phone now to Donald Trump. We have 24 hours to stop Trump’s billion-dollar raid on British licence fee payers.
We’ve written to the PM, calling on him to demand that Trump drop his ludicrous $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC.
We’ve written to the PM, calling on him to demand that Trump drop his ludicrous $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC.
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Took photos of flooded car park and oh northern lights too.
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Took photos of flooded car park and oh northern lights too.
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This week's #TerrierTuesday theme chosen by @dogtorapproximate.bsky.social is #HiVis and Heidi has a range of suitably neon outfits for spotting her in the woods or snow, and at night too 🧡💛🩷
There are some great entries so far, so keep them coming!
#DogsOfBlueSky #Photography #BTposse #Dogs #Pets
There are some great entries so far, so keep them coming!
#DogsOfBlueSky #Photography #BTposse #Dogs #Pets
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This week's #TerrierTuesday theme chosen by @dogtorapproximate.bsky.social is #HiVis and Heidi has a range of suitably neon outfits for spotting her in the woods or snow, and at night too 🧡💛🩷
There are some great entries so far, so keep them coming!
#DogsOfBlueSky #Photography #BTposse #Dogs #Pets
There are some great entries so far, so keep them coming!
#DogsOfBlueSky #Photography #BTposse #Dogs #Pets
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"The BBC belongs to Britain."
"We cant allow the Trumpification of our politics and our media landscape."
@munirawilson.bsky.social
"We cant allow the Trumpification of our politics and our media landscape."
@munirawilson.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"The BBC belongs to Britain."
"We cant allow the Trumpification of our politics and our media landscape."
@munirawilson.bsky.social
"We cant allow the Trumpification of our politics and our media landscape."
@munirawilson.bsky.social
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Bird I D please.
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Bird I D please.
A morning swim to start the new week. We’ve missed a couple of weeks (not enough hours in the day) and the sea is now prickly cold. Still did a couple of widths 🥶😂 #Seaham #NovemberSwim
November 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A morning swim to start the new week. We’ve missed a couple of weeks (not enough hours in the day) and the sea is now prickly cold. Still did a couple of widths 🥶😂 #Seaham #NovemberSwim
Morning walk to Hardwick Park. The cafe bake very good cheese scones! 🐾🥾😋
October 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Morning walk to Hardwick Park. The cafe bake very good cheese scones! 🐾🥾😋
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If you’re daunted by the prospect of late autumn & winter & are able to get outside, here’s a film I made for @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social with 5 scientifically proven nature-based tips to alleviate anxiety & lift your mood 🌿🧠:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Two - Autumnwatch, 2020, Episode 3, 5 simple ways: Nature can help your mood
Emma Mitchell guides us through a natural take on wellbeing this Autumn.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
If you’re daunted by the prospect of late autumn & winter & are able to get outside, here’s a film I made for @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social with 5 scientifically proven nature-based tips to alleviate anxiety & lift your mood 🌿🧠:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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My Etsy shop's now open for just over 20 of my Victorian ink bottle mental health kits
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My Etsy shop's now open for just over 20 of my Victorian ink bottle mental health kits
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
Putting one foot in front of the other is a win for me today. Taking Midge round East Park was the last thing I felt like doing this morning…….feel more like hibernating!
October 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Putting one foot in front of the other is a win for me today. Taking Midge round East Park was the last thing I felt like doing this morning…….feel more like hibernating!
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2 Themes for #TerrierTuesday 21st Oct
'Mischief' by @andreakuszewski.bsky.social for lighthearted posts & 'Behaving Badly' by @jansborder.bsky.social so any of us with Reactive #Terriers can swap Stories & Tips
We dont often catch these moments on camera so artistic leeway is fine!
#DogsOfBlueSky
'Mischief' by @andreakuszewski.bsky.social for lighthearted posts & 'Behaving Badly' by @jansborder.bsky.social so any of us with Reactive #Terriers can swap Stories & Tips
We dont often catch these moments on camera so artistic leeway is fine!
#DogsOfBlueSky
October 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
2 Themes for #TerrierTuesday 21st Oct
'Mischief' by @andreakuszewski.bsky.social for lighthearted posts & 'Behaving Badly' by @jansborder.bsky.social so any of us with Reactive #Terriers can swap Stories & Tips
We dont often catch these moments on camera so artistic leeway is fine!
#DogsOfBlueSky
'Mischief' by @andreakuszewski.bsky.social for lighthearted posts & 'Behaving Badly' by @jansborder.bsky.social so any of us with Reactive #Terriers can swap Stories & Tips
We dont often catch these moments on camera so artistic leeway is fine!
#DogsOfBlueSky
I need to ask……..have any of you gone ahead with 🦋 age assurance? I’m feeling really odd about them capturing my middle aged fizogg 😬😬
October 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I need to ask……..have any of you gone ahead with 🦋 age assurance? I’m feeling really odd about them capturing my middle aged fizogg 😬😬
The “customers” next to us were a noisy bunch 🤣🤣 (they were after a sausage that was lurking on the floor 😂) #Starlings
October 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The “customers” next to us were a noisy bunch 🤣🤣 (they were after a sausage that was lurking on the floor 😂) #Starlings
Post swim bacon sandwich and hot drink in The Lookout at Seaham Marina. The sea was so calm and inviting this morning. Perfect dolphin watching conditions……..and sure enough we saw a large pod moving up and down past the harbour 🐬🐬
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Post swim bacon sandwich and hot drink in The Lookout at Seaham Marina. The sea was so calm and inviting this morning. Perfect dolphin watching conditions……..and sure enough we saw a large pod moving up and down past the harbour 🐬🐬
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'Real Women Fart' embroidery by Jan Lewis from the Profanity Embroidery group, Whitstable, UK #WomensArt
October 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
'Real Women Fart' embroidery by Jan Lewis from the Profanity Embroidery group, Whitstable, UK #WomensArt
Durham Rug Makers are hosting a Wool & Textile Craft Fair on Saturday 8th Nov at Bowburn Community Center. Lots of mat making supplies, craft books, pre loved haberdashery, cards, handmade items etc. Refreshments and home baked cake stall. Free entry. Reposts to your crafty friends most welcome 🤗
October 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Durham Rug Makers are hosting a Wool & Textile Craft Fair on Saturday 8th Nov at Bowburn Community Center. Lots of mat making supplies, craft books, pre loved haberdashery, cards, handmade items etc. Refreshments and home baked cake stall. Free entry. Reposts to your crafty friends most welcome 🤗
On #TerrierTuesday here is Midge cuddled up with best (only) friend Milo the Lab, in her favourite quilt and with her human bruvver #CuddleTime When we first got her she didn’t like being touched (stray dog) 🥹 she asks us to be cuddled and petted now 🤗 we get presented with the bit to be tickled 😂🥰
October 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
On #TerrierTuesday here is Midge cuddled up with best (only) friend Milo the Lab, in her favourite quilt and with her human bruvver #CuddleTime When we first got her she didn’t like being touched (stray dog) 🥹 she asks us to be cuddled and petted now 🤗 we get presented with the bit to be tickled 😂🥰
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The #TerrierTuesday Theme for 14th October is 'Cuddle Time'
Whether your #Terriers like to snuggle up with you or another favourite human, or a fellow pet they live with - show us your pictures & videos this week 🤗
Please repost to spread the word 🫶🐕
#DogsOfBlueSky #BTposse #Photography #Pets
Whether your #Terriers like to snuggle up with you or another favourite human, or a fellow pet they live with - show us your pictures & videos this week 🤗
Please repost to spread the word 🫶🐕
#DogsOfBlueSky #BTposse #Photography #Pets
October 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The #TerrierTuesday Theme for 14th October is 'Cuddle Time'
Whether your #Terriers like to snuggle up with you or another favourite human, or a fellow pet they live with - show us your pictures & videos this week 🤗
Please repost to spread the word 🫶🐕
#DogsOfBlueSky #BTposse #Photography #Pets
Whether your #Terriers like to snuggle up with you or another favourite human, or a fellow pet they live with - show us your pictures & videos this week 🤗
Please repost to spread the word 🫶🐕
#DogsOfBlueSky #BTposse #Photography #Pets
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If you still have friends on Twitter, maybe this will convince them to junk it. The Muskrat openly bankrolling Tommy Ten-Names in the UK courts brings Lord Rothermere and the BUF to mind, only Rothermere wasn't the richest man in the world. Fascism always goes hand-in-hand with obscene wealth.
October 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If you still have friends on Twitter, maybe this will convince them to junk it. The Muskrat openly bankrolling Tommy Ten-Names in the UK courts brings Lord Rothermere and the BUF to mind, only Rothermere wasn't the richest man in the world. Fascism always goes hand-in-hand with obscene wealth.
When spare time allows and conditions are suitable we find ourselves heading to Seaham for a swim at every opportunity. A bit of “us” time. Six months since we lost the MiL and we are still wrangling adult social care and probate issues #Seaham #SlopeBeach
October 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
When spare time allows and conditions are suitable we find ourselves heading to Seaham for a swim at every opportunity. A bit of “us” time. Six months since we lost the MiL and we are still wrangling adult social care and probate issues #Seaham #SlopeBeach
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Life's A Beach. The Driftwood Lectures...
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October 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Blog updated at sunnyseaton.blogspot.co.uk
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It’s been ages since we had the opportunity to stroll along one of our local beaches. Gorgeous Saturday afternoon mooch along Easington beach. Pleased the steps had been dug out. Last time we tried to get down a land slip had covered them up!
October 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It’s been ages since we had the opportunity to stroll along one of our local beaches. Gorgeous Saturday afternoon mooch along Easington beach. Pleased the steps had been dug out. Last time we tried to get down a land slip had covered them up!
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My travelling ‘Ladybird artists’ exhibition is still going strong!
Next year, Cambridge and Mansfield
2027 (tbc) Southampton and Motherwell
2028 Lichfield
Next year, Cambridge and Mansfield
2027 (tbc) Southampton and Motherwell
2028 Lichfield
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My travelling ‘Ladybird artists’ exhibition is still going strong!
Next year, Cambridge and Mansfield
2027 (tbc) Southampton and Motherwell
2028 Lichfield
Next year, Cambridge and Mansfield
2027 (tbc) Southampton and Motherwell
2028 Lichfield