Aidan Baker
@dorsetnorth.bsky.social
Retired, based in North Dorset. Keen enthusiast for Dorset, Devon & Cornwall rail and Trinity House. Support brewers in the South West. NT & English Heritage🇬🇧
Happy #FingerPostFriday #Dorset Petersham Lane, Holt (nr. Wimborne), Dorset.
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Happy #FingerPostFriday #Dorset Petersham Lane, Holt (nr. Wimborne), Dorset.
Happy #PubSignThursday #Devon #Honiton The Otter Inn, selling Otter Ales on the River Otter, Weston, Honiton, Devon. (Photos taken in early August).
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Happy #PubSignThursday #Devon #Honiton The Otter Inn, selling Otter Ales on the River Otter, Weston, Honiton, Devon. (Photos taken in early August).
Happy #PumpClipWednesday #Dorset The Crown, Crown Road, Marnhull (nr. Sturminster Newton), Dorset.
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Happy #PumpClipWednesday #Dorset The Crown, Crown Road, Marnhull (nr. Sturminster Newton), Dorset.
Happy #PostBoxSaturday #Dorset #Bridport VR Pillar Box adorned with an appropriate topper for early November, East Street, Bridport, Dorset😊
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Happy #PostBoxSaturday #Dorset #Bridport VR Pillar Box adorned with an appropriate topper for early November, East Street, Bridport, Dorset😊
Happy #FingerPostFriday #Dorset Horseshoes, Chalbury Common, nr., Wimborne, Dorset
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Happy #FingerPostFriday #Dorset Horseshoes, Chalbury Common, nr., Wimborne, Dorset
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Decent beer in the Marisco Tavern on Lundy.
November 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Decent beer in the Marisco Tavern on Lundy.
Happy #PostBoxSaturday #Dorset #Bridport G5R Wall Box, missing plate, but still in use. St Andrew’s Road (outside Moores Biscuits), Bridport, Dorset.
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy #PostBoxSaturday #Dorset #Bridport G5R Wall Box, missing plate, but still in use. St Andrew’s Road (outside Moores Biscuits), Bridport, Dorset.
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Happy #PubSignThursday #Dorset The Crown, Marnhull (nr Sturminster Newton), Dorset.
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Happy #PubSignThursday #Dorset The Crown, Marnhull (nr Sturminster Newton), Dorset.
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Right to Roam campaigners call for access to all England’s rivers
Our local groups are organising 9 river trespasses in November to highlight how inadequate & unworkable the government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Our local groups are organising 9 river trespasses in November to highlight how inadequate & unworkable the government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Right to Roam campaigners call for access to walk along all England’s rivers
Activists will stage nine protests where they will trespass on to private land along rivers.
www.standard.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Right to Roam campaigners call for access to all England’s rivers
Our local groups are organising 9 river trespasses in November to highlight how inadequate & unworkable the government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Our local groups are organising 9 river trespasses in November to highlight how inadequate & unworkable the government’s pledge of a mere 9 river walks is:
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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In an article in the FT yesterday, its long-term columnist, Martin Wolf, suggested we must sacrifice both people and planet to growth to supposedly save democracy. Almost everything he wrote was wrong. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Growth is not coming back — and nor should our democracy depend upon it
Martin Wolf has (once again) declared in the Financial Times that the fate of democracy rests on economic growth. As he said, in advance of the Budget:
[Reeves'] first priority must be to get whatev...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
In an article in the FT yesterday, its long-term columnist, Martin Wolf, suggested we must sacrifice both people and planet to growth to supposedly save democracy. Almost everything he wrote was wrong. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Happy #PumpClipWednesday #Dorset The Bankes Arms, Corfe Castle, Dorset.
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Happy #PumpClipWednesday #Dorset The Bankes Arms, Corfe Castle, Dorset.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Happy #PostBoxSaturday #Wiltshire #Salisbury A pair of E2R Pillar Boxes, New Canal, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Happy #PostBoxSaturday #Wiltshire #Salisbury A pair of E2R Pillar Boxes, New Canal, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Happy #FingerPostFriday #Dorset Yetminster Road/Batcombe Lane, Chetnole (nr., Sherborne), Dorset.
October 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Happy #FingerPostFriday #Dorset Yetminster Road/Batcombe Lane, Chetnole (nr., Sherborne), Dorset.
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The great British energy rip-off is now killing our green energy hopes – and the chance of cheaper electricity www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
The great British energy rip-off is now killing our green energy hopes – and the chance of cheaper electricity
As the Guardian reported last night:
Ministers are considering dropping one of their central green pledges in an effort to keep energy bills down, sources have told the Guardian.
Government insiders say Keir Starmer is prepared to miss his own target of removing almost all fossil fuels from the UK’s electricity supply...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The great British energy rip-off is now killing our green energy hopes – and the chance of cheaper electricity www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
October 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Happy #PumpClipWednesday #Dorset The Dog House, Gillingham, Dorset.
October 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Happy #PumpClipWednesday #Dorset The Dog House, Gillingham, Dorset.
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You Are Shining Light 🎶
South Mole Lighthouse, Fremantle Harbour, Australia
Hello Saturday and hello #BlueSkyArtShow
Today’s theme is #Vertical
#ColorADay
#GreenSat
#StunDay
#EastCoastKin
South Mole Lighthouse, Fremantle Harbour, Australia
Hello Saturday and hello #BlueSkyArtShow
Today’s theme is #Vertical
#ColorADay
#GreenSat
#StunDay
#EastCoastKin
October 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
You Are Shining Light 🎶
South Mole Lighthouse, Fremantle Harbour, Australia
Hello Saturday and hello #BlueSkyArtShow
Today’s theme is #Vertical
#ColorADay
#GreenSat
#StunDay
#EastCoastKin
South Mole Lighthouse, Fremantle Harbour, Australia
Hello Saturday and hello #BlueSkyArtShow
Today’s theme is #Vertical
#ColorADay
#GreenSat
#StunDay
#EastCoastKin
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Time to take on the Daily Mail and this Labour Government.
Let's keep growing our movement with the joy of knowing we all deserve so much better - and we can make it happen.
Time to join.greenparty.org.uk
Let's keep growing our movement with the joy of knowing we all deserve so much better - and we can make it happen.
Time to join.greenparty.org.uk
🚨 Labour, Reform, and the right-wing press are all attacking the Green Party.
🟢 Because our message of hope and change challenges everything they stand for.
💚 Stand with us and help turn our country around.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
🟢 Because our message of hope and change challenges everything they stand for.
💚 Stand with us and help turn our country around.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Time to take on the Daily Mail and this Labour Government.
Let's keep growing our movement with the joy of knowing we all deserve so much better - and we can make it happen.
Time to join.greenparty.org.uk
Let's keep growing our movement with the joy of knowing we all deserve so much better - and we can make it happen.
Time to join.greenparty.org.uk
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EIIR pillarbox in a sand drift on Boscombe. #PostboxSaturday
October 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
EIIR pillarbox in a sand drift on Boscombe. #PostboxSaturday
Happy #PostBoxSaturday #Dorset E2R Pedestal (Lamp) Box, Milton Lane, Milton on Stour (nr. Gillingham), Dorset.
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Happy #PostBoxSaturday #Dorset E2R Pedestal (Lamp) Box, Milton Lane, Milton on Stour (nr. Gillingham), Dorset.