Foxton Rox
@foxtonrox.bsky.social
Badgers, whisky, gardens, cheese, cats. Important stuff like that.
A bit of a chilly walk to the pub tonight. No doubt we'll be feeling a bit warmer on the stumble back home 🍷🍻🍷
January 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
A bit of a chilly walk to the pub tonight. No doubt we'll be feeling a bit warmer on the stumble back home 🍷🍻🍷
No cheating. Post your most recent pic of your pet.
January 2, 2026 at 3:14 PM
No cheating. Post your most recent pic of your pet.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm asthma.
Don't take my word for it etc...
Hi, I'm asthma.
Don't take my word for it etc...
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I'm asthma.
Don't take my word for it etc...
Hi, I'm asthma.
Don't take my word for it etc...
Obligatory* "been there" photo. Harder to find than you migt expect - a huge shopping centre in the old Fiat factory, a bit out if town, and then it's up via a lift at the back of a small bookshop.
Turin's great all round tbh - the IJ locations were just the icing 😎
*not really but 🤷♂️
Turin's great all round tbh - the IJ locations were just the icing 😎
*not really but 🤷♂️
January 2, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Obligatory* "been there" photo. Harder to find than you migt expect - a huge shopping centre in the old Fiat factory, a bit out if town, and then it's up via a lift at the back of a small bookshop.
Turin's great all round tbh - the IJ locations were just the icing 😎
*not really but 🤷♂️
Turin's great all round tbh - the IJ locations were just the icing 😎
*not really but 🤷♂️
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I’m writing a history of the Leicester Line of the Grand Union canal. Here’s part 1.
The Leicester Line: Story of a Canal, part 1
Part 1 of a history of the Leicester Line, the part of the Grand Union canal that goes through Leicestershire, covering the building of the canal.
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December 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I’m writing a history of the Leicester Line of the Grand Union canal. Here’s part 1.
Oh. Goody - lots more fireworks, 'cos a more or less solid nine hours of the fuckers yesterday/this morning obviously wasn't enough 😡😡😡
January 1, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Oh. Goody - lots more fireworks, 'cos a more or less solid nine hours of the fuckers yesterday/this morning obviously wasn't enough 😡😡😡
Picture of the staff who operate my account.
December 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Picture of the staff who operate my account.
Anyway, hope everyone is having whatever NYE is best suited to you.
We've opened the fizz and have the high summer playlist tinkling away. Just reached the Summer Wine point.
Cheers all 🥂
(sadly the fireworks have scared Molly upstairs to her under-a-bed sanctuary 😡).
We've opened the fizz and have the high summer playlist tinkling away. Just reached the Summer Wine point.
Cheers all 🥂
(sadly the fireworks have scared Molly upstairs to her under-a-bed sanctuary 😡).
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Anyway, hope everyone is having whatever NYE is best suited to you.
We've opened the fizz and have the high summer playlist tinkling away. Just reached the Summer Wine point.
Cheers all 🥂
(sadly the fireworks have scared Molly upstairs to her under-a-bed sanctuary 😡).
We've opened the fizz and have the high summer playlist tinkling away. Just reached the Summer Wine point.
Cheers all 🥂
(sadly the fireworks have scared Molly upstairs to her under-a-bed sanctuary 😡).
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December 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Bins were today. Bins are always Wednesdays.
I missed bins.
I missed bins.
December 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Bins were today. Bins are always Wednesdays.
I missed bins.
I missed bins.
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Don't forget to enjoy as much cheese as you can today folks, as tomorrow it starts having calories again.
December 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Don't forget to enjoy as much cheese as you can today folks, as tomorrow it starts having calories again.
It's a Sand, Sand, Sand, Sandy World.
December 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
It's a Sand, Sand, Sand, Sandy World.
RIP Isiah Whitlock 😔
Another Hammers fan gone.
Another Hammers fan gone.
December 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
RIP Isiah Whitlock 😔
Another Hammers fan gone.
Another Hammers fan gone.
Waiting for 2025 to end
December 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Waiting for 2025 to end
An early NYE day/evening out for us to beat the rush.
Moved on to a Cannoli Negroni (leave the gun) and a Chai Banana Colada.
Wa, and indeed, hey 🍹😎
Moved on to a Cannoli Negroni (leave the gun) and a Chai Banana Colada.
Wa, and indeed, hey 🍹😎
December 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
An early NYE day/evening out for us to beat the rush.
Moved on to a Cannoli Negroni (leave the gun) and a Chai Banana Colada.
Wa, and indeed, hey 🍹😎
Moved on to a Cannoli Negroni (leave the gun) and a Chai Banana Colada.
Wa, and indeed, hey 🍹😎
Cinnamon Oddfellows? I remember playing against them for the old Oadburians 2nds back in '75 when Basil "Strangely" Brown was still Captain.
December 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Cinnamon Oddfellows? I remember playing against them for the old Oadburians 2nds back in '75 when Basil "Strangely" Brown was still Captain.
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THIS. Read Asterix in English, and see how Hockridge and Bell don’t just transliterate but remake whole puns and wordplays that sparkle in English culturally as well as linguistically. Flawless work that simply cannot be done without true understanding of *the concept of meaning*
AND ANOTHER THING, WHILE I'M AT IT:
ENOUGH WITH THESE BULLSHIT CLAIMS THAT AI CAN REPLACE HUMAN TRANSLATORS!!!
Translation is *not* the science of finding the perfect definition of a word from a foreign language and putting that definition into the text.
Translators translate, of course. But!
ENOUGH WITH THESE BULLSHIT CLAIMS THAT AI CAN REPLACE HUMAN TRANSLATORS!!!
Translation is *not* the science of finding the perfect definition of a word from a foreign language and putting that definition into the text.
Translators translate, of course. But!
December 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
THIS. Read Asterix in English, and see how Hockridge and Bell don’t just transliterate but remake whole puns and wordplays that sparkle in English culturally as well as linguistically. Flawless work that simply cannot be done without true understanding of *the concept of meaning*
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Erik Satie predicts:
December 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Erik Satie predicts:
Mornin'.
Put some stale bread out on the lawn and, as if by magic, these lads rocked up again.
Alt: A view from the sofa. Molly the Ginger Mog is sitting on the arm of the sofa looking out to the garden where a herd of seagulls are descending from the sky down to the lawn.
Incl. obligatory magpie
Put some stale bread out on the lawn and, as if by magic, these lads rocked up again.
Alt: A view from the sofa. Molly the Ginger Mog is sitting on the arm of the sofa looking out to the garden where a herd of seagulls are descending from the sky down to the lawn.
Incl. obligatory magpie
December 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Mornin'.
Put some stale bread out on the lawn and, as if by magic, these lads rocked up again.
Alt: A view from the sofa. Molly the Ginger Mog is sitting on the arm of the sofa looking out to the garden where a herd of seagulls are descending from the sky down to the lawn.
Incl. obligatory magpie
Put some stale bread out on the lawn and, as if by magic, these lads rocked up again.
Alt: A view from the sofa. Molly the Ginger Mog is sitting on the arm of the sofa looking out to the garden where a herd of seagulls are descending from the sky down to the lawn.
Incl. obligatory magpie
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli".
The Godfather has such excellent life advice.
The Godfather has such excellent life advice.
December 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli".
The Godfather has such excellent life advice.
The Godfather has such excellent life advice.
And there we go... BBC2 now.
December 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
And there we go... BBC2 now.
Leftovers soup/casserole/thing.
Needs some chopped parsley, really.
Needs some chopped parsley, really.
December 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Leftovers soup/casserole/thing.
Needs some chopped parsley, really.
Needs some chopped parsley, really.
Mornin'.
Squirrely shenanigans occurring - and it helps to explain why the badgers come along and dig ruddy great holes in my lawn every night 🤷♂️
Squirrely shenanigans occurring - and it helps to explain why the badgers come along and dig ruddy great holes in my lawn every night 🤷♂️
December 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Mornin'.
Squirrely shenanigans occurring - and it helps to explain why the badgers come along and dig ruddy great holes in my lawn every night 🤷♂️
Squirrely shenanigans occurring - and it helps to explain why the badgers come along and dig ruddy great holes in my lawn every night 🤷♂️
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Nigel Artingstall.
Long Tailed Tits in morning frost.
Gouache Watercolour.
Long Tailed Tits in morning frost.
Gouache Watercolour.
December 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Nigel Artingstall.
Long Tailed Tits in morning frost.
Gouache Watercolour.
Long Tailed Tits in morning frost.
Gouache Watercolour.
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My Polish neighbour came round yesterday and gave me two massive wedges of cake and a big ass tub of pierogi and let me tell you, as I sit here stuffing my face with crisped up rib-sticking dumplings, I can honestly say, huge fan of immigration.
December 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My Polish neighbour came round yesterday and gave me two massive wedges of cake and a big ass tub of pierogi and let me tell you, as I sit here stuffing my face with crisped up rib-sticking dumplings, I can honestly say, huge fan of immigration.