Gary The Voyager
@garytravel.bsky.social
Armchair history enthusiast, ex-soldier, hiker and European long distance rail traveller. Love trains, mountains and ancient sites. Work in plant based chemicals, career in O&G and renewables. Pau and Bath.
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Calling Reform racist isn’t slander.
It’s maths.
20 incidents. 18 months. 1 Farage in a permanent huff.
It’s maths.
20 incidents. 18 months. 1 Farage in a permanent huff.
DEEP DIVE: How Does Reform Show Its Racism? Let Me Count the Ways
From “target practice” on refugees to burqa bans in Parliament, the tally tells the story better than Farage ever could.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Calling Reform racist isn’t slander.
It’s maths.
20 incidents. 18 months. 1 Farage in a permanent huff.
It’s maths.
20 incidents. 18 months. 1 Farage in a permanent huff.
Fontaine d'Eure near Uzès, the supply of water via the Pont du Gard to Nîmes. Slots for water level control and 2-3cm of opus signinum still visible in the rock cut channels that carried 40Km3 of water a day across 50 kms with a drop of 17m of Built 40-60AD. Astonishing #Roman #Provence. My photos.
September 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Sadiq Khan's team on Trump's comments about London crime
The homicide rate in the US is seven times that of London
The homicide rate in the US is seven times that of London
September 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Sadiq Khan's team on Trump's comments about London crime
The homicide rate in the US is seven times that of London
The homicide rate in the US is seven times that of London
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Party of the people.
September 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Party of the people.
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Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
September 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
Rollright Stones on the Oxfordshire/Warwickshire border. The Neolithic/Bronze age site was used 4th to 2nd millennium BC and built in phases. A view of the King’s Men stone circle, one of three monuments at the site. What rituals took place here ? #StandingStonesSunday #Neolithic #BronzeAge
September 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Rollright Stones on the Oxfordshire/Warwickshire border. The Neolithic/Bronze age site was used 4th to 2nd millennium BC and built in phases. A view of the King’s Men stone circle, one of three monuments at the site. What rituals took place here ? #StandingStonesSunday #Neolithic #BronzeAge
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Oh no
September 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Oh no
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It's easy to forget how utterly inhuman this is. How unspeakable. How absolutely appalling.
Israeli forces deliberately fired missiles into a hospital.
A *fucking hospital*.
And - according to WHO - they've done it to at least 734 other healthcare facilities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Israeli forces deliberately fired missiles into a hospital.
A *fucking hospital*.
And - according to WHO - they've done it to at least 734 other healthcare facilities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Four journalists among 15 killed in Israeli strike on hospital in Gaza, say health officials
Deaths take to at least 192 the number of Palestinian journalists killed in the conflict since 7 October 2023
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
It's easy to forget how utterly inhuman this is. How unspeakable. How absolutely appalling.
Israeli forces deliberately fired missiles into a hospital.
A *fucking hospital*.
And - according to WHO - they've done it to at least 734 other healthcare facilities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Israeli forces deliberately fired missiles into a hospital.
A *fucking hospital*.
And - according to WHO - they've done it to at least 734 other healthcare facilities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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A word on immigration. Don't prejudge this, just listen to the data, and then consider what the solution is.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
August 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A word on immigration. Don't prejudge this, just listen to the data, and then consider what the solution is.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
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Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
August 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
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Anti-asylum protests and threats, political dog-whistling, flag-mania, emboldened racists strutting around our streets…
It must stop. People must speak out. This country mustn’t be chewed up with hatred and failure.
Such an important read.
@iandunt.bsky.social
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/386...
It must stop. People must speak out. This country mustn’t be chewed up with hatred and failure.
Such an important read.
@iandunt.bsky.social
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/386...
August 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Anti-asylum protests and threats, political dog-whistling, flag-mania, emboldened racists strutting around our streets…
It must stop. People must speak out. This country mustn’t be chewed up with hatred and failure.
Such an important read.
@iandunt.bsky.social
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/386...
It must stop. People must speak out. This country mustn’t be chewed up with hatred and failure.
Such an important read.
@iandunt.bsky.social
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/386...
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Reform UK ‘looking after our own!? Don’t count on it.
Homeless charity closes following funding dispute With Reform UK council
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?
Homeless charity closes following funding dispute With Reform UK council
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?
Northampton homeless charity has closed, says council
A council says it
www.bbc.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Reform UK ‘looking after our own!? Don’t count on it.
Homeless charity closes following funding dispute With Reform UK council
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?
Homeless charity closes following funding dispute With Reform UK council
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?
The Iron Bridge in Shropshire. Completed in 1779; the first finished large scale cast iron bridge in the world. Made from iron smelted close by in the Severn Valley it spans, the bridge is a symbol of the Industrial Revolution and is curiously complex and beautiful with a span of 30 meters. #bridges
August 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Iron Bridge in Shropshire. Completed in 1779; the first finished large scale cast iron bridge in the world. Made from iron smelted close by in the Severn Valley it spans, the bridge is a symbol of the Industrial Revolution and is curiously complex and beautiful with a span of 30 meters. #bridges
Brilliant museum at Egnazia. Not often you encounter an aquarium in a museum displaying prehistoric and classical era material. The tank has a massive 2000 litre Roman wine amphora, and live fish ! Lots of 5/6 C BC Messapian pottery and a wide selection of Roman artefacts. #Puglia #Roman #Italy
July 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Egnazia, a Messapian then Roman city in Puglia. My pics of the amphitheatre, a section of the Via Traiana, the market and the interior of a painted stone cut tomb. This site has a superb museum. The city was abandoned in the Middle Ages when malaria became widespread. #Puglia #Roman #Italy
July 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Little Down Hill Fort sometimes known as North Stoke Hill Fort. Triangular multivallate promontory fort outside Bath. The the point looks west across to Bristol. You can walk from Little Solsbury Hill fort to this easily in a morning. Both overlook Bath. #HillfortsWednesday
June 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Little Down Hill Fort sometimes known as North Stoke Hill Fort. Triangular multivallate promontory fort outside Bath. The the point looks west across to Bristol. You can walk from Little Solsbury Hill fort to this easily in a morning. Both overlook Bath. #HillfortsWednesday
Solsbury Hill iron age hillfort ramparts built around 300-100 BC and possibly destroyed during a Belgic incursion in the early 1st century AD. The turf maze near the fort entrance has a Celtic feel, was created during protests against the building of the nearby A46 in the 1990s. #HillfortsWednesday
June 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Solsbury Hill iron age hillfort ramparts built around 300-100 BC and possibly destroyed during a Belgic incursion in the early 1st century AD. The turf maze near the fort entrance has a Celtic feel, was created during protests against the building of the nearby A46 in the 1990s. #HillfortsWednesday
Haven’t been able to visit any sites recently but spotted this beautiful single rampart hillfort built by children on the beach at St-Jacut-de-la-Mer last month. Are we naturally inclined to build these structures ? Love the shell cobbled floor !! #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
May 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Haven’t been able to visit any sites recently but spotted this beautiful single rampart hillfort built by children on the beach at St-Jacut-de-la-Mer last month. Are we naturally inclined to build these structures ? Love the shell cobbled floor !! #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
The ramparts at Dolebury Warren hillfort, part of a beautiful walk in the Mendip Hills with incredibly varied landscapes. The views are across the Chew Valley to the Bristol Channel. Some of the huge rubble walls are exposed by weathering. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
May 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The ramparts at Dolebury Warren hillfort, part of a beautiful walk in the Mendip Hills with incredibly varied landscapes. The views are across the Chew Valley to the Bristol Channel. Some of the huge rubble walls are exposed by weathering. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
Last night’s journey from Inverness to London on the Caledonian Sleeper after a few working days in Scotland. Thanks to the great crew for a smooth trip. #FlightFree2025 #Trains #Railways
May 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Last night’s journey from Inverness to London on the Caledonian Sleeper after a few working days in Scotland. Thanks to the great crew for a smooth trip. #FlightFree2025 #Trains #Railways
(Little) Solsbury hill-fort looking across Bath and the NE rampart, plus a view from afar. On a very clear day you can see two white horses from the top; Westbury, below another hill-fort (Bratton Camp) and Cherhill, both in Wiltshire, although I think it requires a telescope ! #HillfortsWednesday
May 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
(Little) Solsbury hill-fort looking across Bath and the NE rampart, plus a view from afar. On a very clear day you can see two white horses from the top; Westbury, below another hill-fort (Bratton Camp) and Cherhill, both in Wiltshire, although I think it requires a telescope ! #HillfortsWednesday
Two trains and a castle; Bath to Stirling today in glorious weather. Durham, Newcastle, Holy Island, Berwick in what amounts to a travelling office, lots of work done and spectacular views. Great crews on GWR and LNER - a big thank you! #flightfree2025 #trains #scotland
May 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Two trains and a castle; Bath to Stirling today in glorious weather. Durham, Newcastle, Holy Island, Berwick in what amounts to a travelling office, lots of work done and spectacular views. Great crews on GWR and LNER - a big thank you! #flightfree2025 #trains #scotland
