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Mary Oz
@maryoz.bsky.social
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I'm an avid Slow Ways walker.
I like train travel, astronomy, canals, maps, graphs, prog rock and a bit of jazz, beer, remnants of the past, countryside furniture...
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And anyway, this is why cycle.travel doesn’t unthinkingly route over highway=track www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Amazon delivery van 'stuck on The Broomway after following GPS'
HM Coastguard Southend says the van driver had been trying to get to Foulness Island.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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We've updated our research on the precise extent of aviation emissions. Need some solid stats to back up your flight free conversations? Look no further. flightfree.co.uk/post/what-ha...
How bad are aviation emissions?
We examine how aviation relates to climate change, and why addressing our emissions from flying is so important
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February 16, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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The Government is consulting on the biggest shake-up of planning rules since 2012.

But it remains weaker than what was in place between 1994 and 2012! That previous policy rightly identified traffic growth as damaging our towns, countryside and planet.
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Demand better transport in new development!
Launched with a pledge to “go further than ever before” to meet housing targets, the Government is consulting on the biggest shake-up of planning rules since 2012. A few welcome words on transport, li...
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February 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
maryoz.bsky.social
#MilestoneMonday
#UKCanals
A milestone on the derelict Manchester Bury and Bolton Canal, which still has lots of its quarter mile markers.
Milestone in the earth next to a fence and tree. It has an M above the digits for eight and three quarters.
February 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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An old boundary marker of the Port of Preston alongside the River Ribble. EB means East Bank, LQ on the top means Legal Quaystone. Strangely, the date 1844 has the 4's reversed.
#MilestoneMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
#Lancashire #history
Historic stone boundary marker as described. The boundary marker is in the background. To the fore is a slightly newer milestone with distances to Liverpool 30, Ormskirk 17, and Preston 1. There's a benchmark on the top.
February 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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#SilentSunday
Even cloudy skies and muddy lanes can have their own winter beauty.
A perspective view along a straight, muddy farm lane, with hedges on either side. The sky is mostly cloudy and overcast with no blue, but a misty sun is just peeping through, and is reflected in one of the many puddles. There's a hint of irridescence in the reflection.
February 15, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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When you plant crocuses and life gives you mushrooms.
A photo of two terracotta plant pots on a wall both with green fronds of crocuses but lots and lots of small mushrooms sprouting out and no flowers.
February 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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In the middle of my @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walk along the Manchester, Bury and Bolton #UKCanals I took a small detour to see the famous Meccano Bridge and the derelict Prestolee Locks and Aqueduct. ♥️
@myfavouritebench.bsky.social #bench
Bench made out of 10x scale Meccano (red and green) and beyond is the little but real bridge, also Meccano. Between them is the top lock of six, behind a wooden fence. Looking up the top lock to the Meccano Bridge. The lock is full of overgrown grass and other plants. There are six locks here in two staircases of three. A view from the side of the aqueduct as ot crosses the River Orwell. It's made of grey-brown stone with four brick lined arches. A wide angle view looking across the central bridge of three crossing the River Irwell side by side. From left to right, aqueduct, inaccessible utility bridge, narrow stone pack bridge.
February 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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A @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walk along the Manchester, Bury and Bolton Canal from Bury to Radcliffe to Little Lever to Bolton. The first half was really lovely. Well restored towpath although not navigable yet.
#UKCanals
Looking along the towpath to a little bridge over the water and reeds of the canal. Looking along the cobbled towpath. Pondweed filled canal on the right, red brick wall on the left. Also a stone milepost. More cobbled towpath, and very overgrown reed filled canal, but still holding water. Sand coloured towpath, pondweed covered canal, and at the side is the historic Mount Sion Steam Crane.
February 14, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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goodbinary.bsky.social
My new app, SoloTime, is now available on the App Store!
Easily track your time on projects, create and send invoices in seconds, build quotes, record your expenses and more...
#b2b #indiedev #buildinpublic
apps.apple.com/gb/app/solot...
An image of a MacBook, iPad and iPhone against the background of a coffee shop. At the top of the screen is the SoloTime app icon (a white clock face on a light blue background) and the words "For freelancers, contractors and small businesses". The app is running on all 3 devices - on the Mac it's showing the list if invoices and their respective status', on the iPad it shows the detail of an invoice along with a preview of it and on the iPhone it shows the lists of clients and projects.
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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#FungiFriday
A tree stump absolutely covered with turkey tail fungus.
February 13, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Cheaper than a West End Show... and just as epic 🙌

The Night of Flight Free Adventure will wow you with travel stories from local adventures to round-world odysseys. Come and be inspired!

£30 for the full LIVE experience in London
£16 to watch online

Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...
Image of someone walking towards the sunset with their hands in the air. Text says, big adventures don't mean big carbon. Flight Free UK presents the Night of Flight Free Adventure. Thursday 19th March, London and online
February 12, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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#ThrowbackThursday
Is this from the days of the GPO telephone network, I'm not sure?
In Radcliffe north #Manchester.
A small building with a red side panel. At the top of this it says Telephones in nostalgically familiar red block capitals.
February 12, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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Caption this for #ThickTrunkThursday
February 12, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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#ThrowbackThursday #FromTheArchives

This month marks 10 years since the death of Tom Hunter, a ScotWays life member, who came up with the original idea of the West Highland Way and was the author to the book ‘A Guide to the West Highland Way’, first published in 1979.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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Last night, I got properly "doored" for the first time. A car in the road to my right paused, and the rear left passenger threw open his door without looking, right into my path. I ended up on the floor, badly winded but ok.

If you don't know what the "Dutch reach" is, NOW is the time to learn.
Illustration of the Dutch Reach. You should reach across with your non-door-side hand to open a car door, because it forces you to look behind you.
February 11, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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#WindowsOnWednesday at Bolton Station. The whole station at platform level is rather lovely in its own way.
@thebeautyoftransport.com
The arched waiting room window has two main vertical rectangular panels saying "Ladies 3rd class waiting room". Viewed from inside so the writing is reversed. Surrounded by brown and cream tiles, the arched window has two main vertical rectangular panels saying "Ladies 3rd class waiting room". Viewed from the platform.
February 11, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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#ThickTrunkTuesday
Silver birch tree with a field behind it.
February 10, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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#PubSign on a long gone pub in #Preston next to the River Ribble.
The corner of a building with a corner door bricked up and whitewashed. A very worn sign says Riverside, and features a picture of Penworthham Old Bridge crossing the River Ribble.
February 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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Greenhouse #perspective
February 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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#Snowdrops at Bank Hall near Tarleton in #Lancashire
#SignsOfSpring
#MondayMotivation
A view through tall tree trunks across the snowdrop covered ground.
February 9, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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The original Tarleton to Leyland @slowwaysuk.bsky.social route was SatNavForCars so I followed @hikinghistorian.bsky.social 's alternative and it was excellent! Full of interest and much less road walking.
Crossing the busy A59 using the towpath of the Rufford branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. You'd hardly know there was a steady stream of cars as you go under the pretty bridge. A church in pretty Bretherton village with an unusual steeple with a huge high open arch that you can see right through. A potholed puddle filled farm track passing the high walls of a prison. Further along the farm track we pass lots of derelict military buildings.
February 9, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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An island in the clouds

#photography #Stunday #island #clouds #seasmoke #reflection
#FebruArty2026 #float #SensoryArt #bridges
Photo of a small island surrounded by low clouds and sea smoke, reflected in the still sea, where two ducks swim in front of the island. On the right an old suspension bridge leading to the island is barely visible in the mist. City hills in the distance can barely be seen through the mist and clouds.
February 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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February 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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Let’s be open and transparent here. Starmer needs to resign due to someone else associating with Epstein and not being mentioned in the Epstein files. Donald and Nigel have clearly been vindicated by their association with Epstein and many mentions in the Epstein files.
February 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM