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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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November 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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#PostboxSaturday
A Victorian wall box in Thurloxton on @slowwaysuk.bsky.social route from Bridgewater to Taunton.
The old brick side of a building with a filled in window and a small postbox with the letters VR on it. Ivy growing up from the ground with sign of earlier cut back ivy higher up.
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Fingerless #FingerpostFriday
Approaching Wells on the East Mendip Way. @slowwaysuk.bsky.social
Wooden post at the end of a wooden gate next to a wall. The writing on the post is vertical and in capitals. It says Dinder 1/2M Kings Castle 1/2M Wells 2M
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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#Remembrance
#FingerpostFriday
with added #bench @myfavouritebench.bsky.social
@slowwaysuk.bsky.social route from Midsomer Norton to Wells
On the grass between two roads stands the silhouette of a soldier in front of a fingerpost pointing to Trowbridge, Wells and Nettlebridge. In the background a bench, a bin and a tree.
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Sadly not quite so #ADoorableThursday. Looks as if it was once lovely with #tiles on the floor and sides, and a nameplate above.
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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🅿️ Pavement parking is dangerous. It pushes vulnerable people and children into the road. That's why we're campaigning for city-wide measures to get parking back under control.

📍 Why not highlight your local hotspots on @livingstreets.bsky.social map?: www.livingstreets.org.uk/ge...
A wide pavement in a suburb. Several cars, a van and a campervan are parked in different places on the pavement making it hard to navigate around them.
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Four views from @slowwaysuk.bsky.social route from Street to Bridgwater in #Somerset.
Old AA roadsign in the village of Stawell. It's a yellow metal plaque on the wall with black writing. There's a car in front of the wall (naturally) and a red wall postbox. Looking along a straight drainage channel in the Somerset Levels, with sunlit poplar trees lining one side. Blue cycle route signs on a post, red-berried hawthorn, stone wall, grey sky, partial rainbow. Looking along a quiet single track road. Tree silhouetted against a cloud in a blue sky with the sun behind the cloud.
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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#ThursGate#Autumn
#ThuickTrunkThursday
From Maesbury Castle near Wells #Somerset
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November 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Contrasting #weather in #Somerset on 1st November.
Very dark sky, dark grey with lighter grey on top, filling the top two thirds of the picture. Green grass in the foreground with sunlit autumn trees and hedge in between. Blue sky at dusk with grey and white, partially sunlit clouds. Green grass and a silhouetted tree in the foreground.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Some weird milestones on the @slowwaysuk.bsky.social route from #Wells to #Glastonbury in #Somerset.
A large upright stone, pointed at the top, with an inset symbol near the top and a sort of clover leaf carving at the bottom and a more feeble bit of writing saying The Tor 5M Wells 3M. A large upright stone, pointed at the top, with an inset symbol near the top and three large eight-pointed stick-stars carved at the bottom and a more feeble bit of writing saying The Tor 2 3/4M.
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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NASA have delayed the launch of the ESCAPADE spacecraft on their mission to Mars due to the ongoing space weather disturbances #spaceweather #mars
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Ongoing solar storm delays Blue Origin launch of NASA Mars probes
There's definitely some irony in ESCAPADE's Mars space weather probes being delayed by space weather.
www.space.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Pendant.
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Later from the same @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walk into Wells including my first view of #GlastonburyTor #Somerset
View from Maesbury Castle with fields in the foreground, and a rainy sunbeam sky, with Glastonbury Tor on the horizon. The Bishop's Palace in Wells, looking along the moat. Wells Cathedral beyond the Bishop's Palace, together with a cedar tree reflected in the moat. Ancient stone gateway into the market square in Wells. It's a large stone building with windows and a castellated top.
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Some scenes from @slowwaysuk.bsky.social route from Midsomer Norton to Wells mainly around Chilcompton.
#Stiles #PubSigns #Churches
Interesting stile! Small vertical stone slab filling a gap with stone wall steps up from the middle towards either side. A quiet lane with a lovely small tree at the side with red autumn leaves, some of which have fallen to the ground. Pub sign on a post for the Somerset Wagon including a picture of an old farm wagon. A small church painted cream, viewed symmetrically through the gate.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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@slowwaysuk.bsky.social route from Bath to Radstock.
A view over a house rooftop over the centre of Bath Woodland path with fallen leaves. Footpath arrow on a small post pointing the way through a path rather overgrown with wild clematis on top of brambles. Quite pretty with the fluffy white seed heads and yellow leaves, with a distant view beyond. A wooded track which is part of the Fosse Way Roman road.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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A lovely collection of old beech trees on the way up Maesbury Castle for #ThickTrunkTuesday from my recent @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walk from Midsomer Norton to Wells in #Somerset
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Some more photos from the weekend walks.

#walking #outdoors # photography
Photo looking towards a low sun though trees. It has caused a lense flare to the left of the picture between the trees Photo of the underside of a bridge. There are lots of ferns growing downwards from the beams Photo looking down a long straight path. On the right is a wooden fence and a field beyond. On the left hedges and trees in autumn colours Photo of a river. The water is very still reflecting the trees on the far bank. There ate a lot of green floating plants in the surface
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Another photo from the weekend. Note the fluffy heart on it’s hindquarters 😊
#horse #photography
A photo of a horse eating grass in a field. On its left rear flank there is a heart shape where its fur has been left long
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Burning Our Moors: Protect our kids, not grouse hunts.
Landowners burn heather for driven grouse shooting, leading to harmful air pollution, increased flood risk, and increased wildfire risk, all while releasing tonnes of carbon into the air, accelerating...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Some views from Saturday's @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walk with @goodbinary.bsky.social from Northwich to Stretton to Warrington.
The top of Anderton Boat Lift, with factories in the background and a picnic table in the foreground. A hedged-in quiet road covered with autumn leaves, with the road name sign saying "Dark Lane". A statue of a Roman soldier on a path that was formerly a Roman road. A large house named Hillcrest House, with a blue plaque saying "Former residence of George Formby - Turned out nice again".
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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#LightUpLancaster #LightUp #Lancaster from within Lancaster Castle. #BonfireNight
Several laser beams in different colours mostly originating from one point, towards the camera. Faintly in the background, the inside of the castle courtyard can be seen. Horizontal panels of turquoise light, with dry ice smoke patterns hover above visitors who are silhouetted against the orange light within the castle walls.
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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I can't believe I'm the only person (so far) who has liked this. Lovely pavement #reflections in #Lancaster.
November 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Gary's @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walk with me today, Northwich to Stretton to Warrington.
goodbinary.bsky.social Gary Ismay @goodbinary.bsky.social · 6d
From today’s 24km walk in the autumn sunshine 🚶🍂

#walking
Photo of a large pond reflecting the trees and the autumn sky. A white curved top fence lines the right hand side Photo of the low sun through the branches of a very red leaved tree Phot of a path winding through a park. There is a large tree to the right Photo along a canal path under a curved concrete bridge that frames the water and green reflections beyond
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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A Kingfisher. Apologies for the quality, this was taken very zoomed in from the opposite bank. First one I’ve seen in ages!

#birds #wildlife #canal #photography
November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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#SundayYellow
Yellow fallen sycamore leaves cover the ground.
November 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM