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Mark
@rfcider.bsky.social
Bimbling down the auld Corpse Road with a view to a pint or two...

Love a good walk, pubs, music, beer, art, cider, Leicester Tigers RFC, the Sooty Show.

Occasionally packin’ a 1953 FED-1 Camera

https://corbypubsafari.blogspot.com/
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A date for your diary…

#PreStressedCorby
That so many people fell for their “we’re different!” ‘Punk’ schtick remains the only real surprise here, everything else is just the bad management of a corporate wannabe, very much ‘business as usual’ in UK plc…
News Justin: Alcoholic Gambler Remains Confused
February 18, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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…and the main reason for today’s exploratory, this early 20th century postcard what I didn’t buy in Grantham, but needless to say it jolly well piqued my curiosity…

So, which bridge is it?

@lordbonkers.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 8:28 PM
There are only two pancakes that truly float my Shrovetide boat, the ones we were raised on (see pic), and the Chinese Duck with Hoisin Pancakes wot we had tonight 🤤
February 17, 2026 at 8:32 PM
…and the main reason for today’s exploratory, this early 20th century postcard what I didn’t buy in Grantham, but needless to say it jolly well piqued my curiosity…

So, which bridge is it?

@lordbonkers.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Today’s bimble:

1. Black Horse Foxton - Doom Bar
2. Bridge 61 Foxton Locks - Langton Inclined Plane
3. Admiral Nelson Market Harborough - Bass
4. Beerhouse Market Harborough - Black Iris and Thornbridge beers.
February 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Destination(s) achieved…

#Pubs #BenchmarkMonday
February 17, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Todays walkies starts at Union Wharf in Market Harborough.
February 17, 2026 at 10:59 AM
21 on the Happy Harborough Shopper Service this morning.

#PeopleNeedBuses
February 17, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Every year it’s the same, drooling at the thought of this M.Zuiko 14-42mm Pancake Lens 🤤

#PancakeDay #Photography
February 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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"When pubs, community centres, libraries and banks close, it adds to a sense of local decline. In my ... research, I found that local decline contributes to a rise in support for radical-right political parties – and that the loss of local pubs plays a surprisingly important role in the shift."
The political effect of our "silent epidemic of loneliness"
The Liberal Democrats have proposed a network of "Hobby Hubs" to combat what they call a "silent epidemic of loneliness", as a lack of commu...
liberalengland.blogspot.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Bramley Apples still going strong, although some nibbling in evidence 🐭 🌱
February 16, 2026 at 9:51 PM
1/2: Shooting with expired film is a bit of a lottery for sure, but it’s amazing what good editing software can reveal from what appear to be truly awful scans.

#FilmPhotography
February 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
At every point in the Equity for Punks saga I’ve regarded it as basically crowdfunding someone else’s fortune. Even the ‘investors’ interviewed for this feature seem to be sanguine about being fleeced by a bunch of capitalist spivs…
February 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Aphex Twin - Donkey Rhubarb (Official Music Video) 1080p HD
YouTube video by AphexAcid
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Tough datum hunting, obscured by the Ivy on the front of the Sondes Arms, Rockingham.

#BenchmarkMonday
February 15, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Sherry O’Clock…

#Sherry #Jerez
February 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
What’s Welsh for Plank?
February 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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The James Last Orchestra
Silver Machine (Hawkwind cover)
1974
🚀
Raw power! 10/10!
The guitarist absolutely shreds the shit out of his solo about half way through too🤘
James Last - Silver Machine
YouTube video by kreuhnkohrman
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Blackbird painted in acrylic with yellow gorse. Still some gorse flowers and spikes to do.
February 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I like to pick up one of the free fashion mags available from East Mids Rail stations as ‘tithe’ for she who is picking me up, but figured this was going to be some kind of ‘Tory’ dud. However, there’s Cheese, a three pager on Wassailing, Coo’s of course, and page 3 ‘Chicken of the Month’. Not bad…
February 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Lomography - A Warning From The Past!

#FilmPhotography
Lomography - A Warning From The Past!
Three expired films went in to be developed, just one of which delivered good results, which on the face of it sounds like very poor odds. I...
fedkandi.blogspot.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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“And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on.”
~ Byron

Jessica Harrison
“Karen” (2013)
Found ceramic, epoxy resin,
enamel paint, acrylic varnish
February 15, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Absolutely ‘huge’ week of Curling ahead, if that doesn’t inspire me to sweep the kitchen floor, well…
February 14, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Lasted 15 minutes of Relic. 15 minutes of low-light, bump in the night, predictable dream sequence, yawn inducing horror tropes. Is it just me that wants their scares from a good story rather than the movie equivalent of a Ghost Train ride…
February 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM