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Tony Roberts
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former engineer.
interests: walking in London and around, local and world history, rail transport, beer, natural world.
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Tony Roberts @tonero72.bsky.social · Aug 13
Cycling down to the sea. Although you can't see them, there are marvellous views left and right. On the horizon, the white cliffs of the Isle of Wight.
#landscape #photography #purbeck #dorset #seascape 📷
Two cyclists on the path down to the sea. Sunlight illuminates an area across their path. Across the sea can be seen the white cliffs of the Isle of Wight. The sea is calm and the sky is a little overcast.
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Orange Is The New Black

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision

The Sun Going Down over St Michael’s Mount
Marazion, #Cornwall

Last one for #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright

And an early one for #StunDay
#ColorADay #OrangeSun

#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
A dramatic sunset over the sea with golden light streaming through thick clouds. The sun’s rays spill across the sky and water, illuminating the horizon in warm orange tones. In the foreground, a dark, silhouetted island with a prominent hilltop structure rises from the water, while coastal buildings and trees line the shore to the right.
November 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Grand Union Canal 3
Lower Dudswell lock
#photography #canals #grandunion 📷
Looking back from below Dudswell lower lock on the Grand Union Canal. A swan glides on the canal. The lock gates are visible through the arch of the bridge, which acts as a roving bridge for the towpath.
November 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Stepped out for a morning walk… didn’t expect to stumble into a whole movie scene. Nature really knows how to set the vibe.🌤️😊
A person walking alone on a narrow village road surrounded by tall trees and plants, with soft morning fog and golden sunlight creating a dreamy, peaceful atmosphere
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Knowing today would be a washout, we went for a walk in the cemetery yesterday. The last remaining leaves clinging to the trees but not for much longer. #cemetery 📷 #photography
A path in the cemetery, curving left into the distance, past a chapel. Graves linethe path, which is covered with autumn leaves. The sun is partially masked by cloud. A path in the cemetery, curving left into the distance, past a chapel. Graves line the path, which is covered with autumn leaves.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Castle Crag
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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😊Delighted that our River Ching project has featured in today's Waltham Forest Echo.🐟

We are exploring ways to improve the health of the River Ching.

Read full story here: walthamforestecho.co.uk/2025/11/13/w...

#riverching #walthamforestecho #rivers #fishbarriers #fish #wildlife
Weirs in River Ching may be removed to boost fish population
Environmental charity Thames21 is studying the feasibility of removing physical barriers like weirs in a bid to increase fish biodiversity and migration in the River Ching
walthamforestecho.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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#november_kiek
#bruggen
Stenen bruggetje bij Huis Doorn. Metalen schakelkettimgen vormen de brugleuningen. Op de achtergrond groene bomen, die weerspiegelen in het water voor en onder de brug. Op het water drijven waterlelies.
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Inside a 250 year old French Violin by Augustin Chappuy. #music #art #photography #instruments
Inside a 250 year old French Violin. Photographed with a Medical Laparoscope adapted to a Lumix G9ii Camera. A 1770 violin by Augustin Chappuy. PHOTO: Charles Brooks
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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We’re hiring! Reserves Officer (Snelsmore) 🌿
Help nature recover by managing Snelsmore Common on the edge of Newbury. You’ll lead practical heathland management, support volunteers, and oversee ground-nesting bird protection. Apply now: www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs/reserve...
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Spotlight on Catbells #LakeDistrict
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Grand Union Canal 2
Fishing at Dudswell Mill
#photography #canals #grandunion 📷
Two elderly strollers with a dog are passing Dudswell Mill. Two seated anglers are fishing in the canal. Opposite are trees in very early leaf. Behind the building a tree is in blossom.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Grand Union Canal 1
Dudswell upper lock
#photography #canals #grandunion
Two cyclists pass a boat and a pair of ducks. In the distance is Dudswell upper lock. Foliage from the banks is reflected in the water of the canal.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:

One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Reflets d'automne aux Pays-Bas.

📷...par Albert Dros
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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DLR
A train on London's doclands light railway climbs a viaduct over Bow Creek. Behind is the O2 arena.
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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I remember going up on the railway and walking back down. That's a great photo.
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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#OnThisDay 49 years ago York Road Curve connecting the East Coast Mainline and the 'City Widened Lines' towards Farringdon closed, when services were diverted over the Great Northern & City at Finsbury Park. Image from when Robin Morel (shadowy figure) very kindly gave me a tour.
Looking north along York Road Curve tunnel, the short open section by Regent Quarter can be seen ahead with everything reflected in a still puddle on the tunnel floor. On the right is a silhouette of a person, also reflected in the puddle.
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Bow back rivers. A tranquil fisherman beside decaying boats. Now history.
#photography #fishing #bowbackriver 📷
A fisherman has found a quiet spot just downstream of London's QE Olympic Park. It is a scene of desolation and decay, now swept away by development.
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Marvellous photo, Mike.
mplandscapes.bsky.social Mike Prince @mplandscapes.bsky.social · 9d
Across flooded Manesty to Shepherd's Crag
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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#Brentf="/hashtag/Brentor" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Brentor #Church #St #Michael #de #Rupe #Brent #To #Dartmoor #National #Park #Devon #England
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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'Autumn stroll' for today's #Scape

Sorry I haven't been able to post much this week....hope you are all keeping well 👋 📷 🍁 Happy Friday everyone! 🕊️

#Photography #Landscape #Autumn #EastCoastKin
A landscape photograph of an autumnal scene across fields and distant hills. There is an old wooden railed fence on the left that leads your eye a long a path where a couple are walking through an avenue of trees. The trees are changing colour showing reds, golds and orange. The sun is shining but there are dark dramatic clouds forming over from the right as viewed.
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Victoria Tower Gardens this afternoon.
Autumn leaves scattered over the near ground, a figure walking past the Buxton Memorial, and plane trees glowing in autumn sunlight. Glimpses of the Palace of Westminster and boats on the River Thames.
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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#OnThisDay 76 years ago, Bow Road (GER) station closed, not to be confused with the Underground station of the same name or the adjacent Bow NLR station which it shared an interchange walkway with. Today the building is a William Hill. Images / more info: buff.ly/BoQWu1c
Black & white photo showing the entrance to Bow Road station before 1907 and the railway bridge across Bow Road with a large painted sign reading: 'Great Eastern Railway, Bow Road Station. Frequent tarins to Stepney, Shadwell for East London Line, Fenchurch Street, West India Docks, Millwall, Blackwall, Greenwich, Stratford, Ilford, Romford, Woodford, Loughton, Woolwich Line and Royal Albert Docks'. A motor bus and carts are on the roadway.
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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The world's largest surviving tidal mill is at Three Mills Island, on Bow Creek, London. The 18th century House Mill on the left is Grade I listed. Everything from flour to gunpowder to gin has been produced here.
#photography #threemillsisland 📷 #bowcreek
Low tide on Bow Creek, exposing an early tidal mill, on the left. In the centre of the photo is the miller's house. Next to that can be seen the clock mill. It was built in 1817; the clock tower, bell and clock face are part of a previous timber mill dating back to 1750. To the right of the clock tower stand two kilns, which were used for drying grain.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM