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And finally for today, I also had a wonderful few days at the stunning Victoria Falls in October 2025 ☺️.
December 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
And finally for today, I also had a wonderful few days at the stunning Victoria Falls in October 2025 ☺️.
And just a few more memories from the Zambezi in 2025 😊.
December 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
And just a few more memories from the Zambezi in 2025 😊.
And another of my 2025 highlights was my holiday in the lower Zambezi National Park in September/October.
December 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
And another of my 2025 highlights was my holiday in the lower Zambezi National Park in September/October.
One of my highlights from 2025 was landing my first ever white marlin on a fly. Off the Moroccan Atlantic coast in September.
Tagged and released 😎.
Tagged and released 😎.
December 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
One of my highlights from 2025 was landing my first ever white marlin on a fly. Off the Moroccan Atlantic coast in September.
Tagged and released 😎.
Tagged and released 😎.
Oh I do love the Lady of the Stream. Feisty fish that are just stunning to look at.
Look carefully alongside the big green leaves and you can see the returned lady 😊.
Look carefully alongside the big green leaves and you can see the returned lady 😊.
August 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Oh I do love the Lady of the Stream. Feisty fish that are just stunning to look at.
Look carefully alongside the big green leaves and you can see the returned lady 😊.
Look carefully alongside the big green leaves and you can see the returned lady 😊.
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The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
August 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
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READ: In Chile’s Juan Fernández Islands, local lobster fishers are proving that ocean conservation and sustainable fishing can go hand in hand. 🦞🌊
See how the people’s plan is protecting a way of life—and a thriving ocean:
See how the people’s plan is protecting a way of life—and a thriving ocean:
The People's Plan | Oceana
How fishers in the Juan Fernández Archipelago are protecting lobsters and livelihoods.
oceana.ly
July 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
READ: In Chile’s Juan Fernández Islands, local lobster fishers are proving that ocean conservation and sustainable fishing can go hand in hand. 🦞🌊
See how the people’s plan is protecting a way of life—and a thriving ocean:
See how the people’s plan is protecting a way of life—and a thriving ocean:
A glorious day out on the Kennet on Tuesday, water level as low as I can remember, so didn’t bother much with fly fishing. Walked a good few miles and just enjoyed being there with nature 😊.
July 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A glorious day out on the Kennet on Tuesday, water level as low as I can remember, so didn’t bother much with fly fishing. Walked a good few miles and just enjoyed being there with nature 😊.
Just another day watching a swan family on the river Kennet 😎
July 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Just another day watching a swan family on the river Kennet 😎
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As the country teeters towards a hosepipe ban, a reminder that businesses who pump under 20m³ of water a day - roughly two thirds of a large tanker, or enough water for 140 people - don't even need a permit to do that.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How England’s outdated water tracking system leaves regulators in the dark
Experts warn accurately monitoring consumption by bulk users such as farmers, datacentres and businesses can be all but impossible
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
As the country teeters towards a hosepipe ban, a reminder that businesses who pump under 20m³ of water a day - roughly two thirds of a large tanker, or enough water for 140 people - don't even need a permit to do that.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Introducing water wholesalers: companies that pump water to sell to businesses using a marketplace that makes water consumption really hard to track.
To make more money they offer customers cheaper rates the more water they buy, incentivising high water use.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
To make more money they offer customers cheaper rates the more water they buy, incentivising high water use.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How England’s outdated water tracking system leaves regulators in the dark
Experts warn accurately monitoring consumption by bulk users such as farmers, datacentres and businesses can be all but impossible
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Introducing water wholesalers: companies that pump water to sell to businesses using a marketplace that makes water consumption really hard to track.
To make more money they offer customers cheaper rates the more water they buy, incentivising high water use.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
To make more money they offer customers cheaper rates the more water they buy, incentivising high water use.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Spend an extra ten minutes in the shower & you pay for it, but a business can purchase enough water to drain a river & they're rewarded with a discount rate.
June 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Spend an extra ten minutes in the shower & you pay for it, but a business can purchase enough water to drain a river & they're rewarded with a discount rate.
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💥 NEW 💥
Fake age ratings on app stores are putting our kids at risk
Big tech is making cash by hiding the age range for ads in the small print – it’s time to take on this dangerous trick.
goodlawproject.org/fake-age-rat...
Fake age ratings on app stores are putting our kids at risk
Big tech is making cash by hiding the age range for ads in the small print – it’s time to take on this dangerous trick.
goodlawproject.org/fake-age-rat...
Fake age ratings on app stores are putting our kids at risk
Big tech is making cash by hiding the age range for ads in the small print – it’s time to take on this dangerous trick.
goodlawproject.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
💥 NEW 💥
Fake age ratings on app stores are putting our kids at risk
Big tech is making cash by hiding the age range for ads in the small print – it’s time to take on this dangerous trick.
goodlawproject.org/fake-age-rat...
Fake age ratings on app stores are putting our kids at risk
Big tech is making cash by hiding the age range for ads in the small print – it’s time to take on this dangerous trick.
goodlawproject.org/fake-age-rat...
I took a friend as a guest to fish with me on the River Kennet on Wednesday.
On a beat I have visited hundreds of times over the years, he saw a view and snapped it.
I’ve never properly noticed it before, but can there be a more quintessentially English view than this 😍.
On a beat I have visited hundreds of times over the years, he saw a view and snapped it.
I’ve never properly noticed it before, but can there be a more quintessentially English view than this 😍.
June 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I took a friend as a guest to fish with me on the River Kennet on Wednesday.
On a beat I have visited hundreds of times over the years, he saw a view and snapped it.
I’ve never properly noticed it before, but can there be a more quintessentially English view than this 😍.
On a beat I have visited hundreds of times over the years, he saw a view and snapped it.
I’ve never properly noticed it before, but can there be a more quintessentially English view than this 😍.
Was working on the river Kennet today using grapples to drag snags out of the water where they were causing issues.
Hard work, but couldn’t choose a nicer workplace 😊.
Hard work, but couldn’t choose a nicer workplace 😊.
May 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Was working on the river Kennet today using grapples to drag snags out of the water where they were causing issues.
Hard work, but couldn’t choose a nicer workplace 😊.
Hard work, but couldn’t choose a nicer workplace 😊.
I do love it when Mayfly start to come off the water in numbers 😊.
Cutting riverside paths on the Kennet yesterday afternoon and they started to come off in clouds.
I even managed to capture pics of a couple as they made their first escape from the water, leaving their shuck behind.
Lovely sight 😎.
Cutting riverside paths on the Kennet yesterday afternoon and they started to come off in clouds.
I even managed to capture pics of a couple as they made their first escape from the water, leaving their shuck behind.
Lovely sight 😎.
May 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I do love it when Mayfly start to come off the water in numbers 😊.
Cutting riverside paths on the Kennet yesterday afternoon and they started to come off in clouds.
I even managed to capture pics of a couple as they made their first escape from the water, leaving their shuck behind.
Lovely sight 😎.
Cutting riverside paths on the Kennet yesterday afternoon and they started to come off in clouds.
I even managed to capture pics of a couple as they made their first escape from the water, leaving their shuck behind.
Lovely sight 😎.
Lots of wildlife out enjoying the sun over the past few days 🌞 😎.
May 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Lots of wildlife out enjoying the sun over the past few days 🌞 😎.
A pleasant day on the River Kennet Friday, then again on Tuesday, this time with the Duck family 😎.
May 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A pleasant day on the River Kennet Friday, then again on Tuesday, this time with the Duck family 😎.
Friday was my first day out on the Kennet this year, no fish but a beautiful day to be out there listening to the cuckoos 😎.
May 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Friday was my first day out on the Kennet this year, no fish but a beautiful day to be out there listening to the cuckoos 😎.
Just enjoying a glass in the evening sun on a pleasant evening, as one ought to 😉 and this lovely arrived to try and recharge on the south facing wall of my balcony. Hope it makes it to tomorrow 🤞.
March 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Just enjoying a glass in the evening sun on a pleasant evening, as one ought to 😉 and this lovely arrived to try and recharge on the south facing wall of my balcony. Hope it makes it to tomorrow 🤞.
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🧵 1/5 Rock Pool Sickness - A Warning.
The scene looks idyllic - a bay next to Prawle Point in South Devon, a location that reaches out far into the English Channel.
No danger of sewage pollution there surely?
No better place to take your Grandkids rock pooling?
Think again.
The scene looks idyllic - a bay next to Prawle Point in South Devon, a location that reaches out far into the English Channel.
No danger of sewage pollution there surely?
No better place to take your Grandkids rock pooling?
Think again.
March 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🧵 1/5 Rock Pool Sickness - A Warning.
The scene looks idyllic - a bay next to Prawle Point in South Devon, a location that reaches out far into the English Channel.
No danger of sewage pollution there surely?
No better place to take your Grandkids rock pooling?
Think again.
The scene looks idyllic - a bay next to Prawle Point in South Devon, a location that reaches out far into the English Channel.
No danger of sewage pollution there surely?
No better place to take your Grandkids rock pooling?
Think again.
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5/5 We are still all recovering from this incident. For my daughter, a Jnr Doc. working in A&E, it's meant time away from work this week.
For myself, a type 1 Diabetic, it's been a week of very high blood glucose readings & insulin resistance.
A truly horrible experience.
@watershed-i.bsky.social
For myself, a type 1 Diabetic, it's been a week of very high blood glucose readings & insulin resistance.
A truly horrible experience.
@watershed-i.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
5/5 We are still all recovering from this incident. For my daughter, a Jnr Doc. working in A&E, it's meant time away from work this week.
For myself, a type 1 Diabetic, it's been a week of very high blood glucose readings & insulin resistance.
A truly horrible experience.
@watershed-i.bsky.social
For myself, a type 1 Diabetic, it's been a week of very high blood glucose readings & insulin resistance.
A truly horrible experience.
@watershed-i.bsky.social
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2/5 I was there with my family last Saturday.
8 of us walked around to the bay & 4 spent half an hour rock pooling.
As a consequence, the people who put their hands in the rockpools were violently sick, followed by an awful week of feeling very unwell, with flu-like symptoms, not unlike Covid.
8 of us walked around to the bay & 4 spent half an hour rock pooling.
As a consequence, the people who put their hands in the rockpools were violently sick, followed by an awful week of feeling very unwell, with flu-like symptoms, not unlike Covid.
March 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
2/5 I was there with my family last Saturday.
8 of us walked around to the bay & 4 spent half an hour rock pooling.
As a consequence, the people who put their hands in the rockpools were violently sick, followed by an awful week of feeling very unwell, with flu-like symptoms, not unlike Covid.
8 of us walked around to the bay & 4 spent half an hour rock pooling.
As a consequence, the people who put their hands in the rockpools were violently sick, followed by an awful week of feeling very unwell, with flu-like symptoms, not unlike Covid.
Just a small thing, but it brightened up my day to see all the colours of the plants on my balcony today in the sunshine and the simple beauty of the snowdrops 😊
March 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Just a small thing, but it brightened up my day to see all the colours of the plants on my balcony today in the sunshine and the simple beauty of the snowdrops 😊
Some mixed messages in this article, which shows the concerns of the public in general regarding our water quality.
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/environ...
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/environ...
Boulters to Bray Swim on for 2025 return as swimmers hit back at sewage fears
Boulters to Bray Swim, which dates back more than a century and sees hundreds of entries each year, was cancelled in 2024 over risks to swimmers’ safety due to sewage in the Thames.
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk
January 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Some mixed messages in this article, which shows the concerns of the public in general regarding our water quality.
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/environ...
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/environ...