aCivilSapper
@acivilsapper.bsky.social
Typically eclectic career for a Royal Engineer... Fellow of the Institutions of Civil & Royal Engineers | lead military designers | #STEM Ambassador | #MadeByDyslexia | #ArmyLGBT+ Network 🏳️🌈 (he & him).
Marked Rememberabce in departures at RAF Akrotiri. The silence, announced on tinny loudspeakers and respectfuly observed by all, even the babies, toddlers and children of families travelling back to the UK from their stations overseas, was unusually moving.
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Marked Rememberabce in departures at RAF Akrotiri. The silence, announced on tinny loudspeakers and respectfuly observed by all, even the babies, toddlers and children of families travelling back to the UK from their stations overseas, was unusually moving.
After a few years abroad it’s satisfying to rejoin the Great British Bank Holiday tradition of lining cars up in fields…
#CountryShows
#CountryShows
May 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
After a few years abroad it’s satisfying to rejoin the Great British Bank Holiday tradition of lining cars up in fields…
#CountryShows
#CountryShows
Born #OTD 1902; Major Denis Rake MC. Performing as a Drag Queen in enemy held territory, whilst undercover as an SOE wireless operator, is very… British. If you want a study of courage you’ll not find in most histories, his biography and modest, funny and eye-opening autobiography are worth a read.
May 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Born #OTD 1902; Major Denis Rake MC. Performing as a Drag Queen in enemy held territory, whilst undercover as an SOE wireless operator, is very… British. If you want a study of courage you’ll not find in most histories, his biography and modest, funny and eye-opening autobiography are worth a read.
Love a repurposed building, but constraining apartments within the redundant frames of gas holders is extra.
#ThisIsEngineering #STEM
#ThisIsEngineering #STEM
May 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Love a repurposed building, but constraining apartments within the redundant frames of gas holders is extra.
#ThisIsEngineering #STEM
#ThisIsEngineering #STEM
Awfully dusty in here…
Great production of a powerful and innovative show at the Royal Concert Hall. Always worth catching when in town.
Great production of a powerful and innovative show at the Royal Concert Hall. Always worth catching when in town.
May 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Awfully dusty in here…
Great production of a powerful and innovative show at the Royal Concert Hall. Always worth catching when in town.
Great production of a powerful and innovative show at the Royal Concert Hall. Always worth catching when in town.
Proud to support one of our Unit’s 2ICs in the final of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ James Rennie Medal, a shortlist of three from almost 1700 Chartered Professional Reviews.
#FollowTheSapper
#ArmyEngineers
#FollowTheSapper
#ArmyEngineers
March 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Proud to support one of our Unit’s 2ICs in the final of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ James Rennie Medal, a shortlist of three from almost 1700 Chartered Professional Reviews.
#FollowTheSapper
#ArmyEngineers
#FollowTheSapper
#ArmyEngineers
Travelling on the @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social and it has confirmed my belief that it should be illegal, punishable by a comedically disproportionate sentence, to run trains without power sockets for passengers… but the view is nice.
March 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Travelling on the @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social and it has confirmed my belief that it should be illegal, punishable by a comedically disproportionate sentence, to run trains without power sockets for passengers… but the view is nice.
A quiet night with the massed Bands of His Majesty’s Royal Marines (venue designed by the Corps of Royal Engineers), with guest appearances by the Band of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and on keys… the First Sea Lord!
🇬🇧 🇺🇦
🇬🇧 🇺🇦
March 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A quiet night with the massed Bands of His Majesty’s Royal Marines (venue designed by the Corps of Royal Engineers), with guest appearances by the Band of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and on keys… the First Sea Lord!
🇬🇧 🇺🇦
🇬🇧 🇺🇦
Born #OTD 1926; #KennethWilliams, possibly one of the most famous #RoyalEngineers Cartographic Draughtsman to serve in the Second World War. An early Combined Services Entertainments performer before some other things I hear...
#AlwaysASapper #FollowTheSapper [1/4]
#AlwaysASapper #FollowTheSapper [1/4]
February 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Born #OTD 1926; #KennethWilliams, possibly one of the most famous #RoyalEngineers Cartographic Draughtsman to serve in the Second World War. An early Combined Services Entertainments performer before some other things I hear...
#AlwaysASapper #FollowTheSapper [1/4]
#AlwaysASapper #FollowTheSapper [1/4]
Fascinating #NottsQueerArchive talk on life in 90s Nottingham at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social, followed by a screening of 96’s film ’Beautiful Thing’; forgotten how good it is.
February 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Fascinating #NottsQueerArchive talk on life in 90s Nottingham at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social, followed by a screening of 96’s film ’Beautiful Thing’; forgotten how good it is.
Great to join the Army Reserve Team in our hybrid Royal Engineer’s unit. Nationally recruited from industry for their engineering expertise, getting to grips with their military skills for a weekend. To potentially misquote Churchill; twice the citizens.
#63WksGpRE #525STRE #ArmySTEM #STEM
#63WksGpRE #525STRE #ArmySTEM #STEM
January 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Great to join the Army Reserve Team in our hybrid Royal Engineer’s unit. Nationally recruited from industry for their engineering expertise, getting to grips with their military skills for a weekend. To potentially misquote Churchill; twice the citizens.
#63WksGpRE #525STRE #ArmySTEM #STEM
#63WksGpRE #525STRE #ArmySTEM #STEM
Little Sur River Bridge on California State Route 1. The last road trip when stationed in the USA before being posted back to the UK.
If see this post quote with a bridge from your gallery.
#ThisIsEngineering
If see this post quote with a bridge from your gallery.
#ThisIsEngineering
January 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Little Sur River Bridge on California State Route 1. The last road trip when stationed in the USA before being posted back to the UK.
If see this post quote with a bridge from your gallery.
#ThisIsEngineering
If see this post quote with a bridge from your gallery.
#ThisIsEngineering
Just over 25 years ago I wouldn’t have been allowed to join the Army, awkward as I had four years earlier. Soldiers have now served full careers not knowing a time that Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people couldn’t serve and all the Services have thriving networks of LGBT+ personnel.
January 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Just over 25 years ago I wouldn’t have been allowed to join the Army, awkward as I had four years earlier. Soldiers have now served full careers not knowing a time that Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual people couldn’t serve and all the Services have thriving networks of LGBT+ personnel.
The play of the film, and the memoir. The Cold War fighter pilot story Top Gun wanted to be!
@kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social
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January 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The play of the film, and the memoir. The Cold War fighter pilot story Top Gun wanted to be!
@kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Exceptionally proud of the members of 63 Works Group Royal Engineers who’ve been awarded Chief Royal Engineer Commendations.
#ArmyEngineers #ArmySTEM #63WksGpRE
#ArmyEngineers #ArmySTEM #63WksGpRE
January 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Exceptionally proud of the members of 63 Works Group Royal Engineers who’ve been awarded Chief Royal Engineer Commendations.
#ArmyEngineers #ArmySTEM #63WksGpRE
#ArmyEngineers #ArmySTEM #63WksGpRE
Sappers don’t bake cakes, but if we did… oh, seems we do. After a break for an overseas tour, this year the now locally traditional Christmas Day visiting offering transfers from one app to another…
December 26, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Sappers don’t bake cakes, but if we did… oh, seems we do. After a break for an overseas tour, this year the now locally traditional Christmas Day visiting offering transfers from one app to another…
After a few Christmas’ abroad, t’was great to catch up with friends for mulled wine, mince pies and singing the annual Army LGBT+ Network Carol Service at the Royal Military Chapel in London.
December 8, 2024 at 12:14 PM
After a few Christmas’ abroad, t’was great to catch up with friends for mulled wine, mince pies and singing the annual Army LGBT+ Network Carol Service at the Royal Military Chapel in London.
12 litres of Singapore Slings for an 80th birthday… let’s get mixing!
November 30, 2024 at 6:57 PM
12 litres of Singapore Slings for an 80th birthday… let’s get mixing!
Not sat this close to the cinema screen in a long time, think I’m gonna need my reading glasses…
November 25, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Not sat this close to the cinema screen in a long time, think I’m gonna need my reading glasses…
Looks like I’ll not be mowing the lawn…
November 23, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Looks like I’ll not be mowing the lawn…
It’s been a while, but I can confirm #StPancras Station still has perhaps the best roof in town… no questions at this time.
November 18, 2024 at 9:32 PM
It’s been a while, but I can confirm #StPancras Station still has perhaps the best roof in town… no questions at this time.
Great to experience Diwali, #
#NationalTrust style too.
#NationalTrust style too.
November 17, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Great to experience Diwali, #
#NationalTrust style too.
#NationalTrust style too.
A repeat #KedlestonHall visit allows for recycling a post from another place; the move back home means swapping my 🇺🇸 @officialnps.bsky.social membership for the 🇬🇧 @nationaltrust.bsky.social, and remembering to ask for a (delicious as it turns out) scone, not biscuit…
November 17, 2024 at 3:03 PM
A repeat #KedlestonHall visit allows for recycling a post from another place; the move back home means swapping my 🇺🇸 @officialnps.bsky.social membership for the 🇬🇧 @nationaltrust.bsky.social, and remembering to ask for a (delicious as it turns out) scone, not biscuit…
Great to catch Alan Bennett’s #TheHistoryBoys tour at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. Packed with 80’s music, regional references, students too clever by half, and Posner, one of the best characters in Sheffield based theatre, which is sayin’ something nowadays!
September 14, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Great to catch Alan Bennett’s #TheHistoryBoys tour at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. Packed with 80’s music, regional references, students too clever by half, and Posner, one of the best characters in Sheffield based theatre, which is sayin’ something nowadays!
Post number, well not sure, about things I’m enjoying since returning to 🇬🇧 from 🇺🇸. The BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall on BBC Two playing disco classics! What I realised overseas was just how much the BBC does that you just don’t get from any other global network. Genuinely iconic.
August 31, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Post number, well not sure, about things I’m enjoying since returning to 🇬🇧 from 🇺🇸. The BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall on BBC Two playing disco classics! What I realised overseas was just how much the BBC does that you just don’t get from any other global network. Genuinely iconic.