Alyn Nicholls
@alyn.bsky.social
Chartered Town Planner. Making geography and trying not to leave a mess. Food, music, older motor cars, model making and other stuff. RTPI Independent Consultants Network. Views my own.
Luncheon: again. On the way home!
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Luncheon: again. On the way home!
Luncheon: start of a culinary adventure!
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Luncheon: start of a culinary adventure!
Luncheon: grilled sardines with pickled fennel and a salad.
I’m feeling healthy!
I’m feeling healthy!
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Luncheon: grilled sardines with pickled fennel and a salad.
I’m feeling healthy!
I’m feeling healthy!
Luncheon: because it’s Sunday. And a Lads outing. And we’re at #BreweryWharfTavren Leeds.
Marvelmouse!
Marvelmouse!
October 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Luncheon: because it’s Sunday. And a Lads outing. And we’re at #BreweryWharfTavren Leeds.
Marvelmouse!
Marvelmouse!
Luncheon: corned beef teacake with marmite cheddar, home pickled onions and carrots, and a Russian dressing (a concoction of ketchup, horseradish and mayonnaise). And then toasted to give it a crunch.
Accompanied by a little manzanilla.
Accompanied by a little manzanilla.
October 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Luncheon: corned beef teacake with marmite cheddar, home pickled onions and carrots, and a Russian dressing (a concoction of ketchup, horseradish and mayonnaise). And then toasted to give it a crunch.
Accompanied by a little manzanilla.
Accompanied by a little manzanilla.
Luncheon: a marvellously blokey event talking tanks, old motors, school dinners and Airfix.
Sustenance: Yorkshire pud and oxtail, followed by liver, bacon & mash. Accompanied by a Barnsley Bitter.
Sustenance: Yorkshire pud and oxtail, followed by liver, bacon & mash. Accompanied by a Barnsley Bitter.
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Luncheon: a marvellously blokey event talking tanks, old motors, school dinners and Airfix.
Sustenance: Yorkshire pud and oxtail, followed by liver, bacon & mash. Accompanied by a Barnsley Bitter.
Sustenance: Yorkshire pud and oxtail, followed by liver, bacon & mash. Accompanied by a Barnsley Bitter.
My view of the stage this evening…
October 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
My view of the stage this evening…
Mrs.N’s been on fire this morning: every arrow within the 10 ring!
(I was less accurate).
(I was less accurate).
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Mrs.N’s been on fire this morning: every arrow within the 10 ring!
(I was less accurate).
(I was less accurate).
Like a trainset outside my Manchester hotel window…
October 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Like a trainset outside my Manchester hotel window…
At the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social National Town Planning Conference in Manchester. Lovely to bump into fellow Independent Consultants and those interested in the Independent Consultants Network
October 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
At the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social National Town Planning Conference in Manchester. Lovely to bump into fellow Independent Consultants and those interested in the Independent Consultants Network
Kate and Sidney with the Motherlode…
Beef and kidney pie with mushy peas, mash, gravy and crispy onions.
Marvellous - but not quite as charismatic as at @nathbrudenell.bsky.social
Accompanied by a glass of the mighty Merlot.
Beef and kidney pie with mushy peas, mash, gravy and crispy onions.
Marvellous - but not quite as charismatic as at @nathbrudenell.bsky.social
Accompanied by a glass of the mighty Merlot.
October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Kate and Sidney with the Motherlode…
Beef and kidney pie with mushy peas, mash, gravy and crispy onions.
Marvellous - but not quite as charismatic as at @nathbrudenell.bsky.social
Accompanied by a glass of the mighty Merlot.
Beef and kidney pie with mushy peas, mash, gravy and crispy onions.
Marvellous - but not quite as charismatic as at @nathbrudenell.bsky.social
Accompanied by a glass of the mighty Merlot.
So, I’m in Manchester for the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social National Planning Conference. It kicks off tonight, so I figured I need ballast. It’s a trip to PieMinister!
(Photos will follow)
(Photos will follow)
October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
So, I’m in Manchester for the @rtpiplanners.bsky.social National Planning Conference. It kicks off tonight, so I figured I need ballast. It’s a trip to PieMinister!
(Photos will follow)
(Photos will follow)
Wednesday early morning amble: within the setting of the tallest listed building…Emley transmission tower.
October 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Wednesday early morning amble: within the setting of the tallest listed building…Emley transmission tower.
Luncheon: Mrs.N’s parsnip, apple and ginger soup, with home grown apples, cracked black pepper, and swirls of crème fraiche.
Deliciously warming!
Deliciously warming!
October 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Luncheon: Mrs.N’s parsnip, apple and ginger soup, with home grown apples, cracked black pepper, and swirls of crème fraiche.
Deliciously warming!
Deliciously warming!
Luncheon: Mrs.N’s mushroom and tarragon soup with lashings of cracked black pepper and swirls of cremé fraiche.
That pepper makes it tingly on the tongue!
That pepper makes it tingly on the tongue!
September 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Luncheon: Mrs.N’s mushroom and tarragon soup with lashings of cracked black pepper and swirls of cremé fraiche.
That pepper makes it tingly on the tongue!
That pepper makes it tingly on the tongue!
Morning walk, view towards Barnsley 7.35am. Autumnal chill in the air.
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Morning walk, view towards Barnsley 7.35am. Autumnal chill in the air.
How spoilt am I today! I’ve got the crusts of Mrs.N’s home made Madeira cake.
September 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
How spoilt am I today! I’ve got the crusts of Mrs.N’s home made Madeira cake.
Mrs.N’s black bread in the making. Guinness is involved…
September 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Mrs.N’s black bread in the making. Guinness is involved…
Luncheon: smoked salmon with Mrs.N’s home made black bread, buttered, and her pickled fennel (with lemon).
Lovely!
Lovely!
September 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Luncheon: smoked salmon with Mrs.N’s home made black bread, buttered, and her pickled fennel (with lemon).
Lovely!
Lovely!
So, after a busy (and fun) day and a very, very occasional incursion to the Linked-In (about whisky), I fancied something different…a bottle I’ve not touched for probably 5 years. A Four Roses bourbon - on ice (as you do…)
September 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
So, after a busy (and fun) day and a very, very occasional incursion to the Linked-In (about whisky), I fancied something different…a bottle I’ve not touched for probably 5 years. A Four Roses bourbon - on ice (as you do…)
Luncheon: roast tomato soup with pearl barley, split peas, lentils, paprika cream and crispy Parma ham.
Lovely (don’t seem to have had soup for a while)!
Lovely (don’t seem to have had soup for a while)!
September 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Luncheon: roast tomato soup with pearl barley, split peas, lentils, paprika cream and crispy Parma ham.
Lovely (don’t seem to have had soup for a while)!
Lovely (don’t seem to have had soup for a while)!
Luncheon: Mrs.N’s been busy…homemade sourdough (toasted); homemade smoked mackerel pâté; and home pickled kohlrabi.
I’m being spoilt!
I’m being spoilt!
September 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Luncheon: Mrs.N’s been busy…homemade sourdough (toasted); homemade smoked mackerel pâté; and home pickled kohlrabi.
I’m being spoilt!
I’m being spoilt!
McMillan coffee morning at the village pub. We didn’t get the message that we were supposed to bring an owl.
September 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
McMillan coffee morning at the village pub. We didn’t get the message that we were supposed to bring an owl.
Luncheon: a mackerel and avocado salad. And Mrs.N’s freshly baked and buttered, milk bread loaves…
September 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Luncheon: a mackerel and avocado salad. And Mrs.N’s freshly baked and buttered, milk bread loaves…