Andy Brown
@andybrown1951.bsky.social
North Yorkshire Councillor for Aire Valley. Green Party. Columnist for Yorkshire Post. Write for Yorkshire bylines. Former Head of Young People's Learning for Yorkshire and the Humber
View from Farnhill Moor in North Yorkshire yesterday.
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
View from Farnhill Moor in North Yorkshire yesterday.
Front page of Yorkshire Post quotes me calling for Yorkshire Water Chief Exec to resign for making an immoral and unjustifiable hidden payment of £1.3 million to her whilst putting up our bills
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Front page of Yorkshire Post quotes me calling for Yorkshire Water Chief Exec to resign for making an immoral and unjustifiable hidden payment of £1.3 million to her whilst putting up our bills
Spent some of yesterday pressing home grown apples for cider. Fabulous juice from a bumper crop
November 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Spent some of yesterday pressing home grown apples for cider. Fabulous juice from a bumper crop
So 80% of Reform MPs went to private school before going on to careers in such working class jobs as investment banking. By comparison 100% of Green MPs went to ordinary schools alongside the rest of us. So tell me again. Which party is rooted in real working class values.
October 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
So 80% of Reform MPs went to private school before going on to careers in such working class jobs as investment banking. By comparison 100% of Green MPs went to ordinary schools alongside the rest of us. So tell me again. Which party is rooted in real working class values.
Great to be out campaigning in Ripon today
October 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Great to be out campaigning in Ripon today
Honeybee worker enjoying the ivy which gives a great energy boost late in the year. You can see bright yellow pollen in her leg baskets.
October 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Honeybee worker enjoying the ivy which gives a great energy boost late in the year. You can see bright yellow pollen in her leg baskets.
Please support Lyla’s Law which would ensure Routine Type 1 Diabetes testing (urine and/or blood) in babies, toddlers, children, and adolescents during medical consultations, particularly where symptoms warrant it.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Please support Lyla’s Law which would ensure Routine Type 1 Diabetes testing (urine and/or blood) in babies, toddlers, children, and adolescents during medical consultations, particularly where symptoms warrant it.
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Great picture of my fellow Green Councillor Arnold Warneken running a local surgery and making a new friend.
September 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Great picture of my fellow Green Councillor Arnold Warneken running a local surgery and making a new friend.
Hull pot in the Yorkshire Dales after recent heavy rains (not my own picture_
September 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Hull pot in the Yorkshire Dales after recent heavy rains (not my own picture_
Skipton looking good
September 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Skipton looking good
I was quoted in the i yesterday saying: There is a difference between damaging a war plane & an actual of terrorism. It is irresponsible of the government to confuse the two. A clear circle needs to be drawn around attacks on the public designed to main innocent people and damage to an object.
September 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I was quoted in the i yesterday saying: There is a difference between damaging a war plane & an actual of terrorism. It is irresponsible of the government to confuse the two. A clear circle needs to be drawn around attacks on the public designed to main innocent people and damage to an object.
Busy today delivering my regular update leaflet in Bradley in North Yorkshire. This is my favourite building in the village
August 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Busy today delivering my regular update leaflet in Bradley in North Yorkshire. This is my favourite building in the village
Out yesterday delivering one of my regular update leaflets on the streets of the amazing village of Kildwick in North Yorkshire
August 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Out yesterday delivering one of my regular update leaflets on the streets of the amazing village of Kildwick in North Yorkshire
The four @greenparty.org.uk Councillors on North Yorkshire Council in Harrogate after our regular meeting to work out how best to champion local people and the local environment
August 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The four @greenparty.org.uk Councillors on North Yorkshire Council in Harrogate after our regular meeting to work out how best to champion local people and the local environment
At Cliffe Castle in Keighley where they have an observation hive. Am busy doing my shift explaining to the local kids about the live bees they can see moving about
August 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
At Cliffe Castle in Keighley where they have an observation hive. Am busy doing my shift explaining to the local kids about the live bees they can see moving about
Love the textures of this beaten up old doorway in my village in North Yorkshire
August 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Love the textures of this beaten up old doorway in my village in North Yorkshire
Walked 5 miles climbing 1,000 feet early this morning to see this view of the Duoro valley in Portugal. Well worth the climb.
July 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Walked 5 miles climbing 1,000 feet early this morning to see this view of the Duoro valley in Portugal. Well worth the climb.
Our railway station
July 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Our railway station
Back streets of Porto have some fabulous perspectives
July 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Back streets of Porto have some fabulous perspectives
Route to Skipton woods with the Castle
July 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Route to Skipton woods with the Castle
Fantastic bracket mushrooms spotted in Hebden North Yorkshire today
July 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Fantastic bracket mushrooms spotted in Hebden North Yorkshire today
Have always loved this row of houses in my village of Cononley in North Yorkshire. The outbuildings facing the road are former coal sheds
July 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Have always loved this row of houses in my village of Cononley in North Yorkshire. The outbuildings facing the road are former coal sheds
Moon rising over the roof line of my Yorkshire village recently.
July 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Moon rising over the roof line of my Yorkshire village recently.
A new queen being reared in the large cell on the left of this picture whilst the daughters of the departed old one are busy provioning her offspring. Hopefully this one of my hives will be make the transition safely.
July 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A new queen being reared in the large cell on the left of this picture whilst the daughters of the departed old one are busy provioning her offspring. Hopefully this one of my hives will be make the transition safely.