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ATakefive
@atake5.bsky.social
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Ex Infosec, now man of leisure, takes photos with Nikon Z8, Based South of UK. Cats are nice but not when they poop on your lawn.
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Well that was a surprise. 3:0 at half time, 3:4 at the end, keep surprising us #saintsfc
Full time 3:4
February 10, 2026 at 9:50 PM
atake5.bsky.social
#Afghanistan. Sorry not a joke
Edited (fake) picture of Trump showing casualty figures in the Afghan War. Note Denmark shows almost the same deaths per million as USA
January 23, 2026 at 5:36 PM
atake5.bsky.social
Has the BBC got it right? #saintsfc
4 goals on one page. What's the score Nathan?
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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#avgeek sonic boom over essex, kent
Eurofighter breaking speed of sound on adsb map
August 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
atake5.bsky.social
#saintsfc. Spotted Francis Benali in The Prospect of Whitby. Fancy that
Corner of a tiled loo with a sticker on the wall Sticker of Fancis Benali on the wall of a loo in Prospect of Whitby
July 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Postcard of a ship launch was in family possessions. Research suggest this may be HMS Warspite 26 Nov 1913 I can see Winston Churchill maybe Mrs (Ivy Muriel) Austen Chamberlain with Austen Chamberlain. Source: dreadnoughtproject.org
Anyone confirm?
#warspite
#NavalHistory
#Devonport
#RoyalNavy
Black and white (sepia) photo of A group of dignitaries on a raised platform with workers and sailors looking on. Appearing to watch a ship being launched. The ship is not in the picture Reverse of the ship launch photo showing a Devonport address and date of 5 Sep but no year. It maybe 1914 sometime after the launch of the Warspite.
April 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
atake5.bsky.social
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal could run dry.
Not the first time but hopefully it will get sorted.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
The breach in Autumn 1975 at Govilon. A large gap in the towpath with a tree which has fallen into a gap. A person stands on the far side to give scale. Drained canal at Govilon with a stranded boat near the bank taken Autumn 1975 Drained canal at Llangynidr - Spring 1984 Canal with small stream in the bottom a lock in the distance and two canalside buildings
March 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Comments on 'the other places
Looks like they are either happy or waiting for something #saintsfc
3 posts on x sayingg nil nil at Liverpool vs southampton
March 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
atake5.bsky.social
My contribution to #thicktrunktuesday is this tree in an Essex woodland
Gnarled tree trunk with exposed roots spreading across ground. Green bushes in background
February 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
atake5.bsky.social
Why are my and my wife's Tee shirts developing holes. They are not old. The holes appear in the same place. It’s not moths?
Tee shirt with hole indicated Close up of Tee shirt with hole indicated Closer pic of hole in tee shirt
February 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Desktop model of a Fire Control Table and a picture I took of one on HMS Belfast
The model was presented to my father a member of the Naval ship Production Directorate. They designed the Type 21 Amazon Class Frigates and the earlier Type 82 destroyer HMS Bristol #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
Desktop model of a Fire Control Table. a block of brass with knobs and dials. The black and grey top has been engraved with the instrumentation and dials. A Fire Control Table was used to compute trajectory of shells when firing at enemy ships A closer look at the top of the Fire Control Table model. The black and grey top has been engraved with the instrumentation and dials. Detail of the engraving on the top of the Fire Control Table. It shows a number of dials with one showing the angle of the enemy ship The Fire Control Table on HMS Belfast. It shows a grey block with some floorspace around it. About 150cm high by 200 cm long. I didn't measure it! There are knobs and dials on the side and top
January 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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A little #snow in Essex uk
A light covering of snow on a red car against a nighttime background
January 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Magnificent xmas dinner
December 25, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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An extract of my Great Uncle's WW1 diary. An Air Mechanic (Flight Engineer) in Royal Naval Air Service on HMAS Australia.
The ship was involved in early attempts at naval aviation, But only fired its guns twice in anger. See Alt Text for transcript.
#RNAS
#Australia
#ww1
#NavalHistory
Extract from handwritten notebook: “Copy of my diary while serving with the Royal Naval Air Service 1917-18.” J Benney Air Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service serving with H.M.A.S. Australia The page has a postcard picture of HMAS Australia a WW1 warship Extract of Joe's diary from 1918 (with original spelling) ...race. Our ships company contained some of the best athletic men of Australia we had the finest Rugby team & cricket, but I am sorry to say the Thunderer beat us by 22 strokes. Stakes £133. August 22nd Left Rosyth accompanied by 1st & 2nd B.C.S. squadron, destroyers & submarine flotillas at 10 am. Five pm. action stations sounded. approaching the coast of Jutland. At 8pm sighted open boat, destroyers rushed to assistance, & found it contained 19 men with two women. Survivors of the Norwegian steam boat "Locka" It was bound for Hartlepool from Christania, it was towing a hulk of an English ship, torpedoed by a U.boat. They were in a wretched condition, having been adrift for five days. Destroyer Leader F104 picked... (Note: couldn't locate name of ship F104. Christiania was renamed Oslo in 1925) ... them up. They were very fortunate as a terrible storm was brewing. August 23rd Still at sea. The weather has not abated, precisiely at 6 am the ship slewed around and caught an enormous wave, at first I thought we had struck a mine. I was sleeping on the cable deck at time. It threw us all out of our hammocks several of us had minor injuries it also carried away the ships wireless which caught in our syren it kept blowing till an A.B. climbed the top mast & release it, fine work. (Note AB = Able seaman) We lost 84 men off destroyers. (Note: I read that two tornados formed in the Baltic Sea that day. may be related) Our two pilots sent for us, & told us that the captain reported from the bridge, that our two areoplanes were in danger of being washed overboard & at all costs by some means or other... ...they must be lashed to the turretts. Our planes use to fly from the ships turretts it was on a wooden platform fixed to the guns. So we decided to make our way to the turretts & work our way up it being impossible to cross decks. I being the youngest of our Air Force staff volunteered to go on the flying deck & secure our planes. I climbed out of the hatch in the turrett, with a life belt on a rope secured to my waist with half-dozen sailors hanging on in the turrett, but luck was with me apart from a few bruises, secured it. Inflexible lost her Camel (fighter) New Zealand her Bristol (Fighter). Our staff (two pilots, two fitters, two carpenters) complimented by Admiral Leveson. Picked up Grand Fleet... (Note Joe Benney had joined up under age!) ... & Yanks in forenoon, continued P.Z.s. Evening weather abated. Arrived in Queensferry & anchored below bridge at 8am & after that spasm (?) again coaled ship. Hoping a run ashore, but no, under short notice for sea. Our squadron was never wallflowers. August 24th Arrived in Queensferry with Grand Fleet and anchored below bridge at 8am started coaling at 8.30 pm. August 25th Still under short notice August 26th 2nd B.C.S squadron racing championship -1st race 9.30 am Warrant officers Skiff. Result Aust 1st, Indom 2nd, Inflex 3rd, NZ 4th -2nd Race Boys Racing Cutters, crew Aust leading all the...
December 18, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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Thought I'd share this certificate of Crossing the Line presented to my G'father in 1935 on HMS Laburnum. (an Acacia-class sloop, adapted for escort work, minesweeping and decoy warships). I mapped its route on google.
The certificate has a term which is now considered derogatory so be warned.
Photo of a Certificate commemorating crossing the equator byon the Ship Laburnum. It has the phrase "We charge that all our subjects, be they Mermaids, Merman, Sea Serpents, Dolphins, Whales, Sharks Gxxxxxxx or Whatnots, refrain from eating. playing or otherwise maltreating his person, should he at anytime fall overboard" I don't use all the words as they are no longer acceptable. Around the edge of the certificate or the names of the ports visited on the voyage Black and white photo of HMS Laburnum at anchor. A two masted, two funnelled ship with guns fore and aft Source: naval-history.net Map showing outbound route of the Laburnum across the Atlantic and through the Panama Canal. Also shows homeward route through the Suez canal. Map showing route of the Laburnum during its voyage across the Pacific and Indian ocean heading towards the Suez Canal.
November 16, 2024 at 12:31 PM
atake5.bsky.social
Is it acceptable to #dunk #swissroll in #coffee ?
A plate with decorated rim with slice of swiss roll next to a mug of coffee
November 14, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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I have been wanting to share some pics for some time and as Bluesky seems to be setting sail, here are some taken by my father in June 1948. They show HMS Revenge leaving Devonport Dockyard on its way to being scrapped.
Check out Alt text for more comment.
#navalhistory
#maritimehistory
Black and white photo of HMS Revenge being towed by three tugs in the entrance to Plymouth Sound. The 'Bovisand Wall' can be seen on top of the headland. Black and white photo of HMS Revenge being towed past Drakes Island as it leaves Plymouth Sound. a number of small boats are anchored in the foreground Black and white photo of HMS Revenge being towed past Drakes Island as it leaves Plymouth Sound. A launch and a number of small boats are anchored in the foreground. A sailing boat seems to be getting quite close to the bow of the ship.
November 14, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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Some photos I took yesterday
#fungi #nikon #nature #Autumn #photography
Brown round toadstool with a fly perched on it against background of green and brown leaves Z8 with NIKKOR Z 24-120mm - 1/320s f5.6 iso4000 Old tree stump covered in orange fungi Z8 with NIKKOR Z 24-120mm - 1/160s f5.6 iso4000 Jay in trees which still have their covering of yellow leaves Z8 with NIKKOR Z 180-600mm - 1/5000s f6.3 iso4000 Single pink Campion flower against background of green and brown out of focus leaves Z8 with NIKKOR Z 180-600mm - 1/640s f11 iso6400
November 14, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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My first post here. Thought I'd punch a hole with my pic of a Woodpecker
Greater spotted woodpecker bird in profile on the trunk of a tree with blurred brick wall behind and pointed leaves in foreground
October 18, 2024 at 4:47 AM