Andrew Jennison
@beverleylad.bsky.social
Retired after18 years at De Montfort University,enjoy cycling,walking & growing veg.Support Hull City & now volunteer geoconservationist working in Charnwood Forest Geopark.
Awarded the British Empire Medal in 2014 for Services to HE & Adult Learning
Awarded the British Empire Medal in 2014 for Services to HE & Adult Learning
The perfect morning for a walk over Warren Hills, one of the gems of the @charnwoodforest.bsky.social
Great views north over Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire and views south over Leicestershire and Warwickshire.
Also some wonderful ever changing landscape colours.
Great views north over Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire and views south over Leicestershire and Warwickshire.
Also some wonderful ever changing landscape colours.
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The perfect morning for a walk over Warren Hills, one of the gems of the @charnwoodforest.bsky.social
Great views north over Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire and views south over Leicestershire and Warwickshire.
Also some wonderful ever changing landscape colours.
Great views north over Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire and views south over Leicestershire and Warwickshire.
Also some wonderful ever changing landscape colours.
If you are looking for something to do on Thursday 20th November,the geowanderers group part of @charnwoodforest.bsky.social will be doing a 6 mile circular walk starting at the Altar Stones at Markfield, then visiting Hill Hole Quarry before walking over to Billa Barra.
All are welcome to join us😊
All are welcome to join us😊
October 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
If you are looking for something to do on Thursday 20th November,the geowanderers group part of @charnwoodforest.bsky.social will be doing a 6 mile circular walk starting at the Altar Stones at Markfield, then visiting Hill Hole Quarry before walking over to Billa Barra.
All are welcome to join us😊
All are welcome to join us😊
Just had a pleasant morning walk around Billa Barra, one of the wonderful locations to visit in @charnwoodforest.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Just had a pleasant morning walk around Billa Barra, one of the wonderful locations to visit in @charnwoodforest.bsky.social
A very enjoyable morning at the East Riding Libraries Festival of Words in Beverley, listening to two great crime writers
@mwcraven.bsky.social and Zoe Sharp talk about their books and characters
and hosted by the splendid @nickquantrill.bsky.social 👍
@mwcraven.bsky.social and Zoe Sharp talk about their books and characters
and hosted by the splendid @nickquantrill.bsky.social 👍
September 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A very enjoyable morning at the East Riding Libraries Festival of Words in Beverley, listening to two great crime writers
@mwcraven.bsky.social and Zoe Sharp talk about their books and characters
and hosted by the splendid @nickquantrill.bsky.social 👍
@mwcraven.bsky.social and Zoe Sharp talk about their books and characters
and hosted by the splendid @nickquantrill.bsky.social 👍
Another to reread in the next week, bought these copies many years ago😊
September 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Another to reread in the next week, bought these copies many years ago😊
Just finished rereading Born in a Burial Gown by @mwcraven.bsky.social
It’s about 8years ago that I first read this book and love the Fluke/Towler relationship😊
and what better location for reading but by Lake Ontario in Toronto👍👍
Next up - Body Breaker
It’s about 8years ago that I first read this book and love the Fluke/Towler relationship😊
and what better location for reading but by Lake Ontario in Toronto👍👍
Next up - Body Breaker
September 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Just finished rereading Born in a Burial Gown by @mwcraven.bsky.social
It’s about 8years ago that I first read this book and love the Fluke/Towler relationship😊
and what better location for reading but by Lake Ontario in Toronto👍👍
Next up - Body Breaker
It’s about 8years ago that I first read this book and love the Fluke/Towler relationship😊
and what better location for reading but by Lake Ontario in Toronto👍👍
Next up - Body Breaker
@mwcraven.bsky.social
The Final Vow from Goldsboro Books eventually arrived late Thursday and I have just finished reading it.
All I can say Mike is your books just get better - loved it!
Looks I am now going to have to reread Born in a Burial Gown and Body Breaker next, a bit of Avison Fluke👍
The Final Vow from Goldsboro Books eventually arrived late Thursday and I have just finished reading it.
All I can say Mike is your books just get better - loved it!
Looks I am now going to have to reread Born in a Burial Gown and Body Breaker next, a bit of Avison Fluke👍
August 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@mwcraven.bsky.social
The Final Vow from Goldsboro Books eventually arrived late Thursday and I have just finished reading it.
All I can say Mike is your books just get better - loved it!
Looks I am now going to have to reread Born in a Burial Gown and Body Breaker next, a bit of Avison Fluke👍
The Final Vow from Goldsboro Books eventually arrived late Thursday and I have just finished reading it.
All I can say Mike is your books just get better - loved it!
Looks I am now going to have to reread Born in a Burial Gown and Body Breaker next, a bit of Avison Fluke👍
More geoconservation work completed today at Morley Quarry in @charnwoodforest.bsky.social
Vegetation was cleared around the interpretation boards,litter picking took place, and some sapling removal was followed by a group picnic, luckily we had finished before the heavy showers arrived.
Vegetation was cleared around the interpretation boards,litter picking took place, and some sapling removal was followed by a group picnic, luckily we had finished before the heavy showers arrived.
August 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
More geoconservation work completed today at Morley Quarry in @charnwoodforest.bsky.social
Vegetation was cleared around the interpretation boards,litter picking took place, and some sapling removal was followed by a group picnic, luckily we had finished before the heavy showers arrived.
Vegetation was cleared around the interpretation boards,litter picking took place, and some sapling removal was followed by a group picnic, luckily we had finished before the heavy showers arrived.
Hydrangea cuttings I took in October last year are really looking good👍
Keeping the plants well watered.
#gardening
Keeping the plants well watered.
#gardening
July 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Hydrangea cuttings I took in October last year are really looking good👍
Keeping the plants well watered.
#gardening
Keeping the plants well watered.
#gardening
A visit to one of Northumberlands coastline gems today,Embleton Beach.
Glorious sunshine compared to yesterday, and an opportunity to reread the brilliant @ljross.bsky.social Death
Rocks no21 in the DCI Ryan series.
I am pleased to say that I didn’t find any further bodies😊👍
Glorious sunshine compared to yesterday, and an opportunity to reread the brilliant @ljross.bsky.social Death
Rocks no21 in the DCI Ryan series.
I am pleased to say that I didn’t find any further bodies😊👍
July 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A visit to one of Northumberlands coastline gems today,Embleton Beach.
Glorious sunshine compared to yesterday, and an opportunity to reread the brilliant @ljross.bsky.social Death
Rocks no21 in the DCI Ryan series.
I am pleased to say that I didn’t find any further bodies😊👍
Glorious sunshine compared to yesterday, and an opportunity to reread the brilliant @ljross.bsky.social Death
Rocks no21 in the DCI Ryan series.
I am pleased to say that I didn’t find any further bodies😊👍
Just been told it is a broad-bodied chaser and now off he goes!
June 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Just been told it is a broad-bodied chaser and now off he goes!
Can anybody identify this large flying insect thats just flown into
our garden room?
our garden room?
June 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Can anybody identify this large flying insect thats just flown into
our garden room?
our garden room?
All my brassica’s are doing well this year especially the broccoli which have some wonderful leaves. So I decided yesterday to cut some chop them up and cook them with a bit of salt & pepper and a little sugar 👍👍
Went well with the Charlotte salad potatoes 😊
#allotmentlife
Went well with the Charlotte salad potatoes 😊
#allotmentlife
June 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
All my brassica’s are doing well this year especially the broccoli which have some wonderful leaves. So I decided yesterday to cut some chop them up and cook them with a bit of salt & pepper and a little sugar 👍👍
Went well with the Charlotte salad potatoes 😊
#allotmentlife
Went well with the Charlotte salad potatoes 😊
#allotmentlife
One place I love exploring in the @charnwoodforest.bsky.social is Billa Barra. The area has some great walks and views over the Leicestershire and surrounding countryside.🚶😊
June 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
One place I love exploring in the @charnwoodforest.bsky.social is Billa Barra. The area has some great walks and views over the Leicestershire and surrounding countryside.🚶😊
Here are my alliums, work in progress.
June 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Here are my alliums, work in progress.
So this mornings walk was a 7:15 start at Thornton Reservoir, ready to cover the 6 mile Thornton - Bagworth circular route taking in plenty of Leicestershires past industrial history.
Perfect walking weather, a very quiet part of the
@charnwoodforest.bsky.social
Perfect walking weather, a very quiet part of the
@charnwoodforest.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
So this mornings walk was a 7:15 start at Thornton Reservoir, ready to cover the 6 mile Thornton - Bagworth circular route taking in plenty of Leicestershires past industrial history.
Perfect walking weather, a very quiet part of the
@charnwoodforest.bsky.social
Perfect walking weather, a very quiet part of the
@charnwoodforest.bsky.social
This morning at Morley Quarry in @charnwoodforest.bsky.social the geoconservationists did a tidy up at the site clearing vegetation that was obscuring our interpretation boards and fencing.
The quarry appearance has certainly changed over the last 18 months👍
The quarry appearance has certainly changed over the last 18 months👍
May 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This morning at Morley Quarry in @charnwoodforest.bsky.social the geoconservationists did a tidy up at the site clearing vegetation that was obscuring our interpretation boards and fencing.
The quarry appearance has certainly changed over the last 18 months👍
The quarry appearance has certainly changed over the last 18 months👍
Another day constructing a new @charnwoodforest.bsky.social interpretation gabion at Groby Pool, Groby.
Work was also carried out at the information board by the pool itself.
Work was also carried out at the information board by the pool itself.
May 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Another day constructing a new @charnwoodforest.bsky.social interpretation gabion at Groby Pool, Groby.
Work was also carried out at the information board by the pool itself.
Work was also carried out at the information board by the pool itself.
This was Brook Street in Driffield, my mother, father and uncle in the centre of the photo.
May 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
This was Brook Street in Driffield, my mother, father and uncle in the centre of the photo.
Warren Hills is a tinderbox at the moment, please take care!
April 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Warren Hills is a tinderbox at the moment, please take care!
Today I've witnessed what I think of is Warren Hills at its best. Walking in the warm sunshine you have great views over the surrounding countryside,incredible rock formations plus the new vegetation growth all in @charnwoodforest.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Today I've witnessed what I think of is Warren Hills at its best. Walking in the warm sunshine you have great views over the surrounding countryside,incredible rock formations plus the new vegetation growth all in @charnwoodforest.bsky.social
At this time of year there is no better place to witness the glorious display of bluebells and wood anemones than Holly Hayes Wood in @charnwoodforest@bsky.social
and listen to the diverse sound of birds singing away.
Also never seen the steam so low on water.
and listen to the diverse sound of birds singing away.
Also never seen the steam so low on water.
April 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
At this time of year there is no better place to witness the glorious display of bluebells and wood anemones than Holly Hayes Wood in @charnwoodforest@bsky.social
and listen to the diverse sound of birds singing away.
Also never seen the steam so low on water.
and listen to the diverse sound of birds singing away.
Also never seen the steam so low on water.
I was up there around lunchtime today and was impressed with the display of daffodils, visited the Hanging Rock with friends.
April 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I was up there around lunchtime today and was impressed with the display of daffodils, visited the Hanging Rock with friends.