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Cat Thompson
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Messing about with a camera, mostly. Ex-Emergency Physician, now doing a job with waterways (bit like Cardiovascular medicine, really). Music, books, dancing, dancing to music.
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@pigdykemolly.bsky.social at their first ever Day of Dance at Stamford last Saturday
Molly dancing in black and white costume. This dance is “Victorian Velcro” Molly dancing in black and white costume. One dancer highlighted by the sunlight. This dance is Plughole (how the fens were drained) Molly dancing in black and white costume. Another shot from the dance Plughole Molly dancing in black and white costume. Close up of gloved hands linked in a star. This dance is “Victorian Velcro”
October 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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@pigdykemolly.bsky.social dancing at Ramsey Apple Day today. @greatfen.org.uk thanks for the invite.
Two people in black and white walk through other people in autumnal shades. Black & White photos of dancers in black and white clothes with black and white make-up. People dancing in black & white More black & white dancers, this time forming a star
October 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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More views from South Oxfordshire last weekend.
A cottage seen through trees with a pond in the foreground Old road sign saying “No Through Road” partially overgrown Pebbles on a wall painted as flags: a quiz for people as they walk round the village A path through the woods with stepping stones over the brook
August 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Light relief. A trip to South Oxfordshire last weekend.
August 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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I’m told there’s a U-Boat you can visit
August 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Back from a successful trip to @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social with @pigdykemolly.bsky.social.
More photos to come.
August 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Tuesday morning this was my view as I opened the curtains at 6:15.

This morning the ***** thing woke me up at 5:35 to tell me it was there again.

No need.
July 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Peterborough buskers today, and a tribute to the one who is missing.
Bass player in navy shirt & shorts sat on their amp in front of an empty shop. Cigarette hanging from the mouth in concentration. Black & white image of bass player with cigarette and watchful gaze. Rubbish bin in foreground Black & white image of guitarist sat in front of a different empty shop. Dappled light highlights the Peterborough United badge on his shirt. Eddie. Dreadlocked guitarist sat cross legged with his black & white dog. Taken in 2012 when the Olympic torch came through, and he was trying to raise £350 to move from his boat to a flat.
June 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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@pigdykemolly.bsky.social Dancing at Castle Bytham Midsummer Fair on Sunday @photohour.bsky.social
Four dancers in black and white spin in front of market stalls Two musicians in black and white with painted faces. One plays a recorder, the other is looking down at a drum. A small crowd stand behind. Black and white (monochrome) shot of four dancers in a square formation. A dancer wearing a black and white basque and skirt is surrounded by brightly coloured morris dancers in green and yellow tattered coats and brightly coloured hats with flowers and feathers.
June 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Too fleeting for the big camera. Parent robin watching over the latest addition to its family. Brand new fledgling. (They say the best camera is the one you have on you? Right?)
#photoaday #birdlife #gardenlife #garden #iphoneography
Watchful, slightly ragged, robin sat in the shade on a fence. Sunlit fence behind.
June 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Noticed this detail on Trent Bridge. Each different boss pattern has its own colour scheme. Someone really enjoyed doing this. #Nottingham #Trent
June 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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The last rays of sun on the hawthorn #sunlight #garden #evening.
Dark leaves with a blurred patch of light behind. White blossom with pink stamens through blurred light green leaves. A single orange-green leaf through dark blurred leaves with spots of sunlight
April 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Just remembered it’s Monday. Dancer in the Shadows (Kraken Rapper visiting our corner of the world) #ShareMondays2025
Dancer’s face looking down in concentration while the faces around him are in shadows. Waiting to begin
April 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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29-32 / 365. These were taken on the correct day, I promise.
29. Big Spanner (reader, I married him)
30. Wintery loveliness, Leicester
31. The path to adventure
32. Pre-production social
February 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Getting later and later posting 🤦🏼‍♀️. Not boding well *sigh*
Days 25-28
25. Velcro
26. Mainline fox
27. Just Another Stormy Day
28. Driving home
February 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Days 21-24 of 365 photos

21. Grand Union
22. A little more Leicester
23 The calm before
24. Friday Night Ritual
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Day 16-20 of 365. Behind posting already.

17. The Lode
18. Waiting (to go to the pub)
19. Family
20. These Dancing Shoes
January 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Days 13-16 of the year in photos

13. The Club
14. and the nights are drawing out
15. What a difference a day makes
16. Greenfinches
The lighted door of the ex-serviceman’s club and a street lamp in the dark. Lowering dark cloud and a sliver of sunset behind trees Same view as before but clear sky and tiny pink clouds in the sunset behind trees. Venus shines up high. Female Greenfinch chasing a male off the bird feeder, which is almost empty.
January 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Days 9-12, a photo a day.
9. Home working essentials
10. Old fashioned ice
11. Elaine & Jessie
12. Back River
January 14, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Days 5-8 in the photo a day challenge.
4: Winter at Woodston
5: Last Rose of winter
6: Sunlight before a shift
7: Branches.
January 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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The first four images from my #photoaday challenge.
1/365 Haven. A warmly lit pub exterior in a darkening street as evening falls. 2/365 Swanlight. Buildings in shadow with a river in the foreground. A patch of sunlight is reflected in the water. In the centre a swan swims, catching the light in its wake. 3/365 STOP. The octagonal red stop sign at the end of the road in a puddle of light at night. There is darkness surrounding it. On the sign under the word “stop”, someone has graffitied “suicide”. 4/365. Man shouts at clouds. In the bottom right hand corner, a man in a woolly hat is gesturing upwards towards a steam loco which is only just visible through white steam. Above him, the station clock shows midday.
January 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Setting up here… might take some time.
Some random photos to tide me over.
November 25, 2024 at 5:41 AM