garryw
@garrywsport.bsky.social
Artist formerly known as LankyGarry.
Found across the north and beyond doing football, rugby and cricket for the BBC.
Been called "silky voiced" but sarcasm is quite common these days.
Foothills of the Pennines.
Found across the north and beyond doing football, rugby and cricket for the BBC.
Been called "silky voiced" but sarcasm is quite common these days.
Foothills of the Pennines.
Pinned
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Our new Cold Springs community reserve is now OPEN! 🥳🥳
Come along! More info below 👇
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-...
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Penrith
Come along! More info below 👇
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-...
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Penrith
May 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our new Cold Springs community reserve is now OPEN! 🥳🥳
Come along! More info below 👇
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-...
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Penrith
Come along! More info below 👇
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-...
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Penrith
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Soubhiye, from Lebanese Arabic, is the enjoyment of a quiet moment of peace before everyone else is awake.
Gökotta is a Swedish term for waking up early to enjoy the birdsong.
For the rest of us, there is hurkle-durkling, from Scots: lingering in bed long after it’s time to get up.
Gökotta is a Swedish term for waking up early to enjoy the birdsong.
For the rest of us, there is hurkle-durkling, from Scots: lingering in bed long after it’s time to get up.
April 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Soubhiye, from Lebanese Arabic, is the enjoyment of a quiet moment of peace before everyone else is awake.
Gökotta is a Swedish term for waking up early to enjoy the birdsong.
For the rest of us, there is hurkle-durkling, from Scots: lingering in bed long after it’s time to get up.
Gökotta is a Swedish term for waking up early to enjoy the birdsong.
For the rest of us, there is hurkle-durkling, from Scots: lingering in bed long after it’s time to get up.
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The almost timeless view of the County Ground at Worcester which was so often the traditional tour opener for any Australian side. This is from 1953
April 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The almost timeless view of the County Ground at Worcester which was so often the traditional tour opener for any Australian side. This is from 1953
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First day of the season. And not a moment too soon.
April 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
First day of the season. And not a moment too soon.
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A sea of hats at a packed MCG for the first day of the 5th and deciding Test of the 1936-37 Ashes, February 26th 1937. Australia won by an innings, the only time a side has come from two down to win a five-Test series
February 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A sea of hats at a packed MCG for the first day of the 5th and deciding Test of the 1936-37 Ashes, February 26th 1937. Australia won by an innings, the only time a side has come from two down to win a five-Test series
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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
February 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
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On dreich days like these it might cheer you up to know that in 19th-century slang an umbrella was a ‘bumbershoot’.
February 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
On dreich days like these it might cheer you up to know that in 19th-century slang an umbrella was a ‘bumbershoot’.
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Harold Larwood and Bill Voce, the two Nottinghamshire fast bowlers at the centre of Bodyline almost 45 years earlier, are interviewed by the BBC's Peter West on the Trent Bridge outfield during the 3rd Ashes Test of 1977 (Patrick Eagar)
February 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Harold Larwood and Bill Voce, the two Nottinghamshire fast bowlers at the centre of Bodyline almost 45 years earlier, are interviewed by the BBC's Peter West on the Trent Bridge outfield during the 3rd Ashes Test of 1977 (Patrick Eagar)
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Hey Bluesky folks 👋 What would you like to see from us on this channel? (and if you say 'cute pictures of red squirrels every day'...we're not 100% saying no).
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #RedSquirrel
📷 Taken in #Ambleside by Paul Burke
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #RedSquirrel
📷 Taken in #Ambleside by Paul Burke
February 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Hey Bluesky folks 👋 What would you like to see from us on this channel? (and if you say 'cute pictures of red squirrels every day'...we're not 100% saying no).
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #RedSquirrel
📷 Taken in #Ambleside by Paul Burke
#Cumbria #LakeDistrict #RedSquirrel
📷 Taken in #Ambleside by Paul Burke
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It’s been quite a week for religious affairs news but paragraph four of this story (warning: it’s very very rude) is an absolute marmalade dropper. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
York Minster congregation outraged over ‘deeply inappropriate’ concert
Gig at cathedral by metal band Plague of Angels would be ‘outright insult’ to their faith, say parishioners
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It’s been quite a week for religious affairs news but paragraph four of this story (warning: it’s very very rude) is an absolute marmalade dropper. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Earlier, in Post Office.
Clerk: “How would you like to send your parcel?”
Woman: “Through the post”.
Clerk: “How would you like to send your parcel?”
Woman: “Through the post”.
January 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Earlier, in Post Office.
Clerk: “How would you like to send your parcel?”
Woman: “Through the post”.
Clerk: “How would you like to send your parcel?”
Woman: “Through the post”.
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When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what she said to me:
No.
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what she said to me:
No.
January 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what she said to me:
No.
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what she said to me:
No.
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Time now for our odd one out round. Who is it? Angus Deayton, Justin Welby, Rowan Atkinson, and Clive Woodward.
January 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Time now for our odd one out round. Who is it? Angus Deayton, Justin Welby, Rowan Atkinson, and Clive Woodward.
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Next time you hear about cracks appearing in a pitch ... A close-up of the chasms that appeared during the 5th Test between Australia and West Indies at Perth in February 1997. West Indies won by 10 wickets
January 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Next time you hear about cracks appearing in a pitch ... A close-up of the chasms that appeared during the 5th Test between Australia and West Indies at Perth in February 1997. West Indies won by 10 wickets
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Word of the day is most definitely ‘hurkle-durkling’ (19th-century Scots): to linger in bed long after it’s time to get up.
December 30, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Word of the day is most definitely ‘hurkle-durkling’ (19th-century Scots): to linger in bed long after it’s time to get up.
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A few potential words of the day:
Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc).
Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas.
Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness.
Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2024 at 8:40 AM
A few potential words of the day:
Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc).
Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas.
Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness.
Merry Christmas.
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Word of the day (of course) is ‘scurryfunging’, from US dialect: the frantic attempt to tidy the house just before guests arrive.
December 23, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Word of the day (of course) is ‘scurryfunging’, from US dialect: the frantic attempt to tidy the house just before guests arrive.
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The 1911-12 MCC (England) touring party practice on the specially converted boat deck on board the Orvietto. The squad set off on September 29th and a huge crowd turned up to see them off. Plum Warner, the captain, had his pocket picked in the melee
December 19, 2024 at 11:59 AM
The 1911-12 MCC (England) touring party practice on the specially converted boat deck on board the Orvietto. The squad set off on September 29th and a huge crowd turned up to see them off. Plum Warner, the captain, had his pocket picked in the melee
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The Morecambe & Wise Show (25th December 1973). "He's not going to sell much ice cream going at that speed is he?"
December 18, 2024 at 3:21 PM
The Morecambe & Wise Show (25th December 1973). "He's not going to sell much ice cream going at that speed is he?"
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13-14 December Top #NonLeague Crowds Step 5 (League Games)
2616 Bury v Abbey Hey
755 Isle Of Man v Stockport Town
546 Kendal Town v Penrith
418 St Neots Town v Aylestone Park
310 Corinthian-Casuals v Tooting Mitcham United
307 Faversham Town v Bearsted
2616 Bury v Abbey Hey
755 Isle Of Man v Stockport Town
546 Kendal Town v Penrith
418 St Neots Town v Aylestone Park
310 Corinthian-Casuals v Tooting Mitcham United
307 Faversham Town v Bearsted
December 15, 2024 at 7:39 PM
13-14 December Top #NonLeague Crowds Step 5 (League Games)
2616 Bury v Abbey Hey
755 Isle Of Man v Stockport Town
546 Kendal Town v Penrith
418 St Neots Town v Aylestone Park
310 Corinthian-Casuals v Tooting Mitcham United
307 Faversham Town v Bearsted
2616 Bury v Abbey Hey
755 Isle Of Man v Stockport Town
546 Kendal Town v Penrith
418 St Neots Town v Aylestone Park
310 Corinthian-Casuals v Tooting Mitcham United
307 Faversham Town v Bearsted
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I am The Rock.
I am in Ireland.
I am in Ireland.
December 10, 2024 at 8:45 AM
I am The Rock.
I am in Ireland.
I am in Ireland.
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Recreate the magic of A Christmas Carol for an elderly relative by waking them repeatedly to tell them where they’ve gone wrong in life.
December 3, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Recreate the magic of A Christmas Carol for an elderly relative by waking them repeatedly to tell them where they’ve gone wrong in life.
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Etymology of the day is ‘jargon’, from the Old French ‘jargoun’, meaning the ‘chattering of birds’.
December 5, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Etymology of the day is ‘jargon’, from the Old French ‘jargoun’, meaning the ‘chattering of birds’.
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Milnthorpe’s Christmas tree 🎄
December 1, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Milnthorpe’s Christmas tree 🎄