Mark Valladares
@honladymark.bsky.social
Your friendly neighbourhood liberal bureaucrat. Come for the Liberal Democracy (Federal Council, Lib Dem Voice), stay for the parish council stuff (Creeting St Peter, Suffolk ALC, NALC), travel and mild eccentricity.
So, I still have to cast my votes in the various Liberal Democrat internal elections. At least I have a nice setting to ponder my choices…
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
So, I still have to cast my votes in the various Liberal Democrat internal elections. At least I have a nice setting to ponder my choices…
Live from Ipswich, a mobile fish and chip van…
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Live from Ipswich, a mobile fish and chip van…
I’ve been for a walk in East Bergholt…
October 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I’ve been for a walk in East Bergholt…
And here are our seats. Yes, they’re Adirondack chairs… possibly the most comfortable stadium seats I’ve experienced yet.
August 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And here are our seats. Yes, they’re Adirondack chairs… possibly the most comfortable stadium seats I’ve experienced yet.
Welcome to Polar Park, home of the Worcester Red Sox, the AAA associate of the slightly more famous Boston Red Sox.
August 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Welcome to Polar Park, home of the Worcester Red Sox, the AAA associate of the slightly more famous Boston Red Sox.
Guest speaker, @baronessros.bsky.social, speaking about the value that town and parish councils offer in terms of community and quality of life…
July 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Guest speaker, @baronessros.bsky.social, speaking about the value that town and parish councils offer in terms of community and quality of life…
The speed indicator device looks good, doesn’t it?
May 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The speed indicator device looks good, doesn’t it?
Greetings from the London Transport Museum, where I’ve found a fine example of English wartime humour…
May 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Greetings from the London Transport Museum, where I’ve found a fine example of English wartime humour…
If I’m forced to spend two hours in Bruxelles… #interrail2025
April 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If I’m forced to spend two hours in Bruxelles… #interrail2025
So much for best laid plans… RE28522 was caught by a points failure within the first five miles, which means that I’ve missed ICE14 to Bruxelles-MIDI and, excepting a miracle, Eurostar 9159 to London. On the other hand, here’s the cathedral at Köln again…
April 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So much for best laid plans… RE28522 was caught by a points failure within the first five miles, which means that I’ve missed ICE14 to Bruxelles-MIDI and, excepting a miracle, Eurostar 9159 to London. On the other hand, here’s the cathedral at Köln again…
Apparently, according to Andrew Griffith MP, I should be having lunch here…
April 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Apparently, according to Andrew Griffith MP, I should be having lunch here…
And so, we have reached my final stop, Koblenz. In the foreground, the Moselle, in the distance, the Rhine, and, looking down upon it all, the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress… #interrail2025
April 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
And so, we have reached my final stop, Koblenz. In the foreground, the Moselle, in the distance, the Rhine, and, looking down upon it all, the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress… #interrail2025
I think that this must be the smallest train I’ve been on… and it still has a small first class section… #interrail2025
April 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I think that this must be the smallest train I’ve been on… and it still has a small first class section… #interrail2025
Riechenstein Castle, on the River Rhine, north of Bingen… #interrail2025
April 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Riechenstein Castle, on the River Rhine, north of Bingen… #interrail2025
“Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!”
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!”
April 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
“Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!”
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!”
Well, vielen danke, Feldkirch, you were lovely. And now, time for my second train of the day, this time to Darmstadt. But, as a final nod towards my hosts this afternoon, here’s what I think is a castle. It certainly looks like one… #interrail2025
April 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Well, vielen danke, Feldkirch, you were lovely. And now, time for my second train of the day, this time to Darmstadt. But, as a final nod towards my hosts this afternoon, here’s what I think is a castle. It certainly looks like one… #interrail2025
The River Ill, in the heart of Feldkirch, with mandatory snow-capped mountain in the background… #interrail2025
April 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The River Ill, in the heart of Feldkirch, with mandatory snow-capped mountain in the background… #interrail2025
So, this is why I came to Feldkirch. I have schnitzel at last… and beer, because I am at heart a simple soul… #interrail2025
April 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
So, this is why I came to Feldkirch. I have schnitzel at last… and beer, because I am at heart a simple soul… #interrail2025
Feldkirch, Austria. And I’ve come here in search of schnitzel…
April 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Feldkirch, Austria. And I’ve come here in search of schnitzel…
Liechtensteiner cows… they probably produce gold top… #interrail2025
April 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Liechtensteiner cows… they probably produce gold top… #interrail2025
Pretty, eh? We’re in Liechtenstein now, although the snowy peaks are Swiss… #interrail2025
April 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Pretty, eh? We’re in Liechtenstein now, although the snowy peaks are Swiss… #interrail2025
This is not a mountain, it’s a Liechtenstein mountain… #interrail2025
April 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This is not a mountain, it’s a Liechtenstein mountain… #interrail2025
Now I know what you’re thinking… this is not a train, right? But how often can you ride a local bus out of one country, through a second, and into a third?… #interrail2025
April 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Now I know what you’re thinking… this is not a train, right? But how often can you ride a local bus out of one country, through a second, and into a third?… #interrail2025
The Walensee from my train. It’s still lovely out…
April 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The Walensee from my train. It’s still lovely out…