John Lyon
@johnhlyon.bsky.social
Retired geography teacher and Programme Manager at the Geographical Association. The host of the GeogPod podcast. Chartered Geographer and Fellow of the RGS with IBG. Cycles with CLO in the Peak District and Hastings and St Leonard’s CC in East Sussex.
Looks like something off the set of Blake’s 7. 🤭
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Looks like something off the set of Blake’s 7. 🤭
Ooh nice. I never had one of these. I had a Sinclair spectrum.
November 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Ooh nice. I never had one of these. I had a Sinclair spectrum.
Too right! I’m tempted to buy them myself. That’s a bargain price. Are they made out of cardboard or something?
October 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Too right! I’m tempted to buy them myself. That’s a bargain price. Are they made out of cardboard or something?
I see what you mean. That would have taken me at least a couple of hours of research tomorrow. That’s time I would never have got back 🤭
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I see what you mean. That would have taken me at least a couple of hours of research tomorrow. That’s time I would never have got back 🤭
Ooh, I didn’t look at that. What was the final thought?
October 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Ooh, I didn’t look at that. What was the final thought?
I’ll do a bit more research but I think it’s pre 1950’s at least. Indo China was a French colony until 1954, when the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu fell after a siege led by Ho Chi Minh’s forces. After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, the French pulled out of the region, so that might be a clue
October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’ll do a bit more research but I think it’s pre 1950’s at least. Indo China was a French colony until 1954, when the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu fell after a siege led by Ho Chi Minh’s forces. After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, the French pulled out of the region, so that might be a clue
Ha! Flattery gets you everywhere.
October 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ha! Flattery gets you everywhere.
Ha! This wasn’t a bad migration though. Plotting my movement south … in search of tapas and wine. 😁
October 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Ha! This wasn’t a bad migration though. Plotting my movement south … in search of tapas and wine. 😁
Wow, this is very impressive!
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wow, this is very impressive!
Just you wait, without being aware of it, you’ll be entrapped by my mysterious power to fascinate. Now if I was packing Époisses de Bourgogne it might be a different story. 😬
October 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Just you wait, without being aware of it, you’ll be entrapped by my mysterious power to fascinate. Now if I was packing Époisses de Bourgogne it might be a different story. 😬
I’m never without a Stinking Bishop in my pocket, on the off chance I need to fascinate a lady.
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I’m never without a Stinking Bishop in my pocket, on the off chance I need to fascinate a lady.
Works for me every time.
October 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Works for me every time.
Ha ha! They appear to have missed out ‘Dazed and Confused’, which is increasingly where I am 😬
October 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Ha ha! They appear to have missed out ‘Dazed and Confused’, which is increasingly where I am 😬
How did you know that’s what I was on? 🤭
October 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
How did you know that’s what I was on? 🤭
We went to a puppet show in Palermo. Brilliant … but X rated for violence 🤭
October 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We went to a puppet show in Palermo. Brilliant … but X rated for violence 🤭
Nah, he’s got far more hair than me. 😂
October 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Nah, he’s got far more hair than me. 😂