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'vin
@jollytunes.bsky.social
Velocipedist, chordophonist, naturalist, occasional lyricist. Absolutely no intention of writing a book. Tree hugger. Dad to adult autistic son.
Pinned
Nature's calling, an' I mus' go there.
Not much to chuckle about, is he? 🙄
This caption won't get the credit it deserves, but it's not gone unnoticed!
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"From you, to me".
This story about a Reform councillor in Northumberland has about three different massive stories in it.

He's accused of ripping off his constituents to the tune of £140k.

He owes his own council nearly £40k in unpaid tax.

His own council is suing him.
Blyth Reform councillor Barry Elliott's property firms owe customers £140,000
Property companies owned or run by Barry Elliott owe tens of thousands of pounds to customers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Close enough. 😉🌨️
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
#50WordsForSnow "Suspiciously fluffy raindrops" 🌨️🙂
Some of the raindrops here are suspiciously fluffy.
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"Severe gale 9, later" 🌬️
Truly a match made in Hell….

Sprouts AND baked beans ..yikes!
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Me, running away from my problems.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Yea I’m the idiot that still rides to work in torrential rain when there’s a perfectly good car on the drive
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
😂
Me, running away from my problems
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

New Jake Thackray release coming soon…
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
How can you laugh, when you know I'm down? #Cloudflare www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5bK...
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I don't think my son's pedalling ever made much difference on our tandem so on the one occasion I gave someone else actually built for the job a ride it was like having jet propulsion fitted, rather than a hub motor. 😲
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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14. Pass Directly Beneath The Giant Ronnie Corbett Spectacles To Find Utopia.
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My wife @anniesfineart.bsky.social and I both do our own thing on social media. I can paint, in a fashion, if I'm paid well enough but I was more than happy to trade my signwriting skills with one of the artists from their art club in return for this lovely picture of Milldale in the Peak District.
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"She always seemed such a nice girl" 🤣
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"Do you mind if I smoke…" #FenellaFielding
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Kind of appropriate. bsky.app/profile/lbfl...
That's good to hear. What you realise, after a while, is that you are still you, and still like what you like, whether the physical objects are there or not.
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Monday sunrise over the Welsh mountains 🤩

#mondaymotivation
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Down in space it's always 1982
The joke we always knew
November 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Hello world 👋 ☀️ good morning.
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Remember, always wear a helmet. 😉 bsky.app/profile/cool...
"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live."

-Mark Twain, from the 1893 essay "Taming the Bicycle", in which he learns how to ride a penny farthing
For those wondering how you get on and off a penny-farthing.

*A guy walking by said to his companion, “That looks incredibly dangerous.” 😅
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Those were the days, my friend.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"It's a flamin' torch. Well, not that kind of flaming torch. Oh, you know what I mean."
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"Why the long face?"
... My walks also enabled me to meet many of the rural South West's eccentric characters. For example, this polite but rather alarmed-looking gentleman
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM