Martin 🛤️
@martinh86.bsky.social
Train driver. Aviation enthusiast and pilot licence holder. Morecambe FC fan
The artist and the artwork
August 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The artist and the artwork
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“We have only days left, literally days.”
In their first public statement since resigning, I spoke to two former directors of Morecambe about the madness of the last month and their fears for the future of the club.
theuglygame.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/w...
“We have only days left, literally days.”
In their first public statement since resigning, I spoke to two former directors of Morecambe about the madness of the last month and their fears for the future of the club.
theuglygame.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/w...
“We have only days left, literally days.”
With Morecambe caught in an ever-worsening financial and ownership crisis, two members of the board who resigned last week have broken their silence to talk about the madness of recent months and t…
theuglygame.wordpress.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨 Exclusive 🚨
“We have only days left, literally days.”
In their first public statement since resigning, I spoke to two former directors of Morecambe about the madness of the last month and their fears for the future of the club.
theuglygame.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/w...
“We have only days left, literally days.”
In their first public statement since resigning, I spoke to two former directors of Morecambe about the madness of the last month and their fears for the future of the club.
theuglygame.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/w...
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“How to stop an overflowing toilet” should not have a 30 second commercial before it on YouTube.
June 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“How to stop an overflowing toilet” should not have a 30 second commercial before it on YouTube.
Wallgate chippy. £10 all in with the peas and [legally mandated in Wigan] gravy. Should see me through to 11
June 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Wallgate chippy. £10 all in with the peas and [legally mandated in Wigan] gravy. Should see me through to 11
Extremely shiny, freshly repainted unit at Headbolt Lane earlier today. Felt a little bad as it scraped noisily against all the bushes and foliage between Pemberton and Wallgate
June 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Extremely shiny, freshly repainted unit at Headbolt Lane earlier today. Felt a little bad as it scraped noisily against all the bushes and foliage between Pemberton and Wallgate
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I loved Starsky and Hutch as a kid.
But if Paul Michael Glaser slid across the bonnet of my qashqai, the rivets of his Levis leaving a deep and unsightly gouge through it's pearlescent top coat, I'd pull his chunky cardie over his tousled head and fold the fucker up like a deck chair.
THINK ON!
But if Paul Michael Glaser slid across the bonnet of my qashqai, the rivets of his Levis leaving a deep and unsightly gouge through it's pearlescent top coat, I'd pull his chunky cardie over his tousled head and fold the fucker up like a deck chair.
THINK ON!
May 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I loved Starsky and Hutch as a kid.
But if Paul Michael Glaser slid across the bonnet of my qashqai, the rivets of his Levis leaving a deep and unsightly gouge through it's pearlescent top coat, I'd pull his chunky cardie over his tousled head and fold the fucker up like a deck chair.
THINK ON!
But if Paul Michael Glaser slid across the bonnet of my qashqai, the rivets of his Levis leaving a deep and unsightly gouge through it's pearlescent top coat, I'd pull his chunky cardie over his tousled head and fold the fucker up like a deck chair.
THINK ON!
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1804. Oceans are now Battlefields.
In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.
It should be a massacre.
Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.
It should be a massacre.
Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
May 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
1804. Oceans are now Battlefields.
In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.
It should be a massacre.
Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.
It should be a massacre.
Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
Serves 12 🤣. Be lucky to last 12 minutes in a solo effort
April 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Serves 12 🤣. Be lucky to last 12 minutes in a solo effort
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
Learning the Headbolt Lane route today. Old school route with semaphore signals and stopping to collect a little handbag with a route token from the signaller at Rainford
April 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Learning the Headbolt Lane route today. Old school route with semaphore signals and stopping to collect a little handbag with a route token from the signaller at Rainford
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Who you gonna call?
BOAT DUSTERS!
BOAT DUSTERS!
You might clean your house in the spring, but every autumn the Mary Rose gets her decks swabbed - 21st century style!
Our conservation team, wearing backpack vacuum cleaners, get to work cleaning the dust that settles on the ship.
Our conservation team, wearing backpack vacuum cleaners, get to work cleaning the dust that settles on the ship.
April 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Who you gonna call?
BOAT DUSTERS!
BOAT DUSTERS!
Time for a date with the dreaded box
April 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Time for a date with the dreaded box
Glenridding and Ullswater with a bonus A400M appearance
April 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Glenridding and Ullswater with a bonus A400M appearance
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WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
Straight into route learning with Wigan to Liverpool via Bryn. Nice day for it!
April 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Straight into route learning with Wigan to Liverpool via Bryn. Nice day for it!
Most important part of the Wigan depot induction although I didn’t stick it in a barm
March 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Most important part of the Wigan depot induction although I didn’t stick it in a barm
When it’s a bit warm so you stick a leg out of bed. It’s a tough life.
March 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
When it’s a bit warm so you stick a leg out of bed. It’s a tough life.
Piccadilly - done. Last time on the blocks as from Monday I become a Wigan driver and Piccadilly becomes a through station only
March 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Piccadilly - done. Last time on the blocks as from Monday I become a Wigan driver and Piccadilly becomes a through station only
#WingFriday from BA177. Decent flight and my first on a 787-10
January 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
#WingFriday from BA177. Decent flight and my first on a 787-10
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Spotted in the missed connections section of the local Little Village magazine.
October 5, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Spotted in the missed connections section of the local Little Village magazine.
Todays potential gotcha - The Hyde Flyer. The only service of the day that skips Hyde North 🤷🏻♂️
January 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Todays potential gotcha - The Hyde Flyer. The only service of the day that skips Hyde North 🤷🏻♂️
No Lostock, no Leyland. Unusual pattern to catch people out (@timblazey.bsky.social usually 😂)
December 28, 2024 at 8:10 PM
No Lostock, no Leyland. Unusual pattern to catch people out (@timblazey.bsky.social usually 😂)
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These things here are emergency wreck buoys, and if you're thinking the colour scheme looks somewhat like a circus big top, just wait until you hear about the clown show that inspired their introduction.
December 23, 2024 at 10:03 PM
These things here are emergency wreck buoys, and if you're thinking the colour scheme looks somewhat like a circus big top, just wait until you hear about the clown show that inspired their introduction.
Nice 👌🏻
(Leonardo Express to Roma Termini)
(Leonardo Express to Roma Termini)
December 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Nice 👌🏻
(Leonardo Express to Roma Termini)
(Leonardo Express to Roma Termini)