Martinjbrowni
@martinjbrowni.bsky.social
Retired, parkrunner, Dad, husband, drinker, car lover, guitar amateur and now travelling!
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Sat quietly with a cuppa pondering the run report tomorrow. Always like to find a new angle, current thinking is numbers. Close to the heart of parkrun in many ways!
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sat quietly with a cuppa pondering the run report tomorrow. Always like to find a new angle, current thinking is numbers. Close to the heart of parkrun in many ways!
In my view the best run of tunes (and albums) of his career. Agree he did move to suit his age, though one could argue - so did his audience which includes me.
Nick Lowe figured out he was, in all likelihood, going to age and began writing and tailoring his material with that in mind. And he’s done really good work.
October 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In my view the best run of tunes (and albums) of his career. Agree he did move to suit his age, though one could argue - so did his audience which includes me.
September 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Enjoyed the South Manchester parkrun today. In this pic you can see the last Marshall who was smiling as we passed and walked out despite the rain and volunteering alone. Thank you. #parkrun
September 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Enjoyed the South Manchester parkrun today. In this pic you can see the last Marshall who was smiling as we passed and walked out despite the rain and volunteering alone. Thank you. #parkrun
Delighted to write the Warwick Racecourse parkrun report last weekend, in tribute to the parkrun milestone of one million volunteers. #parkrun
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Run report Warwick Racecourse 6th September 2025 | Warwick Racecourse parkrunFacebookXInstagramYouTubeTikTokLinkedIn
Warwick Racecourse parkrun is one of many worldwide free, fun, and friendly 5k community events that takes place every week
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September 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Delighted to write the Warwick Racecourse parkrun report last weekend, in tribute to the parkrun milestone of one million volunteers. #parkrun
www.parkrun.org.uk/warwickracec...
www.parkrun.org.uk/warwickracec...
Enjoyed a visit to Abingdon parkrun today. Was lucky enough to write the run report too! Lovely day for it. #parkrun
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August 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Enjoyed a visit to Abingdon parkrun today. Was lucky enough to write the run report too! Lovely day for it. #parkrun
www.parkrun.org.uk/abingdon/new...
www.parkrun.org.uk/abingdon/new...
Our garden still has the odd gem from the previous owner who left in 2006. The garden was fully remade and yet amongst everything this cyclamen grew again. Always makes me smile.
August 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Our garden still has the odd gem from the previous owner who left in 2006. The garden was fully remade and yet amongst everything this cyclamen grew again. Always makes me smile.
As a man with two daughters I cannot fathom how this can be acceptable in any way. Everyone needs a vote.
United States Defense Secretary Pete Hesgeth has just reposted a video saying that women should not have the right to vote. I don’t need to read fiction about how bad it is to be born female; I am living it now.
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Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn’t be allowed to vote
Progressive evangelical group says ideas shared by pastors and amplified by defense secretary are ‘very disturbing’
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
As a man with two daughters I cannot fathom how this can be acceptable in any way. Everyone needs a vote.
Having read this and made a multi train holiday across Europe to Italy and toured by train, I’m amazed things are so bad. We were stunned at trains on time and working well.
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Timetables, tricky tickets and high prices: the problems with European cross-border rail travel
For all the fanfare over new routes, fast and efficient rail services between major cities remain a rarity
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August 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Having read this and made a multi train holiday across Europe to Italy and toured by train, I’m amazed things are so bad. We were stunned at trains on time and working well.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Love this.
There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
August 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Love this.
@tomrobinson.com I got followed by Tom, I just want to say how much he shaped my youth and those time have shaped my life. As a public school boy in 1979 being left wing meant you were called Trotsky, embracing gay culture meant you were gay. Not only were the politics eye opening the music/band…
July 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@tomrobinson.com I got followed by Tom, I just want to say how much he shaped my youth and those time have shaped my life. As a public school boy in 1979 being left wing meant you were called Trotsky, embracing gay culture meant you were gay. Not only were the politics eye opening the music/band…
Just for fun I wrote this, hope you like it.
June 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Just for fun I wrote this, hope you like it.
NPR once again delivering.
Amerie performing 1 Thing for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series - guaranteed to brighten up your day
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Amerie: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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June 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NPR once again delivering.
Lovely visit to Geneva, so good to be with my brother and his family.
May 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Lovely visit to Geneva, so good to be with my brother and his family.
Off you go then Liz.
Liz Truss at CPAC Hungary,
"It used to be the case that people would flee Eastern Europe to go to countries like Britain where there was freedom, where there was free speech, where there was free enterprise"
"Now people are leaving Britain, to come to Budapest to talk about free speech"
"It used to be the case that people would flee Eastern Europe to go to countries like Britain where there was freedom, where there was free speech, where there was free enterprise"
"Now people are leaving Britain, to come to Budapest to talk about free speech"
May 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Off you go then Liz.
Please do read this lovely story especially for the part where they meet Brian Eno. Made me laugh! #brianeno #dahneandceleste www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘People in the scene would sometimes be mean to us. They’d forget we were teenagers’: Daphne and Celeste look back
The 00s pop pair on their enduring sisterhood, an embarrassing encounter with Brian Eno, and somehow ending up on a tour of the UK’s Asda supermarkets
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May 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Please do read this lovely story especially for the part where they meet Brian Eno. Made me laugh! #brianeno #dahneandceleste www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Milano Nord parkrun today, lovely venue and it was the 10th birthday for parkrun Italia! Spotted some stickers that are a bit like Ultras leave in a town they visit 😀 #parkrun #parkrunitalia
May 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Milano Nord parkrun today, lovely venue and it was the 10th birthday for parkrun Italia! Spotted some stickers that are a bit like Ultras leave in a town they visit 😀 #parkrun #parkrunitalia
Fully agree. My wife and parents both received it, we didn’t need it.
Governments "have to be fair" to pensioners but there is a case for people on the top rate of income tax to be excluded from winter fuel payments, Gordon Brown has said
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Gordon Brown suggests people on top rate of income tax should be excluded from winter fuel
The former prime minister, who introduced winter fuel as a universal benefit when chancellor, said there is a strong case for it, but suggests society's richest pensioners could be exempt.
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May 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Fully agree. My wife and parents both received it, we didn’t need it.
We went to Wall Hall last week. It has some lovely grounds, my wife enjoying the view. #radlett #photograph #posed
May 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We went to Wall Hall last week. It has some lovely grounds, my wife enjoying the view. #radlett #photograph #posed
@gidcoe.bsky.social just catching up on recent show that started with Jeffrey Lewis. Best track on new album is Movie Date, some great lyrics. Saw him last week in Leicester, great show indeed! #jeffreylewis
May 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
@gidcoe.bsky.social just catching up on recent show that started with Jeffrey Lewis. Best track on new album is Movie Date, some great lyrics. Saw him last week in Leicester, great show indeed! #jeffreylewis