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Mr Flimflam (Andrew)
@mr-flimflam.bsky.social
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Retired woke lefty nerd from Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Loves the seaside, photography, sci-fi, and linux. Scammers beware, he has a Klingon translator. Married to his bestie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Travels frequently.
Loves penguins 🐧 Virtue-signalling flags. 🇬🇱🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🍉.
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Clouds and a slither of rainbow over Lindisfarne.
Taken from the passenger window of a taxi. From the bottom, a hedge, behind which is a green field. The more fields and trees. Above this is a very thin strip of sea and then the tidal island of Lindisfarne (aka Holy Island). Then a sky full of dark and bright clouds, a patch of blue sky. At the centre was a little bit of rainbow from a shower of rain.
September 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Rainshower over my hometown
Looking north over harvested fields. On the horizon is the distinctive shape of Berwick Law. A cumulonimbus cloud above it is depositing a rainshower over the (hidden) town below. Above the cloud, the sky is blue.
September 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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It feels like the last warm day of the summer. We took our little caravan 3 miles from home to Yellowcraig for a bit more outdoor life. The photo is tall and thin, so click on it to see.
A vertical panorama looking north in late afternoon. From the top, the sky is blue with a few clouds. On the horizon is an island called Fidra. Then blue sea to the shoreline. It's extremely calm. Finally, at the bottom, evidence of sand work by myriad children.
August 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Edinburgh. First weekend of the festival. Caught up with some old friends.
August 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Sun setting oner the Pembrokeshire coastal path. Celtic Camping.
An orange sky over the Atlantic. The setting sun is partly obscured by clouds.
July 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Home again. North Berwick. ##eastcoastkin #Scotland #trumpcheatsatgolf
A panorama of a beach, looking north. The tide is very low, exposing beach and rocks. My mum used to take us to this spot in the 1960s. Vertical panorama. From the bottom: a beach, looking north west, hence the shadow. People sitting in the sun. At the centre a thin strip of sea (Firth of forth). Blue sky with white clouds. From the same viewpoint, looking north east, the beach. In the centre is the harbour. Blue sky with white clouds.
July 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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St Non's Chapel, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
St Non was the mother of St David (c 500 AD) after whom the nearby cathedral is named.
Vertical panorama. From the top, the wooden roofspace. In the centre is a stained glass window, just above the altar. At the bottom is the floor and some seating. Vertical panorama. From the top, wooden roof. Stained glass window for St Brynach (another local Saint). At the bottom is a seat. The altar, decorated with stones from an ancient Chapel.
July 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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In the evening after a storm.
Last glow of the sun in the Western sky above the sea. Sunshine after the storm. The incoming tide leaves a stripe of foam on the beach from a heavy sea. A bright sun, low on the horizon, obscures the sea. The sky is blue after a day of strong winds and rain. Looking North across a west-facing beach. A line of sea-foam is the product of heavy seas. The hill on the horizon is called Cairn Llidi.
July 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Porthclais harbour, St Davids, Pembrokeshire
Vertical panorama - from the bottom: very dry undergrowth, following the tree trunks upwards. Bird box 2/3rds of the way up at the top, looking up to the canopy. Dry grass and small trees. Dry harbour - the tide was right out. From the bottom: I was standing on the wall, then broken stones and gravel. A yacht grounded, then the two sides of the valley. A glimpse of blue sky and grey clouds.
July 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Carreg Samson, Pembrokeshire. My wife is from nearby St Davids, and many of her forebears came from the area around Carreg Samson. ##Standingstonesunday
July 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Sea cave on Ramsay Island, plus another glorious sunset.
Ancient rocks, with algae in a cave, taken from a boat. Another sunset over the Atlantic. I used the software zooming my cheap android mobile. Its been unusually hot here the last few days.
July 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Some more sunsets. Thursday night in Pembrokeshire
Sun setting over the sea. Dark foreground (field), sea in the middle. Su at the centre. Last blue sky of the day. A sliver of sun left on the horizon Last ghasp.
July 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Sea cave at the South end of Whitesands beach, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. Tall and thin, so best to click on the image for the full picture.
A vertical panorama of a shallow cave. The rock strata are nearly 90° to horizontal as a result of millions of years of #geology.
July 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Lichens. Pembrokeshire coastal path, just before Carr Aber Pwll.
An outcrop of rock, probably volcanic and ancient. There are grasses about, the blue sea in the background. Close up of the lichen - it might be Caloplaca marina. It is orange in colour, snx a close inspection shows ig to be folded like a screwed up piece of paper. Orangd lichen, plus another that is pale green. Close up picture, in real life, this scene is about 4mm x 5m.
July 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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800 metres from our caravan, on the clifftop is an iron age hill Fort, called "Caer Aber Pwll". It's about a mile from where my wife's grand mother was born. Maybe some of her ancestors lived in the Fort (2000 years ago).
A narrow path (Pembrokeshire coastal path) perched on a clifftop. At the bottom is the shadow of an old bloke with a camera (me). A dusty track with a diagonal strip of vegetation, next to a 60m sheer drop. The sea is boiling away below. A beautiful blue sky above. Looking towards the sun, the clifftop path winds through sparse grass and rocks. The lumps are part of the 2000 year old fortress. Looking up through the ditch between two ramparts.
July 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Old fence post in a pub garden, Pembrokeshire
Weathered wood, showing tree rings and lichens. Some vegetation at the top and a fallen green leaf at the bottom Old wood. Vegetation at the top, a bug of some sort (slightly out of focus). Honey coloured old wood, caught by a Ray of sunshine. Vertical lines show the tree rings.
July 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Sunset over the Atlantic. From Celtic Camping in Pembrokeshire.
The sun dipping over the horizon. A field in the foreground, sea up to the centre, orange sky above. The last quarter of the sun A tiny sliver of the sun Just the glowleft
July 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Sun heading down fast. Taken from our table. Pembrokeshire
A hazy view of the soon-to-set sun over the Atlantic. Lots of sky.
July 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Last night's sunset from our caravan. Aberlady, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Panoramic view of the sky over the Atlantic, just after sunset. Mix of purple, indigo, blue, orange Orange glow over the Atlantic ocean Vertical panorama. From the bottom: dark green grassy field, yellow field below horizon. Sea to the right. Pen-beri (hill) to the left. Purple glow in sky. Half moon. Cousin Ian's farm, fields. Sky
July 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Sunset from Pembrokeshire.
A sunset over the ocean.
June 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Looking west over the Atlantic coast from Pembrokeshire. This is our view for the next few weeks.
A tall, thin picture. From the bottom, a grassy field. On the horizon is the sea, flat calm, except for tidal undulations, we're perched over some sea cliffs above the horizon is the sky, lit from behind by the setting sun.
June 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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As far as I got in Peru. I'll have to go there again.
Tall, thin picture from the side of a ship. From the bottom, lifeboats, craned, sky.
June 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Looking North up to strumble head. #Pembrokeshire
A tall thin view. In the foreground is a grassy meadow, in the middle are some cliffs and the Irish sea. Above thar is blue sky A meadow with a touch of sea at the centre and cloud in blue sky
June 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Blurry sunset through our caravan window, looking out to sea from the coastal path. Celitc camping, Pembrokeshire.
The sun is setting over the Atlantic Ocean. At the bottom is a field on a clifftop. Above that is the sea, then the run. At the top are dark clouds blown in by a south-westerly wind.
June 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Beach, paddling pond, Bass Rock, rain shower. #eastcoastkin (albeit, East Coast of Scotland).
Matthew bottom is a sandy beach, above this is a tidal pond, with two children walking along the dam wall at the far side. Above this is the mouth of the Firth of Forth. The dark object is the Bass Rock, summer home to over 100,000 Gannets. There is a rain shower on the left hand side - angled from a westerly wind. Above that, the clouds and a small patch of #bluesky.
June 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM