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Nigel
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Retired molecular biologist living on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, UK. Likes: nature, books, photography, archaeology.
Pardon? ... bad connection I think.
October 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I see your smooth pebble - I raise you my rugged flint beach hagstone pebble :-)
October 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Not sure if true, but I read a few years ago that in the Kremlin they sometimes use typewriters for security rather than computers (maybe urban myth)
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I hope it didn't spoil the third one :)
October 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
France's longest land border is with Brazil :-)
October 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I did all my exams with a fountain pen - I'm sure it helped me write a little bit quicker as it slid over the paper so easily compared to a biro.
October 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
…. but left the gun in the 007 logo !
October 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Only if they dine at St John's College, Cambridge.
September 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'm in the UK and my first thought when I saw this was "this looks like a statue of Morecambe and Wise!" (famous and much-loved British comic double act, working most successfully in television).
September 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If you are on facebook there is a 'Dartmoor: lost and found ' page I recall.
September 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
sunrise a few days ago from my bedroom window ....
September 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ospreys are my absolutely favourite bird !
September 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Reposted by Nigel
Lib Dem leader Davey: “The Government needs to block any future contracts with Tesla, and block Musk from being granted a license to supply energy to British homes

“Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”
September 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The return to completely normal Devon weather :-)
September 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Reposted by Nigel
By Michael de Adder:
September 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM