Pam Stokoe 🇬🇧🥍🇺🇦
@pamstokoe.bsky.social
Sunderland AFC fan, enjoy researching family history and exploring WW1 history & Pre-Raphaelite art. Favourite authors Louise Penny & Thomas Hardy 📚🤓
Love Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Love Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
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St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland in North East England, pictured on a wet November evening. The building's west wall and lower part of the tower date back to AD674, when this location was part of an early Benedictine monastic site.
#england #sunderland #historic #monochrome #photography
#england #sunderland #historic #monochrome #photography
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland in North East England, pictured on a wet November evening. The building's west wall and lower part of the tower date back to AD674, when this location was part of an early Benedictine monastic site.
#england #sunderland #historic #monochrome #photography
#england #sunderland #historic #monochrome #photography
@adsimpson.bsky.social Did The World of Shakespeare over the Christmas period last year and would like to do another of your puzzles this year. Is there a full list of titles online somewhere?
October 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
@adsimpson.bsky.social Did The World of Shakespeare over the Christmas period last year and would like to do another of your puzzles this year. Is there a full list of titles online somewhere?
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
What a pleasure it has been following Jo, and both Turtle and Mrs Turtle, on their travel challenges. I wish all the best to them and Mrs Jo especially.
And finally, as I’ve hinted, because of exciting things happening in my family in December, there’s going to be a Travelling Turtle hiatus. For everyone who’s been part of the fun, from #Bus24 to #Schengen200, thank you! It has been a big privilege to do something others get vicarious pleasure from.
September 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
What a pleasure it has been following Jo, and both Turtle and Mrs Turtle, on their travel challenges. I wish all the best to them and Mrs Jo especially.
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I’ll never get how ‘actual’ YouTubers cope, but it’s been lovely being accosted at stations, pubs, theatres, etc. My poor boss now often starts meetings with ‘Does anyone want to tell Jo they like his travel threads?’
Thanks for it all. It’s not the end, just a v v exciting break. #Schengen200
Thanks for it all. It’s not the end, just a v v exciting break. #Schengen200
September 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I’ll never get how ‘actual’ YouTubers cope, but it’s been lovely being accosted at stations, pubs, theatres, etc. My poor boss now often starts meetings with ‘Does anyone want to tell Jo they like his travel threads?’
Thanks for it all. It’s not the end, just a v v exciting break. #Schengen200
Thanks for it all. It’s not the end, just a v v exciting break. #Schengen200
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¡Allá! La Restinga (La Laja bus stop) on the island of El Hierro, the end of the longest point-to-point journey you can make in the Schengen Zone by surface public transport. 5650.2km from Vardø Havn. 192hrs 31 mins. Now excuse me while I go and find my room and shower and I’ll be back. #Schengen200
September 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
¡Allá! La Restinga (La Laja bus stop) on the island of El Hierro, the end of the longest point-to-point journey you can make in the Schengen Zone by surface public transport. 5650.2km from Vardø Havn. 192hrs 31 mins. Now excuse me while I go and find my room and shower and I’ll be back. #Schengen200
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Monuments and tributes to those lost defending the strategic heights near town and the citadel here are everywhere. The sombre eyes of gigantic soldiers bore into the town. The tricolours everywhere a call to remember the glory and sacrifice of France… #Schengen200
September 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Monuments and tributes to those lost defending the strategic heights near town and the citadel here are everywhere. The sombre eyes of gigantic soldiers bore into the town. The tricolours everywhere a call to remember the glory and sacrifice of France… #Schengen200
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Misty motorways give way to misty minor roads as we weave around and over the fjärds of the High Coast. Not a typo - a fjärd is a flooded glacial depression, a fjord normally has cliffs and is more glacially carved (whisper it: quite a lot of Norwegian fjords are actually fjärds). #Schengen200
September 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Misty motorways give way to misty minor roads as we weave around and over the fjärds of the High Coast. Not a typo - a fjärd is a flooded glacial depression, a fjord normally has cliffs and is more glacially carved (whisper it: quite a lot of Norwegian fjords are actually fjärds). #Schengen200
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That’s good, because it means that for dessert course, I can continue my odyssey through Swedish confectionary that sounds very dodgy if you are English. #Schengen200
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
That’s good, because it means that for dessert course, I can continue my odyssey through Swedish confectionary that sounds very dodgy if you are English. #Schengen200
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Arriving in Gällivare, junction for the Inlandsbanan, a sporadically open backwoods line south. The summer passenger service is some experience: it’s the only train I’ve taken which stops for some passengers to go skinny dipping in a wild river, and to visit a mosquito museum in a bog. #Schengen200
September 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Arriving in Gällivare, junction for the Inlandsbanan, a sporadically open backwoods line south. The summer passenger service is some experience: it’s the only train I’ve taken which stops for some passengers to go skinny dipping in a wild river, and to visit a mosquito museum in a bog. #Schengen200
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The diversion off the main road to serve Björkliden station (where no one departs and no one arrives) nets us a great view over the immense, 70km-long Torneträsk lake. RAF bombers heading to Tromsø to sink the ‘Tirpitz’ rendezvoused over the lake, a bit of a no-no given 🇸🇪 neutrality. #Schengen20
September 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The diversion off the main road to serve Björkliden station (where no one departs and no one arrives) nets us a great view over the immense, 70km-long Torneträsk lake. RAF bombers heading to Tromsø to sink the ‘Tirpitz’ rendezvoused over the lake, a bit of a no-no given 🇸🇪 neutrality. #Schengen20
Please sign the petition to save the National Glass Centre
Your Signature Can Help Save the National Glass Centre: Don't Let History Fade Away
12,331 signatures are needed, let’s get there by the end of the day?
chng.it
September 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Please sign the petition to save the National Glass Centre
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We pull into isolated Øksfjord (øks from ‘axe’, not ‘ox’, apparently). In 1941 the Norwegian Navy landed here in borrowed British destroyer ‘Mansfield’ to briefly show the flag and blow up a fish oil factory. They left with the citizens standing on the pier singing the national anthem. #Schengen200
September 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We pull into isolated Øksfjord (øks from ‘axe’, not ‘ox’, apparently). In 1941 the Norwegian Navy landed here in borrowed British destroyer ‘Mansfield’ to briefly show the flag and blow up a fish oil factory. They left with the citizens standing on the pier singing the national anthem. #Schengen200
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The scenery continues to be absolutely stunning, endless blues, greens and shifting lights. I got distracted from it for a bit thanks to a text from Sweden telling me that the route south I had planned when my original route got cut by a landslide has now been cut by a flood… #Schengen200
September 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The scenery continues to be absolutely stunning, endless blues, greens and shifting lights. I got distracted from it for a bit thanks to a text from Sweden telling me that the route south I had planned when my original route got cut by a landslide has now been cut by a flood… #Schengen200
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I like that Hammerfest’s Wikipedia page has a section titled ‘Reindeer problems’. Apparently, they invade town each summer, causing hygiene issues. The council has built a 20km fence round town, to no avail. Reindeer (including my friend here) have no use for your fences, western man. #Schengen200
September 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I like that Hammerfest’s Wikipedia page has a section titled ‘Reindeer problems’. Apparently, they invade town each summer, causing hygiene issues. The council has built a 20km fence round town, to no avail. Reindeer (including my friend here) have no use for your fences, western man. #Schengen200
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In 1802, with the Kingdom of Denmark and Norway allied with Napoleon, the Royal Navy briefly occupied Hammerfest, taking the church’s offerings box. Compared to what the Wehrmacht did later, that’s small beer, but still - not playing the game, lads. #Schengen200
September 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
In 1802, with the Kingdom of Denmark and Norway allied with Napoleon, the Royal Navy briefly occupied Hammerfest, taking the church’s offerings box. Compared to what the Wehrmacht did later, that’s small beer, but still - not playing the game, lads. #Schengen200
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Chris Greenway, BBC Monitoring: "The advance of Russian media influence in Africa continues. Sputnik radio is now aired on FM in Addis Ababa in both Amharic and English."
While the BBC was defunded 38% 2010-24, and as a result, #BBCWorldService is cutting jobs, the Russians are advancing.
While the BBC was defunded 38% 2010-24, and as a result, #BBCWorldService is cutting jobs, the Russians are advancing.
August 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Chris Greenway, BBC Monitoring: "The advance of Russian media influence in Africa continues. Sputnik radio is now aired on FM in Addis Ababa in both Amharic and English."
While the BBC was defunded 38% 2010-24, and as a result, #BBCWorldService is cutting jobs, the Russians are advancing.
While the BBC was defunded 38% 2010-24, and as a result, #BBCWorldService is cutting jobs, the Russians are advancing.
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I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.
July 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.
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“What did I say, Tom?”
“Don’t swing on the branches?”
“Don’t swing on the branches.”
“I know, but-“
“And what did you do?”
“Just hear me out...”
“What did you do, Tom?”
“I-I swung on the branches.”
“You swung on the branches.”
“You made it look so easy.”
“Just give me your hand.”
“Don’t swing on the branches?”
“Don’t swing on the branches.”
“I know, but-“
“And what did you do?”
“Just hear me out...”
“What did you do, Tom?”
“I-I swung on the branches.”
“You swung on the branches.”
“You made it look so easy.”
“Just give me your hand.”
July 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“What did I say, Tom?”
“Don’t swing on the branches?”
“Don’t swing on the branches.”
“I know, but-“
“And what did you do?”
“Just hear me out...”
“What did you do, Tom?”
“I-I swung on the branches.”
“You swung on the branches.”
“You made it look so easy.”
“Just give me your hand.”
“Don’t swing on the branches?”
“Don’t swing on the branches.”
“I know, but-“
“And what did you do?”
“Just hear me out...”
“What did you do, Tom?”
“I-I swung on the branches.”
“You swung on the branches.”
“You made it look so easy.”
“Just give me your hand.”
How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage
How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage
Health insurance companies use AI to decide which health care treatment to cover. State laws and federal agencies are now moving toward regulating these algorithms.
theconversation.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage
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Well it’s a bit tight - we still need 66 more signatures by 8:45am on Saturday..surely we can do that?! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
June 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Well it’s a bit tight - we still need 66 more signatures by 8:45am on Saturday..surely we can do that?! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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The spiny mammals are on the decline, but they hold the secrets to biodiversity in their local areas.
Hedgehog poo could hold important secrets about local biodiversity
The spiny mammals are on the decline, but they hold the secrets to biodiversity in their local areas.
tcnv.link
June 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The spiny mammals are on the decline, but they hold the secrets to biodiversity in their local areas.
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First spotted 'Phacelia' three years ago, growing in a field near Penzance in West Cornwall. The soil improvement crop is now catching the eye of people in my neck of the woods in fields across North East England.
#england #phacelia #cornwall #flowers #landscape #farmcrop #photography
#england #phacelia #cornwall #flowers #landscape #farmcrop #photography
June 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
First spotted 'Phacelia' three years ago, growing in a field near Penzance in West Cornwall. The soil improvement crop is now catching the eye of people in my neck of the woods in fields across North East England.
#england #phacelia #cornwall #flowers #landscape #farmcrop #photography
#england #phacelia #cornwall #flowers #landscape #farmcrop #photography
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“That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists—and that they both individually wield such massive power—is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.” Robert Reich
June 6, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists—and that they both individually wield such massive power—is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.” Robert Reich