Ian Hall
@parrog3.bsky.social
Rivers, wildlife, food, travel, rugby (🏴), dogs, family.
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London Welsh are now two promotions away from the Championship, where they were in 2017 when the RFU decided to boot them out as a result of the huge financial issues caused by their ruinous Premiership excursions between 2012–15.
They started from the very bottom of the pyramid. Amazing stuff.
They started from the very bottom of the pyramid. Amazing stuff.
Llongyfarchiadau / Congratulations to LONDON WELSH RFC - following their victory over Wimbledon this weekend, they are promoted as CHAMPIONS of SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL ONE! The journey continues!
🏉 🏴 🎡
🏉 🏴 🎡
March 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
London Welsh are now two promotions away from the Championship, where they were in 2017 when the RFU decided to boot them out as a result of the huge financial issues caused by their ruinous Premiership excursions between 2012–15.
They started from the very bottom of the pyramid. Amazing stuff.
They started from the very bottom of the pyramid. Amazing stuff.
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The Chalk Stream Recovery Pack is a DEFRA document outlining the policy roadmap to protect and restore England’s unique chalk streams.
It exists. It was set for publication in 2023. The government shelved it.
Now there is a petition to publish it: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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It exists. It was set for publication in 2023. The government shelved it.
Now there is a petition to publish it: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Sign up 💙
March 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The Chalk Stream Recovery Pack is a DEFRA document outlining the policy roadmap to protect and restore England’s unique chalk streams.
It exists. It was set for publication in 2023. The government shelved it.
Now there is a petition to publish it: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Sign up 💙
It exists. It was set for publication in 2023. The government shelved it.
Now there is a petition to publish it: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Sign up 💙
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Thanks to RevIvel for an informative tour of the Ivel Springs this week.
One key takeaway: It's vital that excessive water abstraction from chalk stream source aquifers is reduced, to restore natural waterflow.
Healthy, flowing watercourses are critical for our wildlife, and indeed for ourselves.
One key takeaway: It's vital that excessive water abstraction from chalk stream source aquifers is reduced, to restore natural waterflow.
Healthy, flowing watercourses are critical for our wildlife, and indeed for ourselves.
February 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thanks to RevIvel for an informative tour of the Ivel Springs this week.
One key takeaway: It's vital that excessive water abstraction from chalk stream source aquifers is reduced, to restore natural waterflow.
Healthy, flowing watercourses are critical for our wildlife, and indeed for ourselves.
One key takeaway: It's vital that excessive water abstraction from chalk stream source aquifers is reduced, to restore natural waterflow.
Healthy, flowing watercourses are critical for our wildlife, and indeed for ourselves.
It was great to have you out with us. Thank you! We have provided affinity water with a workable and sustainable solution. But they will want to kick the can down the road for decades. Help us to get this timescale accelerated and adopted as a chalk streams first pilot. 6 chalk streams will benefit
Thanks to RevIvel for an informative tour of the Ivel Springs this week.
One key takeaway: It's vital that excessive water abstraction from chalk stream source aquifers is reduced, to restore natural waterflow.
Healthy, flowing watercourses are critical for our wildlife, and indeed for ourselves.
One key takeaway: It's vital that excessive water abstraction from chalk stream source aquifers is reduced, to restore natural waterflow.
Healthy, flowing watercourses are critical for our wildlife, and indeed for ourselves.
February 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It was great to have you out with us. Thank you! We have provided affinity water with a workable and sustainable solution. But they will want to kick the can down the road for decades. Help us to get this timescale accelerated and adopted as a chalk streams first pilot. 6 chalk streams will benefit
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Hello BlueSkyers
November 15, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Hello BlueSkyers
A lovely early winter dog walk in North Herts this morning. @northessexnotes.bsky.social @bbcweather.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A lovely early winter dog walk in North Herts this morning. @northessexnotes.bsky.social @bbcweather.bsky.social
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Opinions Wanted!
So . . . . just supposing . . . . we were maybe going to get some Real Seeds Tote Bags made up, ideal for bringing your veg home in, which colours should we go for???
Four options here, would you prefer:
Tasteful Orange?
Calming Teal?
Victorian Greens?
Psychadelic?
So . . . . just supposing . . . . we were maybe going to get some Real Seeds Tote Bags made up, ideal for bringing your veg home in, which colours should we go for???
Four options here, would you prefer:
Tasteful Orange?
Calming Teal?
Victorian Greens?
Psychadelic?
January 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Opinions Wanted!
So . . . . just supposing . . . . we were maybe going to get some Real Seeds Tote Bags made up, ideal for bringing your veg home in, which colours should we go for???
Four options here, would you prefer:
Tasteful Orange?
Calming Teal?
Victorian Greens?
Psychadelic?
So . . . . just supposing . . . . we were maybe going to get some Real Seeds Tote Bags made up, ideal for bringing your veg home in, which colours should we go for???
Four options here, would you prefer:
Tasteful Orange?
Calming Teal?
Victorian Greens?
Psychadelic?
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You can read the full letter here: bit.ly/CHMPOpenreach
bit.ly
December 10, 2024 at 3:50 PM
You can read the full letter here: bit.ly/CHMPOpenreach
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Hi everyone. New on Blue Sky. We are a passionate group fighting to get flow back in the upper Ivel (chalk stream). Keen to link up with other like minded people to keep the pressure up on Steve Reed / Labour to deliver on pre election promises. Start by overturning awful CS recovery plan decision.
November 16, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Hi everyone. New on Blue Sky. We are a passionate group fighting to get flow back in the upper Ivel (chalk stream). Keen to link up with other like minded people to keep the pressure up on Steve Reed / Labour to deliver on pre election promises. Start by overturning awful CS recovery plan decision.
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A busy mind this eve after the Dept of Geography’s screening of Tony Eva’s film, Pure Clean Water purecleanwater.film, on the Cambridge chalk stream crisis. I learnt a lot (cried a bit) & found a little hope. These precious Cambridge waterways hold many memories. Thank you @cambsclimate.bsky.social
March 12, 2024 at 9:23 PM
A busy mind this eve after the Dept of Geography’s screening of Tony Eva’s film, Pure Clean Water purecleanwater.film, on the Cambridge chalk stream crisis. I learnt a lot (cried a bit) & found a little hope. These precious Cambridge waterways hold many memories. Thank you @cambsclimate.bsky.social
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A lump of chalk on a frosty morning demonstrating its ability to store water. Unfortunately Affinity Water currently take 53% of all available water from the upper Ivel catchment, up to 14 million litres per day! @beneath-b-waters.bsky.social @stormwater-jo.bsky.social @welshriversunion.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 12:18 PM
A lump of chalk on a frosty morning demonstrating its ability to store water. Unfortunately Affinity Water currently take 53% of all available water from the upper Ivel catchment, up to 14 million litres per day! @beneath-b-waters.bsky.social @stormwater-jo.bsky.social @welshriversunion.bsky.social
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Not a multicoloured toothbrush, but another of our UK moth caterpillars, the Vapourer.
November 18, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Not a multicoloured toothbrush, but another of our UK moth caterpillars, the Vapourer.
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The continued destruction of wildlife-rich habitat in east Suffolk, much in the AONB, by Sizewell C ahead of a final investment decision supported by #UKLabour all funded by UK taxpayers, shows #Labour's total disregard of UK's #biodiversity crisis
Heart-breaking #SayNo2SizewellC
Heart-breaking #SayNo2SizewellC
November 17, 2024 at 5:13 PM
The continued destruction of wildlife-rich habitat in east Suffolk, much in the AONB, by Sizewell C ahead of a final investment decision supported by #UKLabour all funded by UK taxpayers, shows #Labour's total disregard of UK's #biodiversity crisis
Heart-breaking #SayNo2SizewellC
Heart-breaking #SayNo2SizewellC
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Bye to the high
Hi to the low...and some much colder weather
Turning more unsettled with some rain, snow and ice over the next 7 days, with colder air gradually digging down from the north
Hi to the low...and some much colder weather
Turning more unsettled with some rain, snow and ice over the next 7 days, with colder air gradually digging down from the north
November 15, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Bye to the high
Hi to the low...and some much colder weather
Turning more unsettled with some rain, snow and ice over the next 7 days, with colder air gradually digging down from the north
Hi to the low...and some much colder weather
Turning more unsettled with some rain, snow and ice over the next 7 days, with colder air gradually digging down from the north
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The first taste of some colder weather arriving from the north this weekend
November 15, 2024 at 6:16 PM
The first taste of some colder weather arriving from the north this weekend
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#Brexit “the Petri dish for Trump”
“#Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there is no future prospect of any, the UK has changed its mind and that this should be recognised.”
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
“#Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there is no future prospect of any, the UK has changed its mind and that this should be recognised.”
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible
I believe joining the EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve collaboration and provide stability & freedom. I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there ...
petition.parliament.uk
November 16, 2024 at 7:27 AM
#Brexit “the Petri dish for Trump”
“#Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there is no future prospect of any, the UK has changed its mind and that this should be recognised.”
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
“#Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there is no future prospect of any, the UK has changed its mind and that this should be recognised.”
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Imagine meeting someone who was alive when Stonehenge & the pyramids of Egypt were built 5,000 years ago
Daft yes? Well what about a tree that was alive then, and still is
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pines of California
Photo: Rick Goldwaser
Daft yes? Well what about a tree that was alive then, and still is
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pines of California
Photo: Rick Goldwaser
November 14, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Imagine meeting someone who was alive when Stonehenge & the pyramids of Egypt were built 5,000 years ago
Daft yes? Well what about a tree that was alive then, and still is
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pines of California
Photo: Rick Goldwaser
Daft yes? Well what about a tree that was alive then, and still is
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pines of California
Photo: Rick Goldwaser
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"Heading into the Autumnal months, heavy downpours and prolonged periods of rain can be expected to overwhelm the UK’s drainage infrastructure".
A reminder: in the 6 months ended 30/09/23, Anglian Water revenue went up £66.6m (+8.8%) to £827.5m...
www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-n...
A reminder: in the 6 months ended 30/09/23, Anglian Water revenue went up £66.6m (+8.8%) to £827.5m...
www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-n...
Anglian Water had biggest increase in sewage spills over last two years
The study compared figures from 2022 and 2023
www.cambridge-news.co.uk
October 2, 2024 at 2:34 PM
"Heading into the Autumnal months, heavy downpours and prolonged periods of rain can be expected to overwhelm the UK’s drainage infrastructure".
A reminder: in the 6 months ended 30/09/23, Anglian Water revenue went up £66.6m (+8.8%) to £827.5m...
www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-n...
A reminder: in the 6 months ended 30/09/23, Anglian Water revenue went up £66.6m (+8.8%) to £827.5m...
www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-n...
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Anglian Water. Again...
See my post yesterday for exactly how much money they're raking in from customers, whilst defiling our waterways in return... 😡
(Apologies for quoting the Daily Express. I wouldn't normally go near it, but this is important).
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1956...
See my post yesterday for exactly how much money they're raking in from customers, whilst defiling our waterways in return... 😡
(Apologies for quoting the Daily Express. I wouldn't normally go near it, but this is important).
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1956...
Outrage in pretty UK town as sewage 'emergency' alert issued
The Environment Agency classed it as the most severe, which means it has a serious, extensive, or persistent impact on the environment, people, or property.
www.express.co.uk
October 3, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Anglian Water. Again...
See my post yesterday for exactly how much money they're raking in from customers, whilst defiling our waterways in return... 😡
(Apologies for quoting the Daily Express. I wouldn't normally go near it, but this is important).
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1956...
See my post yesterday for exactly how much money they're raking in from customers, whilst defiling our waterways in return... 😡
(Apologies for quoting the Daily Express. I wouldn't normally go near it, but this is important).
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1956...
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Rivers and water quality starter pack.
Comment below if you think you or someone else should be part of this group.
I will add you.
Rivers and water quality starter pack.
Comment below if you think you or someone else should be part of this group.
I will add you.
November 15, 2024 at 7:34 AM
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Rivers and water quality starter pack.
Comment below if you think you or someone else should be part of this group.
I will add you.
Rivers and water quality starter pack.
Comment below if you think you or someone else should be part of this group.
I will add you.
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Report in @ealingnews.bsky.social on the 5 housing developments discharging sewage straight into the River Brent. ealing.news/environment/...
Two Ealing housing developments flushing sewage into River Brent and Thames - EALING.NEWS - The Voice of Ealing 7 towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell, Northolt, Perivale, Southall.
A Environmental Information Request (EIR) to Thames Water has revealed that two housing developments in Ealing have been flushing sewage directly into tributaries of the River Thames through the River...
ealing.news
November 6, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Report in @ealingnews.bsky.social on the 5 housing developments discharging sewage straight into the River Brent. ealing.news/environment/...
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WE DID IT!
I hear it is far nicer over here! Message received. Words of the day start tomorrow.
November 13, 2024 at 7:53 PM
WE DID IT!
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Hello—introductions seem in order in this cordial new space.
👋
I’m Robert Macfarlane; I write books, films & music about the infinitely complex & fascinating terrain where nature, landscape, language & imagination entangle.
These are some of my books—& Is A River Alive? (just finished, out May 1st.)
👋
I’m Robert Macfarlane; I write books, films & music about the infinitely complex & fascinating terrain where nature, landscape, language & imagination entangle.
These are some of my books—& Is A River Alive? (just finished, out May 1st.)
November 14, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Hello—introductions seem in order in this cordial new space.
👋
I’m Robert Macfarlane; I write books, films & music about the infinitely complex & fascinating terrain where nature, landscape, language & imagination entangle.
These are some of my books—& Is A River Alive? (just finished, out May 1st.)
👋
I’m Robert Macfarlane; I write books, films & music about the infinitely complex & fascinating terrain where nature, landscape, language & imagination entangle.
These are some of my books—& Is A River Alive? (just finished, out May 1st.)
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Autumn in Cambridge keeps getting better and better!
November 13, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Autumn in Cambridge keeps getting better and better!