@paulrainger.bsky.social
Smallholder, environmental campaigner, part-time charity fundraiser. Personal stuff about growing veg, politics and prog.
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Fifteen litres of Cider Vinegar bottled - that’s summer pickling 2026 sorted! thesecretacre.com/2026/01/28/a...
February 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Fifteen litres of Cider Vinegar bottled - that’s summer pickling 2026 sorted! thesecretacre.com/2026/01/28/a...
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Just when we were about to give up, we successfully bottled 15 litres of ACV at The Secret Acre this winter!
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/28/a...
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/28/a...
Apple Cider Vinegar Success
Three cheers for the Apple Cider Vinegar – at last! Just when we were about to give up, we successfully bottled 15 litres at The Secret Acre this winter. We first, and last, successfully made Apple…
thesecretacre.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Just when we were about to give up, we successfully bottled 15 litres of ACV at The Secret Acre this winter!
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/28/a...
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/28/a...
Fifteen litres of Cider Vinegar bottled - that’s summer pickling 2026 sorted! thesecretacre.com/2026/01/28/a...
February 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Fifteen litres of Cider Vinegar bottled - that’s summer pickling 2026 sorted! thesecretacre.com/2026/01/28/a...
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Double your donation! Give today to help GL11 Community Hub unlock £8,000 of additional funding to tackle food poverty in our area - https://www.spacehive.com/connect-and-nourish
Donate to our crowdfunder before end of March and Stroud District Council will double your donation.
Donate to our crowdfunder before end of March and Stroud District Council will double your donation.
Connect and Nourish
Connect and Nourish: community-led food infrastructure tackling poverty, whilst building skills and healthier, more connected communities.
www.spacehive.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Double your donation! Give today to help GL11 Community Hub unlock £8,000 of additional funding to tackle food poverty in our area - https://www.spacehive.com/connect-and-nourish
Donate to our crowdfunder before end of March and Stroud District Council will double your donation.
Donate to our crowdfunder before end of March and Stroud District Council will double your donation.
Just when we were about to give up, we successfully bottled 15 litres of ACV at The Secret Acre this winter!
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/28/a...
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/28/a...
Apple Cider Vinegar Success
Three cheers for the Apple Cider Vinegar – at last! Just when we were about to give up, we successfully bottled 15 litres at The Secret Acre this winter. We first, and last, successfully made Apple…
thesecretacre.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Just when we were about to give up, we successfully bottled 15 litres of ACV at The Secret Acre this winter!
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/28/a...
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/28/a...
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Spot the ball? No, spot the Red Kite! thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Spot the ball? No, spot the Red Kite! thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
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Best news story of the year so far. - “A kink club's sex act area does not have sufficient lighting and could cause a "trip hazard", inspectors have ruled.” - Well you wouldn’t want to trip in the dark and impale yourself on something unexpected now would you! 🤣
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bristol kink club temporarily closes over safety concerns
Officials shut down Dare To as the venue's boss promised to make rapid improvements.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Best news story of the year so far. - “A kink club's sex act area does not have sufficient lighting and could cause a "trip hazard", inspectors have ruled.” - Well you wouldn’t want to trip in the dark and impale yourself on something unexpected now would you! 🤣
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Red Kite delight - thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
January 23, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Red Kite delight - thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
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Call it what it is. This analysis by the BBC clearly shows he was disarmed and then shot. That’s murder.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Unpicking the second Minneapolis shooting frame by frame
BBC Verify has analysed footage of the shooting from multiple angles, piecing together a detailed picture of what happened.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Call it what it is. This analysis by the BBC clearly shows he was disarmed and then shot. That’s murder.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Best news story of the year so far. - “A kink club's sex act area does not have sufficient lighting and could cause a "trip hazard", inspectors have ruled.” - Well you wouldn’t want to trip in the dark and impale yourself on something unexpected now would you! 🤣
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bristol kink club temporarily closes over safety concerns
Officials shut down Dare To as the venue's boss promised to make rapid improvements.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Best news story of the year so far. - “A kink club's sex act area does not have sufficient lighting and could cause a "trip hazard", inspectors have ruled.” - Well you wouldn’t want to trip in the dark and impale yourself on something unexpected now would you! 🤣
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Call it what it is. This analysis by the BBC clearly shows he was disarmed and then shot. That’s murder.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Unpicking the second Minneapolis shooting frame by frame
BBC Verify has analysed footage of the shooting from multiple angles, piecing together a detailed picture of what happened.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Call it what it is. This analysis by the BBC clearly shows he was disarmed and then shot. That’s murder.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Emma gets in quick with our first cheese themed wedding anniversary year event - a cheesy lunch before catching the train home!
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Emma gets in quick with our first cheese themed wedding anniversary year event - a cheesy lunch before catching the train home!
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After the amazing deer and aurora, out on another winter walk recently, we spied an impressively big Red Kite circling overhead....
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
Kite Delight
After the amazing deer and aurora, out on another winter walk recently, we spied an impressively big Red Kite circling overhead. Red Kites have made an astonishing comeback in the UK, since their r…
thesecretacre.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:09 PM
After the amazing deer and aurora, out on another winter walk recently, we spied an impressively big Red Kite circling overhead....
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
Emma gets in quick with our first cheese themed wedding anniversary year event - a cheesy lunch before catching the train home!
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Emma gets in quick with our first cheese themed wedding anniversary year event - a cheesy lunch before catching the train home!
Red Kite delight - thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
January 23, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Red Kite delight - thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
Spot the ball? No, spot the Red Kite! thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Spot the ball? No, spot the Red Kite! thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
After the amazing deer and aurora, out on another winter walk recently, we spied an impressively big Red Kite circling overhead....
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
Kite Delight
After the amazing deer and aurora, out on another winter walk recently, we spied an impressively big Red Kite circling overhead. Red Kites have made an astonishing comeback in the UK, since their r…
thesecretacre.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:09 PM
After the amazing deer and aurora, out on another winter walk recently, we spied an impressively big Red Kite circling overhead....
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
thesecretacre.com/2026/01/21/k...
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Quick, we’ve been rumbled, head into town and try to blend in! 🤣 thesecretacre.com/2026/01/14/s...
January 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Quick, we’ve been rumbled, head into town and try to blend in! 🤣 thesecretacre.com/2026/01/14/s...
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Unbelievable aurora in Gloucestershire tonight. Never saw it this good when living in Scotland! Pics straight off Emma’s phone camera with no editing. (2/2)
January 19, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Unbelievable aurora in Gloucestershire tonight. Never saw it this good when living in Scotland! Pics straight off Emma’s phone camera with no editing. (2/2)
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Unbelievable aurora in Gloucestershire tonight. Never saw it this good when living in Scotland! Pics straight off Emma’s phone camera with no editing. (1/2)
January 19, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Unbelievable aurora in Gloucestershire tonight. Never saw it this good when living in Scotland! Pics straight off Emma’s phone camera with no editing. (1/2)
Unbelievable aurora in Gloucestershire tonight. Never saw it this good when living in Scotland! Pics straight off Emma’s phone camera with no editing. (2/2)
January 19, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Unbelievable aurora in Gloucestershire tonight. Never saw it this good when living in Scotland! Pics straight off Emma’s phone camera with no editing. (2/2)
Unbelievable aurora in Gloucestershire tonight. Never saw it this good when living in Scotland! Pics straight off Emma’s phone camera with no editing. (1/2)
January 19, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Unbelievable aurora in Gloucestershire tonight. Never saw it this good when living in Scotland! Pics straight off Emma’s phone camera with no editing. (1/2)
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Emma and the boys! More - thesecretacre.com/2026/01/14/s...
January 15, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Emma and the boys! More - thesecretacre.com/2026/01/14/s...
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So this happened yesterday. I started donating as a student and have kept it up ever since, through multiple moves, and latterly a period of low iron, which started to make reaching 50 donations seem unlikely, but I finally made good! Now on to at least 60 I hope! :-)
January 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
So this happened yesterday. I started donating as a student and have kept it up ever since, through multiple moves, and latterly a period of low iron, which started to make reaching 50 donations seem unlikely, but I finally made good! Now on to at least 60 I hope! :-)
So this happened yesterday. I started donating as a student and have kept it up ever since, through multiple moves, and latterly a period of low iron, which started to make reaching 50 donations seem unlikely, but I finally made good! Now on to at least 60 I hope! :-)
January 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
So this happened yesterday. I started donating as a student and have kept it up ever since, through multiple moves, and latterly a period of low iron, which started to make reaching 50 donations seem unlikely, but I finally made good! Now on to at least 60 I hope! :-)