Ramblebob
@ramblebob.bsky.social
I walk. And camp. And walk some more.
Didn't get any spectacular sunset, but could still enjoy the view of warnscale bothy over Buttermere. #photography #landscape #lakedistrict #hiking
August 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Didn't get any spectacular sunset, but could still enjoy the view of warnscale bothy over Buttermere. #photography #landscape #lakedistrict #hiking
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"It comes after #Reform abolished the authority's flooding committee following its victory in May's local elections, despite other parties calling for it to be saved."
Wonder what Andrea Jenkyns will do to save Lincolnshires coastal communities? 🙃
#ClimateEmergency
Wonder what Andrea Jenkyns will do to save Lincolnshires coastal communities? 🙃
#ClimateEmergency
Billions needed for failing flood defences on Lincolnshire coast - BBC News
A breach could leave Lincolnshire communities under several feet of water, officials have warned.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"It comes after #Reform abolished the authority's flooding committee following its victory in May's local elections, despite other parties calling for it to be saved."
Wonder what Andrea Jenkyns will do to save Lincolnshires coastal communities? 🙃
#ClimateEmergency
Wonder what Andrea Jenkyns will do to save Lincolnshires coastal communities? 🙃
#ClimateEmergency
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If the BBC was doing its job, it would note in its coverage of Reform that 92% of the party's donations come from the fossil fuel industry.
ICYMI: the UK's Trumpist Reform party has launched a new campaign attacking renewable energy in Lincolnshire, the county most at risk from climate change.
Reform UK declares war on Lincolnshire's net-zero projects - BBC News
MP Richard Tice and Lincolnshire mayor Andrea Jenkyns say they will fight green energy plans.
www.bbc.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
If the BBC was doing its job, it would note in its coverage of Reform that 92% of the party's donations come from the fossil fuel industry.
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There are plenty of images of bad wild camping practice around. This picture shows what a wild camp site should look like when you leave. Boring! No litter, no burnt ground, no dumped gear, nothing. Just flattened ground. @tgomagazine #wildcamping
July 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
There are plenty of images of bad wild camping practice around. This picture shows what a wild camp site should look like when you leave. Boring! No litter, no burnt ground, no dumped gear, nothing. Just flattened ground. @tgomagazine #wildcamping
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do you ever stare at the ceiling and think about how the worldwide scientific establishment did the impossible and created a COVID vaccine in under a year and the response of the general public has been to go on an unstoppable rampage to destroy science and scientists
July 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
do you ever stare at the ceiling and think about how the worldwide scientific establishment did the impossible and created a COVID vaccine in under a year and the response of the general public has been to go on an unstoppable rampage to destroy science and scientists
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Ummm. Imagine such sentences for raptor persecution on a shooting estate, or for river pollution, habitat destruction or felling enacted by a farmer, large landowner, private company, council contractor or developer? What could POSSIBLY be the diffence I wonder? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Two men behind ‘senseless’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree jailed for more than four years
Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, sentenced for act of criminal damage that sparked widespread sadness and anger
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ummm. Imagine such sentences for raptor persecution on a shooting estate, or for river pollution, habitat destruction or felling enacted by a farmer, large landowner, private company, council contractor or developer? What could POSSIBLY be the diffence I wonder? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Here I am trying to look cool, but not going to near the edge! Between Red Pike and High Style in the lakes, Buttermere just visible. #hiking #backpacking #lakedistrict #photography #landscapephotography
July 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Here I am trying to look cool, but not going to near the edge! Between Red Pike and High Style in the lakes, Buttermere just visible. #hiking #backpacking #lakedistrict #photography #landscapephotography
Probably the best sunrise I have ever had while being out camping.
#landscapephotography #drone #camping #sunrise #photography #peakdistrict
#landscapephotography #drone #camping #sunrise #photography #peakdistrict
July 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Probably the best sunrise I have ever had while being out camping.
#landscapephotography #drone #camping #sunrise #photography #peakdistrict
#landscapephotography #drone #camping #sunrise #photography #peakdistrict
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I've encountered many neurodivergent people who struggle with the sensations of tight clothes and fabrics.
Every last one of them has understood social norms well enough to not get their genitals out in public.
It's as if autism and being a sleazebag are entirely mutually exclusive. Who knew?
Every last one of them has understood social norms well enough to not get their genitals out in public.
It's as if autism and being a sleazebag are entirely mutually exclusive. Who knew?
July 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I've encountered many neurodivergent people who struggle with the sensations of tight clothes and fabrics.
Every last one of them has understood social norms well enough to not get their genitals out in public.
It's as if autism and being a sleazebag are entirely mutually exclusive. Who knew?
Every last one of them has understood social norms well enough to not get their genitals out in public.
It's as if autism and being a sleazebag are entirely mutually exclusive. Who knew?
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The Pinch of Salt Path author Raynor Winn has published a rebuttal on her website.
www.raynorwinn.co.uk?fbclid=PAQ0x...
www.raynorwinn.co.uk?fbclid=PAQ0x...
July 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The Pinch of Salt Path author Raynor Winn has published a rebuttal on her website.
www.raynorwinn.co.uk?fbclid=PAQ0x...
www.raynorwinn.co.uk?fbclid=PAQ0x...
The big skies of the Lincolnshire Wolds. This was my lockdown walking route. Can't complain at that.
#landscape #photography #dronephotography #lincolnshire
#landscape #photography #dronephotography #lincolnshire
July 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The big skies of the Lincolnshire Wolds. This was my lockdown walking route. Can't complain at that.
#landscape #photography #dronephotography #lincolnshire
#landscape #photography #dronephotography #lincolnshire
A photo from nearby, that I hadn't really done anything with until my hard drive packed up.
#landscape #photography #lincolnshire
#landscape #photography #lincolnshire
July 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A photo from nearby, that I hadn't really done anything with until my hard drive packed up.
#landscape #photography #lincolnshire
#landscape #photography #lincolnshire
Had a hard drive failure recently, so been spending time reorganising and backing up. Went back to some old photos, liked this one from the top of Merrick
#mountains #photography #hiking #scotland
#mountains #photography #hiking #scotland
July 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Had a hard drive failure recently, so been spending time reorganising and backing up. Went back to some old photos, liked this one from the top of Merrick
#mountains #photography #hiking #scotland
#mountains #photography #hiking #scotland
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Please take a look at the article within it is a survey on wild camping. If you’ve ever wild camped in the UK fill it in.
The BMC is standing up for wild campers - The British Mountaineering Council www.thebmc.co.uk/en/the-bmc-i...
The BMC is standing up for wild campers - The British Mountaineering Council
Wild camping - pitching your tent in a quiet place and leaving no trace - has long been a much-loved part of outdoor adventure. But across most of England and Wales, it remains off-limits, unclear, or...
www.thebmc.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Please take a look at the article within it is a survey on wild camping. If you’ve ever wild camped in the UK fill it in.
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I tell you what, one thing we should be advocating for is a legal maximum workplace temperature (probably with provision for emergency/essential services). We've got a best practice minimum; the climate crisis means a maximum needs to be added.
June 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I tell you what, one thing we should be advocating for is a legal maximum workplace temperature (probably with provision for emergency/essential services). We've got a best practice minimum; the climate crisis means a maximum needs to be added.
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british fan chat
![cartoon for the guardian by Stephen Collins - script as follows:
[Scene is a darkened LOFT. Amongst the boxes and junk are FOUR KNACKERED OLD FANS - three tower fans and one circular, with cracked grey plastic and buttons missing. One fan, TOWER FAN 1, is a bit taller than the others, and is addressing them]
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TOWER FAN 1:
Right lads, get ready.
2
TOWER FAN 1:
This is our time.
3
TOWER FAN 1:
The time when we remember who we are, and why we’re here.
4
TOWER FAN 1:
We are the four crap fans in a British person’s loft,
and we are here to make absolutely no difference whatsoever.
5
TOWER FAN 1:
I know what you’re
thinking, lads:
6
TOWER FAN 1:
Surely this will be the year they finally replace us?
7
TOWER FAN 1:
Our plastic’s gone all brown... I haven’t oscillated since 2018...
8
TOWER FAN 1:
Dave here sounds like a spitfire and blows like a sad cat’s sigh…
TOWER FAN 2:
Cheers mate
9
TOWER FAN 1:
But no. These people are British, and every year, they forget the sun exists.
By the time they remember,
new fans will cost *four million pounds* on Amazon.
10
TOWER FAN 1:
So we’ll be back down there... shovelling thick air across the moaning faces of a species that cannot comprehend the concept of air conditioning, or even just closing the curtains when it’s hot out...
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TOWER FAN 1:
...while they incessantly bang on about normally hot countries which this country is now temporarily a bit hotter than.
12
[The loft hatch opens and a person comes up the ladder]
PERSON:
APPARENTLY IT’S HOTTER THAN GREECE, LISA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreidbpfu2ioghspjcg4xitzv655jzjwp5lgxk5hi3ag7sechgh222ze@jpeg)
May 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
british fan chat
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My disgust at seeing increasing instances of casual AI slop-art is actually making me use the internet less and less. I'm surprisingly okay with this. If the future of the net is just idiots playing with their shitty little theft machines, I'm good with a book and a cup of tea.
June 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
My disgust at seeing increasing instances of casual AI slop-art is actually making me use the internet less and less. I'm surprisingly okay with this. If the future of the net is just idiots playing with their shitty little theft machines, I'm good with a book and a cup of tea.
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is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.
January 20, 2024 at 4:21 PM
is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.
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Absolutely surreal to have lived through the Napster days and watched as the titans of industry moved hell and high water to lock down any possible chance that someone's song might get swapped online without giving the studios a cut and now those same people are just like "well we gotta steal music"
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Absolutely surreal to have lived through the Napster days and watched as the titans of industry moved hell and high water to lock down any possible chance that someone's song might get swapped online without giving the studios a cut and now those same people are just like "well we gotta steal music"
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the average ChatGPT user is a man who would rather evaporate an entire lake than use excel
May 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
the average ChatGPT user is a man who would rather evaporate an entire lake than use excel
A week away in a remote Welsh cottage, deep in the forest, far from roads and people. Perfect.
#photography #dronephotography #sunset #mountains #woods
#photography #dronephotography #sunset #mountains #woods
May 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A week away in a remote Welsh cottage, deep in the forest, far from roads and people. Perfect.
#photography #dronephotography #sunset #mountains #woods
#photography #dronephotography #sunset #mountains #woods
My last day of the Lincs Wold Way, completing the 78 mile loop in a total of 2 days 4 hours and 45 mins. Not a bad hike!
#hiking #backpacking #lincolnshire
#hiking #backpacking #lincolnshire
May 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My last day of the Lincs Wold Way, completing the 78 mile loop in a total of 2 days 4 hours and 45 mins. Not a bad hike!
#hiking #backpacking #lincolnshire
#hiking #backpacking #lincolnshire
2nd day of my Lincs Wolds Way hike, I covered 33.69 miles in 14 hours 42 mins. Set up at 9pm and straight to sleep for a final push! #hiking #hikingtrails #backpacking
May 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
2nd day of my Lincs Wolds Way hike, I covered 33.69 miles in 14 hours 42 mins. Set up at 9pm and straight to sleep for a final push! #hiking #hikingtrails #backpacking
Spent the weekend doing the Lincs Wold Way, a 78 mile loop in my local county. Added a 5 mile walk to the start point! Day 1 I covered 31.18 miles in 11 hours 31 mins, with 773 metres of ascent. Not bad for a flat county!
May 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Spent the weekend doing the Lincs Wold Way, a 78 mile loop in my local county. Added a 5 mile walk to the start point! Day 1 I covered 31.18 miles in 11 hours 31 mins, with 773 metres of ascent. Not bad for a flat county!
Decided to go out to try get some bluebell shots. Never done it before, I think I got some alright shots. #photography #bluebells #woodland
April 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Decided to go out to try get some bluebell shots. Never done it before, I think I got some alright shots. #photography #bluebells #woodland