Judith Derbyshire
@ruralgurn.bsky.social
🔸LibDem Cllr - Greystoke/Ullswater/Dacre ward - Westmorland and Furness Unitary Council. And W&F Housing & Homelessness Portfolio Holder. Enjoying life in Cumbria. Also posts as @GUDCllr for ward issues, and @LakesTrees for fun.
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BY ELECTION RESULT
Kendal Town Council, Nether Ward
Lib Dem: 505 (71.0%)
RefUK: 126 (17.7%)
Green: 57 (8.02%)
Labour: 23 (3.2%)
Lib Dem HOLD!
Huge congrats to new Cllr Sharon Falshaw
Kendal Town Council, Nether Ward
Lib Dem: 505 (71.0%)
RefUK: 126 (17.7%)
Green: 57 (8.02%)
Labour: 23 (3.2%)
Lib Dem HOLD!
Huge congrats to new Cllr Sharon Falshaw
March 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
BY ELECTION RESULT
Kendal Town Council, Nether Ward
Lib Dem: 505 (71.0%)
RefUK: 126 (17.7%)
Green: 57 (8.02%)
Labour: 23 (3.2%)
Lib Dem HOLD!
Huge congrats to new Cllr Sharon Falshaw
Kendal Town Council, Nether Ward
Lib Dem: 505 (71.0%)
RefUK: 126 (17.7%)
Green: 57 (8.02%)
Labour: 23 (3.2%)
Lib Dem HOLD!
Huge congrats to new Cllr Sharon Falshaw
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BY ELECTION RESULT
Penrith Town Council, East Ward
🔶Lib Dem: 319 (58.1%)
➡️Refuk: 142 (25.9%)
🔴Labour: 59 (10.7%)
⬜ Ind: 29 (5.3%)
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour
Well done to Ronald Kelley!
Penrith Town Council, East Ward
🔶Lib Dem: 319 (58.1%)
➡️Refuk: 142 (25.9%)
🔴Labour: 59 (10.7%)
⬜ Ind: 29 (5.3%)
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour
Well done to Ronald Kelley!
March 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
BY ELECTION RESULT
Penrith Town Council, East Ward
🔶Lib Dem: 319 (58.1%)
➡️Refuk: 142 (25.9%)
🔴Labour: 59 (10.7%)
⬜ Ind: 29 (5.3%)
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour
Well done to Ronald Kelley!
Penrith Town Council, East Ward
🔶Lib Dem: 319 (58.1%)
➡️Refuk: 142 (25.9%)
🔴Labour: 59 (10.7%)
⬜ Ind: 29 (5.3%)
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour
Well done to Ronald Kelley!
Post on FB about grey herons not being able to swim www.facebook.com/share/r/1Bew...
Opinion of @everyheron.bsky.social would be useful here…
Opinion of @everyheron.bsky.social would be useful here…
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March 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Post on FB about grey herons not being able to swim www.facebook.com/share/r/1Bew...
Opinion of @everyheron.bsky.social would be useful here…
Opinion of @everyheron.bsky.social would be useful here…
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Eamont & Shap (Westmorland & Furness) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 67.2% (+1.5)
🌳 CON: 20.5% (-13.8)
🏘️ PCF: 6.5% (New)
🌍 GRN: 5.8% (New)
Liberal Democrat HOLD.
Changes w/ 2022.
🔶 LDM: 67.2% (+1.5)
🌳 CON: 20.5% (-13.8)
🏘️ PCF: 6.5% (New)
🌍 GRN: 5.8% (New)
Liberal Democrat HOLD.
Changes w/ 2022.
February 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Eamont & Shap (Westmorland & Furness) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 67.2% (+1.5)
🌳 CON: 20.5% (-13.8)
🏘️ PCF: 6.5% (New)
🌍 GRN: 5.8% (New)
Liberal Democrat HOLD.
Changes w/ 2022.
🔶 LDM: 67.2% (+1.5)
🌳 CON: 20.5% (-13.8)
🏘️ PCF: 6.5% (New)
🌍 GRN: 5.8% (New)
Liberal Democrat HOLD.
Changes w/ 2022.
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Snow on Shap Fell between Kendal and Shap in Cumbria this morning. The fell is at about 1500 feet above sea level here and the temperature was 1C.
#uksnow
#ukweather
#shap
#uksnow
#ukweather
#shap
February 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Snow on Shap Fell between Kendal and Shap in Cumbria this morning. The fell is at about 1500 feet above sea level here and the temperature was 1C.
#uksnow
#ukweather
#shap
#uksnow
#ukweather
#shap
@everyheron.bsky.social just seen 8-10 herons on the bank of River Eden north of Warwick Bridge, Cumbria. I failed to get a photo as driving over the bridge. But is it the early spring meeting time for Cumbrian herons? And what is the collective noun for herons?
February 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
@everyheron.bsky.social just seen 8-10 herons on the bank of River Eden north of Warwick Bridge, Cumbria. I failed to get a photo as driving over the bridge. But is it the early spring meeting time for Cumbrian herons? And what is the collective noun for herons?
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More non festive wintry offerings, eastern Lakes.
January 8, 2025 at 5:41 AM
More non festive wintry offerings, eastern Lakes.
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Heavy winter clouds above Helm Crag with good views of Grasmere with the church poking up through the cloud inversion and early morning mist. #lakedistrict #landscapephotography #hiking
January 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Heavy winter clouds above Helm Crag with good views of Grasmere with the church poking up through the cloud inversion and early morning mist. #lakedistrict #landscapephotography #hiking
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Into the Vortex of Liminality.
Superb.
Superb.
This moment absolutely floored me as the great blue heron took off against a backdrop that looks like a vortex, thanks to the water reflection.
January 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Into the Vortex of Liminality.
Superb.
Superb.
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Good to see Munira Wilson (LibDem education spokesperson) on BBC Breakfast this morning.
Wilson talked a lot of sense about the grooming scandal and the need to implement the existing recommendations from the previous national inquiry and not waste time on a second inquiry.
More of this please.
Wilson talked a lot of sense about the grooming scandal and the need to implement the existing recommendations from the previous national inquiry and not waste time on a second inquiry.
More of this please.
January 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Good to see Munira Wilson (LibDem education spokesperson) on BBC Breakfast this morning.
Wilson talked a lot of sense about the grooming scandal and the need to implement the existing recommendations from the previous national inquiry and not waste time on a second inquiry.
More of this please.
Wilson talked a lot of sense about the grooming scandal and the need to implement the existing recommendations from the previous national inquiry and not waste time on a second inquiry.
More of this please.
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A few beautiful images my dad captured yesterday at sunset in Huntington Beach. Enjoy!
January 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A few beautiful images my dad captured yesterday at sunset in Huntington Beach. Enjoy!
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Today I raised the issue of access to local mental health services.
Constituents have shared stories of being sent as far as Newcastle or Manchester for inpatient beds - miles away from their families and support networks.
I’ll keep campaigning for better access to local mental health services.
Constituents have shared stories of being sent as far as Newcastle or Manchester for inpatient beds - miles away from their families and support networks.
I’ll keep campaigning for better access to local mental health services.
January 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today I raised the issue of access to local mental health services.
Constituents have shared stories of being sent as far as Newcastle or Manchester for inpatient beds - miles away from their families and support networks.
I’ll keep campaigning for better access to local mental health services.
Constituents have shared stories of being sent as far as Newcastle or Manchester for inpatient beds - miles away from their families and support networks.
I’ll keep campaigning for better access to local mental health services.
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Perfect example of the #HeronFinishingTouch
January 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Perfect example of the #HeronFinishingTouch
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Great to see a 2ha plot of wild bird cover crop locally, seeded with millet, linseed, mustard, sunflower and kale. Packed with birds: 230 Linnet, 170 Chaffinch, 30 Greenfinch & 2 Reed Bunt, all feeding on the array of seeds, showing how valuable these cover crops can be to farmland birds. #UKBirding
January 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Great to see a 2ha plot of wild bird cover crop locally, seeded with millet, linseed, mustard, sunflower and kale. Packed with birds: 230 Linnet, 170 Chaffinch, 30 Greenfinch & 2 Reed Bunt, all feeding on the array of seeds, showing how valuable these cover crops can be to farmland birds. #UKBirding
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Huge thanks for the cards, flowers, messages & kindness I received for my MBE. I know many friends are not fans of the honours system, appreciate them side stepping the debate & still supporting me. For good balance I celebrated by donating to people in food poverty in Barrow
January 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Huge thanks for the cards, flowers, messages & kindness I received for my MBE. I know many friends are not fans of the honours system, appreciate them side stepping the debate & still supporting me. For good balance I celebrated by donating to people in food poverty in Barrow
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Beautiful rime on the edge of this recycling bin lid earlier today ♻️
January 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Beautiful rime on the edge of this recycling bin lid earlier today ♻️
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There’s little you can say to justify this. And it’s not going to get any better.
So much of ‘project fear’ featured here:
So much of ‘project fear’ featured here:
January 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
There’s little you can say to justify this. And it’s not going to get any better.
So much of ‘project fear’ featured here:
So much of ‘project fear’ featured here:
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Arnside knott fell top assessment, knee high to the Betony, still snowing.
January 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Arnside knott fell top assessment, knee high to the Betony, still snowing.
And between Gold Island and the main river bank, I spotted a heron. So @everyheron.bsky.social came to mind.
January 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
And between Gold Island and the main river bank, I spotted a heron. So @everyheron.bsky.social came to mind.
Lovely walk north of Wark, Northumberland, alongside the North Tyne. Snowdrops nearly in bloom. And interesting bench which could be adjusted so you could look upstream or downstream to watch the water drift by…
January 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Lovely walk north of Wark, Northumberland, alongside the North Tyne. Snowdrops nearly in bloom. And interesting bench which could be adjusted so you could look upstream or downstream to watch the water drift by…
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Laurel Street, Newcastle, 1955, by Jimmy Forsyth. Nancy Bates with Ralph and Shirley Ann.
January 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Laurel Street, Newcastle, 1955, by Jimmy Forsyth. Nancy Bates with Ralph and Shirley Ann.
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Freezing pool ❄️
Frost is the most amazing artist, don’t you think?
Frost is the most amazing artist, don’t you think?
January 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Freezing pool ❄️
Frost is the most amazing artist, don’t you think?
Frost is the most amazing artist, don’t you think?
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This is a small, very carefully made and repeatedly resharpened flint knife made a Neanderthal person around 50,000 years ago.
It was discarded on the south coast of Jersey, carried far as an important part of their personal equipment.
Now cared for by @jerseyheritage
#FlintFriday
🦣🏺
It was discarded on the south coast of Jersey, carried far as an important part of their personal equipment.
Now cared for by @jerseyheritage
#FlintFriday
🦣🏺
January 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is a small, very carefully made and repeatedly resharpened flint knife made a Neanderthal person around 50,000 years ago.
It was discarded on the south coast of Jersey, carried far as an important part of their personal equipment.
Now cared for by @jerseyheritage
#FlintFriday
🦣🏺
It was discarded on the south coast of Jersey, carried far as an important part of their personal equipment.
Now cared for by @jerseyheritage
#FlintFriday
🦣🏺