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Simon Bayliss
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Partner, dad, fell-runner. Not always in that order

Derbyshire, England
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Me: AI produces horrible slop

Also me, after my longest run this year: Look at the super incisive things Strava's AI has to say
A snapshot of a Strava screen showing a run on 27.01km in 4:08:06, with 1,596m of climb. The Strava AI says: Epic Tour of Pendle trail run with massive elevation gain, pushing your limits beyond typical distances and showing incredible endurance.
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Maybe this wouldn't have happened if dogs hadn't been so busy getting themselves on ducks' beaks
A close up of a duck's beak, which looks like a cartoon drawing of a yellow dog's head
February 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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The panto (Snow White) at Sheffield's Lyceum Theatre was as good as ever. I hope my girls (19 and 15 now) never tire of going
The finale of Snow White - all the cast members are dressed in red and gold, singing and dancing at Snow White's wedding to Prince Charming, with the dame centre stage
December 23, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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Presumably pigs in a blanket are what we Brits call Sausage Rolls, but what do you call what we call Pigs in Blankets, which are small sausages wrapped in bacon?
A bowl of small sausages wrapped in bacon, aka Pigs in Blankets
December 23, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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It looks a little like this (especially when you compare the facial expressions of the pilot and chap on the right of painting)
The Capture of Christ by Henrich Hoffmann. Jesus being escorted by guards in the Garden of Gethsemane
December 20, 2024 at 9:51 AM
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Charlie enjoying some shut-eye
Charlie, a Cocker Spaniel, asleep on his black leather armchair, the back of which has been squashed down by him sitting on it earlier
December 2, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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A rock sticking out of a gritstone edge, that looks slightly like Donald Trump
November 28, 2024 at 7:48 AM
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I spotted these caterpillars recently, amazing camouflage
A caterpillar camouflaged as lichen arches its back as it crawls over a paving slab A caterpillar camouflaged as lichen crawling over a paving slab
November 27, 2024 at 8:30 AM
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This is the best Halloween decoration I ever made
Four satsumas, three with pumpkin faces and one with a smiley face, drawn on them with marker pen
November 15, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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Bleaklow Stones in the mist
The wind sculpted Bleaklow Stones, seen in a light mist
September 1, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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Head torches out on the club off-road run last night round Beeley Moor/Chatsworth, first time in a few months.

Photo by Michael Kenyon
A silhouetted runner climbs a dry stone wall via stone steps set into the wall, a pool of light from a head torch illuminates the ground below him. Behind, just a few clouds on the horizon in an otherwise clear twilight sky and a silhouetted tree
August 30, 2024 at 10:10 AM
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Last summit of epic 61km run with 3,500m of vertical in the Howgill Fells, visiting every top over 400 m. A hard route on a very hot day
August 12, 2024 at 12:20 AM