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That Ian May
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Happiest on rails.
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If I had a time machine, I would use it to go back to the year 2014 and make sure that we didn't import the complete cobblers that is 'Black Friday' into the UK.
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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So this one time in Germany my dad insisted on buying this fish paste in a tube. Like, a metal toothpaste tube. It looked utterly unappetising to the rest of us but he was unrepentant. He always had a thing for stinky fish-based stuff and this was no different. 1/
clairewillett.bsky.social Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19h
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore

I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Lovely stuff.
bronhebog.bsky.social Bron Hebog @bronhebog.bsky.social · 1d
The four Double Fairlies of Bron Hebog - one of them still not finished
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Not sure why I decided to leave my cosy dining room today… ❄️🙂
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Spotted on our walk this afternoon🐴
Rocking horse with a sign saying: ‘Emergency transport for hire!’
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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This deserves a re-skeet.
Mindblowing!
readingmuseum.bsky.social Reading Museum @readingmuseum.bsky.social · 13d
Today's #Museum30 theme is #digital 💻
Believe it or not, this DEC HiNote laptop (indirectly) helped break the sound barrier - it was used to support the Thrust SuperSonic Car which broke the land speed record in 1997, and is still coated with dust from the Nevada desert where the test took place! 🏎️
A glass display case from Reading's Digital Revolution exhibition, containing old technology and promotional materials. There is a black electronic device with a screen surrounded by colourful brochures, product boxes, and manuals featuring branding such as “DEC” and “ActiveMS.” Image copyright Reading Museum.
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Might have to get out for a walk this weekend if the weather stays dry-ish. It’d be rude not to when we have autumn colours like this just up the road. 🍂
Beautiful yellow and orange beech trees with a blue sky behind.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Gentle stroll through the woods in Oxfordshire this afternoon. Beautiful colours on the beech trees near Exlade Street, off the A4074 - definite food for the soul 🙂
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Whoever thought of this is a genius!
Green and Pink squash bottles in the characters of Elphaba and Glinda from Wicked.
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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@richdmay.bsky.social 👀
kernowmodelrail.bsky.social Kernow Model Rail Centre @kernowmodelrail.bsky.social · 27d
🏎 Ready, set... race! Bring the speed and excitement of Formula 1 with this 1980s Grand Prix race set. Endless fun for all ages! 🏎
www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/81071/C143...
October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Does anyone know what this strange prismatic cloud effect is called? 🌈🌤️
Spotted this morning in the sky above Christchurch Meadows in #Reading this morning.
October 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Had a fun time at the Slough & Windsor Railway Society Model Railway exhibition yesterday. I was operating our club layout Wokingham for the first time.

Do check out the show if you’re in the area today: www.swrs.co.uk/swrsweb/html...

#BSMRGUK
S&WRS Show logo featuring Slough Estates No. 3 - a green Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST View over the Wokingham layout showing a coal train running into Wokingham station.
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Autumn shadows and colours by the Thames in Caversham this morning.
View across the meadow towards the river. Green grass in the front and a row of trees in the distance
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Time for a bit of random 1980s nostalgia I reckon.

@richdmay.bsky.social and I with Midland 4F 43924 at Keighley station on the @worthvalley.bsky.social in autumn 1985

📷 G May
Ian and Rich at Keighley station with the 4F 43924. Nice brown anorak and all.
October 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Half term can’t come soon enoug…
a man is walking down a hallway carrying a green bag
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October 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Just missed the sunset last night. But did catch the mist over the meadows by the River Test.
The afterglow of sunset across a meadow in Hampshire Cows in the distance across a misty meadow. With a fence in the foreground.
October 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Should I have another biscuit?
October 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Splendid, if rather soggy, day at the steam gala yesterday.
Thanks @thewatercressline.bsky.social !
S15 class 30506 standing in the cattle dock at Alresford station awaiting the next service. Battle of Britain class ‘Sir Archibald Sinclair’ pulling into the platform at Ropley station with a service to Alton on a rather wet Friday at the Watercress Line Steam Gala.
October 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Getting the distinct impression that no-one has the faintest clue what they're doing at the moment, myself included!
September 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Some pretty spectacular fungi on a walk in the woods today.
Flat topped mushroom and a baby one in the woods Slightly chewed chestnut coloured mushroom in the woodland sun Colony of mushrooms on a fallen tree
September 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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#ColdplayWembley wasn’t half bad. Thanks Chris and the guys.
August 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Bucket hats, pints of Hooch and Oasis live. Yesterday was like 1996 all over again. Marvellous!
August 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Roma Termini. First ever trip on a Frecciarossa 🙂
3 Italian High Speed trains waiting at the station in Rome
May 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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13 years ago today I managed to catch 70013 ‘Oliver Cromwell’ passing through Reading station with its support coach. I like to think the toot on the whistle was for me! 🚂🚉
April 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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A Slight Case of Overfrothing.
Tour de Yorkshire coffee mug overflowing with froth earlier.
April 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM