Sylvia Knight
@thelocalecho.bsky.social
British, living in the Algarve, learning Portuguese and how to SUP surf.
Qualifications include Sea Kayak Leader and PhD in Computer Science, Cambridge. LGBT, trans ally, interested in liberal politics, science, linguistics, surfski, via ferrata. She/her.
Qualifications include Sea Kayak Leader and PhD in Computer Science, Cambridge. LGBT, trans ally, interested in liberal politics, science, linguistics, surfski, via ferrata. She/her.
Misleading headline. They mean B2 English (by CEFR standards) so the required skill in English would be similar to the French of a British kid with A level French.
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Misleading headline. They mean B2 English (by CEFR standards) so the required skill in English would be similar to the French of a British kid with A level French.
Inspired by the boat in Japan that got loose during the tsunami and drifted empty to Canada? Nice big target. It’s a bit further from Sri Lanka, but with someone to steer and some fuel, you never know. Pack a few years of food and water and cross your fingers.
October 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Inspired by the boat in Japan that got loose during the tsunami and drifted empty to Canada? Nice big target. It’s a bit further from Sri Lanka, but with someone to steer and some fuel, you never know. Pack a few years of food and water and cross your fingers.
Is there one college that isn’t included? If so - that college owned the farmland there, sold it for housing, and annoyed the town council in the process, who named roads after all its rivals to throw shade.
September 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Is there one college that isn’t included? If so - that college owned the farmland there, sold it for housing, and annoyed the town council in the process, who named roads after all its rivals to throw shade.
I have heard them! There is a heronry by the Cam on the way to Grantchester and they make a loud croaky raspy call when flying home to the nest. It was quite a creepy thing to hear at dusk when kayaking through Newnham woods on my own…
August 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I have heard them! There is a heronry by the Cam on the way to Grantchester and they make a loud croaky raspy call when flying home to the nest. It was quite a creepy thing to hear at dusk when kayaking through Newnham woods on my own…
Tbf it might not be hungry - with a beak that long in front of your eyes, it’s an inspection tool. I think it wants to ride the bike. Its feet are big enough for the pedals. But its legs aren’t long enough. A flamingo might manage. Beak operates a brake.
August 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Tbf it might not be hungry - with a beak that long in front of your eyes, it’s an inspection tool. I think it wants to ride the bike. Its feet are big enough for the pedals. But its legs aren’t long enough. A flamingo might manage. Beak operates a brake.
You have just given me an idea for an Only Fools and Horses follow up in which a girl is named after Del-boy - Delenda.
August 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
You have just given me an idea for an Only Fools and Horses follow up in which a girl is named after Del-boy - Delenda.
I feel it rather than hear it, including on meds. It’s going to depend on anatomy.
July 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I feel it rather than hear it, including on meds. It’s going to depend on anatomy.
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Is “super off peak” the same as “it’s a Sunday and here is your rail replacement bus service”?
July 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Is “super off peak” the same as “it’s a Sunday and here is your rail replacement bus service”?
Unfortunately for me that suggests someone who is scared of water or diving and spends all day hanging around the edge but never jumps. Try going in slowly first and work up to it!
July 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Unfortunately for me that suggests someone who is scared of water or diving and spends all day hanging around the edge but never jumps. Try going in slowly first and work up to it!
And if not, Right to Choose in England.
July 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
And if not, Right to Choose in England.
This is going to be a problem for trans men too. A man with low haemoglobin could be accepted for donation if tested at the lower female threshold. Health risk!
June 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This is going to be a problem for trans men too. A man with low haemoglobin could be accepted for donation if tested at the lower female threshold. Health risk!
That dress is perfect for the passive aggressive wedding guest who insists that they had a gorgeous cream number, but everyone said no because they would upstage the bride, so FINE I SHALL JUST WEAR A SACK THEN.
June 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
That dress is perfect for the passive aggressive wedding guest who insists that they had a gorgeous cream number, but everyone said no because they would upstage the bride, so FINE I SHALL JUST WEAR A SACK THEN.
Very cool. It would no doubt perturb a cat. www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
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May 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Very cool. It would no doubt perturb a cat. www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
“OMG. This thing I’ve been sitting on. I’ve just realised, it’s made of meat!”
March 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“OMG. This thing I’ve been sitting on. I’ve just realised, it’s made of meat!”
“Eternal and Unchanging Boner”
March 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
“Eternal and Unchanging Boner”
I had a lot of aniseed flavoured antibiotics to treat chest and ear infections when I was a kid. They used to make me retch. The banana flavoured amoxicillin was nice though.
February 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I had a lot of aniseed flavoured antibiotics to treat chest and ear infections when I was a kid. They used to make me retch. The banana flavoured amoxicillin was nice though.
Then a robot vacuum cleaner would go knocking over all the crutches that were propped up against the walls, jamming them against the doors, so the humans couldn’t open the door to get in to the room and the robot couldn’t get out.
February 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Then a robot vacuum cleaner would go knocking over all the crutches that were propped up against the walls, jamming them against the doors, so the humans couldn’t open the door to get in to the room and the robot couldn’t get out.