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My passion is seeking out the remote seldom trod places. Backpacking and Wild Camping. Work in nature conservation. ME/CFS limits me these days.
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When you go away for some winter sun but end up having to put the heating on. The Mediterranean giving off some North Sea vibes today.

submitted 3 hours ago • 0 comments

The French influence means you are never far from a bakery in Tunisia. The two pain au chocolat and harissa bread (highly recommended) came to £1.25 this morning.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Wow, todays front page from the Mail. Possibly the only time I’ve ever agreed with our most right wing newspaper. No way should we allow this pro Putin administration into our country.

submitted 11 hours ago • 3 comments

Cats of Sousse.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Turns out the carton of milk we purchased in a Tunisian supermarket is yoghurt. The perils of not speaking French or Arabic and just guessing…

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Our Airbnb in Tunisia for the next few days is very acceptable. Nice to sit on the balcony and feel the sun on our faces. The locals are well wrapped up in puffer jackets.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

My day off so spent a bit of time making a veggie moussaka. Very nice!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

An hour without power now in my part of Nottingham. All the electrics went disco for a while before shutting off. I think Mrs B has been waiting for such an event to get out her collection of scented candles.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

If you’re going to have a coffee break you may as well do it properly.

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

It’s good to be able to spend Monday morning in the glorious Peak District. It’s bitterly cold though.

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

A last minute Sunday afternoon dash to the Peak District. Not really left the house for a month, so decided to banish the cabin fever with a camp on the moors. A steely grey sky and close to freezing, the wind has a real bite to it. Hoping that a bit brighter in the morning.

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

The incessant grey of February is accentuated by the drabness of inner City Nottingham.

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Question Time last night was pretty fierce. And had to be. There's a deliberate effort now to shift the ground: towards appeasement, inhumanity and authoritarianism. Once more, we must resist it. We must fight hard for kindness. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

submitted 16 days ago • 139 comments

The @Telegraph excels itself today with the claim that @NaturalEngland is ‘ideologically wedded to concept of conservation’. This is our job, & we do it as a matter of legal requirement. Would be odd for a conservation organisation to do anything else. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...

submitted 16 days ago • 26 comments