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chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social

Solicitor who promoted eDiscovery/eDisclosure in England and Wales and elsewhere. Now retired to my photographs of places, birds, and the dog. In Oxford.

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We are short of ducks and ducklings here so it was good to see this squadron today.

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Home-grown raspberries, home-made cake, and Nettle & Ginger ice cream from a local shop.

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An equine representation of a sulky teenager.

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Anyone in Norfolk interested in Photography in all its forms, heritage, history and all that stuff, please give this a follow on IG. www.instagram.com/plunkettprize

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On guard to defend the plants.

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Parents! Children! Children of parents! Parents of children! Brent Symphony Orchestra are playing Peter and the Wolf, narrated by the wonderful Tamsin Greig, at 3.30 pm on Saturday July 5th. Conducted by me. Perfect Saturday afternoon fare. www.ticketsource.co.uk/brentsymphon...

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It is a sign of the times that we have between us spent so many words on people as inconsequential as Hannan and Goodwin.

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Some little chap, now withdrawn from the intellectual rigours of academic life, has been complaining that London is not what it was in 1981. The complaint is not without precedent, as @seanjones.org has found....

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Breakfast supervision on the river.

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Flags in Frankfurt on the evening of 23 June 2016. We didn't stay up for the referendum result, confident that Brexit would be dead by breakfast. The airport television showed Johnson and Gove doing their dog-that-caught-the-car act. We couldn't hear them, but they looked more shocked than happy.

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GWR Delay Repay request declined. I used their Chat, and found a helpful human who tried to push me to the Appeals section of the site. I declined to do yet more form-filling. They engaged (reluctantly) with my argument and then (helpfully) agreed to make the appeal for me. Payment arrived today.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Summer sunrise

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Cattle and clouds this morning.

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Fishing and splashing.

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Cygnets out for a swim

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

There's a thread running about our parents' records and I'm not the only one remembering Flanders & Swann with 'At the drop of a Hat'. The gentle and rather sad 'Misalliance' is my favourite from this record of genius. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IVF...

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Quote a record that you found in your parents’ collection when you were young

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Red kites usually soar above us. I'm not used to them coming towards me at just above head height as happened this morning.

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One of the constants in a dog's life is that tennis balls float - one of the staff throws a ball, it briefly bobs under the water, then pops up, and you pick it up and carry it back. What if it does not come to the surface? Just disappears? What then? Perplexing.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Someone's just liked a very old post of mine - always slightly disconcerting - which carried me back to the early and more relaxed days of Bluesky. The world has changed, and BS with it. With occasional exceptions, it feels slightly formal and distant, like being in an unfamiliar church.

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We are short of ducks and ducklings here so it was good to see this squadron today.

Home-grown raspberries, home-made cake, and Nettle & Ginger ice cream from a local shop.

An equine representation of a sulky teenager.

Anyone in Norfolk interested in Photography in all its forms, heritage, history and all that stuff, please give this a follow on IG. www.instagram.com/plunkettprize

On guard to defend the plants.

Parents! Children! Children of parents! Parents of children! Brent Symphony Orchestra are playing Peter and the Wolf, narrated by the wonderful Tamsin Greig, at 3.30 pm on Saturday July 5th. Conducted by me. Perfect Saturday afternoon fare. www.ticketsource.co.uk/brentsymphon...

It is a sign of the times that we have between us spent so many words on people as inconsequential as Hannan and Goodwin.

Some little chap, now withdrawn from the intellectual rigours of academic life, has been complaining that London is not what it was in 1981. The complaint is not without precedent, as @seanjones.org has found....

Breakfast supervision on the river.

Flags in Frankfurt on the evening of 23 June 2016. We didn't stay up for the referendum result, confident that Brexit would be dead by breakfast. The airport television showed Johnson and Gove doing their dog-that-caught-the-car act. We couldn't hear them, but they looked more shocked than happy.

GWR Delay Repay request declined. I used their Chat, and found a helpful human who tried to push me to the Appeals section of the site. I declined to do yet more form-filling. They engaged (reluctantly) with my argument and then (helpfully) agreed to make the appeal for me. Payment arrived today.

Summer sunrise

Cattle and clouds this morning.

Fishing and splashing.

Cygnets out for a swim

There's a thread running about our parents' records and I'm not the only one remembering Flanders & Swann with 'At the drop of a Hat'. The gentle and rather sad 'Misalliance' is my favourite from this record of genius. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IVF...

Quote a record that you found in your parents’ collection when you were young

Red kites usually soar above us. I'm not used to them coming towards me at just above head height as happened this morning.

One of the constants in a dog's life is that tennis balls float - one of the staff throws a ball, it briefly bobs under the water, then pops up, and you pick it up and carry it back. What if it does not come to the surface? Just disappears? What then? Perplexing.

Someone's just liked a very old post of mine - always slightly disconcerting - which carried me back to the early and more relaxed days of Bluesky. The world has changed, and BS with it. With occasional exceptions, it feels slightly formal and distant, like being in an unfamiliar church.

Red kites usually soar above us. I'm not used to them coming towards me at just above head height as happened this morning.

Shaking off the river on a hot day

Purposeful heron in very early morning light.

Shaking off the river on a hot day