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maryoz.bsky.social
I'm an avid Slow Ways walker. I like train travel, astronomy, canals, maps, graphs, prog rock and a bit of jazz, beer, remnants of the past, countryside furniture...
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Just had a great weekend at the always excellent Winter's End festival in Chepstow. This is the excellent Wobbler from Norway. #ProgRock

#TilesOnTuesday at Gloucester.

I’ll sponsor one tree planted in the Lake District for the next 15 followers to get me to 4,000. I’ll send you a link to your certificate with your bluesky name/handle so you can see where it is. Please boost for reach. 🫑

#PostboxSaturday Two from #YorkshireDales @slowwaysuk.bsky.social both set in stone walls.

Two views of the same #FingerpostFriday in Malham, #Yorkshire

Book giveaway! Jack Cornish of @ramblers.org.uk has written this beautiful book. There's a flavour in the article he wrote us here: buildstories.slowways.org/pilgrims-rad... Fancy winning a copy? Just repost and comment below and we'll pick five people at random. @michaeljbooks.bsky.social

Beautiful Hanlith Hall near Malham #Yorkshire spoilt only by an oversized car parked right in front of it. On the @slowwaysuk.bsky.social route from Malham to Airton.

Ecclesiastical Cones in military formation. Hellifield, North #Yorkshire.

More countryside furniture from my @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walks in #YorkshireDales near Malham.

Some scenes from a beautiful Easter Sunday @slowwaysuk.bsky.social day out around Hellifield and Malham in the #YorkshireDales. Featuring some stylish #Stiles.

From a local short @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walk from Carnforth to #Morecambe #Lancashire.

Not so much #ThickTrunkTuesday but more an interesting natural arrangement of tree trunks.

A selection of flowers from recent @slowwaysuk.bsky.social walks in Lancashire and Yorkshire.

#pint25 is in a month! πŸ“… 19-21 May 2025 πŸ—ΊοΈ 27 countries πŸ“520 cities πŸ«‚πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸŽ‰Thousands of scientists and volunteers celebrating science around the globe!! πŸ¦•πŸ¦΄πŸ§¬πŸ¦‹πŸͺ¨πŸ‘“πŸ§ πŸ”­πŸ«€πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ“šπŸ§«πŸ§ͺπŸŒŽπŸ•·οΈ All the details here pintofscience.com

Managed to catch the #Pride #train as it raced past Hest Bank near #Lancaster on the West Coast Main Line. Lovely to see its colours change with each frame.

Holy Hiking Historian!

@evanhd.bsky.social talking about #climaterealists preparing for #climatechange . What if a scientist already had the answer? Meet Troot. @bbcpm.bsky.social #clifi #amreading #booksbooksbooks #3degrees #flooding #climatefiction The Judgement of Troot amzn.eu/d/e7WWl7p

Here's one for #FingerpostFrisay from Haverthwaite Station on the heritage line in the South #LakeDistrict. #Heritage #Railway featured on Portillo's latest rail jolly TV series.

And now reached 94,000 signatures - thank you. We need another 6,000 to trigger a debate where Defra should be put on the spot by @libdems.org.uk @greenparty.org.uk

View from the #SingingRingingTree above Burnley #Lancashire

This historic pub, the Golden Ball, known locally as Snatchems, is in the middle of the @slowwaysuk.bsky.social route between Heysham and #Lancaster which I just snailed. At high spring tides the road is flooded by the Lune Estuary. Fun!

Did you know? Building a third runway at Heathrow would involve demolishing 700+ homes (including an entire village), concreting over the Colne Valley, re-routing rivers & putting the M25 in a tunnel. Stop expanding airports! Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

I'm so incredibly proud of #SlowWays! ❀️ @slowwaysuk.bsky.social Here's a short thread of maps to show what we've achieved so far - thanks to the efforts of thousands of volunteers. This first map shows 5,500 routes that have been given good reviews πŸ‘ or are verified πŸŒβœ…

✨Tickets for #pint25 are now on sale!✨ 🎟Book here πŸ‘‰ pintofscience.co.uk 🐝πŸ§ͺπŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ“šπŸ”¬πŸ‘“πŸ§ πŸŸπŸ«€πŸ’«πŸ₯ΌπŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬πŸ”­πŸ§«πŸ¦΄ πŸ—“19th-21st May 2025 πŸ“45+ locations across the UK πŸ—£400 events

We're riding from Lands End to John o' Groats, starting on Saturday 2nd August. Approx 50 miles a day, arriving John o' Groats 21st August. Itinerary and details here: timcyclesthecoast.com Please get in touch if you would like to join in. It will be a great tribute to the big man.

View from Jubilee Tower of Morecambe Bay, Heysham and the Lake District in the background

Intertidal #SilentSunday

There are alternatives to the Lower Thames Crossing that can bring better results at a fraction of the cost!

@beeryhikerhugh.bsky.social

@danravenellison.bsky.social @slowwaysuk.bsky.social

For #aDoorableThursday this locked door on a platform at Earlestown Station near St Helens, #Merseyside, one of only two triangular railway stations in the UK (at a junction with platforms on all 3 sides).

3,000 down, 97,000 to go... I started this petition with my charity @flightfreeuk.bsky.social, to ask the government not to expand airports. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... I haven't flown for 15 years, and encourage others not to fly either through FFUK. But this is about more than that...

Why go flight-free? There are lots of things we can do to reduce our emissions, like eating less meat, using renewable energy, and driving less. But did you know that just one flight could wipe out all your savings made elsewhere...?

@MartinSLewis is right to mention that energy bills are going up but he doesn't mention the root cause - that we allow the global price of fossil gas to set the price of the energy we make from the wind and sun. If we β€˜break the link’ we can lower energy bills.

Our roads no place for SUVs European Transport Safety Council found that in a collision between a modest-size SUV (1,600kg) and a lighter car (1,300kg), the risk of fatal injury decreases by 50% for the occupants of the heavier car but INCREASES by almost 80% for the occupants of the lighter car.

A very appropriate start to last week's @slowwaysuk.bsky.social route from St Helens to Newton-le-Willows at St Helens station. @martintravis.bsky.social #UKCanals

Glorious #AdoorableThursday #Architecture from #Liverpool

Thanks for your support so far! Over 2,000 people have now signed our petition to stop airport expansion. Please sign and share and help us tell the government not to expand airports. We don't want: ➑️ more planes ➑️ more noise ➑️ more emissions Please sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

#WallsOnWednesday The open interior of the famous Bombed Out #Church at the top of Bold Street in #Liverpool

Last minute #WindowsOnWednesday #Church #Architecture #Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral from last week.

#Slowways Coniston - Lakeside via Satterthwaite and High Damm