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Knackered ex orienteer and map collector- now on a bike much of the time. Hill bagger. East Lothian. Unfortunately due to some authoritarian overreach from our neighbours and overlords and over enthusiastic compliance, I am unable to easily access DMs.

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Stromatolites, low white calcerous mounds with a central depression beside a cloudy looking lake

Stromatolites, low white calcerous mounds with a central depression beside a cloudy looking lake

Tierra del Fuego๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

08.02.2026 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Chardonnay or perhaps a red - preferably one of those horrid over sugary horrors that are the rage now.

07.02.2026 10:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Coming back from a village hall dance in the early morning once to meet two bulls wandering up the road and the local Karen fully on the warpath. Not pleasant but I got them in. Had it not been a weekend who knows what they could have eaten. (Herefords)

07.02.2026 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We had a cow who was kicked out of the kitchen at least twice (Jersey so no problems with the door,gates had to be tied down due to lifting with horns).Had a serious digestive biscuit habit, not sure if that had anything to do with it, but you did not want to get too close if you had just eaten one.

07.02.2026 09:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was already a minor swear word in English English. Were it my name, I would have changed it. (Not a lot of Hitlers in the old phone books.)

07.02.2026 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Somebody is flooding the area again

07.02.2026 09:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Palestine Action protesters not guilty of defence firm burglary The group are cleared of aggravated burglary over the alleged raid at an Elbit Systems warehouse.

Pleased to see the jury make this decision.

We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries.

People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

04.02.2026 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3449    ๐Ÿ” 1061    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 80    ๐Ÿ“Œ 56

Dear Aliens
Never, ever ask an Urthoid to take you to their leader. You really will regret it, especially if you end up visiting the orange one. Keep your space suits on.

03.02.2026 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A rather distinctive orienteering map of a conifer plantation in North Wales. The highest point in the forest is around 500m. The map uses a very bluish colour for the green screen as was popular with the EBOR maps of th time.  Lots of rides divide the forest up and there are some areas of moorland. Scale is 1:20000 which was pretty well obsolete by 1981.

A rather distinctive orienteering map of a conifer plantation in North Wales. The highest point in the forest is around 500m. The map uses a very bluish colour for the green screen as was popular with the EBOR maps of th time. Lots of rides divide the forest up and there are some areas of moorland. Scale is 1:20000 which was pretty well obsolete by 1981.

Clocaenog, 1981. Even at the time this map felt a bit retro - 1:20000 scale and of an upland Sitka plantation. Does anyone still use them anymore - oh hello ELO.
The bit below the road to the south was used a bit later as Bod Petrural. #OldOrienteeringMap #Orienteering #Map #DeesideOrieteeringClub

03.02.2026 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The area has already been "flooded with shit", Q did his job. So anything nasty and true could be missed by wise sceptisism.

03.02.2026 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There was a hint that she did not want to remove J's excuse to hang around Brig o' Doon.

03.02.2026 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Both continents? How many millions, including Africans at Potosi alone?

02.02.2026 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I was taking in the control flags from a cancelled orienteering event there once. The event was off due to a gale. The flag at the summit was long gone and I ended up hanging on to the trig at times.

02.02.2026 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I travel to galleries all over the place for entertainment

02.02.2026 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hereford Rowing Club © Jaggery cc-by-sa/2.0 Steps lead down to the River Wye.

www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3496824

02.02.2026 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A rocky landscape with scree and craggy hills in the background rising 650m above a rough hilly moorland with a loch on the right beneath a path. There is a holly tree beside and below the path, growing on an unseen crag away from being browsed by deer.  Lit strongly by sunlight from the right. Sutherland, Scotland.

A rocky landscape with scree and craggy hills in the background rising 650m above a rough hilly moorland with a loch on the right beneath a path. There is a holly tree beside and below the path, growing on an unseen crag away from being browsed by deer. Lit strongly by sunlight from the right. Sutherland, Scotland.

#SilentSunday

01.02.2026 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So maybe it was a safe toadstool after all.

01.02.2026 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I struggled a bit at the start but when they started to introduce political,economic and religious backgrounds I was hooked. Just in time to notice that there was something out there, something JMS was taking his own sweet time in revealing. No resets at the credits. Watch it! Watch it again

31.01.2026 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tiny budget, big ideas.

31.01.2026 08:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you havenโ€™t seen, or rewatched Babylon 5, it is very seriously, the most relevant televised sci-fi show in history right now. In particular, season 4.

30.01.2026 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1470    ๐Ÿ” 220    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 131    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

Had a wobble a few days ago when I switched on to something like a political obituary - then found out that it was just because ๐Ÿ’ฉ had been pretending to be President for one year.

Drat, drat and double drat!

30.01.2026 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I feel your pain after last night. All the best for the knockouts.

30.01.2026 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is ๐Ÿ’ฉ one of the idiots who used Born in the USA without listening to it? I know it was fooled by Fortunate Son which was hilarious.

30.01.2026 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Apparently they are avoiding it in droves in Edinburgh.

30.01.2026 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dodgy funding allows them to hire literate lawyers.

And somebody ate the crayon

29.01.2026 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Still from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Thunderbirds c. 1965. Rocket on transporter breaks bridge. Model special effects.

Still from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Thunderbirds c. 1965. Rocket on transporter breaks bridge. Model special effects.

Oopsie! #Thunderbirds #DayOfDisaster

29.01.2026 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well if the alternative is the Melanoma film, I'm in.

29.01.2026 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Five colour orienteering map, 1:10000. As usual with Dave Gittus' maps the surrounding land is filled in with yellow for the fields. There are two small woodlands, both mostly runnable. Used as a warm up for the JK event Easter 1981.

Five colour orienteering map, 1:10000. As usual with Dave Gittus' maps the surrounding land is filled in with yellow for the fields. There are two small woodlands, both mostly runnable. Used as a warm up for the JK event Easter 1981.

Lizard Hill and the Gallops 1981 Dave Gittus & #WrekinOrienteers Warm up for the #JK 1981. I walked to the event from Shifnal Station on Good Friday. 2018 version: www.wrekin.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#15

#OldOrienteeringMaps #Maps #Orienteering Cunning #Running

29.01.2026 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They should search again for the hidden Sharpie stash. Then they will have got their terrorist.

29.01.2026 10:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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They will not replace me if I leave: A wilderness rangerโ€™s 2025 season - Wilderness Watch Iโ€™m a quarter mile into my hike when the tears start to fall. I canโ€™t control them these days. Iโ€™m at work, wearing my uniform, and I do not want to be crying right now. I briefly contemplate walking ...

The following essay details one wilderness rangerโ€™s experiences during the 2025 season.

We've authenticated the wilderness rangerโ€™s identity, but are publishing this story anonymously to protect their identity and to help prevent potential repercussions.

wildernesswatch.org/they-will-no...

28.01.2026 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 252    ๐Ÿ” 94    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

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