Gethin Jones

The first chiffchaff singing on the Ides of March where the last woodcock was seen flighting on the 10th of March.

Just caught your very last post on the Other Place. @jammyjimm.bsky.social
I can only agree. Glad to be following each other here. 👍

Diolch, Steve!👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😎

That sounds well worth exploring! My Russian wife spent a few years as a child in what was Czechoslovakia as my father-in-law was a Red Army colonel and he and his family were posted there. She has many happy recollections of her time there, so I'm sure she would be happy to visit again.

Bore dâ, Benedict. My youngest daughter visited Prague recently and was enthralled by the city. I have to confess that it's still on my 'to visit' list.

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Invisible Losses: Tens of thousands fighting for Russia are dying unnoticed on the frontline in Ukraine The Kremlin’s recruitment policy is shielding society from the true impact of war.

What Putin is doing in Ukraine is absolutely horrific. What he’s doing to Russia isn’t too far behind. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bore da, Tommy 👍

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Good.

One of five short-eared owls spotted this afternoon.

Good morning Dear World 🔥✌️

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Not the best photo but I’m sure that there will be many more. This is Toby and by this time tomorrow evening he’ll be living with us.
I’m sure Chester will be just fine with his new friend 🐾

Guess who’s been rolling in badger sh!t again…🐾

Almost a spring day today.

Cardiff I am (nearly) in you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

An airbag? Wow, I didn’t know that Nivas were equipped with them. I do miss my Niva and weekends spent exploring the Russian countryside and finding new fishing spots. No smartphone in those days, I navigated with a map.

It was purple, actually 😉 (looks brownish in the photos, though)

Hey @stevenroyburns.bsky.social I was sorting out some old stuff in the attic and came across these photos of me at the dacha with my old Niva. 🚗

I used to drive past that building in my Niva in the snow. It's somewhere in southern Moscow if I remember correctly. I'd have The Jam or the Rolling Stones on my cassette player and the juxtaposition couldn't have been greater. British rock'n'roll meets stark Orwellian brutalism.

As the world looks forward to 2025, Russia looks forward to 1984.

Me and Billy #TheBigYin

Bore dâ, Tommy!👍

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Баня day today 👍🧖

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Saturday afternoon taking dog and gun for a walk. We’ve walked miles in the rain and flushed two snipe and a woodcock, neither of which were on today’s menu. Time to go home.

I'll be handing out a few of these over the next few weeks.