Brendan

Bertie the #borderterrier was out before sunrise 🌅 today, glorious crisp winter morning

Bertie likes wildlife programmes, he’s a big fan of #kingdom and #davidattenborough #borderterrier

Jack-o’-lanterns gleam,
ghosts whisper through autumn leaves—
night’s sweet chill awakes.

#halloween #haiku

So in over 700 years of English and British monarchy, the only clear historical precedent for a king’s son losing his titles by law is Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester — son of Edward III, attainted in 1397. #andrew #prince

Working on reception at The Dorchester in the 1960s, we wore full morning suits and stiff collars — but never a Windsor knot. Guests arrived in Bentleys, not Ubers, and standards were as high as the ceilings. #MayfairMemories #TheDorchester

Protesters have displayed Irish flags, chanted anti-immigration slogans and charged police lines with horse-drawn carts and scrambler bikes.

Horse drawn carts? Very Irish #riot in #Dublin

500ml bottle of #evian water was £2.49 in #WHSmiths at #Waterloo station yesterday! I put it back on the shelf

YouTube video by Brendan O'Connor Autumn afternoon paddle Chichester harbour

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The parking industry in the UK is estimated to be employing more people than there are full-time soldiers in the army.
Think I can see a solution to army recruitment problems here

@moneillsf I didn’t see Michelle O’Neill at the state banquet last night ?

Is that a US Fife and drum band I see at #WindsorCastle ? Cornwallis and troops en route
#trumpvisit #Yorktown redux

#lastnightofproms to be held at Trafalgar Square next year ?

What’s he doing out there? #terriertuesday #borderterriers

⏱️ I completed Concise 9944 in 10:57

#flags ? we’re more likely to see a stronger right-wing populist presence in Parliament than a full populist government any time soon, but the cultural groundwork (flags, identity campaigns) suggests that far-right movements are building influence for the future.

In short: we’re more likely to see a stronger right-wing populist presence in Parliament than a full populist government any time soon, but the cultural groundwork (flags, identity campaigns) suggests that far-right movements are building influence for the future.

Sunset at #OldSarum Camping and Caravan Club site near #Salisbury

For England
“Deep England” – Used in cultural commentary to mean a nostalgic, often idealised England of village greens, parish churches, cricket, and the WI (Women’s Institute). Often slightly conservative in tone

The Gaeltacht – While technically referring to Irish-speaking regions, it often symbolises a culturally “untouched” Ireland in people’s minds.

What would the Irish and English equivalents be to “La France Profonde” ?
For Ireland would it be :
images of traditional music in small pubs, Irish-speaking areas, and rural villages.
#lafranceprofonde

What is most stereotypical #countryandwestern song
Essential
•A lost love (she left him for someone else
•A pickup truck broken down or sold to pay bills
•A faithful dog who died or ran away
•Whiskey or beer to drown sorrows
•Mama
•A honky-tonk or jailhouse

Táim chomh corraithe nach féidir liom an cluiche a fheiceáil

That’s not a dog chew Bertie it’s my hearing aid ! BERTIE , bugger, too late #borderterriers

Fish and chips at South Shields , wonderful beaches in the North East

“without #DermotMacMurrough ‘s invitation to the #Normans, the entire course of Irish-English relations, the Anglo-Irish identity, and Ireland’s colonial history might have been fundamentally different.”

Discuss

“ I want to thank everybody, in particular God “ didn’t #bobdylan have a song about that ( with God on our side))

Strawberry Moon

DAMN what a photo.

By Frederic Brown of AFP.