Sparty Lea

Nature, animals, history, reading, walking, gardening, Gateshead, the North East, photography, art, the sea and buildings . Vegetarian.

[Sparty Lea @EPERiley]

@TyneSnapper Must have been terrible .

[Sparty Lea @EPERiley]

@TyneSnapper Awful.

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@JohnMason_112 @TyneSnapper Lucky you 😁

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Frontgarden: home-grown foxgloves (from seeds), not fully opened yet. I am starting on next year's now.

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@GardenerFliss Thanks 😁

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@TyneSnapper It is isn't it- that drawing is a terrible scene . People not identified/unidentifiable, the poor horses. Boys as young as 14 (or younger?)

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Anthony Head was an Ambassador for Battersea Dogs and Cats home for more than two decades. Thanks for everything Tony x

[The Iceman @the_iceman64]

90% of the soldiers on the first boats to hit the beach didn't live to see the end of the day. Look at those faces. Some of them never made it to 18.

Never forget that they paid the ultimate price for our freedom. We live our lives the way we do because of them.

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Do please post something today on your X page, in honour of our Allied heroes.

They deserve to be remembered on the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.

[Hazel @moley75]

Lovely lovely #whitleybay

[Jane @JaneFranklin99]

Normandy veterans Henry Rice and Ken Hay - both 100 - on Sword Beach once more. @ForcesNews #D-Day

[Jools @JoolsJuevans]

Did you ever think you'd live to see the day where a WOMAN leading the largest Union in the UK with the largest number of women members would argue against women's right to single sex spaces in the workplace?
No me neither.
Find a better union ladies.
Also the guidance doesn't cover workplaces, it's not even relevant, that's covered by separate legislation. Absolute clowns.

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

Virtually all the exits to Britain's motorway service stations look this. What's wrong with us in this country? No other west European countries are as run-down, filthy and littered as Britain... we need to turn the tide of decline. Pride and respect should never go out of fashion.

[Sparty Lea @EPERiley]

@John_Dabell That is good to hear, John

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@pewileman Thank you 😁

[Sparty Lea @EPERiley]

View to Durham Cathedral from Crook Hall today- it's a beautiful, hidden, Medieval manor house and gardens in Durham city. Well worth a visit.

[Sparty Lea @EPERiley]

Pair of ducks snoozing in a sheltered spot at Crook Hall garden, Durham.

[Dr Juliet Turner @juliet_turner6]

I have started predator avoidance training with Ajax this week since he is now officially in his fledgling era.

I downloaded the audio of a wild magpie alarm call and I play it when my cat enters the room. Ajax responds very well, immediately hiding or hopping onto my shoulder. We’ve done this drill four times over a few days, including in the garden. Full marks each time.

I’ll keep doing this, and after enough practice he’ll understand that the cat is the danger he’s being alerted to. This is the same way his parents would teach him in the wild. He has no instinctive fear of cats.

The cat avoidance training is easier because I have a cat, but repeating this process with dogs, hawks, and cars will take a bit of planning. Really makes you appreciate all the hard work that wild bird parents put in to the next generation.

[Steve Ellwood @TyneSnapper]

@EPERiley @StuartHeron4 Check out Kierans blog @
https://t.co/7Lu6YtIID6

[Sparty Lea @EPERiley]

@TyneSnapper @StuartHeron4 That is really interesting - in a number of ways. Thanks Steve, I am bookmarking that to keep.