Topher Martyn

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@dieworkwear Sorry, I should probably know, but what is actually happening in this photo?

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@ionewells Sorry, but does this mean that the BBC won't have a south America correspondent?

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@CSMFHT What? No Nausikaa and the hairy naked man jumping out of the bushes?

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@northumbriana Supercallifragilisticborussiamunchengladbach as the song has it.

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@DrFrancisYoung Floret sylva undique and Flora is queen of lusty May....

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@EloMall @DrFrancisYoung Aljos is a great guy, certainly knows his trees....

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@northumbriana @afneil It must have been the most extraordinary experience for the defeated Germans. I wonder whether they even knew that massed pipes existed?

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@william_whyte @DrFrancisYoung I remember my father taking me there back in the seventies, in a doomed attempt to inspire me to work harder.
One of the porters asked if he was a graduate of the college and when told yes, we were allowed in on our own.
No proof asked or given - memorable...

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@LondonHistorian That's nothing, I once had a spell checker change Isaiah to Ipswich and Zoroaster to Scoutmaster.....

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@Ventricul7r @dieworkwear He's so gosh darn well dressed.
Almost makes me want to be a royalist....

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@dieworkwear Fun fact - this was the family company of the guy who went on to become the highly respected speaker of the House of Commons.
He always kept a thimble in his pocket to remind him of his origin as a tailor......

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@northumbriana I read it many years ago and found it magnificent.
Like listening to a symphony, don't stress about the details, just let it wash over you.

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@dieworkwear As a professional gardener for most of the last forty years, I have to say that the wages are lousy, and we're all skint!
As a result most of us wear old jeans and fleeces in the winter and shorts and T shirts/sweatshirts in the summer. Always paired with boots, and stylish.....!

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So, @dieworkwear , how about this for country dressing? Shouldn't all heads of government wear tweed plus fours at the weekend?
Not a baseball cap in sight!

[Dr Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri @ChountisFabbri]

Happy week-end from
Harold Macmillan and the Duchess of Devonshire.

[Dr Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri @ChountisFabbri]

Happy week-end from
Harold Macmillan and the Duchess of Devonshire.

[Topher Martyn @TopherMartyn99]

Running the @ThamesPathNT from Greenhithe to Gravesend today in biting cold winds, even managed a flurry of snow at one point.
Gotta love the spring...

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@railandroad Will there be terriers?

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@northumbriana It really is an extraordinary drink, quite unique!

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@holland_tom Is that you in the photo, then?

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@DrFrancisYoung What is the etymology of "geldable"? Is it in any way related to the term used in horse racing?