Clare P 🌥 🌻

East Yorks-based Life Skills, RS, English & IT teacher. Ex-Whitehall Civil Servant. RN wife (Rtd). Worked in local radio a long time ago. Burlington Jackdaw.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

@pinstripedline I’m really with you on this. The full ceremony on Sunday and the following Monday a Memorial Day. Your thoughts make a lot of sense for future generations.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

Yes! See you there @museband!

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

@jameshoggarth @grahamstuart This is now taking the proverbial. If this was, say, happening to stockbroker trains between Guildford and London Waterloo this would be sorted within 24 hours. It’s unacceptable.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

@tombennett71 About time too. I had my life in my hands legging it to meetings from Whitehall to DofE, BIS, HO and DEFRA.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

A dilemma. London: travel, accommodation, but back Sunday. Leeds: can drive there, but technically a school night. Hmm…

[muse @museband]

Summer 2027. Three huge UK shows.

We're heading to Blackweir in Cardiff, BST Hyde Park in London, and Roundhay Festival in Leeds.

Cardiff - 23 June
London - 26 June
Leeds - 27 June

Pre-sale starts Wednesday at 10am, with general sale following Friday at 10am.

Access pre-sale: https://t.co/AhfC6EhGYo

See you there.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

@ChiefScrobbler Lost a great uncle at Arnhem. Paternal and maternal grandfathers were both in reserved occupations.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

The pomp and ceremony at town and city remembrance services are one thing, but small village events can be even more poignant. No standards. A roll call of family names. Three dogs howling along to The Last Post.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

Well, one thing is we won’t be able to watch BBC News…

[Julie McDowall @JulieAMcDowall]

This article paraphrases the opening statement from Threads.

It says: We live in a complex, electrically powered world - but the more connected everything becomes the more catastrophic it is when that fails.
https://t.co/JOu1Ybp10X

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

@JamesMelville What??!!

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

I am currently in a pub where some holiday makers have absolutely no volume control… are they like this in their local at home?

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

If it was up to me, anything Christmas related would be banned until November 12th. I feel remembrance is being overwhelmed by Christmas advertising.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

@ChiefScrobbler Baptist Place first, then the rugby club took over. Didn’t spoil my pint of Harrogate Porter, though.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

@JamesMelville Looks like one of the sets in A Clockwork Orange.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

@MartinSLewis Excellent show, thank you. A few facts and stats I’ll be updating in my school finance lessons.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

@ChiefScrobbler Glorious and much underrated.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

Incredibly sad news this evening. For me, his Macbeth was magnificent. His Picard was a triumph. Rest in peace, Sir Patrick.

[Patrick Stewart @SirPatStew]

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund   
https://t.co/luC5CdcWDy
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources    
https://t.co/zvNptfyuNd

Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

I have ADHD. I’d rather the 1/3 off rail travel I can claim goes on improving the service so I’m not overthinking the bloody new route I have to take when the train is cancelled.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

My Surface Pro died after 4 years today. Served me well. Going back to Mac.

[Clare P 🌥 🌻 @Wavingcloud]

And yet local programming from the BBC and commercial outlets have been decimated. Forget anything but national messaging… if you’re lucky.

[RadioToday UK @RadioToday]

Sales of radios have increased by as much as 160% https://t.co/1R8fWYwMqP