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GenX Mongrel Male High Church Atheist, Walks (Berks/Hants/S.Oxon/Wilts), an occasional satirist (poor) and even worse poet. Centre-left/sometimes right.

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Just so I can pin this to my feed. We sent Mum off in style. Laughs, tears, one ‘sod Covid’ hug between two tearful Sons - and a beautiful afternoon on the 25th.

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@SpoochyM I got through it!!!

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Waiting for my slot at the dump. It’s raining. The traffic (football match?) is atrocious. Car smells a bit. I think it’s the bleach bottles.
I’ve tried to follow the rules (plastics, bottles, electrical, paper etc) but anticipate being barked at by a Bulgarian wielding a broom and a stern attitude to any non-compliance.
Do any of the other hundreds of drivers crawling along the A33 and into the retail parks wonder what on earth is their contribution to society and what’s it all about?
Cos I am.

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@tenaciousV56 I did a thing a while back. Clearly feeling musical for some reason….
It’s the best I can do (or not but hey ho).

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So far this morning, 2 Kestrels, a pair of kites fighting over a squished rabbit, 6 Tamworth pigs, a herd of Angus cows, a murder of crows, a few gulls, 8 dogs - and 3 dry robes.

I hate dry robes.

Oh, and a head.

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Hate? I’m just incredulous. Well, I started out that way until I saw the vitriol poured on some very sensible, reasonable people (I’m not talking frothing evangelical right wingers, btw).
I’ll admit I didn’t find that terribly conducive to my being asked to suspend my disbelief…but hey, have an OCP poem about hate.

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@toadmeister Well, I can’t let that go without a response.

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@Claire54783043 @lozbian40 @LoudBonnet It’s the old anthropologist/social psychologist in me. Mass Psychogenic Illnesses are fascinating, aren’t they?

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@TheVikingDane He will be a good king.

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@ChrisMichael85 There is an argument to be made that both are fictional, I suppose.
Although I do have it on good authority that JK Rowling exists - and I trust her opinion more than I do John Money’s.

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@Claire54783043 @lozbian40 @LoudBonnet All of which once determined it to be so. What changed?
And why didn’t whoever decided that get a Nobel prize?
(I’d give that to the person who confirmed the existence of social contagion, ideological capture and religious mania).

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@francesbarber13 Enjoy this one for free too!

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@TheScotsman Well they would wouldn’t they.

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@Kiwipally 😳

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1/n So it went something like this - from Streatley/Goring to South Stoke and Ipsden to Blue Tin Farm. I can imagine it’s raining where you are but early on at dawn it was dry and clear and rather lovely….
But first to cross the Thames. And then stroll along a quiet lane to check out my favourite view.

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@ForWomenScot I did try and find out what this was all about but found Ross somewhat unclear about what was involved….

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@ForWomenScot I did try and find out what this was all about but found Ross somewhat unclear about what was involved….

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@Kiwipally No idea. The locals say it was part of his divorce settlement and his ex wife now lives in it.

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@Kiwipally Ah, but none of your Wildlife can kill you. I reckon one of those kites will get me one day!

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@andreww1967 I’ll take your word for it!

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4 That’s all folks

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1 of 4 Today’s longer vids. See timeline for walk description.

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3 View. If a bit cloudy.