Gary

Environmentalist. Plant eater. Anti-capitalism. I like to draw and take photos. I have a social conscience. 💚

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

The scented aroma of this stunning flower captures my attention every time I leave or enter our abode. 😁

[Proudofus.uk @ProudofusUK]

An ibex is carved into a Derbyshire cave wall. 🇬🇧

But there are no ibex in Britain...

There never have been. Nobody knew THIS until 2003.

Church Hole Cave at Cresswell Crags, on the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border. A British limestone gorge that had been excavated by archaeologists for over a century.

In April 2003, Paul Pettitt and Sergio Ripoll walked into the cave with grazing torches. They tilted the light at an angle no Victorian had thought to try.

And the wall revealed itself.

🦌 Stags. Bison. Long-necked birds. An ibex. Cut into the limestone roughly 13,000 years ago. Britain's oldest known art.

The carving is a paradox. There are no ibex in Britain, and there never have been. So why is one here?

The Ice Age had pinned modern humans into the southern refuges of Europe. The caves of southern France. The valleys of Spain. The Alpine foothills. The same culture that painted Lascaux and Altamira.

When the glaciers retreated, they walked north. Back into these islands. And they brought their world with them. Including the mountain animal they had grown up watching.

🇬🇧 Cave art was made all over the world. Africa. Indonesia. France. Spain. And Britain. Most British schools were never told.
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Most British schools don't teach Cresswell Crags.

We do.

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[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

The new allotmenteers in plot 1 has caused a bit of a stir. It has provoked discussion amongst the other plotter's as to it demonstrating gravitas to the serious art of vegetable growing. I rather like, don't you? @lovely_plot @autisticgardner 🤔

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

Hmm! Seems Reform haven't a clue. No surprise there then. @ZackPolanski 🤔

[Signal Not Noise @_SignalNotNoise]

Reform UK don't know what they're doing.
Don't believe me... watch this 👇
Today's Council meeting in Kirklees.

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

Spot on!

[Kevin May @Yam_Nivek]

In a nutshell.

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

Save the Great Crested Newts and all protected species at Glebelands Nature Reserve - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/1vH7lj4rCs via @UKChange

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

Forget -me-nots, growing wild and free, cheered mi up as I ambled past on mi way to Aldi. 😁

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

I've joined. 🤎

[Stuart MacCionaodh (He/Him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦 💙💚 @SAMcKenna1]

We're only just getting started
Join us
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[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

Saying hello to mi mate Cyril. Pls click to Ta. 👂🐿️🤓

[Stuzi 🐝🐝 @stuzi_pants]

‘Cos Nige he took £5 million quid
And Nige will take £5 million more…’

Great Proclaimers twist on Farage’s ‘until recently’ secret donation 👏

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Vote Green on Thursday! 💚👇🏼

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

I used to have 2 or 3 pints between 12.00 and 13.00 Monday to Friday at work. That was 40 years ago when drinking at dinner time was acceptable. |It hasn't been for a long time, which just shows how out-of-sync with society our MPs are. Time for change.

[PoliticsJOE @PoliticsJOE_UK]

"You can smell the alcohol when people are in between votes."

Green MP Hannah Spencer tells us what Westminster is REALLY like.

The full interview is live on YouTube, and as a podcast here: https://t.co/s4mKAc0xku

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. https://t.co/ffguSYH2aI via @38degrees

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

In our little council back garden we have a wonderful Japanese Crab Apple Tree - Malus Floribunda. Yesterday its flowers looked so pretty against a backdrop of a clear blue sky. Oh, isn't life wonderful when the sun shines. 🌞

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

They're getting my vote. It's time for a sisemic shift in politics. 🤓

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

'twas a pleasant and sunny day in 'uddersfield yesterday. The cool wind, however, dampened my desire to sit reading outside. Retirement is a wonderful thing! 😁The highlight of my day had to be seeing Jupiter in the early evening sky to the left of a waxing crescent moon. 😊👍

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

A happy St George's Day to one and all. Please note I'm no flag waving right winger, but a left wing, environmentalist, plant eater, with a social conscience, who is extremely proud, and grateful to have been born in old Blighty. 😊

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

Longwood Edge on the outskirts of Huddersfield offering a fantastic vista on a breezy Wednesday noon
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[Twiggy Bigwood @devilscustard]

For all my dear Twitter pals who are stuck indoors this afternoon, come and stand on the edge of an oilseed field and enjoy the colours. The air is warm, the insects are out - and a noisy pheasant makes his presence known.

[Gary @gary_lawrence1]

I've bought a new houseplant. Oh I do like looking after them. I like the unusual ones. This one is called the common asparagus plant, sounds more like a vegetable to me, so I prefer the nicer sounding lace fern or asparagus grass.😊