Mike Parkes

Personal Twitter account of Mike Parkes 🌈, Community Volunteer, Semi Retired CEO, Retained Firefighter, Councillor, Freemason & generally all round nice guy!

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Whilst they’ve been in the shops since just after Christmas, as always I’ve waited until today for this delicious delicacy #GoodFriday #hotcrossbun

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Now the all festivities are well and truly done, normality has returned to Sunday nights in Dorset Avenue #roastbeef #pinotnoir #AntiquesRoadshow

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Today marks 13 years of not smoking… the now vintage looking ‘just in case’ packets still remain unopened!

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It’s Star Wars and a bottle of Chardonnay for us this evening #nofootball

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After 30 years service a huge thanks to @DWFireControl for helping make my final drill night so special 🚒

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So after 30 years as a retained firefighter I’ll be taking the battery out of my pager for the final time a month from today.
I estimate it been 190,000 hrs on call & have attended in excess of 10,000 incidents 🚒
It’s been an amazing experience serving the community!

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@Matt_Pinner The mushrooms, with them on the plate there’s not mushroom for anything else 🫣

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After a fundamentally dry Christmas period it’s time for some Sunday wine time (on a Monday) 🍷#chateauneufdupape

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Today marks the start of my 30th year as a retained firefighter 🚒 not really sure where all the years have gone!

[Dorset Freemasons @DorsetMason]

The Three Pillars Club Masonic Chat Group. Wednesday 30th August at Portland Freemasons Hall starting at 19:00.

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To me nothing says Italy 🇮🇹 more than one of my mum’s favourites… a #campari on the rocks 🥰

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Next stop Venice… partaking in the obligatory pre flight G&T 🇮🇹✈️😎 #holiday #judithchalmers

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Just amazing #Elton

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@AgeingLock68 I did indeed… as always, an excellent night up on the hill 😃

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It’s taken 33 years since our @Brit_exploring expedition to the Yukon for us to meet up and it’s just like we only saw each other yesterday 😍

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Happy Star Wars day #maythe4thbewithyou

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It’s a #StarWars kind of evening 🪐

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Heidi’s just found Uncle Mike’s well loved 1970s @AndrexUK Puppy… she drags around her Daddy’s puppy who’s very very love worn. Both puppies reunited after a lifetime of unconditional love ❤️

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Guess who forgot to close the gate on the chicken run 🐓🫢

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@melcurtis69 That’s a very valid point

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Well that’s the skis returned, no injuries and my yearly exercise done for the year (unless anyone fancies a long weekend in March?)