I very much doubt it. This seems to be trying to blame Johnny Foreigner for Royal Mail's scam of charging random folk £5 for 'fake' stamps that are of course genuine. Royal Mail needs to admit they cannot identify fake or genuine stamps except by guessing (Bar codes don't help).

Illustrations, crochet flowers and a letter about a cat called Tilly 🐈‍⬛ from young writer Emily who is writing for her The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award award 😍.

A lovely donation full of kindness and escapism for the recipient - thank you Emily 🙏 ✍️.

#DonateALetter

Nothing emphasises more how far your team has fallen from grace than having to watch them on TV in non-HD? #SaintsFC

'You can't pick up a phone and call the future and tell them about our times. You have to pick up a piece of paper.' - Garrison Keillor. #handwriting #letters

Happy #NationalUnicornDay 🦄
Don't forget if you're not a fan of barcoded stamps, you can use special issue stamps like these without barcodes.
I've held the prices of lucky dip bags at £11.95 for 10 1st Class. That's £1.50 less than current Royal Mail prices.
#Stamps #Unicorns

Mouldy Warp miniature. Watercolour on paper.

Since #RobertPowell is trending, can I stick my neck out and say Harlequin (Dark Forces in the USA) is actually a very good film ?

New for Friday: CS#122 - Limestone of the Westmorland Dales. A gorgeous springtime wander from Orton, talking geology, botany, pavement, industry, ice and corals. Plus one of the worst/best of Mark's puns. countrystride.co.uk/single-post/co… Friends of the Lake District Yorkshire Dales National Park

'Letters are a gift...'
My thanks to my letter-writing friend Vivienne who told me about this Garrison Keillor article, 'How To Write A Letter'. Full of great ideas and thoughts... #letters #letterwriting academic.luzerne.edu/shousenick/101…

One of these through the letter box is always a treat. Thanks Alan Cleaver it arrived today.

There is an exhibition of the work of Percy Kelly, patron saint of the printed letter, at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick #Cumbria until April 20th (2024). See it and be inspired! theatrebythelake.com/percy-kelly-ex…

Charles II was the last gypsy king to reside at Gypsy Palace in Kirk Yetholm, Scotland. His cornation in 1898 was attended by 10,000 people. The Palace is now self-catering accommodation. Steven Robb details the Scottish Gypsy Kings and Queens here... blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/10/the-gy…

JB Banks is a traditional ironmonger shop in Cockermouth #Cumbria that has been in business for nearly 200 years - and Ken is today celebrating working for the same shop for 60 years. Congratulations Ken!

I do love the offshoots of family history…thanks Alan Cleaver and Lesley Park! Hope we can meet one day. #cumbriaforever

Green Lonning with the view towards Cockermouth #Cumbria
(Lonning - dialect for lane). There are also Red Lonnings and even a Bluebottle Lonning. See my map of the county's named lonnings... google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi…

Ten minutes ago, I didn't know little windows with a tiny window inside them existed. And I've no idea why they exist. But now I definitely need one.

Happy Easter fellow Twitterers!

I was trawling thru Whitehaven archives today, determined not to get distracted. And then found an old handwritten diary with this chapter heading: 'An account of the ancient little people, later called fairies, who lived in the hills of Eskdale and Millom'. 😲 #fairies #Cumbria