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Bugz. Fresh fishing reports over on the website by Kenyon Pitts. Bug photos by Michael Visintainer #dryflyfishing #flyfishing #fishing #mayfly #stonefly #silverbowflyshop

Two rare male Hen Harriers have disappeared from their nest sites at RSPB Geltsdale within a few days of each other. 🚨 It follows the 2023 shooting of another Geltsdale male on neighbouring land. This shocking loss points to yet more illegal killing: rspb.org.uk/whats-happenin…

White rendering and grey window frames and roofs are the new stone cladding.

Now my book - The Postal Paths - is out, I am starting to get some great feedback. A woman from a village in Yorkshire has got in touch to tell me about the postman's hut in her garden (now used as a shed) - somewhere for the postie to relax halfway on his 14-mile daily walk!

Chicken-of-the-woods seen today on the walk up to the Aber Falls in North Wales. No luck finding Wood Warbler or Ring Ouzel.

A tree with a view. Recreating wood pasture, the natural eco-system of the Moors. Eventually the beef cattle will have mature trees to rub on. It’ll take time, but you have to make a start…

I've never seen the River Tay as low as it is now. New record low incoming this summer?

So depressing - the proposal was just for one brick in each new house to have a bird sized hole in it theguardian.com/environment/20…

The #A595 is closed in both directions between the #B5306 #Howgate and #A597 #Lillyhall. Closure is due to an Cumbria Roads Police & Firearms Support Unit. led incident. Info from scene indicates that the road will stay closed for a number of hours. Updates to follow.

A595 DISTINGTON BYPASS Currently closed in both directions due to an ongoing Police Incident Road likely to be closed for several hours Emergency Services at scene dealing

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A quick intro to the new excavation season at Carlisle cricket club #uncoveringromancarlisle #Archaeology #hadrianswall

Come & join me at 5pm this evening for the DriveTime Jukebox Lake District Radio. The usual great mix of music, the Chill Zone & more great new tunes for you. 📻 See you soon 🎶 Showcase Cumbria Dan Vegas Kendal Whisky Festival VIX20 Essentials Richard Aylett The Rip ginty The Village Shop

There's no place for gender ambiguity in Shakespeare!

Spain aims to ban flushing of wet wipes, with manufacturers paying for cleanup; and the same bill will ban the release of balloons. Why can’t we do the same? theguardian.com/environment/20…

#OnThisBoroDay - 1981: Gazette veteran Cliff Mitchell retires after 44 years at the paper and 33 as the #Boro man. The entire post-war period. Over in folklore corner, here's that time the players burned his jinxed new trilby after a 3 game nosedive in Feb 1974.

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Interesting Fact of the Day: If Robert Jenrick were to catch 50 fare dodgers a day, recouping £2.90 each time for the taxpayer, it would take him well over 1,000 years to recoup the amount the taxpayer lost when he helped a major Tory donor avoid a £45m tax bill back in 2020.

I'm waiting for the video of Robert Jenrick chasing tax dodgers - including his former cabinet colleagues - and asking them if they think it's right not pay. But it doesn't seem to have been posted yet.

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