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@beech-bristol.bsky.social
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Bristol, cycling, walking, climate, nature, churches, vegan

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 22h
Ladybird were not holding back on how we were screwing up the world and environment back in 1976 … I wonder what I made of this as a small child? Also fifty years later are we much further on?
Front cover of ladybird children’s book What on Earth are We Doing? Showing a slightly bewildered white manOpening page saying ‘This book is about you and all the other people in the world …’ and then goes on to outline how we are screwing things up v badly … it was published in 1976
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And last sunday there were lots of fungi as walked
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A much delayed post Last Sunday nice to visit church at Barrow court again, I’d forgotten the ornamentation pf the sode chapel, and now it has a silver ecochurch award. A cycle and walk from home And came across jubilee stone on hill top
Gate into churchyardSide chapelEcochurch awardsJubilee stone
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 09/10/2026
FACTCHECK: UK Conservatives double the ‘cost of net-zero’ after spreadsheet blunder The Tory "Right Way" booklet makes an erroneous claim about the cost of cutting emissions, possibly taken from a Jan26 thinktank report, and deffo the most idiotic error I've seen for a while 🧵
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Enjoying reading first book of Lord of rings-fellowship of ring- after many years having read several times when growing up before the films existed
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Finding Lyse Doucet interesting on private passions
bbc.co.uk
Private Passions - Lyse Doucet, journalist - BBC Sounds
Michael Berkeley's guest is the BBC's chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet.
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The air pollution The vape cloud blowing across the junction obscuring visibility The parked idling van The weed smell infilltrating my flat from neighbours The pain forcing me to stop walking and catch a bus After effects of coming of bicycle days ago The sunlight following rain as I rested
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The day The beauty of plain trees Softening, lightening the heart as walk the streets The rain and umbrella Wind making it difficult But thinner crowds on the pavements
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It has been so warm, window open overnight, despite October
bbc.co.uk
UK weather: Temperatures drop as rain and cloud sweep in
Tuesday will see cool air spread across the UK ahead of a noticeable drop in temperatures for all by Wednesday.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Zionism is racism” is not a policy but a slogan. It compresses a complex history, going back millennia, and a very wide set of beliefs into one narrow meaning. The answer to genocide is not discrimination. We don't fight racism with racism. I’m gutted to see this motion adopted by the Green Party.
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just come across this webpage importing public rights of way into organic maps www.rowmaps.com/organicmaps/
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A good article explaining where people stood rgds motion
bbc.co.uk
Green Party members back 'Zionism is racism' conference motion
The vote has caused divisions among figures at the top of the party at its conference in Brighton.
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Felt nice to escape city But then felt I can’t escape people and find quiet and solitude And electric mountain bicycles climbing effortlessly up steep wooded bridal path with aggressive hello (get out my way) below descending down again
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Really enjoyed this book IAN MORGAN CRON CHASING FRANCIS A PILGRIM'S TALE
Cover
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Warm and sticky today Sweating as clear vegetation And it’s October
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I despair Saying you don’t want eV but ICE Means you want climate damage and harmful air pollution;
bbc.co.uk
Why electric cars might be making some passengers feel sick
“I’ve heard about it many, many, many times” says one doctor who treats motion sickness.
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rather than just talk about price of diesel bbc how about mentioning eVs, and harmful impacts of diesel
bbc.co.uk
Live updates: G7 leaders agree to release up to 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil
A statement released by the group, which includes France, the UK and Germany, says reserves would be released within four months.
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Another walk from one train station to another; Freshford to Bath along canal
Harvest decorations in church along wayTrees along canal pathFreshford station
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Vapes are a blight “The government wants to reduce the appeal of vapes by making them more expensive, as more evidence of its adverse effect on health comes out, particularly on children and young people.”
bbc.co.uk
Vape tax comes into force with prices set to rise
Vaping is about to becoming more expensive due to a new tax on products.
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Study says UK-based banks provided $8.3bn in coal financing in four years, with Barclays and HSBC leading rise
theguardian.com
UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds
Study says UK-based banks provided $8.3bn in coal financing in four years, with Barclays and HSBC leading rise
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tidal river avon paths provide solace Then return to noise and filth of city proper
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Back to Bristol and broken glass everywhere
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lovely to see the village churches decorated for harvest festival
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Shame only 2 carriage train which crowded
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great walk train to Frome and walk to Freshford train back
Bridge over river
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ignoring emissions from flights; this seems a great building
theguardian.com
‘We wanted to prove we didn’t need air conditioning’: the airport cooled by natural ventilation
At Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, the ceiling design funnels a light tropical breeze into the terminal
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Interesting to see how much raised and last push Wildlife trust Rothbury Estate www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/rothbu…
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Flixbus left us stranded on the M23 after a police swoop
A 90-minute wait on a motorway hard shoulder was terrifying with lorries thundering past
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Enjoyed this read authors experience writing icons EYES to SEE The Redemptive Purpose of Icons MARY E. GREEN
EYES
to SEE
The Redemptive
Purpose of Icons
MARY E. GREEN
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s low tide on the river Glad the bridge is now open
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nice to return of temple church and its quietness
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yesterday’s wild flower Meadow crane bill
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Disappointingly All Saints Church Publow shut and locked, walked along river from Keynsham
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Nice quiet walk along river from Keynsham to Compton Dando Except under flight path of low noisy planes coming into Bristol Airport?
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Driving Geoege Monbiot
theguardian.com
Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If we care we should be ending carbon emissions
bbc.co.uk
Nepal floods: Climate change contributed to glacier collapse, study finds
More than 1,400 people were killed and thousands are missing following the deluge on 26 August.
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Horse hill oil
theguardian.com
Company behind failed Surrey oilfield project sells site at massive loss
New owners apply for permission to extract oil in Surrey despite landmark ruling from supreme court in 2024
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Having left my defined benifirs pension because invested in fossil fuels I have to manage my SIPP, and at the monent watching values tumble
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Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
✈️ The Committee’s advice to the UK Government on proposed Heathrow Airport expansion is now live. 📄Read the full report: www.theccc.org.uk/publication/advice-to-the-uk-government-on-proposed-heathrow-airport-expansion/
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 16/09/2026
ELECTRIFICATION: Really striking chart showing that three-quarters of final energy demand can now be electrified "economically" (ie at lower lifetime cost) – and 90% electrification is technically possible From the latest @ember-energy.org slidedeck by @kingsmillbond.bsky.social and colleagues
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Third Heathrow runway should only go ahead if airlines pay for cleaner flying, say advisers
The government's climate advisers say Heathrow's third runway cannot be approved under current climate policies.
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
With zealous words of duty Moral responsibility Life and death Sacrifice for greater good The recruiters come The roads The glue The lock-ons Arrest and injunction Imprisonment and curfew tag Alone Broken Unable to continue Needing to earn a living As the recruiters call continues
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Imprisonable activism Unsustainable Not gonna hold a job Left alone Picking up the pieces Wondering what was achieved When all the glamour rubbed off Left with an ache for change As find powerlessness And brokenness Others continue to paint the illusion of empowerment, recruiting more for ruin
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Troubled to see Just Stop Oil back in road. Will injunctions be re-instated? Will young people be recruited for prison? When all said & done your alone; little to show; a criminal record damaging prospects; a broken heart at ineffectiveness, a world that doesn’t care juststopoil.org/2026/09/02/we-…
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cycling “It’s therefore also a political problem, not least whether or not any ministers are willing to crack down on a food-delivery industry heavily reliant on riders using illegal bikes.”
theguardian.com
When is an ebike not an ebike? When it has a powerful illegal engine. Get this menace off our roads | Peter Walker
As a cyclist I want the authorities to act with clarity. Lime bikes and renters can be annoying, but the true threat is those who dangerously flout the law, says the Guardian’s senior political correspondent, Peter Walker
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Flying
carbonbrief.org
UK aviation emissions to be 50% higher than thought by 2050, government admits - Carbon Brief
The Labour government has signalled its support for a contentious third runway at Heathrow airport, with a final planning decision expected by 2029.
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bravo Bristol. The ban covers advertising of petrol, diesel and hybrid-electric vehicles and SUV’s, flights, airports, cruise holidays and travel agents, firms and lobbying related to the fossil fuel industry, and marketing that encourages excessive consumption of fashion products or trends.
bristol247.com
Council bans advertising of fast fashion, flights and cars
Adverts for high carbon products will no longer appear on council-owned ad spaces
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Found Isabelle Hamley daily service good
bbc.co.uk
Daily Service - Rest - Eternal rest - BBC Sounds
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Isabelle Hamley.
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Beech @beech-bristol.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Enjoyed this read from bristol library ebooks
TERRY WAITE
TRAVELS with a
PRIMATE
Around the world with Robert Runcie
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