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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mr Croc, the distinguished explorer, looks back on his early years: "And then, quite suddenly, something wonderful happened: Buster discovered that he could, if he really, really wanted to, TRIUMPH!" (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.😃👍🏼)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Mr Croc, the distinguished explorer, looks back on his early years: "Something had to be done. For in truth, Buster was not responding all that well to Mrs Arkwright's leadership style..." (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.😃👍🏼)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Mr Croc, the distinguished explorer, looks back: "The way Mrs Arkwright viewed it, there were no dangers out there - we simply had to teach any larger predators to 'manage their expectations'..." (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.😃👍🏼)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Hmmm... is it a 'Blusher' ?" Out exploring in the fine autumnal forests of Bohemia - hope you have a chance to get out and about this weekend too. 🌍👍🏼

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mr Croc, the distinguished explorer, looks back on his early years: "There's nothing like the first biscuit of the day," sighed Mrs Arkwright, reclining. Sadly, Buster was more of a Ginsters Cornish Pasty man. (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.😃👍🏼)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mr Croc, the distinguished explorer, looks back on his early years: "Some days, I'll admit, Buster found conditions a little tough going..." (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.😃👍🏼)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mr Croc, the distinguished explorer, looks back: "Oh DO try to keep up," proclaimed Mrs Arkwright as she dived. "No need for that silly plane now that these perfectly decent parachutes have arrived in the post!" (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.😃👍🏼)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mr Croc, the distinguished explorer, looks back on his early years: "Don't just stand there," exclaimed Mrs Arkwright. "Seize a couple more snakes to make a rope, then haul me out!" (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.😃👍🏼)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mr Croc, the distinguished explorer, looks back on his early years: "Pull yourself together!" said Mrs Arkwright. "OF COURSE you can quickly learn to fly!" (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.😃👍🏼)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"True friendship is about sticking close together... despite everything!" Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.👍🏼😀 (This one from a while ago, as I'm touring schools with my exciting new book, NINE TIMES I NEARLY DIED)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"And now Mr Croc will demonstrate our means of transportation through the swamp." Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you - and daughter Beatrice - on your way. 👍🏼😀 (This one an oldie - I'm presently on a lovely school tour with my book NINE TIMES I NEARLY DIED)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The distinguished explorer Mr Croc looks back to his early years: "One way or other, with Mrs Arkwright on board, exciting times lay ahead..." (Sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you - and daughter Beatrice and son Freddie- on your way👍🏼😃)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Bandit, quick! There's someone in need of your special rescue service!" Upbeat sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way. (This one from a while ago, as I'm off promoting my exhilarating children's book, NINE TIMES I NEARLY DIED👍🏼😀)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The distinguished explorer Mr Croc looks back on his early years: "Before setting out on our next daring adventure, we tried hiding from the formidable Mrs Arkwright. It did no good..." (Upbeat sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you in your way👍🏼😃)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Mr Croc, the distinguished explorer, looks back: "Unfortunately, what Buster hadn't reckoned on was Mrs Arkwright's top running speed. One way or other, it looked like she was accompanying us on our next adventure..." (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The distingued explorer Mr Croc looks back... "And so we were off again - the only hold-up being when Buster stole one too many vanilla ice creams - and met his match in Mrs Arkwright." (Upbeat sandwich wrapper-of-the-day to help you - and daughter Beatrice - on your way.👍🏼😃)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The distinguished explorer Mr Croc remembers... "Somehow, we had made it ashore at last - and as the weather had turned out nice again, just time for a bit of sunbathing..." (Upbeat school sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day, to help daughter Beatrice on her way.👍🏼😃)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

(PS It was on a test drive - and thus in theory had a driver. Didn't seem to help.)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A ray of hope for humans... Something very pleasing about seeing one of these driverless cars being thwarted in Soho the other day. It was brought to a permanent and ignominious standstill by all the pedestrians darting in front of it, the way Londoners are wont to do. 👍🏼

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"At last we were ashore - and I, for one, was ready for a brand new adventure!" (Upbeat school sandwich wrapper of the day, to help my daughter Beatrice on her way...)👍🏼😀

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

(For those who can't recall the story line from before the summer break: Buster is a long-suffering unreformed criminal, and the reptile is his former cellmate companion known as Mr Croc - a young, cool character who has a mischievous streak but generally means well)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Meanwhile, somewhere in the Pacific, two castaways are attempting to make their escape... "Oh I do wish you'd relax for once, Buster. What are a few sharks when there's a beautiful sunrise like this?" (Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃)

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

😔“In 2005, about 7.5% of the UK’s front gardens were paved; by 2025 that had risen to 55%” “… changing paved gardens back to grass could reduce night-time temperatures by as much as 0.5C, and adding trees would double the benefit”

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Weatherwatch: Paving over front gardens is leading to hotter nights

Changing paved areas to grass and planting trees can reduce urban heat island effect by as much as 1C, study shows

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"There are those who dream - and those who ACT on their dreams to make them happen..." Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch -of-the-day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃 (This one from a year ago as I'm away encouraging my own children to be explorers!)

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Palm Oil Detectives | #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroos 🦘🧡 can leap 9 metres, descend 18 metres to the ground without injury. These bouncy #marsupials of #PapuaNewGuinea 🇵🇬 deserve safety from #palmoil #mining #deforestation! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/g...

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I want children to know what it feels like to catch tadpoles in a stream,climb a tree,hear frogs after the rain and watch butterflies drift across a meadow. I want more parks, more hiking trails, more protected wilderness and more places where nature is left alone simply because it deserves to exist

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Lush Green Forest River Landscape

ALT: Lush Green Forest River Landscape

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"What if you just talked to your children..."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Navalny, in prison: “I don’t for a second regret it… the only thing we should fear is we’ll surrender our homeland to be plundered by a gang of liars, thieves & hypocrites. That we will surrender without a fight, voluntarily, our own future and the future of our children.”

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

What a fine image from @msriffle.bsky.social 🥰

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Agreed. Have read it twice now. The author lends such a generous and sympathetic ear to his subjects - very funny at times, too. 😃👍🏼

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Feel a bit down in the dumps? Solution: give a loved one a lovely surprise! Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way.👍🏼😃 (This one from a while ago, as I'm on my hols.)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Restless at night in the Summer heat? Or just need a little holiday reading? A solution is at hand: "OVERNIGHT: journeys, conservations and stories after dark" - a wonderfully eloquent and tender book about night time that I've discovered, by the brilliant Dan Richards. @canongate.co.uk

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

No!!! 😳 This is very sad news, Emsy. I'll miss your company - and kind interest you've taken in what I do. Also, I'm sorry to hear about your art business not being profitable. Promise me you'll keep creating, in some shape or form, regardless? Xb

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"Life finds a way..." (A tree is left to thrive on a stone-tiled roof - in Brač, Croatia, where I now am.)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"Sometimes in life you just know you've chosen the right leader..." Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch-of-the-day to help you on your way. 👍🏼😃 (This from a little while ago, as I'm on my hols.)

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Alison Lear @aslear.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

‘We read to know we are not alone.’ - C. S. Lewis There is no better companion than a book 💚📗📖

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

"Got all our essential supplies? Then... OFF WE GO!" Upbeat sandwich wrapper sketch of the day, to help you on your way.👍🏼😃 (This one from a few months back, as I'm off on my family hols at the mo.)

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Always important to lead by example... Upbeat sandwich wrapper of the day, to help you on your way. 👍🏼😃 (Presently on my hols., so here's one from a while back. Meanwhile, wishing all those of good will a happy time away, this Summer.)

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Alison Lear @aslear.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

My next read … 📖 ‘On Thin Ice An Explorer’s Memoir Of Siberia, Surveillance And Survival’ By @cwexplore.bsky.social I absolutely love Charlie’s work, and his previous books, so really looking forward to this one. Copies @stanfordstravel.bsky.social where it’s their Book of the Month!! 🙌📘🧊

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A leader in the field...👍🏼🌍

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Benedict Allen @benedictallen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Time for a... triumphant sprint finish! 💨🏃‍♂️🤣✌️

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