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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Very goose-heavy walk along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal today.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just shows that you don’t need great height for great views.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ribblehead at dusk. Good for the soul.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Would love to have a pootle round the Dales in this old beauty. Looking very smart for 46 years old.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My anserine friend appears to have rediscovered the gift of flight, and has left the premises.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Plenty of meat on him I reckon…

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This fine specimen turned up in our garden a couple of hours ago and has stood there looking puzzled ever since. Lost his flock perhaps?

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was chatting with a raven barely an hour ago. Couldn’t see him through the mist but I knew he was there.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Grim in the Dales today. Summer feels like a distant memory. The daily walk is getting less enjoyable.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A full size tanker truck did exactly this on a twisty country road near here last year. It had to reverse 6 miles back before it could turn round.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some of the comments I’ve read this week are just mind boggling. UK “politics” is heading in a bad direction at the moment.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Quite. I admire their slow elegance. Never look as if they’re in a hurry. I see a fair few of them in our local rivers too.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nice. I love herons. A grey heron and I were eyeballing each other across the Leeds Liverpool Canal yesterday. I was waiting for it to take flight, but no.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Orang utans build a new nest every night.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Close. Ha-n-ba-ga. These loan words are called gairaigo (外来語), and there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of them in common usage, much to the chagrin of some Japanese.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Just rewards following a fantastic season for Ingleton Cricket Club. Head and shoulders above everyone else this year.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Nice spend a few minutes watching this grey heron across the Leeds Liverpool Canal this afternoon. I love their unhurried elegance.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It’s long been a national pastime here I think!

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Biarritz. Nice vibe. And excellent food.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Great to spend a couple of hours in the company of these magnificent birds. Could have watched them all day.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Yep. Empty roads yesterday though, so no cooking. 😀

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Best way to beat the heat? Keep moving. youtu.be/keEz8ZDgaV0?...

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Why do I always have the wrong lens on my camera when one of these beautiful birds comes close? #curlew

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Very early hog in the garden this evening. Must be hungry. #hedgehog

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

More aggro in the dining room. Every night at the moment. Lots of hungry hedgehogs about.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A rare pleasant evening in the Dales.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Who doesn’t need a drink on a Friday night? #hedgehog

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Slightly different approaches to reaching 214 for 4. #cricket

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

A tiny assistant helping me finish my scone yesterday.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My new favourite flower in our garden. Beautiful shape and colour.

A white and pink osteospermum (African daisy) flower.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Hearts are the only football team I've ever had a season ticket for, so I'm desperately hoping they do it. Fingers crossed no repeat of 85/86.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

So I believe. I often take visitors for a ride on the Settle & Carlisle line for the same reason.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Last time I went that far west, I had to go by train (broken foot), and I really enjoyed the ride, slow as it was.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Mind you, I never look forward to driving Cornwall. Always takes ages to get anywhere.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Might the traffic situation improve when they reopen the rail line to Portishead?

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Travel in general is poor in that area. Whenever we visit my in-laws on the Devon/Cornwall border, it's always the Bristol bit of the journey that's horrible.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Milligan posing nicely for the camera. #hedgehog

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Lovely day to be playing at my favourite ground.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Not a completely chip-based diet then!

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Didn’t realise pigeons were prey for seagulls.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I once made the mistake of visiting Luxor in mid-summer. Amazing place, but 48°C in the shade just killed me. That train looks lovely though.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

More argy bargy in the dining room last night.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

My favourite time of year up here. For a couple of weeks, the Dales are carpeted with millions (billions?) of bluebells, and when the sun hits them, it's just magical. I had Oxenber Woods pretty much to myself this evening too.

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Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Pretty mild as confessions go. Not exactly shagging your best mate’s wife is it?

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