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John

@emptyjamjar.bsky.social

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🇬🇧🇪🇦 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 Life can be like trying to open the wrong end of a bin bag sometimes but, at least you've got a bag and you're trying to open it. Socrates (maybe mistranslated)

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John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 9h

Red sky in morning Not seen a shepherd giving out warnings so might be ok..

Pink clouds over dark wood

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Morning everyone.

Trees surround park pond

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Train guard left this open. Tempted to pick up phone, press the red button, and make an announcement over the pa: "Ladies and gentlemen. This train will not be stopping until the government agrees our demand of free Cadbury cream eggs for everyone on this train".

Open guard panel with phone and red button

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Stirling today. Like a mini Edinburgh.

Castle peeping above dark brooding walls.

Beige coloured buildings under grey sky

Slightly curved building with spired tower

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The house Mackintosh designed in Helensburgh. Being renovated so can actually walk over the roof! Love Mackintosh design.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some sights on our travels today.

Loch Lomond with a few trees making a swim for it under darkening evening sky

Painted face on a tree trunk. Long eye lashes and red lips (the painting, not me)

Dramatic gorge hills staying guard over blue Loch Leven under blue sky with a few wispy clouds, which obviously couldn't be bothered to form into larger ones.

Gray Mares waterfall. Spray. Rocks. Trees. If you look closely, wires as they allow tours to climb up the falls. Why would anyone want to though?

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pitch to BBC: "I have an idea for a new TV soap. We've had Coronation Street but what about a new spin off...."

Road sign saying Corrie Road infront of a street fence

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hotel breakfast view

Scottish hills behind river. Lots of trees.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Glenfinan: the Harry Potter viaduct. And the monument to the Bonny Prince Charlie uprising, which started here, and got as far as Derby but then finished off at Culloden.

Monument with Scottish soldier on top of the tower

Glenfinan. Bonny prince Charlie raised his standard here in 1745 and marched on England.

That viaduct.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seen this a lot on our travels. Is it a biker thing?

Back of a road sign covered in stickers

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

To be fair, they probably look better in the sun but, it's worth going just to get close to a mountain that looks all black rock.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Skye today.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There are lots of villages on Skye called the same name.

Square white sign saying Passing Place with trees and shrubs behind

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dramatic Skye sky

Bubbling orange and grey to v dark grey could catching last of today's rays

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tempted to ask for this just to see what it looked like: Toast on scrambled egg.

Menu for café listing prices

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Steall Falls near Ben Nevis

Steall Falls crashing down hill side

Ben nevis range of hills (i think)

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I liked this sign today.

Sign on wooden gate to rear of house states No parking. Not even for 2 minutes.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oban which looks over towards Mull in the far distance.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I do like seeing stuff like this Assume it's children doing it. Like some gift to the fairies of the woods.

Two painted stones in crook of a mossy tree branch. Both blue. One with what looks white birds flying.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A dewy morning

Grass with spheres of water

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Old fashioned electric fence

Flaking metal green fence with electric cable and plug wrapped round it

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A golden morning

Sun rising creating a golden band with dark city beneath and heavy clouds above

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

These are like two old friends who don't need to talk when together.

Horned animals.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"And are the Counter terror police in the room now, Mr Farage?"

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Manchester

Canal flanked by tall blocks

Ai Weiwei exhibition about refugees

Ai Wei Wei exhibition. Bomb making. All done with v small lego pieces.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It was 23C on the coast!

Wispy, floaty clouds and bluesky above an estuary.

Pavilion structure on pier selling fish and chips

Dog eating chicken flavour ice creamin a paper cup

Shadows, lines, and silhouettes on wooden floored pier with wet sandy beach in background

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Lines.

Bands of sea, sky, sea wall, and prom.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Purple flowers at park entrance

Slightly blurry purple flowers learning to left in early sun after a shower (rain, not me having a shower)

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Tree of eyes.

Slender pale tree trunk with what looks like eyes where branches were pruned.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Daughter took this last night. #lightning

Fork of lightning against lilac looking night sky.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's a little misty this morning.

Church spire and trees peeking out of mist on hill.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is how daughter eats chocolates

Box of chocolates with bites taken out of them

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hey Cross Country. You seem to have missed off the power outage that affected our travels too in your chirpy PR email.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Looking nice today

Path and bench sloping down hill with trees is distance and to side

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I'm assuming The Guardian was busy.

Book review by someone at waterstones

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Morning you lot

Early morning sun through trees over large pond

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Wentworth House and castle (a folly)

Large rectangular shaped building with many long windows with gardens to front.

Turret and gateway to a garden folly

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It's a beautiful morning

Group of 3 trees on hillside with blue sky and vapours trails

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Buenos dias a todos

Sun peeping over trees in wood

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Beginning to look autumnal out there

Brown and orange fallen leaves under green trees near a boulder

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Friend brought chestnut cake round. Thought it was going to be terribly dry but it was fab. Like this photo.

3 layered cake with dark chestnut sponge on bottom, a custardy type layer, and them cream on top.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Castleton this morning

Castle at Castleton with hill and trees in background

Large sunflower infront of dilapidated farm building

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This was v beautiful. Gaia.

Gaia from the Chelsea flower show. Wooden scuplure of woman sleeping on grass with leaves and branches for hair.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Saw this the other day and wondered if it's a new form of anti theft deterrent

Car head rest with balaclava over it. The balaclava is in the colours of the Irish flag.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Luckily some neighbours let me use their glasses but this was using my phone

Sun with possible corona ring

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Local park. Like that scene in a sci fi film where waiting to welcome aliens, and we all get killed instead.

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Liked how the early sun reflected off v blackish river water

Oblong orange patch of sun light in blackish river

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Saw this today which looked interesting

Car with tent on roof

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The doggy ice cream went down well (with the dog, not me).

Grey muzzled choc lab holding tub of doggy ice cream in place while eating it

John @emptyjamjar.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Isn't there a contradiction in this?

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