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Graham Walker

@grahamcwalker.bsky.social
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Retired social policy wonk. Fulham FC fan. Busy doing nothing. Read. Walk. Create. Leeds, UK. 🍉

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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Enjoying a #hike in Langdale, Lake District, UK.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Enjoying the joyful sound of a much needed rain storm in Leeds #leeds #rain
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
England's only green phone box? It was working too!
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Tech billionaires are getting richer while we pay the price for the real-world harm their platforms cause. The "neutral host" loophole lets them off the hook for pushing dangerous content. MPs are demanding emergency laws to make them pay. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Tech billionaires shouldn't get to hide behind a legal loophole while their algorithms push dangerous content for profit. MPs are demanding emergency laws to finally make them liable for the harm they...
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
What a mess at my beloved Fulham FC: no succession plan for replacing Silva; no transfer strategy for the summer; and a nepo baby Director of Football. The more Tony Khan speaks the more it proves that he’s absolutely clueless! #fulhamfc
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Meteora!! How is this not one of the 7 wonders of the world? 10 mile hike was challenging in 32C heat but ‘wow’ the scenery was stunningly beautiful. Huge number of tourist buses in the road. Not a soul on the hiking paths. Only mad dogs and Englishmen?? #eurail #interrail #meteora #greece
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Yorkshire Dales National Park @yorkshiredales.org.uk · 12/06/2026
Hello, I’m Julia - today, the National Park has handed their socials over to me to talk about my experience of bags of rubbish, broken glass, and empty cans left scattered where I live. This is damaging, dangerous, and avoidable. If you're visiting, please respect the Dales 🙏
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Sad to be leaving Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Ancient city with Roman and other archeological ruins intermingled with modern commerce. Also good food and a relaxing atmosphere. A place to come back to… #plovdiv #bulgaria #interrail #eurorail #oldfuckagapyah
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Istanbul is a world city, expensive, noisy and chaotic. Had fun, enjoyed Guhane Park and using public transport ferry to cross the Bosphorus. Looking forward to sleeper train to Plovdiv in Bulgaria tonight. And a more relaxing few days. #istanbul #plovdiv #eurail #interrail
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This is truly shameful…. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England’s children in care | George Monbiot
Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes ran by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vultures, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New book and a cold beer in a shady park in Bucharest. What’s not to like… Off to Valiko Tarnovo in Bulgaria tomorrow - two changes so wish me luck! #booksky #interrail #eurail #romania #bucharest #beer
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
It would be nice to hear that Fulham have been speaking to other potential managers - but we seem to react to rather than shaping events. #fulhamfc #football
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I am excited to have made it to Constanta, and my first ever sight of the Black Sea. About to indulge in a slap up seafood dinner with this harbour view. Thank you CFR - Romanian trains are great! - If a bit slow ;-) #constanta #romania #eurail #interrail #blacksea
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
My wife knows me well - hidden in my backpack for my birthday, a second hand copy of Barbara Kingsolver’s Homeland; a short story collection. Good to read on the train across Romania today. #booksky #interrail #eurorail #barbarakingsolver
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Brasov had been busy today with its marathon and rally car festival. I chose the art gallery, a hike up Tampa (where there is a Hollywood style sign), and an early tea on my balcony with a view. Perhaps life is a bowl of cherries? #brasov #romania #interrail #eurorail #hiking
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Exploring Sibiu - or Hermannstadt: - first a guided tour of the Saxon old town - then a long walk to the amazing Astra Museum park of lovingly recreated houses from Romania’s past. There’s an unfinished Ceausescu concrete monstrosity hiding in one photo. #romania #eurorail #interrrail #sibiu
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Entertaining, enjoyable train journey today from Sighisoara to Sibiu, 57 miles in 2 hours 20mins. Beer is good (German Helles) at St Andrews Scottish bar in Sibiu. Supermarket food options I am not so sure about #sibiu #romania #beer #eurorail #interrail #oldfuckergapyah
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Arrived in Sighisoara (Romania) at 7.30am and was up in the hills hiking by 8.30. Rewarded with my first ever bear sighting. First thought - take a photo. Second thought - bears are dangerous, sneak away before it eats you!! #hiking #sighisoara #romania #eurorail #interrail
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Vienna - watering holes, shady squares and interesting architecture made for a perfect for a weekend get together with my wife. Sleeper train to Transylvania tonight #vienna #eurorail #interrail #oldfuckergapyah
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Munich was fun: good weather, good beer and an excellent design museum #munich #eurorail #interrail
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The casino in Wiesbaden where Dostoyevsky lost everything before he wrote ‘The Gambler’ #booksky #dostoyevsky #wiesbaden #rhein
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Good but tough day on the Rheinsteig - rewarded with some great views #rheinsteig #hiking #raileurope
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Might be worth reminding morons waving flags that brave folk fought and died in the Battle of Britain to stop a fascist takeover of our country. #antifascist #battleofbritain
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Wes has been hugely ineffective as a Government Minister - he arrived from years in opposition with sound bites but no strategic plan for health. It took a year for a plan to emerge and then he decided to move the deckchairs (get rid of NHS England). He’s an example of failure not a solution.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This……https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/europe-big-problems-japan-taiwan-care-systems?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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For three years I scoured the world for answers to Europe’s big problems – here’s what I found
Japan and Taiwan have enviable care systems because they had the courage to plan – some solutions are radical, most are hiding in plain sight, says author John Kampfner
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
FIrst day #hiking on the Rheinsteig after a few very enjoyable days in Cologne/Koln This is the start of a rail and foot powered adventure to Istanbul via Munich, Vienna, Romania (Transylvania and then Constanta on the Black Sea), and finally to Bulgaria to meet the night train to Istanbul.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Great start to today. I saw my first moose on Swedish TV’s moose watch!! That’s one moose for 6 hours TV watching so far. Plus one fox, and lots of geese, ducks and waders. #moosewatch #slowtv #sweden #stv #moose #mooseinnthehoos
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Heron. RIver Aire, Leeds. #birds #birdsofbluesky #leeds
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I’m lost in Bernard Samson’s career. #berlingame #mexicoset #londonmatch #booksky Am reading London Match slowly as I don’t want to finish it! Never thought these would be my thing, but these books by #lendeighton are elegantly written with superb dialogue highly recommend
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Today, I told followers that I am leaving the metaverse and will close my accounts in a month. Results: 2 new follows on #bluesky One person followed my lead One person asked whether I was having a mental breakdown I’ve arranged to talk to/meet three people that I have not seen in a year
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Enjoyed La Grazia Great characters and brilliant dialogue. And some amazing scenes/cinematography Recommend
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Reading Berlin Game by Len Deighton. About half way and it’s got pace, intrigue, cynicism and a lot of dry humour. Loving it #booksky #deighton
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Just read The Gadfly by Ethel Lillian Voynich. Remarkably modern for a book written in 1897, exploring love, friendship, faith and revolution in what is now Italy. Recommend.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Doggo does love a beach! #elrompido
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Enjoyable 7 mile stroll in the sunshine around Temple Newsam #leeds
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Perhaps not ordinary folks who love our country but criminals and bigots? Be great if we had more local investigative journalism - well done to the Sheffield Tribune and mill media www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Leeds #pride
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Glorious Leeds #leeds #riveraire
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I may have to give up checking Fulham FC newsnow feed 8-10 times a day. Still no new faces for the whites :-( #fulhamfc
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Part 1 NHS Pay I would support nurses if they threatened to strike. It’s wrong that their pay has fallen behind teachers and other public sector professionals. #nhs #nhspay #nurses #doctors
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Lovely 18 mile hike from Winscar Reservoir #hiking #yorkshire #butterflies
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Morning coffee view - enjoying some brief respite from the heat #leeds #coffee
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
#oslo opera house and the public library, which I could happily live in! #architecture #joy
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Made some new friends on yesterday’s hike in Hareina, Norway #hike #hiking
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Hareina, Norway
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The responsible right to roam in England is long overdue. Those who doubt our ability to roam responsibly should perhaps weigh this against the ecological vandalism committed by some landowners?
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
What a load of absolute tosh! For all but the winter months a pair of breathable trail runners will save hikers a lot of blisters, aching knees and hips and mean far fewer ‘rolled ankles’. If feet get wet, change socks! #hiking #trailrunners www.theguardian.com/thefilter/20...
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The best men’s walking boots for every type of hiking adventure, tested
Whether you’re heading to the hills on a multi-day trek or need waterproof shoes for countryside walks, these are the best boots for the job – tried and tested by our writer
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
A joyous day out #hiking in the #peakdistrict and another 19 miles in my legs. Chilly to start and windy on the edge but warmed as the day wore on.
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Graham Walker @grahamcwalker.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Hiked the 26m Marsden Marathon yesterday. Lovely walk in the most part but v sad to see the result of the recent wild fires on the moor
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