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Martin of KW17

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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 16h
Frexample: #TheArchers
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Sorry Pip we used up all the luck you’re hoping for. It rained every day for a good couple of weeks running up to our wedding. Then rained afterwards for days. The day itself however: #TheArchers
A happy wedding couple with blue sky and the sun in the background.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Goodness me Carpet Burns clearly has a lot to say for himself. #TheArchers
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As no doubt you know the official podcast, published moments after Friday’s episode, gave the game away. Did Mr Grumpypants have a go at the Beeb for spoilers too? #TheArchers
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dark as midnight on a moonless night. Much needed on the 0615 shift.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you look closely you can see Brian, Jennydahling and Kate. And the milk churns Brian used to hide the lucrative poison that ended up in the Am. #TheArchers
Photo shows the box of a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle. The artwork shows an idyllic farm scene with farmhouse, cottages, a man in a suit, a woman wearing an apron and a head covering and a small child at her size. There are some white geese in the farmyard.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Or come to Orkney instead - lots of flights from LHR from a mere £559.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Hope @jefftiedrich.bsky.social has seen today’s message from the Carrot weather app. #TeamAlgae
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Picked the wrong evening to have gammon for dinner 🤦🏼‍♂️
Photo showing two gammon steaks from E Flett butchers in Stromness on Orkney.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
But you’ve already been out once today - twice sounds far to enthusiastic. All well, as we speak volunteering at the Orkney Wireless Museum. You’d love it.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Roast in the oven here, Lives Of Others to follow. #FilmSky
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Orkney the other day.
The aurora, aka the northern lights, seen from Orkney recently. The sky shows a band of red colour and a band of green colour.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Haha. See also the attached .. the real McCoy Luxardo ones are too posh for even the posh shops on our little island. But these were perfectly adequate for Mrs G’s Christmas snowballs.
Photo shows a jar of Opies cocktail cherries.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Radio 2: its going to be mostly cloudy today with areas of patchy fog lifting. Orkney:
Blue sky with bright orange sun low in the sky. Lower third of the photo shows fields of grass with frost on the grass.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Sunset on C the other day. And then the sky a few hours later the same day. #TheArchers
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Any excuse to spam you with some more snow pics! ☃️ Doing fine here, even deployed our 4WD to get to Tesco yesterday to get provisions for villagers. We of course are still well stocked! Roads were impassable until then unfortunately.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We have had some snow yes! We’ve been cut off for a few days but the roads are clearing now. And it’s so beautiful.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
The view from our bedroom window in KW17.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
And I should have added that there is also an Aga! #TheArchers
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
My though favourite is the panel of doorbells for each address. #TheArchers
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Said kitchen! Usually it’s a sound engineer (‘spot effects’) making the sounds but sometimes the actors do. #TheArchers
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
We certainly see some all the way north up here. Also: #TheArchers
Aurora borealis seen from Orkney UK
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
A black cat wearing a red collar sitting on a floral bed duvet cover.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Listening to #TheArchers on Sounds on the ferry heading home. Will lose Gs at any moment. Pray for Martin.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
More from the Orphir village tractor run. #TheArchers
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Just been to our village tractor run. Your move Ambridge. #TheArchers
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Plenty show overnight and now the sun is out. Was #uksnow 7/10 but currently 1/10. #KW17.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Exhibit A: five wheelie bins in the shed!
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Thank you - we packed everything away as best we could - all five wheelie bins in the shed and so on - and hid indoors. Winds finally started to reduce last night and when it was all over this was the worst of the damage. Thank you for checking!
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Definitely the right thing to do then. Starting to feel like the storm may have peaked here in Orphir… if my tinpot wind gauge to be believed. Hope you are doing ok up there and the delivery ferries can get to you tomorrow.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Thank you and thank you! The house is in chaos still but the surroundings aren’t too shabby, that’s for sure.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Yep. Just got goosebumps reading this page.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I just got goosebumps reading this page. #TheArchers
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Hey #TheArchers people - some of you know I left the BBC recently after 37 1/2 years. Look what arrived in the post today!!!! Also, any guesses for what happened in thus episode?
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Well we prefer this flag… but technically yes! Traded E17 for island life by the sea. Fortunately there’s a plenty of great fruit and veg places.. and also Tesco and Lidl. But yes… it looked beautiful.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
37 1/2 years ago a small child arrived at Broadcasting House as a trainee Radio Engineer. Many different roles later, many of them fab and a couple less so, that’s me done.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Happy sleuthing!
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Albie says his humans need to know from where came the chaise longue.
A black ca with green eyes on a yellow blanket wearing a cat collar with a bow tie
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
And in this one she even has a name badge to prove it!
Annabel Dowler (Kirsty in The Archers) with Terry Molloy (Mike Tucker in The Archers)
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
And here’s proof!
Annabel Dowler (Kirsty in The Archers) with Harriet Carmichael (Ambridge on the Couch)
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Saw this on Walpole Road the other day.
The rear of a blue Tesla car with a sticker on it saying ‘This Tesla Does Not Endorse Elon Musk’.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
It’s all high tech including the heating? Will never catch on. 😬 #TheArchers
Screenshot from Apple Home showing some of the smart controls for Rebecca and Martin’s home.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The wondrous Mrs G has just come back from the farmers’ market with this lot. This should help me feel better! #TheArchers
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
…and on my last day in the building my amazing friends and colleagues did give to me… #NationShallPeakSixUntoNation #BBC
Photo shows a genuine BBC audio programme level meter as used in BBC radio studios for at least the past 40 years. It is on a wooden plinth and has a brass plaque attached that says “Martin Greaves, 37 years in BBC Radio.  Nation shall Peak 6 unto Nation”
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Best leaving present ever. And with whatever anyone else may think, the genuine BBC motto.
Photo shows a genuine BBC audio programme level meter as used in BBC radio studios for at least the past 40 years. It is on a wooden plinth and has a brass plaque attached that says “Martin Greaves, 37 years in BBC Radio.  Nation shall Peak 6 unto Nation”
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
…and for the last time as an employee … #BBC #thirtysevenyears #atleastthirtyseventears
Photo shows me arriving at the entrance to BBC Broadcasting House on my last day on site as an employee.
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Martin of KW17 @greavsie.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
I once made a Dark Side Of The Moon pie. #TheArchers
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