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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Always nice to discover that my employer thinks I took 4 weeks of unpaid leave WHEN I DIDN’T and have now only paid me a fraction of my salary. Gah!

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Well it was a fabulous week last week out in Cumbria along Hadrian’s wall. Sadly it was back to work today and all the hassle that involves. Sigh.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hadrian’s wall today, nr Housesteads Fort. It is just breathtaking up there. The wind, the sun, the rain, the ancientness of the landscape. I’d forgotten how much it gets into your soul. No-where quite like it.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Visited Carlisle Cathedral today. It is way more stunning than I imagined. The roof is simply incredible and that’s before we mention that east window. Very warm welcome too.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1141 miles to Rome. Thanks you Bewcastle for a fascinating hour’s exploration.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Love the arrivals board. Saw large skeins of pink foots flying over the Solway Firth this week, so they’re already here.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Also visited Thirwell castle, now ruins, close to Hadrian’s wall. It was probably home to Percival Thirwall who was Richard III’s standard bearer and died at the Battle of Bosworth.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s not just any wall, it’s Hadrian’s wall. Had a fab day out exploring castles and Roman forts and the wall. My legs are fair done in now.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Appear to have accidentally arrived in heaven due to road closures sending us the wrong way. Now in an amazing cafe looking over the river waiting for my haggis on toast. #glencaple

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Finally made it onto the wall. The view from Banks East turret car park is just magnificent. My little phone doesn’t do it justice. #cumbria #hadrianswall

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Been enjoying Lannercost Priory this Morning. Well worth a visit

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Entrance portcullis, Carlisle castle.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

How many pairs of scissors did my mother need in her sewing box? Includes two pairs of pinking shears. I suspect many were hand me downs from my grandmothers. Not quite sure what to do with them all.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I was sorting out some old lace trim of my grandmother’s yesterday. Turns out it was wrapped around this - an in-house magazine for Lever Brothers from 1922. So I’m now wondering if the lace had been wrapped round it since 1922. I suspect so.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The old heating and the new at St Peter’s Kirby Bellars this afternoon.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Well that’s @legionofllama.bsky.social off on Ride and Stride. First church done, let’s see if he can reach the other 19 on his list today. #rideandstride

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Been sorting more of my mum’s sewing stuff today which mostly seems to be made up of both my grandma’s sewing kit. Love these old threads I found. Not much use but pretty to look at. Am now down to just 4 boxes of thread. I am slowly winning sorting all this stuff. #sewing

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Nigella seed heads. I shook most of the seeds out to give me some plants next year.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Commemorative plaque in Loughborough, remembering those who died in a Zepplin raid on the town in January 1916.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Looking up into the chestnut tree on the village green. Love how the sunlight filters through the leaves.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Quite excited we placed second in the village scarecrow competition with our version of Midsomer Murders

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today I have emptied all the cleaning materials from the cupboard in the utility room. When we cleared my parents’ house we shoved all their cleaning stuff in with ours. Now I get to sort and rationalise it. We have way too much (but it will all be useful at some point)

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I can confirm it’s a bit wet out there. I’m guessing we’re having more rain today than the last three months combined.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The storm is almost upon us. Constant lightning lights up the sky. Rumbles are non stop. Just waiting for the rain to actually hit #ukweather

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Current status : making scarecrow hair

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Cute little gates on the south door of St Mary, Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire. We were exploring locally this afternoon and walked down to the new Pork Pie Way.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ah great start to a day in the office. Just broke my computer glasses. Bah!

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Just revisiting the Children’s Make and Do book where children are encouraged to drop smouldering blotting paper into a cardboard box. Can see anything could possibly go wrong with that.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Having spent the last hour attempting to re silicone our shower tray, I am in awe of plumbers and tilers who do this everyday. HOW DO YOU NOT GET THE STUFF EVERYWHERE? #diychallenges

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ooo a little rain shower passed through. That was nice. I remember them from months ago.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Waking up and discovering that we had actual proper rain last night for the first time in two months feels a bit like waking up on Christmas morning and discovering that it snowed over night #yay #ukdrought

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Just got bitten by a blue tit I was trying to rescue. Ow. Silly bird. Let me help you. (It has now been rescued, but who knew blue tits were that viscous)

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Have woken up with the Shake’n’Vac song stuck in my head as an ear worm. Thanks brain.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Oooo, a new visitor to the garden, taking advantage of the bird’s water bowl. Glad we don’t have chickens at the moment. #wildlifenews

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My view today. We *just* managed to scrape along the Coventry canal on my cousin’s boat. Kept hitting the bottom as water is so low. Had a great day all the same. #canalboating

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We did sea glass creations at WI tonight. This was my humble effort.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

So we’re doing a scarecrow festival at the end of next month. Thinking about something with a Midsommer Murders theme. Would this be too much for the local kids? Don’t want to traumatise them. #scarecrows

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

There is ACTUAL RAIN falling from the skies. Well, rain might be a slight exaggeration. Mizzle might be a better word. There is actual mizzle falling from the skies. Been so long I’d forgotten what it was like.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I also wondered where the stones had gone out of my little green bowl. And now I know. The magpies picked them up and walked off with them. They are naughty fellows.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I use the card reader to get the pics off my wildlife cam. I was wondering what was damaging the plants in my barrel pond. I think I have the answer, an entire family of magpies who are hanging round the entire time. Seen here in a stand off with the squirrel.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In the world’s most amazing news, I stuck my usb card reader through the wash - again. It’s now been through the washing machine twice and it STILL WORKS. But the replacement OH bought for me keeps crashing my entire machine. It’s true they don’t make things like they used to. 😀

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Enjoyed our walk through the Ashbourne Railway tunnel earlier. We’ve driven through the town many times but I never knew this was hiding underneath. Well worth a visit.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Are you sure we can’t just put them in the recycling bin? #hopeful

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Ahh lovely. Good to know when you use the office scanner to email scanned files to yourself, the office email system decides they’re all spam and bins them. Great job there technology.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Am attempting to restore an antique sheepskin rug which I rescued from my parent’s house. I washed the rug yesterday using specialist liquid and laid it out in the bath overnight to drip dry. This morning the bathroom smells of wet sheep. Lovely. I am aware this effort may not be successful.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Huzzah, just persuaded some chap to take away all the old 78 records I discovered in my parent’s house. And he even gave me £30 for the privilege. Winning. At least I didn’t have to take them to the tip.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Another fascinating postcard from my parents’ collection: the shooting down of a German Zeppelin over Suffolk on the night of 17th June 1917. Apparently only 3 out of the 18 crew survived.

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hordeofduck @hordeofduck.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Another old postcard, this time of Reedham ferry in Norfolk. Apart from the car I’m not sure it’s changed much.

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