Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 22hjonogbris.substack.com/p/parallel-l...jonogbris.substack.comParallel LinesA 30 year friendship and sleeper train to Shetland 020
Reposted by Jon OgborneIan Parsons @ianparsons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sometimes at auction you find some real gems... Dartmoor Auctions next weekend, Lot 1035. Pitminster near you @iand777.bsky.social ? @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @nicwilson.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social Tempting... 53110
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Even with the low catch rate, it would hard to find a way to make it a better trip - except perhaps for the tea and spiced apple cake in the farm shop café on the way home. 120
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Yesterday it was in prime condition, scoured by a recent rise, clean and sparkling in the early autumn sunshine. Despite some good hatches of small olives and caddis the fish were unusually shy, Tony finding a single trout on a deer hair & cdc. 110
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A last trip of the trout season up to the local with Tony. We’ve been fishing together for 25+ years. We’ve seen our children grow up, our careers ebb & flow - Tony’s always flowing, mine sometimes ebbing - and all the other stuff life throws at you. Threading its way through it all is the stream. 130
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Despite the low catch rate, it would hard to find a way to make it a better trip - except perhaps for the tea and spiced apple cake in the farm shop café on the way home. #flyfishing #wildbrowntrout 000
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Yesterday it was in prime condition, scoured by a recent rise, clean and sparkling in the early autumn sunshine. Despite some good hatches of small olives and caddis the fish were unusually shy, Tony finding a single trout on a deer hair & cdc. 100
Reposted by Jon OgborneNational Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The experts say we’re facing a national emergency. It’s time for the government to level with the public so that together we can rise to the challenge. Has your MP joined the Parliamentary Call yet? www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... It’s #TimeToStepUp #NationalEmergencyBriefing 0159
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New Cindys out today! youtu.be/9dziUaUP6r8?...youtu.beThe Cindys - Town Of Origin (Official Video)YouTube video by Breakfast Records 031
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026At last, some leadership. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under StarmerEl Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers 000
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Squeezing the last drops out of the last of the season.#flyfishing #wildbrowntrout. 000
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Pretty much a perfect day’s fishing with Pete. Full Welsh breakfast to kick things off and then a day exploring the wilderness in search of wild brown trout. Despite a fierce downstream breeze we found a few. Pete even managed the best of the day in a dry. 2120
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 14/09/2026substack.com/@naomiklein/...substack.comNaomi Klein (@naomiklein)But is it fascism? Do they really yearn for apocalypse? Isn't that polarizing? Shouldn't we be nice to them? We made a short video so folks can hear the religious, tech and ethno-nationalist end tim... 000
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Ending the weekend with some good news! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...theguardian.comSweden election: exit polls project centre-left government and bad night for the far-right – liveInitial projections put centre-left opposition bloc at 51.3%, with 46.8% for rightwing parties; result worse than expected for far right Sweden Democrats 010
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Clevedon marine pool. #clevedonmarinepool #clevedon 080
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 11/09/2026rnli.org/support-us/g... Happy to support the amazing #RNLI who save lives at sea no matter the colour of your skin.rnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions. 011
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comPolanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in fullGreen leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis 001
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026#flyfishing #cornwall #riverfal #smallstream #browntrout 001
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 02/09/2026First opportunity to cast a fly since June. Stole a few hours on the Fal in Cornwall, just above the tide. Very rusty, lucky to fool just a leash of brownies. Very please to shake hands with them after so long. 1101
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 01/09/2026These companies must be brought down. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comDry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutinyExclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026 000
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Delighted to have this come through the letterbox this morning. Super proud of my mate @danosmond.bsky.social for getting this over the line. What an achievement. Also a ruddy good read. 240
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Like dolphins beaching themselves… substack.com/@adammckay17...substack.comAdam Mckay (@adammckay177538)Just wrote this for Current Affairs. https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-massive-climate-lie-that-will-destroy-human-civilization 001
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Thatcherite trickle down economics doesn’t work. Nothings trickling down, not even the water #thameswater 000
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Am I living on a different planet? Absolutely insane: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comHeathrow says need for expansion ‘clear’ as it loses title of Europe’s busiest airportWest London airport reports 7.86 million passengers in July, compared with 8.15 million for Istanbul 100
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Live recording from the Primary School classroom where Jack sat 20 years ago: youtu.be/Df5gHqG0uq8?...youtu.beThe Cindys - Glass Shattered (Live at Westbury Park School)YouTube video by Breakfast Records 000
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Ace new single from The Cindys. First off the forthcoming 2nd album: youtu.be/IVglnUxDBso?...youtu.beGlass ShatteredYouTube video by The Cindys - Topic 000
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 23/07/2026 When will this end? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMost sewage spills in England may be illegal, new research suggestsThe new analysis from a prominent water campaigner emerged after secret court documents were leaked. 000
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Sadly the same everywhere. I was on a Cumbrian river in May. Stunning countryside, filthy river… 010
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Rock hard weekend camping/fishing at Teifi Pools after phenomenal heatwave. 4 fish over 3 days for 4 of us. Still, worse places to hang out. Kites, kestrel, meadow pipit, stonechat, wheatear, sand pipers & skylarks provided the soundtrack. #flyfishing #wales #trout #teifipools 271
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Walking the Saint’s Way with Mrs O. Cornwall isn’t over blessed with an abundance of trout rivers, but some of the tiny streams we’ve crossed are stuffed with them. #cornwall #saintsway #flyfishing 030
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 11/06/2026One of my favourites. Thanks for your work there. 010
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Check out this handsome chap @chrisgpackham.bsky.social 010
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Nice day guiding WTT auction winner on my local. He was new to small stream fishing and did really well to land half a dozen fish… a kingfisher and water vole showed up to add to the proceedings. 270
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Laughable. This man has literally no idea what he’s talking about. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comJD Vance blames Henry Nowak’s murder on ‘mass invasion of migrants’US vice-president speaks out over UK teenager’s death after Keir Starmer rebuffs claim of two-tier policing 000
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Absolutely gutted to read this. Please consider emailing Hill Group to let them know they need to change their wildlife protection policies. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comNoted Surrey colony of at-risk swifts destroyed during nesting seasonCampaigners say builders’ demolition of nest site highlights weak protection of wildlife from development 110
Jon Ogborne @jonogborne.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Always had a soft spot for an unfussy vintage #divewatch since staying in a diving centre on holiday as a kid. Still can’t choose between #citizen and #seiko though… 010
