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mark adams

@markja.bsky.social
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Oxford UK usually on a bike or in the margins

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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Dear @chilternrailways.bsky.social do you think you might provide a carriage for bikes anytime soon - rather than this type of arrangement? #intermodal
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Five star lunch at the meeting house #Peckham www.instagram.com/meetinghouse... With an adjacent mural on a modernist church 😊 bio of mural on photo
The image shows the "Mary - Origin and Destination" mural by Italian street artist Giacomo Bufarini, known as RUN, on the side of the St John Chrysostom with St Andrew Parish Church in Peckham.
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Wonderful exhibition on Nigerian #modernism at the Tate
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
#margate & #deal 2/2
Brutalist Deal pier with a fine cafe at endSculpture of a man with a shoal of fish at entrance to Deal pier - sculpture by Jon buck it’s called embracing the sea
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
#margate & #deal 1/2
Corporate greed and corruption graffiti robot near MargateGraffiti art near MargateGraffiti art wall near MargateArt work by Edward bridges on the side of the rose hotel in Deal with an odd family with buckets of octopus…
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Iconic vinyl #jimmycliff
Album cover for the harder they come by jimmy cliffTrack list for the harder they come Back of Album by jimmy cliff the harder they come - film sound track
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#bicycle graveyard that is the #pegasustheatre bike rack 😢
Moss growing in a slit saddle on a neglected bike next to a rusting set of bike handlebars…
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
It’s a kind of orange…. @asylumwelcome.bsky.social Place an orange light in your window during the Oxford Christmas Light Festival (14–16 November) — a simple symbol of welcome, sanctuary, and hope for people seeking safety.
Orange heart
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
On my way to the Southbank to see #nalasinephro and listening to music.apple.com/gb/album/the...
Nighttime shot of national theatre from Waterloo bridge
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
#autumnequinox Bugs in the body, bed rest, books & music.apple.com/gb/artist/bo...
Cover of the bitter water of the lake by guilia caminito
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Shadow & light from a recent trip to #kelmscottmanor
A lamp, candle holder and casket on a desk with a portrait of Jane morris on the wall behind Sunlight through a drawn blind and its shadow on the cill with some fruit inspired wallpaper to the rightReflection of the stairwell in a mirror of the main hall at Kelmscott Shadow of the window panes and a curly window handle against a drawn blind
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
#france #cycling tour 💕
View of the gorge du Verdon A view of mountains from the road climbing up and over the gorge du verdon A view from a hotel window of a sunset over the haute alpe de Provence A church and trees with a blue sky studded with cirrus cloud in Tourtour
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
#france #cycling tour 1 ❤️
Love cycling graffiti in LilleJeune lavandes on the side of a rusty derelict water tank on the Valensole plateau Small religious statue in a church in Riez holding a sprig of lavenderA view of lac sainte croix du Verdon
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
#Ennui posting
Close up of foxglove by tree with out of focus bunting in background at Wentworth castle garden near BarnsleyDetail of post war modernist stained glass window by John Hayward 1965 in Sutton church Benhilton LondonRoses through an opaque window in sunlightA view down into the cresswell valley in Derbyshire
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Cycle tour 2 south #oxfordshire #artweeks #brazierspark
View across green corn fields towards the chalk downs near braziers park Wallingford Uk View of the braziers park house from the gardenLit candle with wax runs against a red brick pillar in a summer house at braziers park
Gothicky mural by https://eleanorg.org/?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwKVvIVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp94V6JXEJul971W1Yk-duX6MkDkWTtPua3HpsN01JfiFENZ3BiIiv628laf__aem_Vh-rDSFVQYAQXQ-YCmv6yA
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Cycle tour 1 #oxford #artweeks
Interior of mathematics institute roof detail Oxford university 
Geometric pattern in blue red white and yellow by Kathleen hyndman using maths to create art Yellow grey and blue striped canvas using maths to crest art by Kathleen hyndman
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Grandparenting #naturalhistorymuseumoxford featuring various shoes…
Close up of a statue showing galileos shoes Close up of a statue featuring newtons shoes inc the appleStatue of Charles Darwin’s feet showing his shoesClose up of Leibnizs statue featuring his square toed shoes
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
As an antidote to the trumpian tariffs malarkey I’m still celebrating the fab #rewirefestival in #denhaag last weekend. Highlights for me @katayoun on.soundcloud.com/rd5GPBU67GTg... and #aroojaftab
Sandcastle lighthouse at ScheveningenAmare concert hall exterior den Haag Arooj aftab and band on stageDecorated letter box at 26 Smidwaater Den Haag
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Went to the beach…
Scary model hot dog with human face holding a mustard tube
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
It’s #jazz #soniccontemporarysoundscape 🤔 🤔 🤔
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Normal #cycling viewing restored with a VPN (farewell Discovery+) #voltaacatalunya and #art intersection
Aerial shot of the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres from coverage of the Volta e Catalunya men’s bike race
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Canal side
An older more dilapidated barge rudder in the background and a slightly less old one in the foreground. Decorated with swans and flowers - both possibly from a barge called the Sarah Finn Louise - maybe?
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Overcrowded train reading 🥴
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Nice nature themed mosaic artwork on the side of #botley #oxford library
Two colourful mosaics by Clare Goodall; one with a tree with an owl and one with a bird of prey, butterfly and large fly.
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
What better way to spend a dreary, wet and cold Saturday afternoon than to be in the cinema watching a fillum #vermiglio #ultimatepicturepalce #oxford
A still from the film Vermiglio set in the trentino region of the alps in Northern Italy. It shows a snow covered landscape with a barn and two figures in the doorway
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Nothing like having a bad cold to catch up on all the #cyclocross action!
Left to right: inge van der Heiden, Lucinda brand, & Manon bakker wearing sanne cant masks(she retires this year) yes I know niche knowledge lol 😃
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Two days, two galleries #photographersgallery thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/let... plus thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/deb... Plus #tatebritain photographing the 80’s
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
#morning
Morning light casts shadows on wall and two strips of light from the window
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
More #amore #italia
Shooting star Christmas lights in town square Castiglione near lago do trasimeno Statue in Arezzo square to Francesco Petrarca Abandoned rail workers house in UmbriaChristmas light projection of mother and child on house in main piazza in Cetona
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
#italia ❤️
View of mount Cetona Doorway with Christmas decorations in Orvieto 
View of the duomo in Orvieto Poster for the Umbrian jazz festival outside a theatre in Orvieto
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
#wintersolstice today & Christmas carols last night #oxford
Christmas tree at night in grounds of Christchurch Cathedral Vaulted ceiling in Christchurch Cathedral
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
River #cycling & coffee time #calmbeforestorm
Flooded towpath near the boathouse by River Thames Oxford with a rogue puntLincoln college and blue sky Oxford
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Gecko or dinosaur? Via www.instagram.com/colombiacoff...
Top of cup of cappuccino with foam art - either a gecko on a branch or a tiny dinosaur
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Belkis Ayón exhibition at Modern Art Oxford ❤️#modernart #MAO #oxford
La Pesca by Belkis Ayon Collography print Belkis Ayón, La familia (The Family)
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Two for one 😉
Beach and cliffs near Amroth, CarmethshireNorth beach on the Welsh coast
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
❤️ #oslo photo dump. Over 40k walked over 6 days. #grunerlokka
Reflection in glass window of the Oslo opera housePart of mural showing postwar history of Norway in Oslo city hallOne of many sculptures in the Vigeland sculpture park OsloWindow in fearnley gallery Oslo
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
Excellent coffee shop #garagecoffeeroasters #canterbury plus spurs could make a comeback
Garage coffee roasters tote bag and maypole coffee beansFeet of the black prince on his tomb resting on a dog in Canterbury CathedralClose up of modern stained glass window in Canterbury Cathedral featuring mother and child
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
Some of this years crop almost 4 weeks earlier than two years ago! 🌍 🔥
A basket and bucket of freshly picked apples
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 14/08/2024
Been taking an extended socials break just popped by to say this is quite a good read!
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 02/03/2024
Women in revolt expo & Grenfell Requiem ✊ & 😞
Screen print by Lenthall Road workshop of women  cyclist and wheelchair user called rolling sistersPart of large mural dedicated to those who died in the Grenfell Tower fire it reflects loss, spirituality and transformation it’s by Chris Ofili
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 28/01/2024
Up North
Shadows on the wall at Yorkshire sculpture parkDetail of elfish sprite on a statue in Sheffield botanic gardensView through Henry Moore sculpture of shadow and parkland at Yorkshire sculpture park
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Frosty ❄️
Frosty ice crystal patterns on a skylight window
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
The cosmic mother at MAO
Ancient mothers weaving the world by Monica sjööOur bodies ourselves by Monica sjöö
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
Oxford is a puddle
View of flooded Oxford botanical gardensView of flooded Christchurch meadow Oxford
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 28/12/2023
Belgium
A door handle at Maison Hannongraffiti on an empty photographic shop doorReflection of Xmas decorations in a puddle
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 24/12/2023
Wet…
Black and white picture of trees reflected in a wet concrete patio
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 10/12/2023
Visit to the Charleston trust
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
London loves
View of the river Thames towards St Paul’s with a barge in the foreground
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
Damp walk across port meadow and Oxford canal
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mark adams @markja.bsky.social · 24/11/2023
I can never eat a madras curry for the same reason- far too aggressive…
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