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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The first image may not be the best photo, but it was the best experience because we saw that koala in the wild. Being authentic matters far more than striking the right pose.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I never had a Gap Year adventure, going straight from school to Cambridge and then into teaching. So I promised myself we would do it when I stepped away from being a school leader. So here I am in Singapore on a Wednesday in term time. Cheers!

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Today a knock on the door. It was our new neighbours with a gift. We’ve become alarmed at knocks following the abuse we received for taking down flags in our village. Our neighbours are immigrants. Their response is significant and why we took action. Everyone is our neighbour. Merry Christmas!

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

An analysis of how we became complacent about the democracy and social justice that was established in the second half of the 20th Century and why reactionary philosophies have returned. Thank goodness for the “Yes We Can!” In his conclusion.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

The village has spoken. These are now appearing in windows on The High Street. Let’s continue to make the argument.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

What does a holiday in September look like?

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Flags of St George are haunting me! Here’s the Sardinian flag that is everywhere here, but unnervingly adorned with the black heads of vanquished princes. They are sometimes depicted with the blindfold on. More explicit than the way the English one is used by the far right but it feels the same.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

It is September. Retired folk said I had to have a holiday in September. So I did. Sorry.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

You can be as patriotic as you like if you stand up against hatred in my book.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

6 through to 60. Today will involve cake!

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Iona. A perfect beach for swimming. White sand, turquoise sea, no jellyfish and crystal clear. St Columba knew a thing or two.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

21 degrees in Orkney may sound refreshing to those experiencing the heatwave in the south, but locals are hot and bothered. They have grown used to the wind chill for 5000 years.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Today we decided that John O’Groats is far too southern and walked to Duncansby Stacks and Dunnets Head.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Little pilgrimage to Halkirk in Caithness to find the graves of my ancestors. Uncovered my great great great grandfather who was a crofter. Now believe anyone living south of Caithness is a ‘soft southerner’!

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

First sea swim of holiday: Pittenweem tidal pool.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Nothing this Geordie boy likes more than Craster kippers cooked in someone else’s kitchen!

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Up early to PYO, get that rolling boil in motion and label up. Completed before it got too boiling itself outside and to the sound of Bob Marley (Jammin’).

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Not male or white but middle-class! Ha! Such a parody of itself!

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

One of the very best things about working in education is an annual holiday at the end of May. It’s a joy!

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

When I was 22 and trained to be a teacher I never imagined that one day I would be invited to a Royal Garden Party! Thank you @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social for making this happen for 7,000 educators yesterday. Turns out that not all Secretaries of State for Education think of us as ‘the blob’!