neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I don't think the school leader, to whom I suspect you are referring, is ever representative of anybody other than herself. Most of her utterances are either self promoting or deliberately provocative in a narcissistic way. 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Make me a channel of your peace Where there is hatred let me bring your love Where there is injury, your pardon Lord And where there is doubt true faith in You #organbeltingout 000
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Blest are the pure in heart, For they shall see our God; The secret of the Lord is theirs; Their soul is Christ’s abode. The Lord, who left the heavens Our life and peace to bring, To dwell in lowliness with us Our pattern and our King. #organbeltingout 000
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Tonight's culinary fare will be a Burns Supper. Roast Aberdeen Angus beef with whiskey and onion gravy, haggis with whiskey and cream sauce or pan fried salmon with neeps, tatties, cabbage and leeks and mushy peas #FamilyTea 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 26/01/2025O Godhead hid, devoutly I adore Thee, Who truly art within the forms before me; To Thee my heart I bow with bended knee, As failing quite in contemplating Thee. #organbeltingout 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Strength and protection may thy Passion be; O Blessed Jesus, hear and answer me; Deep in thy wounds, Lord, hide and shelter me; So shall I never, never part from thee. #organbeltingout 000
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 05/01/2025In the heavenly city bright none shall need created light you, its light, its joy, its crown, you its sun which goes not down; there for ever may we sing alleluias to our King. #organbeltingout #Epiphany 000
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 03/01/2025I've never understood why they don't do Sunday concerts and performances in the afternoon 020
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 30/12/2024An excellent day. Breakfast before a successful day at the races on a lovely afternoon. 030
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Wonderful Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of peace. 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Woke at five planning Christmas Day in my head. Breakfast for ten, three- course Christmas dinner for eleven and an evening buffet for sixteen. Madness, but so many memories created. 110
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Tonight's culinary fare will be corn fed roast chicken with roasties, broccoli and KFC gravy, duck in port sauce with Parmentier potatoes and cabbage, bacon and chestnuts or sweet and sour salmon on a Thai noodle and vegetable broth #FamilyTea 100
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 22/12/2024The angel Gabriel from heaven came, his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame: 'From God, all hail,' the angel said to Mary, 'most highly favoured lady!' Gloria! #organbeltingout 000
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Agreed Sue. A very pleasant experience having emerged relatively unscathed from the cesspit. 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 21/12/2024I see yesterday didn't go according to plan for President Musk and Vice President Trump. 000
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 21/12/2024I remember a teacher flying out to Spain, exhausted, on the Saturday after year end. The following morning she was exiting a quaint rural church in the mountains when she heard from behind her "Hello Miss!" 110
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Oh and the same to you Rosie. You are a beacon of positivity and hope in an often miserable online world!! 110
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord! Unnumbered blessings give my spirit voice; tender to me the promise of his word – in God my Saviour shall my heart rejoice. #organbeltingout 100
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Pan fried venison with a red wine gravy, blackberries, cavalo nero with chestnuts and bacon and garlic and parsley sauteed potatoes. Gorgeous. 120
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Where the prevailing narrative positions children as an enemy to overcome rather than a joy to nurture. 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Northern Rail services in East Lancashire decimated on a busy pre-Christmas Sunday, not by Storm Darragh, but by lack of crew availability. How have they got away with this for so long? 120
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Tonight's culinary fare will be slow cooked beef ragu with roasted gnocchi, penne Arrabiata, tagliatelle funghi, macaroni cheese with chilli and garlic crumb, garlic bread and salad. #FamilyTea 020
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 08/12/2024On Jordan’s bank, the Baptist’s cry Announces that the Lord is nigh; Awake, and hearken, for he brings Glad tidings of the King of kings! #organbeltingout 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 07/12/2024One of the greatest challenges facing school governance is convincing board members that they need to govern between meetings rather than just during them. I get we're unpaid but our children only get one chance. And it's us. Those wheels must constantly turn if we are to be our best. 021
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Don't suppose you could buy the Mail, Express and Telegraph whilst you're at it Dale? 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 01/12/2024You can't go too early with a real tree #BaldByChristmas 030
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Really? Is that your best contribution to such an important discussion? 280
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 01/12/2024And the slightly unfair equivalence of judging Labour after five months the same as the Tories after fourteen years. 130
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 01/12/2024A discussion always worthy of debate, but once again missing the voice of the child. Research tells us that fun is by far the greatest motivation for children in sport, yet it is consistently adults who jeopardise that positive experience. 031
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 01/12/2024People like Gregg Wallace find employment and flourish in toxic, often masculine and misogynistic cultures where power imbalances prevail. Get your workplace culture right and you at least force conformity and decency. At best, everybody buys into respect and embraces diversity. It needs leadership 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Today, social media displayed its positivity. We found a shivering little dog on our decking. She'd been missing from home for two days. Within an hour we had reunited her with a thrilled owner. Such a lovely thing. 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Illegal, but that never stopped the right before. 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Tonight's culinary fare will be fake Nandos Sunday. Lemon and herb chicken thighs, Peri Peri chicken breast wraps, spicy rice bowl with broccoli and Peri Peri mackerel, grilled halloumi, spicy rice, chips and salad. #FamilyTea 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Hark! a herald voice is calling: 'Christ is nigh' it seems to say; 'Cast away the dreams of darkness, O ye children of the day!' Startled at the solemn warning, Let the earth-bound soul arise; Christ, her Sun, all sloth dispelling Shines upon the morning skies. #organbeltingout 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Pan seared calves liver with crispy bacon, balsamic and ale onions, mashed potatoes and cavalo nero 000
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Lamb keema and potato curry with garlic and coriander naan. Let's just say it was warming. 010
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Personally, we were largely unaffected. However, I detect a greater anger, impatience and loss of tolerance since. I also believe trust in politicians declined leaving a huge void for conspiracy theories. A massive challenge for education. 110
neilayates.bsky.social @neilayates.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I thought amidst a good number of powerful contributions, that of Tim Farron was particularly resonant. 000
