Sign in

Kate by the ocean 🐬

@purpleswimbunny.bsky.social
1.1K followers 1.5K following 1.4K posts

Retired music teacher, Cornwall, UK. Love bucketing around in a campervan & African travel. Deplore right wing ideology. Swim the occasional marathon & train a lot as an excuse to eat cake, watch F1 #44, & read. Atheist. No DMs, thanks.

PostsRepliesMedia
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Had to walk a long way out to find enough water for a swim yesterday. #openwaterswimming
Lone swimmer walking towards the sea, small waves breaking in the foreground, a rocky outcrop to the left about 50m out,  and a sunny headland in the distance.
020
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)???
501121084547
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
WTF, Lewis? That has to be a penalty. #F1
021
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026
Forget the gold. Forget the ballroom. Forget the false monuments with his name plastered all over them. This is how Trump should be remembered.
1161539620
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
He NEVER went up his own ass, and for a global Hollywood superstar that is a very very rare thing. A visibly moved HARRISON FORD accepting his AFI Life Achievement Award in L.A earlier this year.
19691511407
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“In a meeting over oysters and wine in his Clacton constituency, Mr Farage… said the polling was “amazing” and provided “bang for buck” adding “It worked. Boom.” Corrupt polling. Corrupt funding. Nigel Farage - prison James Orr - prison Dan Jukes - prison channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
channel4news.substack.com
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
891362477
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Daniel Valente 🏎️ @f1guydan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
😳 Over half the season is done and Lewis Hamilton is still the only driver to complete 100% of all racing laps AND score points in every race Untouchable.
0214
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
7831990912857
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Do NOT scroll past this one. The internet is forever undefeated — the payoff is at the end. 👇😂👇 #TACO
59508170
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 06/08/2026
If you’ve never watched the Savannah Bananas, you’re missing something special! ⚾🍌 Incredible athleticism. Spectacular trick plays. Music, dancing & nonstop energy. Every game is entertainment from first pitch to the final out. ❤️⚾ #SavannahBananas #BananaBall #BaseBall #SheShed
35260871241
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
And now, a little Vivaldi. Michel Tirabosco, a renowned pan flute player, collaborating with Raphaël Froissart. He is a professor at the Geneva Conservatory. Born with physical differences, he began playing the pan flute at 7 and has achieved international recognition for his skill. #streetmusic
39861091900
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
When enough rain falls in Maltahöhe, Namibia, millions of desert lilies bloom across the landscape for just a few days each year. This natural phenomenon briefly transforms the arid desert into a sea of flowers almost overnight. IG: @ earthpix
12957531167
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
In celebration of #YorkshireDay, please enjoy this Sean Bean bastard collection. Sound up, bastards.
32077566
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"My message to the people of the UK is that I'll train the new guy but you're going to have to stick with one of them eventually."
5660351258
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Breathtakingly beautiful this morning. Perfect for an early swim. 😎😊🏊‍♀️ #openwaterswimming
Clear blue sea in a small bay, green headland on the left, with a small fort halfway down to the water. Short, dry grass in the foreground.
050
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Northern & proud 👊 @gazlancs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
😆😆
20167891670
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Somebody loves grass. "I'll just stay here; you carry on walking." 😍
Golden retriever pup, attached to a red lead, lying blissfully in the middle of a grass verge, smiling.
020
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Cutest mystery today
733639407
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
From this morning's lovely, shady walk, before the heat set in. #Antonywoodlandgarden
Golden field in foreground with hay bales, sloping gently down to trees with ribbon of river in distance.Looking across a hay field to a river, viaduct and fields in the distance.
020
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
MamaSass @mamasass.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The head of FIFA should have said no The coach should have said no The player should have said no But most of all, the question should not have been asked.
1956596972
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
UEFA, ooofff, oooofff, UEFA. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...
uefa.com
UEFA statement on the Balogun case
Statement on decision related to Folarin Balogun
69636
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Right, George Russell, you objectionable little man. Even in this interview with Ant, you're still justifying your choice to do the minimum for safety. No asking after Max...just wistful because you lost a few fecking 10ths. #F1 #wankpuffin
150
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Well, Russell got that lap in a fraction before it went to double yellows. My problem is just that I don't find him likeable. He's far too smug......and he saw Max in the wall so he must have been expecting double yellows. Whatever. 😂 #F1
150
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I saw this referred to as the Strait of Warm Ooze. Very good.
8666621357
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
So Scientific American did an article on the hydrogen peroxide they added to the algae pool… Turns out the “expert” they got to weigh in has a bachelor in Sports Management and is named Tim. Tim has some ‘splaining to do
27555361980
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"
165130492524
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 21/06/2026
This sums up the immigration debate neatly in a way you won't hear it spelled out in the British media. A media which seems to have given up on any commitment to educate many years ago.
441246629
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Gorgeous morning at Cawsand. That 5k swim felt harder than it should have done, especially in such perfect conditions with 14C water. 🙄🤔🤦🏻‍♀️ #openwaterswimming
Small sailing boats stored along the foreshore of a gravel beach at high tide. It's sunny, with a few clouds, flat calm water and a lone kayak in the shallows.
040
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
On World Refugee Day it's fitting to share this powerful poem by Brian Bilston. #worldrefugeeday
000
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
YES! LEWIS, STILL GOT IT! #44 #f1
000
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2026
“Women are just too emotional to be president.” 🙄
24334661246
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Add Kimi's and Isack's ages together and you get Lewis! Awesome that he's back up there. #F1
050
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
👇🏽 🎯
598205347283
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
After multiple jelly stings yesterday, including a full face plant, 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣 I swam later today. The pesky things took themselves to the depths, out of the strong rays.Voilà! No stings. 2 sunny miles. 😊#openwaterswimming
020
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Octopuses are invertebrates (meaning they have no bones), they can squeeze their bodies through impossibly small gaps. The only rigid part of an octopus is its beak. As long as an opening is large enough for its beak to fit through, the rest of its squishy, muscular body can follow!
831826229
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Vote Reform. Or we will house *dangerous migrant centres* in your village. And if you vote Green, it will be even worse for you. It's beyond disturbing. The chill wind of threat, thuggery and menace of a kind never before seen in Britain.
Today we announce a new policy:


In order to deport all illegal migrants in
Britain, Reform will need to detain tens of
thousands at a time.


Migrants will not be able to leave these
detention centres, and each will be held
there a couple of weeks before being
deported.


So here's our promise:


A Reform government will not put any
migrant detention facilities in any
constituency with a Reform MP.


Nor will we put them where Reform
controls the council.


And of the remaining areas, we will
prioritise Green controlled parliamentary
constituencies and Green controlled
councils to locate the detention centres.


Put simply, if you vote in a Reform
council or Reform MP, we guarantee yPut simply, if you vote in a Reform
council or Reform MP, we guarantee you
won't have a detention centre near you


If you vote Green, there's a good chance
you will,


This is an important exercise in
democratic consent, not just for our
mass deportation policy, but for where
the detention centres are placed


Given @ZackPolanski openly advocates
for open borders, I look forward to their
warm embrace of this policy
34328711071
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Colin Farrell, somebody for Martin to interview who knows what he's talking about!! EXcellent! #Formula1
010
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Cartoon by John Deering 💯💯💯🎯🎯🎯
239156035341
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 01/05/2026
Jimmy Kimmel has outdone himself this time! This pharmaceutical ad about Felon47 is hilarious! 👏👏👏👏👏😂👏👏👏👏👏 #ReZyne #JimmyKimmel
16749522109
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Citizen X @mayoubhappy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.
3462852910862
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
April tulips, Istanbul.
040
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This innovative thinking truly reflects genius, showcasing how fresh ideas can transform our perspective on everyday challenges.
14737117
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Nothing better than a beautiful morning swim with a good friend, followed by coffee in the sunshine. #openwaterswimming
Calm sea with a couple of boats on the beach in the foreground, a wooded peninsula tapering down to the water on the right, and a few clouds in a blue sky.
040
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
George @george7272.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
😂😂😂😂😂
300111342216
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
National Geographic Award winning photograph of the year. So beautiful. 🐝🐝🐝
339136722722
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
What a day to walk the Camel Trail. Timed it just right to catch the steam train leaving Boscarne Junction.
010
Reposted by Kate by the ocean 🐬
Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
You can be opposed to the Iranian regime AND the reckless bombing of school kids. You can support the troops AND be opposed to sending them into senseless wars. You are not an antisemite if you decry the Israeli regime’s genocidal rampage. Don’t let morons impose their idiotic view of the world.
12855001449
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Local walk in a chilly breeze and bright sunshine. I love where I live.
Stone viaduct across a river, surrounded by rolling green fields, with Trematon Castle visible on the horizon.Old grass causeway, edged by stone walls, with two field gates on either side of an ancient tree in the distance.
020
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Last weekend, on a brief trip to St Malo, just to have lunch and swim in the sea pool...why not? Swam late morning and again late afternoon when the rising tide made it bouncy. 😂
130
Kate by the ocean 🐬 @purpleswimbunny.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
000