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Sheep reported to the south west. several of them Dammit. What are they waiting for?

Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 29/09/2026

England. A team of 10 players walking about and slowly passing to each other, and Anthony Gordon running his arse off and doing all the work for the rest of them. Again. #CZEVENG

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Enjoyed scanning my memory for 9 games that most jumped out for me. Plenty of other possible picks but these are a pretty good collection I reckon. 6 x #ZXSpectrum, 1 x #PCGame and 2 x #PSP My 9 games #My9Games my9games.net/en/share/e68...

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My 9 Games | Shared games picks

A shared 9-panel games collage.

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 27/09/2026

A night out with @marillion.com in Gateshead

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 23/09/2026

I respect our (are?) British culture. DO YOU?

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Not quite all 136 of them for me, but damn it would be nice to see them do it in my lifetime

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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New cartoon: The RNLI

Cartoon titled “The RNLI: Some of the people they help,” showing six scenarios involving people rescued by the RNLI. Including a man caught by the tide, a YouTuber swimming without preparation, a middle-lane driver, a neighbour with different political opinions, a superyacht owner who forgot to refuel, and people crossing the Channel in a small boat. The final caption reads, “All human beings – all deserve saving.”

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 12/09/2026

Henry, seen here demonstrating some incorrect stile usage @lakesstiles.bsky.social

Why use a stile when you can walk around the side?

Why use a stile when you can just jump over the wall?

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Amelia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Can you all agree to ask for my art for Christmas this year, given I now have almost zero day job? Please share! 😬 Have a browse at my more and less serious wares HERE Dippyfishcards.etsy.com HERE ko-fi.com/dippyfish/shop AND HERE artofnote.sumupstore.com #bsnm #mhhsbd #artforsale #art

BEEEEEEEEEEE - a lively watercolour:mixed media of a bee on a California Poppy

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 06/09/2026

A few shots from the #TourOfBritain near Leyburn

A photo showing a road dropping down a hill towards some farm buildings. A line of cyclists are racing down the hill

A lone cyclist climbs up a slope accompanied by a police motorcycle

Stage winner Cees Bol in Leyburn town centre

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 25/08/2026

Well that @lavuelta.bsky.social all done and dusted after 3 completed stages, then... Can start thinking about @tourofbritain.bsky.social now

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 18/08/2026

A #closepass on double white lines approaching a blind brow of a hill. Once again #DurhamPolice have deemed that this is perfecly acceptable and not worthy of even a warning letter. It's a beautiful part of the world to #cycle around but a shame that the local police do not care about #roadsafety

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 12/08/2026

Morning. The boy does like the heather when its in flower

Henry the springador posing in amongst some heather; which is topped with small pink flowers. A dry stone wall curves around the hill behind him with a small copse in the background (out of focus)

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 28/07/2026

"The picture unfolds like the canvas of a master. This is Cinemascope in excelsis, on a scale never envisaged by Hollywood. A vast scene on a screen as wide as the heavens. All of it is beautiful, natures quiet artistry" Wainwright on the view from #Skiddaw Little Man #LakeDistrict Vs Henry's view

Henry admiring the view from the Lesser Man summit.

Henry looking out from the top of the Little Man and trying to see the view through the wind and the rain and the clouds

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 28/07/2026

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 26/07/2026

Blackton and Hury reservoirs. Drained by design not drought. Built by the Stockton & Middlesbrough corporation to ensure a regular flow to the Tees in summer to supply the industry on Teesside. Now being refurbished as part of a new pipeline providing water to Teesside and Darlington

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 26/07/2026

Crenellated high stile. Next to Blackton reservoir, #NorrhPennines @lakesstiles.bsky.social

A tall, three step, stile built into a beautifully faced dry stone wall with a crenellated top

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 25/07/2026

Took the little man up Skiddaw Little Man today. We were aiming for the main summit but was blowing a v wet gale on the top. He wasn't impressed, so we bailed on trying the final ridge. And here are some high Lake stiles for you @lakesstiles.bsky.social. The one he's posing at is at 825m

Already knackered but enjoying the view just before we entered the cloud line

The lower (740m) recreational stile below the little man

Little Man at the Little Man (865m). And looking very unimpressed too

At the high stile between Skiddaw and the Little Man at 825m. Can we just get down the hill now?

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Wayne Rooney speaks for everyone.

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 19/07/2026

What's wrong with bringing a couple of pissed fans onto the pitch, making them run around a broom 20 times and then try and score, and then have the half time draw.

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 19/07/2026

Fair play to the half time show people. They've made me want more of that dire football we had in the first half after all #spaarg #fifarse

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 19/07/2026

REMCO!!!! and ta ra for now Jonas, sad news

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 16/07/2026

Morning drive past at #Saltburn on my way to a site visit up the road

Saltburn pier occupies the left hand side of the photo, vanishing into the sea by the middle of the p8c

A view down the pier looking out to sea. 2 neat rows of benches line either side of the pier providing views towards Redcar on the left and the cliffs at the edge of the Yorkshire Moors to the right

A plank level view of the pier deck looking inland towards the amusement arcade at the land end of the pier and behind it the funicular railway leads up to the hotels and houses on top of Saltburn Bank

A view from the top of the funicular railway. The cars have been removed giving a clear view down to the pier below with the beach and the sea beyond. To the right are the cliffs which mark the edge of the Yorkshire Moors

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 16/07/2026

The rather wonderful sheep and grouse stone stille. Carved by Keith Alexander in 1999. Above Holwick Scar, #Teesdale #NorthPennines @lakesstiles.bsky.social

The sheep and grouse stile at Holwick Scar
The stile itself is a standard wooden step but it has two stone pillars carved from sandstone. The pillars have a spiral design with grouse carved in. The grouse are face to face with lifesize sheep, one next to each pillar.

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 15/07/2026

Anyway.... How good was that Craig Overton knock earlier?...

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 15/07/2026

Build a statue. Build 6

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 11/07/2026

Egglestone Abbey #Teesdale in summer evening sun

The remains of Egglestone Abbey viewed from across the River Tees

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 07/07/2026

I hope the rest of the EU is ready to ship Belgium's export to the US via third countries in advance of the 500% tariff about to be imposed

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 06/07/2026

FUCK ME. well done England. That was immense

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 06/07/2026

This is far too stressful for this time of night

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Amelia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Today’s envelope art was a good one, have to say. Please buy my things. And I shall do something for you too… cards n nonsense Dippyfishcards.etsy.com Fine Art Artofnote.sumupstore.com Misc nonsense what I done ko-fi.com/dippyfish/shop #bsnm #mhhsbd #artforsale

Hot FWOG and fish and fly pals on a toasting day, enjoying a Fab lolly in a floatie donut ring envelope art…

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 02/07/2026

Does it count as a stile? Well it's right by the church, and it's outside a house called "Kirkstile" so I think that's a yes. #Romaldkirk #Teesdale @lakesstiles.bsky.social

A stile, or a small gap between two walls?

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 02/07/2026

Another great read from @jackthurston.bsky.social. My adventure a few years ago was a bit different but can confirm the road between Hope and Altnaharra is one of the best bits of cycling ever. I saw one other car the whole way. If its of interest: www.richmay.co.uk/allpointsnor...

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 27/06/2026

Took a 75 mile ride out to #Hartlepool yesterday. I'd only ever been once before to the football ground 30 odd years ago. Theres some good stuff there, but it's hidden and poorly signed which is a definite shame

The old Friarage Manor House. Built after the dissolution on the friary site it has served various functions including hospital and work house. I got this info from Google afterwards as it's just sitting boarded up and with no signs anywhere that I could find

At the end of the headland is this canon brought back from Sebastopol after the Crimean War. It's next to the interesting looking Heugh Battery Museum which I didn't stop at but will return to. It looks interesting but again, I stumbled upon it without any obvious signage towards it

There are some lovely looking old parts around the harbour. There could be a great little walking tour to visit them

The tall ship outside the town museum. I think you can get to it quite easily be car, but it didn't seem easy on foot/bike. This was as close as I could get

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 26/06/2026

At the #Tees Transporter #Bridge (north bank) just over half way though today's 75 mile ride to the coast and back. #Teesside #TransporterBridge #Middlesborough #TooBloodyHot #SweatyMess #DidIReallyWantToUseThatLastHashTag?

The Tees Transporter Bridge seen in full from the Port Clarence side. Quite a nice pic if I say so myself. Probably because it was incredibly hot and sunny

A similar photo to the last one but ruined by the inclusion of a chunky sweaty man in the foreground

Another view of the Bridge from the (closed) northern landing point

From the same place as pic 1, but looking across the Tees towards Middlesbrough FC Riverside Stadium

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 25/06/2026

Evening, from me and the coos

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 25/06/2026

I think I'm "pleased" to have it confirmed that my failure to ever get anywhere on DTOC was entirely down to ineptitude and not poor training/choice of trainers. (I was pretty ok at DTD and i'd even say good at DTST(128) but rubbish at DTOC) Thanks for the confirmation @harbonaut.co.uk 😀

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Trix @trixranderson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The countdown to this talk is now on: I heard Tom's first thoughts on this topic when he spoke in Carlisle the other year, so this promises to be *excellent*...

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 23/06/2026

@impq.bsky.social - proof the fear of the dark is one of the best Maiden tracks. www.youtube.com/shorts/oKDZG...

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Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Chicken on Chickens

YouTube video by Vinheteiro

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Rich May @richmay.co.uk · 20/06/2026

A stupidly hot but fun day at Twickenham for the #premrugby final. Good to get back to the dale for the last of the daylight though

Fireworks going off on the pitch at Twickenham stadium whilst Northampton Saints celebrate their win

The London skyline from Waterloo bridge (no sunset)

May family outing to Twickenham (with my brother and niece)

It was a good day but stiflingly hot so good to get back to the dale with the last of the light

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