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SE London history & landscape, paused blogger, socialist, green, runner, #goodgym member, #greenrunner, acting curator of #TidesOutTuesday, views mine, poor proof reader - he/him/me duck, real name Paul

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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 1h
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 1h
At my home #parkrun at Catford we make a big thing of putting something back into the the park we use, the park maintenance isn’t great there and we get lots of positive feedback. There was much less litter at Peckham.
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 10h
Some #parkrun tourism with the #greenrunners to Peckham Rye. A very pleasant location with lots of twists and turns and friendly marshals. A tiny bit of set up before and litter picking afterwards (it’s so much cleaner than Lewisham parks). Best Outfit Award🏆 #loveparkrun #jogdivision
Pond with trees around which are reflected into the water. Open parkland with trees in the distance More open parkland with trees in the distance Two Green Runners, neither wearing green - the one on the left in orange, grinning the other in blue and black.
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 15h
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon World Pride 2026 - on the canals of Amsterdam
An Amsterdam canal with a boat  coming out from under a bridge.  There are crowds on the bridge and by the sides of the canal.  People with neon yellow and pink are at the front.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
9 October 1936 | Dutch Jew, Abraham Alexander Velleman, was born in Zutphen. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
A vintage black and white photo showing a young 
 boy smiling slightly.
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/10/2026
Public executions are what dictators do.
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Thou Shalt Not Livestream Executions And Call Yourselves “Pro-Life”
Dear Humans,
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court hours after one of ‌its former judges, Navi Pillay, won the Nobel Peace Prize. [link] TAT: [Foreign policy]
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There is a similarly themed one in Southwark bsky.app/profile/runn...
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Barbara Exon @barbaraexonwriter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hebridean version!
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Mick Lister @listermj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon #UrbanGaze Arch within an arch on the River Tyne (Oct 2025) A view at dusk from the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, looking towards the Glasshouse, the Tyne Bridge and the Quayside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne #scape #newcastle #gateshead #bridges #photography #eastcoastkin
A night time river view at dusk on a clear autumn evening from the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in the North East of England. Looking along the River Tyne towards the arched steel outline of the Tyne Bridge spanning the river. Behind the bridge is the orange glow of the sunset.
The large supporting arch above the Millennium bridge deck is illuminated in vivid green using high powered lights. The colour of the lights change constantly.
The lights from the buildings on the quayside are reflected in the water.
On the left hand (Gateshead) side of the river is the Glasshouse International Centre for Music, and on the right hand (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) side are illuminated buildings by the Quayside.
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge that spans the River Tyne in North East England, connecting Gateshead's Quays with the Quayside of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
9 October 1910 | A Pole, Antoni Dysiek, was born in Skrzynno. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 14 May 1942. No. 35405 He perished in the camp in 1942. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_pol…
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Join us for our monthly London Local Meet Up. Runners welcome, walkers welcome! 💚 to see you there. ⏰️ 10 October 📍 Peckham Rye parkrun 🤝 08:30 outside Honor Oak Park station or at the parkrun just before 9. 🚆 Sustainable travel options in alt-text 🟢 Look for our green badges to find the group.
We encourage sustainable travel and recommend checking the TfL website, TfL Go app, or Citymapper to plan your journey and check for any live disruptions.

The run starts close to the Colyton road entrance of the park.

🚉 London Overground The closest station is Honor Oak Park.

🚂  Train The nearest stations are Nunhead and Queens Road Peckham.

🚌 Bus routes: 12 or 484
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Some rather scruffy signage on the Thames Path at Woolwich Arsenal #FingerpostFriday
Black signs pointing to various locations with a Royal Arsenal roundel at the top. Flats and old buildings behind.
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon Neon pink and other coloured balls at the 2025 Winter Lights Festival at Canary Wharf
Large lit balls of a variety of colours in the dark with tower blocks behind.
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon Lights on the not so blue Danube in Budapest
A bridge lit with neon pink lights at night, behind is a castle lit in more natural light. There are reflections of both in alarge river.
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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A Lewisham #sunset
Sunset behind two roofs with a bit of white then yellow immediately above the roof, above that are darkening oranges
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You wouldn’t have seen much yesterday morning. I still have a sense of awe with the view from the observatory, which probably looked a bit like it would have done 70 or 80 years ago.
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m doing London with my daughter- we’ll be slow but it really doesn’t matter. Depending on how well/badly it goes it could be my last attempt at the distance but there is a determination to get to the start line.
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Sam Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦🇮🇪🇪🇺 @au-contraire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNForNeon Niagara Falls Illuminated by Night #Falls #Photography 📷 #Colours #Colors #Toronto #Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #TravelPhotography #Travel ✈️ #Nature #NiagaraFalls #NiagaraRiver #Waterfalls #Neon
Above Niagara Falls, the skyline shows various buildings in New York State, of different size and shape. There are also  many lights bright lights both in the buildings and along what presumably is a road. The sky is smoky grey. 

Also in the upper portion of the frame, the cascading water and thick rising mist act as a canvas for powerful spotlights. The colours shift in a dramatic gradient across the landscape, starting with cool turquoise and deep blue on the far left, transitioning into a bright emerald green, and ending with brilliant shades of magenta and hot pink on the right.

The lower two-thirds of the image focus on the churning river below. The smooth, moving surface of the water acts like a mirror, catching ripples of violet, neon pink, and sapphire blue reflections from the lights above.

At the very bottom, white frothy seafoam and dark, swirling water currents create a textured contrast to the glowing colours reflecting off the river.
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That’s gorgeous!
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Well done!
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It wasn’t too bad actually as I didn’t go up or down the escarpment. I had a longer, gentler climb up from the opposite direction. Will add hills into long runs later, but for now it’s time on feet and distance.
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That’s n impressive set of decorations, there isn’t much out yet here. Have a lovely Wednesday ☮️🎃
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
At least you know what it is, I had a fragment of the Macabees’ Pelican in my head for about a month without being able to work it out.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
7 October 1897 | A French Jew, Roger Lucien Levy, was born in Boulogne. In May 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.
Vintage portrait of a man in military uniform, wearing a beret.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bus arrives early: sudden unexpected wait loss.
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#HillfortsWednesday High up on the mighty Ysgyryd fawr/Skirrid ridge hillfort yesterday with @archaedelle.bsky.social & Kate Churchill 🤩 The long ridge-top hillfort has remnants of surviving gateway stonework & commands unparalleled views across the hills & valleys of Monmouthshire 📷 My own
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A curious Celtic conundrum for #HillfortsWednesday A male mustachioed head said to have been found at Maiden Castle hillfort in #Dorset Is it Iron Age? 🤔 Part of the Rodney Legg collection 📷 © Trustees of the British Museum 2013.8017.106 Date unknown, importance unclear, investigation ongoing
A yellow block of limestone carved into a make face with moustache, flat nose and bulging eyes
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I impressed myself getting the country on the last one, sadly it is a very big country!
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon Helios at the Painted Hall in Greenwich
A massive replica of the sun suspended from a frame.  It is in the Painted Hall in Greenwich but little of the painting is visible.
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thank you, my legs grumbled a lot from 13-18k but my chaotic brain decided that the distance goal was going to be met and the last 4k were quite easy.
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Probably my longest run for 4 years as I persuaded a grumbling body to run 22.5k as part of my #londonmarathon2027 training. It was a loop that took in a misty Greenwich Park & Blackheath, then Charlton and Sutcliffe Parks. #alzheimersresearchuk #greenrunners #jogdivision
The Ranger House in the background with salvia and other flowers in front of it Michaelmas daisies with a small lake behindThe Queen’s House and the Old Royal Naval College with the usual background of the Canary Wharf Towers hidden in the mist.Ageing man with white and orange running top, he is using a dome from the Observatory as a hat … it seemed like a good idea at the time, but obviously wasn’t ….
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a3minutewonder.bsky.social @a3minutewonder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#tidesoutTuesday
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Occasionally Lost @mostlyrambling.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Queen Maeve's cairn on top of Knocknarea, seen from Yellow Strand on the opposite side of Sligo Bay last weekend. #TidesOutTuesday #TombTuesday #PassageTomb #IrishHistory #Prehistory #Archaeology #Ireland #Neolithic #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #ECK #EastCoastKin
Landscape oriented,  16:9 image.

A sandy beach in the foreground,  still wet from the retreating tide. There is a strip of land at the end of the beach with a bungalow on it to the right hand side and several telegraph or electricity posts.

Behind this a large hill stands on the horizon. It looks like it is looming over the aforementioned strip of land but it is in fact several kilometres away on the far side of an ocean bay.

The hill's steep slopes are forested on the left, while its right hand side is comprised of precipitous limestone cliffs. Towards the left hand side of its broad, flat summit a large neolithic cairn is silhouetted against the sky. 

The sky itself is pale blue with scattered light clouds.
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Eric Meeks Photography @ericmeeks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A #tidesouttuesday #rockintuesday and #bluetue Sunset on Cannon Beach Oregon coast #EastCoastKin #scape #ColorADay #photography #blueskyphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #pnw
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Occasionally Lost @mostlyrambling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sea wall 🌊 Photo: Strandhill, Sligo #WallsOnWednesday #WednesdayWalls #TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #Scape #Seascape #ECK #EastCoastKin #WildAtlanticWay #Sligo #Ireland
Landscape oriented, 16:9 photo.

View along the top of a concrete sea wall on the right. It extends in a straight line from the foreground towards the right hand side of the frame before turning at a slight angle back inwards. It turns once more in the distance, again at an angle and again following a straight line rather than curving. There is a footpath on the right that follows the course of the wall. 

There are large, grey rocks resting up against the left hand side of the wall, placed there to reinforce the sea defences. 

Below these to the left is a beach at low tide. This is a mixture of sand and rocks in the foreground but further out towards the sea the sand gives way to exposed rock and seaweed that are usually underwater.

Blue sky with a few light, white clouds. The scene is brightly lit by the sun.
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Peachykeeen @peachykeeen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
‘Infinite Light’ Ramadan Pavilion in Bradford #WeekNforNeon #AlphabetChallenge 📷
Designed by artist Zarah Hussain and architectural designer Fatima Mejbil 2025
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Rebecca, House of Ogg @earthlingnoreally.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#BlueSkyMonday #MinimalMonday #aofoto #TOphoto #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon Wet crosswalk, wait signal - yesterday #Phonetography #whatthe #eck #streetsofToronto #skylight #zebraXing #reflecty
Wet surface of striped crosswalk reflecting red wait signal, pole and blue sky.
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And the music to go with it Julia Jacklin - I Was Neon youtu.be/m-aXMU3Et90?...
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Julia Jacklin - I Was Neon (Official Video)
YouTube video by julia jacklin
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon Me in running attire …
Man in neon pink leopard print running top, pink shorts. A man to the left is smiling at the pink socks and trainers, these are behind a sign for Sewerby parkrun
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Low tide on a rock platform at Lyme Regis #TidesOutTuesday
Cliffs to the left, rock platform at the front, sea to the right. In the distance dozens looking for fossils.  At the rear Golden Cap.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
England's water infrastructure at breaking point. Large part of water network installed 130-150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are 100+ yrs old. Must end privatisation, remove profit motive.
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MP says London water network is 'at breaking point' with two incidents in a week
London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure
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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If only the women at Greenham Common had discovered that fear of fuel theft was the US strategic bomber commands Achilles heel.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 05/10/2026
this is my favorite example ever of an interactive clearly, creatively illustrated concept
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon Seats at the 2026 Winter Lights Festival at Canary Wharf
A neon pink seat flanked by neon green ones, trees behind lit to be neon pink
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A whole week of pictures of me in running attire 😂
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It does, but it is a series of massive gates to stop water flowing into the Thames. It’s over 40 years old.
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery Machinery for preventing floods in London - the Thames Barrier
A series of large rotating metal gates that can be used to create a flood barrier both from high tides and to reduce flooding from rain running off into smaller rivers.
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Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hope it’s feeling better today🤞
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