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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Boots xmas products giving the crossover we never knew we needed. William Morris patterns mixed with Hello Kitty. I'll hold out for Klimt x Noddy body wash.

Photo of a shelf display in Boots chemist. Lots of products in boxes branded with William Morris patterns mixed with Hello Kitty.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Here in #totterdown, #bristol we are so lucky to have Adam who owns the games cafe (Meeplenook). Adam organized and hosted 'Bake for the Bees' to raise money for our local beehive. Lots of great entries and raised over £200. #localHero

Photo of a cake with black and yellow bands, covered with honeycomb and marzipan bees on sticks.

Another cake - yellow icing with a yellow hexagon pattern. Covered in yellow and black marzipan bees.

Sponge cake in the shape of a bee. Chocolate buttons for eyes and rice paper wings.

A lovely black forest cake. Yellow icing with white chocolate webbing on the outside. White petals look like bee wings.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Have 3 hours to wait at Paddington until my train. Decided to go for a wander around nearby Little Venice. Its very pretty and there and along the canal past the station. Have stopped for a hot chocolate and reading my book.

Photo of the canal and basin at Little Venice. We see several narrow boats in the foreground. In the background are several large leafy trees. In the middle of the water is an island with a weeping willow.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Visiting family in Yorkshire and we've taken my son to "LS ten" skate park in Leeds. Great use of old industrial buildings. #leeds #skating

Photo of an old industrial building (maybe a warehouse or factory). Now a skatepark.

Photo of the interior of the skatepark. Wooden ramps everywhere, grind rails; etc. Walls plastered with graffiti art, and the original steel supports and girders.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

A few months back the local residents association setup a crowd funder to buy a beehive . We did it and today got our first 20 jars of honey. #totterdown #bristol #honey #beekeeping

Photo of a metal drum used to spin honey comb and collect the honey. we see honey pouring out a tap into a white bucket as someone holds a sieve to filter out the wax.

Photo of a jar of honey we extracted. It has a sticker on the lid saying "Honey on the hill, from our bees in Totterdown".

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

At a VR game place and they have a robot bar man. Feels like a novelty that quickly becomes unremarkable. #robotBarman #robots

Photo of a white bar area with about 50 drinks hanging upside down in optics. On the table beneath are two robot arms that lift a glass to the bottle.
Pay at a tablet, to make it work. Its an expensive novelty.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Am in That London with the family. We are visiting the Adelphi Theatre to see "The Comedy about Spies". We enjoyed another play by the same writers so hopefully 14 y\o son will also like this. He's starting GCSE drama in Sept so want him to experience more acting. #london #theatre #Summerholidays

Photo of the empty stage at the Adelphi theatre for "The comedy about Spies". Just waiting for show to start.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Saw this advertised in Coop in St Annes, #bristol. Feels very Mastodon aligned. #comics #zines #lgbtqia

Photo of a poster for "Pride comic art festival" celebrating LGBTQIA+ comic and zine creators.
picture shows an astronaut of gender ambiguous embracing a green skinned alien.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

@fak definitely borked. Has made it even busier outside the watershed.

Photo of Peru's bridge in Bristol. Its broken and closed to pedestrians .

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

Is this photo peak Bristol - colourful terraces and a sky filled with balloons. I hadn't realised it was the annual balloon fiesta. #bristol #balloonfiesta

Photo looking down a row of terraced houses. In the clear blue sky we see about 15 hot air balloons. lots of Bristol stereotypes.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

After Shuttleworth, we have visited Jordans Mill near Broom. A very pretty site. #bedfordshire

Photo of an old watermill building (grade 2 listed). the pond in the foreground with reeds and rushes. A bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

in an age of division, its good to know blinders brunettes can both share in this!

Photo of an old poster advertising shell petrol. Shows two women and has the quote "blondes and brunettes - you can be sure of Shell".

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

This beautiful old car with a carriage on the back.

Photo of an old car in an exhibition hall - lots of brass and wooden frames.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

In that London going to see a show : the play that went wrong. love seeing the skyline changing since i was last here. #london

Photo of london skyline from Waterloo bridge looking towards the city. St pauls cathedral on the left. Big skyscrapers in the middle.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

Time for a refreshing drink of hairy fig root tea.

photo of a drink bottle with a label of "hairy fig root coin seed tea drink".

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

Its blackberry season. Lots of good bushes about in Totterdown, all with juicy berries. #freeform #bristol #totterdown

Photo of a blackberry thicket. Loads of red and black berries showing how much free fruit is available.

Photo of a white bowl full of plump blackberries, shot against a brown wooden floor.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Have come over to Ogmore beach in Wales. Arrived just at high tide. Great rock pools, bracing sea breeze, and not too busy.

Photo of Ogmore beach, near Bridgend, Wales. A stony beach with many small coves among the rocky outcrops. A deep blue sky, with wishy cirrus clouds.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

Over in #bedminster, #bristol I spotted this really cool artwork made lines of string in different densities to create light and dark.

Photo of a picture hanging on a brick wall. The picture is a greyscale image of someones face showing their nose up to forehead. The picture is made by loads of crisscrossing strings.

Zoomed in photo of the artwork showing how its made from lots of strings crossing each other to create lighter and darker areas.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2026

I love seeing these small electric delivery vehicles out on the road. #electricvehicles

Photo of two red, royal mail delivery vehicles but these are small electric buggies. They look a bit like golf buggies but with a large box on the back for storing letters. nice, clean and quiet vehicles.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

Stopped at the cafe as well, obviously. #scone

Photo of a cafe table. A scone is cut in half and one half has jam and cream applied.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

Heading home from yorkshire and we stopped at Moreton Hall, national trust site. A lovely little tudor manor. #nationalTrust

Photo of the tudor manor with a lush green lawn in front of it. The tudor building has many wooden criss crosses all over its exterior.

Photo of the entrance gate across the moat of the tudor manor.

Photo of the courtyard to Moreton tudor manor. Lots of pretty bay windows.

Photo of the great parlor at the tudor manor, looking at a round, wooden table in a bay window.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

At the London O2 o spotted a basketball court on the roof of a building. What a great idea. Should do that more to use the normally dead space.

Photo of a 2 story building with a basketball court on the roof surrounded by a big fence. If you zoom in you can see people playing.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026

The crossover we never expected. Spongebob and Fugglers . The zany joy replaced with creepyness.

Photo of fuggler toys in store, but with spongebob, patrick, and squidward. They look creepy rather than joyous.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

I am in #london for work so am cycling from Paddington to Whitehall. Beautiful morning for a ride. flowers blooming, trees blossoming, etc. Lots of Nigeria flags along the Mall, so must be a big delegation visiting. I love coming back to london as a tourist.

Photo of Nelsons column in trafalgar square with the national gallery in the background. The sky is bright blue against the cool grey stone of the buildings.

Photo of The Mall leading to Buckingham palace. Flags for UK and Nigeria line the route.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

Took my son tree planting. I assume he was using his phone for deep research into root care!

Photo of a field with rows of trees planted. Bright blue sky, fluffy white clouds. In the foreground is a teenager hunched over their phone and paying no attention to the tree planting.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

Another day of tree and hedge planting at Chew valley farm. 120 whips planted along one hedge line. Coming to the end of planting season so rushing to get the remaining whips into the ground and patching up tree guards to defend against rabbits and deer. #treeplanting

A photo of a grassy field with a roof pink and green tree guards along the fence line where a hedge has been planted. Some hawthorn starting to appear above the guards.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Final picture as we pass through Victoria Park and see the lovely rows of colourful terrace houses on Totterdown. 19/n

Photo of rows of colourful terrace houses viewed across victoria park.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Nearly home. We pass Windmill Hill city farm. Free for anyone to visit. Has a few cool animal sculptures made from scrap metal like this rhino.

Photo of a chicken enclosure at the city farm. A metal rhino has been made from scrap metal.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Now running east along the river we follow the "chocolate path" so named as the surface is like a long bar of dairy milk. Along here we see Spike Island art gallery. Sort of place that has a pile of dirty towels on the floor as part of the exhibition. 17/n

Photo of a pathway along the river. The pathway surface has blocks that look like a chocolate bar.

More of the chocolate path and we can see spike island art gallery on the left.

Photo of a toy, red teddy bear sitting on a swing. its hanging from a footbridge across the river.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Further along we can see Brunels other bridge, which is quite a disappointment after the suspension bridge. 16/n

Photo of brunels swing bridge but ita part hidden beneath a flyover. most dont know of this bridge. They havent missed much.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

We pass through the gully to The Portray and the Avon gorge. Its more impressive when the water is high. We have the obligatory picture of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. We also pass the entrance to the old Clifton Rock railway which was a funincular railway going up the steep cliffside) 15/n

Photo of the avon gorge with a full river.

Photo of the suspension bridge with the derelict wharf in the foreground.

Photo of the entrance to Clifton rocks railway.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Now heading back to Totterdown we go across the Down and through "the Gully" heading downwards to the Portway. 14/n

Photo of Clifton Downs. Just a big open, grassy area with some trees. Not much to see, but full of dog walkers. And probably doggers!

Photo of a rocky pathway through the gully. There is another one of those stone tower things. Looms very remote but were barely 2km from the city centre.

Photo of a sign saying "goats in the gully" and how goats are used to conserve the area. Sadly I didnt see any. Probably hiding from the rain.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

I reached my goal. 4km NW from Totterdown at the edge of "The Downs" and we have this thing. Not sure what it is. Could be an old gate house, or plinth. I also think the railway passes beneath here so may be a ventilation thing. 13/n

Photo of a brick piller/plinth but with nothing on top. Surrounded by grass and trees.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

As we move Into Clifton we get the modern catholic cathedral. I think clifton just wanted something big for itself. 12/n

Photo of clifton cathedral. Its modern and ugly with no windows.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

There is lots to see in this area. By the Clifton triangle we have the city museum, Victoria room with statue of King Edward VII, and the RWA galleries. You can see why tourists love it. 11/n

Photo of the " Victoria rooms" with statues and fountains in the foreground.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

I like the contrast of formal houses, grand tower of the uni, and the frog graffiti. 10/n

Photo of a georgian house. On the wall below has been painted a cartoon frog with its tongue out.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Just off Park street is St Georges music venue. Also d and fancy. Directly opposite is the "georgian house" museum. 9/n

Photo of st georges music venue. Fancy building with columns at the front so it looks line a church but isnt.

Photo of the georgian house museum. Slightly dull exterior but nice classical proportions.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

We go along Park Street heading uphill towards Clifton. At the top is the Wills memorial building which is part of the university. 8/n

Photo looking up Park street bristol. Rows of shops either side of the road leading to a big fancy tower for the Wills building at the uni.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

As we start to head towards Clifton we pass The Hatchet Inn which dates back to about 1600 (I think). All rickety and old. 7/n

Photo of the Hatchet Inn which is a rickety tudor building from about 1600.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

We reach "the centre" and see the old warehouses along the harbour. this is now the Watershed cinema which is lovely. On a hot sunny day, its often packed with people and tour boats. 6/n

Photo of the bristol harbour looking at The Watershed building and the married hotel behind that.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

We come to Queens Square with a lovely quadrant of georgian buildings and large plane trees. Used to have a road slicing through the middle - madness! 5/n

Photo of queens square. large trees along the edge of a grassy square surrounded by fancy georgian buildings.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Touristy view of Bristol harbour, but still pretty.

Photo of bristol harbour with a row of colourful houses overlooking the water.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

Next we reach St Mary Redcliffe church. All old and gothicy. Apparently, Queen Elizabeth the first really liked this place. 3/n

Photons the churchyard of a path through a row of trees leading to the church. Daffodils are starting to appear between the trees.

Photo of St Mary Redcliffe church with its gothic archer and buttresses. Lots of knobbly and Intricate stone work.

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Simon Hobeck @shobeck.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2026

We start with Langton Street bridge, or as it is better known "the banana bridge". 2/n

Photo of an arches bridge crossing a river. It is shaped like a banana and painted yellow to match.

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