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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Somewhere along the rapidly disintegrating Isle of Wight coast path for #fingerpostfriday
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
Daniel Thomas and his Black Shorts in London today.
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A late #fingerpostfriday. A sign, with distance clearly marked, pointing at itself.
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Papaver rhoeas, Field Poppy, somehow managing to produce tiny flowers during the endless drought in south east England. #wildflowerhour
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
#fingerpostfriday on the site of the Caledonian Market, with all relevant locations identified!
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Sandy soil, no rain for a couple of months, fifth heatwave of the year, grass beaten into submission by the relentless sun. A solitary ragwort still struggles on to produce the only flowers in sight. #wildflowerhour
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Niche classical joke...
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Eryngium maritime growing just above the high tide line at Sandwich Bay for #wildflowerhour
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Stunning Pyramidal Orchid on the dunes at Sandwich Bay #wildflowerhour
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
On the route from Dover to Sandwich for #fingerpostfriday
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Belated entry for #wildflowerhour Scabious flourishing in the meadows at Syon Park
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Just about the most "north Kent specific" image for #fingerpostfriday. Taken on a beautiful, baking hot run from Rochester to Swale
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The most southerly point of Devon, beautiful Prawle Point on a glorious, madly blue sky day for #fingerpostfriday
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Home from a bivvy on the Dorset cliffs to find the corn marigolds outside my gate in Syon Park in full flower! #wildflowerhour
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Delightful Orchis pyramidalis growing on the road verges, spotted while walking the diversion around the Purbeck ranges #wildflowerhour
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Echium vulgare on the Dorset cliffs #wildflowerhour
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Nearing the end of the mighty #vanguatdway, my running project from London to Newhaven over the winter #fingerpostfriday
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
One for any lovers of #bbcradio4 #fingerpostfriday
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Belated entry for #wildflowerhour. Orobanche minor appearing out of the blue in a bed at #syon. First time I've seen it there and I've worked at Syon Park for 28 years.
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Floret sylva undique, and Flora is queen of lovely May. #wildflowerhour
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
At the very end of the path at the very tip of the Isle of Grain for #fingerpostfriday Definitely an "end of the world" vibe
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Probably the most north Kent image I can find for #fingerpostfriday
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Phacelia tanacetifolia coming up in the roadside verges at Syon Park in West London #wildflowerhour
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
No apologies for yet more bluebells #wildflowerhour. These from my favourite (and very well hidden) wood in The Chilterns, not quite at their peak so going back in a couple of days. Impossible to catch the full impact on a photo, but one of the most transcendent experiences I know.
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Out for a run in The Chilterns in a spring heatwave, revelling in the wonder that is a bluebell wood #fingerpostfriday
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Rather a poor photo of Cowslips at Syon Park in West London, struggling in the chilly wind. I personally introduced these about 20 years ago and they've been spreading a little more each year, good few hundred every year now #wildflowerhour
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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We therefore learn from this learned commentary made by a Babylonian scribe over 2000 years ago, that in the Akkadian language, the word shitti means "shit"
Photo of a cuneiform tablet with some dark spots on it.
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
@thegreenrunners.bsky.social Do you have any guidance for where I can find information on repairing kit, particularly clothing? Trying to avoid binning kit which needs minor repairs....
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Somewhere in the Alpes Maritimes for #fingerpostfriday
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Halfway between Erith and Dartford on the Thames for #fingerpostfriday
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Directions from Erith on the Thames Estuary to Juan Fernandez Island in the Pacific Ocean #fingerpostfriday
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Well of course!
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Probably the most inexplicable finger post I know for #fingerpostfriday
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Cheating a bit with Grevillea acanthifolia in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales! #wildflowerhour
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
A poor offering for #fingerpostfriday No snakes, though.
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
And I think I might have found some wombat poo in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales earlier today.....
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Ms AB @justagalandadog.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
so so Santa
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Walking into work this afternoon passed an exquisite Geranium just hanging on through the frosts. #wildflowerhour
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Scabious hanging on despite the frosts #wildflowerhour
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Bruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Another unseasonal cornfield annual - Cornflower/Centaurea cyanus flowering en masses in West London #wildflowerhour
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Can't believe I missed #wildflowerhour, especially when I had such an unseasonal Field Poppy to post!
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Walking the coast from Dover to Ramsgate, didn't quite expect a finger post pointing to Rome. #fingerpostfriday
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
But did they really need to translate the word "cafe" into four different languages #fingerpostfriday
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Who says the English coast path isn't beautiful?
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Jean-François Cudennec @limpetnerd.eurosky.social · 27/08/2025
Plants phylogeny is a mess anyway Credit : @xkcd.com
"Did you know the mighty redwood is actually the same species as brocoli and kale ? it's just a different cultivar"

"Every year or two, botanists add another plant to Brassica oleracea and see if anyone calls them on it"
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Mathematicians get their kicks on 8.1240384
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I bet I'm the only person sharing a finger post to Juan Fernandez island #fingerpostfriday
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tophermartyn.bsky.social @tophermartyn.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Is there any midsummer flower with as sweet a scent on a hot day at Ladies' Bedstraw? #wildflowerhour
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