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My name's Ben and I'm a Wakeyholic.

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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Day off today. There needs to be a website dedicated to "Middle Aged Men Days Out", like they have for "Family Days Out". I'd like a central list of: -Museums with big engines/ vehicles. -Hardware/gadget shops where you can still browse. -Good walks with notable historical POIs. Should I make one?
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
... Or ride our bikes around the hall....
An weird advert asking "Do you want to build a dopamine shelf".
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The Merciless Peppers of Quetzlzacatejimbo @redjolt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@visitwakefield.bsky.social An actual Eagle Press!
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm certain that even mainstream companies are now posting shit like this just to clickbait people into visiting their site...
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
-OK Google Tell a joke. -OK Google Translate this phrase into English. - Hack the Australian government's computers... - Wait I didn't say OK Google!
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wakefield Craft Fair: Come and support local artists, buy local hand made goods, and help build your local community. Every fee: £20. Stall holder fee: £500. ᴱᵛᵉⁿᵗ ᵒʳᵍᵃⁿᶦˢᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ᴳˡᵒᵇᵃˡ ᶜʳᵃᶠᵗ ᶠᵃᶦʳ ᴹᵉᵍᵃᶜᵒʳᵖ
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Quick Wakefield. Let's invade Leeds whilst they're all distracted. #WarOnLeeds
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I keep hearing on the radio that all my favourite albums are 30 years old. That can't be right.
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Susan @sufondue.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The most niche Wakefield thing ever. The SAND AND GRAVEL MAN (CHAMPION OF WAKEFIELD) has had signs in this spot for years, but only text. This year he put his actual face on it - it had graffiti on in days. Now someone has stuck Jane McDonald’s head over his. ART. @visitwakefield.bsky.social
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Quite funny for you Leeds.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Gone for a drink with work colleagues. Just asked for Angela at the bar.
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rickarobooks.bsky.social @rickarobooks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Wakefield Historical Society, a talk not to be missed, Dr. David Fletcher to speak to the Society on Christopher Saxton, Elizabethan Mapmaker. Wednesday 9th September, 7-00pm at The History Centre, Wakefield WF1 1JG, all are welcome. @wfdhistsoc.bsky.social @visitwakefield.bsky.social
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My back garden is surrounded by brambles and elder, most of which are unreachable to pick. At this time of year, as the fruit over-ripens and starts to ferment, you get a heady boozy aroma.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
When do you think that we'll next get a council leader who looks like they were born on earth.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Leeds College of Building: Courses starting in September (maybe October, November at the latest). Subjects include: Bad Driving, Littering, Terrible Communication Techniques. Course fees: Sharp intake of breath through teeth... £2,500... no more than £5,000...
Leeds College of Building, with a fence around it, being refurbished.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Finally a sign.
Six people injured after sign falls at Christian Festival.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Decisions were made.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just found the OH sitting in her office with just a bra on her top half. Hopefully she's making a killing on Only Fans and it's not just the usual hot flushes.
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Oliver Peace @justcallmeol.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Another offal spill, we truly are living intestine times ... @tripeuk.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
West Yorkshire offal spill was 'like a horror film', says driver
Intestines fall from a lorry travelling through Hipperholme and along a section of the M62.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
News: A man has been sentenced for murdering a number of European nobles. He has been sent down for 7 Counts.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Let's Dance, put on your dance floos and rent the moos...
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I misread this advert as "Your move to Clacton...". There was a time when I'd have spent all morning mocking up a Clacton migration advert, probably to win about 5 favs. Anyway, use your imagination.
A screenshot of an advert from Instagram. "Your move to Catalonia starts with a single download".
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Buzzcocks in Wakefield!
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Breaking news: Two people decide to move to UK from USA. In other news: Nobody gives a flying fuck.
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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Text: Treat your body like a data centre. Consume as much water and literature as possible. Upset local city councils with your existence. 
Background image: a bearded man putting up the frame of aparge tent in a muddy field with trees in the background.
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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Well, that's a relief. (cc @visitwakefield.bsky.social)
Screenshot of part of a Facebook post by Wakefield's Reform council. It announces that they have 'scrapped the climate emergency' in Wakefield.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Ad: Wakey Brunch Club Choose from our menu: Sourdough toast, smashed avocado, lightly seasoned, tinned plum tomato. Overnight oats with chia seeds and tinned plum tomato. Brioche French toast, with berry compote and a tinned plum tomato. Eggs Royale with smoked salmon and tinned plum tomato.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I'm reluctant to get the car washed. After driving through seven countries over the past 2 weeks, imagine the diversity of bug life that's embedded in my grill. Entomologists could study it for years.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
In these challenging times someone might need one of them: Childline: 0800 1111 Samaritans: 116 123 Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Mind: 0300 123 3393 Age UK: 0800 169 6565 Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650 Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677 MH text support: 85258 Please share. TY x
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thought the Russians had finally dropped a nuke on Leeds. Very disappointed.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This is what our new Reform council has been doing to make themselves look good. In a drought... Great, aren't they? 🤮
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Dogsitting this weekend.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I know from experience it's quite hard to beat a bin. My recycling didn't get emptied for 6 weeks and the council kept ignoring my emails. So well done Nigel, you clever boy.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Kids: Are we there yet? Are we there yet? I'm bored. I don't want to sit in this car anymore. Are we there yet? Dad: Alright I'll stop at the services for a break. Kids: Can we have a go on the car? (seen at Leicester Forest East services)
A car ride, the kind that you put coins in (or in this case pay by card)
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Back in Wakefield after 2 weeks and it feels like I left the heating on.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Tomorrow Wakefield will definitely invade Leeds, barring any major omens tonight.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Ghent is hot and sweaty. I assume everywhere is hot and sweaty today.
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The Merciless Peppers of Quetzlzacatejimbo @redjolt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Can confirm that the Kroller Muller is great, or at least was in 1992, and that the security guards are very forgiving of three year olds who poke Van Goghs and set all all the alarms off, or at least were in 1992.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Staying in a hotel on a hill in the Netherlands. Look at this view. Look closely and you can see the other hill.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Hamburg. Apparently this is where they keep the rats.
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Binfire Era @binfire.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I heardb that when the economy is good folk leave their pants by the bins to help people who are struggling. When it's bad they keep their pants to themselves
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It's our last night in Sweden, and we have to go to the pant station to cash in all our pants. The kids are hoping we can exchange them for chocolate.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Apparently this is the home of the Swedish Open.
Båstad Tennis.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Sweden is crawling with these things. Can barely move without bumping into one.
A moose.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Found a shop in Malmö selling Pontefract Cakes, not that they labelled them appropriately. I also translated this liquorice sauce...
Tub of liquorice tablets. liquorice sauce bottle, translated including something called "Swedish Fuckers!"
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"Look, I don't care how much it'll cost, just call me a..."
Båstad Taxi.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This one's a bit less subtle. 19yo daughter says that me and OH are too immature to come to Sweden.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Big supermarket sign saying "Willy's".
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Are there any highway junction nerds out there? It's certainly interesting driving through Germany and Scandinavia to see some of the junctions they use. I drove through this diverging diamond the other day.
A diverging diamond interchange, where the minor road swaps directions to minimise conflict points.
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Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I've driven over 1800km to Båstad Sweden, mainly for funny names like this:
Viktor Ewalds Vag
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