Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Day 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? 7230
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026... Or ride our bikes around the hall.... 010
Reposted by Visit Wakefield The Merciless Peppers of Quetzlzacatejimbo @redjolt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@visitwakefield.bsky.social An actual Eagle Press! 241
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'm certain that even mainstream companies are now posting shit like this just to clickbait people into visiting their site... 030
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! 011
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wakefield 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 050
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Quick Wakefield. Let's invade Leeds whilst they're all distracted. #WarOnLeeds 1100
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I keep hearing on the radio that all my favourite albums are 30 years old. That can't be right. 270
Reposted by Visit Wakefield Susan @sufondue.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The 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 1121
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Gone for a drink with work colleagues. Just asked for Angela at the bar. 160
Reposted by Visit Wakefield rickarobooks.bsky.social @rickarobooks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Wakefield 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 042
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 06/09/2026My 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. 140
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 04/09/2026When do you think that we'll next get a council leader who looks like they were born on earth. 4100
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Leeds 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... 130
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Just 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. 0110
Reposted by Visit Wakefield Oliver Peace @justcallmeol.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Another offal spill, we truly are living intestine times ... @tripeuk.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWest Yorkshire offal spill was 'like a horror film', says driverIntestines fall from a lorry travelling through Hipperholme and along a section of the M62. 484
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 24/08/2026News: A man has been sentenced for murdering a number of European nobles. He has been sent down for 7 Counts. 040
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Let's Dance, put on your dance floos and rent the moos... 000
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I 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. 260
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Breaking news: Two people decide to move to UK from USA. In other news: Nobody gives a flying fuck. 1150
Reposted by Visit Wakefield Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Well, that's a relief. (cc @visitwakefield.bsky.social) 142
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Ad: 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. 430
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I'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. 040
Reposted by Visit Wakefield Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026In 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 2156176
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Thought the Russians had finally dropped a nuke on Leeds. Very disappointed. 1150
Reposted by Visit Wakefield Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This is what our new Reform council has been doing to make themselves look good. In a drought... Great, aren't they? 🤮 1411033
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I 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. 041
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Kids: 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) 020
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Back in Wakefield after 2 weeks and it feels like I left the heating on. 290
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Tomorrow Wakefield will definitely invade Leeds, barring any major omens tonight. 3559
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Ghent is hot and sweaty. I assume everywhere is hot and sweaty today. 760
Reposted by Visit Wakefield The Merciless Peppers of Quetzlzacatejimbo @redjolt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Can 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. 211
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Staying in a hotel on a hill in the Netherlands. Look at this view. Look closely and you can see the other hill. 5100
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Hamburg. Apparently this is where they keep the rats. 3160
Reposted by Visit Wakefield Binfire Era @binfire.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I 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 111
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 09/08/2026It'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. 130
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Apparently this is the home of the Swedish Open. 080
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Sweden is crawling with these things. Can barely move without bumping into one. 160
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Found a shop in Malmö selling Pontefract Cakes, not that they labelled them appropriately. I also translated this liquorice sauce... 131
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"Look, I don't care how much it'll cost, just call me a..." 2281
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This one's a bit less subtle. 19yo daughter says that me and OH are too immature to come to Sweden. 3154
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Are 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. 100
Visit Wakefield @visitwakefield.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I've driven over 1800km to Båstad Sweden, mainly for funny names like this: 2120