🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodonapp.uk/@chris108, follow @ap.brid.gy to interacthttps://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gyhttps://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mtycnmpu7vu2WTF! I'm glad I climbed this years ago, I don't think I'll bother doing it again. #hiking #overcrowding #overtourism #YrWyddfa #snowdon Yr Wyddfa rows between people queuing and those skipping the line - BBC News https://share.google/hqOVQIBfCD6J1s58g https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1714xg2vr9o26 Aug 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtycnmpu7vu2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mttwnalqrze2I didn't know about beavers "mysteriously appearing" in Norfolk, but it's good news. #Beavers #Norfolk #UK https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/24/wild-beaver-kit-pair-born-norfolk24 Aug 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttwnalqrze2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mttn7mmaijm2After showing someone simple website editing this morning there was time for a short walk this afternoon. I went to Branton Lakes, one of my favourite nearby places. The bullrushes seem to be growing like mad this year. #BrantonLakes #Northumberland #UK24 Aug 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttn7mmaijm2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mtrdd3tp3hj2Heather, just off the carriageway. #Rothbury #Northumberland #uk #heather23 Aug 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrdd3tp3hj2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mtdozygqtc52I was quite sad to see this tree gone on my usual morning walk. I can see why though. It used to make ominous creaking sounds in windy weather and it was obviously rotten inside. #trees #treesofmastodon #treesofrothbury #rothbury #northumberland #uk18 Aug 2026 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdozygqtc52https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mtbsf363qrz2The great tapestry of Scotland's great but after a few hours it's time for a wander. #Scotland #thegreattapestryofscotland #Galashiels17 Aug 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbsf363qrz2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mt7mjho7r262A wet walk this morning, but lovely up on the carriageway. #rothbury #northumberland #uk #heather16 Aug 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7mjho7r262https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mt7lss2pr3s2How embarrassing for Bluesky and the AT protocol. It's not just Bluesky, mu.social is also down. I think this means it's an issue with the relay network — the one they said made the AT protocol resistant to failures as clients would simply switch to an […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]16 Aug 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7lss2pr3s2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mt3y7yt5z3x2Ill go with this idea — the apostrophes more trouble than its worth. #punctuation #grammar #apostrophe https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/09/the-apostrophe-why-the-punctuation-is-unnecessary-confusing-and-condescending.html15 Aug 2026 05:52 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3y7yt5z3x2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3msq72cgkr6i2I took a trip to Longhoghton and Sugar Sands. The sea always looks so blue there. #SugarSands #Longhoughton #Northumberland #uk10 Aug 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq72cgkr6i2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mspngsmc4sn2If I go offline for a while, this is why. The HMRC have brought a winding up order against my broadband provider! https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/concern-northumberland-rural-fibre-broadband-34417330 #broadband #FusionFibre #RuralBroadband10 Aug 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspngsmc4sn2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3msnabbpl7lm2#silentsunday09 Aug 2026 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnabbpl7lm2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mslgiol2rbt2How odd that this UK conservation story should appear in the Times of India! "An English farming couple dug 11 forgotten ‘Zombie’ ponds out of their fields; the returning plants, newts, and dragonflies inspired nearby farmers to restore about 80 more" […] https://mastodonapp.uk/@chris108/11706068884784018808 Aug 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslgiol2rbt2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3msaiwbfkjes2RE: https://ecoevo.social/@sarahdalgulls/117036065150210791 Very interesting. A total opposite of what a lot of the "usual crowd" round here predict. https://ecoevo.social/users/sarahdalgulls/statuses/11703606515021079104 Aug 2026 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msaiwbfkjes2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3ms6pbiwmmrh2Isn't this exactly what North Yorkshire wanted when the aim is to improve housing opportunities for locals? Sounds fine to me. "Chris Hall, who organised the petition, said: "Its effects have been disastrous - without any tangible benefits to local housing […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]03 Aug 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6pbiwmmrh2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mrur2o7rpef2The "Dragon's head", in the grounds of Cragside, Northumberland, UK. I'm lucky enough to be able to walk here from home, which I did today. #dragon #cragside #northumberland #rothbury #UK30 Jul 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrur2o7rpef2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mrpxr5l6uih2In a committee meeting it was decided that the process of ordering magazines for people who didn't read them, then the people having to keep them to bring to a monthly meeting, was "working well". This is on the basis that all but one copy left on the table disappeared., so someone must like […] https://mastodonapp.uk/@chris108/11699885433245330428 Jul 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpxr5l6uih2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mrmdxp2oqul2In what world can an AI generated image be seen as more historically accurate than casting any human of any race to play a human part? #ai #aislop #elonmusk #odyssey27 Jul 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmdxp2oqul2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mr3hp46dqg32@novelwriter Working on Chromebook plus. I used the Appimage. There were a couple of workarounds. 1) it doesn't work with ChromeOS Wayland, so I have to run as "QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb NovelWriter.AppImage" I symlink the current version to NovelWriter.AppImage so […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]20 Jul 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3hp46dqg32https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mr3cxls5trq2RE: https://toot.wales/@DavidTanner/116952328199896185 That explains it! Not the clearest font on the old map! https://toot.wales/users/DavidTanner/statuses/11695232819989618520 Jul 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3cxls5trq2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mr37ryhws2q2An interesting talk today by Northumberland Wildlife Trusts on their potential estate purchase. Their slideshow included an old map of the Simonside and Lordenshaw area. It included a marking for a "Selbus Cave", which is a bit of a mystery. It doesn't appear […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]20 Jul 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr37ryhws2q2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqtvrhqe5m72I was thinking of trying Bibisco but I've realised that the free @novelwriter has one serious advantage that will make me stick with it. It supports smart quotes while you type! Yes, Bibisco, you can export as a document, load into a word processor and change the quotes from " to “ and ” but […] https://mastodonapp.uk/@chris108/11693566338226521117 Jul 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtvrhqe5m72https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqrqrxg6dxd2I had a nice walk around Thrunton Woods. #ThruntonWoods #Northumberland #uk16 Jul 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrqrxg6dxd2https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqqunmmtfk62Should this footbridge be repainted to ensure a long life, or is it purely cosmetic? The Haugh bridge, Rothbury, I only noticed today! #bridge #corrosion #maintainance16 Jul 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqunmmtfk62https://bsky.app/profile/chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqlosh7eegr2Auton invasion starts in rural Northumbrian industrial estate. #joke #drwho14 Jul 2026 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:fw2zy2bsnrq6kh5o7fh5gvyy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlosh7eegr2