Husband, father, brother, son, great uncle. Enthusiastic, compassionate, inquisitive. Images mine, except where noted. 📍 Leicestershire UKhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mydp7akzus2bWhen billionaires become oligarchs... [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Oct 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydp7akzus2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3myb666ctis2bBBC News - Burnham vows end to 'rip-off parking charges' under new rules - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck87ze7wl4qno19 Oct 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3myb666ctis2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3myaxt27quk2bA printed email dated 7 April 2004, found slipped between some furniture as I was clearing part of mum's house today; clearly a time when I at least half trusted her to do a System Restore on her new Windows XP computer. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper #dementia19 Oct 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3myaxt27quk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3myavn23bkc2b#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPaper19 Oct 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3myavn23bkc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3myaua5ulss2bGoing quietly mad this evening, if you don't mind. In memory of Dudley Moore... tesco tescis tescit tescimus tescitis tescunt And (what came to my mind just now) pizza pizzam pizzae pizzae pizza.19 Oct 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3myaua5ulss2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3my7vkhdej222Go to your camera roll & search for “boat”. Post the one you like. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Oct 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3my7vkhdej222https://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mxuk4v7eoc2zHAD to watch the ITV News about Reform UK but OMG please can somebody teach Peston and Bradby both to read full sentences rather than one staccato word at a time.14 Oct 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxuk4v7eoc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mxpgqmrlek2dA bit shocked to see Frank Gardner sitting on a bar stool on BBC News this evening. I hope it was his idea.12 Oct 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpgqmrlek2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mxpejwadjk2dI'm often encouraged to think more creatively, so #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOpaque I don't know about you but I can't see a thing through that wall.12 Oct 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpejwadjk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mxlrz5wplk2hRuin a book by adding a word: The Little Prince Albert [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Oct 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxlrz5wplk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mxka3zmatc25#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon 'Open' but closed10 Oct 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxka3zmatc25https://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mxffvfzgpk2vv difficult to take anything happening at raf molesworth seriously08 Oct 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxffvfzgpk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mxbgjpquek26🎼 Actual Rain, aactual ra-in https://static.klipy.com/ii/d6b0ce929193df3c242ac34b5654d2ce/0f/e6/SbKIZdXu.gif?hh=270&ww=244&mp4=Fx67uh3UEJahMeHHwr&webm=XJGxrhh51l9yzwBrpDF07 Oct 2026 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxbgjpquek26https://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mx4pvdxlec2n#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon Athena Leicester, the former Odeon, Queen Street, with an event going on.05 Oct 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4pvdxlec2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mx3coo5vts2nTook mother out to a concert this afternoon — an afternoon of film music — and this was the piece of music which struck me most. youtu.be/47l-OnmzHLc https://youtu.be/47l-OnmzHLc?si=OrByxCW9LTUyPsQD04 Oct 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3coo5vts2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mwrf76lr4c2i#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery South Devon Railway30 Sep 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrf76lr4c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mwretfne222iWhat did Esther Rantzen ever do for us? Entertainment, Investigative Journalism, Rear Seatbelts, Organ Donation, Safer Playgrounds, Childline, Silverline, and worked hard to try to bring assisted dying into the UK, to name but a few. RIP to the Queen of Television journalism. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwretfne222ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mw56b4v7bk25Thank you to everyone who has been part of #7up, thank you for sharing some insight into how you've got on. Although we won't see you in seven years time, good luck. #70up22 Sep 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw56b4v7bk25https://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mw546evdj225Currently wondering which of the (many) guys in #70up Hegseth would consider real man enough for the US Army. Thank Goodness for being British!22 Sep 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw546evdj225https://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mw53wjgcms25👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Peter #70up22 Sep 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw53wjgcms25https://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mw5242hv4c25Lots of love for Neil in #70up22 Sep 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5242hv4c25https://bsky.app/profile/rchdnv.bsky.social/post/3mw2oe5vxqc2y#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn Moving house21 Sep 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:fzthoxul3fioxaxuzsffleoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2oe5vxqc2y