Stephen Winkley
Forged in Lancashire. Burnished in Liverpool. Slowly and happily corroding in Cumbria.
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- Walk up Hugill Fell and Reston Scar followed by a couple of pints in the Eagle & Child #Staveley. Definition of a good afternoon.
- Great journalism from @edconway.bsky.social and Sky News. Perfect explainer of how the country (and Europe) is in steep decline and why jobs in the chemical industry (inclduing mine) are now so insecure.
- Reposted by Stephen WinkleyTrump Vs The World. www.youtube.com/watch?v=296-...
- Present from @spongobongo.bsky.social via the nice folk at Lanx Shoes. #propershoes. Fitting choice of colour too. Now needs supplementing with three points against Everton. #BurnleyFC #UTC
- Coffee at More? Bakery.
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- That’s our Christmas cheese sorted.
- Christmas cards… always takes longer than you expect.
- Call Of The Wild at @lakesbrewco.bsky.social Not quite dispensed with my flu/cold symptoms but I’ve now established that beer works better than paracetamol.
- Photos from a magical long weekend in #Lapland.
- Enjoyed a pint in quite a lot of these. #Glasgow. www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
- One of our December traditions has always been to light a candle each evening during Advent, counting down to Christmas Day. Here’s this year’s splendid effort.
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- It’s the start of #stoutwars in #Kendal and here’s the lovely Charlie and the marvellous menu at Fell Bar.
- Reposted by Stephen WinkleyIf you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk
- Making the most of the Cumbrian sunshine on our last day of the holidays. Coffee at Levens Hall.
- Another hard day at the coal face.
- Hello Funchal 👋🏻👋🏻
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- Blackberries. Lots of blackberries.
- “Beauty surrounds,” even if it is somewhat faded.
- Summer stroll along Lancaster Canal with @twinkley.bsky.social
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- Start of a day out in Manchester with @penno.bsky.social begins with a fine breakfast at Another Heart To Feed.
- More bounty from the Cumbrian soil.
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- Lunch, (mostly) from the Cumbrian soil.
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- But they ARE different from the last lot… right? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Stephen WinkleyThe mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.
- Still (just about) July and the hedgerows are already full of bounty.
- The annual trimming of the hornbeam hedge reveals an abandoned blackbird’s nest. This is the reason we don’t cut it until the end of July.
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- Summer in the garden. There’s a bottle chilling for when the work is done. #Cumbria.
- Breakfast in #Istanbul.
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- Playing football the Parker way. #BurnleyFC
- What a man! #swampy www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
- Lovely little amble in this afternoon’s sunshine. Arnside & Silverdale AONB is north Lancashire’s hidden gem.