Just 30 seconds of a Red Kite circling. Such beautiful birds.

#RedKite #Raptor #birdofprey #Kite #bird #birding #twitching #magnificent

Constellation Ursa Major over a tradition (historic) agricultural windmill in England.

Vincent's stars. (Over a Dutch looking but very English Windmill). - On my usual nightly walk.
#UrsaMajor #GreatBear #constellation #nightsky #skyatnight #stars #walk #night #getoutdoors #photography #astrophotography #sciart #sky #bskyphotography

10 year Anni of my last big crash today too. Top marks to the Metropolitan Police on the day who delivered my bike to my work before my ambulance had even left the scene 😁

#Strava #cycling #crash #london #bikelife #10yearslater

Happy International Women's Day

#Internationalwomensday

Super Blood Moon on the ride home

#supermoon #bloodmoon #wormmoon #astronomy #seenonmyride #Sky #nightsky
#exercise #cycling #Health #active #outdoors
#getoutdoors #bike #getmoving #bebetter

Enjoyed the Blood Moon riding home the other night, my view probably wasn't as good as this person's.

#dusk #flight #paramotor #paragliding #paraflight #sky #hobby

Hand written poem that reads (in English); ‘You Told Me You Loved Me…’ I burned for you, through all this time, Over all this distance, Between all the lines of all our words exchanged, The fixed and fleeting photographs, The late night chats, memes, laughs, peps n’ pick-me-ups, I held you so close, from so far away, And it always made me feel so good, To know I’d made you smile, Help get you through the new ‘whatever’, Feel better, stronger, bigger, lighter, You said, “You say things that keep my heart warm”, And, “No words can express how you make me feel cared for and loved (and also worthy of love).” Did I misunderstand, did you not mean mine? You told me you loved me, And I, burned for you, with all my passion and brightness, Though how I wish it now to be dull, For it and I to be extinguished, Quench the intensity unabated, of this anguished Limbo, But a fire knows no other agency or aspiration, And so I burned for you, … and so, I still do. D.F. 2026/02/27, 08:51-11:43

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Yeah,....again. Blindsided..... You Told Me You Loved Me

#PsalmsForLittleBear #pflb #SalmosParaUrsinha #spu
#imowp #InMyOwnWordsProject #IMOWProject

#writing #words #thoughts #emotion #feeling #poetry #expression #rationalisation #unfiltered #love #honesty #burned #blindside #blindsided

Another solo Gran Fondo, second best time not that I was trying with my broken knee 😁

#Strava #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #walking #Health #active #outdoors
#getoutdoors #bike #mtb #getmoving #bebetter #granfondo #solo #sunset #dusk

The Ground Game is Back In an era of fractured politics and collapsing trust, grassroots organising offers the left a path to victory.

The Greens are offering a different kind of politics – one that offers a sense of solidarity, camaraderie, and agency in an age of individualism.

Contests like this don’t just give us hope. They make us feel we’re part of something bigger than ourselves.
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Why is it always this knee?

Nice day for a ride yesterday, and bees, even though it was 2⁰C.
#Strava #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #Health #active #outdoors
#getoutdoors #bike #getmoving #bebetter #nature #bees #clouds #bluesky

Sometimes we all need a little nudge, a little hope and a little chance.
#fortunecookie #fate #luck #future #chance #sign #nudge #takeachance #do_it #goforit

Bleak day but nice enough ride and only got rained on a little.
#Strava #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #Health #active #outdoors
#getoutdoors #bike #getmoving #bebetter #UK
#UNKLE #FEAR

New belt hole day!
#Patience #perseverance #persistence #commitment #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #walking #Health #active #outdoors
#getoutdoors #bike #mtb #getmoving #bebetter #active #results

This week's movements #Strava #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #walking #Health #active #outdoors
#getoutdoors #bike #mtb #getmoving #bebetter

This was a commission for a pet portrait I painted a few years ago. The dog is called Betty. She's beautiful!

Watercolour painting of a dog called Betty. All that hair was a challenge! #dogs #dogsofbluesky #petportraits #art #watercolours #painting

Hand written poem that reads (in English); I love you, I want you, In my arms, In my soul, In my very being. DF. 16/1/26

This image is a typed print version of image one.

#PsalmsForLittleBear #pflb #SalmosParaUrsinha #spu
#imowp #InMyOwnWordsProject #IMOWProject

#writing #words #thoughts #emotion #feeling #poetry #expression #art #creation #rationalisation #unfiltered #love #honesty #comment #observation #notes

@imowproject @activeSlacker

Hand written poem that reads (in English); Greatest fear,..... ..... Is when you say, You can't do this anymore, You have no more strength, To live, to love, When you cannot go on. If I overwhelm you, with, Too many pebbles and emotions, If I cannot make you feel, Help you feel, more than you need, When you feel you're not enough, When you're feeling suffocated, When your message says, "......... too much." DF. 24/12/25-04/01/26 Everyone wants a passionate soul to shine and share life with, until they realise just how hard and hot we burn.

This image is a typed print version of image one.

#PsalmsForLittleBear #pflb #SalmosParaUrsinha #spu
#imowp #InMyOwnWordsProject #IMOWProject

#writing #words #thoughts #emotion #feeling #expression #poetry #expression #art #creation #rationalisation #unfiltered #love #honesty #comment #observation

@imowproject @activeSlacker

Screenshot of my new Bluesky written words account, @imowproject.bsky.social

Starting something long overdue today. Putting my words out there. A word of warning, while mostly they will be on love and general observations, rarely they will deal with abuse, for which I make no apology nor will entertainany conversation.
@imowproject.bsky.social

#writing #expression #honesty

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I went to check charity shops for a Portuguese-English dictionary...

#Strava #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #walking #Health #active #outdoors
#getoutdoors #bike #mtb #getmoving #bebetter

Cars will tend to hit you if you stand in front of them while they're moving and shoot the driver.

A relatively quiet week. ...
#Strava #Garmin #GarminUK #exercise #cycling #walking #Health #active #outdoors
#getoutdoors

Another day done, sub zero riding and a windy after dinner walk/skate.

#Strava #Garmin #cycling #walking #exercise #Health #active #getout #outdoors #mtb

Walking in untreated roads - beware the ice!

#Ice #walking #roadsafety #safety #advisory

Careful little night walk getting those steps for sleep in.
To be fair, this one probably burnt more calories through shivering than it did through movement.

#Stava #Garmin #Garminuk #Exercise #Active #Health

HappyNewYear from the Shire.

#Newyear #thought #2026

First full-ish year since 2019 of not being officially obese, not that BMI is a great metric if you have muscle. And my first ever KMC chain failure. Swings and roundabouts 😄.
#garmin #bmi #health #cycling #progress #consitance

Thanks to Brexit the closest sub £250 SRAM XG1199 cassette to me is in Germany and will cost £350+ after import. So I got a £44 Shenruifa (Amazon) which is actually a Zitto which is good. It's +200g but it shifts perfectly, backpedals without down shifting and should last through the Winter.