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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-23 at 16:34

I'm trying to get friends and family off WhatsApp onto Signal, but I can't get the app running on more than one Android device. It seems to have been like that for years. WhatsApp.managed to achieve it a few years ago, any sign of Signal following suite? #Signal #SignalAlternatives

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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-20 at 19:36

"Hi, my name is Mary and I'm your Jet2holidays Customer Helper. My next visit to your hotel will be at 12:00 to 12:30 on Thursday in reception to answer any questions you have and tell you all about how to make the most of your holiday."

"Hi, my name is John and I am your Jet2holidays customer. Get your arse round here now, holidays just about over on Thursday". #RandomRant

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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-18 at 20:02

The government response to this is just outright lies. For example driven grouse moor has destroyed peat mires, there is an example (Caudhill Moss) in my own backyard in Northumberlands Simonside Hills, #ToryLite #Liars #UKGovernment #DrivenGrouseShooting #UplandManagement #Wetlands

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700036

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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-17 at 19:27

Gravestone path though Alwinton Church graveyard. #Northumberland #Film #BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhite #B&W #BelieveInFilmCameras #Photography#Churchyard #Grave

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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-14 at 12:07

And follow progress here! https://live.opentracking.co.uk/spinerace25/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHzLA1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdIffM-WJ0auIxpZYTxnoARNqueNeENqaRY8LRqRM7VDqyDHm07dyjfjjg_aem_0uMWRX2Zdf8hw1zBm721zg

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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-14 at 11:50

An absolutely gob smacking video. I know some of the countryside this "race" goes across, and it's very very tough. Some beautiful scenes. #Montane #SpineRace #PennineWay #running

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDMedPR_r4&t=377s

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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-11 at 12:25

Pollarded trees in a Lakeland winter

#Photography #Landscape #LakeDistrict #Borrowdale

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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-10 at 10:48

Lynemouth shopfronts.

[#]venstervrijdag #Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday #Film #BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhite #B&W #BelieveInFilmCameras #Photography #Decay #StateOfDecay

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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-09 at 13:14

"Its fantastically therapeutic and mindful spending a few hours looking at wildlife in great detail and helps me get in some steps.

I am now quite addicted to recording and its a very rare day when i don't go out and find something to record, even in mid-winter when ladybirds are one of my main focuses. So, off to get a fix."

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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-09 at 13:14

"As far as I know it is the first record for Northumberland and like many of my records it is documenting global warming in action. It is quite easy to find new species for Northumberland as many of our invertebrates are moving north, as well as observer coverage being very limited.

Recording has been a great incentive for me to learn more about other groups of organisms (I have just started with fungi in the last two autumns) and to get out more."

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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-09 at 13:14

"Many people are helping recording in Northumberland especially Natural History Society of Northumbria (James Common) with their schemes for ladybirds and bees and special mention goes to the national Hoverfly recording scheme run by Roger Morris.

Here is a nice record from this year - large scissor bee Chelostoma florisomne doing what its Latin name suggests - sleeping in a flower, creeping buttercup."

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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-09 at 13:12

"This week I hit the milestone of 50000 records on i-record of 2300 species, putting me in the top 20 recorders in the country by volume of records.

I am particularly proud that I have helped to document the wildlife in a part of the country where there are relatively few records - for example for the 10x10km square in which I live there were only records of 18 species of hoverflies whereas I have now recorded around 100 there, including 80 in my garden and a couple of new ones for the county."

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Written by John Dal on 2025-01-09 at 13:12

I've a friend, a retired hospital consultant, who's been a long-time avid birdwatcher, but since retirement has branched out into other areas of wildlife, with astonishing success. He posted an article on Facebook which raises very important points about recording your sightings. It's too long for me to share here, so I've screenshotted it. 50,000 records of 2,300 species? Gobsmacking stuff #Northumberland #Ecology #Wildlife #WildlifeConservation #WildlifeRecording

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Written by John Dal on 2024-12-29 at 17:08

Whitby Harbour.

OM-1, OM 50mm macro. Kentmere 400 lab scan with contrast etc

tweaked via Lightroom

[#]Film #BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhite #B&W #BelieveInFilmCameras #Photography #WhitbyForever #Whitby

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Written by John Dal on 2024-12-22 at 10:31

1970 Massey Ferguson tractor still working and owned by the farmer who bought it new. Kentmere 400. Pentax P30m

[#]Film #BelieveInFilm #BlackAndWhite #B&W #BelieveInFilmCameras #Photography #Rothbury #Farming #MasseyFerguson #Tractor #VintageTractor

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Written by John Dal on 2024-12-21 at 14:42

The local rustic nativity scene. Mary looks a bit miffed.

Pentax Pentax P30n with SMC 35-80 4-5.6. An APS-C lens, hence the vignetting.

[#]BelieveInFilm #BelieveInFilmCameras #Film #BlackAndWhite #Pemtax

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Written by John Dal on 2024-12-12 at 11:58

This DIY rig, all made from scrap and stuff I already had, is going to save me £10 a roll! I've a good digital macro lens and a camera that gives me 5184x3888 "scans". Plus I get to mess with the exposure if I need to. It's solid as a rock and makes manual focussing a breeze, plus the camera and film positions are fixed so it's easy to use. Being able to scan using the computer is a big bonus. Oh, and the results are much better than my flatbed.

[#]Film #BelieveInFilm

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