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Petition to Protect Rural Post Offices

Our post office and the one in the neighbouring village have closed in recent months, which harms our communities, especially the older residents and those without transport. I received the attached letter from my member of parliament today, who has started a petition calling on the government to …

Petition to Protect Rural Post Offices

On the water at 8:30 this morning to catch the tide

It’s not every day you find a Henry VIII silver groat in the garden.  

Day 6: Contrast Canon EOS M6 Mark II, processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2025 #mbjune 📷

Day 5: Reflection #mbjune 📷

Day 4: nostalgia My collection of Psion PDAs from the 19080s and 1990s. I also had a Revo, but that died years ago…. #mbjune #psion #retrocomputing 📷

Day Two: Curve iPhone 14 Pro, processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2025 📷 #mbjune

Day One: Tree 📷 #mbjune

This guy woke us at 5am this morning. Who knew that peacocks sat in trees?

After a busy Saturday, it was great to get out of the house and do one of our favourite walks from Bulberry Head to Hope Cove, Devon. #devon

Raw sewage pumped into UK waterways for 4.7 million hours in 2024: ‘This will only get worse’ Some 27% of English billpayers have considered withholding their bill payments due to water supplier failings, a survey shows. www.bigissue.com/news/envi…

England water pollution at a 10-year high, campaigners say.

The number of pollution incidents recorded by water companies in England is at a ten-year high, according to data obtained by campaigners. Surfers Against Sewage said the Environment Agency data showed the number of incidents was more than double its target. Such spills have the potential to cause …

England water pollution at a 10-year high, campaigners say.

Tide’s out. Polperro, Cornwall on a cold early February afternoon. iPhone 14 Pro, processed in Lightroom Classic 📷

Waiting for the tide. iPhone 14 Pro, processed in Lightroom Classic 📷 #devon