Dr Robin Croft
@robinjazz.bsky.social
Semi-retired university lecturer and researcher. Amateur photographer, budding saxophonist, eco-house builder, francophone. Norfolk, England.
Retirement. Late summer 2026.
Two pictures, an hour apart.
Two pictures, an hour apart.
September 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Retirement. Late summer 2026.
Two pictures, an hour apart.
Two pictures, an hour apart.
Less than 18 months ago, I paid £302 for heating oil. The cheapest I can find it for today is £760.
Fortunately, I moved house in the meantime. The new place runs on renewable energy, so my entire energy spend is less than £100 a year. It helps that the house is super-insulated.
Fortunately, I moved house in the meantime. The new place runs on renewable energy, so my entire energy spend is less than £100 a year. It helps that the house is super-insulated.
March 9, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Less than 18 months ago, I paid £302 for heating oil. The cheapest I can find it for today is £760.
Fortunately, I moved house in the meantime. The new place runs on renewable energy, so my entire energy spend is less than £100 a year. It helps that the house is super-insulated.
Fortunately, I moved house in the meantime. The new place runs on renewable energy, so my entire energy spend is less than £100 a year. It helps that the house is super-insulated.
The Prime Minister today used the expression, to have "skin in the game", during PMQs. Wondering what the origin of this might be, and if it is a recent useage in parliament?
Calling a friend, @tonythorne007.bsky.social
Calling a friend, @tonythorne007.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The Prime Minister today used the expression, to have "skin in the game", during PMQs. Wondering what the origin of this might be, and if it is a recent useage in parliament?
Calling a friend, @tonythorne007.bsky.social
Calling a friend, @tonythorne007.bsky.social
To celebrate St Andrew's Day, some of my favourite memories from #Scotland. From the left, Rogie Falls, Cromarty Firth, Fort George (Moray Firth), Glenfinnan.
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
To celebrate St Andrew's Day, some of my favourite memories from #Scotland. From the left, Rogie Falls, Cromarty Firth, Fort George (Moray Firth), Glenfinnan.
Today we are travelling with Greater Anglia Trains again, the first time since they came back into public ownership earlier this month. Most of the seats were taken, and they have reintroduced a trolley service for refreshments again. Something I haven't seen since before Covid.
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Today we are travelling with Greater Anglia Trains again, the first time since they came back into public ownership earlier this month. Most of the seats were taken, and they have reintroduced a trolley service for refreshments again. Something I haven't seen since before Covid.
Seen in the Stained Glass Museum, Ely. a great illustration of the English colloquial phrase "going at it hammer and tongs". This means doing something with great enthusiasm and energy.
@stainedglassmuseum.bsky.social
@stainedglassmuseum.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Seen in the Stained Glass Museum, Ely. a great illustration of the English colloquial phrase "going at it hammer and tongs". This means doing something with great enthusiasm and energy.
@stainedglassmuseum.bsky.social
@stainedglassmuseum.bsky.social
Last week's #FreeCycle fruits included a massive haul of about 20kgs of quince. These are like hard, sour apples, but are packed with flavour, nutrients and fibre. We will be producing quice jelly, chutney, juice and other nutritious meals over the next few weeks. @freecycle.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Last week's #FreeCycle fruits included a massive haul of about 20kgs of quince. These are like hard, sour apples, but are packed with flavour, nutrients and fibre. We will be producing quice jelly, chutney, juice and other nutritious meals over the next few weeks. @freecycle.bsky.social
Last week, thanks to #FreeCycle, some folks in a neighbouring village gave us a Pattypan squash. Today, we hollowed out the centre and replaced the pulp and seeds with a whole Camenbert cheese.
October 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Last week, thanks to #FreeCycle, some folks in a neighbouring village gave us a Pattypan squash. Today, we hollowed out the centre and replaced the pulp and seeds with a whole Camenbert cheese.
Today #Farage is repeating the centuries-old urban myth about immigrants eating swans. This was fact-checked in 2003. Then, as with all previous times, there was no evidence.
Sun accused of Swan Bake 'myth-making' - Press Gazette share.google/o8THJX61xeim...
Sun accused of Swan Bake 'myth-making' - Press Gazette share.google/o8THJX61xeim...
Sun accused of Swan Bake 'myth-making'
Independent media watchdog the Presswise Trust has accused The Sun of urban myth-making by printing a story that alleged asylum-seekers were stealing and eating swans. The front-page exclusive, headli...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today #Farage is repeating the centuries-old urban myth about immigrants eating swans. This was fact-checked in 2003. Then, as with all previous times, there was no evidence.
Sun accused of Swan Bake 'myth-making' - Press Gazette share.google/o8THJX61xeim...
Sun accused of Swan Bake 'myth-making' - Press Gazette share.google/o8THJX61xeim...
Time for @cartoonman.bsky.social to come out of retirement.
If you have school-age children, push them towards studying French and Negotiation at university. Job for life.
Formally now time to welcome the UK to a Swiss-style relationship of permanent negotiation and multiple deals with the EU.
May 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Time for @cartoonman.bsky.social to come out of retirement.
Today's visitor to the garden: a hungry hare. Very good at sniffing out any new bedding plants and then devouring them.
April 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Today's visitor to the garden: a hungry hare. Very good at sniffing out any new bedding plants and then devouring them.
Today is St George's Day, England's offical patron saint since 1350. This image, is from 1905 and shows the Duke of Clarence as St George. He died in 1892, aged 28, and this stained glass window was commissioned by his mother the Princess of Wales. It was installed in Buckingham Palace in 1905.
April 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today is St George's Day, England's offical patron saint since 1350. This image, is from 1905 and shows the Duke of Clarence as St George. He died in 1892, aged 28, and this stained glass window was commissioned by his mother the Princess of Wales. It was installed in Buckingham Palace in 1905.
Day 4 in our #AirBnB in the Highlands of Scotland. Since arriving, I had been hunting for a teapot, and there it was. Hiding in plain sight. #HarrisTweed
April 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Day 4 in our #AirBnB in the Highlands of Scotland. Since arriving, I had been hunting for a teapot, and there it was. Hiding in plain sight. #HarrisTweed
I've never liked the expression "common sense". I like it even less now.
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Ah, here’s Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine – or rather, a plan to leave it in pieces | Marina Hyde
And despite having ample time to prepare for this moment, why do Europe and Britain’s leaders seem so surprised, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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February 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I've never liked the expression "common sense". I like it even less now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A normal morning in Norfolk. 1000 sheep run down the road and invade next-door's garden.
January 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A normal morning in Norfolk. 1000 sheep run down the road and invade next-door's garden.
It's a sad irony that Franco himself was from Galicia. When I lived in Spain during the late 60s, his birthplace was officially known as El Ferrol del Caudillo. The regime went to great lengths to stamp out the Gallician language.
For #CaminoTuesday (on a Wednesday...), here are two memorials in Pontevedra to the politician Alexandre Boveda, killed by Nationalist forces on 17 August 1936 and still remembered as a symbol of the suffering inflicted on Galicia by Franco
January 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
It's a sad irony that Franco himself was from Galicia. When I lived in Spain during the late 60s, his birthplace was officially known as El Ferrol del Caudillo. The regime went to great lengths to stamp out the Gallician language.
Right now there is raw sewage going into rivers in over 1000 places in England. Shocking!
Data from @theriverstrust.bsky.social
theriverstrust.org/sewage-map
Data from @theriverstrust.bsky.social
theriverstrust.org/sewage-map
Sewage Map
The Rivers Trust are conservation experts with a wealth of data and expertise at our fingertips. We work with our member Trusts to make our shared…
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January 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Right now there is raw sewage going into rivers in over 1000 places in England. Shocking!
Data from @theriverstrust.bsky.social
theriverstrust.org/sewage-map
Data from @theriverstrust.bsky.social
theriverstrust.org/sewage-map
Reposted by Dr Robin Croft
Dunno who did this but I’m borrowing it for this thread.
January 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Dunno who did this but I’m borrowing it for this thread.
Born on this day, 1882, A A Milne. Creator of some of the greatest characters in children's literature: Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit, Piglet and Winnie the Pooh.
January 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Born on this day, 1882, A A Milne. Creator of some of the greatest characters in children's literature: Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit, Piglet and Winnie the Pooh.
This! Moi aussi.
Si heureuse d'être partie il y a un an de ce réseau masculiniste, sexiste et toxique, de quitter cette dictature de l'urgence, de la réaction immédiate à tout.
Plutôt que de survivre dans cet égout nauséabond, les yeux rivés sur les likes, sortez-en, lisez, écrivez, débattez, c'est la démocratie !
Plutôt que de survivre dans cet égout nauséabond, les yeux rivés sur les likes, sortez-en, lisez, écrivez, débattez, c'est la démocratie !
January 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This! Moi aussi.
Making tofu at home #1. 800 gms of soya beans have been soaking overnight.
January 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Making tofu at home #1. 800 gms of soya beans have been soaking overnight.
Sociopaths usually find it hard to work as a team.
January 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Sociopaths usually find it hard to work as a team.
Tonight's moon (a waning crescent) setting in the woods. Venus close by.
January 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Tonight's moon (a waning crescent) setting in the woods. Venus close by.
Picture in need of a caption.
December 23, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Picture in need of a caption.
Today, The English Whisky Distillery, Norfolk. England's first accredited whisky distillery since 1902. Awarded World Best Single Malt (sherry cask). Spent a fortune in the shop.
December 20, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Today, The English Whisky Distillery, Norfolk. England's first accredited whisky distillery since 1902. Awarded World Best Single Malt (sherry cask). Spent a fortune in the shop.