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Transplanted Shropshire lass, minor polyglot. Likes strategy development, social enterprise, reading, crafts and constantly learning.

London
Joined October 2009
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Extensive predation of (non-native) Virile #crayfish all along the #OldRiverLea, evidenced by huge numbers of discarded claws, some in caches like this. Also rat? tracks. We’ve seen gulls eating the crayfish but this looks mammalian? #RiverLea #VirileCrayfish #HackneyWildlife
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Off in my travels. Train travel with personal transport at either end. #gobybike @camcitywi #dancing @ London, United Kingdom instagram.com/p/CkdteFgMnjv/… – at City of London, London
It had been known for years that the drainage at the bottom of Osbalston Road is not fit for purpose. Now it has got to this level will you finally sort it out? @hackneycouncil @MPSHackney
2022 is already set to rank among the one of the 10 warmest years on record. Learn how the @WorldBank Group is using climate finance to help countries mitigate GHG emissions and adapt to climate impacts. #ClimateActionWBG

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Genuine question based on decades of experience. Does any department @hackneycouncil answer a telephone call with less than 40 mins of hold time? Currently on hold for Business licensing - Food. @mayorofhackney, this is because the webpage last updated 2020! #hackney
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Answer no because they cut me off before answering @hackneycouncil !
I can't wait to walk the UK's newest coastal path stretching from Woolwich in London along the Kent Coast to Margate. Well done to everyone involved in this fabulous project and thank you for all your hard work. theguardian.com/travel/2022/…
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Afternoon walk around ‘village. With views towards Welsh Mountains #walking #shropshire @ Admaston, Telford And Wrekin, United Kingdom instagram.com/kiddanch/p/CYR… – at West Midlands, England
Last May Michael Gove guaranteed food produced to lower standards would not enter the UK, this week, the government has signed a 3 year deal allowing tariff free imported cane sugar, grown with 20 products I am banned from using in growing sugar beet. 🤷‍♂️🤬 nitter.cf/BBCCountryfile/status/… – at East Midlands, England
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What’s a reasonable length of time to be in a call system to report no hotwater on a communal boiler system? @TowergardensE5 1 hour? 1.5 hours? @hackneycouncil @mayorofhackney @HackneyAbbott & whilst on topic how long to wait for a callback to report the same fault? 1 wk? 2 wks? – at Hackney, London
Phrase of the day, from the 16th century, is ‘give someone the bauble’: to play them for a sucker or fool.
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Word of the day is dumfungled (19th century): used up, worn out, and approaching stupefaction.
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Word of the day is 'eye-servant' (16th century): one who only works properly or follows the rules when they are being observed.
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See Mules @towertheatre towertheatre.org.uk/mules-20…, on till 20 Nov, re lives of marginalised women working as mules 4 money, power & inclusion. Pls tweet & RT #MissingVoices now & tell us which voices U felt were missing when U’ve watched news, a show, play or film? (Also I’m crew) – at Hackney, London
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I cannot recommend coming to see this highly enough. It tackles a subject that most don’t want to think about. Drug mules, but also more widely women & the criminal justice system. It also links with @WomensInstitute campaigns on Violence against Women and Modern Slavery. – at Hackney, London
Mules @towertheatre towertheatre.org.uk/mules-20…, on till 20 Nov, re lives of marginalised women working as mules 4 money, power & inclusion. Pls tweet & RT #MissingVoices now & tell us which voices U felt were missing when U’ve watched news, a show, play or film?
Word of the day is ‘stiffrump’ (18th century): an obstinate, disdainful individual who refuses to budge when action is needed.
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