Martin
@martwbel
Books, history, gardening, trains & Indian food. Naturist. Ankylosing Spondylitis. Married to Doug. Proudly LGBT 🏳️🌈 & Left Wing. Hampshire, UK 🇬🇧
5 out of 5 stars to The Lost Past of Billy McQueen by Neil Alexander, and my review: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
London Underground - Westminster Station - a District Line train departing. Change at Westminster for Circle Line & Jubilee Line, exit above ground for The Houses of Parliament, Parliament Square and Westminster Abbey. 🚇
It’s Monday and the heatwave continues… 😎 hosepipe ban in my area, so it’s watering can only, my garden is suffering a bit tbh.
🏴 Happy Birthday England. 🏴 On 12th July 927, King Æthelstan united the separate English kingdoms, creating what is widely regarded as the birth of England as one nation. England is officially 1099 years old today. 🎂
London Underground - The Bakerloo Bend at Waterloo Station on the Bakerloo Line. 🚇
My little garden lit up with lights at 10:20pm and it’s still a balmy 23 Celsius.
The Glasgow Subway. First opened in 1896, it’s the World’s third oldest underground light metro system after London Underground and Budapest Metro. The only underground metro system in Scotland and the second oldest in the UK. 🚇
London Underground - Westminster Station, a District Line train arriving. Westminster is a multi level station, sub surface Circle & District Lines, and deep level Jubilee Line. The original station opened in 1868, the deep level Jubilee Line platforms opened in 1999. 🚇
I have very odd shaped tomatoes growing this year, I don’t know what’s happened? Providing they taste okay, I’m not that bothered about the shape 😂
5 out of 5 stars to The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson, and my review: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Millions around the world 🌍 choose to watch BBC British produced telly and our trusted BBC news output. Britain still rules the waves, well the TV and Radio waves 🇬🇧
Reform UK is quickly being exposed as the most corrupt political organisation in the UK. Always knew it, just don’t understand anyone who supports them. 🤷🏻♂️
London Underground - Charing Cross Station, a Bakerloo Line train arriving. Charing Cross is served by two underground lines: Northern Line and Bakerloo Line. Originally two separate stations: Trafalgar Square(Bakerloo Line) Strand(Northern Line) were linked together underground and renamed in 1979.
Andover War Memorial Hospital celebrates its Centenary, opened in 1926, it’s now part of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It continues to provide a vital role in Andover and surrounding areas. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Happy International Paramedics 🚑 Day. Thank you to all of our NHS 💙Paramedics who are there for us 24 hours a day. #internationalparamedicsday
A little bit of gardening before it gets too hot, a high of 31 Celsius today 😎
Heatwave number 3 is building over Western Europe. Temperatures expected to climb to the mid 30’s Celcius in London & South East England by Friday. 😎 🥵
London Underground - Bank Station, named after The Bank of England situated above. Bank & Monument Stations are interlinked underground and form a busy Central London interchange of 5 lines: Central, Northern, Waterloo & City, Circle and District. DLR also serves the interchange. 🚇
The Roses have given up in the heat, last of the dead heading. Covered in cob webs. Too hot for them I think 🤔