Ok now, humanity is really doomed to extinction. For its stupidity.
#BreakingNews, indeed. 😱
#GreatWallOfChina #Diggers #Shortcut

Two people detained for digging shortcut through Great Wall of China | China | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/05/two-people-detained-digging-shortcut-great-wall-china

https://youtu.be/i6sPo2Yi3jE?si=6TGrDK1nRa7WPVTE
#diggers #anarchie

I do love a pub doggo

#pub #bar #Diggers #DiggersPub #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #dog #chien #photography

Day off movie outting marred by alarm & evacuation of cinema. Fortunately we got back in eventually and saw rest of screening (zero points to cinema staff who never once talked to the hundreds of viewers waiting & wondering, though)

Now post film pint of the Old Speckled Hen to rehydrate....

#pub #bar #Diggers #DiggersPub #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #pint #glass #verre #RealAle #beer #biere #OldSpeckledHen

Diggers this evening

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #Diggers #DiggersPub #pub #bar #Gorgie

@robcornelius @DrALJONES

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The Earth was made a common treasury for everyone to share. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/winstanley/1649/levellers-standard.htm

#Diggers

Uit bovenstaand artikel:
"Dan zijn er de diverse bewegingen in de dagen van de Engelse burgeroorlog, waarvan de #Diggers het bekendste voorbeeld zijn."

#Chumbawamba vertolkt hier The Diggers' Song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA4FTIz2Zrw

#anarchisme #communal

The execution of King Charles: ‘Let’s put all brutish tyrants down’. The king’s beheading in 1649 came at a time of social tumult. The power of the church and nobility was damaged and England became a republic for ten years. But radicals such as the Levellers, and communists such as Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers, wanted to go much further https://peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2023/05/04/the-execution-of-king-charles-lets-put-all-brutish-tyrants-down/ The picture is a detail from a contemporary engraving, showing the execution #coronation #englishcivilwar #diggers #winstanley

When storytime and a construction project outside the library collide, of course you go outside and ask the foreman if the kids can come look at the machines. They turned everything off, lowered the buckets on the digger to the ground to be safe, and let the kids get up close and takes pics. #libraries #nationallibraryweek #librarians #storytime #construction #diggers #librarianwins

Gratuitous Welsh Terrier tribute! #diggers

A warm dry seat out of the rain, a good book, a pint of Jarl and a macaroni pie. What else could a man need at dinner time?

#pub #beer #diggers #diggerspub #Edinburgh #pie #Reading

A very pleasant walk in the sunshine to The Athletic Arms. A lunchtime pint of Jarl from Fyne Ales, a delicious Scotch pie and a belter of a Glencadam 13 sauternes cask for dessert. Settling back to a few chapters of appropriate reading in peaceful surroundings 😀

#Diggers #Edinburgh #pub #pint #beer #whisky #kindle #reading #photography #blackandwhite #content

#pub #Edinburgh #diggers #diggerspub #blackandwhite #photography

I took a walk along to Diggers yesterday as the manager had posted on FB that he had some new bottles in - including a Glen Garioch 12 - an absolute steal at £4.20 a dram!

Glen Garioch 12 - a gutsy 48% abv, NC, NCF. Bourbon and sherry casks. Fruity, chocolatey, spicy mouthful. Sensational!

Edradour 10 distillery edition, 40% abv, NC, CF. For a low abv, this really is a generous mouthful. Not sure if it is matured in a dunnage warehouse, but it has a real earthy, mossy aroma. Delicious sweet sultana and chocolate.

Kilchoman Madeira Cask, 56.2% abv NAS, NC, NCF. Not my favourite - it was nice and gets great reviews - just not for me. Struck me as a bit muddled.

Lochlea Sowing Edition, 48% abv, NAS, NC, NCF. I'm a big fan of this distillery - they have produced some fantastic stuff in their "seasonal releases". This one, is light and fruity, with pears and apples, Nutty vanilla and more fruit to finish.

#whisky #Scotch #SingleMalt #Scotland #Edinburgh #Diggers #whiskey

I knew I should have let the dogs watch The Shawshank Redemption #diggers #tunnel #freedom

The manager at my local #pub #Diggers is in charge of another just along the road - a bit more of a gastro pub, than a drinking den. Occasionally, he'll put on a "break even" bottle - this is the latest - a whisky I would never be able to afford otherwise. He's offering it at £25 a dram. The best retail price I can find is £2.5k for a bottle 🤯

#whisky #SingleMalt #Scotch #SpringBank #Campbeltown #Edinburgh #Diggers

@liquid_sunray It's not that easy to get here either. About the only place that you can guarantee getting your hands on a bottle is at the distillery itself. However, as soon as the distillery shop opens in the morning, the shelf with SB 10 is emptied within 5 minutes - with some buying multiple bottles. I have no doubt that many of these buyers are "flippers" who only buy it to re-sell on an auction. Drives me mad! The distillery will limit the sale of much of their produce, but not the core SB 10. I know that publicans buy it for less than the general public, but I have no idea how the manager at #Diggers can sell it at £5 a dram! I will enjoy it while I can!

Talking of #Campbeltown #whisky and my disappointment with the Hazelburn, this just popped up on my FB page - some new arrivals at #Diggers my local #pub (Athletic Arms). As always, very reasonably priced. The SB 10 is £5 for 35ml, the Kilkerran and Hazelburn £6 a dram! 😀

I will be paying a visit very soon!

#SingleMalt #Scotch #Edinburgh #Whiskey #Scotland

@A_Strachs @Kostoglotov IMO, there's nothing wrong with blended whisky, and there are some fine examples - Ballantine’s 17 comes to mind or Compass Box Great King Street. Next time you are at Tynecastle aim to arrive a bit earlier and spend an hour or so in #Diggers. Kevin, the manager, has amassed a very fine collection of around 500 excellent malts.

Heading home from a haircut at Benny's in Grove Street, #Edinburgh I stopped off at #Diggers for a #beer and a couple of drams. So much choice, but I settled for these - Mortlach 12, Glenallachie 14 and Glen Scotia 11. I have read that many find the GS 11 resembles baby sick - I didn't get that particular aroma. I am never disappointed with Glen Scotia. Drams accompanied by a delicious pint of Jarl from Fyne Ales.

Settling down now for Scottish Cup 5th round tie between giant killers Darvel and Falkirk. If Darvel win they have a home game against local rivals Ayr United.

#whisky #scotch #singlemalt #Scotland #football #whiskey