@stuffjolikes

Yes, down the road in the #LuneValley, while not at this level, it is a creeping tendency in our village....

@alexgranford

There are days here in the #LuneValley when I'd agree.... but then I read the news & it all falls away - and yes, a good reason not to read the news

As I was cycling round the #LuneValley, it suddenly struck me that Britain is like someone at the end of a family tree, burning through the last of the assets they gained (inherited) from previous generations' exploitative activities & unwilling to admit that some serious changes are needed to their household if its not just going to crumble away... we are a Dowager Aunt, watching (fearing) the world passing us by

@Guy @anamckellar @JohnDal

Interestingly in the #LuneValley, where I've lived for over 15 years, I've only seen two deer in that entire time.... perhaps, the countryside in the valley isn't right for them?

@RolloTreadway

yes, a friend opened a light-meals/coffee place, which has a pretty good local monopoly in the #LuneValley last year, and while he can afford to run at break-even for some time (due to other interests) even he is having difficulty keeping the business viable... difficult times indeed for #hospitality

Research from Ernst&Young, for the County Councils Network, suggests that #Cities have for the most part recovered to pre-#Covid levels of #economic activity while #rural areas have not (which certainly chimes with anecdotal evidence from around the #LuneValley).

If so, this suggests that if material well-being has returned to displace identity politics in #voters' minds that the usual rural conservative vote may be a lot softer than the #Tories may have hoped...

Oh dear... #GTTO

The #LabourParty's idea for community ownership of #greenenergy #infrastructure is a really interesting approach;

here in the #LuneValley we have had a community owned (community built) #broadband network (delivering much better service than the majors) for around a decade & it has been a major success.

A programme of support for community #renewableenergy (from this experience) would seem likely to be a game-changer for our response to #climatechange

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/17/householders-to-receive-money-off-bills-for-going-green-under-labour-plans

While many people have taken the chance to fly for their #holiday, the UK #staycation remains a string contender - partly due to cost(s), partly due to the hell that international travel remains (inc. all those queues now we're no longer an EU member state) & partly because for a short(er) break a staycation may make sense.... and across the fort key areas, bookings are up.

No wonder, there's more traffic in the #luneValley since Easter!

@PamCrossland

well 60 miles north of you in the #LuneValley we have clear skies, so hopefully (unless your garden/plants need the rain), the clear weather will be with you soon....

Fabulous spring morning in the #LuneValley for exercising the #SpringerSpaniel.
#DogsOfMastodon

@anamckellar

yes, there may be some specific consideration in the #lunevalley, not least of all (like me) early retirement (the valley is a bit of a ghetto of later life professionals) and the incidence of world class community #broadband making #wrkingfromhome very easy (if you have a professional/servcies job)

Cycling round the #LuneValley yesterday, I was struck by the relative quietness of the roads during a working Monday... sometimes, it seems like our recent travails have had a major impact on road usage (locally at least).

My guess is #workingfromhome, high #petrol prices (forcing more consolidated car journeys - join gin together previously operate journeys) & the general #costoflivingcrises have reduced the amount of time we spend on the road... which may be no bad thing!

For the second day in a row, the hot air balloon came drifting by along the #LuneValley, presumably launched from around the Crook O’ Lune. I saw it land above Melling yesterday., this time it seems headed further up the valley
#hotairballooning

Here in the #LuneValley, I'm praying this prediction for the next #election from UK Polling Report comes to pass.... we so need to rid ourselves of David Morris.

Oh dear, #VirginMedia #broadband is down with no explanation (again)...

Hardly a day goes by when I am not thankful for the weeks of hard work we all put in round here a decade ago to dig in our community, fibre-to-the-house #broadband... still much better than any of the broadband oligopoly offer & what's more, ours!

#B4RN in the #LuneValley - hurrah

I know many #teachers at local #schools in the #LuneValley and I have seen how an #OFSTED inspection plays out.... the mental costs are extreme & the tales of inspectors who do not understand the specific character of some schools' work are common.

I know my friends are not trying to escape accountability when they argue for a new (collaborative & engaging) infection regime.

Its time to reform OFSTED, shifting the emphasis to collaboration rather than judgement if we want to support schools

A new campaign is aiming to highlight the regional variations in #lifeexpectancy across the UK....

unsurprisingly in the #LuneValley we're expecting long(er) lives.... check out the campaign here:
https://healthequals.org.uk/lives-cut-short/

#livescutshort

If you're interested in the sorts of things that a #community #broadband project gets up to... here's the latest update from #LuneValley broadband providers #B4RN... enabling remote #healthcare in the rural areas of North Lancashire & Cumbria.

https://b4rn.org.uk/about-b4rn/news-events/b4rn-focus-enabling-remote-healthcare

@mjg59
Out here in the #LuneValley, like an increasing number of rural communities our #broadband is delivered by a community interest, non-profit, which also offers world class #connectivity as opposed to Open Reach's dire service - and our prices have only risen by 10% in around a decade!

Seeking distraction from the catalogue of sh*t across today's papers, I turned to a book of #HowardHodgkin Large Paintings that arrived from the #Oxfam online bookshop (which I've previously recommended to book lovers), to find this fabulous invocation of looking out of the window at a patch of sun coming through the rain... for those who know #Lancashire (or specifically the #LuneValley) this is a common sight... take a second an enjoy before getting back to the sh*tshow!