Martin

@martwbel.bsky.social

Books, history, gardening, trains & Indian food. Naturist. Ankylosing Spondylitis. Married to Doug. Proudly LGBT 🏳️‍🌈 & Left Wing. Hampshire, UK 🇬🇧

Sunny spells and 26 Celsius today, it still feels humid, but it’s not roasting hot like yesterday. Thankfully no headache today 😮‍💨

I felt like I needed to cheer myself up, so I treated myself to an indoor plant stand. No instructions in the package, so I scratched my head and had to wing it, but it wasn’t that complicated. I’m really pleased with it. 👏🏻

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Weirdly relaxing in an ASMR type mood. A SNCF TGV high speed inoui 🚄 negotiating complex points with up and down pantograph action at Châtillon, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, France 🇫🇷

Not had a great day. Bad headache most of the day. 32 degrees and the humidity was crazy this afternoon. Made me feel ill. Onwards and upwards and more paracetamol…

The Diva that is Queen Diana Ross headlining at this weekend’s Brighton Pride 🤙🏻😎🫶🏻 🏳️‍🌈 ❤️💚💙🩷💛🧡🩶🖤🤎💜 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 Courtesy Brighton & Hove Pride 2026.

Some stunning photos of the beautiful medieval City of Salisbury, England on 120mm film taken today by John Christopher - 📸 Courtesy Salisbury Snappers FB Group.

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An Avanti West Coast Class 390 Pendolino tilting high speed train, glides through Wolverton Station, Buckinghamshire, UK on the West Coast Mainline (London Euston/Milton Keynes/Birmingham/Manchester/ Liverpool/Carlisle/Glasgow) 🚄 #UKtrains

The tomb of King Edward I in Westminster Abbey, London. Edward was King of England from 1272-1307 of House Plantagenet. A warrior king, who is credited in helping create the foundations of Parliament in England. His father was King Henry III, his son and successor was King Edward II.

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Sunny spells this morning, cloudy later, much cooler than yesterday. A little bit of gardening in my favourite outfit 😁

A Class 801 LNER Azuma (left) and Class 802 TransPennine Express (right) at London Kings Cross Railway Station. The Hitachi Class 800 series, (electric and bi mode electric/ diesel) are the mainstay of British high speed trains across the inter city network.

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London Underground - Embankment Station, a northbound Northern Line train arriving. Embankment is a multi level station served by four underground lines: Northern, District, Circle, Bakerloo. 🚇