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My favourite door of all time. In a relative’s walled garden in Suffolk. Hundreds of years there but seen by very few. I thought I’d treat you. You’re welcome. #AdoorableThursday
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I explained to new neighbours last March that the hole in fence was deliberate and please don’t block it. They now have similar gap other side of garden. We now have a small #hedgehog highway AND LOOK WHO CAME LAST NIGHT😍 @LGSpace @NearbyWild @Britnatureguide
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What a little beauty round the back of Stillingfleet church, Yorkshire😍 .#AdoorableThursday
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I’ve no idea what this tiny door with balcony, overseen by a stone monk holding a dog is all about but its a health and safety nightmare. #AdoorableThursday
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@BBCNews I had a walk round the woods this morning and might go to Sainsbury’s later. Please DM if you want to cover my story.
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Montys in the garden, planting a plum.Let’s hope he not like Brian May.And doesn’t hurt his bum😳. #GardenersWorld.
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@CNN Is anyone in America as utterly baffled as the rest of the world how this is the only choice in a country of 340 million people?.
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I flippin’ love the busyness and buzzyness of the bees on the cotoneaster outside my front door. I hope the postman does too! 😍🐝 #bees @LGSpace @NearbyWild #gardening
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@simonmayo Don’t understand why two exceptional presenters are wasted on one programme, and other shows stuck with same tired host keep plodding on unchanged for decades. If only radio 2 could bring itself to trust a woman on her own during the day we could have Jo on a refreshed 2-5 slot.
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Monty’s in the garden.Nigel at his knee.Half the nation glad they’re there .And bless the licence fee 🌼🌿 #GardenersWorld.
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@fasc1nate Surprised this is doing the rounds again. Poor thing looking to humans for food as captive bred and can’t feed itself. Not playing. See here if you care.
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@BBCNews I won’t be watching Eastenders tonight because I don’t watch Eastenders. Please DM if you want to follow up this story. Thanks. Xx.
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A hidden chamber pot behind the secret door in the impressive (1750’s) library at Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk. #AdoorableThursday
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You hear all the time don’t you about how awful Twitter is now? Full of hate and anger. But it’s not is it? It’s still full of warm friendly kind people, interesting people. As in real life it’s all about who you choose to mix with & where you choose to go. Thanks everyone!🌺.
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We’ve got new neighbours moving in today. They seem nice enough. 😍🤗.@Natures_Voice @NearbyWild @LGSpace #birds #springwatch
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Monty’s in the greenhouse pruning his vine,.I’m in my pyjamas drinking red wine🍷🌿#GardenersWorld @montysdognigel.
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Charles and Camilla, for once glad the queen is still monarch, watch Trump inspect the troops . #QueenVsTrump
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@RevRichardColes Boiling , salted water for a minute, drain and chuck in bin. Take another courgette, cut it thick and fry for 10 minutes.
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@lizaadamczewski My Susie Cooper jug. Bought it for 50p a few years ago and probably only worth 75p now, but it pleases me.
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@BBCPolitics Good grief. Nice to see the government held to account at these committee meetings but my god what a exposure of how utterly inept the Home Secretary is, and perhaps a glimpse of how scared the senior civil service is of her and her cronies. A sad testament of where we are today.
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Monty’s planting sedums.He likes to pack them tight.But I prefer to watch him doing it .On a Friday night . #GardenersWorld @montysdognigel.
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Drove up narrow lane, couldn’t find church, just farm buildings drove away again. Walked back up the lane and eventually found it. Worth the effort. St Brothens Llanfrothen I sensed the new roof has been added just in time, thanks to @friendschurches
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The last programme of the year.We swig our wine & shed a tear.Well miss Monty and his dogs.And his waders and his frogs.Well miss him banging on about less plastic.Thanks all the team you’ve been fantastic🤗. #GardenersWorld.
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Sealed on heath & safety grounds. No pavement, you’d risk getting run over to use it. Now the traffic has to dodge twits like me photographing it instead! 😍.#PostBoxSaturday
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@KirstieMAllsopp Thinking that too. Surely a small boy with muddy knees and a catapult could knock that out in one shot. Where’s Just William when you need him?🤔.
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Even though the worlds gone mad .And the nations on its knees.I thank the Lord there’s Monty .Planting out his peas. #Gardenersworld.
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I can’t keep up with #MasterChef - sometimes 8pm or perhaps 9pm on random weekday evenings, then inexplicably shoehorned into a Sunday yesterday and now I accidentally find it half way through at 7.45. Bloody sort the scheduling for gawds sake BBC. #MasterChefUK.
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#TheNightManager Don't hear the word discombobulated on Sunday evening tv very often. Great word.
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Handsome 1675 doorway on an abandoned building on Harewood estate Yorkshire. #AdoorableThursday
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‘When the curlew points west you’d best put on your vest’. (I may have made that up) .#AllMetalMonday
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@LeeHurstComic Gentle reminder, he would be working through lockdown, as will 1000,s of doctors, nurses, porters, shop staff, delivery drivers, civil servants, politicians, warehouse workers, lorry drivers. They’re called essential workers. Think you may be more worried about yourself here🙄.
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May the pocket of your gilet split and you lose your loose change AND that bit of curly wurly you were saving for later into the furthest reaches of the lining. #CurseDominicCummings.
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I reckon Pollard will look exactly the same age 50, I can see him out on his drive in his wellies washing the Volvo looking exactly like this in 30 yrs time. #UniversityChallenge
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Remember dad watching #GardenersWorld in 70’s where it was all about neat edges, showy blooms, fly killer, slug pellets and chemicals to make grass kryptonite green. Geoff Hamilton started to reject that thinking and now Monty runs with it. Thank God. 👏.
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In the absence of #gardenersworld tonight, anyone fancy a game of “Gorilla or gardening glove”? @montysdognigel
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And the award for the most patient parent goes to . the blue tit🥇.Five hours, so far, trying to coax last reluctant chick out of the nest by showing it food through the hole. Siblings fledged hours ago. #birds #wildlife @NearbyWild @LGSpace #Springwatch
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Permissive footpath IF you know the password. Hint: it’s probably “Biscuit”. #FingerpostFriday
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Lots of top notch doors under this hashtag but are they truly adorable? This little fella is!😍. Powys castle. #adoorablethursday
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@aljwhite @indiaknight I watched to the end expecting the joke to be some sort of amusing comeuppance for the arrogant twat but disappointingly not - just me then🙄.
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Felt sorry for this box, been there for 100 years with absolutely no idea what’s behind. Probably just thinks it’s standing in front of a pebbledash wall. Tenby. #PostboxSaturday
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@DeborahFW @phylis_stein_ Jogger did that other day, after running up behind, puffing and blowing within 2 or 3 feet of me and then gobbed on the pavement as he passed. Disgusting at best of times, unforgivable at the moment. #selfishtosser.
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@PotteryThrow Hooray! Rose “I’ll piss on steps of Downing Street” has gone. Welcome Princess, and congratulations. Excellent appointment👏👏.
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@simonmayo @jowhiley I have chopped onions and peeled potatoes while laughing, singing and sometimes even learning with you since you took over the drive time show all those years ago. It always stood out from the rest as being warmer, funnier & more thoughtful & was a joy to listen to. Thank you.
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@Psychgirl211 Exactly. The staff at my local supermarket in rainbow lanyards always makes me wonder when an employee’s sexual preference became a thing that needed to be displayed publicly. Don’t remember seeing bank managers wearing “I liked to be spanked” badges on their suit lapels. .
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Monty’s cleaning out his pond.To help the birds and bees.He’s kneeling in the wet margins .And getting dirty knees. #GardenersWorld @montysdognigel @GWandShows.
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Possibly my favourite bollard in the world. Saundersfoot. Pembs. #AllMetalMonday #Bollards
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I nose round a lot of churches while not being remotely religious but had a weird almost spiritual feeling walking into Ludham church Norfolk last year, no idea why…anyway, it has a very fine font. #FontsOnFriday
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@BBCRadio2 Remember when “homework’ might have Simon talking intelligently & amusingly to an astronomer or a naturalist or a linguist? Now it’s “what have you done that’s cheeky today”. I could cry. #drivetime #bringbackdrivetime.
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@RochesterCathed @RochesterBridge @VisitKent @Enjoy_Medway @churchofengland Jeeez, when I look round a cathedral I like to marvel at the architecture and revel in its history. I like to soak up the atmosphere and sometimes if the feeling takes me, light at candle to remember a loved one. Never felt the need for a game of crazy golf if I’m honest.🙄.
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@bbclaurak How convenient. Takes all the credit for being the great Vote Leave supremo but gets out before the shitstorm of reality sets in, leaving a bewildered, battered and bruised BJ holding the baby. a metaphorical one for a change.
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@cctv_idiots The bear is clearly uncomfortable with the collar too tight round it’s neck, and its coat is in appalling condition-sorry, can’t laugh at this😞.
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Anyone else distressed at the change of ‘pissed off’ (as in annoyed, fed up ) to just plain ‘pissed’ which in my book means drunk?🤔. just me then😬.
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@RevRichardColes And yet others breeze around the supermarket without anything thinking they’re spearheading some kind of marvellous rebellion. #arseholes.
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You know Friday night telly has hit a new low when you watch Wednesdays #GardenersWorld and shout "Nigel" everytime @montysdognigel appears.
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@BBCArchive As ever with these clips, I am left wondering what happened to the interviewee. I wonder if she did go back, what career path she took, where is she now. #ImNoseyMe.
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Some fantastic wood carving in #Ripon cathedral choir stalls. The griffin/rabbit one is said to have inspired Lewis Carroll whose father was once Canon here. @EngChurchPics #AnimalsInChurches
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@LexusUK That would be a nice picture if it was for that enormous blue car spoiling the scene.
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Montys in the garden.Planting fancy grasses.It takes our mind off the news.And all those silly arses. #GardenersWorld.
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@BBCArchive Amazing woman, imagine having to put up with that sort of questioning and those sorts of attitudes every single day.
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@montysdognigel It seems an age ago when I found myself playing ‘Play Your Cards Right’ with a tweeting dog. I have exchanged Eurovision laughs and ‘listened’ to personalised 80’s song lyrics. At times I almost believed Nigel really did have an ibone. It’s been fun, thanks😊👋.
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WW2 bomb damaged stained glass windows replaced with commemorative engraved panels in Dorset. I took these pictures last summer, love the way the rabbits look like they are in the churchyard. #animalsinchurches
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Overrated crisp. They’re too hard, too big, taste slightly stale and always give me a mouth full of blood blisters. Enjoy your lunch everyone. #kettlecrisps.
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Not gonna lie, it was the rather gorgeous ladder that caught my eye first. #WindowsOnWednesday.#Woodensday
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It’s a gateway into a country house kitchen garden. Not a beautiful door but a great doorway in a gorgeous wall. I saw a teenager hanging off the keystone once. I wanted to chop his hands off, but that’s an entirely different hashtag. #AdoorableThursday #Thursgate
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@RevRichardColes @Rylan @BBCR2 Not listened to @BBCRadio2 since @simonmayo left except for Liza Tarbuck on Saturday evening. I tuned in early and caught Rylan chatting to Sally Traffic and it was the most hilarious radio I’d heard in ages. If anyone can bring me back to the station Rylan can!.
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@dodo Looks like the worst surprise ever. A younger cuter version of himself taking all the attention, and after all he’s done for them!🐶.
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Carols planting cuttings.Using lots of grit.Monty’s digging up his spuds.while Nigel has a sit*. *other rhymes are available🤭. #GardenersWorld @montysdognigel.
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Front AND back door of St Helen’s Stillingfleet are equally worthy of adoration in my view. #AdoorableThursday
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@WomenReadWomen And over 70…70!!! men were prepared to do this. WTF is wrong with these people?.
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@JournalistJill I bumped into a work colleague I’d known for 20 years in a blonde wig and pink cardigan proudly telling me he was a grandma now. I wanted to ask if his daughter found his rich knowledge of childbirth and breastfeeding helpful.
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@simonmayo Shame that a popular show with loyal following and well loved features within it is being upended while the preceding 2-5 slot, the one that needs a giant boot up its ar*e, continues to tiresomely bumble along unchanged😕.
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@unxpctdisvry And the ever so helpful “I don’t mind” or “I’m not fussy” reply from those sharing the meal-which really means: you do my thinking for me, I can’t be arsed.😠.
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Always wonder if individuals could request post boxes in the early days of the post office. This farmer must have had plenty of letters to send to make it worthwhile to place a box on his barn wall🤔. #PostboxSaturday #Yorkshire
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An Easter lamb resting in the shade of a remote church on Romney Marsh. You’re welcome.
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Saffron has been mum for the last three and a half years “and now it’s time for me”….Who’s going to tell her?🤔🤦♀️.#Masterchef #Masterchefuk.
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