I read on FaceAche that there is

โ€œ just 1 space remaining on this year's #FolkUnboundTheGathering folk music summer camp for trans-men, trans-women, non-binary folks, cis-women and other marginalised genders

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ6-10th July
๐Ÿ“ Castleton, Derbyshire Peak Districtโ€

If that sounds like your kind of thing check out https://www.folkunbound.co.uk - the team who run it are great :-)

#FolkMusic #Derbyshire #FolkMusician #TransInclusive #Folk #FolkMusic #TradMusic #Trad

Folk Unbound, a summer folk camp for trans men and women, non binary folks, cis women and marginalised genders.

Home More Info Tutors Apply FAQs Home Folk Unbound: The Gathering 6th-10th July 2026A residential folk music camp for trans men, trans women, non binary folks, cis women and marginalised genders."I will leave with so many incredibly genuine friendships" 2025 participant After a HUGELY successful first event in July 2025, weโ€™re coming back in 2026โ€ฆ

Folk Unbound, a summer folk camp for trans men and women, non binary folks, cis women and marginalised genders.

Reckless man had a 'meltdown' - then he grabbed a gas pipe and caused devastation

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/reckless-man-meltdown-grabbed-gas-33735812

A man in the #Midlands opened up the anaconda ( flexible #gas pipe from meter) and lit the gas following a domestic dispute with his partner - blew up whole house and damaged several others in the street, spent 7 weeks in hospital and will now spend about 7 years in #prison (its likely to be 2/3rds of time served for what would be considered a serious #crime )

#ToxicMasculinity #Derbyshire #UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cde5gj3wr79o

Man jailed for causing explosion at his home in Derby

Police said Paul Solway caused the blast by tampering with a gas pipe and setting fire to a chair.

BBC News
For #thickTrunkTuesday, from the weekend - this year's #bluebells arriving in some beech woodlands...

#Derbyshire
Peter Gray (per/per) ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿž๐ŸŽท๐Ÿ ๐ŸŒฟ (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Friends, If you're planning to visit Cromford in Derbyshire and the Derwent Valley World Heritage Site, I'm pleased to announce that my new book "A Walk Around Cromford Village," has just been published. Available at Scarthin Bookshop and at the Arkwright Mills shop in Cromford and online from https://www.bannisterpublications.com/product-page/a-walk-around-cromford-village

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#textureTuesday

That time I tried to recreate Parkhouse Hill & Chrome Hill in #wool

Fun fact: The walk over these 2 limestone reef knolls is known as the Dragon's Back ridge.

#textileart #fibrearts #felting
#Derbyshire #herebedragons

From yesterday - a fantastically named Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Anthophora plumipes. (Look at the really long hairs on the lower parts of his front legs!)

https://www.naturespot.org/species/hairy-footed-flower-bee

#Derbyshire #insects #bees #macrophotography
More arbitrarily selected bugs from today:

Bombylius major, bee-fly
Vespula sp., wasp (queen)
Bombus terrestris, bumblebee (queen!)
Tiny wasp from the Ichneumonoidea?

#Derbyshire #insects #bees #bumbebees #wasps #macrophotography #macroMonday
A small, arbitrary fraction of today's bugs (the term 'bugs' being used particularly loosely):

Andrena cineraria, mining bee
Nomada sp.?, nomad bee
Wolf spider from the Lycosidae
Palomena prasina, shieldbug

#Derbyshire #insects #spiders #bees #shieldbugs #macrophotography #macroMonday