Dan

Desk vibes

A snap of me on a hike from Honister to Great Gable last week. So good to be in the mountains again! I’m just over the 50% mark now for my Ben Nevis at Night Challenge in aid of @DogsTrust. Need to raise £276 by 18 June. Do it for the dogos! Thank you to everyone that has donated so far ❤️ Donate at justgiving.com/page/finch-cli…

Getting mountain fit for Ben Nevis at Night. No better way than a week in the Lakes. Donate at justgiving.com/page/finch-cli…

@schutzsmith Seems fair

Have given myself a $7.5 Trillion valuation.

I will be climbing Ben Nevis overnight this August in aid of @DogsTrust. I'd love to raise lots of money for this Charity as they do such great work. I'd really appreciate any and all donations, big or small. Pictured is my dog, Stanley! Thank you! justgiving.com/page/finch-cli…

@pootlepress How would you deploy it to an existing Wordpress install after doing this?

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drinking 2-4L of water daily helps you avoid other people's drama because you're too busy peeing stay hydrated.

@MesocastUK Really like the setup you have here. Very clean 👍🏻

MON 13 APR 2026: mesocast.uk/forecast/?date… Further heavy showers and a few isolated thunderstorms today with focus on Scotland and N.England in particular.

This is goodbye 👋 I have been giving this a lot of thought over the past couple of months and I’ve decided, due to changing circumstances that I will no longer be updating this account or any other accounts. It’s been a lot of fun over the past 8 years I’ve been on this platform and I’ve learned a significant amount about weather and forecasting, thank you for following along and joining in and I hope my updates over the years have proven useful. In my mind, the landscape for weather information is shifting and accounts like mine are becoming less useful or relied upon in the way they once were. The rise of misinformation and personal attacks directed by idiots, towards those who post “red maps” and discuss weather mean that this hobby is no longer fun, it’s become rather tedious and I’ve always said when it stops being fun then it’s time to stop. I will still be tracking and keeping an eye on the weather more privately, of course, my interest in that side of things is still very much alive and likely always will be! ⛈️ God speed ✈️ stay safe. Spend as much time in nature as you possibly can. Enjoy the weather, whatever it is. Thank you.

@MetRyan96 😏

No big sunset but some nice scenes A lovely chap from Keswick Mountain rescue met me just as I was nearly down, someone had done a well intentioned call to MR about a head torch on the fell, thinking it was a distress signal! Was just me finding my way down 🙂 Nice that people are looking out for others though! #LakeDistrict

Well the gamble didn’t pay off but you win some you lose some 😆

@MetRyan96 Looks like your hope of a sunset view might be at risk there buddy.

Made it to the summit of Blencathra And look at the crowds of people! 😆 #LakeDistrict

The lambs are out 😍

This weather 😎☀️

@WordPress WordPress 6.9.5 coming in about 4 hours time, folks ☄️🔥

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@NickJF75 I've never really looked at it ever. Always been a cesspit.

Really not worth looking at the 'For you' feed anymore in X, it's engineered by Musk to be filled with far right BS, fake news & AI slop. The 'Following' feed still OK, as mostly who you follow, so can control. Gone are the days when you can use it as a reliable source of news

@ben_weather Sorry to hear that! I’m sure you’ll be snapped up by another forecasting company in no time

I am sad to announce that after almost 5 years as a forecaster at Fugro, I have been made redundant. Whilst I am disappointed how things have ended, I am looking forward to the next stage of my career and excited to get back out storm chasing in the States next month🌪️

I’ve just failed a “job interview” with Costa coffee. I put that in quotes because the entire process was AI, not one human spoke to me. Is this really the future? 😂😂 My entire working history is in customer service..