The Dim Pause

Leaving an outside light on has attracted a few moths.

Currently reading: Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson 📚

Inter-band reading :)

Fantastic! The Selecter at Caerphilly Castle 🎵

Very strange to buy a full bottle of wine in a plastic bottle. It’s a Bulgarian Sauvignon. It’s OK :)

Definitely quite a unique setting for a gig 🎵

Arrived at Caerphilly Castle for open air concert with the 2Tone bands The Selecter and The Beat 🎵

Stig of the Dump – published the year I was born, a book I remember extremely well from my childhood! Stig of the Dump author Clive King dies aged 94 📚

Good article by Owen Jones in The Guardian today – Protest against what Donald Trump represents, not who he is 🔗

He was high-brow, low-brow, every-brow! – the genius of Leonard Bernstein 🎵 🔗

Too stressful. Need more beer and crisps for extra time #EngCro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽

The Breeders at the O2 Academy Bristol, Tuesday 10th July 🎵

Pip Blom 🎵

At the O2 Academy, Bristol awaiting The Breeders 🎵

Glamorgan vs. Sussex Sharks in T20 Blast at Sophia Gardens on Sunday 8th July. Rashid Khan bowling to Colin Ingram. 🏏

England vs. India at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Friday 6th July.
England 149 for 5
India 148 for 5
England win by 5 wickets
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India’s 6th over: Liam Plunkett bowling to Virat Kohli. Suresh Raina at non-striker’s end.

India’s 11th over: Kohli and Raina still batting.

England’s 19th over: Umesh Yadav bowling to Alex Hales. David Willey at the non-striker’s end.

The Green Roasting Tin by Rukmini Iyer @missminifer arrived today – Oven Baked Ratatouille cooked.

England - India T20 cricket 🏏 starting now, England - Colombia World Cup ⚽️ match in an hour and a half. My cup runneth over.

Nice little quiz, in a format I haven’t seen used before – NHS at 70: how well do you know the health service?

Currently reading: Islam for the Politically Incorrect by Khaled Diab, ISBN: 9781908531803 📚