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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

nostalgia — day 4 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

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Feeding the pigeons in Trafalgar Square, early 1970s. And yes, that’s me 🐦🙂

Film log - watched: The Two Faces of January, 2014 - ★★★★ - Letterboxd link 🎥

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🏷 Photography 🏷 FilmTV | 📆

shadow — day 3 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

Auto-generated description: Three people walk along a cobblestone street, casting long shadows, with a tall tower and clear blue sky in the background.

Porto, April 2025

curve — day 2 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

Auto-generated description: A pathway lined with trees is visible through a brick archway, creating a tunnel-like effect with dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves.

tree — day 1 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge 📷

Auto-generated description: A hollow, gnarled tree stands in a forest with a clear blue sky in the background.

Rectory Park, Sutton Coldfield. I used to play inside this hollow tree in the 1970s. It’s still there but looking a little more distressed.

That was quite close! Joe Root saved the day 👏🏏

Joe Root became England’s leading run-scorer in one-day internationals as his sparkling unbeaten 166 secured a three-wicket win over West Indies in Cardiff.

🏷 Cricket | 📆

Location check in — Sophia Gardens, England v West Indies ODI 🏏
🗺 Map of area

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🏷 Cricket 🏷 Location | 📆

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: The Who (42 plays), The Beautiful South (20), Storyteller (11), Terry Durham (10), Billie Holiday (8)

🏷 Music | 📆

Film log - watched: Captain America: Brave New World, 2025 - ★★½ - Letterboxd link 🎥

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🏷 Photography 🏷 FilmTV | 📆

Film log - watched: The Doors: Live at the Bowl ‘68, 1987 - ★★★★★ - Letterboxd link 🎥

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🏷 Photography 🏷 FilmTV | 📆

Finished reading: Cricket in Poetry: Run-Stealers, Gatlings and Graces by Bob Doran 📚

🏷 Books 🏷 Cricket | 📆

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Metallica (25 plays), Peter Doherty (22), Carolyn Sampson; Bach Collegium Japan Chorus; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki; Olivia Vermeulen; Makoto Sakurada; Christian Immler (13), Christy Moore (13), Elbow (13)

🏷 Music | 📆

Northeast and Carlson go on to both get their centuries 👏🏏

Glamorgan 266-3

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket | 📆

Northeast and Carlson steadying the innings - both getting their half centuries. Glamorgan 174-3 🏏

🏷 Cricket | 📆

Sophia Gardens. 📍

Clouds starting to clear, should be another sunny day!

Glamorgan batting first on Day 1 of Glamorgan v Middlesex, the final County Championship game before the pause for the return of the Vitality Blast T20 matches 🏏

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Google satellite map showing location pin

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket 🏷 Location | 📆
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