Aberdare cricket ground - a little parched.

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Tunnel

Cynon Valley

Sunday morning walk 🚶

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Peter Schreier, Sviatoslav Richter (24 plays), Billy Strings (9), Phish (6), Sviatoslav Richter (4), Stornoway (3)

Watched: Spider-Man: Far From Home, 2019 - ★★★★ 🎥

Saturday morning walk 🚶

Friday morning walk 🚶

🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch (39 plays), Roderick Williams and Christopher Glynn (24), The Dukes Of Stratosphear (16), Thomas Dunford & Jupiter Ensemble (9), Thomas Dunford, Jupiter Ensemble & Lea Desandre (9)

Watched: Spider-Man: Homecoming, 2017 - ★★★ 🎥

Possibly starting a rewatch of the Tom Holland Spiderman series.

Trying Hive Mind Tavern Mead. Impressed.

Watched: Avatar: Fire and Ash, 2025 - ★★★★ 🎥

🎵 Music for 26 July 2026

"Allerseelen, Op. 10, No. 8" by Helmut Deutsch & Jonas Kaufmann

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Allerseelen, Richard Strauss

Do you remember the Strauss song we used to sing? Once a year the dead live for one day. Oh come to me again as once in May.

Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry

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🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Emerson, Lake & Palmer (27 plays), Rianne Downey (10), Gustavo Dudamel & Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela (2), Paul Heaton (2), Gustavo Dudamel, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela & Jorge Glem (1)