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As well as (and for some of the time whilst) walking Iโve been listening to the World Test Championship final between Australia and India at The Oval on the radio this morning. Hope to watch some of the TV coverage over the next few days ๐
Morning walk through local forestry to a nearby scheduled monument, the Carn Castell y Meibion cairn. I only learned of and found this site recently. It consists of the remains of a Bronze Age ring cairn. There are two similar monument sites nearby which Iโm also going to seek out.
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Location check in ๐บ โ Carn Castell y Meibion ring cairn
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Finished reading: Tomorrow by Chris Beckett ๐
4 mile walk to collect a package that should have been delivered to my address on Friday. Thanks DPD ๐ก Still, it is a very nice day for a walk ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐
Now being summoned for supper ๐
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Late #Caturday (OK, so itโs Sunday)
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โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Lankum (8), Bernstein, Orchestra National de France (4), Kavus Torabi & Richard Wileman (4), Handley, LPO, Nolan (3) & Previn, LSO (1) #weeklymusic
Wiper and True Mild in Bristol ๐บ
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๐บ Wiper and True Heading Home Mild at the Hatchet Inn, Bristol
๐ Lots of car travelling this evening being saved by the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on BBC Radio 6 ๐ต
๐ Watching the FA Cup Final with Titanic Brewery Plum Porter ๐บโฝ๏ธ
๐บ Butty Bach at the Boot Inn, Sutton Coldfield
Linkblog ๐: Kavus Torabi and Richard Wileman โ Heavenโs Sun ๐ต From the shimmering guitars that introduce Particles of Light, youโre immediately on notice that there is something distinctly โotherโ about this collaboration between the Prince of Gong, Kavus Torabi, and Karda Estraโs uncanny composer and solo artist, Richard Wileman.
๐ Double century for Ollie Pope just after tea. Then heโs out stumped for 205. And England declare on 524-4. All happening.
๐ Pope has reached his century and Duckett out on 182 at Lordโs today. Brilliant partnership ๐
Another walk with my daughter this morning - 6.5 miles, we’re upping the ante ๐ Panoramic view over Aberdare Cefn Pennar Gethin Forest Mossy lanes Fallen tree
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After watching/listening to the England v Ireland Test throughout today Iโm now following the Yorkshire Vikings v Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast T20 match. Reminds me how good the Blast competition can be - I still prefer it to The Hundred ๐
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๐ England v Ireland Test match. Now the summer has started.
Some views over the Cynon Valley yesterday morning whilst walking with my daughter. The ground is drying in the good weather making paths more passable; we covered over 5 miles, including some steep climbs, in 2 hours ๐ถโโ๏ธ And the skylarks were singing, which I love to hear
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Old review โ M Night Shyamalanโs fast-ageing beach horror is top notch hokum ๐ฅ ๐ Old is a bit like Alex Garlandโs The Beach, but with a dab of Twilight Zone creepiness and an ensemble cast that Agatha Christie might have imagined. Most of all, I found myself thinking that this could have come from the original series of Star Trek โ and that at any moment, William Shatner might beam down among the panicky, deteriorating beach-dwellers, phaser at the ready.
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Old, 2021 - โ โ โ โ โ
Watched on Tuesday May 30, 2023.
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Getting warm outside ๐ฅ (Lunchtime approaching ๐)
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๐ต Lankum - The Livelong Day
๐ต Berlioz - Harold in Italy
The Suicide Squad, 2021 - โ โ โ
Watched on Monday May 29, 2023.
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Bank Holiday start - been making a vegan soda bread loaf. Then ate half of it for breakfast - tasted really good ๐ ๐ (Vegan because it used oat milk and lemon juice in place of the traditional buttermilk).
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Where Have I Been
@Manton started this … I see something, I have to join in ๐คฃ ๐ง๐ช Belgium ๐ง๐ผ Botswana ๐ฎ๐จ Canary Islands ๐จ๐ป Cape Verde ๐จ๐พ Cyprus ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England ๐ธ๐ฟ Eswatini (when it was Swaziland) ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฌ๐ฒ The Gambia ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐ฌ๐ท Greece ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia ๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya (Nairobi airport only) ๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho ๐ฒ๐น Malta ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands ๐ต๐น Portugal ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore (airport only) ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
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Just had to post my weekly music stats manually. I fear that Tweekly.fm may have reached the end of the road with its Twitter API access ๐
โซ My Top 4 #lastfm artists: Lankum (28), George Harrison (9), Ozric Tentacles (8) & William The Conqueror (2) #weeklymusic
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Villa beat Brighton 2-1 and get their Europa Conference League place. Phew ๐
Huyghe Delirium ๐บ Bottle is superb but on first taste the beer is a little too florally scented. It will probably grow on me.
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Following some of the final matches of this seasonโs Premier League. Not so bothered about the relegation battles (although would like to see Leeds survive ๐) but want to see if Aston Villa can hold on to their seventh place and foothold in European football โฝ๏ธ
โฝ๏ธ Live Premier League Final Day ๐บ
Fairly triangular brunch ๐ณ
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Trying the Vivaldi browser beta on iOS and so far it’s looking really good. I’ve been using Vivaldi as my default browser on macOS for a few months now so would definitely like to move to it on my mobile devices too.
Browsing a charity shop in town today and found this weighty 500 page book on Greek food - Culinaria Greece: Greek Specialities by Marianthi Milona. Full of what look to be delicious recipes. Good find for just ยฃ1 ๐๐๐ฌ๐ท
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Breakfast in Wetherspoons with a pint of Frothingham Best ๐บ
Early #Caturday morning garden coffee ๐ชด๐โ๏ธ
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Currently reading: Tomorrow by Chris Beckett ๐
Have been finding Mastodon List Manager by @acbeers@hachyderm.io very useful in tidying up and organising my Mastodon timeline(s) ๐
๐ Watching ๐บ Vitality Blast T20 Somerset v Hampshire
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years, 2016 - โ โ โ ยฝ
Watched on Wednesday May 24, 2023.
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Ithaka, 2021 - โ โ โ โ
Watched on Monday May 22, 2023.
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Finished reading: Two-Way Mirror by Fiona Sampson ๐
Carmarthen Golf Club (Iโm just dining and drinking, not playing โณ๏ธ๐).
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Location check in ๐บ โ Carmarthen Golf Club for Sunday lunch
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โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Julian Cope (26), Prefab Sprout (19), Ozric Tentacles (16), Lankum (13) & Peter Doherty & Frรฉdรฉric Lo (12) via @tweeklyfm