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Nov 18, 2024: Wolfs, 2024 - โ โ โ Watched on Monday November 18, 2024.
Nov 17, 2024: โซ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: David Bowie (46) clipping. (20) Celeste (13) Jackson Browne (10) โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 16, 2024: Blade Runner 2049, 2017 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Saturday November 16, 2024.
Nov 15, 2024: Blade Runner, 1982 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday November 15, 2024.
Nov 14, 2024: The Velvet Underground, 2021 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Thursday November 14, 2024.
Nov 10, 2024: โซ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (20) Christy Moore (13) Karajan, BPO (6) โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 8, 2024: Elbow - Adriana Again ๐ต
Nov 7, 2024: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Wild God Tour - Cardiff Utilita Arena, Wednesday 6th November โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 6, 2024: Utilita Arena, Cardiff to see Nick Cave with Black Country, New Road as support ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Nov 6, 2024: Location check in โ Negroni at The Alchemist, Cardiff ๐ธ ๐บ Map of area
Nov 3, 2024: โซ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: The Cure (32) Billie Marten (18) Furtwรคngler, VPO (18) โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 31, 2024: The Trial of the Chicago 7, 2020 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Thursday October 31, 2024.
Oct 30, 2024: Slightly inspired by last nightโs Great British Bake Off, my autumnal-ish bake today is a mushroom, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 27, 2024: โซ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Nico (23) The Smile (20) The Cure (17) Billie Marten (13) Laura โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 27, 2024: Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert, 1981 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on YouTube - youtu.be/edXvLGqLtmM - superb ๐ต
Oct 25, 2024: Currently reading: Nico, Songs They Never Play on the Radio by James Young ๐
Oct 20, 2024: โซ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: The Smile (25) Claire Booth & Ensemble 360 (20) Elbow (16) โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 19, 2024: Red Admiral basking in todayโs sun โ๏ธ๐ฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 17, 2024: The First Omen, 2024 - โ โ โ Watched on Thursday October 17, 2024.
Oct 15, 2024: Moonlit view over Lindos on our way to our final evening meal in Rhodes at Agostinos Restaurant. โ ๐ธ
Oct 15, 2024: Herding goats ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 14, 2024: Finished reading: The Fury by Alex Michaelides ๐
Oct 13, 2024: Currently reading: The Fury by Alex Michaelides ๐
Oct 13, 2024: Retsina and Hive on the beach ๐๏ธ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 13, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Paul Heaton (13 plays) The Smile (10) Field Music (5) โฆ
Oct 12, 2024: On this day 28 years ago, at roughly the time Iโm posting this, my wife and I were dancing to Neil โฆ
Oct 12, 2024: On this day 28 years ago, at roughly the time Iโm posting this, my wife and I were dancing to Neil โฆ
Oct 12, 2024: Finished reading: Exodus: The Archimedes Engine by Peter F. Hamilton ๐
Oct 12, 2024: ๐ #Caturday poolside attack ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 11, 2024: Letterboxd besties ๐ฅ ๐ Zero people share 4 or 3 of my favourite films. A surprising number share 2 โฆ
Oct 10, 2024: Sailing into the olive grove โ ๐ธ
Oct 10, 2024: Record breaking ๐ Some runs being scored and records set in the Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England 1st Test ๐ Englandโs โฆ
Oct 9, 2024: Quite a warm walk up to the Acropolis of Lindos this afternoon ๐๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Oct 9, 2024: A Fix ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Oct 9, 2024: Pool morning ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 8, 2024: Finished reading: Reflections on a Marine Venus by Lawrence Durrell ๐
Oct 7, 2024: Thank goodness for the tiny St Paulโs Beach, the only beach in Lindos not packed with sunbeds ๐๏ธ โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 7, 2024: Currently reading: Reflections on a Marine Venus by Lawrence Durrell ๐
Oct 6, 2024: Late afternoon break from the sun to watch Villa v Man Utd in the bar โฝ๏ธ๐บ
Oct 6, 2024: Currently reading: Exodus: The Archimedes Engine by Peter F. Hamilton ๐
Oct 6, 2024: Finished reading: Magritte by Alex Danchev ๐ Superb book. Very informative and very well illustrated โฆ
Oct 5, 2024: Starting my vowel collection โ ๐ธ
Oct 4, 2024: Cocktails with a view ๐ธ๐๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Oct 4, 2024: Let Me In ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 3, 2024: Alien landscape โ ๐ธ
Oct 3, 2024: Currently reading: Magritte by Alex Danchev ๐
Oct 3, 2024: Finished reading: Deathโs End by Cixin Liu ๐
Oct 3, 2024: Good morning from Rhodes โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Oct 3, 2024: Location check in โ Lambis Studios, Lindos, Rhodes ๐ฌ๐ท ๐บ Map of area
Sep 29, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin (22 plays) The Cure โฆ
Sep 28, 2024: Succisa pratensis, also known as devil’s-bit or devil’s-bit scabious, is a flowering โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 28, 2024: Favourite Museums After a recent trip to Brussels I’ve been thinking of museums I’ve visited. My top five โฆ
Sep 27, 2024: Alone - The Cure Alone On Thursday 26th September 2024 The Cure released the single Alone ๐ต Birds fall from the sky, โฆ
Sep 24, 2024: Just been given 3.5kg of green tomatoes. Think Iโll be making green tomato chutney tomorrow ๐
Sep 24, 2024: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, 2024 - โ โ โ Watched on Tuesday September 24, 2024.
Sep 22, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd. Sampling their Otley beers: Boss, Retrograde and โฆ
Sep 22, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Paul Simon (28 plays) Peter Alexander Jobson (4) โฆ
Sep 22, 2024: Northern Soul, 2014 - โ โ โ Watched on Sunday September 22, 2024.
Sep 20, 2024: The Mummy, 1959 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Friday September 20, 2024.
Sep 15, 2024: The Revenge of Frankenstein, 1958 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Sunday September 15, 2024.
Sep 14, 2024: Bird bath โฒ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 13, 2024: Back in the UK and having margaritas at San Marino in Brixton ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 13, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ San Marino, Brixton for margaritas ๐ธ
Sep 13, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Eurostar, Gare du Midi, Brussels ๐
Sep 13, 2024: Moules frites at Ploegmans, Rue Haute 148, Bruxelles, Belgium ๐ง๐ช โ ๐ธ
Sep 13, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Ploegmans for moules mariniรจre ๐ง๐ช
Sep 13, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Le Petit Lion ๐บ
Sep 13, 2024: Favourite bar of yesterday - Le Coq. And Nick Cave was in the Gents ๐๐บ โ ๐ธ
Sep 12, 2024: View over Brussels ๐ โ ๐ธ
Sep 12, 2024: Surrounded ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Sep 12, 2024: Favourite bar of yesterday - La Fleur en Papier Dorรฉ ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Sep 11, 2024: Elbow at Cirque Royal, Koninklijk Circus, Brussels tonight. Brilliant! ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Sep 11, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Cirque Royal Koninklijk Circus to see Elbow ๐ต
Sep 11, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ La Fleur en Papier Dorรฉ ๐บ
Sep 11, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Musรฉe Magritte ๐ผ๏ธ
Sep 11, 2024: Brussels Beer Project ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Sep 10, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ B&B Hotel Brussels Centre Louise ๐จ
Sep 10, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ BBP Bailli. Triple Bertha wheat beer ๐บ
Sep 10, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ St Pancras, Eurostar ๐
Sep 10, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Premier Inn London Tower Bridge hotel ๐จ
Sep 10, 2024: Raised bridge. Arrived in London yesterday for the start of six day mini-break - travelling onwards โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 8, 2024: Three Thousand Years of Longing, 2022 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Sunday September 8, 2024.
Sep 7, 2024: XL ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Sep 7, 2024: The Water Lilies โ ๐ธ
Sep 6, 2024: Dracula, 1958 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Friday September 6, 2024.
Sep 6, 2024: The Abominable Snowman, 1957 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Friday September 6, 2024.
Sep 5, 2024: Finished reading: Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis ๐
Sep 4, 2024: Very interesting and enjoyable visit to and tour of Llanerch Vineyard, Vale of Glamorgan yesterday โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 3, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Llanerch Vineyard ๐ท
Sep 1, 2024: Quatermass 2, 1957 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Sunday September 1, 2024.
Sep 1, 2024: Favourite breakfast again ๐ฅฏ โ ๐ธ
Sep 1, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (20 plays) Furtwรคngler, โฆ
Aug 31, 2024: Levels of processing. Halideโs Process Zero and NordStudioโs Wes Anderson - Inspired Also posted on โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 31, 2024: Joe Root hits a record 34th Test century for England. A century in both innings. England v Sri โฆ
Aug 31, 2024: I may have made some dodgy choices. Sitting in the garden on a warm but cloudy afternoon, listening โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 30, 2024: The Curse of Frankenstein, 1957 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Friday August 30, 2024.
Aug 30, 2024: Hammer Films Building a list of Hammer Film Productions as I watch them ๐ฝ๏ธ Inspired by the Hammer House of โฆ
Aug 29, 2024: X the Unknown, 1956 - โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday August 29, 2024.
Aug 29, 2024: The Quatermass Xperiment, 1955 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Thursday August 29, 2024.
Aug 28, 2024: Currently reading: Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis ๐
Aug 25, 2024: Thursday night tapas at Bar 44, Cardiff โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2024: Cardiff gull โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Laf (22 plays) Lotte Betts-Dean & James Girling โฆ
Aug 24, 2024: England in a tense run-chase against Sri Lanka in the first Test of the three match series ๐ and โฆ
Aug 23, 2024: Currently reading: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski ๐
Aug 23, 2024: The Village Inn, Pontprennau. An hour or so of time to kill ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Aug 22, 2024: Barbarian, 2022 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday August 22, 2024.
Aug 22, 2024: The weather strikes again. We were meant to be seeing New Order and The Charlatans in an outdoor โฆ
Aug 22, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Bar 44, Cardiff for tapas ๐ช๐ธ
Aug 18, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Lotte Betts-Dean & James Girling (26 plays) โฆ
Aug 16, 2024: Currently reading: Deathโs End by Cixin Liu ๐
Aug 16, 2024: Finished reading: The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu ๐
Aug 16, 2024: Tetris, 2023 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday August 16, 2024.
Aug 16, 2024: ๐ Ajax beat Panathinaikos after 34-penalty shootout โฝ Ajax beat Panathinaikos 13-12 on penalties โฆ
Aug 16, 2024: I’m not expecting too much help with the decorating this morning ๐โโฌ ๐ค โ ๐ธ
Aug 14, 2024: Papillon, 2017 - โ โ โ Watched on Wednesday August 14, 2024.
Aug 11, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Rosie Frater-Taylor (10 plays) Lankum (9) Sean Khan โฆ
Aug 10, 2024: Jamaican Dragon Stout in a half pint bottle. Should have bought more than one ๐๐บ โ ๐ธ
Aug 8, 2024: Color Out of Space, 2019 - โ โ โ Watched on Thursday August 8, 2024.
Aug 7, 2024: Finished reading: Don’t Be a Jerk by Brad Warner ๐
Aug 7, 2024: Finished reading: Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino ๐
Aug 4, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: The Kinks (34 plays) Jรคrvi, Frankfurt Radio Symphony โฆ
Aug 3, 2024: Dune: Part Two, 2024 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Saturday August 3, 2024.
Aug 3, 2024: Mini-barbecue for burgers time ๐
Aug 2, 2024: The Batman, 2022 - โ โ โ Watched on Friday August 2, 2024.
Jul 31, 2024: Watching both of the Olympic Triathlons this morning. Womenโs event underway now. The swim in the โฆ
Jul 29, 2024: Holiday's end
Jul 29, 2024: Weather yesterday was good enough for garden pizza ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 28, 2024: Dune, 2021 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Second time rewatching in a fortnight. Still impressive. Ready for Part Two now.
Jul 28, 2024: Sea Lavender, Menorca
Jul 28, 2024: Sea Daffodil, Menorca
Jul 28, 2024: Samphire, Menorca
Jul 27, 2024: Departing Menorca ๐ช๐ธ
Jul 26, 2024: Finished reading: The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis ๐
Jul 26, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Aeroport de Menorca โ๏ธ
Jul 24, 2024: Hot and rocky! My phone kept overheating. But guided by Google Maps I walked to and found the site โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 24, 2024: Ciutadella ๐ช๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Jul 22, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: PFM Premiata Forneria Marconi (34 plays) Jorge Bolet โฆ
Jul 22, 2024: Morning coffee in Menorca โ๏ธ๐ช๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Jul 22, 2024: Currently reading: The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis ๐
Jul 21, 2024: Finished reading: The Box Man by Abe Koฬboฬ ๐
Jul 20, 2024: Currently reading: The Box Man by Abe Koฬboฬ ๐
Jul 19, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Carema Beach Menorca ๐ช๐ธ
Jul 16, 2024: Abney Park - one of the โMagnificent Sevenโ garden cemeteries of London
Jul 16, 2024: Caerphilly Castle July 2018
Jul 16, 2024: Andrei Rublev, 1966 - โ โ โ โ Iโve seen Tarkovskyโs other six films, some more than once. Now Iโve come to Andrei Rublev and of โฆ
Jul 15, 2024: Dune, 2021 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Monday July 15, 2024.
Jul 14, 2024: I’ll probably watch some tennis and some football today ๐พโฝ๐บ
Jul 14, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Secret Affair (35 plays) The Who (23) Jรคrvi, Frankfurt โฆ
Jul 13, 2024: Ticket to Paradise, 2022 - โ โ ยฝ Watched on Saturday July 13, 2024.
Jul 13, 2024: The Zone of Interest, 2023 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Saturday July 13, 2024.
Jul 12, 2024: Performance, 1970 - โ โ โ โ Surprisingly modern. Surprisingly brutal. Quite weird.
Jul 10, 2024: Brilliant. So pleased Ollie Watkins scored the winning goal #AVFC ๐โฝ๏ธ So England meet Spain on โฆ
Jul 10, 2024: Surviving โฝ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jul 10, 2024: Euro 24 semi-final. Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England. 10 minutes until kickoff ๐ฌโฝ๏ธ
Jul 10, 2024: Final Test for Jimmy Anderson ๐ So wrapped up in Euro 24 football that I forgot about cricket. Today is the start of the England v โฆ
Jul 9, 2024: Euro 24. Spain ๐ช๐ธ v ๐ซ๐ท France. Half-time. That was an exceptional half of football, really looking โฆ
Jul 9, 2024: I was meant to be going to a concert at Chepstow Racecourse this evening to see Hozier and Brittany โฆ
Jul 7, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Scott Ross (15 plays) Evanescence (12) Paul Weller (9) โฆ
Jul 5, 2024: Election night. Iโm not sure why but Iโm staying up. Dual screening. Having a whisky ๐ฅ โ ๐ธ
Jul 4, 2024: Today’s kitchen experiment: Lacto-fermented green beans. Results will be known in about a โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 4, 2024: New premises in Aberdare for our local independent craft brewery Grey Trees Brewery ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jul 4, 2024: UK General Election Vote! ๐ณ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jul 2, 2024: If you are bored and disgusted by politics and don’t bother to vote, you are in effect voting โฆ
Jul 2, 2024: Live election results watch-along: July 4th from 9:45pm - Freedom News We will chart the winners โฆ
Jun 30, 2024: Having an oak aged gin to celebrate ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟโฝ๏ธ
Jun 30, 2024: Huge sigh of relief ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟโฝ๏ธ
Jun 30, 2024: FFS. Cutting it fine. Nervous wreck ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ โฝ๏ธ
Jun 30, 2024: Euro 2024. England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia. Half time. 0-1. Worrying โฝ๏ธ
Jun 30, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Mishka Rushdie Momen (18 plays) The Who (17) Glenn โฆ
Jun 29, 2024: That catch by Suryakumar Yadav! ๐๐๐ Very tense last couple of overs. But South Africa just fail in โฆ
Jun 29, 2024: 4 overs to go, only 26 runs needed. South Africa impressively attacking the spin bowling. But as I โฆ
Jun 29, 2024: Also keeping an eye on the football โฝ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jun 29, 2024: South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India ๐ Interval. India recovered that well! Going to need some good batting by โฆ
Jun 29, 2024: South Africa having a good start ๐
Jun 29, 2024: Settling down on a Saturday afternoon to watch the ICC Menโs T20 World Cup Final South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ v โฆ
Jun 28, 2024: My first viewing of the live broadcasts from Glastonbury this year. Paul Heaton with Rianne Downey โฆ
Jun 27, 2024: India ๐ฎ๐ณ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England T20 World Cup semi-final now underway ๐๐
Jun 26, 2024: Currently reading: Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino ๐
Jun 23, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Lankum (12 plays) Mitropoulos, International Society โฆ
Jun 22, 2024: Jake Blount at St. George’s, Bristol on Friday 21st June 2024. Jake Blount (banjo, fiddle), โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 22, 2024: Instead of the usual one 1ยผ hrs it took us over 2ยฝ hrs to drive to Bristol last night - delays โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 21, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ St Georgeโs, Bristol to see Jake Blount ๐ต
Jun 21, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Hatchet Inn, Bristol. Proper Job ๐บ
Jun 16, 2024: Calvados Old Ale - 2022 Vintage Beer choice for this eveningโs Serbia ๐ท๐ธ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England Euro 2024 โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 16, 2024: St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol
Jun 16, 2024: St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol
Jun 16, 2024: St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol
Jun 16, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Furtwรคngler, BPO (12 plays) Jake Blount (12) โฆ
Jun 14, 2024: Hit Man, 2023 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday June 14, 2024.
Jun 13, 2024: American Fiction, 2023 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Thursday June 13, 2024.
Jun 11, 2024: Finished reading: The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs ๐
Jun 9, 2024: Currently reading: The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs ๐
Jun 9, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Ozawa, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Ainsley, Quasthoff, โฆ
Jun 8, 2024: T20 World Cup. England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฆ๐บ Australia. Some rampant Australian batting, England facing a โฆ
Jun 8, 2024: Morning book, coffee & cat ๐โ๏ธ๐ #Caturday โ ๐ธ
Jun 6, 2024: USA having a fantastic start bowling against Pakistan ๐
Jun 4, 2024: England v Scotland - match abandoned. Scotland batted well and had a defendable total ๐ค๐ง๏ธ๐
Jun 4, 2024: England v Scotland underway now. First ever T20 match between the two countries ๐
Jun 4, 2024: England v Scotland in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup about to begin - and itโs started raining in โฆ
Jun 3, 2024: European Hornet ๐ฆ (Vespa crabro)
Jun 2, 2024: Lankum: If microphones are put in front of us, we are going to talk about Gaza โI think that if you โฆ
Jun 2, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Rachel Podger & Brecon Baroque (55 plays) Rachel โฆ
May 30, 2024: Gandhi, 1982 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Thursday May 30, 2024.
May 29, 2024: Post-apocalyptic films (cloned from a BFI list ๐) Things to Come La Jetรฉe The War Game Planet of the Apes The โฆ
May 28, 2024: England v Pakistan match now abandoned ๐ข On the plus side had nice samosas and bhajis at the ground โฆ
May 28, 2024: At Sophia Gardens for England v Pakistan T20. Constant drizzle, no play yet โ๏ธ๐
May 28, 2024: A grey, rainy morning in Cardiff โ๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ โ ๐ธ
May 27, 2024: Nye ๐ญ โ ๐ธ
May 27, 2024: Wales Millennium Centre for Nye, starring Michael Sheen ๐ญ โ ๐ธ
May 26, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Kavus Torabi (24 plays) Rachel Podger & Brecon โฆ
May 25, 2024: Saturday afternoon sports viewing. England playing Pakistan at Edgbaston in the 2nd T20I. And โฆ
May 23, 2024: Unfortunately I missed the live Microcamp last Friday because I was away for a long weekend ๐ Back โฆ
May 21, 2024: Bunch of Grapesโ vegan starters and mains. Recommended! ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 21, 2024: At the Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd to try their Vegan Grill Week menu. โ ๐ธ
May 21, 2024: 2 Tone ๐ต Exhibition at the Barbican
May 20, 2024: Purple Hibiscus at the Barbican Centre A new artwork by Ibrahim Mahamaย transforms our Lakeside โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 20, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Founderโs Arms. Youngโs Special beer ๐บ
May 20, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Barbican Centre
May 19, 2024: Hackney Den
May 19, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Hackney Empire to see Lankum perform their album False Lankum ๐ต
May 19, 2024: โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
May 19, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Abney Park Cemetery
May 19, 2024: Stoke Newington has changed a lot since I lived there in 1982/3.
May 19, 2024: Very continental! Made in France wine merchant on Church Street, Stoke Newington. Sparkling burgundy โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 19, 2024: Sunny afternoon in Clissold Park, Stoke Newington. Small picnic of beer, olives and crisps ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 19, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Clissold Park, Stoke Newington ๐
May 19, 2024: Iโve been dipping my toes into the Hipstamstic world again. The app has improved a lot since the โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 19, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Paul Weller (24 plays) Kavus Torabi (8) MC5 (6) Dmitri โฆ
May 18, 2024: 24h Bagel House ๐ฅฏ
May 18, 2024: โ ๐ธ
May 18, 2024: Hotel rooftop bar serving a microbrewery IPA ๐บ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 18, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Kingsland Locke, Dalston
May 18, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ National Express coach, Cardiff to London ๐
May 14, 2024: Mirrored ๐ช
May 14, 2024: Finished reading: Buried by Alice Roberts ๐
May 12, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Maurizio Pollini (10 plays) Hozier (9) MC5 (8) Ozawa, โฆ
May 12, 2024: Bristol. Early hours.
May 12, 2024: Bristol. Walking back to my daughterโs flat in the early morning. โ ๐ธ
May 10, 2024: Pink!
May 10, 2024: Looking back. Cape Verde 2016. A very old Samsung phone was used ๐
May 9, 2024: The Killing Fields, 1984 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday May 9, 2024.
May 7, 2024: 7th May ๐ต Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 was first performed inย Viennaย on 7th May 1824. โฆ
May 7, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Beer and cooked breakfast at Yr Ieuan Ap Iago, Aberdare ๐บ
May 7, 2024: Currently reading: The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu ๐
May 7, 2024: Finished reading: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu ๐
May 6, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Six by Nico, New York Menu and matching wines ๐ท
May 5, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Thom Yorke (28 plays) Roger Waters (14) Maurizio โฆ
May 3, 2024: Yesterdayโs local election voting ๐ณ๏ธ ๐ โฆ there were low turnouts across Wales. The highest was in โฆ
May 2, 2024: Suspiria, 2018 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday May 2, 2024.
May 2, 2024: Local elections today - just for the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales in our area. โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 30, 2024: hometown โ day 30 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 29, 2024: drift โ day 29 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Severn at Worcester โ ๐ธ
Apr 28, 2024: community โ day 28 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Tewkesbury Abbey โ ๐ธ
Apr 28, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: de Sabata, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, โฆ
Apr 27, 2024: Crossed the old Severn Bridge for a change โ ๐ธ
Apr 27, 2024: surprise โ day 27 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Unusual places to find a โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 26, 2024: critter โ day 26 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Tate Modern Turbine Hall, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 25, 2024: Books in Fernando Pessoaโs library, Lisbon, April 2023
Apr 25, 2024: spine โ day 25 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Books in Fernando โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 24, 2024: Currently reading: Buried by Alice Roberts ๐
Apr 24, 2024: Edinburgh, November 2023 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Apr 24, 2024: light โ day 24 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Edinburgh, November 2023 โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 23, 2024: dreamy โ day 23 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Pet Shimmers, 2019 ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Apr 22, 2024: blue โ day 22 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Thasos, July 2022 ๐ฌ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Apr 21, 2024: mountain โ day 21 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ The Sugar Loaf, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 21, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog (24 plays) pregoblin (16) Oscar โฆ
Apr 20, 2024: ice โ day 20 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Sunny Saturday Aperol Spritz ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 19, 2024: birthday โ day 19 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ My daughter and I both had โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 19, 2024: Frosty Spring morning
Apr 19, 2024: Aberaeron beach
Apr 18, 2024: Finished reading: The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris ๐
Apr 18, 2024: mood โ day 18 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Apr 18, 2024: Black Lion, Aberaeron. Quiet little beer garden (yard?) overlooked by a chapel ๐บ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 18, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Black Lion, Aberaeron - Sunny Dai by Cardigan Brewery ๐บ
Apr 18, 2024: Clear skies last night means thereโs a little frost this morning. Sitting outside with a hot coffee โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 17, 2024: Impressions
Apr 17, 2024: ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 17, 2024: After a birthday day of beach, beer and pizza will be finishing with cheese (Perl Wen and Perl Las) โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 17, 2024: Another breezy beach walk today โ ๐ธ
Apr 17, 2024: transcendence โ day 17 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Saint Carannog โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 17, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ The Grosvenor, Cardigan - Cardigan Brewery Dai IPA ๐บ
Apr 17, 2024: Itโs my birthday today ๐ Got a fortune cookie to open with my cards ๐ฅ Better to be lucky than clever โ ๐ธ
Apr 16, 2024: First BBQ of 2024 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Apr 16, 2024: flรขneur โ day 16 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Is a beach flรขneur possible? โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 15, 2024: Had a fantastic weekend in Bristol celebrating my daughter’s birthday - Japanese restaurant, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 15, 2024: small โ day 15 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ St Thomas' Hospital, London, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 14, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ The Social, Bristol for veggie breakfast and a Bloody Mary
Apr 14, 2024: Prickly pears in front of olives. Kalamata, Greece, 2015
Apr 14, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Peter Doherty & Frรฉdรฉric Lo (12 plays) The โฆ
Apr 14, 2024: cactus โ day 14 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Prickly pears in front of โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 13, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Beercosm. Cheddar Ales Totty Pot Dark Porter ๐บ
Apr 13, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Izakaya Japanese Bar, Bristol ๐ฏ๐ต
Apr 13, 2024: page โ day 13 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Beer festivals past. When we โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 12, 2024: Dare Valley Country Park, above Tarren y Bwllfa, January 2021
Apr 12, 2024: Edinburgh, November 2023
Apr 12, 2024: Edinburgh Waverley Station, November 2023
Apr 12, 2024: Lisbon, April 2023
Apr 12, 2024: Cardiff Bay, October 2013
Apr 12, 2024: magic โ day 12 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ A little hidden magic in โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 11, 2024: sky โ day 11 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Edinburgh, November 2023 โ ๐ธ
Apr 10, 2024: train โ day 10 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Edinburgh Waverley Station, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 9, 2024: crispy โ day 09 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Apr 8, 2024: At the Donald Gordon Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre for Death Trap, two short pieces by Rambert โฆ
Apr 8, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Wales Millennnium Centre ๐ญ
Apr 8, 2024: prevention โ day 08 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Tate Modern, 2008 โ ๐ธ
Apr 7, 2024: Anatomy of a Fall, 2023 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Sunday April 7, 2024.
Apr 7, 2024: Ivan's Childhood, 1962 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Sunday April 7, 2024.
Apr 7, 2024: wellbeing โ day 07 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ National Museum of โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 7, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Ozawa, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Ainsley, Quasthoff, โฆ
Apr 6, 2024: Glamorgan declared for 620. Sam Northeast not out on 335, setting a new record run-score for a โฆ
Apr 6, 2024: Double century at Lord’s for Sam Northeast, Glamorgan captain, in his first innings of the โฆ
Apr 6, 2024: windy โ day 06 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Dare Valley Country Park, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 5, 2024: My brother has made the news! ๐๐: ‘Once in a lifetime’ comet spotted from Derbyshire โฆ
Apr 5, 2024: It’s the start of the County Cricket season today ๐ A number of rain delays but Middlesex v โฆ
Apr 5, 2024: serene โ day 05 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Cardiff Bay, October 2013 โ ๐ธ
Apr 4, 2024: foliage โ day 04 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Willow โ ๐ธ
Apr 4, 2024: Finished reading: Turning Over the Pebbles by Mike Brearley ๐
Apr 3, 2024: Just been watching Sunil Narine opening the batting for KKR in the IPL. A brilliant 85 off 39 balls, โฆ
Apr 3, 2024: card โ day 03 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ I appreciated the recent โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 2, 2024: flowers โ day 02 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Garden primroses and heather โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 1, 2024: toy โ day 01 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ TOY at the Green Man Festival โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 31, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Peter Doherty & Frรฉdรฉric Lo (29 plays) Elbow (25) โฆ
Mar 29, 2024: Finished reading: Outline by Rachel Cusk ๐
Mar 28, 2024: View from the bedroom window. Woke up to a little unexpected snow this morning โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 25, 2024: Napoleon, 2023 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Monday March 25, 2024.
Mar 24, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Krฤek, Capella Istropolitana (39 plays) Mary Lou โฆ
Mar 22, 2024: Currently reading: Turning Over the Pebbles by Mike Brearley ๐
Mar 22, 2024: Ashley Road, Bristol
Mar 22, 2024: Drummond Road, Bristol
Mar 21, 2024: Dark Encounter, 2019 - โ โ โ ยฝ Strange film. Not sure what to make of it. Combination of child disappearance and alien encounter. โฆ
Mar 21, 2024: The Highwaymen, 2019 - โ โ โ Watched on Thursday March 21, 2024.
Mar 20, 2024: Finished reading: Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay ๐
Mar 19, 2024: My bread is trying to escape! โ ๏ธ๐ โ ๐ธ
Mar 18, 2024: Power cut
Mar 17, 2024: In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50, 2022 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Sunday March 17, 2024.
Mar 17, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Handley, RLPO (13 plays) Arab Strap (2) Gong (1)
Mar 15, 2024: Wordle 1,000 ๐ 4/6 โฌโฌโฌ๐จโฌ โฌ๐จโฌ๐จ๐จ โฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
Mar 11, 2024: Gong at The Globe, Sunday 10th March 2024 ๐ต
Mar 11, 2024: Gong and Ozric Tentacles at the sold out and very crowded Globe, Cardiff, Sunday 10th March 2024 ๐ท ๐ต โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 10, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Bessie Smith (44 plays) Kendrick Lamar (19) Bessie โฆ
Mar 9, 2024: Two very close, exciting games of Six Nations rugby today. Two unexpected results for Italy ๐ฎ๐น and โฆ
Mar 9, 2024: Watching rugby - Italy ๐ฎ๐น v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland - and drinking a Dead Canary ๐บ๐
Mar 9, 2024: Hay-on-Wye bookshops ๐๐ธ Documenting in photographs some of the current bookshops in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, the world’s โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 9, 2024: Now listening: Any Woman’s Blues - Bessie Smith Playlist: ๐ Jackie Kay on Bessie Smith ๐๐ต โ ๐ธ
Mar 8, 2024: ๐ Some thoughts on International Womenโs Day Speaking truth to the power of the patriarchy is โฆ
Mar 8, 2024: Currently reading: Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay ๐
Mar 7, 2024: ๐ The Long Wait Implement a genuine progress index in place of GDP At the moment, every attempt to โฆ
Mar 7, 2024: ๐ Outrage Farming Sunak leads a government that has introduced the most draconian anti-protest laws โฆ
Mar 6, 2024: Microbrewery ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Mar 6, 2024: Lunch at the Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2024: Sharper, 2023 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Monday March 4, 2024.
Mar 3, 2024: The Hunger Games, 2012 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Sunday March 3, 2024.
Mar 3, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Nadine Shah (16 plays) Brittany Howard (12) Portishead โฆ
Feb 29, 2024: Shop window
Feb 29, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Hay Distillery, sampling gins
Feb 29, 2024: Staying at The Old Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye. They do excellent Wye Valley Smokery kippers for โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 28, 2024: Starter Main course Dessert (I got distracted midway ๐) โ ๐ธ
Feb 28, 2024: Captain on deck ๐ซก (A little upset that AI alt text generator didnโt recognise Kirk or Picard ๐๐) โ ๐ธ
Feb 28, 2024: Retro ๐ โ ๐ธ
Feb 28, 2024: Someone spent too much time sorting books by spine colour ๐ก๐ โ ๐ธ
Feb 26, 2024: I donโt know why โฆ ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Feb 26, 2024: Now listening to Nadine Shah’s new album Filthy Underneath. It’s very good ๐ต
Feb 26, 2024: Woke up at quarter to seven to hear Bashir take 2 wickets in 2 balls. Will now be glued to the radio โฆ
Feb 25, 2024: Oppenheimer, 2023 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Sunday February 25, 2024.
Feb 25, 2024: Dramatic and slightly disappointing morning of cricket. Hoping for more drama in the final half an โฆ
Feb 25, 2024: Cardiff Bay
Feb 25, 2024: BBC Hoddinott Hall Wales Millennium Centre
Feb 25, 2024: Senedd Cymru
Feb 25, 2024: Cardiff Bay last night ๐ท ๐ต Senedd Cymru BBC Hoddinott Hall Cardiff Bay โ ๐ธ
Feb 25, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Suede (17 plays) Ozawa, Boston SO, Zimerman (12) โฆ
Feb 24, 2024: Wales Millennium Centre for ๐ต Folk Fusions โ Japan meets Eastern Europe Takemitsu - Three Film โฆ
Feb 24, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Cardiff Bay
Feb 24, 2024: Cooking some burgers to have during Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Wales ๐๐
Feb 24, 2024: Todayโs plan: Morning ๐ Afternoon ๐ Evening ๐ต
Feb 23, 2024: England survive the first day to reach 302-7. A patient Joe Root worked hard to get a well-deserved โฆ
Feb 23, 2024: Lots of wickets in the morning session of the first day of the fourth Test. This isnโt going to be a โฆ
Feb 22, 2024: 800, 2023 - โ โ โ โ As a sports biopic I really enjoyed this; 2h40m went by quickly! Interesting content - I learnt a โฆ
Feb 20, 2024: Nomadland, 2020 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Tuesday February 20, 2024.
Feb 20, 2024: Bloody Mary
Feb 19, 2024: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, 2023 - โ โ โ Watched on Monday February 19, 2024.
Feb 18, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Grails (18 plays) Bob Marley & The Wailers (10) โฆ
Feb 18, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ The Social, Bristol. Bloody Mary and vegan breakfast.
Feb 18, 2024: Breakfast โ ๐ธ
Feb 18, 2024: Had a Sharon last night - manzanilla, sweet vermouth and Campari ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Feb 18, 2024: Chase of 557. Easy, plenty of time ๐คฃ ๐ณ ๐
Feb 18, 2024: Some brilliant batting by India now ๐
Feb 17, 2024: Preparing my new album cover ๐ โ ๐ธ
Feb 17, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Root, Bristol
Feb 16, 2024: Eternals, 2021 - โ โ โ โ A slightly different but fun Marvel spectacle. I thought the performances and the characters were โฆ
Feb 16, 2024: ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ravichandran Ashwin dismisses Zak Crawley to reach 500 Test wickets. Rapid century for โฆ
Feb 15, 2024: TIL ๐ Why mead is made for Valentineโs Day mead, a drink that newlyweds used to be given for a โฆ
Feb 15, 2024: ๐ May need to wake up earlier. Up at 5am, only an hourโs play, and India already 39-3 ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ณ
Feb 14, 2024: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2019 - โ โ โ Watched on Wednesday February 14, 2024.
Feb 14, 2024: Home screen status update! I use the first two screens of my phone as easily accessible โHomeโ โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 14, 2024: It poured with rain all day yesterday. But it was a good, lazy day. My wife had the rare day off โฆ
Feb 13, 2024: Triangle of Sadness, 2022 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Tuesday February 13, 2024.
Feb 13, 2024: Bird Box Barcelona, 2023 - โ โ โ โ In contrast to most opinions and reviews I think I preferred this to the original.
Feb 11, 2024: Italian theme tonight - spaghetti with (vegan) meatballs and Chianti Classico ๐ท ๐ฎ๐น โ ๐ธ
Feb 11, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Hozier (43 plays) Leon McCawley (42) Ola Szmidt (29) โฆ
Feb 9, 2024: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 2017 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Friday February 9, 2024.
Feb 8, 2024: Egg seen on walk ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Feb 8, 2024: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 2015 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Thursday February 8, 2024.
Feb 7, 2024: New coffee shop in town. Cocoโs. Alex Gooch almond croissant and americano โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Feb 7, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Cocoโs, Aberdare โ๏ธ
Feb 7, 2024: Some fantastic wildlife images here: Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award winner โฆ
Feb 6, 2024: Linkblog ๐: John Cage: Organ playing 639-year-long piece changes chord ๐ต The longest - and slowest โฆ
Feb 5, 2024: โEvery piece of filth that comes out of my mouth โ thatโs mineโ: inside Curb Your Enthusiasmโs final โฆ
Feb 5, 2024: Awake at 4:30am so of course I decide to get up to watch day 4 of the India v England second Test. โฆ
Feb 4, 2024: Location check in ๐บ โ Mud Dock Cafe, Bristol. Bristol Beer Factory Independence Pale Ale plus a โฆ
Feb 4, 2024: Travelling to Bristol to help my son move flat. Cricket on the radio ๐๐
Feb 4, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Radiohead (25 plays) Philip Selway (19) Claude Debussy โฆ
Feb 2, 2024: In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50, 2022 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday February 2, 2024. ๐ต
Feb 2, 2024: Experimenting with the Beluga.social app ๐ณ I’m still playing around with Beluga and I quite like the way it works. I’m sharing my โฆ
Feb 2, 2024: From ESPN CricInfo ๐๐ Neither Rehan nor Bashir was born when Anderson made his Test debut at Lord's โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 2, 2024: Denis Johnson ๐ฌ โ ๐ธ
Feb 2, 2024: John Donne ๐ฌ โ ๐ธ
Feb 2, 2024: Mossy path on a route from home locally described as โup the mountainโ ๐ถโโ๏ธ
Feb 2, 2024: Jimmy Anderson with blonde highlights - ๐ฎ - takes a wicket! ๐
Feb 2, 2024: Second Test between India ๐ฎ๐ณ and England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ, day one. Missed the 4am start but did get up at โฆ
Feb 1, 2024: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, 2023 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday February 1, 2024.
Jan 31, 2024: This is the first time Iโve encountered a YouTube My Mix. I donโt usually use or like the playlists โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 28, 2024: A lot to like about that First Test between India and England, enjoyed it immensely. Twists and โฆ
Jan 28, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Philip Selway (21 plays) Portishead (14) Sarah โฆ
Jan 27, 2024: Now there should be some play on Day four of the Test ๐
Jan 27, 2024: At least there was something worth waking up ridiculously early for. A brilliant century for Ollie โฆ
Jan 26, 2024: Linkblog ๐: Colin Ward: Everyday Anarchy - a Community crowdfunding project in Norwich by Patrick โฆ
Jan 25, 2024: Time for a small Lagavulin. Just realised itโs Burns Night ๐ฅ
Jan 25, 2024: The Creator, 2023 - โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday January 25, 2024.
Jan 25, 2024: Currently reading: The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris ๐
Jan 25, 2024: Finished reading: Star Trek: Picard: Rogue Elements by John Jackson Miller ๐
Jan 23, 2024: Mirror, 1975 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Tuesday January 23, 2024.
Jan 22, 2024: Had to buy a new kettle. Our drinks preparation area now looking quite high tech โ๏ธ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jan 22, 2024: Hello Beluga World
Jan 21, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Christy Moore (21 plays) Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (15) โฆ
Jan 19, 2024: Pipeline
Jan 18, 2024: Power lines
Jan 16, 2024: The Sacrifice, 1986 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Tuesday January 16, 2024.
Jan 15, 2024: Nostalgia, 1983 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Monday January 15, 2024.
Jan 15, 2024: Obscured lines
Jan 15, 2024: Gateway and door on a misty morning walk
Jan 14, 2024: Choices. On a slightly misty walk this morning ๐ถโโ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jan 14, 2024: Gate on the path of the old Abernant to Cwmbach railway line
Jan 14, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Phish (20 plays) George Harrison (13) Fidetzis, Athens โฆ
Jan 12, 2024: Watching the SA20 League for the first time - Paarl Royals v Pretoria Capitals. Some England โฆ
Jan 11, 2024: These three have been some of my favourite players to watch - good news if they can coach as well as โฆ
Jan 10, 2024: Well, this will account for a large part of my day now ๐ฐ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jan 8, 2024: The soup turned out to have quite an attractive colour when blended ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jan 8, 2024: Well, this is vibrant! The beginnings of a carrot, butternut squash, sweet potato and beetroot soup, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 7, 2024: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Benji Merrison (24 plays) Uri Caine Ensemble (9) Dhruv โฆ
Jan 5, 2024: The Beatles and India, 2021 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Friday January 5, 2024.
Jan 4, 2024: Prey, 2022 - โ โ โ A slightly novel direction for the Predator franchise. Very watchable if you donโt expect anything โฆ
Jan 3, 2024: St John the Baptist Parish Church, Aberdare โ ๐ธ
Jan 3, 2024: St John the Baptist Parish Church, Aberdare
Jan 1, 2024: Time for a New Year’s Day Bloody Mary ๐น โ ๐ธ
Dec 31, 2023: The party’s really kicking off here now. A Happy New Year to everyone ๐ฅณ โ ๐ธ
Dec 31, 2023: A quiet New Year’s Eve ๐ง ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Dec 31, 2023: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, 2023 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Enjoyed that far more than I expected to. Thought Phoebe Waller-Bridge was really good, as, of โฆ
Dec 31, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Lankum (12 plays) Natalie Merchant (10) NAรSSAM JALAL โฆ
Dec 30, 2023: Saltburn, 2023 - โ โ โ โ Very darkly entertaining!
Dec 29, 2023: Watching Bernard Levin interviewing Leonard Bernstein from 1982. Making me appreciate how impressive โฆ
Dec 29, 2023: Predators, 2010 - โ โ โ ยฝ Definitely in the same vein as the 1987 Predator. Not too bad as a sci-fi survival action film.
Dec 29, 2023: Finished reading: Why Mahler? by Norman Lebrecht ๐
Dec 27, 2023: Aliens vs Predator: Requiem, 2007 - โ Definitely the poorest of the Alien/Predator/AvP films Iโve seen so far. Very poor and very dark โฆ
Dec 24, 2023: AVP: Alien vs. Predator, 2004 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Sunday December 24, 2023.
Dec 24, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Coe, Peters & Smyth (16 plays) Lankum (12) Ozric โฆ
Dec 23, 2023: My Year in Chess โ๏ธ๐
Dec 22, 2023: Maestro, 2023 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday December 22, 2023.
Dec 22, 2023: Lankum, Roundhouse, 13th December 2023
Dec 22, 2023: Peterloo, 2018 - โ โ โ โ โ This is my second viewing of Peterloo and I've rated it more highly this time - 5โ instead of 4โ . On โฆ
Dec 22, 2023: … and Xmas essentials #2 just arrived ๐ท๐ โ ๐ธ
Dec 22, 2023: Traditional Xmas essentials ๐ ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Dec 21, 2023: I like the blue connection in today’s NYT Connections Puzzle #193 ๐ฉ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ช๐ช๐ช๐ช ๐จ๐จ๐จ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ
Dec 20, 2023: Bought some mince pies from an Ottolenghi deli during my recent visit to London. Now trying them โฆ โ ๐ธ
Dec 20, 2023: Bright Star, 2009 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Wednesday December 20, 2023.
Dec 19, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Koocha Vegan Mezze Bar
Dec 17, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Sawallisch, LPO, Kovacevich (2 plays) Walter, Columbia โฆ
Dec 16, 2023: Watching the Strictly Come Dancing final with my wife and daughter ๐ฅ โ ๐ธ
Dec 15, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Keats House, Hampstead ๐ชถโฑ๏ธ
Dec 14, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Tai Pan Alley, Camden - nasi lemak with prawn sambal, crispy tofu filled bao โฆ
Dec 14, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Camden Coffee, Camden Market. Flat white and feta borek โ๏ธ
Dec 13, 2023: Lankum and Rachael Lavelle at Roundhouse, London ๐ต Wednesday 13th December 2023 โ ๐ธ
Dec 13, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Roundhouse, Chalk Farm for Lankum ๐ต
Dec 13, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Hampstead Premier Inn ๐จ
Dec 13, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Membury Services, M4 โ๏ธ ๐ฅ ๐
Dec 12, 2023: Venom: Let There Be Carnage, 2021 - โ โ โ Watched on Tuesday December 12, 2023.
Dec 11, 2023: Uncharted, 2022 - โ โ โ Watched on Monday December 11, 2023.
Dec 11, 2023: Finished reading: Doppelganger by Naomi Klein ๐
Dec 10, 2023: Venom, 2018 - โ โ ยฝ Watched on Sunday December 10, 2023.
Dec 10, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Lankum (23 plays) Mackerras, VPO, Popp (23) John โฆ
Dec 9, 2023: Great week for Villa. Arsenal had a lot of chances in that game but some fantastic defending โฝ๏ธ
Dec 9, 2023: Iโm being spoilt with watching Aston Villa games on TV this week - on Wednesday the Manchester City โฆ
Dec 8, 2023: Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Friday December 8, 2023.
Dec 4, 2023: The National Monument of Scotland, on Calton Hill in Edinburgh
Dec 4, 2023: Linkblog ๐: X isn’t an airport, but we’re announcing our departure - Freedom News
Dec 3, 2023: Currently reading: Doppelganger by Naomi Klein ๐
Dec 3, 2023: Finished reading: Julian of Norwich by Janina Ramirez ๐
Dec 3, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Furtwรคngler, BPO (12 plays) Paul Simon (11) The Coral โฆ
Nov 30, 2023: A Haunting in Venice, 2023 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Thursday November 30, 2023.
Nov 28, 2023: Flight of beers at the Halfway House, Fleshmarket Close ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Nov 28, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Edinburgh Castle ๐ฐ
Nov 28, 2023: Tapas at Casa Andaluz, Edinburgh last night โ ๐ธ
Nov 27, 2023: Rubbing the toe of David Hume ๐ โ ๐ธ
Nov 27, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ National Museum of Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Nov 25, 2023: Frosty morning. On my way to Cardiff for an Escape Room followed by a bottomless prosecco brunch โฆ
Nov 24, 2023: 1917, 2019 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday November 24, 2023.
Nov 22, 2023: ๐ถโโ๏ธ Walking some of the Cynon Trail
Nov 20, 2023: Fish and chip supper with my father-in-law and a Pembrokeshire Henry VII cider ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Nov 20, 2023: Crossing Cleddau Bridge, view towards Milford Haven. โ ๐ธ
Nov 19, 2023: ๐ Watching Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ฎ๐ณ India playing the ICC Men's World Cup Final ๐ ๐บ
Nov 19, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: PJ Harvey (25 plays) Longpigs (24) Ozric Tentacles โฆ
Nov 18, 2023: Autumn coffee โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Nov 18, 2023: PJ Harvey: Tiny Desk Concert ๐๐ต
Nov 18, 2023: Bridleway, Cwmbach โ ๐ธ
Nov 18, 2023: Stonework
Nov 18, 2023: Bridleway, Cwmbach
Nov 14, 2023: John Wick: Chapter 4, 2023 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Tuesday November 14, 2023.
Nov 12, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Gong (16 plays) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (12)
Nov 7, 2023: An incident packed Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan match in the Cricket World Cup ๐
Nov 7, 2023: Been walking ๐ถโโ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Nov 5, 2023: Olive
Nov 5, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Roger Waters (23 plays) Stornoway (23) Burning Spear โฆ
Nov 3, 2023: Gateway
Nov 1, 2023: Stornoway at Tramshed, Cardiff, Tuesday 31st October 2023
Nov 1, 2023: Tramshed, Cardiff, Tuesday 31st October 2023 ๐ต Stornoway I’m aglow โ ๐ธ
Oct 31, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Tramshed, Cardiff for Stornoway ๐ต
Oct 31, 2023: Rainy Cardiff โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Oct 31, 2023: Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. T. S. Eliot From Dante, a 1929 essay. The โฆ
Oct 30, 2023: Haunted Mansion, 2023 - โ โ ยฝ Watched on Monday October 30, 2023.
Oct 30, 2023: Tarkovsky Stalker Nostalgia Ivan's Childhood Boris Godunov Mirror Andrei Rublev The Sacrifice โฆ
Oct 29, 2023: Toyah & Robert at Swansea Grand Theatre, Saturday 28th October 2023
Oct 29, 2023: Very entertaining and amusing show by Toyah Wilcox and Robert Fripp at Swansea Grand Theatre last โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 29, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Miloลก Karadagliฤ (12), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the โฆ
Oct 28, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Swansea Grand Theatre for Toyah & Robertโs Sunday Lunch Live! ๐ญ ๐ต
Oct 27, 2023: Just finished watching the Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ v ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa match. Probably the most exciting game of โฆ
Oct 26, 2023: View from Cwmbach, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Oct 25, 2023: Squash, sage & maple soda bread ๐ from a Riverford recipe โ ๐ธ
Oct 24, 2023: Pathway
Oct 24, 2023: A Welsh - Portuguese - Italian breakfast today โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Oct 23, 2023: Amanita ๐
Oct 23, 2023: Sail Bridge, River Take, Swansea
Oct 22, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ The Grace, Bristol, Timothy Taylorโs Landlord ๐บ
Oct 22, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Abbado, VPO, Norman (24), Jennifer Gentle (17), Eric โฆ
Oct 21, 2023: ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ That was no contest. South Africa dominated.
Oct 21, 2023: ๐ Itโs an ENG ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ฟ๐ฆ RSA World Cup day today. At 09:30 BST itโs a cricket group stage match ๐ โฆ
Oct 20, 2023: Captain Cat The sleepers are rung out of sleep with his loud get-out-of-bed bell - Under Milk Wood
Oct 20, 2023: The Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea
Oct 20, 2023: Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea
Oct 20, 2023: Pumphouse, Swansea Marina
Oct 20, 2023: Dylan Thomas Square, Swansea
Oct 17, 2023: Linkblog ๐: Seaweed was common food in Europe for thousands of years, researchers find Study โฆ
Oct 16, 2023: Top Gun: Maverick, 2022 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Monday October 16, 2023.
Oct 16, 2023: Top Gun, 1986 - โ โ โ Watched on Monday October 16, 2023.
Oct 15, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists logged by last.fm: Roger Waters (53), Allison Russell (32), Simon Rattle โฆ
Oct 14, 2023: I watched The Great British Bake Offโs Bread Week on Tuesday so of course Iโve had to attempt a โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 13, 2023: Stalker, 1979 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday October 13, 2023.
Oct 13, 2023: Dylan Thomas around Swansea Marina Dylan Thomas Square Dylan Thomas Theatre Captain Cat The โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 13, 2023: Ships in Tawe Basin Canning Tugboat Trinity House Lightship 91 Helwick โ ๐ธ
Oct 13, 2023: Sail Bridge, River Tawe โ ๐ธ
Oct 13, 2023: Swansea Marina Pump House Shallow water Slipway Garden Blocked, Prince of Wales Dock โ ๐ธ
Oct 13, 2023: Waterstones bookshop in Swansea. Very nice building but a real shame the upper two floors do not โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 12, 2023: What We Did on Our Holiday, 2014 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Thursday October 12, 2023.
Oct 12, 2023: Avatar: The Way of Water, 2022 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday October 12, 2023.
Oct 12, 2023: Breakfast today for our 27th wedding anniversary ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 11, 2023: Star Trek Beyond, 2016 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Wednesday October 11, 2023.
Oct 11, 2023: A morning of kimchi production ๐ฐ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 6, 2023: Iโve got stout ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Oct 6, 2023: Currently reading: Star Trek: Picard: Rogue Elements by John Jackson Miller ๐
Oct 6, 2023: Finished reading: Star Trek Picard - The Dark Veil by James Swallow ๐
Oct 5, 2023: Well, that was certainly a decisive victory for New Zealand ๐
Oct 5, 2023: New Zealand ๐ณ๐ฟ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England underway ๐
Oct 5, 2023: ๐ Cricket World Cup starts today
Oct 4, 2023: Star Trek Into Darkness, 2013 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Wednesday October 4, 2023.
Oct 2, 2023: Star Trek, 2009 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Monday October 2, 2023.
Oct 2, 2023: Linkblog ๐: James Webb telescope makes ‘JuMBO’ discovery of planet-like objects in Orion โฆ
Oct 1, 2023: Boiling Point, 2021 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Sunday October 1, 2023.
Oct 1, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists logged by last.fm: Kitty Whately & Simon Lepper (30), Abbado, VPO, โฆ
Sep 30, 2023: Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton, hat-trick for Ollie Watkins ๐ โฝ
Sep 30, 2023: thedimpau.se now furnished with Tinylytics webring and countries. Very nice @vincent ๐
Sep 30, 2023: treasure โ day 30 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Gold death-mask, known โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 30, 2023: Black and White #Caturday ๐ โ ๐ธ
Sep 29, 2023: contrast โ day 29 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 28, 2023: workout โ day 28 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Side, Turkey, 2009 โ ๐ธ
Sep 27, 2023: embrace โ day 27 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 26, 2023: WNO Ainadamar curtain call ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Sep 26, 2023: At the Wales Millennium Centre โ ๐ธ
Sep 26, 2023: Should have waited until my second beverage before posting my daily photoblogging image - I prefer โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 26, 2023: beverage โ day 26 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 26, 2023: At the Wales Millennium Centre for a production of Ainadamar by the Welsh National Opera ๐ต
Sep 25, 2023: flare โ day 25 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Green Man Festival, 2013 โ ๐ธ
Sep 24, 2023: belt โ day 24 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Bristol Airport โ ๐ธ
Sep 23, 2023: Final evening in Greece so it will be retsina ๐ท followed by an ouzo nightcap โ ๐ธ
Sep 23, 2023: Away from home, so itโs a Greek #Caturday ๐ฌ๐ท ๐ โ ๐ธ
Sep 23, 2023: a day in the life โ day 23 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ reading on โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 22, 2023: road โ day 22 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Chrysogiali ๐ฌ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Sep 22, 2023: Currently reading: Star Trek Picard - The Dark Veil by James Swallow ๐ ๐
Sep 22, 2023: Finished reading: Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack ๐ ๐
Sep 21, 2023: Live music at the restaurant we went to tonight was fantastic (as was the food) - all Greek music โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 21, 2023: Fox ๐ฆ & Cat ๐ โ ๐ธ
Sep 21, 2023: Currently reading: Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack ๐๐
Sep 21, 2023: Wandering near Mylos watermill โ ๐ธ
Sep 21, 2023: I am going to have to attempt to recreate these at home ๐ โ ๐ธ
Sep 21, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Mylos Watermill - frappe, baklava and Greek pancakes with feta
Sep 21, 2023: fall โ day 21 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Anthousa Waterfall โ ๐ธ
Sep 21, 2023: Morning walk into the hills to find waterfalls and water mills. 10am, cloudy but still hot, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 20, 2023: disruption โ day 20 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ London, 2015 โ ๐ธ
Sep 20, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Taverna Stefanos, Parga ๐
Sep 20, 2023: Finished reading: Radicalized by Cory Doctorow ๐
Sep 20, 2023: Currently reading: Why Mahler? by Norman Lebrecht ๐
Sep 20, 2023: Beach breakfast ๐๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 19, 2023: ๐ Playing cribbage
Sep 19, 2023: Currently reading: Radicalized by Cory Doctorow ๐
Sep 19, 2023: edge โ day 19 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Parga, Greece โ ๐ธ
Sep 19, 2023: Frappe in Parga โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 18, 2023: fabric โ day 18 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Venice, 2019 โ ๐ธ
Sep 18, 2023: Finished reading: Every House is Haunted by Ian Rogers ๐
Sep 17, 2023: Currently reading: Every House is Haunted by Ian Rogers ๐
Sep 17, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists logged by last.fm: Black Country, New Road (22), Kubelik, Bavarian RSO (22), โฆ
Sep 17, 2023: intense โ day 17 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Parga, Greece โ ๐ธ
Sep 17, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Preveza Airport โ๏ธ
Sep 17, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Bristol Airport โ๏ธ
Sep 16, 2023: ๐ โIโd been fired once; it didnโt hurtโ: Melvyn Bragg on breakdowns, bust ups and 1,000 episodes of โฆ
Sep 16, 2023: oof! โ day 16 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 15, 2023: Finished reading: Wittgenstein’s Mistress by David Markson ๐
Sep 15, 2023: red โ day 15 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil โ ๐ธ
Sep 15, 2023: The Commuter, 2018 - โ โ โ Watched on Friday September 15, 2023.
Sep 14, 2023: statue โ day 14 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Paris, 1997 โ ๐ธ
Sep 13, 2023: glowing โ day 13 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Werfa, Abernant, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 13, 2023: Late summer greenhouse tomatoes. Iโm currently roasting them for a pasta sauce ๐ฑ๐ โ ๐ธ
Sep 12, 2023: panic โ day 12 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Ravello, 2014 โ ๐ธ
Sep 11, 2023: Finished reading: The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow ๐
Sep 11, 2023: retrospect โ day 11 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Hay-on-Wye, 2023 โ ๐ธ
Sep 10, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists logged by last.fm: Rattle, Bavarian RSO (11), Ezra Collective (10), โฆ
Sep 10, 2023: cycle โ day 10 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Berlin, 2022 โ ๐ธ
Sep 9, 2023: Preparing for a hot #Caturday ๐ โ ๐ธ
Sep 9, 2023: language โ day 09 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Wales Millennium โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 8, 2023: Watching the England v New Zealand ๐ ODI on TV. Itโs being played at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, โฆ
Sep 8, 2023: Currently reading: The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow ๐
Sep 8, 2023: yonder โ day 08 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Halkidiki, 2010 โ ๐ธ
Sep 7, 2023: panorama โ day 07 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Manorbier, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 7, 2023: Finished reading: Peace, Love & Petrol Bombs by D.D. Johnston ๐
Sep 6, 2023: well โ day 06 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ Venice, 2019 โ ๐ธ
Sep 5, 2023: forest โ day 05 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 5, 2023: ๐ถโโ๏ธ Early morning walk whilst itโs cool
Sep 4, 2023: Currently reading: Peace, Love & Petrol Bombs by D.D. Johnston ๐
Sep 4, 2023: orange โ day 04 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 3, 2023: Nice weather so trying out cooking flatbreads over a fire pit. Will later be barbecuing salmon and โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 3, 2023: precious โ day 03 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 3, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists logged by last.fm: Karajan, BPO (16), Stars of the Lid (15), Kikagaku Moyo โฆ
Sep 2, 2023: About to try Norwegian brown cheese, brunost, for the first time. Pictured alongside a piece of โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 2, 2023: buildup โ day 02 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 2, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Margham Park for a food festival
Sep 1, 2023: abstract โ day 01 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Aug 28, 2023: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 2023 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Monday August 28, 2023.
Aug 27, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists logged by last.fm: Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan (15), Thee โฆ
Aug 25, 2023: Puzzling message Every day my wife and I exchange messages. The problem is that these messages are growing ever โฆ
Aug 22, 2023: Dirty fries - sauerkraut, cheese, aioli, ketchup - and sticky tempura aubergine, coriander and โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 22, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd. Otley Gorllewin ๐บ
Aug 22, 2023: Barbie, 2023 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Tuesday August 22, 2023.
Aug 22, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Vue Cinema, Merthyr Tydfil for Barbie ๐ฅ
Aug 21, 2023: Spider-Man: Far from Home, 2019 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Monday August 21, 2023.
Aug 20, 2023: May as well continue with a football themed day - Villa v Everton โฝ๏ธ
Aug 20, 2023: World Cup Final. Spain played some very precise and clever football and deserved to win the match. โฆ
Aug 20, 2023: ๐ FIFA Womenโs World Cup Final 2023 โฝ - Spain ๐ช๐ธ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England
Aug 20, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists logged by last.fm: The Kinks (27), Howlin' Wolf (14), Blur (10), Lyr (9), โฆ
Aug 19, 2023: Watching Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ v ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa Rugby World Cup warm-up match. South Africa dominating and โฆ
Aug 16, 2023: Finished reading: The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (33โ series) by Andy Miller โฆ
Aug 16, 2023: ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ World Cup Final it is then โฝ๏ธ๐๐
Aug 15, 2023: Muffins on a cast iron griddle - todayโs baking experiment ๐ฅฏ โ ๐ธ
Aug 13, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists logged by last.fm: Kikagaku Moyo (30), The Kinks (13), Blur (10), Stornoway โฆ
Aug 12, 2023: Rainy outside so staying in this #Caturday ๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 12, 2023: Plenty of football today. World Cup Quarter Finals - Australia ๐ฆ๐บ v ๐ซ๐ท France on now, followed by โฆ
Aug 11, 2023: Spider-Man: Homecoming, 2017 - โ โ โ Watched on Friday August 11, 2023.
Aug 10, 2023: Finished reading: Needless Alley by Natalie Marlow ๐
Aug 6, 2023: Currently reading: Needless Alley by Natalie Marlow ๐
Aug 5, 2023: ๐ Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England - Rugby World Cup warm-up match.
Aug 5, 2023: Saturday morning. Pouring with rain outside. Watching Japan ๐ฏ๐ต v ๐ณ๐ด Norway. Japan have just taken โฆ
Aug 2, 2023: ๐๐ธ Best of the iPhone photography awards 2023 โ in pictures Some interesting photographs, almost all โฆ
Aug 1, 2023: Linkblog ๐: Donโt Network: The Avant-Garde after Networks [2018]
Aug 1, 2023: Superb, confident start and fantastic goals from England. Think Iโm going to relax โฝ๏ธ๐
Aug 1, 2023: โฝ๏ธ China ๐จ๐ณ v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England very soon. Still a possibility England wonโt progress ๐ฌ ๐
Jul 31, 2023: Ashes cricket. Capture of a TV screen which has a strange, almost negative effect. Camera post-processing was just a simple conversion to monochrome.
Jul 31, 2023: Linkblog ๐: At last, Hyperion recordings are streamable. We pick some of the standouts ๐ต
Jul 31, 2023: Linkblog ๐: The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media
Jul 31, 2023: An old loaf tin has made a re-appearance since my bread maker broke down. Handmade bread which is โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 31, 2023: ๐ England win the Test ๐ And draw the Ashes Series 2-2 ๐ Stuart Broadโs final game before retirement โฆ
Jul 31, 2023: ๐ Ashes coming to a tense conclusion
Jul 31, 2023: โฒ๏ธ Cricket delayed, watching Canada ๐จ๐ฆ v ๐ฆ๐บ Australia World Cup match โฝ๏ธ ๐
Jul 29, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Tinto Lounge, Gloucester Road, Bristol for vegan Beyond Meat Cheeseburger and โฆ
Jul 29, 2023: Great selection delivered from The Tinned Fish Market ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 28, 2023: Linkblog ๐: David Harewood on Blackface - a shocking, deeply moving piece of television A little โฆ
Jul 28, 2023: Great catch by Ben Stokes to end the day and Australiaโs innings ๐
Jul 28, 2023: Ashes cricket has livened up a little since the lunch interval. After this morningโs session I โฆ
Jul 28, 2023: Not a fantastic game for the most part and England not entirely convincing towards the end but they โฆ
Jul 28, 2023: Sensational early goal by Lauren James ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ โฝ๏ธ ๐
Jul 28, 2023: The final group matches in the FIFA Womenโs World Cup are looking very interesting. Some crucial โฆ
Jul 27, 2023: ๐ Final Ashes Test
Jul 26, 2023: โฝ๏ธ Raining very heavily during the Canada v Ireland match in Perth ๐ง๏ธ
Jul 26, 2023: ๐ Breakfast while watching the second half of Japan v Costa Rica โฝ๏ธ
Jul 25, 2023: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, 2008 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Saw this at the cinema when it was released, don't think I've re-watched it until now, after โฆ
Jul 25, 2023: Yarrow
Jul 25, 2023: Tomato
Jul 25, 2023: Marsh Thistle
Jul 25, 2023: Soldier beetle on ragwort
Jul 25, 2023: Yarrow ๐ผ ๐ฑ โ ๐ธ
Jul 24, 2023: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Monday July 24, 2023.
Jul 24, 2023: Spinach and onion frittata ๐ฅ โ ๐ธ
Jul 24, 2023: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Monday July 24, 2023.
Jul 23, 2023: I very rarely share meme-type images but this took my fancy โฆ ๐ England’s first drawn Test โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 23, 2023: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, 2023 - โ โ โ โ Enjoyed a lot as a late Sunday afternoon film ๐ย More humour than Iโd anticipated - Iโd say they were โฆ
Jul 23, 2023: A bad day for bread. My Panasonic SD-2501WXC bread maker appears to have given up the ghost today โฆ
Jul 23, 2023: Love detonates this distance between us to ash holds your flooded heart in the fire of night Robert Montgomery
Jul 23, 2023: All palaces are temporary palaces Robert Montgomery
Jul 23, 2023: โ Looks like Iโll be watching some of the France v Jamaica FIFAWWC match whilst the weather makes โฆ
Jul 23, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Jackson Browne (20), XTC (14), Phish (13), Dudu Tassa & Jonny โฆ
Jul 22, 2023: Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Saturday July 22, 2023.
Jul 22, 2023: ๐ Haiti came close to earning a draw in that entertaining match ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ญ๐นโฝ๏ธ
Jul 22, 2023: Linkblog ๐: โIโve played for 60 years. Thatโs long enoughโ: guitar hero Vini Reilly on PTSD, life on โฆ
Jul 22, 2023: ๐ ๐ Live pictures from Old Trafford pic.twitter.com/RFHXOyb1Fo — Henry Moeran โฆ
Jul 22, 2023: This is our weather forecast this fine July day โ๏ธ If Old Trafford is experiencing anything similar โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 22, 2023: VAR is being used a lot in the World Cup matches Iโve seen so far โฝ๏ธ
Jul 22, 2023: โฝ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England v Haiti ๐ญ๐น
Jul 22, 2023: Book & beer ๐บ Hay-on-Wye
Jul 22, 2023: Gateway Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye
Jul 22, 2023: I find myself having a bagel and coffee for breakfast and watching football. At just after 2am. My โฆ
Jul 20, 2023: ๐ 189 for Zak Crawley on Day 2 of the 4th Ashes Test at Old Trafford, SR 104 ๐
Jul 19, 2023: The Ashes 2023: After victory by England Women in the ODI yesterday, inflicting Australia’s โฆ
Jul 19, 2023: Linkblog ๐: Earth review โ Chris Packham steps confidently into David Attenboroughโs shoes
Jul 18, 2023: ๐ฅง Pie, baked potato and peas for tea ๐
Jul 18, 2023: Finished reading: Tales From The Loop by Simon Stรฅlenhag ๐ Curious to see the book after I had โฆ
Jul 17, 2023: Finished reading: The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells ๐
Jul 16, 2023: Bird Box, 2018 - โ โ โ ยฝ Re-watching because I plan to see the sequel (?) Bird Box Barcelona soon. A little better than I โฆ
Jul 16, 2023: ๐ฅ Alcaraz v Djokovic ๐พ
Jul 16, 2023: ๐ Womenโs Ashes Series match - Australia bat first against England in crucial second ODI
Jul 16, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Rachel Podger & Brecon Baroque (16), XTC (16), Jackson Browne (11), โฆ
Jul 15, 2023: It’s Saint Swithun’s Day. It’s raining heavily. It’s very windy. We’ve โฆ
Jul 15, 2023: ๐พ Anyone for tennis? Ons Jabeur v Marketa Vondrousova in the Wimbledon women's singles final.
Jul 14, 2023: This is the toad who lives in my greenhouse ๐ธ
Jul 14, 2023: Linkblog ๐: Here comes the next phase of Brexit โ and it will be bad for our diet, health and wealth
Jul 9, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: PJ Harvey (48), Jake Blount (21), Grian Chatten (18), The Kinks (15) โฆ
Jul 8, 2023: El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, 2019 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Saturday July 8, 2023.
Jul 8, 2023: 8th July, 1822 โ The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley died on this day when his boat went down in a sudden โฆ
Jul 8, 2023: Ant-Man and the Wasp, 2018 - โ โ โ Watched on Saturday July 8, 2023.
Jul 7, 2023: Broad & Warner again ๐
Jul 7, 2023: This morning’s improved photograph of the toad who lives in my greenhouse ๐ธ ๐ฑ โ ๐ธ
Jul 7, 2023: Sometimes I cave in … Egg & Cheese McMuffin meal with latte for breakfast โ โ ๐ธ
Jul 6, 2023: 7/7 12:30am - First listen to I Inside the Old Year Dying ๐ต
Jul 6, 2023: ๐ Hard act to swallow: gull caught on film eating squirrel whole It is a jaw-dropping scene worthy โฆ
Jul 6, 2023: View through our letterbox on returning home after an evening doing a quiz in our local pub ๐ (photo โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 6, 2023: First over: Stuart Broad removes David Warner - for the 16th time in Tests - for 4 ๐
Jul 6, 2023: ๐ Ashes: Day one, third Test, Headingley
Jul 6, 2023: This is the toad who lives in my greenhouse ๐ธ Seems like a very strange (sometimes very hot) place โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 5, 2023: Book ๐ and Butty Bach ๐บ in Hay โ ๐ธ
Jul 5, 2023: Gateway โ ๐ธ
Jul 5, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ one night at The Old Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye. Superb Wye Valley Smokery kippers โฆ
Jul 4, 2023: Hay-on-Wye ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 4, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Blue Boar, Hay-on-Wye for a pint of Timothy Taylorโs Landlord, one of my โฆ
Jul 2, 2023: South Wales Fire Service helicopter carrying water has been repeatedly flying back and forth over โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 2, 2023: Very dramatic final day in the 2nd Ashes Test ๐
Jul 2, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: The Kinks (15), Jonathan Wilson (3), Sparks (3), Jonathan Russell (2) โฆ
Jul 1, 2023: ๐ โAm I still any good? Have I still got it?โ: PJ Harvey on doubt, desire and deepest, darkest โฆ
Jul 1, 2023: Burger buns baked. Unusually uniform shape and size for my baking ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 1, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Delico Deli, Aberdare for tuna melt panini and cappuccino โ๏ธ
Jun 28, 2023: ๐ โA nuclear reactor of musicโ: the story of Simple Mindsโ classic album Empires and Dance ๐ต โฆ
Jun 27, 2023: ๐ Pompeii fresco depicts what might be the precursor of pizza Archaeologists have discovered a โฆ
Jun 25, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: The Kinks (30), The Wedding Present (3), William The Conqueror (3), โฆ
Jun 24, 2023: Post-show espressos โ๏ธ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Jun 24, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Wales Millennium Centre for the WNO production of Bernsteinโs Candide ๐ต
Jun 24, 2023: 2024 Eisteddfod Proclamation ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ National Eisteddfod of Wales 2024 Eisteddfod Proclamation, Aberdare, Saturday 24th June 2023 โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 23, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Darren Fawr Round Cairns
Jun 23, 2023: Linkblog ๐: Pagan Fires Burning: The New Wave of Dark Folk from the UK and Ireland ๐ต
Jun 22, 2023: โ๏ธ Asherโs Whisky Fruit Cake and coffee
Jun 22, 2023: Too much cricket but I canโt stop myself. Womenโs Ashes Test about to start. Australia batting first โฆ
Jun 22, 2023: June 21st 2023, the summer solstice, was the sixth annual #ShowYourStripes day. showyourstripes.info
Jun 22, 2023: Good morning from the greenhouse. I’m watering the tomatoes ๐ฑ โ ๐ธ
Jun 21, 2023: A Quiet Passion, 2016 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Wednesday June 21, 2023.
Jun 20, 2023: ๐ 1st Ashes Test approaching an end. Outcome still very uncertain.
Jun 20, 2023: ๐ Multicultural Man: On technology As regular readers of this column know, I donโt think there is โฆ
Jun 18, 2023: Linkblog ๐: Upcoming anarchist books in 2023
Jun 18, 2023: ๐ Duffy โ ๐ธ
Jun 18, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Sparks (12), The Wedding Present (7), Grian Chatten (6), Tracy Chapman โฆ
Jun 17, 2023: My radio just switched from cricket to The Shipping Forecast ๐ง๏ธ ๐ข ๐
Jun 17, 2023: ๐ Tim Dowling: is this a hangover โ or just what being 60 feels like? Is this what itโs like from โฆ
Jun 17, 2023: Lusco Fusco ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Jun 17, 2023: Currently reading: Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket by Stefan Szymanski ๐๐
Jun 16, 2023: ๐ England declare half an hour before the end of play on day one of the first Ashes Test. Ambitious โฆ
Jun 16, 2023: ๐ The sun rises at Edgbaston ahead of the opening day of the #Ashes. #BBCCricket โฆ
Jun 16, 2023: ๐ Extreme websites peddle conspiracies, but what about the mainstream outlets that do it too? โฆ
Jun 14, 2023: Finished reading: The Trial of Julian Assange by Nils Melzer ๐
Jun 14, 2023: ๐บ Rhoswenallt Inn for a pint of Glamorgan Bitter
Jun 12, 2023: Synchronic, 2019 - โ โ โ Watched on Monday June 12, 2023.
Jun 12, 2023: ๐ฅ Making carrot top pesto
Jun 11, 2023: Just the two of us for dinner tonight. Not sure which two. ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jun 11, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Lankum (12), Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood (6), Vox Clamantis & โฆ
Jun 10, 2023: Nephew and son, nephew and daughter โ ๐ธ
Jun 10, 2023: Farm party ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jun 10, 2023: Watchful eye ๐๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jun 10, 2023: ๐ On our way to my nephewโs 18th birthday party
Jun 10, 2023: Saturday shopping for celebration barbecue ๐บ๐ท ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jun 9, 2023: Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood - Taq ou-Dub (feat. Nour Freteikh) (Live At The Hamam) ๐ต
Jun 7, 2023: ๐ช ๐ ๐ป ๐บ And the concrete path is too hot to stand on barefoot ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jun 7, 2023: As well as (and for some of the time whilst) walking Iโve been listening to the World Test โฆ
Jun 7, 2023: Morning walk through local forestry to a nearby scheduled monument, the Carn Castell y Meibion โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 7, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Carn Castell y Meibion ring cairn
Jun 5, 2023: Finished reading: Tomorrow by Chris Beckett ๐
Jun 5, 2023: 4 mile walk to collect a package that should have been delivered to my address on Friday. Thanks DPD โฆ
Jun 4, 2023: Now being summoned for supper ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jun 4, 2023: Late #Caturday (OK, so itโs Sunday) โ ๐ธ
Jun 4, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Lankum (8), Bernstein, Orchestra National de France (4), Kavus Torabi โฆ
Jun 3, 2023: Wiper and True Mild in Bristol ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jun 3, 2023: ๐บ Wiper and True Heading Home Mild at the Hatchet Inn, Bristol
Jun 3, 2023: ๐ Lots of car travelling this evening being saved by the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on BBC โฆ
Jun 3, 2023: ๐ Watching the FA Cup Final with Titanic Brewery Plum Porter ๐บโฝ๏ธ
Jun 3, 2023: ๐บ Butty Bach at the Boot Inn, Sutton Coldfield
Jun 3, 2023: Linkblog ๐: Kavus Torabi and Richard Wileman โ Heavenโs Sun ๐ต From the shimmering guitars that โฆ
Jun 2, 2023: ๐ Double century for Ollie Pope just after tea. Then heโs out stumped for 205. And England declare โฆ
Jun 2, 2023: ๐ Pope has reached his century and Duckett out on 182 at Lordโs today. Brilliant partnership ๐
Jun 2, 2023: Another walk with my daughter this morning - 6.5 miles, we’re upping the ante ๐ Panoramic view โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 1, 2023: After watching/listening to the England v Ireland Test throughout today Iโm now following the โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 1, 2023: ๐ England v Ireland Test match. Now the summer has started.
May 31, 2023: Some views over the Cynon Valley yesterday morning whilst walking with my daughter. The ground is โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 30, 2023: Old review โ M Night Shyamalanโs fast-ageing beach horror is top notch hokum ๐ฅ ๐ Old is a bit like โฆ
May 30, 2023: Old, 2021 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Tuesday May 30, 2023.
May 30, 2023: Getting warm outside ๐ฅ (Lunchtime approaching ๐) โ ๐ธ
May 29, 2023: The Suicide Squad, 2021 - โ โ โ Watched on Monday May 29, 2023.
May 29, 2023: Bank Holiday start - been making a vegan soda bread loaf. Then ate half of it for breakfast - tasted โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 29, 2023: Where Have I Been @Manton started this … I see something, I have to join in ๐คฃ ๐ง๐ช Belgium ๐ง๐ผ Botswana ๐ฎ๐จ Canary โฆ
May 29, 2023: Just had to post my weekly music stats manually. I fear that Tweekly.fm may have reached the end of โฆ
May 29, 2023: โซ My Top 4 #lastfm artists: Lankum (28), George Harrison (9), Ozric Tentacles (8) & William The โฆ
May 28, 2023: Villa beat Brighton 2-1 and get their Europa Conference League place. Phew ๐
May 28, 2023: Huyghe Delirium ๐บ Bottle is superb but on first taste the beer is a little too florally scented. It โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 28, 2023: Following some of the final matches of this seasonโs Premier League. Not so bothered about the โฆ
May 28, 2023: Fairly triangular brunch ๐ณ โ ๐ธ
May 28, 2023: Trying the Vivaldi browser beta on iOS and so far it’s looking really good. I’ve been โฆ
May 27, 2023: Browsing a charity shop in town today and found this weighty 500 page book on Greek food - Culinaria โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 27, 2023: Breakfast in Wetherspoons with a pint of Frothingham Best ๐บ
May 27, 2023: Early #Caturday morning garden coffee ๐ชด๐โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
May 25, 2023: Currently reading: Tomorrow by Chris Beckett ๐
May 25, 2023: Have been finding Mastodon List Manager by @acbeers@hachyderm.io very useful in tidying up and โฆ
May 24, 2023: The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years, 2016 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Wednesday May 24, 2023.
May 22, 2023: Ithaka, 2021 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Monday May 22, 2023.
May 22, 2023: Finished reading: Two-Way Mirror by Fiona Sampson ๐
May 21, 2023: Carmarthen Golf Club (Iโm just dining and drinking, not playing โณ๏ธ๐). โ ๐ธ
May 21, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Carmarthen Golf Club for Sunday lunch
May 21, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Julian Cope (26), Prefab Sprout (19), Ozric Tentacles (16), Lankum (13) โฆ
May 20, 2023: Had some Japanese whisky for World Whisky Day, courtesy of my daughterโs boyfriend. But then my โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 20, 2023: Afraid I wonโt be able to join Micro Camp live today - my sister-in-lawโs 50th birthday celebrations โฆ
May 20, 2023: Oh no! Itโs World Whisky Day. I can foresee consequences ๐ฅ
May 16, 2023: Avengers: Endgame, 2019 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Tuesday May 16, 2023.
May 14, 2023: A generous half pint of Cwrw Otley Diafol. Delicious and brewed at The Bunch of Grapes. 7.4% ABV. โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 14, 2023: โซ My Top 4 #lastfm artists: William The Conqueror (23), Prefab Sprout (19), Mary Lou Williams (12) โฆ
May 13, 2023: ๐ต Sunny Eurovision Saturday
May 13, 2023: From #Caturday sun … … to #Caturday shade Some cats just can’t take the heat ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 12, 2023: Avengers: Infinity War, 2018 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Friday May 12, 2023.
May 11, 2023: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, 2022 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday May 11, 2023.
May 7, 2023: Inside the One Cup Sake. I have not been warming mine on a camping stove ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 7, 2023: Outdoor sake and reading ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 7, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: The Beatles (14), The Smile (13), Peter Doherty & Frรฉdรฉric Lo (12), โฆ
May 6, 2023: Currently reading: Two-Way Mirror by Fiona Sampson ๐
May 6, 2023: Can’t be comfortable #Caturday ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 6, 2023: Obligatory anti-monarchy rant - Freedom News ๐
May 5, 2023: Doctor Strange, 2016 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday May 5, 2023.
May 2, 2023: Pub reading ๐บ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 2, 2023: โ ๐ธ
May 2, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ new venue โ The Vegan Coffi House, Aberdare for coffee, crisps and cake โ๏ธ
May 2, 2023: Had it all this morning - instant coffee followed by a double espresso and now a drip filter coffee โฆ
May 1, 2023: Drinking a Belgian beer watching a Belgian (Luca Brecel) play stunning snooker ๐ฑ๐บ
May 1, 2023: ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 30, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: The Beatles (29), Lou Reed (26), Steve Mason (12), Lou Reed & Antony โฆ
Apr 29, 2023: ๐ฑ Havenโt really watched snooker since the Steve Davis era of the 1980s but am finding this yearโs โฆ
Apr 26, 2023: Looks like we wonโt be seeing any sun or blue skies for the next ten days of April/May ๐ โ๏ธ
Apr 25, 2023: Chaos Walking, 2021 - โ โ Watched on Tuesday April 25, 2023.
Apr 23, 2023: ๐ Picard - The Last Generation S3, E10 ๐บ
Apr 23, 2023: Linkblog ๐: Mark Stewart, Pop Group frontman and revered countercultural musician, dies aged 62 ๐ต
Apr 23, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Babyshambles (16), Ozawa, Boston SO, Silverstein (12), Stornoway (11), โฆ
Apr 22, 2023: ๐ต Just booked tickets to see Stornoway in October. Their first tour in over 6 years.
Apr 22, 2023: Monsutฤ Okinawa Dry ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Apr 21, 2023: Hemispheric Views 082: A Hacker Has Entered the Chat! made my flight home pass far more pleasantly. โฆ
Apr 21, 2023: The way back โ ๐ธ
Apr 21, 2023: An airport corner for final Nata - not the same โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Apr 20, 2023: ๐ Early night ๐ Up at 6 to get to airport asap ๐ข
Apr 20, 2023: โ ๐ธ
Apr 20, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Cervejaria Trindade. IPA and cockles ๐บ
Apr 20, 2023: โ ๐ธ
Apr 20, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Praรงa das Amoreiras
Apr 20, 2023: ๐บ Beer by a fountain
Apr 20, 2023: โ ๐ธ
Apr 20, 2023: โ๏ธ Espresso at Leitaria Acadรฉmica
Apr 19, 2023: Casa Fernando Pessoa impressed me. Small museum but we spent a couple of hours there today. โ ๐ธ
Apr 19, 2023: Lovely evening on a road behind Rossio Square. Plate of sardines, plate of cheese, bread, two โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 19, 2023: Had to do it โบ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Apr 19, 2023: โ๏ธ Manteigaria Nata
Apr 19, 2023: ๐ฅต Very hot in the TimeOut Market Hall. Not staying!
Apr 19, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Noobai. Wine and dips with a view of the river.
Apr 19, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Casa Fernando Pessoa ๐
Apr 19, 2023: Cat in the English Cemetery โ ๐ธ
Apr 19, 2023: An empanada in the Jardin da Estrela โ ๐ธ
Apr 19, 2023: Whoโs responsible for this !? โ ๐ธ
Apr 18, 2023: The Trouble with Tribbles โ ๐ธ
Apr 18, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ da Prata 52. Tapas.
Apr 18, 2023: Floors are looking a bit psychedelic Could be โ ๐ธ
Apr 18, 2023: Joining the Lisbon sticker spotter club @maique @stickerspotter โ ๐ธ
Apr 18, 2023: โ ๐ธ
Apr 18, 2023: Petisqueira Conqvistador, beer and bolinhos de bacalhau โ ๐ธ
Apr 18, 2023: Looking at the real life map of Lisbon ๐บ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Apr 18, 2023: Breakfast โ๏ธ - Confeitaria National โ ๐ธ
Apr 18, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Lisboa Prata Boutique Hotel ๐ต๐น
Apr 17, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Rooftop Terrace at Bristol Airport โ๏ธ
Apr 17, 2023: Got to Bristol Airport early (as usual), through security then had notification that flight to โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 16, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Hotel du Vin & Bistro, Bristol City Centre
Apr 16, 2023: ๐ฃ๏ธ Travelling from London to Bristol
Apr 16, 2023: Pre-dinner cocktails outside Shiro Japanese restaurant last night. Food later was stunning. โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 16, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Lankum (28), Dry Cleaning (26), Jean Ritchie (16), Tom Rosenthal (8) โฆ
Apr 15, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Shiro Japanese Restaurant
Apr 15, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Merchant & Weaver, Old Spitalfields Market, Salt Jute IPA ๐บ
Apr 15, 2023: Crossing the Severn โ ๐ธ
Apr 15, 2023: ๐งณ Departing for a week of travels
Apr 14, 2023: ๐ฆค Importing my Twitter archive into my Micro.blog
Apr 13, 2023: Magnolia on a morning walk โ ๐ธ
Apr 12, 2023: I’ve certainly been enjoying the Spring weather in the garden this morning ๐
Apr 11, 2023: Visited Lamphey, Pembrokeshire for lunch yesterday and included a short detour to the (in parts) โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 10, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Lamphey Hall Hotel - Butty Bach ๐บ
Apr 9, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Peter Doherty & Frรฉdรฉric Lo (24), Scott Ross (12), Altin Gรผn (8), โฆ
Apr 9, 2023: ๐ฐ๏ธ 04:01 Playing darts
Apr 8, 2023: Eggs
Apr 8, 2023: Walls on a walk. Hoping the first has got something to do with Easter, otherwise it’s just โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 7, 2023: My choice of walking route wasnโt fully appreciated by everybody this afternoon ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 7, 2023: Linkblog ๐: Jason deCaires Taylor Museums are places of conservation, education, and about โฆ
Apr 6, 2023: ๐ฅ Roasting vegetables
Apr 6, 2023: Just installed a dartboard in our kitchen ๐ฏ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 3, 2023: Otley O6 Porter ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Apr 3, 2023: ๐บ Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd
Apr 3, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ St Fagans National Museum of History ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
Apr 2, 2023: Late morning veggie breakfast in Wetherspoons. Theyโve sold out of mushrooms and tomatoes ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 2, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Lana Del Rey (23), The Libertines (19), Peter Doherty (17), Peter โฆ
Apr 1, 2023: Sun is shining (at last) ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 1, 2023: โฝ Chelsea v Aston Villa, Watkins scores after 18โ ๐
Apr 1, 2023: Ivy
Apr 1, 2023: Been on a short walk, just destroying the benefits of it ๐บ๐ซค โ ๐ธ
Apr 1, 2023: ๐บ The Rhoswenallt Inn, pint of Glamorgan Brewing Co Thunderbird IPA
Mar 31, 2023: ๐ The IPL begins โฆ
Mar 31, 2023: practice โ day 31 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 31, 2023: practice โ day 31 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 30, 2023: My Neighbor Totoro, 1988 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Thursday March 30, 2023.
Mar 30, 2023: mirror โ day 30 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 30, 2023: mirror โ day 30 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 29, 2023: slice โ day 29 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 29, 2023: slice โ day 29 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 28, 2023: prompt โ day 28 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 28, 2023: prompt โ day 28 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 27, 2023: ๐ถ Dare Valley Country Park
Mar 27, 2023: support โ day 27 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 27, 2023: support โ day 27 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 26, 2023: Reflecting
Mar 26, 2023: instrument โ day 26 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 26, 2023: instrument โ day 26 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 26, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Suede (27), Altin Gรผn (15), THUS LOVE (10), Evgeny Kissin (5) & โฆ
Mar 25, 2023: spice โ day 25 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 25, 2023: spice โ day 25 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 24, 2023: court โ day 24 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 24, 2023: court โ day 24 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 23, 2023: Suede were absolutely sensational at St David’s Hall in Cardiff last night ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Mar 23, 2023: chance โ day 23 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 23, 2023: chance โ day 23 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 23, 2023: ๐ท Walking and photographing
Mar 22, 2023: St Davidโs Hall, ready for Suede ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Mar 22, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ St Davidโs Hall, Cardiff to see Suede ๐ต
Mar 22, 2023: ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Cardiff bound
Mar 22, 2023: insect โ day 22 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 22, 2023: insect โ day 22 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 22, 2023: Finished reading: Absolutely On Music by Haruki Murakami & Seiji Ozawa ๐
Mar 21, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Wales Millennium Centre for Rambert Danceโs Peaky Blinders
Mar 21, 2023: tiny โ day 21 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 21, 2023: tiny โ day 21 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 21, 2023: Finished reading: Meru by S. B. Divya ๐
Mar 20, 2023: houseplant โ day 20 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 20, 2023: houseplant โ day 20 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 19, 2023: All Quiet on the Western Front, 2022 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Sunday March 19, 2023.
Mar 19, 2023: analog โ day 19 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 19, 2023: analog โ day 19 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 19, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Desperate Journalist (22), Suede (15), Sleaford Mods (14), Lang Lang โฆ
Mar 18, 2023: Black Heart โ tastes great but not a fan of an in-can widget ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Mar 18, 2023: New cat bed gets the begrudging seal of approval #caturday ๐ โ ๐ธ
Mar 18, 2023: portico โ day 18 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 18, 2023: portico โ day 18 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 17, 2023: ๐ Picard - Imposters S3, E5 ๐บ
Mar 17, 2023: early โ day 17 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 17, 2023: early โ day 17 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 16, 2023: Trying the alcohol free Tropical IPA by Drop Bear Beer Co. Quite impressed. Surprised itโs rated so โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 16, 2023: road โ day 16 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 16, 2023: road โ day 16 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 15, 2023: patience โ day 15 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 15, 2023: patience โ day 15 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 14, 2023: Fall, 2022 - โ โ โ Some definitely dizzying visual effects and a real sense of jeopardy and suspense at times.
Mar 14, 2023: horizon โ day 14 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 14, 2023: horizon โ day 14 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 13, 2023: ๐ It is very windy this morning. Have been re-attaching some roofing felt to our garage roof.
Mar 13, 2023: connection โ day 13 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 13, 2023: connection โ day 13 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 12, 2023: shiny โ day 12 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 12, 2023: shiny โ day 12 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 12, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Philip Selway (13), Steve Mason (13), KT Tunstall (10), The Doors (10) โฆ
Mar 11, 2023: ๐ง Baking a Camembert
Mar 11, 2023: ๐ England v France
Mar 11, 2023: ๐ Picard - No Win Scenario S3, E4 ๐บ
Mar 11, 2023: gimcrack โ day 11 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 11, 2023: gimcrack โ day 11 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 10, 2023: Luther: The Fallen Sun, 2023 - โ โ โ Watched on Friday March 10, 2023.
Mar 10, 2023: ritual โ day 10 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 10, 2023: ritual โ day 10 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 9, 2023: together โ day 09 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 9, 2023: together โ day 09 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 8, 2023: walk โ day 08 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 8, 2023: My kind of street ๐คซ โ ๐ธ
Mar 8, 2023: walk โ day 08 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 8, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ The Roman Baths, Bath
Mar 8, 2023: View from our hotel room window in Bath this morning โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 8, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ The Francis Hotel, Bath
Mar 7, 2023: whole โ day 07 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 7, 2023: whole โ day 07 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 7, 2023: The Joy of Sesh IPA ๐บ and a flight of Bath gins at The Black Fox, Bath โ ๐ธ
Mar 7, 2023: ๐ฅ Breakfast at Hotel Indigo, Cardiff
Mar 6, 2023: KT Tunstall at St Davidโs Hall ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Mar 6, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ St Davidโs Hall for KT Tunstall ๐ต
Mar 6, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Franco Manca Pizza, Cardiff ๐
Mar 6, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Bute & Co Coffee House for a flat white โ๏ธ
Mar 6, 2023: engineering โ day 06 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 6, 2023: engineering โ day 06 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 5, 2023: The result of my Sunday trim. I definitely needed to wear a hat on today’s walk โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 5, 2023: tile โ day 05 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 5, 2023: tile โ day 05 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 5, 2023: ๐ถ Walking in Aberdare Park
Mar 5, 2023: โ๏ธ Time for a trim. Hair and beard.
Mar 5, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Dry Cleaning (40), Abbado, VPO, Norman (17), Dehd (13), THUS LOVE (10) โฆ
Mar 4, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ The Rhoswenallt Inn ๐บ
Mar 4, 2023: ๐ Saturday night train back to Aberdare. Never quiet ๐
Mar 4, 2023: Leszet Turkish Kitchen. Enjoyed a really good meal for Deniseโs birthday ๐ โ ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Leszet Turkish Kitchen, Cardiff
Mar 4, 2023: Drinking a Smoked & Spicy ๐ธ Dangerous Don Mezcal, Smoky Ginger Ale, Angostura Bitters, Chilli, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2023: โ๏ธ Escaped an Escape Room with 38 seconds to spare
Mar 4, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Barker Rum & Fizz, Cardiff ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2023: ๐ Train to Cardiff
Mar 4, 2023: zip โ day 04 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2023: zip โ day 04 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 3, 2023: ๐ Picard - Seventeen Seconds S3, E3. Iโm enjoying the way this series is unfolding ๐บ
Mar 3, 2023: solitude โ day 03 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 3, 2023: solitude โ day 03 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 3, 2023: Iโve been inspired by Rachel Roddy this week. Some delicious results. On Tuesday I cooked her recipe โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 2, 2023: The X Files: I Want to Believe, 2008 - โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday March 2, 2023.
Mar 2, 2023: weather โ day 02 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 2, 2023: weather โ day 02 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 1, 2023: Dry Cleaning at Tramshed Cardiff last night supported by THUS LOVE and Dehd ๐ต THUS LOVE Dehd Dry โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 1, 2023: secure โ day 01 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ
Mar 1, 2023: secure โ day 01 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 1, 2023: ๐ถ Morning walk round Dare Valley Country Park. Itโs starting to rain ๐
Feb 28, 2023: ๐ต Dry Cleaning at Tramshed Cardiff
Feb 28, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Tramshed, Cardiff
Feb 27, 2023: St Elvanโs Church, Aberdare
Feb 26, 2023: ๐ Australia win the ICC Womenโs T20 World Cup final by 19 runs
Feb 26, 2023: ๐ Innings interval - run chase for South Africa is definitely not out of reach
Feb 26, 2023: ๐ ICC Womenโs T20 World Cup final is underway - Australia v South Africa, Australia batting first
Feb 26, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Karajan, BPO (11), Algiers (8), Sleaford Mods (8), Steve Mason (4) & โฆ
Feb 25, 2023: ๐ Wales v England
Feb 25, 2023: โ Cappuccino and panini at Delico Deli
Feb 25, 2023: Everton v Aston Villa this afternoon - This is the 210th staging of the most-played fixture in โฆ
Feb 25, 2023: Felt this earthquake last night. Epicentre was less than 20 miles from us. My first thought was that โฆ
Feb 24, 2023: 1408, 2007 - โ โ โ โ Impressed. Surprised that I hadnโt come across this film before - released in 2007 but for me a โฆ
Feb 24, 2023: ๐ Dramatic and close semi-final. South Africa win by 6 runs and get to the World Cup final for the โฆ
Feb 24, 2023: ๐ Some great batting by South Africa. Not an easy target for England to chase
Feb 24, 2023: ๐ Women’s T20 World Cup - second semi-final starting in about 20 minutes, England v South โฆ
Feb 24, 2023: ๐ Picard - Disengage S3, E2 ๐บ
Feb 24, 2023: ๐ต Algiers - Shook
Feb 23, 2023: ๐ Women’s T20 World Cup - semi-final about to start, Australia v India, Australia batting โฆ
Feb 21, 2023: Boston Tea Party flat white โ๏ธ Cheltenham Road, Bristol โ ๐ธ
Feb 20, 2023: St Elvan's Church, Aberdare Visited the recently renovated St Elvan’s Church this morning. Very impressive, with the โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 20, 2023: โ Flat white at St Elvanโs Church
Feb 20, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Spires Coffee Shop at St Elvanโs Church, Aberdare. Flat white and toast โ๏ธ
Feb 19, 2023: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, 2022 - โ โ โ Watched on Sunday February 19, 2023.
Feb 19, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: La Serenissima, Chandler, Bircher, Whelan (27), Cleobury, ECO, Choir Of โฆ
Feb 18, 2023: Knives Out, 2019 - โ โ โ Watched on Saturday February 18, 2023.
Feb 18, 2023: Womenโs T20 World Cup: England v India. India bowling first have made a good start, taking 2 wickets โฆ
Feb 17, 2023: ๐ Beginning Picard - Season 3 ๐บ
Feb 17, 2023: The X Files, 1998 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Friday February 17, 2023.
Feb 17, 2023: Linkblog ๐: Athens museum unveils design for major renovation
Feb 16, 2023: ๐ถ Walking
Feb 16, 2023: Australia v Sri Lanka in the Womenโs T20 World Cup. Chamari Athapaththu is a great batter to watch. โฆ
Feb 14, 2023: Slightly rusty handlebars and slighty rusty cycling ability but Iโve completed an easy 8 mile ride ๐ฒ โ ๐ธ
Feb 14, 2023: ๐ฒ Cycling
Feb 14, 2023: Pumped up the tyres on my aged bike for the first time in about 3 years. They seem to be holding โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 13, 2023: Finished reading: Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka ๐
Feb 13, 2023: โ Double espresso
Feb 12, 2023: Burning origami ๐ฅ โ ๐ธ
Feb 12, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Arctic Monkeys (10), Jake Blount (10), Handley, RLPO (8), Kae Tempest โฆ
Feb 11, 2023: Sports weekend. England T20 World Cup ๐ match is (successfully) over, can now focus on Six Nations โฆ
Feb 11, 2023: ๐ England scoring quickly chasing down 135
Feb 11, 2023: ๐บ Cake Cartel, a hazelnut stout by BrewDog
Feb 11, 2023: ๐ Womenโs T20 World Cup - West Indies v England
Feb 10, 2023: ๐ Opening match of the ICC Womenโs T20 World Cup is just starting - SA v SL at Newlands, Cape Town
Feb 9, 2023: Delighted to be able to repeat yesterdayโs outdoor reading in the afternoon sun โ๏ธ Tomorrow looks โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 8, 2023: ๐ Reading in the winter sun
Feb 8, 2023: ๐ De-icing. Frosty again. Thatโs what clear skies do.
Feb 6, 2023: Finished reading: Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell ๐
Feb 5, 2023: Final pint of beer in London before heading for home - Fullerโs ESB at The Old Pack Horse, Chiswick โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 5, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Tate Modern
Feb 5, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ The British Museum
Feb 5, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: The Smile (13), Crosby, Stills & Nash (10), Tears for Fears (10), โฆ
Feb 4, 2023: The Old Ship, Hammersmith. Drinking Youngโs Special ๐บ overlooking the Thames.
Feb 4, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ The Old Ship, Hammersmith
Feb 3, 2023: George & Devonshire, Chiswick โ ๐ธ
Feb 3, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ George & Devonshire, Chiswick. Fullers pub, in Chiswick, so London Pride ๐บ
Feb 2, 2023: Citizen Kane, 1941 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Recently listened to the BBC radio In Our Timeย episode on Citizen Kane so thought Iโd rewatch the โฆ
Feb 1, 2023: ๐ South Africa v England (3rd ODI). England innings complete - that was a great recovery from losing โฆ
Feb 1, 2023: ๐ South Africa v England (3rd ODI) in Kimberley. England batting first, not off to an auspicious โฆ
Jan 31, 2023: ๐ถ On a slightly breezy walk.
Jan 29, 2023: ๐ Impressive run chase by South Africa to beat Englandโs 342 in the ODI. Good match.
Jan 29, 2023: ๐ South Africa v England (2nd ODI) is my Sunday afternoon viewing ๐บ
Jan 29, 2023: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Scott Ross (91), Johnny Flynn & Robert Macfarlane (23), Algiers โฆ
Jan 28, 2023: Wild Beer Co Beyond Modus 8 ๐บ Very wine-like beer - a โstrong, wild and sour Flanders Redโ. โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 27, 2023: ๐ South Africa v England (1st ODI) coming to a close finish
Jan 25, 2023: Itโs been over a week since it snowed. Everything lower down in the valley has completely melted but โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 22, 2023: Strictly Ballroom, 1992 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Sunday January 22, 2023.
Jan 22, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Arte Dei Suonatori, Rachel Podger (18), Sleaford Mods (14), Kae Tempest โฆ
Jan 21, 2023: Spritzes and crosswords in the snow. โ ๐ธ
Jan 20, 2023: ๐บ Inspector Morse : Deceived by Flight
Jan 20, 2023: De-icing again, still canโt get the car to the top of our drive. โ ๐ธ
Jan 19, 2023: Snowy morning Ian Mason Snowy morning โ ๐ธ
Jan 17, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ Sonny Stores, Bristol
Jan 17, 2023: ๐ฆ ๐ Time Machine
Jan 16, 2023: The Last Samurai, 2003 - โ โ โ Watched on Monday January 16, 2023.
Jan 15, 2023: ๐ Sadly in Merthyr Retail Park
Jan 15, 2023: ๐ Sadly in Merthyr Retail Park
Jan 15, 2023: Sunday morning. I donโt usually let our cat sleep next to my desk - the shed hair becomes an โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 15, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Jake Blount (63), The Animals (14), Raffaele Grimaldi (8), Anna Friederike โฆ
Jan 11, 2023: Finished reading: The Art of Just Sitting: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza โฆ
Jan 9, 2023: Finished reading: Ten Poems about Music: The Blue Album introduced by Cerys Matthews ๐ Additional โฆ
Jan 8, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Jake Thackray (55), Fontaines D.C. (49), Slow Club (18), PJ Harvey (14) โฆ
Jan 7, 2023: Bar 44, Clifton, Bristol. Excellent tapas ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Jan 7, 2023: Location check in ๐บ โ The Quadrant, Clifton. Tribute ๐บ
Jan 7, 2023: Traffic delays and rainbows ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jan 7, 2023: ๐ฃ๏ธ Motorwaying to Bristol to pick up my daughter and have a late lunch in Clifton.
Jan 6, 2023: ๐ Tinkering with web design (again) ๐ธ๏ธ
Jan 4, 2023: Finished reading: On Connection by Kae Tempest ๐
Jan 3, 2023: Grey and rainy day in Aberdare โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jan 2, 2023: ๐ Preparing bread
Jan 2, 2023: โฐ Early morning Bank Holiday of course
Jan 1, 2023: โฝ Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Aston Villa. I enjoyed that.
Jan 1, 2023: Trappistes Rochefort 10 by Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rรฉmy Belgian Quadrupel, 11.3% ABV ๐บ Dark and โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 1, 2023: โฝ New Yearโs Day football Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa
Jan 1, 2023: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Fontaines D.C. (21), LCD Soundsystem (15), alt-J (12), Arctic Monkeys (10) โฆ
Dec 31, 2022: Really!? Pub Wifi password โฆ but Iโve typed it and it works โฆ got a feeling itโs the default and โฆ โ ๐ธ
Dec 31, 2022: Otley Oxymoron stout and O-Ho-Ho ESB brewed at the Bunch of Grapes ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Dec 31, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd. Otley beers being brewed here again ๐บ
Dec 31, 2022: Came up in my Readwise Daily Review today. Hadn’t realised that the phrase We live, as we โฆ
Dec 31, 2022: Inspired and informed by The Monitor by @maique ๐ Iโve got @neatnikโs Web Monitor set up and working โฆ
Dec 31, 2022: Cookery Books: Afro Vegan by Zoe Alakija ๐ Used for our Christmas meal this year ๐
Dec 31, 2022: Xmas Dinner 2022 I know Iโm composing this post a few days late, on the morning of New Yearโs Eve, 31st December โฆ โ ๐ธ
Dec 30, 2022: Murder on the Orient Express, 1974 - โ โ โ โ I also enjoyed Kenneth Branaghโs 2017 version but this more dramatic, star-studded production is a โฆ
Dec 28, 2022: ๐ Gravestone-encircled โHardy Treeโ falls in London Couple of my photos from January 2020 ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Dec 27, 2022: Xmas gift. I did. โ ๐ธ
Dec 27, 2022: Walking my in-lawsโ dog at 3am this morning after a long and indulgent Boxing Day. Dog is the blur โฆ โ ๐ธ
Dec 25, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Arte Dei Suonatori, Rachel Podger (18), Dry Cleaning (11), Kae Tempest โฆ
Dec 20, 2022: ๐ฒ๐ฝ Tacos at Wahaca
Dec 20, 2022: Winter Wonderland Wheel, Cardiff โ ๐ธ
Dec 20, 2022: Cardiff City Hall and Winter Wonderland โ ๐ธ
Dec 20, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Duke of Wellington, Cardiff. Pint of Brains SA ๐บ
Dec 20, 2022: First mince pie of the season โ ๐ธ
Dec 20, 2022: ๐ Mince pie and flat white for breakfast. Preparing for Xmas shopping โ๏ธ
Dec 20, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63
Dec 18, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Andreas Staier (23), Kae Tempest (15), Ozawa, Saito Kinen Orchestra (15), โฆ
Dec 15, 2022: Surge, 2020 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday December 15, 2022.
Dec 14, 2022: Linkblog ๐: The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem by Matthew Hollis review โ a classic laid bare
Dec 13, 2022: The Matrix Resurrections, 2021 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Tuesday December 13, 2022.
Dec 13, 2022: ๐ฌ The Matrix Resurrections
Dec 13, 2022: ๐ฅ Very late breakfast time
Dec 11, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Schรคfer, Fink, Arnold Schoenberg Choir โฆ
Dec 11, 2022: Hitting some snow flurries as we head north โฆ โ ๐ธ
Dec 11, 2022: ๐ซ๏ธ On the way to Birmingham
Dec 11, 2022: Some light snow in Bristol this morning โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Dec 10, 2022: 23% possession, great defending and goalkeeping, well deserved ๐ฒ๐ฆ โฝ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Dec 10, 2022: โฝ Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฆ - superb, the first team from Africa to reach the World Cup semi-finals.
Dec 10, 2022: Eighth floor Bristol near sunset ๐ Pretty heavily filtered because itโs through a pretty dirty โฆ โ ๐ธ
Dec 10, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Bristol Museum & Art Gallery ๐๏ธ
Dec 9, 2022: โฝ Incident packed World Cup quarter-final between Netherlands and Argentina. Going to penalties.
Dec 8, 2022: Currently reading: Orlam by PJ Harvey ๐
Dec 8, 2022: Currently reading: Absolutely On Music by Haruki Murakami and Seiji Ozawa ๐
Dec 8, 2022: Finished reading: The Whistleblower by Robert Peston ๐
Dec 8, 2022: ๐ช Into the loft ๐ฆ
Dec 7, 2022: ๐ป Trying out the Vivaldi browser
Dec 6, 2022: โฝ Wow! Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฆ into the quarter-finals. Impressive penalty shootout.
Dec 6, 2022: โฝ World Cup extra time. Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฆ getting some good chances against Spain ๐ช๐ธ
Dec 6, 2022: Temperatures dropping, time to find a warm spot, preferably with a friend ๐ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Dec 6, 2022: ๐ Making rice pudding ๐
Dec 4, 2022: Pickpocket, 1959 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Sunday December 4, 2022.
Dec 4, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Jack White (18), Sleaford Mods (11), The Mysterines (9), Muse (4) & โฆ
Dec 2, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Exarcheia, the subway station, and public space What is crucial to understand is that โฆ
Nov 30, 2022: Squash and leek lasagne turned out to be very good. Bookmarking idea for future use ๐คค โ ๐ธ
Nov 30, 2022: Experimenting. This will be a butternut squash and leek lasagne. โ ๐ธ
Nov 29, 2022: Ready for the final World Cup 2022 Group B games โ Wales ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ v England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ โ always a โฆ
Nov 29, 2022: Of course I’m trying - and liking the look of - Album Whale. HT to all whoโve mentioned it on โฆ
Nov 27, 2022: Brilliant goal by Alphonso Davies for Canada ๐จ๐ฆ against Croatia ๐ญ๐ท in under two minutes. I thought โฆ
Nov 27, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: PJ Harvey (29), Cleobury, ECO, Choir Of King’s College Cambridge โฆ
Nov 25, 2022: Had some heavy rain in the last week ๐ง โ ๐ธ
Nov 25, 2022: Early morning refresh๐ถโโ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Nov 25, 2022: ๐ถโโ๏ธ Walking the Line
Nov 24, 2022: ๐ข On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was published OnThisDay, 24th November 1859 ๐
Nov 23, 2022: Brilliant second half of football by Japan ๐ฏ๐ต against Germany ๐ฉ๐ช โฝ๏ธ
Nov 22, 2022: Support from the Mexican fans in the stadium for the Mexico ๐ฒ๐ฝ v Poland ๐ต๐ฑ World Cup match seems โฆ
Nov 21, 2022: โฝ๏ธ England v Iran
Nov 21, 2022: St Stephenโs Church, Bristol Clare Street, Bristol Leonard Lane, Bristol โ ๐ธ
Nov 20, 2022: ๐บ Banksโs Mild in The Commercial Rooms, Bristol
Nov 20, 2022: Striding through St Nicholas Markets, Bristol โ ๐ธ
Nov 20, 2022: ๐ Good morning from Bristol
Nov 20, 2022: Excursion into sticker territoryโฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 20, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: PJ Harvey (26), John Coltrane (7), Richard Dawson (3), The Smashing โฆ
Nov 19, 2022: ๐บ Joyful Day by Wiper And True microbrewery at The Hatchet Inn, Bristol
Nov 19, 2022: Escaped the Sรฉance Escape Room ๐ โ ๐ธ
Nov 19, 2022: ๐ About to start my first Escape Room
Nov 18, 2022: Three Lions (It’s Coming Home for Christmas) โฝ๐ต
Nov 15, 2022: Linkblog ๐: The countryโs going to the dogs, but at least the police have cleared the M25
Nov 14, 2022: Vaults Dark ๐บ and crisps. Heaven. โ ๐ธ
Nov 14, 2022: Drinking Reverend ๐บ at The Spirit Vaults, Melbourne. Lovely little microbrewery and pub. โ ๐ธ
Nov 13, 2022: Simple fare โ ๐ธ
Nov 13, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ The Thomas Leaper, Derby โ Little John Bitter by Milestone Brewery ๐บ
Nov 13, 2022: ๐ From Birmingham to Derby
Nov 13, 2022: It didn’t rain in Melbourne! Good match ๐
Nov 13, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Rudolf Firkuลกnรฝ (31), Low (11), The Smashing Pumpkins (11), Fischer, โฆ
Nov 13, 2022: ๐ 2022 ICC Menโs T20 World Cup Final โ England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ
Nov 12, 2022: ๐ฃ๏ธ 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Nov 12, 2022: ๐ On the way to Birmingham
Nov 12, 2022: There’s a lot of World Cups happening around now. Watching the Women’s Rugby Union World โฆ
Nov 11, 2022: Ikiru, 1952 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Friday November 11, 2022.
Nov 10, 2022: I get a box of vegetables delivered weekly from Riverford Organic Farmers. Included with each box is โฆ
Nov 10, 2022: ๐ Superb bowling by Adil Rashid in the World Cup semi-final: 1-20 from his 4 overs
Nov 10, 2022: ๐ India v England under way - ICC Men's T20 World Cup semi-final, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ โฆ
Nov 9, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Oldest known written sentence discovered โ on a head-lice comb
Nov 9, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Lowโs Mimi Parker was a voice of hope and healing in indie rock ๐ต
Nov 8, 2022: Linkblog ๐: What is Mastodon, and will it replace Twitter? - New Statesman Mastodon is not โฆ
Nov 8, 2022: ๐บ Thunderbird IPA at the Rhoswenallt Inn
Nov 8, 2022: ๐ฐ Cherry Bakewell and Americano at Delico Deli
Nov 7, 2022: Death on the Nile, 2022 - โ โ โ โ Branagh makes a stylish Poirot and a stylish, enjoyable Christie adaptation. Would rank Death on the โฆ
Nov 6, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Philologist Irene Vallejo: โAlexander the Greatโs library was the first step towards the โฆ
Nov 6, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Aphrodite’s Child (22), The Umlauts (12), Thelonious Monk (12), Dry โฆ
Nov 5, 2022: Broke all the rules tonight, made (and ate) a vegan Hawaiian pizza. Iโm not vegan or Hawaiian ๐ โ ๐ธ
Nov 5, 2022: Stair #Caturday โ ๐ธ
Nov 5, 2022: Rugby on #Caturday โฆ Wales trailing, cat sleeping through it ๐ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Nov 5, 2022: ๐ Wales v New Zealand
Nov 2, 2022: Murder on the Orient Express, 2017 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Wednesday November 2, 2022.
Nov 2, 2022: ๐ต A cup of sencha tea
Nov 1, 2022: ๐ England v New Zealand - game on, itโs not raining in Brisbane, it definitely is here in Wales this โฆ
Nov 1, 2022: Colours in Cardiff Bay ๐ถโโ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Oct 30, 2022: India v South Africa definitely a dramatic match with a lot of twists and turns. Outcome still not โฆ
Oct 30, 2022: After the disappointment of the abandoned Australia v England T20 World Cup match on Friday Iโm now โฆ
Oct 30, 2022: Viewing autumn wind and rain through our bedroom window ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 30, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Aphrodite’s Child (17), Jacobs, Concerto Vocale, Nederlands Kamerkoor โฆ
Oct 30, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Feeding Of The Five Thousand 29-10-2022 ๐ต
Oct 30, 2022: Linkblog ๐: TS Eliotโs Waste Land was a barren place. But at least a spirit of optimism still โฆ
Oct 29, 2022: ๐ Received my COVID-19 vaccination booster at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon - over my four doses Iโve now had the โฆ
Oct 29, 2022: ๐บ Wye Valley Butty Bach
Oct 27, 2022: Pastrami style cured salmon followed by a vegan burger โ ๐ธ
Oct 27, 2022: ๐บ Pub lunch!
Oct 27, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ The Bunch of Grapes, Manchester Bitter ๐บ
Oct 26, 2022: Ireland off to a flying start in their World Cup match against England ๐
Oct 25, 2022: McDonerโs ๐ค โ ๐ธ
Oct 25, 2022: โ Delico Deli for jacket potato with salad and a cappuccino
Oct 25, 2022: Views across Dare Valley โ ๐ธ
Oct 25, 2022: ๐ถโโ๏ธMorning walk in Dare Valley
Oct 23, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Dry Cleaning: โWe bond over food a lot. Itโs a big part of the bandโ
Oct 23, 2022: ๐ป Listening to Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar - one of my favourite BBC Radio 4 comedy shows โฆ
Oct 23, 2022: ๐ On the way to Bristol
Oct 23, 2022: MCG looks absolutely packed for India v Pakistan ๐ ๐
Oct 23, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Arctic Monkeys (30), Dry Cleaning (25), Aphrodite’s Child (15), Paul โฆ
Oct 22, 2022: ๐ Time for England v Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup
Oct 22, 2022: ๐ซ Making hummus
Oct 21, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Arctic Monkeys: The Car review | The Guardian ๐ต aching songs of soured dreams โฆ
Oct 21, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Dry Cleaning: Stumpwork review | The Guardian ๐ต deadpan chat, funk and hypnotic โฆ
Oct 21, 2022: Finished reading: Lessons by Ian McEwan ๐
Oct 21, 2022: ๐ And Zimbabwe beat Scotland. Now looking forward to England's opening World Cup game against โฆ
Oct 21, 2022: ๐ Ireland knock West Indies out of the Men's T20 World Cup and proceed to the Super 12 stage.
Oct 18, 2022: Common Pill Millipede โ ๐ธ
Oct 17, 2022: Hand grinding coffee โ … my Apple watch has decided that I’ve started an Elliptical โฆ
Oct 16, 2022: โฝ๏ธ Watching Aston Villa v Chelsea ๐บ
Oct 16, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: John Coltrane (24), Future Islands (21), Miles Davis Quintet (21), The โฆ
Oct 16, 2022: Elvis, 2022 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Saturday October 15, 2022.
Oct 15, 2022: ๐ Autumn Saturday night so there's no option in our household โฆ Strictly Come Dancing ๐บ
Oct 15, 2022: Linkblog ๐: The Umlauts - Another Fact - review at The Quietus ๐ต the multilingual group unleash a โฆ
Oct 15, 2022: This Isnโt Bacon roll. My sub rolls turned out a little plump but very tasty ๐คค โ ๐ธ
Oct 15, 2022: ๐ฅ Baking bread rolls for breakfast/brunch
Oct 14, 2022: ๐ต Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Oct 14, 2022: ๐ฒ 10 mile indoor cycle workout
Oct 14, 2022: ๐ธ Browsing the Micro.blog A Day in the Life 2022 timeline
Oct 13, 2022: Micro.blog A Day in the Life Photo Challenge ๐ธ Thursday 13th October 2022, 6:07pm BST Self-portrait โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 12, 2022: Pale tussock moth caterpillar ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 12, 2022: ๐ Denise and I celebrate our 26th wedding anniversary today ๐ฅฐ
Oct 11, 2022: Branching out ๐ณ โ ๐ธ
Oct 11, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Why DH Lawrence still gets under our skin
Oct 10, 2022: Linkblog ๐: The Rise of the Pawns - Existential Comics I’m telling you man, they are just โฆ
Oct 9, 2022: ๐ Sunday dinner: spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino. Followed Rachel Roddy's guidance from 'Five โฆ
Oct 9, 2022: Linkblog ๐: The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem by Matthew Hollis โ genesis of a masterpiece
Oct 9, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Beatles (27), Suede (19), Medici Quartet (12), Fidetzis, Athens State โฆ
Oct 8, 2022: Good to eat outside in October. Spontaneous, quick barbecue fare but the result was delicious ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 8, 2022: ๐ฅ Weather is so good, have decided to BBQ in the garden.
Oct 8, 2022: Just discovered why weโve got so many wasps flying around the front of our house โ theyโre nesting โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 8, 2022: ๐งน Sweeping leaves (and acorns) ๐
Oct 8, 2022: Coffee, book and cat in the early morning Autumn sun โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Oct 7, 2022: Moonlight โ ๐ธ
Oct 6, 2022: Atonement, 2007 - โ โ โ โ โ Excellent film of a very good book.
Oct 4, 2022: โ ๐ธ
Oct 4, 2022: โ Americano and cherry bakewell at Delico Deli, Aberdare.
Oct 2, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Suede (26), Borodin Quartet (15), The Beatles (15), clipping. (14) & โฆ
Oct 1, 2022: Caturday cleaning ๐ โ ๐ธ
Sep 30, 2022: Justine, 1969 - โ โ โ โ Donโt view with the expectation that the film will fairly represent the books of the Alexandria โฆ
Sep 30, 2022: ๐ More Pakistan v England T20 cricket. This series is coming thick and fast.
Sep 30, 2022: The Iceman, 2012 - โ โ โ Watched on Thursday September 29, 2022.
Sep 29, 2022: Symplegades? โ ๐ธ
Sep 29, 2022: Salem Chapel, Robertstown โ ๐ธ
Sep 29, 2022: Robertstown โ ๐ธ
Sep 29, 2022: ๐ Dare Valley Country Park
Sep 28, 2022: Linkblog ๐: The vision of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sep 28, 2022: ๐ Watching England play Pakistan in the fifth of seven T20 matches.
Sep 28, 2022: ๐ถ A short walk
Sep 27, 2022: ๐บ The Great British Bake Off
Sep 27, 2022: ๐ฝ First contact from status.lol
Sep 26, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Hilary Mantel knew how corrosive deference to monarchy can be โ and why we must resist | โฆ
Sep 26, 2022: Cosmopolis, 2012 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Sunday September 25, 2022.
Sep 25, 2022: Pizza. Olives, capers and green chilli ๐ โ ๐ธ
Sep 25, 2022: Lebanese wine with our pizza tonight ๐ ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ง โ ๐ธ
Sep 25, 2022: Film log - watched: Cosmopolis, 2012 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Sep 25, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Suede (41), Golschmann, Columbia SO, Gould (9), Madeleine Cocolas (8) & โฆ
Sep 24, 2022: The Fly, 1986 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday September 23, 2022.
Sep 23, 2022: Film log - watched: The Fly, 1986 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Sep 23, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Restoring the Old Way of Warming: Heating People, not Places - LOW-TECH MAGAZINE via โฆ
Sep 23, 2022: A History of Violence, 2005 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Thursday September 22, 2022.
Sep 22, 2022: Film log - watched: A History of Violence, 2005 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Sep 19, 2022: Yesterday at Abergavenny Food Festival โ ๐ธ
Sep 18, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Glenn Gould (32), Walter, Columbia SO (18), Dry Cleaning (10) & Solti, โฆ
Sep 17, 2022: Afternoon, #Caturday โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Ian McEwanโs long look back British politics does not offer much more cause for โฆ
Sep 14, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Jean-Luc Godard: a genius who tore up rule book without troubling to read it
Sep 13, 2022: One of my favourite beers: Timothy Taylorโs Landlord, at The Gloucester Old Spot, Bristol ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Sep 12, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Thereโs more to spritz than Aperol
Sep 11, 2022: Baked polenta with melted gorgonzola โ Polenta Pasticciata con Gorgonzola โ ๐ธ
Sep 11, 2022: Iโve been stirring polenta for nearly 40 minutes. My arm is aching. โ ๐ธ
Sep 11, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Evgeny Kissin (19), Lou Reed (14), Ezra Furman (13), Dry Cleaning (10) โฆ
Sep 8, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Exposed by Caroline Vout review โ the real Greek and Roman body
Sep 5, 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2022 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Sunday September 4, 2022.
Sep 4, 2022: Film log - watched: Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2022 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Sep 4, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Boult, LPO, Tortelier (7) & Dactyl Terra (6) via tweekly.fm
Sep 1, 2022: Currently reading: Tales From The Loop by Simon Stรฅlenhag ๐
Sep 1, 2022: Currently reading: Endless Forms by Seirian Sumner ๐
Aug 28, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Jenny Hval (13), Psychedelic Porn Crumpets (11), Ezra Furman (3), The โฆ
Aug 27, 2022: Itโs been a hard Caturday ๐ค ๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 27, 2022: Beyond burgers and mushrooms ๐๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 27, 2022: Abbot Ale and long wave radio in the garden for todayโs cricket - TMS & England v South Africa ๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 27, 2022: Bindweed โ ๐ธ
Aug 27, 2022: Bindweed over juniper โ ๐ธ
Aug 26, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Lawns: Are they worth it anymore? - The Washington Post
Aug 24, 2022: Linkblog ๐: An ode to the Great British music festival - New Statesman From Green Man to โฆ
Aug 24, 2022: Camp from Thursday to Monday at the Green Man Festival ๐ต Five days with virtually no internet access โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 18, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Arriving at Green Man Festival 2022, near Crickhowell, Powys ๐ต
Aug 16, 2022: Lunch at Junjira Thai Restaurant Today we decided it was about time we had lunch at the tiny Thai restaurant in our local market hall โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 16, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Junjira Thai restaurant in Aberdare Market ๐
Aug 14, 2022: Greek Village Salad โ Horiatiki Salata Looks like today is going to be the last hot day of our โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 14, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Low (13), Dactyl Terra (11), Morcheeba (10), Christian Curnyn (7) & โฆ
Aug 12, 2022: Finished reading: The Saints of Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton ๐
Aug 10, 2022: Shaded garden spots reserved for the next few days of hot weather. For me: For Duffy: โ ๐ธ
Aug 8, 2022: Went to my first Hundred cricket match yesterday, Welsh Fire v Oval Invincibles at Sophia Gardens in โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 7, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Sophia Gardens, Cardiff ๐
Aug 7, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Low (25), Walter Gieseking (15), alt-J (12), Retribution Gospel Choir (10) โฆ
Aug 6, 2022: Museโs Matt Bellamy ๐ ๐ต I think my brainโs been manipulated by Stranger Things and thatโs what I โฆ
Aug 2, 2022: Summer. Wales. Raining. At least itโs warm so I can sit in the garden with a beer ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jul 31, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Kirill Kozlovski (32), Jack White (24), Sleaford Mods (24), Nigel Kennedy, โฆ
Jul 31, 2022: Walk the Line, 2005 - โ โ โ Watched on Saturday July 30, 2022.
Jul 30, 2022: Film log - watched: Walk the Line, 2005 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 30, 2022: Amulet, 2020 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday July 29, 2022.
Jul 29, 2022: Film log - watched: Amulet, 2020 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 28, 2022: Some more celebrating ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 28, 2022: Really special and enjoyable day in Bristol, my daughterโs graduation ceremony โ BSc Psychology with โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 28, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Bristol Cathedral. UWE Bristol graduation ceremony.
Jul 28, 2022: Chairs ๐ช โ ๐ธ
Jul 27, 2022: The Olde Hatchet Inn, Bristol. โ ๐ธ
Jul 27, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ The Olde Hatchet Inn, Bristol. Good Chemistry Brewing Full Circle ๐บ
Jul 27, 2022: Tunnel โ ๐ธ
Jul 24, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Dimentia 13 (19), The Mysterines (13), Nick Mason’s Saucerful of โฆ
Jul 23, 2022: Sam Northeast: Glamorgan batter hits 410 - third highest score in County Championship history ๐๐ โฆ
Jul 23, 2022: Jurassic World, 2015 - โ โ โ Watched on Friday July 22, 2022.
Jul 22, 2022: Film log - watched: Jurassic World, 2015 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 20, 2022: Currently reading: The Saints of Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton ๐
Jul 20, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Kavala Airport, time for one last spinach pie and Alfa ๐บ
Jul 19, 2022: Final nightcap โ Isalos ouzo โ ๐ธ
Jul 19, 2022: Impressive seafood spaghetti tonight at Taverna Pirofani on our last evening on Thasos ๐ฌ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Jul 18, 2022: Spending the last few days of our holiday relaxing on the beach by (and swimming through) Tripiti โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 18, 2022: Currently reading: Salvation Lost by Peter F. Hamilton ๐ Whizzing through and really enjoying The โฆ
Jul 17, 2022: Currently reading: Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton ๐
Jul 17, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Doors (23), Kevin Morby (12), Ryley Walker (10), James Rhodes (9) & โฆ
Jul 17, 2022: Finished reading: Three Philosophies and One Reality & NHK Radio Talks by Gudo Wafu Nishijima ๐
Jul 16, 2022: Lazy, simple evening meal in our apartment tonight โ dolmades, Throumba olives, tzatziki and bread. โ ๐ธ
Jul 16, 2022: Multi-storey cats ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 16, 2022: Morning walk๐ถโโ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jul 15, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Oldest house in Wales found in Cardiff
Jul 14, 2022: Strangely we had Italian food tonight - seafood linguine and gnocchi alla Sorrentina. The owners of โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 14, 2022: Mount Athos from Limenaria, just before sunset โ ๐ธ
Jul 13, 2022: And omelette is served! โ ๐ธ
Jul 13, 2022: Compact omelette cookery๐ฅ โ ๐ธ
Jul 13, 2022: Empty beds view a moonrise ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 12, 2022: Lost in the trees โ ๐ธ
Jul 12, 2022: Some art in Limenaria โ ๐ธ
Jul 12, 2022: From the comments to that last linked article on wasps: Bees were once wasps but diverged from them โฆ
Jul 12, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Country diary: We should open our eyes to the wonder of wasps
Jul 12, 2022: Never seen anything like this before: How a fake ‘IPL’ cricket league ran for Russian โฆ
Jul 11, 2022: Late lunch in the bar ๐บ Anchovies ๐ Games ๐ฒ โ ๐ธ
Jul 11, 2022: Looking towards Mount Athos โ ๐ธ
Jul 11, 2022: Image of the Harpie, 1497 Iโm struck by some images on a Kindle ๐ซค from The Burning Man by Frances โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 11, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Long gone, but speaking clearly to our age โ Shelley, the poet of moral and political โฆ
Jul 11, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes (12), James Taylor (8), Derrick Harriott โฆ
Jul 10, 2022: Currently reading: Donโt be a Jerk by Brad Warner ๐
Jul 10, 2022: Currently reading: Z by Vassilis Vassilokos ๐
Jul 10, 2022: โ ๐ธ
Jul 9, 2022: Drinks in a bar with my daughter. She finds my conversation stimulating ๐ ๐ ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jul 9, 2022: Alex in Limenaria โ ๐ธ
Jul 9, 2022: Waves โ ๐ธ
Jul 9, 2022: Breakfast after a night of storms, thunder and lightning โ โ ๐ธ
Jul 9, 2022: Trypiti Beach โ ๐ธ
Jul 8, 2022: Percy Bysshe Shelley died on 8th July 1822, at the age of 29, when his boat went down in a sudden โฆ
Jul 8, 2022: Normal service is resumed ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 8, 2022: A little Thasos rain this morning ๐ง
Jul 7, 2022: Beach stroll after dinner โ ๐ธ
Jul 7, 2022: Purple Love Bug โค๏ธ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 7, 2022: Morning coffee at Limenaria harbour โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jul 6, 2022: Heading for Thasos ๐ฌ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Jul 6, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Rodon House, Limenaria, Thasos ๐ฌ๐ท
Jul 6, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ North Terminal, Gatwick Airport โ๏ธ
Jul 3, 2022: La Chouffe ๐บ India building a substantial lead ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 3, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Yr Ieuan Ap Iago, Aberdare - Purity Mad Goose ๐บ
Jul 2, 2022: Just watched an incredible over for India, the record for the most runs in a Test over! Stuart Broad โฆ
Jun 29, 2022: Explosive walking! โ ๐ธ
Jun 28, 2022: On to the salt marshes โ ๐ธ
Jun 28, 2022: Walking on Whiteford Sands โ ๐ธ
Jun 28, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Burrows Cottage, Cwm Ivy, Llanmadoc
Jun 28, 2022: Linkblog ๐: Portable Magic by Emma Smith review โ a love letter to reading
Jun 28, 2022: Linkblog ๐: โItโs dopamineโ: why we love to track our watching and reading habits
Jun 26, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Sleaford Mods (25), The Utopia Strong (18) & Nina Simone (11) via โฆ
Jun 25, 2022: Saturday afternoon Leffe ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jun 25, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ National Museum Cardiff - Destination masterpiece: 75 great artworks to see โฆ
Jun 25, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Brodies Coffee Co - flat white & toastie โ๏ธ
Jun 22, 2022: Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods, 2017 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Wednesday June 22, 2022.
Jun 22, 2022: Film log - watched: Bunch of Kunst, 2017 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jun 20, 2022: Assimilate, 2019 - โ ยฝ Watched on Sunday June 19, 2022.
Jun 19, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Ye Olde Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina โ pints of Abbot Ale and Sharpโs Atlantic ๐บ
Jun 19, 2022: Film log - watched: Assimilate, 2019 - โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jun 19, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Mysterines (13), Sleaford Mods (12) & Molchat Doma (3) via โฆ
Jun 18, 2022: Okra fries! โ ๐ธ
Jun 18, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Koocha, Bristol โ Persian inspired vegan cuisine.
Jun 13, 2022: Just arrived home from nearly a weekโs break in Berlin. Iโd forgotten how much I like visiting big โฆ
Jun 13, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Berlin-Brandenburg Airport โ๏ธ
Jun 12, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artist: The Utopia Strong (9) via tweekly.fm
Jun 10, 2022: Tempelhof Airport for the Tempelhof Sounds festival ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Jun 10, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Tempelhof Airport for the Tempelhof Sounds festival ๐ต
Jun 10, 2022: Roses in Berlin ๐น โ ๐ธ
Jun 9, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Taverna Athene. Ouzo, retsina, anchovies, moussaka, white bean soup and Greek โฆ
Jun 9, 2022: Living the pickle life ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jun 9, 2022: Anhalter Bahnhof โ ๐ธ
Jun 9, 2022: Anhalter Bahnhof โ ๐ธ
Jun 9, 2022: Karl-Marx-Allee โ ๐ธ
Jun 9, 2022: Mozart and Beethoven. Haydn is on the far side ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Jun 8, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ DDR Museum
Jun 7, 2022: Deutsches Technikmuseum โ ๐ธ
Jun 7, 2022: DHL ๐ก โ ๐ธ
Jun 7, 2022: Reichstag โ ๐ธ
Jun 7, 2022: Deckchairs and Reichstag โ ๐ธ
Jun 7, 2022: A Pale Ale ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jun 7, 2022: Craft beer in Berlin - BRLO Brwhouse beer garden ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jun 7, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ BRLO Brewhouse microbrewery - Helles and Berliner Weisse ๐บ
Jun 7, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Holiday Inn Express, Berlin City Centre ๐ฉ๐ช
Jun 7, 2022: Heathrow Terminal 5 โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jun 7, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5 โ๏ธ
Jun 6, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Ostrich Inn, Colnbrook. Pint of Spitfire ๐บ
Jun 6, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Ye Olde George, Colnbrook. Pint of Amstel ๐บ
Jun 5, 2022: 64 years ago - 1958. Last time Wales reached the World Cup Finals. Incredible ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ โฝ๏ธ
Jun 5, 2022: Outstanding ๐ stats by Andrew Samson @AWSStats: Youngest to reach 10 000 Test runs: AN Cook 11479 โฆ
Jun 5, 2022: Day 4 of England v New Zealand ๐ Joe Root hits his 26th Test century to also reach 10,000 Test runs. โฆ
Jun 5, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Davis, Staatskapelle Dresden (7) & Solti, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, โฆ
Jun 4, 2022: OtD 4 Jun 1913 socialist suffragette Emily Davison was seriously injured while trying to grab the โฆ
Jun 4, 2022: Marmite or Dynamite ๐งจ โ ๐ธ
Jun 3, 2022: My only Jubilee celebration - Pact Coffeeโs Remera Tugirekawanziza Rwandan coffee, their Platinum โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 3, 2022: Bank holidays. Yesterday was small barbecue day, today is pizza day. โ ๐ธ
May 31, 2022: On review I somehow missed posting Day 4 ๐ So for the sake of completeness โฆ thorny โ day 04 of the โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 31, 2022: endurance โ day 31 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 30, 2022: fish โ day 30 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 30, 2022: Linkblog ๐: The love song of TS Eliot: intense letters reveal the passion behind the pen
May 29, 2022: stripes โ day 29 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 29, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Kirill Kozlovski (16), Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes (15), Bernstein, โฆ
May 28, 2022: fair โ day 28 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 28, 2022: Finished reading: Big Snake Little Snake: An Inquiry into Risk by DBC Pierre ๐
May 28, 2022: Finished reading: Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan’s Food Culture by Matt โฆ
May 27, 2022: written โ day 27 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. design by william blake: thomas โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 27, 2022: Call Me by Your Name, 2017 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Thursday May 26, 2022.
May 26, 2022: Film log - watched: Call Me by Your Name, 2017 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
May 26, 2022: schedule โ day 26 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 25, 2022: Sticker on lamppost in Hay-on-Wye. โ ๐ธ
May 25, 2022: mountain โ day 25 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 24, 2022: intricate โ day 24 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 24, 2022: Alien, 1979 - โ โ โ โ โ Re-watching the 2003 Directorโs Cut. Superb, even better than I remember ๐
May 23, 2022: Film log - watched: Alien, 1979 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
May 23, 2022: plain โ day 23 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. plain foreground athens 2018 ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 22, 2022: textile โ day 22 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. tapestry night sky ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 22, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Mansion House, Llansteffan for Sunday lunch of shellfish ravioli ๐ฆ
May 22, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Maazel, Orchestre National De France, Migenes, Domingo, Choeurs De Radio โฆ
May 21, 2022: Midjourney AI-powered generative art project My beta invite from Midjourney, the AI-powered generative art project, arrived today. First attempt โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 21, 2022: symmetry โ day 21 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 21, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Delico Deli, Aberdare for Saturday breakfast and coffee โ๏ธ
May 20, 2022: beverage โ day 20 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. moroccan mint ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 20, 2022: Acoustic sets at Clwb Ifor Bach last night - James Walsh ๐ต supported by Ellie Thomas and Pay the Man โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 19, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Clwb Ifor Bach for James Walsh ๐ต
May 19, 2022: indulgence โ day 19 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. baklava ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 18, 2022: random โ day 18 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 17, 2022: hold โ day 17 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 17, 2022: Fantasy Island, 2020 - โ โ โ ยฝ A lot darker than I remember the 1970s/1980s TV series ๐ย And I thought it was a lot better than all โฆ
May 16, 2022: Film log - watched: Fantasy Island, 2020 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
May 16, 2022: time โ day 16 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 15, 2022: clouds โ day 15 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 15, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd. Ukrainian Golden Ale ๐บ
May 15, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: clipping. (29), Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets (27), James Walsh โฆ
May 14, 2022: fence โ day 14 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 13, 2022: community โ day 13 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 12, 2022: tranquility โ day 12 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 11, 2022: maroon โ day 11 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 10, 2022: Havenโt watched many football games live this season but I am watching Aston Villa v Liverpool this โฆ
May 10, 2022: pot โ day 10 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 9, 2022: ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ Stupid 129 2/1/2 stupidwordgame.com
May 9, 2022: bloom โ day 09 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 8, 2022: union โ day 08 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. NALGO ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 8, 2022: DBC Pierre: ‘You can be shut down from life because of one mistake’ ๐
May 7, 2022: park โ day 07 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. dare valley country park ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 6, 2022: silhouette โ day 06 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 5, 2022: Home with the second-hand spoils of Hay-on-Wye ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 5, 2022: Earth โ day 05 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 5, 2022: Hay-on-Wye ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 4, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ tomatitos tapas bar, hay-on-wye. good rioja! ๐ท
May 3, 2022: Bought a chair in Hay-on-Wye! โ ๐ธ
May 3, 2022: experimental โ day 03 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge - worryingly experimental โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 3, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ Blue Boar, Hay-on-Wye. Pint of Timothy Taylorโs Landlord ๐บ
May 3, 2022: Location check in ๐บ โ The Old Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye
May 2, 2022: photo โ day 02 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 1, 2022: switch โ day 01 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
May 1, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Ryley Walker (18), Muse (7), Altin Gรผn (6), Sting (6) & Gong (4) via โฆ
Apr 30, 2022: Finch, 2021 - โ โ Watched on Friday April 29, 2022.
Apr 29, 2022: Film log - watched: Finch, 2021 - โ โ ๐ฅ
Apr 28, 2022: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ Try Time at the Rhoswenallt Inn. โ Drinking a Try Time by Glamorgan โฆ
Apr 28, 2022: Finished reading: One Language by Anastasia Taylor-Lind ๐
Apr 27, 2022: Best so far ๐ I solved today’s Redactle (#20) in 14 guesses with an accuracy of 85.71%. โฆ
Apr 26, 2022: Poem of the week: Welcome to Donetsk by Anastasia Taylor-Lind ๐
Apr 26, 2022: Check in ๐บ โ Delico Deli for tuna melt panini and Americano โ๏ธ
Apr 24, 2022: Looking into some One Cup sake โ ๐ธ
Apr 24, 2022: Infinitum: Subject Unknown, 2021 - โ โ โ Low-key, low budget and quite stylish and well filmed. Wanted to like it more but narrative wasnโt โฆ
Apr 24, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Ryley Walker (8), The Utopia Strong (6), Arcade Fire (2) & Kevin Morby โฆ
Apr 23, 2022: Film log - watched: Infinitum: Subject Unknown, 2021 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Apr 23, 2022: Well, I was planning to go to my first cricket match of the season tomorrow but… Middlesex โฆ
Apr 23, 2022: IPES food report: The Politics of Protein ๐
Apr 22, 2022: The Invisible Man, 2020 - โ โ โ OK but didnโt really engross me; not a version of The Invisible Man Iโd like to revisit.
Apr 21, 2022: Film log - watched: The Invisible Man, 2020 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Apr 20, 2022: Mainly trees ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ฒ ๐ท Walking today - view of Aberdare, a mine entrance and (mainly) trees. โ ๐ธ
Apr 18, 2022: Dune, 2021 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Sunday April 17, 2022.
Apr 17, 2022: Birthday board game. I lost. โ ๐ธ
Apr 17, 2022: Film log - watched: Dune, 2021 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Apr 17, 2022: My birthday today. Also my 100th consecutive day of playing Wordle. As a gift to myself Iโm going to โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 17, 2022: TS Eliotโs The Waste Land issues weather warning for our times ๐
Apr 17, 2022: Plague poems, defiant wit and penis puns: why John Donne is a poet for our times ๐
Apr 17, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: James Walsh (14), Throwing Muses (13), Handley, RLPO (8), Holst, LSO (7) โฆ
Apr 16, 2022: Llansteffan beach ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 12, 2022: Cloudalists: Our New Cloud-based Ruling Class - Project Syndicate op-ed ๐
Apr 10, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Norrington, LCP, Tan (75), Karajan, VPO, Price, Corelli, Merrill, Freni โฆ
Apr 9, 2022: Keeping it simple ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 8, 2022: Shazam!, 2019 - โ โ ยฝ Watched on Wednesday April 6, 2022.
Apr 6, 2022: Forest walking โ ๐ธ
Apr 5, 2022: The Postcard Killings, 2020 - โ โ Watched on Monday April 4, 2022.
Apr 4, 2022: Film log - watched: The Postcard Killings, 2020 - โ โ ๐ฅ
Apr 3, 2022: 641 runs in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 Final! Australia were impressive. ๐
Apr 3, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Muse (21), John Nelson & Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg (9), โฆ
Apr 2, 2022: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ Brew Monster, Cardiff โ Drinking a Leviathan by Brew Monster
Apr 2, 2022: The Bubble, 2022 - โ โ ยฝ Watched on Friday April 1, 2022.
Apr 1, 2022: Film log - watched: The Bubble, 2022 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Apr 1, 2022: Cricket World Cup: England-Australia final to be shown free to air on Sunday ๐ England’s โฆ
Mar 31, 2022: Alita: Battle Angel, 2019 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Wednesday March 30, 2022.
Mar 30, 2022: Film log - watched: Alita: Battle Angel, 2019 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Mar 27, 2022: Llansteffan Castle ๐ฐ โ ๐ธ
Mar 27, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Muse (14), Laundromat (11), Handley, RLPO, Tasmin Little (6), Bernstein, โฆ
Mar 24, 2022: Daffodils. St John the Baptist churchyard, Aberdare. ๐ผ โ ๐ธ
Mar 22, 2022: Currently reading: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman ๐
Mar 20, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Muse (13), Matt Bellamy (10), Furtwรคngler, BPO (9), Petrenko, RLPO (4) โฆ
Mar 19, 2022: Homeward bound from Bristol, becoming a familiar route. โ ๐ธ
Mar 19, 2022: Check in ๐บ โ Hatchet Inn, Bristol ๐บ
Mar 18, 2022: Finished reading: Thomas Hardy: The Time-torn Man by Claire Tomalin ๐
Mar 17, 2022: Finished reading: Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment โฆ
Mar 17, 2022: Primer, 2004 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Wednesday March 16, 2022.
Mar 16, 2022: Film log - watched: Primer, 2004 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Mar 13, 2022: Disintegration into moss โ ๐ธ
Mar 13, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Muse (15), Walter, Columbia SO (3) & Rattle, CBSO (1) via tweekly.fm
Mar 12, 2022: Mentioned on the BBC today: Ukraine: Spam website set up to reach millions of Russians - but they โฆ
Mar 12, 2022: England v Ireland in the Six Nations rugby. England down to 14 with a red card after 82s. Canโt see โฆ
Mar 11, 2022: Roman boat that sank in Mediterranean 1,700 years ago gives up its treasures ๐
Mar 6, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: NEU! (12), Gong (9), Kevin Morby (8), Baudo, LPO (5) & John Coltrane โฆ
Mar 4, 2022: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ The Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd โ Drinking a Sierra Nevad-o
Mar 4, 2022: Escape from Pretoria, 2020 - โ โ โ Watched on Thursday March 3, 2022.
Mar 3, 2022: Film log - watched: Escape from Pretoria, 2020 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Mar 1, 2022: Your Website is Useless ๐
Feb 28, 2022: Beat Poet Elise Cowenโs Time-Traveling Love Letters to Emily Dickinson ๐
Feb 27, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Muse (11), Gong (9), Nigel Kennedy (9) & Hogwood, Academy of Ancient โฆ
Feb 26, 2022: Finished reading: Homo Irrealis by Andrรฉ Aciman ๐
Feb 20, 2022: Check in ๐บ โ Pho. Vietnamese prawn curry, lemon and Thai basil martini ๐ธ
Feb 20, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Gary Kemp (11), Muse (11), Yard Act (11), Dry Cleaning (10) & Karajan, โฆ
Feb 14, 2022: No Time to Die, 2021 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Sunday February 13, 2022.
Feb 13, 2022: Film log - watched: No Time to Die, 2021 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Feb 13, 2022: Spectre, 2015 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Saturday February 12, 2022.
Feb 12, 2022: Film log - watched: Spectre, 2015 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Feb 12, 2022: The Paris Review - Cavafyโs Bed ๐
Feb 12, 2022: Neolithic chalk drum hailed as most important prehistoric art found in 100 years ๐
Feb 11, 2022: Interesting poster combinations. โ ๐ธ
Feb 11, 2022: Check in ๐บ โ Tinto Lounge, Gloucester Road, Bristol for a Beyond burger plus tapas. Delicious. โฆ
Feb 11, 2022: Skyfall, 2012 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday February 10, 2022.
Feb 11, 2022: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ Drinking a Jail Ale by Dartmoor Brewery at the Post Inn
Feb 11, 2022: Brief stop at Tintagel ๐ฐ โ ๐ธ
Feb 11, 2022: Flat white and a pasty on a bench in Padstow harbour. Final harbour coffee break of our stay in โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 11, 2022: Film log - watched: Skyfall, 2012 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Feb 10, 2022: Second flat white of the day on a bench at Porthleven Harbour โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Feb 10, 2022: Check in ๐บ โ The Harbourside Refuge, Porthleven. Great fish dishes. ๐
Feb 10, 2022: Flat white and croissant on the beach overlooking St Michael’s Mount. A little grey and โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 10, 2022: Quantum of Solace, 2008 - โ โ ยฝ Watched on Wednesday February 9, 2022.
Feb 10, 2022: Donโt Network: The Avant-Garde after Networks [2018] ๐
Feb 10, 2022: Casino Royale, 2006 - โ โ โ โ Re-watching for the first time after about 15 years. Quite enjoyed it! Will be carrying on with the โฆ
Feb 9, 2022: Film log - watched: Quantum of Solace, 2008 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Feb 9, 2022: Film log - watched: Casino Royale, 2006 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Feb 9, 2022: Kemyel A - standing stone (menhir) โ ๐ธ
Feb 8, 2022: Flat white on a bench overlooking Mousehole harbour โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Feb 8, 2022: Violets โ ๐ธ
Feb 8, 2022: Sky, sea and ruins - view from the front of the cottage weโre staying in. โ ๐ธ
Feb 8, 2022: Lamorna Cove โ ๐ธ
Feb 7, 2022: Today I learned blue skies in St Ives do not mean good weather at Landโs End. It got very drizzly โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 7, 2022: Beer check in via Untappd. Sharpโs Sea Fury at the Farmers Arms, Penzance ๐บ๐บ โ Drinking a Sea Fury โฆ
Feb 7, 2022: St Ives โ ๐ธ
Feb 7, 2022: Flat white on a bench overlooking St Ives harbour โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Feb 7, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Andy Summers & Robert Fripp (10), Gregory Porter (8), LCP, Norrington โฆ
Feb 6, 2022: Sitting in a pub in Exeter watching Six Nations rugby - France v Italy. Itโs only a Beefeater but โฆ
Feb 6, 2022: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ โ Drinking a Proper Job by St Austell Brewery
Feb 5, 2022: ICC Under-19 Menโs World Cup Final, England v India. Alex Horton from Glamorgan keeping wicket. โฆ
Feb 5, 2022: Inside Delico Deli with an Americano, looking out. โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Feb 4, 2022: More than 18,000 pot sherds document life in ancient Egypt ๐
Feb 3, 2022: Three ladies dancing, two couples cuddling, one piper piping in ancient feast mosaic ๐
Feb 2, 2022: Family owners put Blackwellโs bookshops up for sale ๐ This is a shame. Blackwell’s is usually โฆ
Feb 2, 2022: Hemingway & Gellhorn, 2012 - โ โ โ Watched on Tuesday February 1, 2022.
Feb 1, 2022: Sharp โ ๐ธ
Feb 1, 2022: Film log - watched: Hemingway & Gellhorn, 2012 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jan 30, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Oxford Camerata, Summerly (9), Solti, CSO (2) & Conlon, Rotterdam PO โฆ
Jan 30, 2022: Kangaroo, 1986 - โ โ โ ยฝ Interesting enough. A little slow paced, not hugely charismatic performances (and Colin Frielsโ โฆ
Jan 29, 2022: Film log - watched: Kangaroo, 1986 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jan 29, 2022: Pastรฉis de nata added to my coffee morning โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jan 29, 2022: Check in ๐บ โ Delico Deli for Americano and toastie โ๏ธ
Jan 28, 2022: Currently reading: Hear Me Out by Armando Iannucci ๐
Jan 28, 2022: Misty and muddy walk this morning but at least I got above the clouds. Now to clean my boots โฆ ๐ถโโ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jan 27, 2022: Update to my Micro.blog Navigation List plug-in I have just updated my Micro.blog Navigation List plug-in to version 1.0.6 Prior to this version a โฆ
Jan 26, 2022: Why We Must Challenge Zuckerbergโs Ring of Power ๐
Jan 25, 2022: Check in ๐บ โ Root, Bristol.
Jan 25, 2022: Cactus boot, prehistoric jungle and glasshouse at Bristol Botanic Garden ๐ฑ โ ๐ธ
Jan 25, 2022: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ. Landlord at The Gloucester Old Spot, Bristol. โ Drinking a Landlord by โฆ
Jan 25, 2022: Check in ๐บ โ Bristol Botanic Garden ๐ฑ
Jan 25, 2022: Some intense leafleting in Bristol. โ ๐ธ
Jan 24, 2022: Oldest brewed tea leaves found in royal tomb ๐
Jan 23, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Police (11), Andy Summers (10), Muse (9), Furtwรคngler, BPO (8) & โฆ
Jan 23, 2022: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, 2017 - โ โ โ ยฝ Hypnotically addictive. Definitely a spectacle.
Jan 22, 2022: Film log - watched: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, 2017 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jan 21, 2022: Finished reading: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki ๐
Jan 20, 2022: Nellie Bly: The woman who blew Fogg away ๐
Jan 19, 2022: Rhubarb chard at the National Botanic Garden of Wales โ ๐ธ
Jan 18, 2022: Check in ๐บ โ The National Botanic Garden of Wales
Jan 18, 2022: Out of Time, 2021 - โ ยฝ Watched on Monday January 17, 2022.
Jan 17, 2022: Film log - watched: Out Of Time, 2021 - โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jan 17, 2022: The Green Knight, 2021 - โ โ โ โ Very dark. Very dramatic. Not what I expected - better than that. Unusually I wish Iโd read a โฆ
Jan 16, 2022: Film log - watched: The Green Knight, 2021 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jan 16, 2022: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ. Bristol Beer Factory Milk Stout at the Bunch of Grapes.
Jan 16, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Bell, Academy of St Martin in the Fields (12), The Ronettes (12), Neil โฆ
Jan 12, 2022: First try of a plastic Holga lens on my old Pentax K100D. A Holga HL-P, 60ย mm f/8 for Pentax DSLR โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 12, 2022: Cherry, 2021 - โ โ ยฝ Watched on Tuesday January 11, 2022.
Jan 11, 2022: Film log - watched: Cherry, 2021 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jan 9, 2022: Twin Town, 1997 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Saturday January 8, 2022.
Jan 9, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Police (31), Lana Del Rey (17), Coldplay (10), Elbow (9) & Giannis โฆ
Jan 8, 2022: Film log - watched: Twin Town, 1997 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jan 6, 2022: A visit to Kingโs Quoit, the Neolithic burial chamber overlooking Manorbier beach, Pembrokeshire. โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 6, 2022: Check in ๐บ โ Delico Deli, large Americano โ๏ธ
Jan 5, 2022: A morning walk. Snow and Moss on Flickr ๐ท
Jan 5, 2022: Spent a long time preparing sushi maki with my daughter last night. Fillings of shiitake, smoked โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 2, 2022: Just watched the New Yearโs Day Doctor Who. That was a good episode, I always like a time loop and โฆ
Jan 2, 2022: Main course and dessert. โ ๐ธ
Jan 2, 2022: First visit of the year to my favourite pub. Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jan 2, 2022: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ โ Drinking a Kashmir by Salopian Brewery
Jan 2, 2022: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Sigmatropic (25), Lana Del Rey (14), Gomez (11), The Police (11) & Andy โฆ
Jan 1, 2022: How did Welsh cricket fare in 2021? ๐
Dec 31, 2021: Don't Look Up, 2021 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday December 30, 2021.
Dec 30, 2021: Film log - watched: Don’t Look Up, 2021 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Dec 26, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: La Serenissima, Chandler, Bircher, Whelan (27), Nubya Garcia (18), Andy โฆ
Dec 25, 2021: Finishing off Xmas evening โ ๐ธ
Dec 25, 2021: Quiet family Xmas dinner of Spanakopita Gigantes plaki Harissa roasted sprouts, broccoli, halloumi โฆ โ ๐ธ
Dec 25, 2021: Will be feeling really strong today - cooking nearly a kilogram of spinach for Xmas dinner ๐ ๐ช โ ๐ธ
Dec 24, 2021: Finished reading: Pandemonium by Armando Iannucci ๐
Dec 23, 2021: Army of Thieves, 2021 - โ โ ยฝ Watched on Wednesday December 22, 2021.
Dec 22, 2021: Film log - watched: Army of Thieves, 2021 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Dec 22, 2021: Coma, 2019 - โ โ ยฝ Average random sci-fi movie pick on Amazon Prime. A video game of a film, visually quite impressive โฆ
Dec 22, 2021: Wild at Heart, 1990 - โ โ โ ยฝ Suitably surreal.
Dec 21, 2021: Film log - watched: Coma, 2019 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Dec 21, 2021: Film log - watched: Wild at Heart, 1990 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Dec 21, 2021: Finished reading: Bitter Lemons of Cyprus by Lawrence Durrell ๐
Dec 21, 2021: Handwriting my Website with a Digital Amanuensis - Chris Aldrich ๐
Dec 19, 2021: Short Sunday afternoon walk๐ถโโ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Dec 19, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Police (40), Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano (17), Andy Summers (13), โฆ
Dec 18, 2021: First Xmas fire ๐ฅ โ ๐ธ
Dec 16, 2021: The crowds are in for the early morning cricket ๐ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Dec 16, 2021: The Ashes 2nd Test in Adelaide is a day-night match, so starts at 4am in the UK. At least I can get โฆ
Dec 14, 2021: Senedd Cymru โ ๐ธ
Dec 12, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: L’Orfeo Barockorchester & Michi Gaigg (24), Elbow (12) & Mary โฆ
Dec 11, 2021: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ โ Drinking a Paper Planes by Salopian Brewery
Dec 10, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ The Coal Exchange, Cardiff ๐จ
Dec 10, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Bar One, Wales Millennium Centre ๐ท
Dec 10, 2021: Army of the Dead, 2021 - โ โ โ Watched on Thursday December 9, 2021.
Dec 9, 2021: Film log - watched: Army of the Dead, 2021 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Dec 8, 2021: Fromage fictions: the 14 biggest cheese myths โ debunked! ๐
Dec 8, 2021: Watching 1st Ashes Test. Apparently that was only the fourth time a wicket has fallen to the first โฆ
Dec 6, 2021: Quote used by Ruth Ozeki in A Tale for the Time Being ๐ โ In reality, every reader, while he is โฆ
Dec 6, 2021: Doors guitarist Robby Krieger: โThe music will outlast the crazy Jim stuffโ ๐
Dec 5, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Andy Summers (22), Andy Summers & Robert Fripp (13), Furtwรคngler, BPO โฆ
Dec 4, 2021: Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 2019 - โ โ Uninspiring monster fayre.
Dec 4, 2021: Japanese Films That Will Blow Your Mind And Make You Reevaluate The Possibilities Of The Cinematic Artform The World of Kanako Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets Confession Love & Pop โฆ
Dec 3, 2021: Film log - watched: Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 2019 - โ โ ๐ฅ
Dec 3, 2021: Disrupt Textsโ assault on Shakespeare and other classics: Money, ignorance and social backwardness ๐
Dec 1, 2021: A new novelty - first train journey in almost two years - Mountain Ash Station ๐ โ ๐ธ
Dec 1, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Mountain Ash Railway Station ๐
Nov 29, 2021: Josephine Baker: a timely addition to the Panthรฉon ๐
Nov 28, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Mary Ann Tedstone Glover (45), Itzhak Perlman (16), Andy Summers (12), Andy โฆ
Nov 28, 2021: Cinema Paradiso, 1988 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Saturday November 27, 2021.
Nov 27, 2021: Just found out about and starting to populate my profile at @daveโs BingeWorthy. Struggling trying โฆ
Nov 27, 2021: Film log - watched: Cinema Paradiso, 1988 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Nov 25, 2021: Walking through Aberdare ๐ท A short sequence of B&W photos of Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf. View from the footbridge Aberdare โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 25, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Bradleys Coffee Shop. Tuna sandwich, cappuccino and mince pie โ๏ธ
Nov 25, 2021: The art that restores faith in Palermo ๐
Nov 23, 2021: Changes! Severed my ponytail and shaved my hair and beard short ๐โโ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Nov 21, 2021: Been raking and sweeping up autumn leaves. Now drinking a Pimm’s and tonic sitting outside in โฆ
Nov 21, 2021: Rescued from obscurity: UK archaeologist who restored Sicilyโs glories ๐
Nov 21, 2021: Mice and elephants - what really matters in the decarbonisation of transport ๐
Nov 21, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Diasonics (9), Another Sky (6), Boy Azooga (5), Furtwรคngler, VPO (5) โฆ
Nov 20, 2021: Drunken Angel, 1948 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday November 19, 2021.
Nov 19, 2021: Film log - watched: Drunken Angel, 1948 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Nov 18, 2021: Pulse, 2001 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Wednesday November 17, 2021.
Nov 18, 2021: How Ancient Rome hit the charts ๐๐ต Composer and academic Mary Ann Tedstone Glover has brought the โฆ
Nov 17, 2021: Film log - watched: Pulse, 2001 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Nov 16, 2021: Montaleโs Lemons by Ishion Hutchinson ๐
Nov 15, 2021: And a barge sails by ๐ โ ๐ธ
Nov 15, 2021: Morning view over Camden Lock from hotel room window. โ ๐ธ
Nov 15, 2021: Manton Reece - Micro.blog via AppleScript. ๐
Nov 15, 2021: Stereolab and Kynsy at the Roundhouse, London, Sunday 14th November ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Nov 15, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Holiday Inn, Camden Lock for one night.
Nov 14, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ The Roundhouse for the Pitchfork Music Festival with Stereolab headlining ๐ต
Nov 14, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Tai Pan Alley street food collective. Nasi lembak with jackfruit rendang and an oni โฆ
Nov 14, 2021: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ. Camden Lock โ Drinking a London Porter by Twickenham Fine Ales
Nov 13, 2021: Take out beer! Two pints of Grey Trees Breweryโs Mosaic Pale Ale fits in this carton from the Bunch โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 13, 2021: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ โ Drinking a Tigerโs โEyeโ P.A. by Bluestone Brewing Co.
Nov 13, 2021: Seven Samurai, 1954 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday November 12, 2021.
Nov 12, 2021: Film log - watched: Seven Samurai, 1954 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Nov 11, 2021: Steven Gerrard: Aston Villa name Rangers boss as new manager โฝ ๐ The former Liverpool captain, 41, โฆ
Nov 10, 2021: First T20 World Cup semifinal is underway. England v New Zealand cricket. England, batting first, โฆ
Nov 8, 2021: Atlas maps Hogwarts, Jurassic Park & made-up places ๐ So where actually is Batman’s โฆ
Nov 7, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Le Consort (31), La Serenissima, Chandler, Bircher, Whelan (22) & Le โฆ
Nov 6, 2021: Well, South Africa best England in the T20 cricket but fail to qualify for the World Cup โฆ
Nov 6, 2021: England v South Africa ๐ in the T20 World Cup - South Africa, batting first, making a great effort โฆ
Nov 6, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Delico Deli. Tuna melt panini and cappuccino โ๏ธ
Nov 6, 2021: Currently reading: The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust Volume 2) by Philip Pullman ๐
Nov 6, 2021: The Death of Stalin, 2017 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday November 5, 2021.
Nov 5, 2021: Film log - watched: The Death of Stalin, 2017 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Oct 31, 2021: John Keats was born #OnThisDay, 31st October 1795, in Moorgate, London, where his father worked in a โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 31, 2021: The Gravestone of John Keats: Romancing the Stone ๐
Oct 31, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Neil Young & Crazy Horse (9), Dirty Three (8), Neil Young (1) & Sun โฆ
Oct 31, 2021: home โ day 31 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 30, 2021: Saturday pizza ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 30, 2021: Ready for Strictly Come Dancing Halloweโen special - pumpkin courtesy of Thomas Mason ๐ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 30, 2021: Astonishing from England. Buttler was amazing ๐
Oct 30, 2021: Not a satisfactory solution. Also trying to make pizza at the same time ๐ ๐ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 30, 2021: Saturday sports stress. ICC T20 World Cup Australia v England ๐ overlapping with Wales v New Zealand โฆ
Oct 30, 2021: Lounging in late October sun ๐โโฌ โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Oct 30, 2021: red โ day 30 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 29, 2021: cycle โ day 29 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge. Flashback to a birthday in โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 28, 2021: underneath โ day 28 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge. King’s Quoit, a โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 28, 2021: Boss Level, 2021 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Wednesday October 27, 2021.
Oct 27, 2021: Film log - watched: Boss Level, 2021 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Oct 27, 2021: chaos โ day 27 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 26, 2021: The Great British Bake Off. Usually bread week is my favourite, but tonightโs pastry week is great! โฆ
Oct 26, 2021: bliss โ day 26 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 25, 2021: gravity โ day 25 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge. A specific gravity balance โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 24, 2021: Enjoying Sri Lanka v Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup - good, competitive cricket after โฆ
Oct 24, 2021: connection โ day 24 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 24, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Robert Tear, Philip Ledger (23), Walter, Columbia SO (12), Coldplay (10), โฆ
Oct 23, 2021: Bowling by Ali, Rashid and Mills was impressive, England took some great catches โฆ but would have โฆ
Oct 23, 2021: Scenes from our local coffee shop, Delico Deli, this morning. They have entered Halloweโen mode ๐ โ๏ธ โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 23, 2021: Starting shortly - England v West Indies in their opening match in the ICC T20 World Cup Super 12 โฆ
Oct 23, 2021: meaning โ day 23 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 23, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Delico Deli for tuna panini and Americano โ๏ธ
Oct 22, 2021: rest โ day 22 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 21, 2021: space โ day 21 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 21, 2021: Currently reading: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman ๐
Oct 20, 2021: sports โ day 20 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge. T20 World Cup is underway! ๐ โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 19, 2021: mirror โ day 19 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 19, 2021: Linking Drummer to Micro.blog
Oct 18, 2021: finished โ day 18 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 17, 2021: compass โ day 17 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 16, 2021: rotation โ day 16 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 15, 2021: Field Music were brilliant at The Fleece in Bristol tonight ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Oct 15, 2021: ethereal โ day 15 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 15, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ The Fleece, Bristol to see Field Music ๐ต
Oct 15, 2021: Just had delicious spinach pies at Sotiris Bakery ๐ฌ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 15, 2021: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ โ Drinking a Subtropic by Bristol Beer Factory
Oct 15, 2021: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ โ Drinking a Proper Job by St Austell Brewery
Oct 14, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Hotel du Vin, Bristol for two nights.
Oct 14, 2021: WINEYBEEST 10.5% WILD BEER CO 1/3 IMPERIAL STOUT + WINE BARRELS + TIME All the decadence of an โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 14, 2021: wheels โ day 14 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 14, 2021: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ โ Drinking a POGO by The Wild Beer Co
Oct 14, 2021: Hungarian Soproni IPA and delicious beetroot cake ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Oct 14, 2021: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ โ Drinking a Soproni รvatos Duhaj IPA by Soproni Sรถrgyรกr (Heineken โฆ
Oct 14, 2021: Laura Marling at Tramshed, Cardiff, 13th October 2021 ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Oct 13, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Tramshed, Cardiff to see Laura Marling ๐ต
Oct 13, 2021: Tapas at Bar 44 โ ๐ธ
Oct 13, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Bar 44, Cardiff for tapas and wine ๐ท
Oct 13, 2021: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ โ Drinking a Nastro Azzurro by Birra Peroni
Oct 13, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Hotel Indigo, Cardiff for one night.
Oct 13, 2021: animals โ day 13 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 13, 2021: BBQ tofu banh mi โ ๐ธ
Oct 13, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Hanoi 1991 for Vietnamese coffee and tofu banh mi โ๏ธ
Oct 12, 2021: legend โ day 12 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 11, 2021: hygge โ day 11 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 11, 2021: I havenโt watched much of the second part of this yearโs Indian Premier League but am enjoying the โฆ
Oct 11, 2021: Dipping my toes back into Dave Winer’s world by trying out Drummer.
Oct 10, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Field Music (21), The Specials (16) & Furtwรคngler, VPO (8) via โฆ
Oct 10, 2021: bridges โ day 10 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge โ Clifton Suspension Bridge โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 9, 2021: safe โ day 9 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 9, 2021: Infinite, 2021 - โ ยฝ Watched on Friday October 8, 2021.
Oct 8, 2021: twilight โ day 8 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 8, 2021: Film log - watched: Infinite, 2021 - โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Oct 8, 2021: The Babadook, 2014 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Thursday October 7, 2021.
Oct 7, 2021: Film log - watched: The Babadook, 2014 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Oct 7, 2021: spice โ day 7 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 6, 2021: street โ day 6 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge โ Commercial Street, Aberdare โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 5, 2021: toy โ day 5 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 5, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Delico Deli for latte and panini โ๏ธ
Oct 4, 2021: sharp โ day 4 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge โ St Elvanโs Church, Aberdare ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 3, 2021: Cooked with tempeh for the first time tonight - it made a very good noodle dish ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 3, 2021: majority โ day 3 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge โ Keir Hardie, founder of โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 3, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: James Rhodes (10), Il Giardino Armonico (9) & Nigel Kennedy (9) via โฆ
Oct 2, 2021: dark โ day 2 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 2, 2021: I’m quite enjoying browsing through some of the Project Apollo Archive albums on Flickr. ๐
Oct 1, 2021: touch โ day 1 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Oct 1, 2021: ARQ, 2016 - โ โ โ ยฝ I do like time loop tales. This oneโs not too shabby.
Oct 1, 2021: The Dark Tower, 2017 - โ โ Watched on Thursday September 30, 2021.
Sep 30, 2021: Film log - watched: ARQ, 2016 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Sep 30, 2021: Film log - watched: The Dark Tower, 2017 - โ โ ๐ฅ
Sep 27, 2021: The Concert by Edna St Vincent Millay ๐ Poem of the week in The Guardian
Sep 26, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Tinto Lounge, Beyond vegan cheeseburger and Malbec ๐ท
Sep 26, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Glenn Gould (31), Nigel Kennedy, BPO (6), Nigel Kennedy, BPO, Albrecht โฆ
Sep 25, 2021: Aston Villa have beaten Manchester United (by a goal to nil) for the first time in the Premier โฆ
Sep 24, 2021: Spirited Away ๐ โ by George Monbiot How the counterculture fell prey to the far-rightโs conspiracy โฆ
Sep 22, 2021: Film log - watched: Now You See Me 2, 2016 - โ โ ๐ฅ
Sep 21, 2021: Film log - watched: Sicario, 2015 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Sep 19, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Elbow (26), HMS Morris (13), Mary Lou Williams (11), Nadine Shah (11) & โฆ
Sep 19, 2021: Abergavenny Food Festival - The Market Hall โ ๐ธ
Sep 18, 2021: Walking around Manorbier beach yesterday morning we encountered this ridiculously confident robin. โฆ
Sep 18, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Rum & Fizz for coffee, not rum at 10am ๐โ๏ธ
Sep 18, 2021: Couple of quick photos at the start of Elbowโs gig at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff last night ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Sep 17, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Elbow at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff ๐ต
Sep 17, 2021: Sitting outside Cafe Citta, Cardiff. Double espressos โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 17, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ linguine alla puttanesca at Cafe Citta ๐ฎ๐น
Sep 17, 2021: Arrived in Cardiff. Aperol Spritz time. โ ๐ธ
Sep 17, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Slug & Lettuce for an Aperol Spritz ๐ธ
Sep 16, 2021: A squirrel broke into our peanut butter while we were out! ๐ฟ โ ๐ธ
Sep 16, 2021: North Beach, Tenby โ ๐ธ
Sep 16, 2021: Currently reading: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro ๐
Sep 15, 2021: Got to say @samgrover, Mimi is so good - I use it for most of my Micro.blog image uploads now, โฆ
Sep 15, 2021: Sitting by a fire in the dark listening to Oscar Petersonโs Night Train. ๐ต Argentum B&W vs Apple โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 15, 2021: Finished reading: Do Earth by Tamsin Omond ๐
Sep 15, 2021: Donโt know how well this will photograph (itโs on a slighy crumpled crisp packet) but I think this โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 15, 2021: Seaweed Ale made with Pembrokeshire foraged kelp by Caffle Craft Brewery ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Sep 15, 2021: Woodstock in the morning sun. โ ๐ธ
Sep 13, 2021: BBQ time โ ๐ธ
Sep 13, 2021: Beer check in via Untappd ๐บ๐บ โ Drinking an Orme Best Bitter by Great Orme Brewery
Sep 13, 2021: Currently reading: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu ๐
Sep 13, 2021: Currently reading: The Snows of Kilimanjaro and other stories by Ernest Hemingway ๐
Sep 12, 2021: Such a good album! Kitchen Sink by Nadine Shah ๐ต On Apple Musicโฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 12, 2021: Cooler with a little rain today so itโs an evening for a log fire with cheese and wine. โ ๐ธ
Sep 12, 2021: Currently reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman ๐
Sep 11, 2021: Very impressive by Emma Raducanu. I donโt often listen to tennis on the radio but that was exciting! โฆ
Sep 11, 2021: Disappointed by the cancellation of the England v India Test match yesterday, which I was hoping to โฆ
Sep 11, 2021: Tynt Meadow, the only English Trappist beer ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Sep 11, 2021: Shopping trip to Narberth ended up with a 1965 Phaidon edition of a book reviewing Parisian art by โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 11, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ latte & Welsh cake โ๏ธ
Sep 11, 2021: Narberth Castle ๐ฐ โ ๐ธ
Sep 10, 2021: Arrived at a Hobbit House called Woodstock for a week away from it all. No power, no running water, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 10, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Florence Springs Eco Glamping.
Sep 10, 2021: St. Florence Church โช๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 10, 2021: A beer at the Parsonage Inn, St. Florence ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Sep 10, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Brownโs Cafe for fish and chips.
Sep 10, 2021: Currently reading: Introducing Buddha by Jane Hope & Borin Van Loon ๐
Sep 9, 2021: Beer check in ๐บ๐บ โ Drinking an Atlantic Pale Ale by Sharp’s Brewery
Sep 9, 2021: Sri Lankan street food and drink at The Coconut Tree in Cardiff last night. If I hadn’t โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 8, 2021: Another Sky ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Sep 8, 2021: HMS Morris ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Sep 8, 2021: Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Sep 8, 2021: Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Sep 8, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Clwb Ifor Bach to see Another Sky ๐ต
Sep 8, 2021: The Coconut Tree, Cardiff. โ ๐ธ
Sep 8, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Coconut Tree. Sri Lankan street food. And more rum cocktails ๐ธ
Sep 8, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Barker Rum & Fizz. Lemongrass and passion fruit daiquiri ๐ธ
Sep 6, 2021: Drinking a Doom Bar by Sharp’s Brewery ๐บ
Sep 6, 2021: The Pool, Melbourne โ ๐ธ
Sep 5, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ The Brewhouse, Melbourne Hall Courtyard, Burnt Mill Pintle ๐บ
Sep 5, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Premier Inn, Derby South
Sep 5, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Bell, Academy of St Martin in the Fields (16), Kremer, Kremerata Baltica โฆ
Sep 4, 2021: Drinking a Vaults Dark by Morgan Brew Masters ๐บ
Sep 4, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ M5 Strensham Services Costa latte โ๏ธ
Sep 3, 2021: Film log - watched: Hemingway, 2021 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Sep 3, 2021: Hemingway films ๐ฅ ๐
Sep 3, 2021: Hemingway Original list cloned from Nicole Passage A Farewell to Arms For Whom the Bell Tolls To Have โฆ
Sep 1, 2021: I’ve just successfully exported 4453 posts from my Micro.blog hosted blog and imported them โฆ
Sep 1, 2021: ๐ Star Trek versus Imperialist Doctrine by Yanis Varoufakis Americaโs liberal imperialist doctrine โฆ
Aug 29, 2021: Wood firing pizza tonight ๐ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 29, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Bent Knee (12), Gruff Rhys (12), Emma-Jean Thackray (8) & Big Star (1) โฆ
Aug 28, 2021: Just sorted out my deckchair and radio to settle down for a sunny afternoon listening to the cricket โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 27, 2021: At the start of play today CricViz gave England a 97% chance of winning the 3rd Test against India. โฆ
Aug 27, 2021: Currently reading: How Did We Get into This Mess? Politics, Equality, Nature by George Monbiot ๐
Aug 27, 2021: Currently reading: Sissy by Ben Borek ๐
Aug 26, 2021: Green Man Festival 2021 Photographs ๐ท ๐ต โ a Flickr album of photos straight from my old Pentax K100D โฆ
Aug 25, 2021: So good to see both English openers bat for more than half a day and both reach their half โฆ
Aug 25, 2021: India in England - the 3rd Test at Headingley. Another great morning and early afternoon of cricket โฆ
Aug 21, 2021: At the Green Man Festival. Thursday and Friday excellent. Saturday: itโs raining with rain forecast โฆ
Aug 19, 2021: Green Man 2021 ๐ต Off to Green Man Festival 2021 this morning. I’ve been going to this festival since 2008. The โฆ
Aug 16, 2021: Great day of cricket ๐ Stunning victory by India over England in a gripping 2nd Test and Glamorgan โฆ
Aug 16, 2021: Graffiti in Athens, February 2018 Describing my relationship with the increasing number of social โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 16, 2021: ๐ stats: 2021 England v India at Lordโs - the first time in a home test that both England openers โฆ
Aug 15, 2021: Film log - watched: Colette, 2018 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Aug 15, 2021: A gap in todayโs relentless August (!) drizzle ๐ง Letโs BBQ Beyond Burgers! โ ๐ธ
Aug 15, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Emma-Jean Thackray (14), Gary Kemp (11), Furtwรคngler, BPO (2) & Josรฉ โฆ
Aug 14, 2021: First time I’ve noticed an animated album cover in Apple Music ๐ต
Aug 13, 2021: The women redefining the sound of UK Jazz ๐ I’m looking forward to seeing Emma-Jean Thackray โฆ
Aug 13, 2021: ๐ stats: We have a new record. Haseeb Hameed’s nought is the 14th duck by a top-three England โฆ
Aug 13, 2021: Barely a week after I started to try out Gala Iโve just posted my first photograph to Glass. The โฆ
Aug 12, 2021: Looking forward to seeing Haseem Hameed bat for England again. Probably tomorrow. ๐
Aug 12, 2021: In defence of Extinction Rebellion ๐ The pundits of the various leftist movements have spent โฆ
Aug 9, 2021: Watched: The Matrix Revolutions, 2003 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Aug 9, 2021: Just learned that this is called a Forest Bug, Pentatoma rufipes. A living woodland crest, the โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 9, 2021: Distracted from distraction by distraction I’ve just read this article in by Oliver Burkeman The Guardian: At best, weโre on Earth for โฆ
Aug 8, 2021: Watched: Night Moves, 2013 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Aug 8, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: clipping. (31), Bob Dylan (14), Field Music (12), Gary Kemp (11) & โฆ
Aug 7, 2021: Break in play โ ๐ธ
Aug 7, 2021: Like mother, like daughter ๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 7, 2021: Open air dance performance by NDC Wales at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. โ ๐ธ
Aug 7, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Chapter Arts Centre ๐บ โ Drinking a Young’s Bitter by Eagle Brewery (formerly โฆ
Aug 6, 2021: Lenten Spaghetti with Tahini. A success! โ ๐ธ
Aug 6, 2021: You look around. A strong case could be made for it being heaven. A strong case could be made for it โฆ
Aug 6, 2021: Friday night dinner recipe from Vefaโs Kitchen: Lenten Spaghetti with Tahini โ ๐ธ
Aug 5, 2021: Gala - photography based social media I’ve been trying out the photography based social media platform Gala. It was brought to my โฆ
Aug 5, 2021: Published 6 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ venice, gala
Aug 4, 2021: Englandโs 1st innings (batting) not going too well in the 1st Test Match against India ๐
Aug 3, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd. Pint of Bilidowcar ๐บ โ Drinking a Bilidowcar by Tenby โฆ
Aug 3, 2021: Published 9 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ aberdare
Aug 2, 2021: Aberdare morning walk (link to Strava route details) ๐ ๐ถโโ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Aug 2, 2021: Morning coffee with some sheep โ๏ธ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 1, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Emma-Jean Thackray (43), Glenn Gould (26), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Jรถrg โฆ
Jul 31, 2021: Watched: The Matrix Reloaded, 2003 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 30, 2021: The official #Mastodon app for iOS is now on the App Store. ๐ Mastodon.social post First โฆ
Jul 30, 2021: Watched: The Matrix, 1999 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 28, 2021: Watched: A Woman Is a Woman, 1961 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 26, 2021: Watched: Seaspiracy, 2021 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 25, 2021: Just watched my recording of yesterdayโs British and Irish Lions First Test agains South Africa, โฆ
Jul 25, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: clipping. (28), Dirty Three (13), FM Einheit (Einstรผrzende Neubauten) (11), โฆ
Jul 24, 2021: Purezza Bristol, vegan pizzeria. Seaspiracy pizza ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 24, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Purezza Bristol, vegan pizzeria. ๐
Jul 24, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ The Royal Oak, Gloucester Road, Bristol. Pint of Sharpโs Doom Bar ๐บ
Jul 24, 2021: Lockdown reawakened my childhood love of chess. Now I canโt do anything else ๐ The alert I get when โฆ
Jul 23, 2021: Pizza sequence. Trying out the pizza oven in wood fired mode for the first time. ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 23, 2021: Watched: The Tomorrow War, 2021 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 22, 2021: Published 24 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ garden
Jul 22, 2021: Gardening Diary ๐ฑ โ ๐ 22nd July 2021 Some garden flora: Garden Meadow! Common Poppy Corn Marigold Common Cat’s-ear Ragwort Orange โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 21, 2021: Clothes just undoneโnot that there were many, for an exquisite July was blazing. — Cavafy Bot โฆ
Jul 21, 2021: ๐ ๐ seeking shady spots today ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 21, 2021: Check out some of best photos from todayโs historic #NSFirstHumanFlight pic.twitter.com/aqQg0gzxi4 โฆ
Jul 21, 2021: Quite warm again today. โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jul 20, 2021: Launch, flight and touchdown of Blue Origin First Human Flight. Very impressive. Looking forward to โฆ
Jul 20, 2021: Watching the launch of Blue Origin First Human Flight ๐
Jul 19, 2021: Watched: 20,000 Days on Earth, 2014 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 18, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Adam Summerhayes, Catherine Summerhayes, Joseph Spooner (10), The Stan โฆ
Jul 16, 2021: Just created somewhere to sit. ๐ฑ โ ๐ธ
Jul 11, 2021: Euro 2020 Final: England v Italy. Tough ending. โฝ๏ธ
Jul 11, 2021: Euro 2020 Final: England v Italy. Going to extra-time. Disappointing second half by England, Italy a โฆ
Jul 11, 2021: Euro 2020 Final: England v Italy. Half-time. Brilliant, confident start by England, just need more โฆ
Jul 11, 2021: Euro 2020 Final: England v Italy โฝ๏ธ Pre-match feasting ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 11, 2021: Watched the Djokovic v Berrettini Wimbledon final, now waiting for the main event โฆ ๐พโฝ๏ธ
Jul 11, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Beatles (22), Field Music (20), Jan Garbarek & Hilliard Ensemble โฆ
Jul 8, 2021: Currently reading: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam ๐
Jul 7, 2021: Euro 2020: England v Denmark semi-final. Stressful. โฝ๏ธ
Jul 6, 2021: Euro 2020: Italy 1-1 Spain. First semi-final. Extra-time. England v Denmark will be hard-pressed to โฆ
Jul 4, 2021: Watched: Yesterday, 2019 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jul 4, 2021: Gin and tonic made with Japanese gin and homegrown kumquats. โ ๐ธ
Jul 4, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Mary Lou Williams (17), Bartok Quartet (9), Cavina, La Venexiana (6), โฆ
Jul 3, 2021: Euro 2020: Ukraine 0-4 England. Full time. Really impressed with England, very composed and โฆ
Jul 3, 2021: Euro 2020: Ukraine 0-4 England. So far. Fantastic! Photo just before fourth goal. โฝ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jul 3, 2021: Euro 2020: Ukraine v England. Delicious pre-match indoor picnic courtesy of Cรดte at Home โฝ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jul 2, 2021: Euro 2020: Belgium 1-2 Italy. Gripping game, Italy played some lovely football, looking forward to โฆ
Jul 1, 2021: Watched: Together, 2021 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jun 29, 2021: Euro 2020: England 2-0 Germany. Things are looking up! โฝ๏ธ
Jun 28, 2021: Euro 2020: France 3-3 Switzerland. Switzerland win the first penalty shootout of the tournament. โฆ
Jun 28, 2021: Euro 2020: A lot of goals today! France v Switzerland is a brilliant game: 3-3 and extra time is โฆ
Jun 28, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Beatles (14), Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Les Sacqueboutiers de โฆ
Jun 27, 2021: Bunch of Grapes - Pewin Ynfytyn ~ Crazy Peacock by The Trefforest Brewery ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jun 27, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Sunday lunch at the Bunch of Grapes again ๐ ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jun 27, 2021: Ancestors by Alice Roberts review โ a story of movement and migration ๐ ๐
Jun 26, 2021: Nice change! London Pride in a dimpled pint glass ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jun 26, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ The Owain Glyndwr, pint of London Pride ๐บ
Jun 25, 2021: Revolucion de Cuba. Friday night in Cardiff. โ ๐ธ
Jun 25, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Revolucion de Cuba. Go to drinks venue! Carafe of Malbec ๐ท
Jun 25, 2021: Food at Citta is so good, and all prepared in a tiny open kitchen. Have missed coming here ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jun 25, 2021: Corvina ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Jun 25, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Cafe Citta. Best Italian restaurant in Cardiff!
Jun 25, 2021: Temple of Peace and Health, Cardiff. โ ๐ธ
Jun 25, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ The Dock, Cardiff Bay, a French Cabernet Sauvignon ๐ท
Jun 25, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Duke of Wellington, SA Gold ๐บ
Jun 25, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Hotel Indigo, Cardiff.
Jun 24, 2021: England beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in the end, in 16.1 overs out of a possible 18. Thought Sri โฆ
Jun 24, 2021: Uh-oh rain has stopped play, England 69 for 4 with 8 overs left. Hoping for a restart at 21:55, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 24, 2021: England v Sri Lanka T20 ๐ England 10 for 2! Chameera bowling to Morgan. โ ๐ธ
Jun 24, 2021: Attending my first cricket match since September 2019 - ready for England v Sri Lanka T20 at Sophia โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 24, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Sophia Gardens, England v Sri Lanka T20 ๐
Jun 24, 2021: Afternoon Sherry and truffles. โ ๐ธ
Jun 24, 2021: Tapas at Bar 44, Cardiff. โ ๐ธ
Jun 24, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Tapas lunch at Bar 44 ๐ซ
Jun 20, 2021: Watched: Beat, 2000 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jun 20, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Field Music (28), The Beatles (13), Alfred Brendel (6), Furtwรคngler (4) โฆ
Jun 20, 2021: Watched: Meet Joe Black, 1998 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jun 18, 2021: Euro 2020: England v Scotland stays at 0-0. Disappointing and pedestrian by England, Scotland โฆ
Jun 18, 2021: Euro 2020: England 0-0 Scotland. Half-time. England a bit tame, Scotland playing well. โฝ๏ธ
Jun 18, 2021: Watched: Pull My Daisy, 1959 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jun 18, 2021: In the last few weeks weโve been having a Great Spotted Woodpecker visiting our bird feeders. Not a โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 18, 2021: A Brazilian stew ๐ฒ I don’t usually make a record of improvised recipes I cook but this turned out particularly โฆ
Jun 16, 2021: Euro 2020: Turkey 0-2 Wales. Relax now! Great game, tense finish, outstanding performance by Wales โฆ
Jun 16, 2021: Euro 2020: Turkey 0-1 Wales. Half-time. Exciting 45 minutes! โฝ๏ธ
Jun 16, 2021: Euro 2020: Turkey v Wales underway. Both teams looking a lot more lively and threatening than during โฆ
Jun 14, 2021: Currently reading: Ancestors by Alice Roberts ๐
Jun 13, 2021: Sports weekend. Hope Wimbledon can offer everything Roland-Garros provided. Didnโt see all of it but โฆ
Jun 13, 2021: Euro 2020: England 1-0 Croatia. Impressively solid performance. โฝ๏ธ
Jun 13, 2021: TIL England have never won their opening game in the European Championships. England v Croatia about โฆ
Jun 13, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Field Music (30), Charlie Parker (23), Gibson, RSNO (12), The Breeders (11) โฆ
Jun 12, 2021: Donโt know what theyโre waiting for โฆ ๐โโฌ โ ๐ธ
Jun 12, 2021: Geranium and reflections ๐ชด โ ๐ธ
Jun 12, 2021: Euro 2020: Wales 1-1 Switzerland. Close run match, Wales lacklustre for 75 minutes. โฝ๏ธ
Jun 9, 2021: Misty walk in the country park this morning ๐ซ โ ๐ธ
Jun 6, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Field Music (12), John Coltrane (2), Miles Davis (2), Tipographica (2) โฆ
Jun 6, 2021: Squid ink linguine with grilled octopus. Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd. โ ๐ธ
Jun 6, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Sunday lunch at the Bunch of Grapes. Smoked prawns for starter and octopus linguine for โฆ
May 30, 2021: Cheese & Mustard ๐ง ๐ท โ ๐ธ
May 30, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Joni Mitchell (74), Mary Lou Williams (13) & The Utopia Strong (4) via โฆ
May 28, 2021: Watched: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, 1982 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
May 25, 2021: Persian inspired vegan mezze at Koocha, Gloucester Road, Bristol. Delicious! โ ๐ธ
May 25, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Koocha, Persian inspired vegan mezze ๐ซ
May 23, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Joni Mitchell (32), Magdalena Koลพenรก (30), Herman Dune (12), Holly Macve โฆ
May 22, 2021: Eurovision. Watched, scored, voted (Belgium & Ukraine for me). Drank wine. Waiting for results. โ ๐ธ
May 21, 2021: Quite a grey day today. Stackpole Quay in the morning. Cleddau Bridge in the afternoon. โ ๐ธ
May 21, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ The Jolly Sailor, Burton Ferry. Pint of Reverend James ๐บ
May 20, 2021: means โ ๐ธ
May 19, 2021: Barbecued vegetables, pitta breads, hummus, taramasalata and sriracha sauce. Enjoying the good โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 19, 2021: Breezy morning at Manorbier. โ ๐ธ
May 19, 2021: Currently reading: Jack Kerouac: King of The Beats by Barry Miles ๐
May 18, 2021: Bit of rain, but we have HPA ๐บ โ ๐ธ
May 18, 2021: Henryโs Moat Hobbit House, St. Florence โ ๐ธ
May 18, 2021: Check in ๐บ โ Henryโs Moat Hobbit House, Florence Springs Eco Glamping, St. Florence, Pembrokeshire.
May 16, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Joni Mitchell (11), Cardiacs (5), Glenn Gould (2), John Coltrane (2) & โฆ
May 9, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: John Coltrane (36), Bobby Lee (8), Thelonious Monk (8), Solti, Chamber โฆ
May 6, 2021: Watched: The Midnight Sky, 2020 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
May 5, 2021: Watched: Stowaway, 2021 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
May 2, 2021: My Micro.blog anniversary My first post to Micro.blog was made four years ago today - on Tuesday 2nd May 2017. There are posts โฆ
May 2, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Cardiacs (47), Thom Yorke (18), Magma (16), National Health (7) & EOB โฆ
Apr 28, 2021: Paella de verduras โ ๐ธ
Apr 28, 2021: Planning a paella de verduras โ ๐ธ
Apr 25, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Smashing Pumpkins (61), Magma (32), Thom Yorke (25), Goblin (17) & โฆ
Apr 23, 2021: Gardening Diary ๐ฑ โ ๐ 23rd April 2021 In July 2011 my father-in-law built a treehouse for our children. (Apologies for the quality of the โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 21, 2021: Currently reading: Medical Grade Music by Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi ๐
Apr 21, 2021: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ food, dal
Apr 21, 2021: Medical Grade Music ๐๐ต Received my signed copy of Medical Grade Music by Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi. Last week I joined a โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 20, 2021: I find myself eating ๐ for the first time in years. โ ๐ธ
Apr 20, 2021: Compulsory worship of national symbols is the sure sign of a culture in decline - Article by Nesrine โฆ
Apr 18, 2021: Leaving Wales for a few hours. Prince of Wales Bridge across the River Severn, heading into England. โ ๐ธ
Apr 18, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Abbado, VPO, Norman (48), Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh & Tyshawn Sorey โฆ
Apr 17, 2021: Watched: Greenland, 2020 - โ โ ๐ฅ
Apr 17, 2021: Watched: Band of Outsiders, 1964 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Apr 15, 2021: Tonight is the night for cocktails ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Apr 15, 2021: Should Feminists Read Baudelaire? BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature ๐
Apr 11, 2021: Watched: Rampage, 2018 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Apr 11, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Ryley Walker (28), Dub Spencer & Trance Hill (15), Nun Gun (12), The โฆ
Apr 10, 2021: Monotone - green olives, jalapeรฑos and capers ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 10, 2021: Yet again, Saturday night is pizza construction time ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 10, 2021: Grey Trees Belgian Blonde ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Apr 10, 2021: Annual arrival day ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 9, 2021: The CricViz app has improved to become a great way to follow live cricket scores - Iโm currently โฆ
Apr 9, 2021: This was delicious! ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 9, 2021: Watched: The Source, 1999 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Apr 8, 2021: Ryley Walker: ‘Going two days sober was impossible since I was a kid’ ๐ ๐ต … the โฆ
Apr 7, 2021: Watched: The Opera Game, 2019 - โ โ ๐ฅ
Apr 6, 2021: Watched: The Love Witch, 2016 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Apr 6, 2021: Sum total of our April snow so far โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Apr 4, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Jack Kerouac (15), Solti, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Alicia de Larrocha โฆ
Apr 2, 2021: Like Clockwork ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Mar 30, 2021: Cat increasingly sulky on the doorstep because I wonโt let her in the house on a nice sunny day. โ ๐ธ
Mar 30, 2021: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ drinks, books
Mar 30, 2021: Sunny day โ๏ธ - trying to colour coordinate drinking and reading ๐ โ ๐ธ
Mar 30, 2021: Currently reading: The Beats: A Graphic History by Harvey Pekar, Ed Piskor et al ๐
Mar 30, 2021: Interesting and informative podcast series from the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association and โฆ
Mar 28, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Public Service Broadcasting (20), Kevin Morby (11), William The Conqueror โฆ
Mar 27, 2021: Watched: Breathless, 1983 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Mar 27, 2021: Jazz audiences are always On the Road ๐ ๐ต
Mar 26, 2021: Optimistically booked tickets to see Laura Marling in Cardiff in October. ๐ต
Mar 25, 2021: Homescreening because I listened to today’s episode of Hemispheric Views // @HemisphericViews. โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 21, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (16), Jack Kerouac (14), Suede (14), โฆ
Mar 20, 2021: Half-time France 17 - 17 Wales in Six Nations ๐. Action packed first half. As a bonus I think TV โฆ
Mar 19, 2021: Watched: Solaris, 1972 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Mar 15, 2021: Watched: On the Road, 2012 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Mar 14, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: William The Conqueror (40), Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music, Kirkby (28), โฆ
Mar 13, 2021: England 23 - 20 France in the Six Nations. Really enjoyed that - sharp, open, flowing rugby by both โฆ
Mar 9, 2021: Returning Seren โ ๐ธ
Mar 9, 2021: Painting ๐จ โ ๐ธ
Mar 7, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Alabama Shakes (25), Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (16), William The โฆ
Mar 7, 2021: The Jalapeรฑo Popper Vegan Grilled Cheese (jalapeรฑos, pickled chillis, chilli jam and vegan cheese in โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 6, 2021: This has stuck in my mind from last nightโs Later … with Jools Holland - Tom Jones & โฆ
Mar 6, 2021: Another short Test match, another England batting collapse. India win the Test series 3-1 ๐
Mar 4, 2021: Risking it โ ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2021: Watched: Pretty Woman, 1990 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Mar 3, 2021: Watched: The Shape of Water, 2017 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Mar 2, 2021: Morning birdsong ๐ต Recorded Werfa, Aberdare at 10:16am on Tuesday, 2nd March 2021
Feb 28, 2021: Coffee in the sun ๐ โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Feb 28, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 28: up โ Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, March 2019 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 28, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: William The Conqueror (45), The Nightingales (25), Laundromat (14), Alabama โฆ
Feb 27, 2021: Wales 40 - 24 England. The rest of my household is happy. ๐
Feb 27, 2021: Half-time. Wales 17 - 14 England. Not sure how Wales got two tries, some strange decisions by the โฆ
Feb 27, 2021: Six Nations Wales v England starting soon. ๐
Feb 27, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 27: pompasetting โ Pompasetting at the National โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 27, 2021: Laundromat and on Bandcamp ๐ โ Three EPs. Blue, Green Red. Electronic and relaxed. Laundromat is โฆ
Feb 26, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 26: favourite โ August 2008. First time at my โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 25, 2021: England bowled out for 81. Achieving their lowest total in a Test in India ๐ข. So far in the day - โฆ
Feb 25, 2021: Now India open there bowling with 2 wickets in the first 3 deliveries by Axar Patel. Wow! ๐
Feb 25, 2021: Joe Root bowling in the first session this morning - 5 wickets for 8 runs in 6.2 overs. His first โฆ
Feb 25, 2021: Michael Rosen blog post on Reading for Pleasure ๐ ๐ A child A book A read A chat. This is the โฆ
Feb 25, 2021: England 112 all out yesterday, India now 125-8 after an hour of play this morning. Some impressive โฆ
Feb 25, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 25: code โ Not exactly code but the 3rd century BCE โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 24, 2021: Gardening Diary ๐ฑ โ ๐ 24th February 2021 โ Three wasabi plants I planted in May last year have โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 24, 2021: Third Test India v England - pink ball match - at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad is about to start. โฆ
Feb 24, 2021: Currently reading: Jews Donโt Count by David Baddiel ๐
Feb 24, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 24: baby โ My daughter and her babies at โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 23, 2021: The Great British Art Tour: why is Keats at Guy’s hospital? ๐ The Romantic poet John Keats โฆ
Feb 23, 2021: John Keats: five poets on his best poems, 200 years since his death ๐ Ode to a Nightingale (1819) My โฆ
Feb 23, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 23: banana โ Sal, Cape Verde, April 2016 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 22, 2021: Re-watched Season 1 of For All Mankind over the last five days - now ready to embark on Season 2 ๐จโ๐ โฆ
Feb 22, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 22: spell ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 21, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 21: colors โ Burano, December 2016 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 21, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Carole King (24), Strawbs (20), Arlo Parks (12), Nun Gun (12) & The โฆ
Feb 20, 2021: Kazuo Ishiguro: ‘AI, gene-editing, big data … I worry we are not in control of these โฆ
Feb 20, 2021: I’ve missed a couple of days of the Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge but am trying โฆ
Feb 20, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 20: weather โ Crete, August 2016 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 17, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 17: still โ Penderyn Distillery, April 2013 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 16, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 16: erudite โ Amsterdam, March 2019 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 15, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 15: reflection โ I still have my Power Macintosh G4 โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 14, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 14: compassion โ I prepared a Valentine’s Day โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 14, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Nightingales (22), Strawbs (18), Carole King (14), James Taylor (11) โฆ
Feb 14, 2021: Waking up to a Sunday morning England collapse ๐ ๐
Feb 13, 2021: ‘It shook me to my core’: 50 years of Carole King’s Tapestry ๐ James Taylor: The โฆ
Feb 13, 2021: Six Nations - Italy score a try against England after two and a half minutes of play ๐ข ๐
Feb 13, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 13: make โ It’s snowing ๐จ๏ธ. I’m making โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 12, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 12: sporg โ British Museum, January 2020 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 11, 2021: Watched: King Rocker, 2021 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Feb 11, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 11: machine โ Agios Nikolaos, Messenia, Greece, 2015 โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 10, 2021: Watched: Pawn Sacrifice, 2014 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Feb 10, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 10: energy โ Solar & Wind ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 9, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 9: muddy โ Tom at Challenge Valley - the muddiest โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 8, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 8: hope โ Hoping to reach the summit, Vesuvius, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 7, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 7: craving โ travel, eating out, warm weather ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 7, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Piotr Anderszewski (13), Furtwรคngler, BPO (2), Glenn Gould (2), Bartok โฆ
Feb 6, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 6: sport โ Millennium Stadium, 24th November 2007, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 5, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 5: pets ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 4, 2021: Watched: Snowpiercer, 2013 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Feb 4, 2021: Great news - India vs England TV coverage: Channel 4 seals rights ๐ ๐ It means the first Test in โฆ
Feb 4, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 4: layers โ Rome, 2018 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 3, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 3: comfort ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 3, 2021: โHealthy and positiveโ communities: Facebook and the restriction of political content ๐ Recently โฆ
Feb 2, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 2: morning beverage โ Preparing breakfast coffee at โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 1, 2021: Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 1: close up โ Portugal, 2005 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Jan 31, 2021: Watched: The Dig, 2021 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jan 31, 2021: Wintry scenes have returned this morning โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jan 31, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Piotr Anderszewski (9), Holly Macve (6), Lael Neale (4) & Glenn Gould โฆ
Jan 30, 2021: The Dig: Will Gompertz film review ๐ It’s late summer in England, 1939. The sight and sound of โฆ
Jan 30, 2021: Facebook is banning leftwing users like me - and it’s going largely unnoticed | Akin Olla ๐ In โฆ
Jan 30, 2021: Viral Lies ๐ Some falsehoods about the pandemic are so dangerous that they should be banned. By โฆ
Jan 29, 2021: Watched: The Theory of Everything, 2014 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jan 26, 2021: Watched: The Quiet Ones, 2014 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jan 26, 2021: Venice, January 2019 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Jan 26, 2021: Antiquarium of Pompeii reopens ๐ The Antiquarium of Pompeii reopened today after an extensive โฆ
Jan 25, 2021: Orion โ ๐ธ
Jan 24, 2021: Watched: Parasite, 2019 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jan 24, 2021: Currently reading: Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline ๐
Jan 24, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Years & Years (31), Suede (27), Yorkston/Thorne/Khan (27), Concerto โฆ
Jan 24, 2021: Iโve woken up to a slight change from the sunshine of yesterday โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jan 23, 2021: Walk then beer in the winter afternoon sun โ๏ธ ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jan 23, 2021: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ flickrfriday, recursion
Jan 23, 2021: Baking some homemade burger buns for later today ๐ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jan 22, 2021: I donโt know the details, but it canโt be a bad thing. ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jan 22, 2021: Watched: Ready Player One, 2018 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jan 21, 2021: Watched: Cure, 1997 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jan 20, 2021: Been tinkering with @vincentโs Sublime Ads on my blog thedimpau.se. Works very nicely. ๐
Jan 19, 2021: India beat Australia by 3 wickets in the fourth and final Test. Tremendous finish to the series, โฆ
Jan 19, 2021: Up early enough to see the final 25 overs of the fourth Australia v India Test match. Rishabh Pant โฆ
Jan 17, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Prefab Sprout (11), David Bowie (6), Troyka (4), Melody Gardot (4) & โฆ
Jan 16, 2021: A vegan cheese selection from Honestly Tasty was very impressive. โ ๐ธ
Jan 16, 2021: Watched: Education, 2020 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jan 14, 2021: Watched: Alex Wheatle, 2020 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jan 13, 2021: Watched: Red, White and Blue, 2020 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jan 12, 2021: Watched: Lovers Rock, 2020 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jan 10, 2021: Watched: Pierrot le Fou, 1965 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jan 10, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Walter, Columbia SO (4), Walter, Columbia SO, Miller (4), Ian Bostridge, โฆ
Jan 9, 2021: Watched: Mangrove, 2020 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jan 7, 2021: Walking in a frosty Dare Valley Country Park this morning. Views from the Penrhiwllech Trail. Plenty โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 7, 2021: Published 17 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ
Jan 6, 2021: Canโt resist staying up late to see the start of the third Test between Australia and India in โฆ
Jan 5, 2021: There’s no need to peel ginger | Waste not ๐ I used to peel my ginger badly, trimming off โฆ
Jan 3, 2021: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Glenn Gould (8), The Doors (5), Evgeny Kissin (3), Radiohead (3) & โฆ
Jan 2, 2021: Watched: Red Sparrow, 2018 - โ โ ๐ฅ
Jan 2, 2021: Doorstep Flame Grilling Beyond Burgers ๐. Getting my first BBQ of the year in early. โ ๐ธ
Jan 1, 2021: Happy Panoramic Homely New Year to All โ ๐ธ
Dec 29, 2020: Watched: Tenet, 2020 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Dec 27, 2020: Running a little late, but finally starting to cook our Xmas Dinner. โ ๐ธ
Dec 27, 2020: Watched: Coco, 2017 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Dec 27, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Robby Krieger (20), Robert Wyatt (5), Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra โฆ
Dec 25, 2020: Xmas day. Eggs make me angry ๐ก โ ๐ธ
Dec 20, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Bob Dylan (19), Janet Baker, Raimund Herincx, ECO, Lewis (18), Glenn Gould โฆ
Dec 13, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Ivor Cutler (92), Janรกcek Quartet (7), Robert Wyatt (7), Furtwรคngler, VPO โฆ
Dec 6, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Kevin Morby (10), Haitink, Concertgebouw (6), Herman Dune (5), Robert Wyatt โฆ
Dec 2, 2020: Published 32 photos on my Flickr account โ Cardiff Before Christmas ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Dec 1, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Bunch of Grapes. Bilidowcar Single Hop from Tenby Harbwr Brewery. Pan fried hake. ๐บ ๐
Dec 1, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Barker Coffee. Cappuccino and smoked salmon, cream cheese and rocket bagel. Great idea โฆ
Nov 30, 2020: Fairly quiet at 9:30pm on Monday night in Cardiff. โ ๐ธ
Nov 30, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Back to Revolucion de Cuba for wine after Bar 44. ๐ท
Nov 30, 2020: Chocolate truffles and sherry. โ ๐ธ
Nov 30, 2020: Tapas at Bar 44 in Cardiff. โ ๐ธ
Nov 30, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Bar 44 for tapas and wine ๐ท
Nov 30, 2020: Having Monday Margaritas at Revolucion de Cuba before Walesโ Friday alcohol restrictions… โ ๐ธ
Nov 30, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Revolucion de Cuba. Margaritas๐ธ
Nov 30, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Duke of Wellington. Malbec ๐ท
Nov 30, 2020: Currently reading: The Ruins by Mat Osman ๐
Nov 30, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Two nights in the Hilton, Cardiff.
Nov 30, 2020: Enclosing their lives Old castle walls reinforce The rule of the few โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 29, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ The Gwaelod y Garth Inn . Sunday lunch. Hereford Pale Ale ๐บ
Nov 29, 2020: I’m gazing downwards A tiny pedestrian Fights against the flow โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 29, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Gwenifer Raymond (45), Robert Wyatt (27), Haitink, Concertgebouw (23), โฆ
Nov 28, 2020: Behind a dark mask Punchinello imagines Time of Carnival โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 27, 2020: Nice to have the return of some international cricket. South Africa v England T20 at Newlands, Cape โฆ
Nov 27, 2020: What can be certain? No dilemma for Descartes - I am, I exist โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 26, 2020: Adjust the colour Wait for something to happen But nothing was changed โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 25, 2020: Watched: Time Trap, 2017 - โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Nov 25, 2020: A call through the mist Angry noisy chattering Tiding of magpies โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 24, 2020: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ believe, flickrfriday
Nov 24, 2020: Ancient monument Provision of memory On featureless plains โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 23, 2020: Books quickly devoured But to capture the meaning Is more of an art โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 22, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Gwenifer Raymond (17), Glenn Gould (7), Robert Wyatt (6), Il Giardino โฆ
Nov 22, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Rhoswenallt Inn. Jeminaโs Pitchfork and Santaโs Little Belter ๐บ
Nov 22, 2020: Seeking a refuge Lands of milk and honey lie Beyond the border โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 21, 2020: A winter journey Departing warmth and shelter Towards the unknown โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 20, 2020: Why are the Labour party turning their back on the Green Industrial Revolution? … ๐ Labourโs โฆ
Nov 20, 2020: The piles of books I posted a photo of yesterday have been re-housed upstairs. According to Apple โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 20, 2020: Old photographs fade Our history in albums Dusty from neglect โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 19, 2020: Moving four large bookcases. Trying to prevent our books from descending into chaos. ๐ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Nov 19, 2020: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ melting, flickrfriday
Nov 19, 2020: End of a rainbow in the Dare Valley Country Park. โ ๐ธ
Nov 19, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Dare Valley Country Park.
Nov 19, 2020: Possible worlds spin Planets around their orbits Peopled by strangers โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 18, 2020: Covering the tree - Dependence on an other - Lichen spreads slowly โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 17, 2020: My train of thought lost Interruptions disturb me Or are they welcome? โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 16, 2020: Sunrise this morning. โ ๐ธ
Nov 16, 2020: Pale marble headstone Memory of young poet - A broken Greek lyre โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 15, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Herman Dune (29), Ivor Cutler (9), Robert Wyatt (8), Plastics (4) & โฆ
Nov 15, 2020: Rumbling thunder sounds Far away lightning flashes Rain in the valleys โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 14, 2020: Trees disturbed by breeze Shadows beyond the window Spooky gloominess โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 13, 2020: Difficult to guess The story of an image Caught in an instant โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 12, 2020: Hard and unyielding All things will slowly wear down Given enough time โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 11, 2020: Watched: American Beauty, 1999 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Nov 11, 2020: Mary on the Green Iโd say the bright statue speaks In true memory โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 10, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Pukka Tucka. Cheese toastie and latte โ๏ธ
Nov 10, 2020: Mary Wollstonecraft finally honoured with statue after 200 years. ๐ It shows a silvery naked โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 10, 2020: Elderly pathways Straight lines through an empty town Lost destinations โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 9, 2020: Force me to select One highlight of the autumn - Abundance of squash โ๏ธ #mbnov โ ๐ธ
Nov 8, 2020: Trying to bind us Ivy creeps slowly over The cracks in our walls โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 7, 2020: Earlier fears were well founded. Difficult to get above 250ยฐC with the wood we had available. Tried โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 7, 2020: Trying our pizza oven with its wood burner for the first time. Itโs brilliant when gas fired but Iโm โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 7, 2020: To inflate one’s worth Beyond the reality - Mistake of many โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 6, 2020: Beginning of day Puzzling over breakfast tea Wondering what next? โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 5, 2020: Green changed to amber Pine needles are covering Red tiles on the stoop โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 4, 2020: Near neighbours entwine Branches and tendrils twisted Broken in the fall โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 3, 2020: A fake persona Wane into obscurity Astonish me now โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 2, 2020: Concentrate on sleep Losing thoughts and ideas Mislaid in the mist โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 1, 2020: An autumn morning Dreary days of wind and rain Sweeping sodden leaves โ๏ธ #mbnov
Nov 1, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Plastics (25), Glenn Gould (11), Itzhak Perlman (4), Krฤek, Capella โฆ
Oct 31, 2020: John Keats was born #OnThisDay, 31st October 1795. And on 31st October 1820 the 25 year old poet โฆ
Oct 31, 2020: We Stand with Jeremy Corbyn ๐ Jeremy Corbyn has been a champion of decency and an ally to all โฆ
Oct 31, 2020: The Weaponisation of Labour Antisemitism ๐ โ David Graeber
Oct 29, 2020: Published 30 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ Paris 1997 โ ๐ธ
Oct 26, 2020: Without Trace - George Monbiot ๐ If you are not incandescent with rage, you havenโt grasped the โฆ
Oct 25, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Ivor Cutler (18), Glenn Gould (17), Robert Wyatt (13), Kevin Morby (10) โฆ
Oct 24, 2020: Very weird that Six Nations rugby is on in October. But watching Ireland v Italy ๐
Oct 24, 2020: Watched: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, 2020 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Oct 21, 2020: Watched: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, 2006 - โฆ
Oct 20, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Bunch of Grapes for lunch and Grey Treesโ Mosaic Pale Ale ๐บ
Oct 19, 2020: The State of It โ George Monbiot ๐ The Conservative promise to shrink the state was always a con. โฆ
Oct 18, 2020: Watched: The Greatest Showman, 2017 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Oct 18, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Glenn Gould (94), Waxahatchee (23), Kevin Morby (21), Real Estate (21) โฆ
Oct 16, 2020: Watched: The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Oct 15, 2020: Inspired by seeing the Eastern European Jewish sweet bread babka on The Great British Bake Off I โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 14, 2020: 14 Oct 2020 at 10:09 - Walking Track - Check out my @viewranger track (#walking) - total distance โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 14, 2020: A Day in the Life Walking through the Ynys Recreation Ground โ Aberdare Cricket Club winding down โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 12, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Glenn Gould (32), Jonathan Wilson (26), Pet Shimmers (24), Garcia Peoples โฆ
Oct 11, 2020: Worrying. I have become that elderly person with a blanket on their lap. Itโs getting chilly โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 11, 2020: Whitebait, mackerel with black garlic braised lentils and a coffee crรจme brรปlรฉe - a brilliant Sunday โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 11, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Sunday dinner at the Bunch of Grapes ๐บ
Oct 10, 2020: Crete, 2004 โ ๐ธ
Oct 9, 2020: Watched: The Fly, 1958 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Oct 8, 2020: Watched: Akira, 1988 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Oct 8, 2020: Currently reading: The Fire of Joy by Clive James ๐
Oct 8, 2020: Currently reading: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman ๐
Oct 7, 2020: Watched: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, 2009 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Oct 7, 2020: Earliest frescoes in Venice found during mosaic restoration ๐ They also offer a rare glimpse into โฆ
Oct 7, 2020: The most important invention of the 20th century keeps us alive but is killing the environment. The โฆ
Oct 6, 2020: Continuing the saga - Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Ugandan rolex. Superb! Far exceeded my โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 6, 2020: From standup to stanzas: Frank Skinner’s terrific guide to poetry ๐ Now embarking on its โฆ
Oct 4, 2020: Aston Villa - Liverpool finishes 7-2. Outstanding night for Villa! โฝ๏ธ
Oct 4, 2020: Aston Villa v Liverpool. Villa leading 4-1 at half-time! Hat-trick for Ollie Watkins ๐ โฝ๏ธ
Oct 4, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Juliette Grรฉco (80), Michael Kiwanuka (34), Glenn Gould (28), Pet Shimmers โฆ
Oct 3, 2020: Watched: Hacksaw Ridge, 2016 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Oct 3, 2020: Bread today turned out surprisingly cat-like. Tasted good but not sure what made the loaf collapse. โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 3, 2020: How the Indian Premier League clean bowled English T20 cricket ๐๐ Two hundred million people watched โฆ
Oct 3, 2020: Why Radiohead are the Blackest white band of our times ๐ Radiohead released Kid A 20 years ago โฆ
Oct 3, 2020: Baking wonโt get me through a Covid winter but a bossy, breathless Melvyn Bragg just might ๐ In Our โฆ
Oct 2, 2020: For my second night of cooking Meera Sodha recipes Iโve gone for vegan chilli cornbread with โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 2, 2020: Watched: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, 1993 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Oct 1, 2020: Cooking Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Shaoxing and soy braised tofu with pak choi. And sticky โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 1, 2020: Watched: The Social Dilemma, 2020 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Oct 1, 2020: France divided over calls for Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine to be reburied in Panthรฉon ๐ The โฆ
Sep 28, 2020: Clive James: ‘The poems I remember are the milestones marking the journey of my life’ ๐ โฆ
Sep 27, 2020: ‘He returned to what he really was’: Clive James’s daughter on his poetic farewell โฆ
Sep 27, 2020: Every time I read Meera Sodha’s column in The Guardian I find things I must cook. My latest โฆ
Sep 27, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Glenn Gould (4), Krฤek, Capella Istropolitana (3), Golschmann, Columbia SO, โฆ
Sep 26, 2020: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ lazy, flickrfriday
Sep 26, 2020: Aperol Spritzing our way through a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon. ๐ โ ๐ธ
Sep 26, 2020: A Pizza Express Neptune Pizza ๐ โ Excerpt: I’m sure Pizza Express won’t mind my singing โฆ
Sep 25, 2020: David Graeber, anthropologist and author of Bullshit Jobs, dies aged 59 ๐ โ Excerpt: David Graeber, โฆ
Sep 25, 2020: Why Can’t My Camera Capture the Wildfire Sky? ๐ โ Your Phone Wasnโt Built for the Apocalypse
Sep 25, 2020: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ industrial, flickrfriday
Sep 24, 2020: Big bread - Turkish bread from a Cardiff bakery. ๐ฅ โ ๐ธ
Sep 24, 2020: Watched: Interstellar, 2014 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Sep 20, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Kevin Morby (35), David Bowie (17), Cornershop (15), Laura Marling (15) โฆ
Sep 19, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Pembroke Castle. ๐ฐ
Sep 19, 2020: Addressing The Claims In JK Rowlingโs Justification For Transphobia ๐ โ Excerpt: Recently JK โฆ
Sep 18, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Pembroke Rugby Football Club. Old Speckled Hen.๐บ
Sep 18, 2020: Breakfast on Manorbier beach this morning. โ ๐ธ
Sep 18, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ The Dial Inn, Lamphey. Bilidowcar Single Hop Pale Ale (Tenby Harbour Brewery). ๐บ
Sep 17, 2020: Never cooked on a gas barbecue before this week. Never thought Iโd close a lid on a barbecue whilst โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 17, 2020: Bethesda Baptist Church, Narberth. โ ๐ธ
Sep 16, 2020: Glenn Maxwell gets his century and looks like he and Carey will win the match and the ODI series for โฆ
Sep 16, 2020: Pleased that Test Match Special is still broadcast on 198 kHz Radio 4 Long Wave and not just on โฆ
Sep 16, 2020: Sprilly Maid by Caffle Brewery. Ale infused with rosemary. Very good, even when drunk out of a โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 16, 2020: Currently reading: Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present by Yanis Varoufakis ๐
Sep 15, 2020: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ horizon, flickrfriday
Sep 15, 2020: BBQ time. โ ๐ธ
Sep 15, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Florence Springs Eco Glamping. Woodstock Hobbit House.
Sep 15, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Lillies Coffee Shop, Narberth. Cappuccino โ๏ธ.
Sep 14, 2020: Hobbit facilities. โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2020: Now moved into a Hobbit House. โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2020: Spent a few hours on South Beach, Tenby today. โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Harbwr Tap & Kitchen. Caldey Lollipop ๐บ.
Sep 14, 2020: Currently reading: Talking to My Daughter: A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis ๐
Sep 13, 2020: Tenby Harbour. Round and about Tenby for a few days. โ ๐ธ
Sep 13, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Broadmead Hotel, Tenby.
Sep 13, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Coach & Horses, Tenby.
Sep 13, 2020: Yanis Varoufakis: capitalism isn’t working. Here’s an alternative ๐ โ Excerpt: When โฆ
Sep 10, 2020: Watched: The Legend of Hell House, 1973 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Sep 6, 2020: England beat Australia by 6 wickets and win the T20 series by taking a 2-0 lead. Not as entertaining โฆ
Sep 6, 2020: Australia finish on 157-7. ๐
Sep 6, 2020: Todayโs England v Australia Second International T20 is live on BBC One. And Australia are 3-2 after โฆ
Sep 6, 2020: Watched: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, 2016 - โ โ ๐ฅ
Sep 6, 2020: Currently reading: Bob Willis: A Cricketer and a Gentleman by Bob Willis and Mike Dickson ๐
Sep 4, 2020: Wow! That was a surprise, Australia collapse and England win the 1st Vitality T20 International. โฆ
Sep 4, 2020: England 162-7 in their T20 innings. Reachable for Australia. ๐
Sep 4, 2020: Some great batting from Dawid Malan in the 1st England v Australia T20. England donโt look like โฆ
Sep 4, 2020: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ pentaxk100d, flickrfriday, magnetic
Sep 2, 2020: How maps in the media make us more negative about migrants ๐ โ Excerpt: Itโs like one of those โฆ
Sep 1, 2020: Bakewell Tart. โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Sep 1, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Costa Coffee, Strensham Services.
Aug 31, 2020: Watched: Joker, 2019 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Aug 31, 2020: Delicious breakfast this morning, bookmarked for cooking again - ๐ Vegan Mushroom Bacon Breakfast โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 31, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 31: Love โ Honeymoon, 1996 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 31, 2020: Greece is the word for white wines ๐ โ Excerpt: Diamantakis Diamantopetra White, Crete, Greece 2019 โฆ
Aug 30, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 30: Discovery โ Finding jellyfish on Llansteffan Beach โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 30, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Llansteffan Beach
Aug 30, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Just Joans (41), LCP, Norrington (17), Holland Baroque Society, Rachel โฆ
Aug 29, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 29: Flake โ December 2010 was probably the heaviest โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 28, 2020: England v Pakistan first T20 match is underway at Old Trafford. Really surprised that the weather โฆ
Aug 28, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 28: Emotions โ Overexcitement ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 28, 2020: Watched: Prospect, 2018 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Aug 28, 2020: Autonomy Online: A Case For The IndieWeb ๐ โ Excerpt: There is an alternative to corporate bubbles โฆ
Aug 27, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 27: Overcome โ I did not overcome the opposition โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 27, 2020: Watched: The Edge, 2019 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Aug 26, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 26: Relentless โ Yesterday the wind was relentless โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 25: (Abandon) Hope โ London, January 2020 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 24, 2020: Italy in a bowl: 10 simple, delicious summer pasta recipes โ chosen by chefs ๐ โ Excerpt: Pasta with โฆ
Aug 24, 2020: Lunch ๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 24, 2020: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ vanishingpoint, flickrfriday
Aug 24, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 24: Frosty โ Cool chillies ๐ถ ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 24, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 23: Graceful โ Ballet Seren, 2009 ๐ท (late entry โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 24, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Jacobs, Concerto Vocale, Nederlands Kamerkoor (51), Tan, LCP, Norrington โฆ
Aug 22, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 22: Home โ Streaming Green Man Festival in the garden โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 21, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 21: Crunch ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 21, 2020: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ countryside, flickrfriday
Aug 20, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 20: Change โ Just noticed that this roughly circular โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 19, 2020: Watched: The Dark Knight Rises, 2012 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Aug 19, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 19: Ribbon โ My Grandfather’s France and Germany โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 18, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 18: Grid โ Bridge grids - Prince of Wales (Second โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 18, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Giggling Squid.
Aug 18, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Aug 17, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 17: Cuddly ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 16, 2020: Glamorganโs first home game of the recently started cricket season - Glamorgan v Gloucestershire at โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 16, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 16: Stationary โ Almost… ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 16, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: La Serenissima, Chandler, Bircher, Whelan (28), Tame Impala (24), Another โฆ
Aug 15, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 15: Silhouette โ Cardiff Bay, January 2020 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 15, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Cwrw Gorslas in a Pod at the Rhoswenallt. ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Aug 14, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 14: Among โ Among the undergrowth… ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 14, 2020: Watched: The Dark Knight, 2008 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Aug 14, 2020: Field of Streams - Green Man Festival ๐ โ Summary: Green Man has announced plans for a virtual โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 14, 2020: Sir Roger Norrington Interview with Bruce Duffie ๐ โ Excerpt: Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington was โฆ
Aug 13, 2020: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ flickrfriday, splash
Aug 13, 2020: Watched: Batman Begins, 2005 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Aug 13, 2020: The weather was a little unpredictable today โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Aug 13, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 13: Filter ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 12, 2020: Paella de verduras ๐ฅ โ ๐ธ
Aug 12, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 12: Sound โ Garden chimes ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 11, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 11: Transport โ Aberdare Bus Station ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 10, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 10: Windows ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 9, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 9: Black and White โ Nasturtium ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 9, 2020: Finished reading: Matilda Infantry Tank 1938-45 by David Fletcher ๐
Aug 9, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Another Sky (36), Golschmann, Columbia SO, Gould (15), Bernstein, Columbia โฆ
Aug 9, 2020: How to make the most of past-their-best aubergines โ recipe ๐ โ Excerpt: India is a country thatโs โฆ
Aug 8, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 8: View โ Looking over Aberdare โ ๐ธ
Aug 7, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 7: Day tripping โ My in-laws took a day trip to our โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 7, 2020: Debut album from Another Sky - I Slept on the Floor - just arrived in this morning’s post. ๐ ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Aug 7, 2020: Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd Went to the Bunch of Grapes in Pontypridd for a meal last night - pubs and restaurants in Wales were โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 6, 2020: Bunch of Grapes. Check in ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Aug 6, 2020: Pakistanโs bowling attack is looking sharp. England 12-3 after 5.3 overs. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ v ๐ต๐ฐ 1st Test, Day โฆ
Aug 6, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 6: Bisect ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 5, 2020: Published 1 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ flickrfriday, 90degrees
Aug 5, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 5: Flow โ Afon Cynon, Aberdรขr โ ๐ธ
Aug 4, 2020: Wasnโt expecting Ireland to beat England in the One Day International ๐ today - close ending to an โฆ
Aug 4, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 4: Peace โ A Crass badge from the early 1980s. ๐ต๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 4, 2020: Why Autonomy News? โ Autonomy News ๐ โ Excerpt: The Autonomy News collective plans to produce โฆ
Aug 4, 2020: The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born #OnThisDay, 4th August 1792. โ ๐ธ
Aug 3, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 3: Bug ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 3, 2020: Casa do Frangoโs Portuguese summer spread โ recipes ๐ โ Excerpt: Chargrilled spicy cauliflower with โฆ
Aug 2, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 2: Floating ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 2, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Holland Baroque Society, Rachel Podger (36), Itzhak Perlman (32), Nick Cave โฆ
Aug 1, 2020: Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 1: Up ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 1, 2020: A waste-free Middle Eastern runner bean meze recipe ๐ โ Excerpt: At 14, I worked on a pig farm for โฆ
Jul 29, 2020: New Research Reveals Origin of Stonehenge Stones ๐ โ Excerpt: A new study has revealed the origins โฆ
Jul 29, 2020: Currently reading: The Periodic Table by Primo Levi ๐
Jul 28, 2020: Watched: Blindness, 2008 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 26, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Algiers (65), Blake Mills (55), Mitropoulos, NYPO (54), Kikagaku Moyo (22) โฆ
Jul 25, 2020: Saturday night pizza ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jul 25, 2020: Basil and wine - in the midst of making pizza ๐ ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Jul 24, 2020: The scramble for Edtech โ just another data mining operation? ๐ โ Excerpt: …students arenโt โฆ
Jul 23, 2020: Published 5 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ venice, italy, ilford, xp2
Jul 23, 2020: Published 1 photo on my Flickr account ๐ท ๐ท๏ธ canoneos300d, flickrfriday, polished
Jul 22, 2020: Cardiacs' Tim Smith: a one-man subculture who inspired total devotion โ Excerpt: Tim Smith, who has โฆ
Jul 22, 2020: Chris Frantz: Remain in Love ๐ โ Excerpt: David Byrne overwhelms the image of Talking Heads. With โฆ
Jul 21, 2020: Watched: Annihilation, 2018 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 21, 2020: Watched: Looper, 2012 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 20, 2020: Watched: Buรฑuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles, 2018 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 18, 2020: Check in ๐บ โ Tinto Lounge. First meal out since the beginning of March. Very good vegan Beyond โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 16, 2020: Published 1 photo on my Flickr account ๐ท
Jul 13, 2020: Goan Fish Curry with Fragrant Rice ๐ โ Excerpt: Method Prep time: 10 min Cooking time: 30 min Step 1 โฆ
Jul 13, 2020: Watched: Weekend, 1967 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jul 12, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Algiers (27), Nadine Shah (11), Abbado, BPO (1), Furtwรคngler, BPO (1) & โฆ
Jul 11, 2020: Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Sri Lankan cucumber cashew curry ๐ โ Excerpt: Itโs possible โฆ
Jul 10, 2020: Watched: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, 2020 - ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jul 10, 2020: Watched: Greyhound, 2020 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jul 9, 2020: Watched: Aniara, 2018 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jul 8, 2020: Published 1 photo on my Flickr account ๐ท
Jul 8, 2020: The Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley died #OnThisDay, 8th July 1822, at the age of 29, when his โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 5, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Paul Weller (61), Mitropoulos, NYPO (23), Algiers (9) & David Bowie (9) โฆ
Jul 4, 2020: Watched: Zombieland: Double Tap, 2019 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jul 2, 2020: Published 2 photos on my Flickr account ๐ท
Jun 28, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Bob Dylan (10) via tweekly.fm
Jun 26, 2020: Currently reading: The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell ๐
Jun 26, 2020: Watched: Coherence, 2013 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jun 25, 2020: Published 1 photo on my Flickr account ๐ท
Jun 22, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Sena Jurinac & Franz Holletschek (20), Mitropoulos, Minneapolis SO (8), โฆ
Jun 21, 2020: Watched: All the Money in the World, 2017 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Jun 20, 2020: Watched: What We Do in the Shadows, 2014 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jun 14, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Young’Uns (17), Ewan McColl & Peggy Seeger (10), Park Jiha โฆ
Jun 14, 2020: Tried making sushi for the first time today - avocado and cucumber rolls. โ ๐ธ
Jun 12, 2020: Flickr Blog - Why todayโs Explore is important. ๐ โ Excerpt: Today weโre populating Flickrโs Explore โฆ
Jun 11, 2020: Watched: The Vast of Night, 2019 - โ โ ๐ฅ
Jun 10, 2020: Watched: Get Out, 2017 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jun 8, 2020: Watched: Days of the Bagnold Summer, 2019 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Jun 8, 2020: Linguine with carrot top pesto ๐ฅ โ ๐ธ
Jun 8, 2020: Vegetables: Riverford Organic Farmers ๐ฑ Using my submission to this week’s Flickr FlickrFriday theme #Vegetables in praise of โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 7, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: A.L. Lloyd & Ewan MacColl (80), A.L. Lloyd (26), Ewan MacColl (23), โฆ
Jun 6, 2020: Watched: Justice League, 2017 - โ โ ๐ฅ
Jun 6, 2020: Currently reading: My Lord, What a Morning by Marian Anderson ๐
Jun 4, 2020: Published 1 photo on my Flickr account ๐ท
Jun 3, 2020: Watched: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2016 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
May 31, 2020: Watched: Snowpiercer, 2013 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
May 31, 2020: Watched: Audition, 1999 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
May 30, 2020: A historic walk around Aberdare town centre ๐ โ Excerpt: Many of us visit Aberdare to shop and for โฆ
May 28, 2020: Further Delay to Cricket Season Announced ๐ โ Excerpt: The England & Wales Cricket Board have โฆ
May 27, 2020: Garden plant identification. Does anyone know what these purple flowers are? ๐ฑ โ ๐ธ
May 25, 2020: Rosa canina, commonly known as the dog rose. ๐ฑ โ ๐ธ
May 25, 2020: Watched: A Quiet Place, 2018 - โ โ โ ๐ฅ
May 25, 2020: Gardening Diary ๐ฑ โ ๐ 25th May 2020 After years of neglect we’ve been trying to improve and actually make use of the area of โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 24, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Glenn Gould (19), Marian Anderson & Franz Rupp (18), Marian Anderson โฆ
May 22, 2020: Sister Seren popped round for tea this evening. โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
May 21, 2020: I’m an NHS doctor โ and I’ve had enough of people clapping for me ๐ โ Excerpt: I work โฆ
May 20, 2020: Currently reading: The Book of Tokyo: A City In Short Fiction (Reading the City) edited by Jim โฆ
May 20, 2020: This weekโs Flickr Friday theme of Childhood Memories gave me the opportunity to do this. Luckily โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 18, 2020: Track 18 May 2020 at 14:30 - Walking Track - ViewRanger ๐ โ 5 mile circular route.
May 18, 2020: The best Japanese film of every year โ from 1925 to now ๐ โ Excerpt: Itโs a foolish endeavour to try โฆ
May 14, 2020: Track 14 May 2020 at 14:45 - Walking Track - ViewRanger ๐ โ afternoon walk.
May 10, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Einstรผrzende Neubauten (43), Florestan Trio (18), Busch String Quartet (17) โฆ
May 5, 2020: Covid-19 surveillance tech explained: 6 ways governments are monitoring the virus โ and you ๐ โ โฆ
May 5, 2020: Brace yourself for the most dangerous idea yet: most people are pretty decent ๐ โ Excerpt: Right โฆ
May 3, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Mark Padmore; Paul Lewis (2), Michael Riesman & Philip Glass Ensemble โฆ
May 3, 2020: Watched: Suicide Squad, 2016 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Apr 30, 2020: Watched: The Game, 1997 - โ โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Apr 26, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: EOB (28), Radiohead (14), Kavus Torabi (10), Laura Marling (10) & โฆ
Apr 25, 2020: Intense Santorini ๐ฌ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Apr 25, 2020: Evening games. โ ๐ธ
Apr 25, 2020: Lockdown just got serious - teaching my wife and daughter to play chess - their first game… โ โ ๐ธ
Apr 24, 2020: Watched: The Wandering Earth, 2019 - โ โ ยฝ ๐ฅ
Apr 24, 2020: Currently reading: Whatever by Michel Houellebecq ๐
Apr 24, 2020: ECB announces further delay to the professional cricket season. No professional cricket will be โฆ
Apr 21, 2020: Watched: Things to Come, 2016 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Apr 20, 2020: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for piadina flatbread ๐ โ Excerpt: No 17 on my plan of things to do when โฆ
Apr 19, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: EOB (49), Julian Cope (13), Au Pairs (10), Kavus Torabi (3) & Soul II โฆ
Apr 17, 2020: Currently reading: We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer โฆ
Apr 16, 2020: Easy as 1,2,3: chefs on the 50 most simple, delicious three-ingredient recipes ๐ โ Excerpt: Most โฆ
Apr 15, 2020: …and this is the card we got her ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Apr 15, 2020: My daughterโs 19th lockdown birthday celebration this morning. ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 14, 2020: Radical Wordsworth by Jonathan Bate review โ fleet-footed and inspiriting ๐ โ Excerpt: In 1798, โฆ
Apr 12, 2020: Regressing back to medieval times today and drinking mead with hops from Wye Valley Meadery. โ ๐ธ
Apr 12, 2020: Chard dressed with lemon and Parmesan ๐ โ Excerpt: Method Prep time: 15 min Cooking time: 10 min The โฆ
Apr 12, 2020: Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien: ‘Humanity has only really learned from disaster’ ๐ โ โฆ
Apr 12, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Bob Dylan (22), Kavus Torabi (20), Laura Marling (13), Julian Cope (11) โฆ
Apr 10, 2020: Copycats ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 9, 2020: Watched: Riverworld, 2003 โ ๐ฅ
Apr 9, 2020: Currently reading: Ascension by Gregory Dowling ๐
Apr 7, 2020: William Wordsworth was born on 7th April 1770. #OnThisDay 250 years ago.
Apr 5, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: David Bowie (2), Another Sky (1), Caravan (1), Echo & the Bunnymen (1) โฆ
Apr 2, 2020: Kimchi Miso Hotpot โ ๐ธ
Apr 2, 2020: In the process of cooking a Kimchi Miso Hotpot from Tim Andersonโs Vegan Japaneasy โ ๐ธ
Apr 1, 2020: Dark Sky Blog ๐ โ Dark Sky has joined Apple.
Mar 30, 2020: Watched: 2 Days in Paris, 2007 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Mar 29, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Fall (56), Julian Cope (21), Bernstein, NYPO (10), Neil Young (10) โฆ
Mar 28, 2020: Cooked pizzas. Scary daughter included! ๐ โ ๐ธ
Mar 28, 2020: Watched: Zombieland, 2009 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Mar 28, 2020: Saturday night pizzas about to go into the oven ๐ โ ๐ธ
Mar 28, 2020: Watched: Vivarium, 2019 - โ โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Mar 27, 2020: Currently reading: The Feed by Nick Clark Windo ๐ โ ๐ธ
Mar 26, 2020: Coronavirus in context: a guide to help you understand the pandemic ๐ โ Excerpt: The coronavirus has โฆ
Mar 23, 2020: Just received Tim Andersonโs Vegan JapanEasy in todayโs post. Still awaiting delivery of some โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 23, 2020: Cricket has lost the role it had in 1939 but it’s still far more than a game ๐ โ Excerpt: โฆ
Mar 22, 2020: Weโve got no shortage of coffee making options. โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Mar 22, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Julian Cope (13), Baudo, LPO (10), Bernstein, NYPO (10), Cornershop (10) โฆ
Mar 21, 2020: Sunny spring day in the garden, if a little breezy. โ ๐ธ
Mar 20, 2020: Made a loaf using khorasan flour for the first time. Rise was a bit peculiar but I really like the โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 19, 2020: My walk across desolate Venice ๐ โ Excerpt: Gregory Dowling: So, as I anticipated in my last post, โฆ
Mar 15, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: Cornershop (70), Soul II Soul (35) & Pet Shimmers (24) via tweekly.fm
Mar 14, 2020: Rushden Transport Museum. Check in ๐บ ๐บ - drinking Black Country Bitter by Holdens Brewery โ ๐ธ
Mar 11, 2020: Poetโs corners: a car-free tour of inspiring Wordsworth sites ๐ โ Excerpt: William Wordsworth was โฆ
Mar 11, 2020: Delico Deli. Check in ๐บ - cappuccino and vegan steak bake. โ๏ธ
Mar 10, 2020: Anna Jonesโ squash and crispy kale pizza recipe ๐ โ Excerpt: Pizza is a big part of my life. Itโs โฆ
Mar 10, 2020: Whipped feta, potato stew: Anna Jonesโ recipes from Greece ๐ โ Excerpt: One of the things I need to โฆ
Mar 9, 2020: Currently reading: Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan ๐
Mar 8, 2020: Australia certainly dominated the ICC Womenโs T20 World Cup Final to win their fifth title. Not as โฆ
Mar 8, 2020: ๐ต My Top weekly artists: The Just Joans (46), Finley Quaye (31), Cornershop (30), Anaรฏs Mitchell โฆ
Mar 8, 2020: Early Sunday morning (UK) watching and listening - coverage of India v Australia in the ICC โฆ
Mar 7, 2020: England beat Wales 33-30 in a thrilling Six Nations encounter ๐ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Mar 7, 2020: Twickenham Stadium. England v Wales, Six Nations ๐ โ ๐ธ
Mar 7, 2020: Prince Blucher. Drinking a London Pride by Fuller’s Brewery. Check in ๐บ ๐บ
Mar 7, 2020: Comptoir Libanais. Check in ๐บ - breakfast. โ ๐ธ
Mar 6, 2020: Cornershopโs England is a Garden - 5* review in _The Times_today. Ample Play ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Mar 6, 2020: Premier Inn London Kingston Upon Thames. Check in ๐บ
Mar 6, 2020: The Bishop. Check in ๐บ ๐บ - drinking a Young’s London Special by Eagle Brewery (formerly โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 6, 2020: A Quietus Interview ๐ต ๐ โ Excerpt: Duncan Seaman talks to Tjinder Singh and Ben Ayres of Cornershop โฆ
Mar 5, 2020: I was looking forward to watching the India v England ๐ semi-final this morning but … โฆ
Mar 4, 2020: Bar 44. Check in ๐บ - brilliant tapas, as usual! โ ๐ธ
Mar 1, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 30: Vision - Hawk-eyed. Fresco by Giandomenico Tiepolo. (Ca' โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 1, 2020: Florentino’s Ristorante & Pizzeria. Check in ๐บ
Mar 1, 2020: England playing West Indies in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup - a victory for England will send โฆ
Mar 1, 2020: โซ My Top weekly artists: Berlin Philharmonic, Jonas Kaufmann, Magdalena Koลพenรก & Sir Simon โฆ
Feb 29, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 29: Leap - Water still leaping out of the ground in Mountain โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 28, 2020: “Que sais-je?” - Michel de Montaigne, philosopher, was born #onthisday 1533 โฆ
Feb 28, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 28: Below - At the WNO performance of Carmen last night we โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 27, 2020: Wales Millennium Centre. Check in ๐บ - Carmen, Welsh National Opera. โ ๐ธ
Feb 27, 2020: Las Iguanas. Check in ๐บ - cocktails, wine and bar snacks in Cardiff Bay. Weather is gorgeous. โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Feb 27, 2020: Hotel Indigo Cardiff. Check in ๐บ
Feb 27, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 27: Together - Birch & Ivy ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 26, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 26: Escape ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 25, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 25: Hurdle - Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, 2018. There have โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 24, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 24: Double - Lift (photo from January 2018) ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 23, 2020: Porto Lounge. Check in ๐บ - for a Beyond burger and Malbec ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 23, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 23: Station - Aberdare station this afternoon. Deserted because โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 23, 2020: Rhoswenallt Inn. Check in ๐บ ๐บ โ Drinking a Try Time by Glamorgan Brewing Co โ ๐ธ
Feb 23, 2020: โซ My Top weekly artists: Suede (34), The Just Joans (24), Marika Hackman (22), Goldfrapp (20) & โฆ
Feb 22, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 22: Spectacle - Watching Wales v France in the Six Nations ๐ ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 21, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 21: Progress - Progress up an escalator. Thereโs been a lot โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 21, 2020: ICC Womenโs T20 World Cup ๐ starts today - good to see full TV coverage in the UK (Sky), plus BBC โฆ
Feb 20, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 20: Scale - Home in the South Wales Valleys (courtesy of a trip โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 20, 2020: Klaus Thomsen, Coffee Collective onย The Idealists podcast ๐ โ Excerpt: To evade the so-called coffee โฆ
Feb 19, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 19: Space - Sal, Cape Verde, April 2016 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 18, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 18: Oppose ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 17, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 17: Cool - Commercial Street, Aberdare ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 16, 2020: 3rd T20I between South Africa and England - Superb performance by Eoin Morgan to win the game for โฆ
Feb 16, 2020: 3rd T20I between South Africa and England - South Africa set a total of 222, some spectacular โฆ
Feb 16, 2020: Watching the 3rd T20I ๐ between South Africa and England, the final and decisive T20 match of โฆ
Feb 16, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 16: Rest ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 16, 2020: โซ My Top 5 weekly artists: Michael Kiwanuka (14), Pet Shimmers (13), The Just Joans (10), Caitlin โฆ
Feb 15, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 15: Balance - Taking todayโs prompt literally… ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 14, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 14: Warmth - Picante! Spanish pimentรณn is one of my favourite โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 13, 2020: Watched: Ad Astra, 2019 - โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ
Feb 13, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 13: Rise - Breakfast coffee rising through a Moka pot ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 12, 2020: Nant Ddu Hotel and Spa. Check in ๐บ - lunch.
Feb 12, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 12: Attachment ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 11, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 11: Plain ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 10, 2020: I’ve been reading articles at The Correspondent for a few months now. Episode 13 of The โฆ
Feb 10, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 10: Sign ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 9, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 9: Lull - Need a lull in Storm Ciara to deal with a tree โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 9, 2020: โซ My Top 5 weekly artists: David Bowie (37), Goldfrapp (28), Anaรฏs Mitchell (20), Pet Shimmers (12) โฆ
Feb 9, 2020: While We’re Young, 2014 - โ โ โ Watched on Sunday February 9, 2020. ๐ฅ
Feb 8, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 8: Contrast - Some of my 2 Tone vinyl from the late 1970s ๐ท ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Feb 7, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 7: Above - Wind turbines on the hills above Aberdare ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 6, 2020: Currently reading: The Secret Purposes by David Baddiel ๐
Feb 6, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 6: Plant - Winter morning herbs: frozen oregano and rosemary ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 5, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 5: Hide - I cannot claim credit for this photo, but I am the โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 4, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 4: Spot - In honour of Day 4, my attempt at a vegan Spotted โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 4, 2020: Walking in London - Finding poetry, politics and more - a Flickr album ๐ท ๐ โ ๐ธ
Feb 3, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 3: Reflect - Cardiff Bay, Saturday 18th January 2020 ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 3, 2020: โซ My Top 5 weekly artists: Pascal Rogรฉ (17), Xylouris White (11), Abbado, BPO, Argerich (3), Martha โฆ
Feb 2, 2020: Andy Gill: Gang of Four’s genius guitarist who burned a route out of punk ๐ โ Excerpt: โฆ
Feb 2, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 2: Sight - An old Philip Harris microscope ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 2, 2020: The Discover tab in Micro.blogโs Sunlit app is a brilliant way to browse February Photoblogging โฆ
Feb 2, 2020: Cooked Rachel Roddyโs recipe for fried potatoes and eggs for Sunday brunch. Very comforting! Had to โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 1, 2020: The Mad Bishop & Bear. ESB, watching Wales v. Italy Six Nations rugby, waiting for a train to โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 1, 2020: Pisqu. Peruvian restaurant, very fresh and tasty food! Check in ๐บ
Feb 1, 2020: February Photoblogging Challenge Day 1: Open - Books on display in the William Blake exhibition at โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 31, 2020: The Parthenon Rooms. At the British Museum to see the โTroy: myth and realityโ exhibition. Check in โฆ
Jan 31, 2020: Cafรฉ In The Crypt. Check in ๐บ. Coffee in a crypt - tables are on gravestones. A little โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 31, 2020: National Gallery. Check in ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jan 31, 2020: Tate Britain. Tate Britain, mainly to see the William Blake exhibition. Check in ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jan 30, 2020: The Jack Horner. Brilliant beer! โ Drinking an ESB by Fuller’s Brewery. Check in ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jan 30, 2020: Tate Modern. Check in ๐บ
Jan 30, 2020: Tate Modern - Kara Walker: Fons Americanus - review ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jan 30, 2020: Keats Bar at the Globe. Drinking a London Pride by Fuller’s Brewery. Check in ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jan 30, 2020: Keats House, Hampstead โ ๐ธ
Jan 30, 2020: Keats House. Check in ๐บ
Jan 30, 2020: Pret A Manger. Mornington Crescent. Check in ๐บ - veggie New Yorker sandwich and flat white โ๏ธ
Jan 30, 2020: St Pancras Old Church - memorial stone to Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin and The Hardy Tree. โ ๐ธ
Jan 30, 2020: St Pancras Old Church. Check in ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jan 29, 2020: Royal Festival Hall. Check in ๐บ
Jan 29, 2020: Margarita, wine and Brazilian dough balls by the Thames in winter ๐ฅถ โ ๐ธ
Jan 29, 2020: The Wheatsheaf. Drinking a Landlord by Timothy Taylor. Check in ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jan 29, 2020: Shelley in London: Poland Street ๐ โ Excerpt: Soho is my favourite part of London. I love walking โฆ
Jan 29, 2020: A visit to St Pancras Old Church: Mary Wollstonecraft, Sir John Soane and Edward Carpue ๐ โ Excerpt: โฆ
Jan 29, 2020: Mary in St Pancras ๐ โ Excerpt: And then outside, to try to find Mary’s memorial. It is โฆ
Jan 29, 2020: Mary in Somers Town ๐ โ Excerpt: A few days ago I went exploring, with Chihiro Umegaki, the Japanese โฆ
Jan 28, 2020: Cardiff Bay to Penarth - a Flickr album ๐ท ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jan 26, 2020: Weekly โซ My Top 3 artists: Donovan (31), David Bowie (15)
Jan 22, 2020: Nant Ddu Hotel and Spa. Check in ๐บ - katsu cauliflower curry.
Jan 21, 2020: In Fabric, 2018 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Tuesday January 21, 2020. ๐ฅ
Jan 21, 2020: John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, 2019 - โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Tuesday January 21, 2020. ๐ฅ
Jan 21, 2020: Delico Deli. Check in ๐บ - vegan steak bake and espresso โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jan 19, 2020: Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Drinking a Plastered Pheasant by Quantock Brewery. Check in ๐บ
Jan 19, 2020: Weekly โซ My Top 5 artists: The Just Joans (32), David Bowie (25), Andreas Staier (9), Glenn Gould โฆ
Jan 18, 2020: Lezzet. Fantastic Turkish restaurant!. Check in ๐บ
Jan 18, 2020: Duke Of Wellington. Drinking SA Gold by Brains. Check in ๐บ
Jan 18, 2020: The Waterguard. Keg not cask :( โ Drinking an Old Brewery Bitter by Samuel Smith. Check in ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jan 18, 2020: McDonald’s. Check in ๐บ - Egg McMuffin and latte โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jan 17, 2020: Revolucion de Cuba. Check in ๐บ - Malbec & Mojito ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Jan 12, 2020: Weekly โซ My Top 5 artists: The Just Joans (48), Walter, Columbia SO (10), Grateful Dead (9), Dorati, โฆ
Jan 11, 2020: Delico Deli. Check in ๐บ - double espresso and toast. โ๏ธ
Jan 8, 2020: Once Upon a Timeโฆ in Hollywood, 2019 - โ โ โ โ ยฝ Watched on Wednesday January 8, 2020. ๐ฅ
Jan 8, 2020: Doors drummer, John Densmore: โIt took me years to forgive Jim Morrisonโ ๐ โ Excerpt: It took the โฆ
Jan 8, 2020: How to make the perfect broccoli and stilton soup ๐ โ Excerpt: So entrenched is broccoli and stilton โฆ
Jan 7, 2020: In Bristol, dropping my daughter back off at university after the Xmas break. โ ๐ธ
Jan 7, 2020: Porto Lounge. Check in ๐บ - Malbec ๐ท
Jan 7, 2020: For the sake of balance, ๐ท … (sitting outside a pub in Bristol with LOTS of โvintageโ signs) โ ๐ธ
Jan 7, 2020: ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Jan 7, 2020: Masons Arms. Drinking a Henry’s IPA by Wadworth โ ๐ธ
Jan 5, 2020: Weekly โซ My Top 5 artists: Claude Debussy (36), The Smiths (13), Baudo, LPO (10), Sigmatropic (6)
Dec 30, 2019: The best movies of 2019 that you haven’t seen ๐ โ Excerpt: This quite extraordinary film from โฆ
Dec 29, 2019: Weekly โซ My Top 5 artists: Cornershop (25), The Breeders (24), The Doors (23), Charles Baudelaire โฆ
Dec 28, 2019: The Moon at Wales Millennium Centre. โ ๐ธ
Dec 28, 2019: Newport Railway Station (NWP). Check in ๐บ - Espresso con panna โ๏ธ
Dec 28, 2019: Rooftop terrace at Celtic Manor Resort. โ ๐ธ
Dec 28, 2019: Rooftop Terrace. Check in ๐บ - Ice skating and mulled wine. Just the latter for me. ๐ท
Dec 24, 2019: The (Quiet) Death of a Legendary Parisian Bookstore ๐ โ Excerpt: When it was announced that the โฆ
Dec 22, 2019: Carmarthen Golf Club. Mauriceโs birthday Sunday dinner. Check in ๐บ
Dec 22, 2019: Meera Sodhaโs Christmas recipe for vegan achari brussels sprout curry โ link ๐
Dec 22, 2019: Weekly โซ My Top 5 artists: elbow (33), XTC (10), Bent Knee (1), Cerys Matthews (1)
Dec 17, 2019: Divine inspiration: rescuing run-down churches โ a photo essay โ link to The Guardian ๐
Dec 16, 2019: Anna Karina: an actor of easy charm and grace whose presence radiated from the screen โ link to The โฆ
Dec 15, 2019: Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Drinking a Hobby Horse by Rhymney Brewery and a Gorlovka Imperial โฆ โ ๐ธ
Dec 15, 2019: Weekly โซ My Top 5 artists: Il Giardino Armonico (15), Solti, LSO (4), Andreas Staier (2), โฆ
Dec 14, 2019: Watchmen, 2009 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Saturday December 14, 2019. ๐ฅ
Dec 13, 2019: Edge of Tomorrow, 2014 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Friday December 13, 2019. ๐ฅ
Dec 12, 2019: UK General Election. Polling stations open from 7am to 10pm. ๐ณ๏ธ You don’t need your polling โฆ โ ๐ธ
Dec 11, 2019: Fascism: I sometimes fear… โ link to a poem by Michael Rosen ๐
Dec 11, 2019: Found myself unusually popular tonight - often itโs more of an exclusive cat arrangement. ๐ โ ๐ธ
Dec 11, 2019: Delico Deli. Americano and mozzarella, tomato and pesto panini. โ๏ธ
Dec 9, 2019: Lezzet. New discovery in Cardiff - a great Turkish restaurant. โ ๐ธ
Dec 9, 2019: Duke Of Wellington. Malbec ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Dec 9, 2019: Labourโs Manifesto is fit for purpose. So, why are the middle classes so hostile to it? โ link at โฆ
Dec 8, 2019: Weekly โซ My Top artist: The Beatles (30) via @tweeklyfm
Dec 7, 2019: Thoroughly Modern Millie, 1967 - โ โ โ โ Watched on Saturday December 7, 2019. ๐ฅ
Dec 2, 2019: Some really interesting photographs in this collection. In the remains of a bombed-out Soviet โฆ
Dec 1, 2019: Weekly โซ My Top 3 artists: Leonard Cohen (45), Cornershop (22)
Nov 30, 2019: My favourite types of coffee as a long drink (rather than espresso) tend to be the lightly roasted โฆ
Nov 29, 2019: Brilliant live performance by Fat White Family at The Tramshed, Cardiff on Wednesday 22nd November. โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 29, 2019: How to measure a year of reading ๐ - this sums it up nicely Tom Gauld in The Guardian โ link ๐ โ ๐ธ
Nov 28, 2019: Tiny Rebel. Drinking a Oystermouth Stout by Mumbles Brewery โ ๐ธ
Nov 28, 2019: National Museum Cardiff. Under wraps but still open. โ ๐ธ
Nov 28, 2019: Duly delivered. โ ๐ธ
Nov 28, 2019: Cรดte Brasserie. Needing a cooked breakfast ๐ณ โ ๐ธ
Nov 28, 2019: William Blake, poet and printmaker, was born #OnThisDay 1757 BBC In Our Time
Nov 27, 2019: The Royal Hotel. Wine before bed ๐ท
Nov 27, 2019: The Alchemist. A negroni.๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Nov 27, 2019: Tramshed. Fat White Family ๐ต
Nov 27, 2019: Liberty Park. Nialโs House.
Nov 27, 2019: Madame Bobalรบ ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Nov 27, 2019: Fantastic tapas and wine at Curado Bar, Cardiff, including Cabrales, my favourite blue cheese, and โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 27, 2019: Curado Bar. Brilliant tapas. โ ๐ธ
Nov 27, 2019: How Utopia shaped the world โ link on bbc.com ๐
Nov 27, 2019: Been shopping - now fully equipped for Xmas cake making this weekend. Apprehensive because last time โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 26, 2019: Media misrepresentations of the Labour party are being used strategically to create left wing folk โฆ
Nov 26, 2019: Listening to Thanks for the Dance, the album of Leonard Cohen’s final songs. ๐ต What is โฆ
Nov 25, 2019: Outbatted, outbowled, outplayed. New Zealand beat England by an innings and 65 runs in the first โฆ
Nov 24, 2019: Rhoswenallt Inn. Drinking a Santa’s Little Belter by Glamorgan Brewing Co โ ๐ธ
Nov 24, 2019: Weekly โซ My Top 5 artists: Steve Hillage (14), Bent Knee (13), Ann Murray/Nobuko Imai/Stephen โฆ
Nov 23, 2019: Gong and Steve Hillage at The Tramshed, Cardiff, 22nd November 2019 ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Nov 23, 2019: Doh! How does Homer get on at the British Museum? โ โ โ โ โ โ link ๐
Nov 23, 2019: He may be an anarchist who has voted only once in his life, but the comics legend Alan Moore is โฆ
Nov 22, 2019: Bar 44. Still my favourite place to eat in Cardiff. โ ๐ธ
Nov 22, 2019: Tiny Rebel. Had to try a pint because of the name. Not disappointed. โ Drinking a Stuck In A โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 22, 2019: Off to see Steve Hillage and Gong at The Tramshed, Cardiff tonight. Flying teapots and electric โฆ
Nov 21, 2019: Simon Armitage: โNature has come back to the centre of poetryโ โ link ๐
Nov 20, 2019: Back to Test cricket - New Zealand play England in the first of two Test matches. Match at the Bay โฆ
Nov 20, 2019: The Double, 2013 - โ โ โ โ โ Watched on Wednesday November 20, 2019. ๐ฅ
Nov 20, 2019: Delico Deli. Americano and pesto panini โ๏ธ
Nov 19, 2019: 4000 year old Babylonian stews from cuneiform tablets โ link ๐ A short video of the attempt to โฆ
Nov 18, 2019: There’s a really good explanation of a Green New Deal for the UK on the Labour for a Green New โฆ
Nov 17, 2019: Rhoswenallt Inn. Drinking a Jemima’s Pitchfork by Glamorgan Brewing Co โ ๐ธ
Nov 17, 2019: Weekly โซ My Top 5 artists: Abbado, VPO, Norman (54), The Sufis (35), Bent Knee (14), Gloria (10)
Nov 17, 2019: Helen of Troy: the Greek epics are not just about war โ theyโre about women โ link ๐
Nov 16, 2019: Waters Close Over Venice โ link ๐
Nov 16, 2019: Politics and social media An interesting article on The Correspondent about social media and politicians - If a politician can โฆ
Nov 15, 2019: The Great NHS Heist, a documentary film that I supported on GoFundMe, is being released online on โฆ
Nov 14, 2019: Baudelaireโs unknown extra verse to erotic poem revealed โ link ๐ ๐
Nov 14, 2019: Trying a Labour Party Webinar Last night I took part in a Labour Party video webinar with Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 13, 2019: Apparently sometimes I’m a Morning Motivator and sometimes a Sunrise Sloth. Thanks Nescafรฉ. โ ๐ธ
Nov 12, 2019: Good that I can still use my old iPod touch as a music player to some extent. Catalina syncs my โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 11, 2019: Cat on a (not Hot Tin) Roof โ ๐ธ
Nov 10, 2019: Bunch of Grapes. Drinking a Mosaic Pale Ale by Grey Trees Brewery โ ๐ธ
Nov 10, 2019: Not again! England beat New Zealand in super over to win T20 series 3-2. Havenโt watched it yet but โฆ
Nov 10, 2019: Weekly ๐ต โ โซ My Top 3 artists: Tamino (24), Arte Dei Suonatori, Rachel Podger (16)
Nov 9, 2019: Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery. โ ๐ธ
Nov 9, 2019: Delico Deli. Americano and toastie โ๏ธ
Nov 9, 2019: New buildings near Cardiffโs Principality Stadium take advantage of all the available space. โ ๐ธ
Nov 8, 2019: Courier delivery at 11:33 this morning. Driver left our property at 15:36. He inexplicably reversed โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 8, 2019: England beat New Zealand in the 4th T20 match to level the series 2-2. Good to see an outstanding โฆ
Nov 8, 2019: Evening T20 match in New Zealand means that at least Iโm up early enough in the UK to see half the โฆ
Nov 7, 2019: Sunny and warm enough to be sitting outside this afternoon with a coffee and a book. And two โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 6, 2019: Forward Arts Foundation in conversation with Fiona Benson โ link ๐
Nov 6, 2019: Currently reading: Vertigo & Ghost by Fiona Benson ๐ Purchased after reading this review in The โฆ
Nov 5, 2019: Always get a crop of various fungi (mushrooms? toadstools?) in our garden during late summer and โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 4, 2019: Making sourdough starters using Paul Hollywoodโs method. Very active even in our relatively cool โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 3, 2019: November afternoon in Cardiff Bay. โ ๐ธ
Nov 3, 2019: Duke Of Wellington. Malbec ๐ท
Nov 3, 2019: Bayside Brasserie.
Nov 3, 2019: The Dock. Drinking a SA Gold by Brains โ ๐ธ
Nov 3, 2019: Weekly ๐ต โ โซ My Top 3 artists: Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort (29), Nick Cave
Nov 2, 2019: South Africa win the Rugby World Cup 2019. They dominated the game, outplaying England and โฆ
Nov 2, 2019: England 6-12 South Africa at half-time in the RWC Final - not going quite as Iโd hoped. England not โฆ
Nov 2, 2019: Saturday morning. First prepare coffee. Next make breakfast. Then take a seat for England v South โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 1, 2019: A New Financial Order - Aaron Bastani Meets Yanis Varoufakis โ link ๐
Nov 1, 2019: Currently reading: Baudelaire by Claude Pichois and Jean Ziegler ๐
Oct 30, 2019: Bristol Zoo Gardens. Luzon bleeding-heart. โ ๐ธ
Oct 28, 2019: Cardiff Central Railway Station (CDF).
Oct 28, 2019: Appointment at the Cardiff Apple Store Genius Bar this morning, first for several years. Bit of a โฆ
Oct 28, 2019: Tiny Rebel. Drinking a Time Lapse by Good Chemistry Brewing
Oct 28, 2019: Aberdare Railway Station (ABA). Heading to Appleโs Genius Bar ๐ฒ
Oct 27, 2019: Wales 16-19 South Africa in the second Rugby World Cup 2019 semi-final. Tight game, not that โฆ
Oct 27, 2019: Wales v South Africa Rugby World Cup semi-final kickoff is early Sunday morning so will be sticking โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 27, 2019: Most ๐ต listens this week โ โซ My Top 5 artists: Thom Yorke (26), David Bowie (16), Nick Cave
Oct 26, 2019: England 19-7 New Zealand in the first Rugby World Cup 2019 semi-final. Outstanding and dominant win โฆ
Oct 26, 2019: How to make cinnamon buns โ link ๐
Oct 26, 2019: Rugby World Cup semi-finals this weekend - England v New Zealand this morning and Wales v South โฆ
Oct 24, 2019: Finished reading: Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon ๐
Oct 23, 2019: Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Drinking a Dreadnought by Nottingham Brewery โ ๐ธ
Oct 23, 2019: Delico Deli. Latte and toastie โ๏ธ
Oct 21, 2019: Caroline Lucas & Yanis Varoufakis search for what went wrong with democracy โ link ๐
Oct 20, 2019: My top ๐ต listens this week โ โซ artists: Georges Chelon (35), Elbow (9), Magdalena Koลพenรก, Sir Simon โฆ
Oct 19, 2019: Top 10 books about Europe โ link ๐
Oct 19, 2019: Wildcat and the Egghead: The life of Donald Rooum โ link ๐
Oct 15, 2019: Rachel Roddyโs recipe for potato, onion and tomato gratin โ link ๐
Oct 15, 2019: Rachel Roddyโs recipe for Bolognese rice cake โ link ๐
Oct 14, 2019: Yotam Ottolenghiโs recipes for butternut squash โ link ๐
Oct 12, 2019: First time trying a selection of vegan cheeses. โ ๐ธ
Oct 12, 2019: Delico Deli. Americano โ๏ธ & Danish ๐ฅฎ
Oct 7, 2019: st nicholas gate pub.
Oct 7, 2019: Woodrow Wilson (Wetherspoon). Just a coffee :(
Oct 6, 2019: The Thin White Duke. Drinking a Loweswater Gold by Cumbrian Legendary Ales โ ๐ธ
Oct 6, 2019: Premier Inn Carlisle Central hotel.
Oct 6, 2019: Premier Inn Leeds City Centre (Whitehall Road).
Oct 5, 2019: Lazy Lounge. Prosecco
Oct 5, 2019: Editor’s Draught. Drinking a Editor’s Draught by Naylor’s Brewery โ ๐ธ
Oct 5, 2019: Woodall Northbound Services (Welcome Break).
Oct 4, 2019: ASK Italian.
Oct 3, 2019: Currently reading: Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey by Richard Ayoade ๐
Oct 2, 2019: Bar 44. Tapas
Oct 2, 2019: Sully’s Cafรฉ. Sagres ๐บ
Oct 2, 2019: Duke Of Wellington. Pint of Dark ๐บ
Sep 28, 2019: Delico Deli. Spanish quiche and latte โ๏ธ
Sep 28, 2019: Ne Travaillez Jamais! ca. 1965-66 - Situationniste Blog ๐
Sep 22, 2019: Chips, cheese and gravy - Puckinโ Poutine. โ ๐ธ
Sep 22, 2019: Abergavenny Market. Abergavenny Food Festival
Sep 22, 2019: The Coffee Pot. Cappuccino
Sep 19, 2019: Close up of the grass snake. โ ๐ธ
Sep 19, 2019: Found a few surprises whilst moving my winter log pile this morning - at least three toads and a โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 18, 2019: Sea bream and sea bass with the broccoli, of course! โ ๐ธ
Sep 18, 2019: Barbecuing some broccoli - results as yet uncertain … โ ๐ธ
Sep 17, 2019: Currently reading: The Second Sleep by Robert Harris ๐
Sep 17, 2019: Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. Glamorgan v Leicestershire ๐
Sep 17, 2019: Gorgeous day for Glamorganโs final home Specsavers County Championship match of the season against โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 17, 2019: Brewhouse & Kitchen. Eisteddfod Star ๐บ
Sep 17, 2019: Aberdare Railway Station (ABA). Heading for Glamorgan v Leicestershire at Sophia Gardens ๐
Sep 14, 2019: Found a Masonโs Arms in Bristol so felt obliged to visit. Good beer - Hoptimistic Monk - and a great โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2019: Masons Arms. Hoptimistic Monk from the Flying Monk Brewery ๐บ
Sep 14, 2019: Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Vegetarian breakfast
Sep 11, 2019: Porto Lounge. โBeyond Cheeseโ burger (vegan), tapas and Malbec ๐ท
Sep 11, 2019: The Old Post Office. Butcombe Bitter ๐บ
Sep 7, 2019: Delico Deli. Tuna melt panini โ ๐ธ
Sep 3, 2019: Spiced Apple Chutney production โ ๐ธ
Aug 31, 2019: Tenby Harbour โ ๐ธ
Aug 31, 2019: Buccaneer Inn. Trawlersโ Dread black IPA ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Aug 27, 2019: Currently reading: Artemis by Andy Weir ๐
Aug 26, 2019: Bank Holiday Monday cricket - Glamorgan v Sussex Sharks in Vitality Blast T20 match, Will Beer โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 26, 2019: Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. Glamorgan v Sussex Sharks Vitality Blast T20
Aug 9, 2019: A secondhand book is a glimpse into the lives of other readers ๐๐
Aug 4, 2019: Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born on this day in 1792 - BBC In Our Time - The Later โฆ
Jul 31, 2019: Delico Deli. Tuna melt panini and Americano โ๏ธ
Jul 28, 2019: Rhoswenallt Inn. Jemimaโs Pitchfork ๐บ
Jul 21, 2019: Latitude Festival.
Jul 20, 2019: At Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Suffolk for the weekend - Gomez on the BBC Sounds stage ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Jul 14, 2019: England win the ICC Cricket World Cup final. Unbelievable and dramatic game of cricket - Iโve been โฆ
Jul 13, 2019: Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Breakfast prior to my work leaving do.
Jul 11, 2019: Brilliant! England beat Australia by 8 wickets in 32.1 overs to go into the ICC Cricket World Cup โฆ
Jul 11, 2019: Australia all out for 223 in the ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final against England. Some really โฆ
Jul 9, 2019: Rhoswenallt Inn. First time in the new Glamorgan Brewery Rhoswenallt Inn. Great beer!
Jul 8, 2019: Stafford (South) Motorway Services (Roadchef). Terrible services - only McDonaldโs open and that not โฆ
Jul 7, 2019: Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport (CFU) (ฮฯฮฑฯฮนฮบฯฯ ฮฮตฯฮฟฮปฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮฑฯ ฮฮญฯฮบฯ ฯฮฑฯ ฮฯฮฌฮฝฮฝฮทฯ โฆ
Jul 7, 2019: Skiathos National Airport A.Papadiamantis (JSI) ฮฯฮฑฯฮนฮบฯฯ ฮฮตฯฮฟฮปฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮฑฯ ฮฃฮบฮนฮฌฮธฮฟฯ ฮ.ฮ ฮฑฯฮฑฮดฮนฮฑฮผฮฌฮฝฯฮทฯ. โฆ
Jul 7, 2019: Just catching up on yesterdayโs cricket results - so, amazingly, itโs England v Australia in a World โฆ
Jul 7, 2019: Skiathos Town harbour nights โ ๐ธ
Jul 6, 2019: Our final evening in Skiathos - meal at BU on the Bourtzi of Skiathos. Possibly the best grilled โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 6, 2019: Bourtzi Cafe (Cafe ฮฯฮฟฯฯฯฮถฮน).
Jul 6, 2019: cafe Nostalgic (ฮท ฮฝฮฟฯฯฮฑฮปฮณฯฯ). โ ๐ธ
Jul 6, 2019: Kalamari at Mikros Vasilias beach cafe โ ๐ธ
Jul 6, 2019: Small Vasilias Cantine.
Jul 5, 2019: Vegetarian whitebait? โ ๐ธ
Jul 5, 2019: Currently reading: The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell ๐
Jul 4, 2019: The House of Alexandros Papadiamantis in Skiathos 2017 The House of Alexandros Papadiamantis in โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 4, 2019: Bourtzi Cafe (Cafe ฮฯฮฟฯฯฯฮถฮน).
Jul 4, 2019: Foodie Cafe.
Jul 4, 2019: Slighty disturbed that Iโve spent my pool and beach time this holiday lying on a One Direction โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 3, 2019: England dispatch New Zealand to seal Cricket World Cup semi-final spot - England 305-8, New Zealand โฆ
Jul 3, 2019: Interesting ๐ stats: Most wickets by an England bowler at a World Cup JC Archer - 17 (2019) IT โฆ
Jul 3, 2019: Currently reading: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Simon Armitage (trans.) ๐
Jul 2, 2019: Very impressed with this update to NewsBlur on iOS
Jul 2, 2019: Currently reading: Ways of Seeing by John Berger ๐
Jul 1, 2019: Currently reading: Cane by Jean Toomer ๐
Jul 1, 2019: Finished reading Circe by Madeline Miller. Very readable and lively recounting of the Greek Odyssey โฆ
Jul 1, 2019: England v India: Jonny Bairstow & Liam Plunkett star in hosts' Cricket World Cup win. Exciting โฆ
Jun 30, 2019: Increasing my limited space holiday cooking repertoire - โpizzaโ made in a frying pan using pitas, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 30, 2019: Very pleased to get BBC Test Match Special streaming in Greece ๐ฌ๐ท to listen to England v India โฆ
Jun 30, 2019: Tubes โ ๐ธ
Jun 29, 2019: Skiathos mirror 2017 Skiathos mirror 2019 โ ๐ธ
Jun 29, 2019: A short walk - Achladias to Skiathos Town โ ๐ธ
Jun 28, 2019: Rada Bar Restaurant.
Jun 28, 2019: Vasilias Beach, Skiathos โ ๐ธ
Jun 28, 2019: Vasilias Beach. โ ๐ธ
Jun 27, 2019: Location check in ๐บ โ ฮฮฑฯฮฑฯฮฟฯฮปฮฑฯฯฮตฮฏฮฟ “ฮคฮฟ ฮ ฯฯฯฮฟ”. Kataifi and baklava
Jun 27, 2019: Currently reading: Circe by Madeline Miller ๐
Jun 26, 2019: Skiathos Town Cat โ ๐ธ
Jun 26, 2019: Stamatis.
Jun 25, 2019: Rose Garden restaurant bar.
Jun 25, 2019: Currently reading: Dr James Barry - A Woman Ahead of Her Time by Michael du Perez & Jeremy โฆ
Jun 25, 2019: Currently reading: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris ๐
Jun 24, 2019: Kon Tiki Restaurant.
Jun 24, 2019: Elenis Bar. Skiathos
Jun 23, 2019: Gate 23.
Jun 23, 2019: Giraffe. Breakfast
Jun 23, 2019: Premier Inn Manchester Altrincham.
Jun 19, 2019: Matthew Bourneโs ballet Romeo and Juliet at Wales Millennium Centre (this was the interval set โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 19, 2019: Wales Millennium Centre. Matthew Bourneโs Romeo and Juliet
Jun 15, 2019: ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - South Africa v Afghanistan at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Imran Tahir โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 15, 2019: Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. South Africa - Afghanistan ๐
Jun 12, 2019: woodfired pizza & kitchen. โ ๐ธ
Jun 8, 2019: Henry’s Cafe Bar. Gower Gold ๐บ
Jun 8, 2019: Bravissimo. Buying a ๐
May 28, 2019: ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Bangladesh v India. First photo is โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 28, 2019: Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up - Bangladesh v India ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 28, 2019: Currently reading: A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes ๐
May 27, 2019: Some highlights of Merthyr Rising Festival ๐ต this weekend - Attila the Stockbroker and Bedface The โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 25, 2019: ๐ Less whaling in Moby Dick! - Tom Gauld on fan petitions โ cartoon
May 24, 2019: A crowdfunding appeal is bringing readers, authors and publishers together to help keep the copy of โฆ
May 24, 2019: The immortal Gong at The Globe, Cardiff, Thursday 23rd May 2019 ๐ต โ ๐ธ
May 23, 2019: The Globe. Gong ๐ต
May 23, 2019: Da Mara.
May 21, 2019: Informative and interesting article on The Quietus - ๐ The Strange World Of…Gong - including โฆ
May 18, 2019: Rhoswenallt Inn.
May 18, 2019: Delico Deli.
May 16, 2019: ๐ Don’t talk about ‘food poverty’ โ it’s just poverty
May 14, 2019: Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albion in a penalty shootout to reach the Championship play-off final โฆ
May 12, 2019: Currently reading: The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi ๐
May 11, 2019: A day to easily get lost in sport - England v Pakistan ODI ๐, Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion โฆ
May 4, 2019: Currently reading: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman ๐
May 4, 2019: Overgrown โ ๐ธ
Apr 28, 2019: Wales Millennium Centre. This is Going to Hurt - Adam Kay
Apr 28, 2019: Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. Glamorgan v Surrey ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 28, 2019: Views from the square during the Glamorgan v Surrey lunch interval. Lukas Carey of Glamorgan didnโt โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 28, 2019: Royal London One-Day Cup - Glamorgan v Surrey at Sophia Gardens. Gareth Batty bowling to Billy Root, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 27, 2019: Went to see Suede at The Great Hall, Cardiff University Students' Union last night ๐ต. They were โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 25, 2019: ๐ A couple of simple tofu ideas I may try this weekend, both from BBC Food: Tofu Thai green curry โฆ
Apr 22, 2019: Currently reading: Vengeance in Venice by Philip Gwynne Jones ๐
Apr 22, 2019: Weโve had this portable barbecue for 25 years now - it has served us well. โ ๐ธ
Apr 20, 2019: Delico Deli. Americano and toastie โ๏ธ
Apr 18, 2019: Photos of misty Penarth taken on Tuesday 16th April. โ ๐ธ
Apr 17, 2019: Attending my first cricket game of the season - Glamorgan v Essex in the Royal London One-Day Cup. โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 16, 2019: Penarth Railway Station (PEN).
Apr 16, 2019: The Royal Hotel.
Apr 16, 2019: Retro-gaming at Kongs Bar, Cardiff. โ ๐ธ
Apr 15, 2019: The Gatekeeper (Wetherspoon).
Apr 15, 2019: Chloe Foy at Tiny Rebel, Cardiff tonight - superb, now looking forward to seeing her at the Green โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 15, 2019: Bryony Sier at Tiny Rebel, Cardiff ๐ต ๐ธ โ ๐ธ
Apr 15, 2019: Tiny Rebel. ๐ต
Apr 15, 2019: Revolucion de Cuba.
Apr 15, 2019: The Alchemist.
Apr 15, 2019: Out and overnight in Cardiff tonight celebrating my daughterโs 18th birthday. โ ๐ธ
Apr 13, 2019: Currently reading: The Black Book by Lawrence Durrell ๐
Apr 6, 2019: Reflective cat โ ๐ธ
Mar 31, 2019: Carmarthen Golf Club. Motherโs Day Sunday dinner.
Mar 30, 2019: Rhoswenallt Inn. Sunny afternoon lunch and beer.
Mar 25, 2019: Currently reading: The Greek Islands by Lawrence Durrell ๐
Mar 23, 2019: Delico Deli. Americano and panini again โ๏ธ
Mar 17, 2019: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS).
Mar 16, 2019: Left the Irish bar after seeing Wales beat Ireland to get the Six Nations ๐ Grand Slam. Not staying โฆ
Mar 16, 2019: St. James' Gate. Wales - Ireland ๐
Mar 16, 2019: Mixing it up in Amsterdam - ready for Wales game in Irish pub with Italian wine and lots of Dutch โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 15, 2019: Spiritualized at Paradiso, Amsterdam. ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Mar 15, 2019: Carter Bar & Kitchen. โ ๐ธ
Mar 15, 2019: Awaiting Spirtualized at Paradiso, Amsterdam. ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Mar 15, 2019: Rain, beer and guidebook. โ ๐ธ
Mar 15, 2019: Checked in at Museum Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder. Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder โ ๐ธ
Mar 15, 2019: Checked in at Oude Kerk. Oude Kerk. โ ๐ธ
Mar 14, 2019: Checked in at Royal Palace of Amsterdam (Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam) โ ๐ธ
Mar 11, 2019: Successfully installed Dialog app for Micro.blog onto a Kindle Fire tablet. Easier than I thought it โฆ
Mar 8, 2019: At the New Theatre, Cardiff for the RSC production of Romeo & Juliet. โ ๐ธ
Mar 8, 2019: Checked in at New Theatre. RSC Romeo & Juliet.
Mar 8, 2019: Finished reading: Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman ๐
Mar 7, 2019: Currently reading: Snap by Belinda Bauer ๐
Mar 3, 2019: Checked in at The Hardwick. Sunday lunch.
Feb 27, 2019: At the National Museum Cardiff visiting the Leonardo Da Vinci - A Life in Drawing exhibition. โ ๐ธ
Feb 25, 2019: Currently reading: Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman ๐
Feb 25, 2019: Finished reading: The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis ๐
Feb 23, 2019: Wales 21 - 13 England ๐ Best game of Six Nations so far even though not the result I would have โฆ
Feb 23, 2019: Very enjoyable first half of rugby - Wales 3 - 10 England in the Six Nations ๐
Feb 23, 2019: Trying a BrewDog Electric India - relatively light and less โaggressiveโ than a lot of BrewDog โฆ
Feb 23, 2019: Checked in at Delico Deli. Americano & panini for breakfast.
Feb 22, 2019: Another Sky at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff last night. Strong backlights, mists and shadows. Great โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 21, 2019: Checked in at Clwb Ifor Bach for Another Sky. Another Sky ๐ต
Feb 21, 2019: Currently reading: The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis ๐
Feb 20, 2019: Got home from work in time to watch most of West Indies hitting 21 fours and 23 sixes in their ODI โฆ
Feb 17, 2019: ๐ Cooking Sunday roast causes indoor pollution โworse than Delhiโ During the day of cooking, PM2.5 โฆ
Feb 17, 2019: Currently reading: Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh ๐
Feb 16, 2019: ๐ Welsh National Operaโs Un Ballo in Maschera - terrific gory fun with pirates, witchcraft and โฆ
Feb 16, 2019: Un ballo in maschera - interval. โ ๐ธ
Feb 16, 2019: Pre-opera glass of wine. At Wales Millennium Centre for Verdiโs Un ballo in maschera. โ ๐ธ
Feb 16, 2019: Checked in at Wales Millennium Centre. Verdiโs Un ballo in maschera
Feb 15, 2019: ๐ Stunningly preserved fresco of Narcissus discovered in Pompeii
Feb 1, 2019: Walking in the snow this afternoon - with a view over Aberdare. โ ๐ธ
Jan 31, 2019: Red sky in the morning, shepherdโs warning. โ ๐ธ
Jan 29, 2019: Milk! ... a strange battle has emerged, between an industry trying to replace something it says we โฆ
Jan 23, 2019: Currently reading: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton ๐
Jan 23, 2019: ๐ Donโt trust Daily Mail website, Microsoft browser warns users
Jan 19, 2019: Tom Gauld on how to deal with owning too many books โ ๐ cartoon ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jan 14, 2019: ๐ Recipe to try: Rachel Roddyโs rocket, leek and potato soup
Jan 7, 2019: ๐ There is no leftwing justification for Brexit. We must fight it to the last.
Jan 6, 2019: Checked in at Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) (Aeroporto di Venezia “Marco Polo”)
Jan 5, 2019: Final night out in Venice. โ ๐ธ
Jan 5, 2019: Checked in at Ai Barbacani โ ๐ธ
Jan 5, 2019: Obligatory Venetian selfie. โ ๐ธ
Jan 5, 2019: Checked in at Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta
Jan 5, 2019: Checked in at Campo Santa Margherita.
Jan 5, 2019: Checked in at Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario (vulgo Gesuati)
Jan 5, 2019: Checked in at Campo Santa Margherita
Jan 5, 2019: Checked in at Ca' Rezzonico โ ๐ธ
Jan 4, 2019: Checked in at Trattoria Da Carletto
Jan 4, 2019: Checked in at Chiesa di Sant’Alvise
Jan 4, 2019: San Michele, the cemetery of Venice - โpossibly the most beautiful cemetery in the worldโ according โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 4, 2019: Checked in at Cimitero di San Michele
Jan 3, 2019: Washing day. โ ๐ธ
Jan 3, 2019: Checked in at Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli
Jan 3, 2019: Checked in at Chiesa Della Madonna Dell’orto
Jan 3, 2019: Checked in at Campo del Ghetto Novo
Jan 3, 2019: First full day in Venice of our four night stay. Ogio cafe, where they fit as many crisps as โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 3, 2019: Checked in at Ristorante Contemporaneo Ogio
Jan 3, 2019: Checked in at St. Mary of Nazareth Church (Church of the Scalzi) (Chiesa di Santa Maria di Nazareth โฆ
Jan 3, 2019: Checked in at Campo dei Frari
Jan 3, 2019: Checked in at Ca' del Campo Hotel Venice. Venice, for four nights.
Jan 2, 2019: Checked in at Ristorante La Serenissima
Jan 2, 2019: Checked in at Venice Water Bus
Jan 2, 2019: Checked in at Bristol Airport (BRS). Heading for Venice
Jan 2, 2019: Checked in at The Cabin โ ๐ธ
Dec 20, 2018: Checked in at Bunch of Grapes. Starting with a pint of Diggers Gold โฆ
Dec 19, 2018: Checked in at Wahaca โ ๐ธ
Dec 18, 2018: ๐ The new rules of Christmas dinner: donโt ask for Yorkshire puddings and always wear a party hat
Dec 12, 2018: ๐ Google+ to shut down early after privacy flaw affects over 50m users
Dec 11, 2018: Another Sky ๐ต ๐ Heavens above
Dec 11, 2018: An important epidemiological study :) ๐ Turncoat Game of Thrones characters most likely to survive, โฆ
Dec 8, 2018: ๐ Anna Jonesโ vegetarian Christmas squash and chestnut tart recipe
Dec 8, 2018: ๐ Nigel Slaterโs Christmas vegetarian loaf
Dec 8, 2018: Checked in at Delico Deli. Coffee and toastie. โ ๐ธ
Dec 6, 2018: Australia vs India cricket commentary ๐ Great to see BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra broadcasting ABC Grandstandโs live ball by ball coverage of โฆ
Dec 4, 2018: Currently reading: Travels with Epicurus: Meditations from a Greek Island on the Pleasures of Old โฆ
Dec 2, 2018: Checked in at The Littleton Arms
Dec 2, 2018: Checked in at Premier Inn Nottingham North West (Hucknall)
Dec 1, 2018: A day in Nottingham โ trams, Nottingham Trent University Open Day and Nottingham Contemporary art โฆ โ ๐ธ
Dec 1, 2018: Checked in at Nottingham Contemporary Art Gallery
Dec 1, 2018: Checked in at Sir Harry and Lady Djanogly Lecture Theatre. Psychology talk
Dec 1, 2018: Checked in at Bonington Lecture Theatre. Photography talk
Dec 1, 2018: Checked in at Newton Building. Nottingham Trent University Open Day
Nov 28, 2018: Blimey! Alerts on my phone were going crazy! Aston Villa 5-5 Nottingham Forest โ Tammy Abraham โฆ
Nov 28, 2018: Garden casualty in todayโs strong winds. โ ๐ธ
Nov 24, 2018: Checked in at Delico Deli. Latte and cheese and tomato toastie
Nov 22, 2018: I don’t think I want to see Mastodon content in the Micro.blog (app or web) Discover sections, โฆ
Nov 22, 2018: Currently reading: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah ๐
Nov 22, 2018: Half-Life at 20 ๐ Why it is the most important shooter ever made
Nov 21, 2018: Checked in at SSE Swalec Stadium. RM Technical Seminar
Nov 19, 2018: ๐ The fresco “Leda and the Swan” - Parco Archeologico di Pompei
Nov 18, 2018: Middle of November and itโs warm enough to spend the afternoon sitting in the garden. โ ๐ธ
Nov 18, 2018: View over Aberdare on a short walk this afternoon. โ ๐ธ
Nov 18, 2018: my.viewranger.com Sharing a track from ViewRanger
Nov 15, 2018: HT @lohang@mastodon.social ๐ War, censorship, and the invention of โfake newsโ
Nov 14, 2018: ๐ A gallon of 2,000-year-old wine found in tomb
Nov 9, 2018: ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018 ๐ starts today โ see tournament guide and players to watch and โฆ
Nov 8, 2018: Found a minor niggle with the new Mastodon features. Set up my ActivityPub/Mastodon-compatible โฆ
Nov 4, 2018: Alone for my evening meal tonight, so I cooked moules mariniรจre. โ ๐ธ
Nov 2, 2018: ๐ King Crimson Cardiff Show by Tony Levin
Nov 1, 2018: King Crimson at St. Davidโs Hall, Cardiff, Wednesday 31st October 2018. ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Oct 31, 2018: Flooding in Venice ๐ Acqua alta is a big nuisance
Oct 31, 2018: Train to work cancelled because of slippery rails ๐ ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Oct 31, 2018: Thought this was an appropriate choice to start reading on Halloween ๐ป ๐ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Oct 31, 2018: Currently reading: Dark Matter by Michelle Paver ๐
Oct 30, 2018: ๐ Venice under water as Italy hit by fierce wind and heavy rain
Oct 28, 2018: ๐ David Byrne: โMy agent says Iโm having a Leonard Cohen momentโ
Oct 28, 2018: David Byrne at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Saturday 27th October 2018. Brilliant show with excellent โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 27, 2018: Checked in at Motorpoint Arena for David Byrne - American Utopia Tour. David Byrne supported by โฆ
Oct 27, 2018: Checked in at Ask
Oct 26, 2018: ๐ Enchanted garden of frescoes unearthed at Pompeii
Oct 26, 2018: ๐ Whoโs the Most Instagrammed Writer of All Time?
Oct 26, 2018: I will be tempted ๐ฎ โ Sega Mega Drive returns
Oct 25, 2018: ๐ Why the ultimate breakfast of champions might just be wine and cheese
Oct 25, 2018: Currently reading: Venice by Peter Ackroyd ๐
Oct 24, 2018: Testing out Pi-Hole applied as DNS to a few of our mobile devices - seems to be working well โ ๐ธ
Oct 21, 2018: ๐ Peterloo: The man who ordered a massacre
Oct 20, 2018: Blue Monday is a great song by New Order โ just eating an equally brilliant cheese of the same name โฆ
Oct 19, 2018: What?? โ Facebook hires Nick Clegg as head of global affairs
Oct 19, 2018: Poor season for Glamorgan, but not sure this was called for โ Robert Croft has left his role as head โฆ
Oct 19, 2018: Tom Gauld on buying a novel in the digital age โ cartoon ๐
Oct 16, 2018: Currently reading: Are you experienced? by William Sutcliffe ๐
Oct 16, 2018: Echo and the Bunnymen at St. Davidโs Hall, Cardiff, Monday 15th October 2018 ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Oct 15, 2018: In a tapas bar with four drinks on the go at the same time โ next weโre heading to see Echo and the โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 15, 2018: Checked in at Bar 44. Tapas.
Oct 14, 2018: A day in Manchester City Centre โ ๐ธ
Oct 14, 2018: Checked in at Gino D’acampo My Pizza & Prosecco Bar
Oct 14, 2018: Ceiling selfie โ ๐ธ
Oct 14, 2018: Checked in at Britannia Country House
Oct 13, 2018: Pint of Titanic Cherry Dark ๐บ in The Salutation โ it was on these premises in 1846 that Charlotte โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 13, 2018: At Manchester Metropolitan University Open Day โ my daughter considering a Psychology course here. โ ๐ธ
Oct 13, 2018: Checked in at MMU Brooks Building. Manchester Metropolitan University Open Day
Oct 13, 2018: Checked in at Simon Building
Oct 5, 2018: Mentioned this in a previous post, but just seen this in The Guardian, which has a little more โฆ
Oct 5, 2018: Sian Berry, the Green Party’s co-leader, made some really good points on BBC Radio 4’s โฆ
Oct 4, 2018: 16-bit Intel 8088 chip It’s National Poetry Day, so … 16-bit Intel 8088 chip with an Apple Macintosh you โฆ
Oct 3, 2018: I enjoy a Macallan malt, but maybe quite not this much โ Bottle of whisky sold for world record โฆ
Oct 3, 2018: Spot our cat ๐ ! โ ๐ธ
Oct 3, 2018: Currently reading: The Snowman by Jo Nesbo ๐
Sep 29, 2018: The Facebook account breach extends way beyond the site itself. The compromise of access tokens โฆ
Sep 29, 2018: Cooked rakott kelkรกposzta โ Hungarian layered savoy cabbage casserole โ last night, using Quorn โฆ
Sep 28, 2018: Went to see the incredible Norwegian band Major Parkinson at Exchange in Bristol last night. One of โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 26, 2018: Just upgraded Acorn image editor from version 4 to version 6 To celebrate the launch of macOS โฆ
Sep 26, 2018: Adding to the post-a-homescreen timeline. ๐ฑ โ ๐ธ
Sep 25, 2018: Cooked with cime di rapa for the first time last night โ spaghetti with cime di rapa, garlic, โฆ
Sep 22, 2018: Olive and anchovy ๐ โ ๐ธ
Sep 21, 2018: Interesting ‘earliest’ stories in the news this week ๐ Earliest animal fossils are โฆ
Sep 21, 2018: Peace Park, a small park I walk through on my daily commute, looks to have completely flooded in โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 20, 2018: Havenโt seen crows congregating next to Aberdare railway station before. They did this morning! โ ๐ธ
Sep 15, 2018: Cricket commentary for Micro.blog now over for today! Just need the ๐ emoji tag activated ;)
Sep 15, 2018: Moeen Ali in immense form โ as captain, batter and bowler โ successfully leads Worcestershire Rapids โฆ
Sep 15, 2018: Worcestershire set 158 to win in the T20 Blast Final. Another great bowling performance, especially โฆ
Sep 15, 2018: Trying an unfiltered natural wine for the first time. Reminds me a bit of a good quality still โฆ
Sep 15, 2018: Itโs the Sussex Sharks meeting the Worcestershire Rapids in the final of the Vitality T20 Blast ๐
Sep 15, 2018: And the Worcestershire Rapids win the first T20 Blast semi-final. Some great bowling by Moeen Ali โฆ
Sep 15, 2018: The good thing about the timing of the T20 Blast Finals Day is the return of England players to โฆ
Sep 15, 2018: Vitality Blast T20 Finals Day today โ plenty of cricket to be watched; two semi-finals plus the โฆ
Sep 14, 2018: These are impressive โ India to break record for world’s largest statue - twice โ ๐ธ
Sep 13, 2018: Good luck to NASA! โ Can Mars rover beat the dust to trundle on again?
Sep 12, 2018: Still intend to skip todayโs iteration of the iPhone X โ after a decade or so of getting a new phone โฆ
Sep 11, 2018: Currently reading: The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo ๐
Sep 9, 2018: Alastair Cook’s final Test innings for England is just starting now at The Oval - Englandโs โฆ
Sep 4, 2018: Googleโs Art Selfie goes worldwide and thereโs no getting away from it โ I am Man with a White Beard โ ๐ธ
Sep 2, 2018: A little Hive to pass the time in the airport. โ ๐ธ
Sep 2, 2018: Checked in at Zakynthos International Airport Dionysios Solomos (ZTH) (ฮฯฮฑฯฮนฮบฯฯ ฮฮตฯฮฟฮปฮนฮผฮญฮฝฮฑฯ ฮฮฑฮบฯฮฝฮธฮฟฯ โฆ
Sep 1, 2018: Checked in at El Greco. Third time in El Greco, Alykes in a fortnight. Great food! โ ๐ธ
Aug 31, 2018: Checked in at Al Fresco
Aug 31, 2018: Checked in at Kaki Rahi Taverna โ ๐ธ
Aug 30, 2018: Carcassonne in the bar โ ๐ธ
Aug 30, 2018: Checked in at Anatolitiko (ฮฮฝฮฑฯฮฟฮปฮฏฯฮนฮบฮฟ) โ ๐ธ
Aug 30, 2018: Currently reading: The Devilโs Star by Jo Nesbo ๐
Aug 30, 2018: Currently reading: Percy Bysshe Shelley โ Poet and Revolutionary by Jacqueline Mulhallen ๐
Aug 29, 2018: ๐ฅ ๐ฅช action! โ ๐ธ
Aug 28, 2018: Checked in at El Greco
Aug 27, 2018: Checked in at Paolos Corner โ ๐ธ
Aug 27, 2018: Currently reading: An Endangered Species by David Gower ๐
Aug 26, 2018: Checked in at Taverna Zorbas โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2018: Greek coffee โ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2018: Checked in at Al Fresco โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2018: Checked in at Alykanas Beach (ฮ ฮฑฯฮฑฮปฮฏฮฑ ฮฮปฯ ฮบฮฑฮฝฮฌ) โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2018: At Fito Cafe opposite the fish market in Zakynthos Town yesterday. โ ๐ธ
Aug 24, 2018: Agios Charalambos โ ฮฮณ. ฮงฮฑฯฮฌฮปฮฑฮผฯฮฟฯ โ ๐ธ
Aug 24, 2018: Watching the procession of Saint Dionysios through Zakynthos Town. โ ๐ธ
Aug 24, 2018: Checked in at Zakynthos Port (ฮฮนฮผฮฌฮฝฮน ฮฮฑฮบฯฮฝฮธฮฟฯ )
Aug 24, 2018: Checked in at ฮฮปฮฑฯ ฮดฮนฮฑฮฝฯฯ โ ๐ธ
Aug 24, 2018: Some limited space cooking โ tomato, cheese and oregano omelectte and garlic/tomato bread. โ ๐ธ
Aug 24, 2018: Currently reading: The Complete Short Stories of Raffles by E. W. Hornung ๐
Aug 23, 2018: Checked in at Anatolitiko (ฮฮฝฮฑฯฮฟฮปฮฏฯฮนฮบฮฟ) โ ๐ธ
Aug 22, 2018: A couple of excellent grilled sea bass earlier this evening. โ ๐ธ
Aug 22, 2018: Currently inhaling insecticide, playing crib and drinking ouzo. โ ๐ธ
Aug 22, 2018: Checked in at Apollo Taverna
Aug 21, 2018: Checked in at Taverna Asteria
Aug 21, 2018: A view from a sun lounger. โ ๐ธ
Aug 21, 2018: Currently reading: Terror and terroir โ The winegrowers of the Languedoc and modern France by Andrew โฆ
Aug 20, 2018: Indulging โ ๐ธ
Aug 20, 2018: Checked in at El Greco
Aug 20, 2018: Just noticed that the book Iโm currently reading is published by Cambridge University Press but just โฆ
Aug 20, 2018: Currently reading: Monteverdiโs Unruly Women โ The Power of Song in Early Italy by Bonnie Gordon ๐
Aug 20, 2018: Perfectly acceptable retsina at โฌ2.20 a litre ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Aug 20, 2018: Zakynthos for a fortnight, starting with a morning frappรฉ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 19, 2018: Checked in at ฮฮปฯ ฮบฮญฯ
Aug 17, 2018: Two of my favourite places in Cardiff - Bar 44, on the left, and Tiny Rebel, on the right. Theyโre โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 17, 2018: Rain stops play :( Surrey defeated Glamorgan by 24 runs under the DLS Method. Neither progress to โฆ
Aug 17, 2018: Delayed restart โ view from opposite side of the stadium โ Michael Hogan bowling to Aaron Finch โ โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 17, 2018: Interval, but covers on and raining โ๏ธ ๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 17, 2018: Glamorgan vs Surrey โ Tom Curran bowling to Colin Ingram ๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 17, 2018: Checked in at SSE Swalec Stadium. Glamorgan vs Surrey ๐
Aug 17, 2018: Tiny Rebel XLPA ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Aug 17, 2018: Kizuna โ Japan Wales Design โ exhibition at the National Museum in Cardiff โ ๐ธ
Aug 17, 2018: Checked in at Tiny Rebel. XLPA ๐บ
Aug 17, 2018: Checked in at National Museum Cardiff. Kizuna. Japan Wales Design.
Aug 17, 2018: ๐ Celebrity is not harmless fun
Aug 15, 2018: Finished reading: Adults In The Room: My Battle With Europeโs Deep Establishment by Yanis Varoufakis โฆ
Aug 13, 2018: Reducing a tomato glut ๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 11, 2018: Checked in at Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Only because the Rhoswenallt was full ๐ก
Aug 11, 2018: Checked in at Court Vean
Aug 11, 2018: Chris Woakes gets a well deserved century against India at Lordโs. Woakes now gets his name on the โฆ
Aug 10, 2018: I have got to try and make this โ Manousheh: the Lebanese breakfast pizza that stole my heart
Aug 9, 2018: My first ever Japanese whisky (bottle started a few weeks ago, not tonight!) - as a long-time โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 5, 2018: K. T. Tunstall ๐ต Edit after the event, when I wasn’t watching the bands: K. T. Tunstall was โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 5, 2018: Checked in at Cyfarthfa Castle. Simple Minds, Pretenders & K. T. Tunstall ๐ต
Aug 4, 2018: One of our cats appears to have lost her front legs โ the other is fine! โ ๐ธ
Aug 4, 2018: Englandโs 1000th test match since 1877 - won against India by 31 runs in just over 3 days. โฆ
Aug 4, 2018: Lovely sunny breakfast this morning - going to be another hot weekend I think ๐ โ ๐ธ
Aug 4, 2018: The great Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born On This Day in 1792 - The Later Romantics
Aug 3, 2018: Meschede makes 77 as Glamorgan win a thriller by two runs ๐
Aug 3, 2018: Couple of shots of the River Taff taken whilst walking back into Cardiff from the cricket at Sophia โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 3, 2018: Dramatic finish! Tim van der Gugten clean bowls Tye off the final ball of the game to seal a โฆ
Aug 3, 2018: Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire T20 at Sophia Gardens โ Tye bowling to Meschede in the final over. โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 3, 2018: Checked in at SSE Swalec Stadium. Glamorgan vs. Gloucestershire ๐
Aug 1, 2018: Bats in libraries Some impressive interiors in this collection of The world’s most beautiful libraries. This โฆ
Jul 31, 2018: Fantastic result from Glamorgan CC as they chase down 195 to defeat Surrey in the Vitality Blast T20 โฆ
Jul 30, 2018: Currently reading: Opening Up by Mike Atherton ๐
Jul 30, 2018: Emily Brontรซ’s Wuthering Heights โ in charts ๐
Jul 28, 2018: Checked in at Delico Deli. Cappuccino & ๐ง toastie.
Jul 25, 2018: Checked in at Delico Deli. Quiche, salad & Americano.
Jul 25, 2018: Currently reading: Poetry Notebook: 2006โ2014 by Clive James ๐
Jul 23, 2018: Variation from The Green Roasting Tin โ Courgette, Beetroot, Onion and Goatโs Cheese Tart โ ๐ธ
Jul 21, 2018: Cartoon โ Tom Gauld on The Odyssey
Jul 16, 2018: Leaving an outside light on has attracted a few moths. โ ๐ธ
Jul 16, 2018: Currently reading: Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson ๐
Jul 13, 2018: Inter-band reading :) โ ๐ธ
Jul 13, 2018: Fantastic! The Selecter at Caerphilly Castle ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Jul 13, 2018: Very strange to buy a full bottle of wine in a plastic bottle. Itโs a Bulgarian Sauvignon. Itโs OK โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 13, 2018: Definitely quite a unique setting for a gig ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Jul 13, 2018: Arrived at Caerphilly Castle for open air concert with the 2Tone bands The Selecter and The Beat ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Jul 13, 2018: Stig of the Dump โ published the year I was born, a book I remember extremely well from my โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 12, 2018: Good article by Owen Jones in The Guardian today โ ๐ Protest against what Donald Trump represents, โฆ
Jul 12, 2018: He was high-brow, low-brow, every-brow! ๐ the genius of Leonard Bernstein ๐ต
Jul 11, 2018: The Breeders at the O2 Academy Bristol, Tuesday 10th July ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Jul 10, 2018: Pip Blom ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Jul 10, 2018: At the O2 Academy, Bristol awaiting The Breeders ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Jul 10, 2018: Checked in at O2 Academy. The Breeders. ๐ต
Jul 10, 2018: Checked in at Sergio’s. Italian!
Jul 9, 2018: Glamorgan vs. Sussex Sharks in T20 Blast at Sophia Gardens on Sunday 8th July. Rashid Khan bowling โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 6, 2018: England vs. India at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Friday 6th July. England 149 for 5 India 148 for 5 โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 5, 2018: The Green Roasting Tin by Rukmini Iyer @missminifer arrived today โ Oven Baked Ratatouille cooked. โ ๐ธ
Jul 3, 2018: England - India T20 cricket ๐ starting now, England - Colombia World Cup โฝ๏ธ match in an hour and a โฆ
Jul 2, 2018: Nice little quiz, in a format I haven’t seen used before โ NHS at 70: how well do you know the โฆ
Jul 2, 2018: Currently reading: Islam for the Politically Incorrect by Khaled Diab ๐
Jul 1, 2018: 22:42 โ ๐ธ
Jul 1, 2018: Ouzo summer evenings time. โ ๐ธ
Jun 29, 2018: I’ve heard of Cyberpunk and Steampunk before โ and read books that fall into those categories โฆ
Jun 28, 2018: Being a little traitorous tonight … but enjoying it #ENGBEL ๐บ โฝ๏ธ โ ๐ธ
Jun 28, 2018: Now reading Introducing Sartre: A Graphic Guide by Philip Thody (Author) and Howard Read โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 26, 2018: Now reading The Fall by Albert Camus ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jun 22, 2018: PiL โ Public Image Limited โ at Tramshed, Cardiff on Thursday 21st June ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Jun 21, 2018: Checked in at Tramshed. PiL ๐ต
Jun 20, 2018: Just noticed there is a football/soccer โฝ Discover link now active on Microblog. Thanks @manton :) I โฆ
Jun 20, 2018: ๐ Daลกa Drndiฤ โ ‘unflinching’ Croatian novelist, dies aged 71. ๐
Jun 17, 2018: Fatoumata Diawara, Le Gateau Chocolat and stage views last night at Utopia, curated by Charlotte โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 16, 2018: Checked in at Wales Millennium Centre Bar. Bean burger ๐ & Malbec ๐ท
Jun 14, 2018: I knew it - Mexico! World Cup 2018 personality quiz: Which country should you really support? โฝ โ ๐ธ
Jun 12, 2018: Looks like at least an extra half hour of podcast listening is available for me then. โ ๐ธ
Jun 10, 2018: Cooking sea bream on a bucket. Donโt think the bush is happy that I keep barbecuing in this spot. โ ๐ธ
Jun 9, 2018: Checked in at Delico Deli. Americano.
Jun 6, 2018: Aberdare Canal - on a walk to work this morning after my train was cancelled. โ ๐ธ
Jun 4, 2018: Checked in at Wales Millennium Centre. Acosta Danza.
Jun 1, 2018: Glamorgan vs. Sussex Sharks in Royal London One-Day Cup at Sophia Gardens ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jun 1, 2018: Checked in at SSE Swalec Stadium. Glamorgan vs. Sussex in Royal London One-Day Cup ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jun 1, 2018: Avoiding meat and dairy is โsingle biggest wayโ to reduce your impact on Earth
May 31, 2018: Amber warning: Severe thunderstorms likely to produce torrential downpours, flooding in some places โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 31, 2018: David Attenborough - World Music Collector โ Fascinating documentary from BBC Radio 3 featuring some โฆ
May 30, 2018: Is Japanese knotweed driving you wild? Don’t curse it โ cook it. I never imagined this was โฆ
May 30, 2018: Beer - Otley O2 Croeso - and chickpea, coriander & chilli burger at The Bunch of Grapes, โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 30, 2018: Now reading Instrumental by James Rhodes ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 29, 2018: Supporting The Great NHS Heist Documentary via @gofundme
May 29, 2018: Merthyr Rising Festival 2018 Dreadzone โ Friday 25th May Roland Gift (of the Fine Young Cannibals) โ Saturday 26th May The โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 27, 2018: Checked in at REDHOUSE- Old Town Hall, Hen Neyadd y Dref. NHS, DOA at 70?
May 27, 2018: Checked in at JOL’s. Sunday lunch.
May 17, 2018: Enjoying my first listen to Sweet Thursday โ the new Herman Dune album released today. ๐ต โ ๐ธ
May 16, 2018: An Illustrated Guide to Guy Debord's 'The Society of the Spectacle' From Hyperallergic: An Illustrated Guide to Guy Debord’s ‘The Society of the โฆ
May 15, 2018: Checked in at Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Cribyn Ale.
May 6, 2018: Glamorgan vs. Kent at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff ๐ โ Marchant de Lange bowling to Daniel Bell-Drummond. โ ๐ธ
May 4, 2018: ๐ No More Than a Litre of Wine a Day French 1950s Health and Sobriety posters. Interesting article โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 3, 2018: Good to see that Glamorgan Cricket Club’s home ground in Cardiff is being renamed back to โฆ
May 1, 2018: Gateway ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Apr 29, 2018: Now reading Red Gas by Edward Topol ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 29, 2018: Checked in at Cardiff Central Railway Station (CDF) โ ๐ธ
Apr 29, 2018: At the Duke of Wellington, Cardiff. โ ๐ธ
Apr 29, 2018: Checked in at Duke Of Wellington. Malbec.
Apr 29, 2018: Checked in at Bar 44. Tapas. โ ๐ธ
Apr 29, 2018: Porthcawl won with the last kick of the game ๐
Apr 29, 2018: Pembroke vs. Porthcawl WRU Bowl Final ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 29, 2018: Checked in at Principality Stadium. Pembroke vs. Porthcawl WRU Bowl Final ๐
Apr 28, 2018: Checked in at Delico Deli. Coffee and cheese & onion pasty.
Apr 25, 2018: Microblogging and fragmentation by Riccardo Mori
Apr 24, 2018: Going to be interesting to find out if Amazon’s remake of Utopia is anywhere close to the โฆ
Apr 24, 2018: Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece review โ Astonishing, ravishing, sublime โ exhibition at the โฆ
Apr 22, 2018: Cooking! โ ๐ธ
Apr 22, 2018: Zeitgeist - Idiosyncratic Black Lager by BrewDog. ๐บ โ ๐ธ
Apr 20, 2018: Weather has been good for a couple of days so I walked home from work for the first time this year. โ ๐ธ
Apr 20, 2018: Now reading The Last Weekend by Blake Morrison. ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 20, 2018: Checked in at Mountain Ash Comprehensive
Apr 20, 2018: Checked in at Aberdare Railway Station (ABA) โ ๐ธ
Apr 19, 2018: Checked in at Rhoswenallt Inn โ ๐ธ
Apr 19, 2018: Checked in at Fernhill Railway Station (FER). Homeward bound.
Apr 19, 2018: Checked in at Mountain Ash Comprehensive. Still working…
Apr 18, 2018: Checked in at Delico Deli. Americano.
Apr 15, 2018: Interesting - island stage set up for Arcade Fire tonight at the NEC. Donโt know where the front is! โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 15, 2018: Checked in at Brewhouse & Kitchen. Serenโs 17th birthday.
Apr 14, 2018: Checked in at The White Horse. Rioja!
Apr 14, 2018: Checked in at Ask โ ๐ธ
Apr 14, 2018: The best pub in Sutton Coldfield - The Station. โ ๐ธ
Apr 13, 2018: Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s remains rediscovered in wine cellar ๐ โ ๐ธ
Apr 12, 2018: Aperitif at The Salt Cellar. โ ๐ธ
Apr 12, 2018: Blue skies in Tenby this morning. โ ๐ธ
Apr 12, 2018: I used to enjoy a Mr Kipling Cherry Bakewell. Not so sure I will now โ What is Britain eating?
Apr 11, 2018: Microbrewery in Tenby ๐บ. Enjoying a Caldey Lollipop IPA at Tenby Harbour Brewery. โ ๐ธ
Apr 11, 2018: Checked in at Coast just outside Saundersfoot. Brilliant food is an understatement. Exceptional! โ ๐ธ
Apr 11, 2018: Today Iโve learned that Saundersfoot railway station is in the middle of nowhere, a mile and a half โฆ
Apr 11, 2018: View over the beach from The Old Chemist Inn at Saundersfoot. โ ๐ธ
Apr 11, 2018: Tenby Harbour. โ ๐ธ
Apr 7, 2018: St. Fagans Museum of Welsh Life Kennixton Farmhouse Iron Age Roundhouses Abernodwydd Farmhouse Stryd Lydan Barn โ ๐ธ
Apr 5, 2018: Ready for cricket! Indian Premier League starts on Saturday and the County Championship next week. ๐
Apr 5, 2018: Wales Millennium Centre for Matthew Bourneโs Cinderella. โ ๐ธ
Apr 4, 2018: Matthew Bourneโs Cinderella. โ ๐ธ
Apr 3, 2018: Another interesting nightโs (for me) cricket - New Zealand did incredibly well to hold out to win โฆ
Apr 2, 2018: Robotic bees ๐ on Mars! โ Planet of the apis
Apr 1, 2018: Spring by Edna St. Vincent Millay Spring To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet โฆ
Mar 31, 2018: Now Iโve just got to investigate Ursula K Le Guin’s electronica album and the associated book โฆ
Mar 30, 2018: Arcade Fire interview ‘People have lost the ability to even know what a joke is. Itโs very โฆ
Mar 30, 2018: Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd for great food and even better beers. โ ๐ธ
Mar 30, 2018: First listen to Solar Divination by Kavus Torabi ๐ต โ ๐ธ
Mar 29, 2018: Experimenting with a few crossposting ideas between Microblog, 10Centuries and Pnut. Not entirely โฆ
Mar 29, 2018: Google and Facebook data โ Despite myself, I’m quite impressed with the data that Google holds โฆ
Mar 28, 2018: Testing a Python script to crosspost from 10Centuries.org to Micro.blog » originally posted at โฆ
Mar 26, 2018: Now reading The Executor by Blake Morrison. ๐ โ ๐ธ
Mar 26, 2018: Ludlow Castle. โ ๐ธ
Mar 24, 2018: Long Mynd - a bit cold and misty. โ ๐ธ
Mar 24, 2018: Ludlow Brewery. โ ๐ธ
Mar 22, 2018: Definitely something up with Dark Sky (I hope!) โ ๐ธ
Mar 22, 2018: Switched my radio on at 4am this morning to listen to a bit of the cricket - Englandโs first Test โฆ
Mar 20, 2018: Just found an old Acorn A5000 computer at work (monitor doesnโt belong with it). Still boots, but โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 19, 2018: Another snow day means time to bake some scones (and Scottish shortbread biscuits, and a rosemary โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 18, 2018: Just watched the first three episodes of the BBCโs Troy: Fall of A City. Quite impressed by this โฆ
Mar 18, 2018: The Return of the Snow. โ ๐ธ
Mar 17, 2018: Looking a bit cold in Bolton for the Villa game. Pleased not to be there! โ ๐ธ
Mar 17, 2018: ๐ Against all expectations I enjoyed Italy-Scotland most today. Donโt know how Wales managed to win โฆ
Mar 17, 2018: ๐ Good job Ireland - must be looking forward to the World Cup now!
Mar 17, 2018: ๐ ๐ค All going Irelandโs way - great play, Grand Slam imminent I think.
Mar 17, 2018: ๐ Italy 27-29 Scotland - disappointed for Italy, played so well for the first hour and probably โฆ
Mar 17, 2018: Hey @micron Iโve just noticed that the rugby ๐ category is missing from your Discover Search โฆ
Mar 17, 2018: I see that the Bolton-Aston Villa โฝ๏ธ match is also being broadcast live today. Another Saturday โฆ
Mar 17, 2018: Final day of this yearโs Six Nations ๐ competition. Beers ๐ป at the ready!
Mar 13, 2018: Tonight I will definitely be getting my greens! โ ๐ธ
Mar 12, 2018: Trying the experiment of turning off all the retweets from people I follow on Twitter using the โฆ
Mar 12, 2018: I finally got to watch Blade Runner 2049 last weekend. Very impressed with the film so have decided โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 12, 2018: Interesting article by Blake Morrison - Up in smoke: should an author’s dying wishes be โฆ
Mar 10, 2018: Yes! Aston Villa 4-1 Wolves โฝ๏ธ
Mar 10, 2018: Switched from France-England ๐ rugby to Villa-Wolves โฝ๏ธ football and seen two fantastic Villa goals โฆ
Mar 10, 2018: France - England ๐ second half exciting but ultimately disappointing. Far too many penalties given โฆ
Mar 10, 2018: England ๐ errors are mounting.
Mar 10, 2018: Still think St. Austell Proper Job is one of the best bottled beers you can buy. ๐บ An authentic IPA โฆ
Mar 10, 2018: Disappointed in Scotlandโs final passes, disappointed that Ireland got a bonus point, but Ireland โฆ
Mar 10, 2018: Six Nations ๐ returns. Hoping for another win for Scotland ;)
Mar 7, 2018: Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), the first book in โฆ
Mar 4, 2018: Pizza ready to go! โ ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2018: Pizza ๐ entering the oven. โ ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2018: White melting away to green. โ ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2018: Wall tiles at the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, Athens. โ ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2018: Wall tiles painted with split-leaves revolving around a rosette, c. 1560 - at the Benaki Museum of โฆ โ ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2018: Testing RSS to Pnut as a Service (RTPaaS) for cross-posting my Micro.blog feed to pnut.io.
Mar 2, 2018: Snow days. โ ๐ธ
Feb 28, 2018: Bobby Klein’s best photograph: Jim Morrison has a beer for breakfast. โ ๐ธ
Feb 26, 2018: Edna St Vincent Millay is one of my favourite poets - just noticed and appreciated this article, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 25, 2018: Athens (stylised by Google) โ ๐ธ
Feb 24, 2018: Two great games of rugby ๐ in the Six Nations today. Neither result went the way I would have liked, โฆ
Feb 24, 2018: Flight home delayed :( :) โ ๐ธ
Feb 23, 2018: Last day in Athens โ ๐ธ
Feb 23, 2018: Parko Navarinou โ ๐ธ
Feb 21, 2018: Retsina at the Acropolis Museum๐ท โ ๐ธ
Feb 21, 2018: Kerameikos Cemetery Reliefs Photo I: A relief of the deceased girl Korallion, shown seated, holding out her hand to her husband. โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 21, 2018: I was very impressed with the ancient cemetery site of Kerameikos in Athens today. The small museum โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 20, 2018: Hobbling around the Temple of Hephaestus. โ ๐ธ
Feb 20, 2018: Just visited Athens Gasworks. We were practically the only people there ;) โ ๐ธ
Feb 20, 2018: Fava and aubergine salad at Cafรฉ Avissinia. โ ๐ธ
Feb 19, 2018: Arrived in Athens for a five day stay. In quite a โbudgetโ area but found a little cafe down an โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 14, 2018: Happy Death of Captain Cook! I know it seems to gets more commercialized every year, but let’s โฆ
Feb 11, 2018: Villa beat the Blues to win the local derby and go up to second place in the Championship Aston โฆ
Feb 10, 2018: Out of Order. โ ๐ธ
Feb 10, 2018: Really enjoyed England vs Wales ๐ today. Result for England was just about deserved, Jonny May was โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 10, 2018: Twickenham Fine Ales ๐บ
Feb 9, 2018: Checked in at Premier Inn London Kingston Upon Thames
Feb 9, 2018: Checked in at Starbucks. Membury Services, M4.
Feb 8, 2018: Watching Hairy Bikers' Mediterranean Adventure Episode 6/6 Mainland Spain. Some great looking food, โฆ
Feb 4, 2018: Match ended Italy 15-46 England - Italy deserved probably deserved more, played well, but very happy โฆ
Feb 4, 2018: Italy vs England in the Six Nations for the final match of the weekend. Iโd love to be in Rome โฆ
Feb 3, 2018: France vs Ireland - great French defence, outstanding French try, game won for Ireland by Johnny โฆ
Feb 3, 2018: Finding France vs Ireland quite tame compared to the Wales game earlier today. ๐
Feb 3, 2018: Wow - sixth consecutive win for Villa. A brilliant sporting Saturday! โฝ๏ธ Aston Villa 3-2 Burton โฆ
Feb 3, 2018: So, Wales 34-7 Scotland in the Six Nations opener. Very pleased with the result but tomorrow and โฆ
Feb 3, 2018: Great to have a Micro.blog page for posts about rugby in time for the 2018 Six Nations opening โฆ
Feb 3, 2018: Pre-rugby ๐ breakfast at Delico Deli, Aberdare. โ ๐ธ
Feb 2, 2018: Now reading The Outrun by Amy Liptrot ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jan 31, 2018: Japanese, Indian, Middle Eastern, North African and Italian ingredients from Sous Chef - let the โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 25, 2018: Sunlit test from my Instagram account. โ ๐ธ
Jan 25, 2018: First test photo from Sunlit โ ๐ธ
Jan 24, 2018: Legend of the Fall โ Mark E Smith kept swinging to the end ๐ต
Jan 24, 2018: New Face in Hell ๐ต โ Mark E Smith, lead singer with The Fall, dies aged 60. So many hours of my life โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 24, 2018: Ursula K Le Guin, sci-fi and fantasy author, dies aged 88. The Dispossessed has always been one of โฆ
Jan 23, 2018: Xylouris White โ Only Love ๐ต
Jan 22, 2018: St. Davidโs Hall, Cardiff for La Traviata. โ ๐ธ
Jan 22, 2018: Checked in at St David’s Hall
Jan 22, 2018: Checked in at Cafe Citta. Cardiff, linguine & wine ๐ท
Jan 20, 2018: Checked in at Delico Deli. Aberdare, large Americano and a cheese and onion pasty. โ ๐ธ
Jan 16, 2018: Quite ridiculous! - A new trend to โcoordinateโ the look of your library by turning the spines to โฆ
Jan 15, 2018: My kitchen bookcase is getting a little overcrowded. ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jan 14, 2018: Now reading a biography - D. H. Lawrence - The Life of Outsider by John Worthen. ๐ โ ๐ธ
Jan 14, 2018: I used to sporadically keep a record of the books I was reading on a Tumblr blog at โฆ
Jan 14, 2018: Sea bass grilled, served with a borlotti bean and mushroom stew and broccoli stir fried with chilli โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 14, 2018: Not quite the weather for a BBQ, but planning to charcoal grill some sea bass on our balcony. May โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 10, 2018: Whatโs not to love! โ ๐ and ๐ต โ Sticky Wickets by The Duckworth Lewis Method
Jan 10, 2018: Just noticed that there were updates to Apple AirPort firmware released in December - AirPort Base โฆ
Jan 10, 2018: Interesting brief survey of the history, themes and current state of dystopian fiction in this BBC โฆ
Jan 5, 2018: Accidental Tech Podcast 255: The Thermal Paste Lottery @atpfm filled my flight home from Rome almost โฆ
Jan 5, 2018: Checked in at Leonardo da VinciโFiumicino Airport (FCO) (Aeroporto di Roma Fiumicino)
Jan 5, 2018: Checked in at Chicco di Grano. Final lunch in Rome. Seren having spaghetti al pomodoro again… โ ๐ธ
Jan 4, 2018: Through the Keyhole. โ ๐ธ
Jan 4, 2018: Early morning view from Trajan’s Forum. โ ๐ธ
Jan 4, 2018: Grave of John Keats in the Non-Catholic Cemetery, Rome โ ๐ธ
Jan 4, 2018: The Colosseum โ ๐ธ
Jan 4, 2018: Circus Maximus โ ๐ธ
Jan 4, 2018: Checked in at Taverna Volpetti. Pasta.
Jan 3, 2018: Lights! โ ๐ธ
Jan 3, 2018: Checked in at Trattoria Al 19. Brilliant meal! โ ๐ธ
Jan 3, 2018: Keats-Shelley House โ ๐ธ
Jan 3, 2018: Spot the coins … โ ๐ธ
Jan 3, 2018: Checked in at Antica Enoteca. Pizza & wine.
Jan 3, 2018: Checked in at Fondazione Keats-Shelley Memorial
Jan 3, 2018: Checked in at Antico Caffรจ Greco. Espresso con panna. โ ๐ธ
Jan 3, 2018: Checked in at Antico Caffรจ Greco. Espresso con panna.
Jan 2, 2018: Colosseum โ ๐ธ
Jan 2, 2018: Denise at Er Baretto, Rome. โ ๐ธ
Jan 2, 2018: Seren at Er Baretto, Rome. โ ๐ธ
Jan 2, 2018: Checked in at Er Baretto
Jan 2, 2018: Checked in at Bristol Airport (BRS). Rome bound.
Dec 31, 2017: Checked in at Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). New Yearโs Eve curry.
Dec 30, 2017: Checked in at Bradley’s Coffee
Dec 26, 2017: Checked in at The Sticks Hotel, Llanstephan
Dec 26, 2017: Checked in at Llansteffan Beach. A short and rainy walk.
Dec 25, 2017: Checked in at Foelcwan Farm. Xmas Dinner.
Dec 23, 2017: Checked in at Davidโs Italian Restaurant โ ๐ธ
Dec 23, 2017: Checked in at Delico Deli. Coffee pre-last minute Xmas shopping.
Dec 21, 2017: There’s a nice compilation of 2017 ‘Albums of the Year’ lists at โฆ
Dec 20, 2017: The first Christmas card designed by John Callcott Horsley in 1843. โ ๐ธ
Dec 14, 2017: Average wine glass capacity has increased from 66ml in the 1700s to 417ml in the 2000s, with the โฆ
Dec 9, 2017: Despite overnight snow we still managed to receive a delivery of a fine selection of Italian, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Dec 9, 2017: Slightly snowy outlook from my front door this morning โ ๐ธ
Dec 7, 2017: Many years ago I used to cook Sarah Brown’s Red Dragon Pie from her Vegetarian Kitchen book. I โฆ
Dec 7, 2017: To cook โ The perfect panforte
Dec 6, 2017: Bitcoin energy consumption โ Bitcoin Mining Now Consuming More Electricity Than 159 Countries โฆ
Dec 6, 2017: Posting from newly released MarsEdit 4. Great work @danielpunkass!
Dec 5, 2017: Bookmark โ an interesting short article about the Welsh artist Augustus John by Colin Ward.
Dec 4, 2017: Have had BBC Test Match Special on all morning. Great coverage and an exciting couple of hours of โฆ
Dec 4, 2017: Monday morning. Woken up to an England batting collapse in the second Ashes Test.
Dec 3, 2017: My daughter and her grandfather head for our local pub. โ ๐ธ
Dec 3, 2017: Checked in at Rhoswenallt Inn. Sunday Lunch.
Dec 2, 2017: Wales 24-22 South Africa โ ๐ธ
Dec 2, 2017: Cafe Citta, Cardiff โ ๐ธ
Dec 2, 2017: Checked in at Cafe Citta. Italian lunch before going to Wales-South Africa at the Principality โฆ
Dec 2, 2017: Checked in at Tiny Rebel. Pint of Compton Cricket Club.
Dec 1, 2017: Checked in at Watershed for Happy End โ ๐ธ
Dec 1, 2017: Checked in at Mackenzies. Tapas, beer, wine.
Nov 30, 2017: Checked in at Rhoswenallt Inn. Quiz night.
Nov 29, 2017: ๐ Ramen noodles with fresh greens and chilli miso www.theguardian.com
Nov 28, 2017: Going to have to try and get tickets to An Evening with King Crimson at St David’s Hall, โฆ
Nov 27, 2017: ๐ Illuminating India โ photography 1857โ2017
Nov 26, 2017: Checked in at Mamma Mia. Italian Sunday lunch in Swansea.
Nov 25, 2017: Result! Preston North End 0-2 Aston Villa Season looking good so far. Consolidating a play-off โฆ
Nov 25, 2017: ๐ Sustainability taken a step too far? โ Goblet of fire: how spat-out wine is being turned into โฆ
Nov 24, 2017: Heading to the Rhos โ ๐ธ
Nov 24, 2017: ๐ Instant gratification and total convenience and delivery โ How the sandwich consumed Britain
Nov 24, 2017: ๐ซ Buy Nothing Day - Friday November 24th 2017 โ #BuyNothingDay
Nov 23, 2017: Checked in at Rhoswenallt Inn. Dinner and possibly Quiz Night.
Nov 23, 2017: It's just not cricket! There seems to be about 10 mins worth of video clips of today’s Ashes play available for free โฆ
Nov 22, 2017: 95% chance of heavy rain and Yellow warning of strong wind โ I think I may get a little wet walking โฆ
Nov 21, 2017: What Other Pains will WoW Classic Bring? โ this bought back a lot of memories of playing World of โฆ
Nov 21, 2017: I was a little irritated when I found out that all the Ashes 2017 cricket coverage is going to be on โฆ
Nov 20, 2017: Sri Lankan cooking tonight I recently bought this book ‘Hidden Kitchens of Sri Lanka’ by Bree Hutchins - from our โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 19, 2017: Pizza time ๐ โ ๐ธ
Nov 18, 2017: Checked in at Delico Deli. Saturday morning breakfast routine!
Nov 17, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day Seven: “Shadow”. I haven’t been outside much in the โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 17, 2017: ๐ The system is failing โ Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web. (ht @adamprocter)
Nov 16, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day Six: “Seasonal”. Fungi in the fallen leaves. โ ๐ธ
Nov 15, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day Five: “Liquid”. Reflections in the River Cynon. โ ๐ธ
Nov 14, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day Four: “Up Close”. Baby squid, taken during the โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 13, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day Three: “On the Move”. โ ๐ธ
Nov 12, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day Two: “Tasty”. Greek style Sunday dinner - Vefa โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 12, 2017: ๐ Keeping in mind for Xmas โ Joe Trivelliโs Italian Christmas recipes
Nov 11, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day One: “Squares”. Taken on a short and muddy walk this โฆ โ ๐ธ
Nov 11, 2017: Checked in at Delico Deli. Coffee & toast.
Nov 11, 2017: Syd Arthur at Clwb Ifor Bach, Friday 10th November 2017 @sydarthurband @ClwbIforBach โ ๐ธ
Nov 11, 2017: ๐ Itโs true, wind turbines are monstrous โ But I have learned to love them โ Alice OโKeeffe
Nov 10, 2017: Checked in at Clwb Ifor Bach for Syd Arthur
Nov 10, 2017: Checked in at Tiny Rebel
Nov 10, 2017: Queso de Cabrales - a brilliant blue cheese! โ ๐ธ
Nov 10, 2017: Checked in at Bar 44. Tapas. One of the best places to eat in Cardiff!
Nov 10, 2017: Heading to Cardiff to see the outstanding Syd Arthur @sydarthurband at Clwb Ifor Bach tonight. โ ๐ธ
Nov 9, 2017: Checked in at Cardiff University Julian Hodge Building. George Monbiot lecture.
Nov 8, 2017: Checked in at Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Five-bean chilli and a pint of Spitfire.
Nov 8, 2017: Checked in at Merthyr Tydfil College. Parents Evening.
Nov 8, 2017: Checked in at SSE Swalec Stadium. RM Seminar time.
Nov 6, 2017: Checked in at Clwb Ifor Bach for Mark Eitzel.
Nov 6, 2017: Frost & fog this morning. โ ๐ธ
Nov 4, 2017: Checked in at Delico Deli. Saturday breakfast.
Oct 30, 2017: Sunny morning in Monmouth โ ๐ธ
Oct 30, 2017: Checked in at The Gate House. More Wye Valley Hopfather! โ ๐ธ
Oct 29, 2017: Checked in at The Whitebrook. Restaurant with rooms โ www.thewhitebrook.co.uk
Oct 29, 2017: Checked in at The Robin Hood Inn. Had to have a beer (Doombar) here as itโs Monmouthโs oldest โฆ
Oct 29, 2017: Checked in at Monnow Bridge โ ๐ธ
Oct 29, 2017: Checked in at The Gate House. Wye Valley Brewery - The Hopfather
Oct 27, 2017: Checked in at Rummer Tavern. Pint of Boss Blonde
Oct 27, 2017: Checked in at Fernhill Railway Station (FER) โ ๐ธ
Oct 27, 2017: Another Twitter irritation I haven’t come across before! โ ๐ธ
Oct 27, 2017: The Chronikler ๐ Bookmark โ The Chronikler โ “a thought provoking trip through both the main avenues and back โฆ
Oct 26, 2017: A touch of mist โ ๐ธ
Oct 25, 2017: Testing OwnYourSwarm by Aaron Parecki @aaronpk. Seems to work faultlessly and nice to see it feeds โฆ
Oct 25, 2017: Checked in at Peace Park โ ๐ธ
Oct 25, 2017: Checked in at Aberdare Railway Station (ABA). Testing a Swarm feed
Oct 23, 2017: Checked in at Mountain Ash Comprehensive
Oct 19, 2017: ๐ Still photographs spring to life
Oct 17, 2017: ๐ An Animated Introduction to Michel de Montaigne
Oct 16, 2017: The Russian Revolution: then and now photographs
Oct 16, 2017: ๐ WPA2 security vulnerability โ ‘All wifi networks’ are vulnerable to hacking, security โฆ
Oct 13, 2017: Early Bird tickets booked โ Merthyr Rising Festival 2018 - Music, arts, and ideas at the birthplace โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 11, 2017: The Gentle Good @ghbonello at Clwb Ifor Bach โ ๐ธ
Oct 11, 2017: Cafรฉ Cittรก, Cardiff - superb home-cooked Italian meal, already booked again for Wales-RSA rugby ๐ in โฆ โ ๐ธ
Oct 11, 2017: ๐บ Small Bar, Cardiff for a pint of Grey Treesโ Afghan Pale Ale
Oct 11, 2017: Time for a quick feed test …
Oct 11, 2017: Morning โ ๐ธ
Oct 8, 2017: October, but great weather, so Iโm barbecuing a mackerel โ ๐ธ
Oct 8, 2017: ๐ถ Listening to โ Ruins / Adfeilion by The Gentle Good
Oct 6, 2017: ๐ Full moon this morning โ ๐ธ
Oct 4, 2017: Farewell to The Matrix โ Physicists find weโre not living in a computer simulation
Oct 1, 2017: ๐ถ Listening to โ american dream by LCD Soundsystem on Apple Music
Sep 30, 2017: ๐ท Iโve got to admit that I am seduced by interesting wine labels. In this case the wine is also โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 27, 2017: Amazon still lags behind Apple, Google in Greenpeace renewable energy report โ a few months old, but โฆ
Sep 25, 2017: ๐ Bookmark โ Tim Roth: touching evil in Michael Haneke’s Funny Games
Sep 25, 2017: The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life The new sleep science โ An adult sleeping only 6.75 hours a night would be predicted to live only to โฆ
Sep 24, 2017: … and I still base my nut roast on a recipe in my 30+ year old Cranks recipe book. Canโt be โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 23, 2017: The best dried oregano ๐ฟ Iโve ever found! โ ๐ธ
Sep 23, 2017: ๐ Bookmark โ iPhone 8 Plus Camera Review: India โ Austin Mann (ht @moridin)
Sep 21, 2017: ๐ถ Listening to โ Golden Eagle by Holly Macve on Apple Music
Sep 21, 2017: ๐ Bookmark โ Natan Dvir โ some interesting photographs.
Sep 20, 2017: ๐ Bookmark โ Wine, protest and Macron: why southern French wine producers are so angry
Sep 20, 2017: Cooked these tonight โ Aloo Paratha (Indian Potato Stuffed Flatbread) โ Delicious!
Sep 20, 2017: Revived my old Samsung Q1 after several years of it sitting in a drawer and have actually been using โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 18, 2017: Extensive pruning of the trees along the lane leading to my house has opened up the view across the โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 17, 2017: Photographing the rather bleak Carlisle Castle on a rather bleak day. โ ๐ธ
Sep 15, 2017: ๐ท โ ๐ธ
Sep 15, 2017: ๐Bookmark โ Mary Shelley review โ sturdy literary biopic fails to resurrect spirit of author โ but I โฆ
Sep 12, 2017: Watched an Apple event live for the first time, to see the iPhone X. But possibly more impressed โฆ
Sep 12, 2017: Superduper! by @dnanian saves the day again for me. My work 2011 iMac, rendered almost unusable by โฆ
Sep 10, 2017: Impressed by this ethical business initiative: The Brewdog Unicorn Fund โ Giving away 20% of our โฆ
Sep 9, 2017: ๐Bookmark โ Giant toddler peers over US-Mexico border wall
Sep 5, 2017: ๐Bookmark โ Brew period: the craft beer labels that are works of art
Sep 3, 2017: Tapas at Bar 44 Another delicious tapas meal at Bar 44 in Cardiff last night. Their Cabrales blue cheese was a โฆ
Sep 1, 2017: Really like the Safari Extension in MarsEdit 4 Public Beta - got mine configured to create a โฆ
Aug 31, 2017: ๐Bookmarking โ A nice bit of squirrel: should we chow down a diet of invasive species?
Aug 30, 2017: Importing bookmarks from Chrome to Safari works a lot better now than I remember from the past.
Aug 20, 2017: Fruit Bats at Green Man Festival @Fruit_Bats @GreenManFest โ ๐ธ
Aug 20, 2017: Oh noes! @GreyTreesBrewer @GreenManFest #beer โ ๐ธ
Aug 16, 2017: Veritas technical support @veritastechllc far outdid Microsoft technical support @MicrosoftHelps in โฆ
Aug 11, 2017: Old servers out, data migrated to new servers, tidier server room! Next stage is upgrading to Server โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 4, 2017: The great Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born #OnThisDay in 1792 - The Later Romantics
Aug 3, 2017: Interesting article by Gladstone Small about Lawrence Rowe in the August 2017 edition of The โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 3, 2017: Enjoying my final Fix in Greece โ ๐ธ
Aug 1, 2017: House of Alexandros Papadiamantis โ ๐ธ
Aug 1, 2017: Reflecting on Skiathos town โ ๐ธ
Jul 28, 2017: “Wealth is walking into any bookshop and buying any book you want without looking at the price โฆ
Jul 26, 2017: BBQ Toolbox - It’s a barbecue … in a toolbox - from @whatsamadder on Twitter, always a โฆ
Jul 26, 2017: Even on holiday, not thinking about work, the death of Flash makes me happy: Adobe is ending โฆ
Jul 25, 2017: Skiathos town โ ๐ธ
Jul 25, 2017: …with a view! โ ๐ธ
Jul 25, 2017: Tapas time… โ ๐ธ
Jul 24, 2017: Crib time โ ๐ธ
Jul 24, 2017: We’re staying in a room about 12’x15' - impressed that there is an illuminated exit sign โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 24, 2017: Looking across to mainland Greece from Skiathos โ ๐ธ
Jul 24, 2017: Agia Paraskevi beach โ ๐ธ
Jul 24, 2017: Cheese pies on the beach for breakfast โ ๐ธ
Jul 23, 2017: Third night of delicious food in Skiathos - grilled sea bass โ ๐ธ
Jul 22, 2017: Just started reading the first of Peter F. Hamilton’s Chronicle of the Fallers Series - two โฆ
Jul 22, 2017: Greece needs bigger tables (or maybe we should order less food) … โ ๐ธ
Jul 22, 2017: Trying out Micro.blog cross posting to Facebook.
Jul 21, 2017: โฌ5.50 for 1.5l of Kourtaki retsina in Skiathos supermarket :) Has to be done!
Jul 15, 2017: ๐ฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 15, 2017: Up close and personal ๐ฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 15, 2017: Curiously, a bat just decided to land on my doorstep. โ ๐ธ
Jul 8, 2017: BBQ imminent … โ ๐ธ
Jul 2, 2017: Broken hammock replaced :) โ ๐ธ
Jun 23, 2017: Playlist: Death in Vegas feat. Liam GallagherโซScorpio Rising Chris IsaakโซWicked Game BlondieโซHanging โฆ
Jun 21, 2017: A poplar hawk-moth has appeared in my server room. โ ๐ธ
Jun 18, 2017: Hot day = Ouzo night โ ๐ธ
Jun 18, 2017: Had a hammock disaster :( โ ๐ธ
Jun 17, 2017: Talk & The Optimist - D. H. Lawrence โ ๐ธ
Jun 15, 2017: Prompt delivery from Sous Chef @SousChefTweet - in time for some weekend cooking :) โ ๐ธ
Jun 10, 2017: Some excellent gins at Cardiff Gin Festival but queue times at bars really needs sorting out โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jun 10, 2017: Royal Gun Salute outside Cardiff City Hall โ ๐ธ
Jun 8, 2017: Early to vote in the rain โ ๐ธ
Jun 1, 2017: ICC Champions Trophy 2017 starts today - nice to see a Google Doodle celebrating it. ๐ โ ๐ธ
May 31, 2017: Wine glasses have increased in size from a capacity of 65ml 300 years ago to 450ml today - ๐ Bigger โฆ
May 30, 2017: Yanis Varoufakis at the Hay Festival
May 29, 2017: Bought the book, not so convinced by the wine … #Hay30 @yanisvaroufakis โ ๐ธ
May 29, 2017: Just seen Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis speaking at Hay Festival - very impressed! #HayFestival
May 29, 2017: And finally - Alabama 3 headlining Sunday night at Merthyr Rising - Superb!@TheAlabama3 โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 29, 2017: Fantastic to see the Grey Trees brewery bar at the Merthyr Rising festival - enjoyed great beer all โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 28, 2017: Stereo MCs headlining Merthyr Rising on Saturday night โ ๐ธ
May 28, 2017: Merthyr Rising festival on Sunday 28th May @merthyrrising โ ๐ธ
May 27, 2017: Pretty Vicious in Penderyn Square, Merthyr Tydfil on Friday night. โ ๐ธ
May 27, 2017: Weekend is sorted! Merthyr Rising www.merthyrrising.uk โ ๐ธ
May 26, 2017: Valley view โ ๐ธ
May 24, 2017: The Crucible opening set โ ๐ธ
May 19, 2017: Echobelly at The Globe, Cardiff - Thursday 18th May 2017 โ ๐ธ
May 14, 2017: 10C REFUND AT COLLECTION POINTS WHEN SOLD IN SA - why don’t more countries do this on canned โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 14, 2017: Beavertown Smog Rocket Smoked Porter - unfiltered, unpasteurised, natural beer from โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 12, 2017: When broadcasting 4:3 programmes for widescreen television do we really need bright pink borders - โฆ โ ๐ธ
May 9, 2017: The Line โ ๐ธ
May 7, 2017: Nice evening โ ๐ธ
May 6, 2017: Watching Indian Premier League cricket - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rising Pune Supergiant. David โฆ
May 4, 2017: I’ve been polled! #vote โ ๐ธ
May 4, 2017: Walking home โ ๐ธ
May 3, 2017: Adults in the Room by Yanis Varoufakis review โ one of the greatest political memoirs ever?
May 2, 2017: Afon Cynon โ ๐ธ
May 2, 2017: A fantastique test photo from the micro.blog iOS app โ ๐ธ
May 2, 2017: Twitter archive for TheDimPause now imported into this micro.blog
May 2, 2017: How sweet it is to sit and read the tales Of mightiest poets and to hear the while Sweet music, โฆ
Apr 26, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: Manic Street Preachers (18), Karajan, BPO, Ferras (10), Julian Cope (9), โฆ
Apr 21, 2017: Great #coffee in St. Mary Street, Cardiff @coffeeheavenuk - very good smoked salmon, cream cheese โฆ
Apr 21, 2017: Patrick Jones #poetry at Tramshed Cardiff @TramshedCF @heretic101 #Hipstamatic โฆ
Apr 19, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (87), Sigmatropic (35), Nick Cave & The Bad โฆ
Apr 12, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: Cornershop (18), Baudo, LPO (5), Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra (4), โฆ
Apr 5, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: Simple Minds (21), Blondie (20), The Breeders (20), Magdalena Koลพenรก (11) & โฆ
Mar 29, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: BBC Radio 4 (5), Davis, Staatskapelle Dresden (4), Glenn Gould (4), Julian Cope โฆ
Mar 22, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: The Walkabouts (28), Glenn Gould (23), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Jรถrg Demus (14), โฆ
Mar 17, 2017: Just got home from work to find this in our garden … #cows https://t.co/uXWTaGkU63
Mar 15, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: Elbow (38), Brasstronaut (36), Electric Light Orchestra (28), Julian Cope (25) โฆ
Mar 11, 2017: RT @BBCInOurTime: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, conceived in a long summer storm in 1816, was โฆ
Mar 8, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: Bruce Springsteen (62), Cabaret Voltaire (37), Camper Van Beethoven (28), Ian โฆ
Mar 1, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Jรถrg Demus (30), Furtwรคngler, VPO (10), Samuel Rhodes, โฆ
Feb 22, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: Mark Padmore; Paul Lewis (24) & Janine Jansen, Boris Brovtsyn, Amihai Grosz, โฆ
Feb 15, 2017: Edna St.Vincent Millay #poetry https://t.co/q8JHFlTJQJ
Feb 15, 2017: โซ My Top 3 #lastfm artists: Glenn Gould (28), Tinariwen (13) & BBC Radio 4 (1) via @tweeklyfm โฆ
Feb 13, 2017: #cricket (Joe Root appointed England Test captain with Ben Stokes his deputy | Sport | The Guardian) โฆ
Feb 8, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: Elbow (20), Sundara Karma (17), Xylouris White (11), Mark Padmore and Nicholas โฆ
Feb 1, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: PJ Harvey (58), GE Podcast Theater / Panoply / The Message (19), King Creosote โฆ
Jan 31, 2017: Yanis Varoufakis: Europeans should be excited about Benoรฎt Hamon winning the French presidency โฆ
Jan 25, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: BBC Radio 4 (8), Leonard Cohen (3), Elbow (2), King Gizzard & The Lizard โฆ
Jan 22, 2017: RT @BBCInOurTime: Lord Byron, poet, was born #OnThisDay 1788 https://t.co/Vophborhnx
Jan 21, 2017: Here I Am #books #reading #nowreading https://t.co/lJnYtCaZae
Jan 18, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: Scott Walker (28), Tinariwen (21), BBC Radio 4 (7), Leonard Cohen (5) & โฆ
Jan 11, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: B.B. King (25), Arcade Fire (20), Throwing Muses (20), Ultra Vivid Scene (20) โฆ
Jan 4, 2017: Fallen via Instagram bit.ly/2hSA8q4 โ ๐ธ
Jan 4, 2017: Training via Instagram bit.ly/2hSDzNq โ ๐ธ
Jan 4, 2017: Reflecting via Instagram bit.ly/2j9y4Mn โ ๐ธ
Jan 4, 2017: Bridging via Instagram bit.ly/2iAy7Q4 โ ๐ธ
Jan 4, 2017: โซ #lastfm artists: Cornershop (55), Handley, RLPO (29), The Doors (22), The Cardigans (21) & โฆ
Dec 28, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Federico Garcรญa Lorca y La Argentinita (69), Robert Johnson (42), Leonard Cohen โฆ
Dec 26, 2016: Llansteffan Castle via Instagram bit.ly/2iwob6S โ ๐ธ
Dec 26, 2016: Daffodils blooming on Boxing Day via Instagram bit.ly/2i7zyDb โ ๐ธ
Dec 26, 2016: RT @KP24: Cricket properly back on terrestrial TV here in UK right now - @cricketon5! Soooo good! โฆ
Dec 22, 2016: Ca' Rezzonico selfie via Instagram bit.ly/2hdzHGF โ ๐ธ
Dec 22, 2016: Palazzi Mocenigo via Instagram bit.ly/2hcIM2j โ ๐ธ
Dec 21, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Cabaret Voltaire (19), Van der Graaf Generator (14), Baker Gurvitz Army (12), Guy โฆ
Dec 20, 2016: Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari via Instagram bit.ly/2gYCdgn โ ๐ธ
Dec 14, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Gong (132), Xylouris White (50), Tinariwen (31), XTC (25) & Throwing โฆ
Dec 7, 2016: โซ My Top 2 #lastfm artists: Gong (12) & Mitski (11) via @tweeklyfm #music
Nov 30, 2016: โซ My Top 2 #lastfm artists: The Barker Band (16) & St. Petersburg String Quartet (10) via โฆ
Nov 20, 2016: Sunday Sourdough via Instagram bit.ly/2g6LG5p โ ๐ธ
Nov 20, 2016: Early early morning snow - melting fast via Instagram bit.ly/2ftjQjT โ ๐ธ
Nov 16, 2016: โซ My Top 3 #lastfm artists: Kristin Hersh (24), Einstรผrzende Neubauten (11) & Gong (8) via โฆ
Nov 10, 2016: Deer in Cardiff via Instagram bit.ly/2fGikKS โ ๐ธ
Nov 9, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Kristin Hersh (36), Gong (15), Syd Arthur (15), Elton John (2) & โฆ
Nov 4, 2016: Cardiff cranes via Instagram bit.ly/2fCMdR4 โ ๐ธ
Nov 2, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Xylouris White (73), Kristin Hersh (59), Pixies (24), Leonard Cohen (11) & โฆ
Oct 26, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Syd Arthur (51), The Clash (29), Dexys Midnight Runners (24), Evgeny Kissin (23) โฆ
Oct 19, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Bent Knee (22), Red Martian (16), SEXWITCH (6), BBC Radio 4 (4) & โฆ
Oct 15, 2016: 8th September 1888 | Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 1 Aston Villa | First day of the Football League | โฆ
Oct 12, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Walter Gieseking (27), Chumbawamba (23), Bartok Quartet (19), Baker Gurvitz Army โฆ
Oct 11, 2016: Ben Ottewell via Instagram bit.ly/2dHwLzk โ ๐ธ
Oct 10, 2016: Squashed via Instagram bit.ly/2dP3Rg8 โ ๐ธ
Oct 7, 2016: Sir Tom Jones via Instagram bit.ly/2dSfZkj โ ๐ธ
Oct 5, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Bent Knee (69), Bjรถrk (35), Cabaret Voltaire (31), Neu! (24) & Manic Street โฆ
Oct 1, 2016: Dร Mhรฌle Seaweed Gin via Instagram bit.ly/2cJoV5j โ ๐ธ
Sep 30, 2016: Big, Big, Big Red Wine via Instagram bit.ly/2d254zg โ ๐ธ
Sep 30, 2016: Big, Big, Big Red Wine @ Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff https://t.co/YePExetTdw
Sep 28, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Gang of Four (27), Young Marble Giants (23), Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott โฆ
Sep 21, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Fay Hield (3), The Doors (3), Ezza (2), Gun Outfit (2) & Neu! (2) โฆ
Sep 18, 2016: Abergavenny Food Festival means Little Rumba via Instagram [bit.ly/2czEiDt](http://bit.ly/2czEiDt) โ ๐ธ
Sep 18, 2016: The Great Gatsby via Instagram [bit.ly/2d823OI](http://bit.ly/2d823OI) โ ๐ธ
Sep 18, 2016: Biltong and Cider via Instagram [bit.ly/2d3KaEI](http://bit.ly/2d3KaEI) โ ๐ธ
Sep 18, 2016: Abergavenny Food Festival via Instagram [bit.ly/2czH4Fy](http://bit.ly/2czH4Fy) โ ๐ธ
Sep 18, 2016: Early at Abergavenny Food Festival via Instagram [bit.ly/2cUCWlZ](http://bit.ly/2cUCWlZ) โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Gang of Four (27), Einstรผrzende Neubauten (18), Enrique Morente (13), Etran โฆ
Sep 7, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: The Fall (95), Cornershop (76), King Crimson (63), Glenn Gould (61) โฆ
Aug 31, 2016: โซ My Top 2 #lastfm artists: Edna St. Vincent Millay (5) & Louis MacNeice (2) via @tweeklyfm โฆ
Aug 26, 2016: Calm, crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean via Instagram bit.ly/2bFPSf3 โ ๐ธ
Aug 24, 2016: Hazy balcony sunset via Instagram bit.ly/2bOmxLm โ ๐ธ
Aug 24, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Poe (18), Echo & the Bunnymen (16), The Doors (16), Melody Gardot โฆ
Aug 17, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Gun Outfit (21), Laura Marling (21), Guerrero, Nashville SO, Binelli (6), Cabaret โฆ
Aug 10, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Au Pairs (24), Gun Outfit (12), Haitink, Concertgebouw O., Perahia (6), The โฆ
Aug 3, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: XTC (16), Hector Zazou (12), Benjamin Clementine (11), Haitink, Concertgebouw O., โฆ
Jul 27, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Laura Marling (25), Robert Tear, Philip Ledger (23), Mark Padmore and Nicholas โฆ
Jul 20, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Einstรผrzende Neubauten (13), Belle and Sebastian (6), The Doors (3), The Unthanks โฆ
Jul 13, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: The Doors (24), Belle and Sebastian (22), BBC Radio 4 (8), Guy Garvey (7) & โฆ
Jul 8, 2016: RT @britishlibrary: Percy Bysshe Shelley died #otd in 1822. Explore how he came to write his poem โฆ
Jul 6, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: The Smashing Pumpkins (27), Estrella Morente (14), Islaja (13), Public Image Ltd. โฆ
Jun 29, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: BBC Radio 4 (15), Gun Outfit (5), Algiers (2), Laura Marling (2) & โฆ
Jun 25, 2016: Rajah Rammohun Roy via Instagram bit.ly/28V722L โ ๐ธ
Jun 22, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: XTC (89), Einstรผrzende Neubauten (37), Cornershop (33), Gun Outfit (11) & The โฆ
Jun 19, 2016: Father's Day via Instagram [bit.ly/1W7APKd](http://bit.ly/1W7APKd) โ ๐ธ
Jun 15, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Fay Hield (25), Einstรผrzende Neubauten (18), Knifeworld (16), Benjamin Clementine โฆ
Jun 8, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Takรกcs Quartet (8), Janine Jansen, Boris Brovtsyn, Amihai Grosz, Maxim Rysanov, โฆ
Jun 1, 2016: Steyn bowling via Instagram bit.ly/1UfmPc0 โ ๐ธ
Jun 1, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Cornershop (46), Bartok Quartet (12), BBC Radio 4 (8), Lang Lang, VPO, Gergiev โฆ
May 25, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Henry’s Funeral Shoe (50), Cornershop (12), Knifeworld (12), BBC Radio 4 โฆ
May 24, 2016: Lamphey Church via Instagram [bit.ly/1sz9pRr](http://bit.ly/1sz9pRr) โ ๐ธ
May 24, 2016: Beach stroll via Instagram bit.ly/1OUucsU โ ๐ธ
May 24, 2016: Freshwater East via Instagram [bit.ly/25kgJlV](http://bit.ly/25kgJlV) โ ๐ธ
May 18, 2016: โซ My Top 4 #lastfm artists: Radiohead (38), Laura Marling (28), XTC (14) & Lush (2) via โฆ
May 14, 2016: Black & White via Instagram [bit.ly/1TdbjBp](http://bit.ly/1TdbjBp) โ ๐ธ
May 14, 2016: Grey Trees via Instagram [bit.ly/27mBlIG](http://bit.ly/27mBlIG) โ ๐ธ
May 11, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Radiohead (75), XTC (18), Melody Gardot (10), Troyka (6) & Ezza (5) โฆ
May 4, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Mogwai (14), Bjรถrk (4), Sigmatropic (3), Slint (3) & Fay Hield (2) โฆ
May 2, 2016: Grey May Day via Instagram [bit.ly/1Y34vq5](http://bit.ly/1Y34vq5) โ ๐ธ
Apr 29, 2016: Skeleton mosaic found in Turkey - "Be cheerful and live your life" via Instagram bit.ly/26zvVte ๐ History Blog โ ๐ธ
Apr 27, 2016: โซ My Top 2 #lastfm artists: Knifeworld (11) & Abbado, BPO (6) via @tweeklyfm #music
Apr 21, 2016: Trying BrewDogโs @BrewDog This. Is. Lager. I can confirm It. Is. Lager. and It. Is. Brilliant.๐บ
Apr 20, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Etran Finatawa (13), The Doors (11), David Bowie (4), Portishead (4) โฆ
Apr 17, 2016: Antarctic 100 Memorial via Instagram [bit.ly/1p9b1zl](http://bit.ly/1p9b1zl) โ ๐ธ
Apr 17, 2016: Awaiting The Rite of Spring via Instagram [bit.ly/1VunN9G](http://bit.ly/1VunN9G) โ ๐ธ
Apr 15, 2016: iPad carnage via Instagram [bit.ly/1qLc2z9](http://bit.ly/1qLc2z9) โ ๐ธ
Apr 14, 2016: Ffresh Fish & Chips via Instagram [bit.ly/1p1tz4n](http://bit.ly/1p1tz4n) โ ๐ธ
Apr 13, 2016: Garden visitor https://t.co/LN4tbzo6AM
Apr 13, 2016: Garden visitor via Instagram [bit.ly/1Vmu3Ad](http://bit.ly/1Vmu3Ad) โ ๐ธ
Apr 13, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Glenn Gould (66), Guy Garvey (25), White Denim (21), Gun Outfit (16) โฆ
Apr 8, 2016: I just finished walking 5.90 miles in 1h:52m:41s with #Endomondo #endorphins https://t.co/B1TmclX5ie
Apr 6, 2016: โซ My Top 2 #lastfm artists: Federico Garcรญa Lorca y La Argentinita (12) & White Denim (7) via โฆ
Apr 3, 2016: Still hope for 150+ #ENGvWI #WT20Final #bbccricket
Apr 3, 2016: Following #ENGvWI #WT20Final from Cape Verde via #bbccricket Live Reporting - hope it’s not a โฆ
Apr 2, 2016: Retro-gaming via Instagram [bit.ly/1POc2T8](http://bit.ly/1POc2T8) โ ๐ธ
Apr 2, 2016: Sparrows for breakfast? via Instagram [bit.ly/1V155Gk](http://bit.ly/1V155Gk) โ ๐ธ
Apr 1, 2016: Lighthouse via Instagram [bit.ly/25ASH3w](http://bit.ly/25ASH3w) โ ๐ธ
Apr 1, 2016: Musical Dinner II via Instagram [bit.ly/1pQZFRg](http://bit.ly/1pQZFRg) โ ๐ธ
Apr 1, 2016: Musical Dinner I via Instagram [bit.ly/1Vg74FG](http://bit.ly/1Vg74FG) โ ๐ธ
Apr 1, 2016: Looking back... via Instagram [bit.ly/1Vg6Deu](http://bit.ly/1Vg6Deu) โ ๐ธ
Mar 31, 2016: Lonely beach photo via Instagram [bit.ly/1X0clQI](http://bit.ly/1X0clQI) โ ๐ธ
Mar 31, 2016: Fishermen, Cape Verde via Instagram [bit.ly/25yFjgn](http://bit.ly/25yFjgn) โ ๐ธ
Mar 31, 2016: Main square via Instagram [bit.ly/25yF3hg](http://bit.ly/25yF3hg) โ ๐ธ
Mar 31, 2016: Santa Maria via Instagram [bit.ly/1RPMRHF](http://bit.ly/1RPMRHF) โ ๐ธ
Mar 30, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Gun Outfit (69), Belle and Sebastian (55), New Order (47), Steve Mason (30) & โฆ
Mar 29, 2016: Mystery object via Instagram [bit.ly/1The8BI](http://bit.ly/1The8BI) โ ๐ธ
Mar 29, 2016: Small beer via Instagram [bit.ly/1RGdOu0](http://bit.ly/1RGdOu0) โ ๐ธ
Mar 28, 2016: Jaipur & a bacon butty via Instagram [bit.ly/22GJOXp](http://bit.ly/22GJOXp) โ ๐ธ
Mar 27, 2016: Rainbow over Manchester Airport via Instagram [bit.ly/1MKPhzI](http://bit.ly/1MKPhzI) โ ๐ธ
Mar 23, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Nadia Reid (52), Fufanu (12), Gun Outfit (12), Astor Piazzolla (10) โฆ
Mar 23, 2016: I just finished walking 1.15 miles in 18m:38s with #Endomondo #endorphins https://t.co/VEAA7NWYIw
Mar 22, 2016: I just finished walking 5.52 km in 1h:00m:04s with #Endomondo #endorphins https://t.co/MBquoRHF2v
Mar 19, 2016: Choices! #INDvPAK #cricket #WT20 or #WALvITA #rugby #6Nations?
Mar 18, 2016: Misty Fernhill via Instagram [bit.ly/1MrJxL3](http://bit.ly/1MrJxL3) โ ๐ธ
Mar 16, 2016: Cardiff Bay, March 2016 via Instagram [bit.ly/1UA7WVd](http://bit.ly/1UA7WVd) โ ๐ธ
Mar 16, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Nadia Reid (10), Fleetwood Mac (8), Portishead (7), Gang of Four (4) โฆ
Mar 12, 2016: Tabasco is great! via Instagram [bit.ly/1RGea11](http://bit.ly/1RGea11) โ ๐ธ
Mar 12, 2016: Twickenham feeling like Wales... via Instagram [bit.ly/1QOsl7E](http://bit.ly/1QOsl7E) โ ๐ธ
Mar 12, 2016: The Prince Blucher, Twickenham Green via Instagram [bit.ly/1V0K4KY](http://bit.ly/1V0K4KY) โ ๐ธ
Mar 11, 2016: Espresso & Grappa via Instagram [bit.ly/1LgIYc5](http://bit.ly/1LgIYc5) โ ๐ธ
Mar 9, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: CHVRCHES (13), White Denim (13), Gun Outfit (12), The Doors (6) & King โฆ
Feb 24, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Gergiev, Kirov Orch., Mariinsky Theatre (42), Genesis (15), Fidetzis, Athens โฆ
Feb 21, 2016: England lose 6 wickets for 9 runs :( #RSAvEng #cricket
Feb 21, 2016: Time for a little #cricket then - #RSAvEng in the second and final match of the T20 series
Feb 20, 2016: GNU social: https://t.co/HaTtMvgNxo Friendica: https://t.co/8zf8hzHxuJ
Feb 19, 2016: Nice photo from the ECB prior to the start of RSAvENG T20 match in Cape Town #cricket #cricket โฆ
Feb 18, 2016: Sunlight via Instagram [bit.ly/1XA9Bdl](http://bit.ly/1XA9Bdl) โ ๐ธ
Feb 17, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Fay Hield (35), Savages (15), Misty In Roots (14), White Denim (10) โฆ
Feb 11, 2016: Testing out a GNU social account.
Feb 10, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: White Denim (57), Golden Animals (11), Duke Garwood (10), The White Stripes (9) โฆ
Feb 3, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Algiers (30), Songhoy Blues (14), St. Petersburg String Quartet (11), The Verve โฆ
Jan 27, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Dub Syndicate (26), The Smashing Pumpkins (13), Dmitri Shostakovich (11), Algiers โฆ
Jan 22, 2016: Photo Madness! via Instagram [bit.ly/1nE2fsY](http://bit.ly/1nE2fsY) โ ๐ธ
Jan 20, 2016: "The frost has settled down upon the trees" via Instagram [bit.ly/1ZLVJ4G](http://bit.ly/1ZLVJ4G) โ ๐ธ
Jan 20, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Tame Impala (19), David Bowie (12), Radiohead (9), Slint (9) & The โฆ
Jan 13, 2016: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: David Bowie (60), The Smiths (51), Fleetwood Mac (40), Fay Hield (36) โฆ
Jan 8, 2016: Charging via Instagram [bit.ly/1RdrkHF](http://bit.ly/1RdrkHF) โ ๐ธ
Jan 6, 2016: โซ #lastfm artists: Fleetwood Mac (84), David Bowie (21), Julia Holter (20), Gang of Four (13) & โฆ
Dec 30, 2015: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Gang of Four (62), Crass (35), Camper Van Beethoven (20), Sigmatropic โฆ
Dec 23, 2015: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Julia Holter (20), Songhoy Blues (15), Joy Division (14), Slint (9) โฆ
Dec 16, 2015: โซ My Top 2 #lastfm artists: The Pop Group (11) & Pond (11) via @tweeklyfm #music
Dec 9, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Tame Impala (23), Tear, Robert with Philip Ledger (19), Algiers (15) & Billy โฆ
Dec 2, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Krฤek, Capella Istropolitana (64), Courtney Barnett (18), The Doors (11), Algiers โฆ
Nov 25, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Melody Gardot (17), Algiers (11), Reigakusha, Sukeyasu Shiba (11), The Districts โฆ
Nov 19, 2015: Melody Gardot in Cardiff via Instagram [bit.ly/1MEm9cR](http://bit.ly/1MEm9cR) โ ๐ธ
Nov 18, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Ted Hughes (12), Echo & the Bunnymen (9), Jack Wallen (9), Sigmatropic (5) โฆ
Nov 12, 2015: Burnt Graffiti via Instagram [bit.ly/1LbCcNx](http://bit.ly/1LbCcNx) โ ๐ธ
Nov 11, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Tame Impala (36), Pond (15), Melody Gardot (15), Takรกcs Quartet (13) & King โฆ
Nov 11, 2015: QI: Percy Bysshe Shelley’s lost poem acquired by Oxford University https://t.co/MTIlqKeUYh
Nov 4, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Elฤซna Garanฤa (18), Melody Gardot (18), Bernstein, NYPO (6), Handley, RLPO, โฆ
Oct 30, 2015: Too much music... via Instagram bit.ly/1ipOGu0 โ ๐ธ
Oct 28, 2015: Detail of the Picton memorial via Instagram [bit.ly/1k9LVxY](http://bit.ly/1k9LVxY) โ ๐ธ
Oct 28, 2015: General Picton memorial, Carmarthen via Instagram [bit.ly/1RB91IO](http://bit.ly/1RB91IO) โ ๐ธ
Oct 28, 2015: Tenby beach via Instagram [bit.ly/1igyjzS](http://bit.ly/1igyjzS) โ ๐ธ
Oct 28, 2015: Books via Instagram [bit.ly/1M1ydIi](http://bit.ly/1M1ydIi) โ ๐ธ
Oct 28, 2015: Tenby on a rainy day via Instagram [bit.ly/1GwLvMR](http://bit.ly/1GwLvMR) โ ๐ธ
Oct 28, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Karajan, BPO (43), July (14), Tom Robinson (11), Courtney Barnett (10) & LCP, โฆ
Oct 21, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture SO (25), Tom Robinson (11), Reigakusha, โฆ
Oct 17, 2015: The outstanding Starsailor in Bristol last night via Instagram bit.ly/1OAEo8o โ ๐ธ
Oct 14, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Yokoyama, Tsurata, Music Dept., Imperial Household (7), Portishead (5), Bjรถrk โฆ
Oct 7, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Reigakusha, Sukeyasu Shiba (22), Ezza (11), Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra Of โฆ
Sep 30, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Ezza (17), Ramshackle Union Band (11), Sigmatropic (7), John Matthias, Trinity โฆ
Sep 26, 2015: Sun streaming in today via Instagram [bit.ly/1R8roFa](http://bit.ly/1R8roFa) โ ๐ธ
Sep 26, 2015: I may be in the wrong place... via Instagram bit.ly/1iS96gg โ ๐ธ
Sep 23, 2015: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Bjรถrk (14), Paco de Lucรญa (8), Richard James (5), Portishead (2) & โฆ
Sep 9, 2015: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Fleetwood Mac (19), Melody Gardot (18), King Crimson (14), Bjรถrk (13) โฆ
Sep 6, 2015: Preparing for Foo Fighters at Milton Keynes Bowl via Instagram [bit.ly/1KywnQx](http://bit.ly/1KywnQx) โ ๐ธ
Sep 6, 2015: Drinking like a fish #boots #wine http://t.co/rGVDLqRlJR
Sep 6, 2015: Drinking like a fish via Instagram [bit.ly/1FqZcXu](http://bit.ly/1FqZcXu) โ ๐ธ
Sep 6, 2015: Sunset over Iggy Pop at Milton Keynes Bowl via Instagram [bit.ly/1JYhL6o](http://bit.ly/1JYhL6o) โ ๐ธ
Sep 3, 2015: Ready for King Crimson at St. David’s Hall http://t.co/SSRAhsUqi4 โ ๐ธ
Sep 2, 2015: โซ My Top 5 #lastfm artists: Darren Hanlon (46), Black Yaya (24), Ezza (17), The Breeders (15) & โฆ
Aug 26, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Etran Finatawa (32), Ezza (27), Modeste Hugues (20), Nitin Sawhney (17) & โฆ
Aug 25, 2015: Green Man Festival #9 - The Drink via Instagram [bit.ly/1Jjhv4H](http://bit.ly/1Jjhv4H) โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2015: Green Man Festival #8 - This is the Kit via Instagram [bit.ly/1JUHUZZ](http://bit.ly/1JUHUZZ) โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2015: Green Man Festival #7 - Black YaYa via Instagram [bit.ly/1JgFGhX](http://bit.ly/1JgFGhX) โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2015: Green Man Festival #6 - Tom Robinson via Instagram [bit.ly/1NyQYEs](http://bit.ly/1NyQYEs) โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2015: Green Man Festival #5 - Darren Hanlon via Instagram [bit.ly/1JtkS6b](http://bit.ly/1JtkS6b) โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2015: Green Man Festival #3 - Syd Arthur via Instagram [bit.ly/1PPBhar](http://bit.ly/1PPBhar) โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2015: Green Man Festival #4 - Bombs via Instagram [bit.ly/1JjgCJs](http://bit.ly/1JjgCJs) โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2015: Green Man Festival #2 - The Fall via Instagram [bit.ly/1NyQcqW](http://bit.ly/1NyQcqW) โ ๐ธ
Aug 25, 2015: Green Man Festival #1 - Courtney Barnett, in silhouette via Instagram [bit.ly/1UaHZIv](http://bit.ly/1UaHZIv) โ ๐ธ
Aug 19, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: The Walkabouts (105), Marika Hackman (42), Courtney Barnett (106), St. Vincent โฆ
Aug 14, 2015: Sleeping pillion via Instagram bit.ly/1LamSqg โ ๐ธ
Aug 14, 2015: Sunrise at Agios Nikolaos harbour via Instagram [bit.ly/1UGz0Ry](http://bit.ly/1UGz0Ry) โ ๐ธ
Aug 13, 2015: A shed, a caravan and a small olive grove - what more could you want? via Instagram bit.ly/1DPk6UJ โ ๐ธ
Aug 13, 2015: View of Agios Nikolaos whilst walking to Stoupa this morning via Instagram bit.ly/1P8Qi5W โ ๐ธ
Aug 12, 2015: Agios Nikolaos at night via Instagram bit.ly/1h3Luo4 โ ๐ธ
Aug 12, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Etran Finatawa (12), Terakaft (3), Linval Thompson (1), Thomas Newman (1) & โฆ
Aug 11, 2015: Pantazi Beach via Instagram bit.ly/1N6yQk1 โ ๐ธ
Aug 10, 2015: Sunset at Agios Nikolaos via Instagram bit.ly/1WcSmPT โ ๐ธ
Aug 8, 2015: 2nd ball of Stokes' 2nd over in the Australian 2nd innings was the 1,000,000th legal delivery bowled โฆ
Aug 5, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Etran Finatawa (10), Terakaft (4), Ali Farka Tourรฉ (3), Duke Garwood (3) & โฆ
Jul 29, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Nitin Sawhney (18), The Fall (12), The Walkabouts (12), Fidetzis, Athens State โฆ
Jul 22, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Radiohead (19), Duke Garwood (10), Son Lux (3), Camper Van Beethoven (2) & โฆ
Jul 18, 2015: Portishead with Thom Yorke at Latitude 2015 via Instagram bit.ly/1J7TlLO โ ๐ธ
Jul 18, 2015: Very good - Tom Robinson playing through a few songs pre-official slot via Instagram [bit.ly/1J6KjyE](http://bit.ly/1J6KjyE) โ ๐ธ
Jul 18, 2015: Lake swimming at Latitude Festival via Instagram [bit.ly/1VdI6Gt](http://bit.ly/1VdI6Gt) โ ๐ธ
Jul 15, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Benjamin Booker (24), Stornoway (12), Bjรถrk (10), tUnE-yArDs (10) & โฆ
Jul 8, 2015: โซ #lastfm artists: Bjรถrk (12), Hector Zazou (12), Melody Gardot (11), The Smashing Pumpkins (7) โฆ
Jul 2, 2015: Sign The Ello Bill of Rights for Social Network Users from @elloword: https://t.co/nnDs5EjIxA
Jun 28, 2015: @NakedWines A little Boy Meets Girl was on the cards! … the @BMGwines A & R Shiraz โฆ
Jun 27, 2015: Having the first wines we chose during the @NakedWines Cardiff tasting - order arrived today - as โฆ
Jun 21, 2015: Craft ale danger! via Instagram [bit.ly/1LsogB7](http://bit.ly/1LsogB7) โ ๐ธ
Jun 6, 2015: Pellรฉas et Mรฉlisande / WNO via Instagram [bit.ly/1Me9DkX](http://bit.ly/1Me9DkX) โ ๐ธ
Apr 7, 2015: Nearing the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain via Instagram bit.ly/1O3NeIT โ ๐ธ
Feb 19, 2015: Browns Fish and Chips in Pembroke via Instagram [bit.ly/1EsHqmI](http://bit.ly/1EsHqmI) โ ๐ธ
Feb 16, 2015: Cleddau Bridge II via Instagram [bit.ly/1AKobGr](http://bit.ly/1AKobGr) โ ๐ธ
Feb 16, 2015: Cleddau Bridge via Instagram [bit.ly/1vQhRNh](http://bit.ly/1vQhRNh) โ ๐ธ
Feb 15, 2015: Freshwater East via Instagram bit.ly/19l4KcH โ ๐ธ
Dec 5, 2014: Just spent nearly an hour reconnecting about 50 keyboards and mice back into computers in four IT โฆ
Oct 28, 2014: Tapas at the Rhoswenallt Inn tonight!
Sep 28, 2014: Pinot Noir Photo via Instagram bit.ly/1t7NHwX โ ๐ธ
Sep 28, 2014: Reflections of Butty Bach Photo via Instagram bit.ly/1t7NGch โ ๐ธ
Sep 27, 2014: Three Choirs Vineyard, near Newent Photo via Instagram bit.ly/Yqhusk โ ๐ธ
Aug 10, 2014: …and fantastic wine, especially the Prosecco!
Aug 10, 2014: Good free wifi in The Wine Bar ! http://t.co/hFO2OLaHsO
Aug 9, 2014: Sun-drying tomatoes in Ravello โ ๐ธ
Aug 8, 2014: Aglianico and Falanghina now added to the list of Italian wines I like! (Red and white respectively)
Aug 8, 2014: Ravello - outside the location where D. H. Lawrence wrote some of Lady Chatterley’s Lover โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 8, 2014: Vesuvius crater #2 โ ๐ธ
Aug 8, 2014: Vesuvius crater #1 โ ๐ธ
Aug 8, 2014: View over Naples from Vesuvius โ ๐ธ
Aug 7, 2014: Tom having a little jig on the top of Vesuvius :) http://t.co/Htr12exSY8 โ ๐ธ
Aug 6, 2014: In Herculaneum http://t.co/xFmPtqH6vu โ ๐ธ
Aug 6, 2014: Bronze herm of a homeowner, Herculaneum โ ๐ธ
Aug 6, 2014: Herculaneum โ ๐ธ
Aug 5, 2014: Memorial Arch, Pompeii โ ๐ธ
Aug 5, 2014: Navigating Pompeii http://t.co/3dvbfpjDlp โ ๐ธ
Aug 3, 2014: Vesuvius from Sant Agnello โ ๐ธ
Aug 3, 2014: First pizza in Italy! http://t.co/isACPBrrT5 โ ๐ธ
Aug 1, 2014: …but #AutoAwesome doesn’t always get its panoramas quite right! http://t.co/cpLBEsYPQ5 โ ๐ธ
Aug 1, 2014: Today I discovered that Google’s #AutoAwesome creates its own panoramas… โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 28, 2014: Two Spitfires overhead The Secret Garden Party โ ๐ธ
Jul 28, 2014: The Emerald City The Secret Garden Party โ ๐ธ
Jul 23, 2014: Mountains of tapas and mojitos this afternoon…now at Urban Tap House. http://t.co/rPMi7XKBzj
Jul 22, 2014: Tapas night at the Rhoswenallt Inn next Tuesday - we’ll be there!
Jul 17, 2014: RT @henrymoeranBBC: Well played Rahane - 103 on a difficult pitch. @HomeOfCricket looking superb in โฆ
Jul 16, 2014: Quite like what Google’s #AutoAwesome has been doing to my photos - this one of Uplands, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jul 10, 2014: Stations past and present โ ๐ธ
Jul 10, 2014: Aberdare Station โ ๐ธ
Jul 10, 2014: Michael Sobell Sports Centre, Aberdare โ ๐ธ
Jun 29, 2014: Quails' eggs #2 โ ๐ธ
Jun 29, 2014: Quails' eggs โ ๐ธ
Jun 21, 2014: #ENG messed up the football #WorldCup, messing up the rugby #NZLvENG - hope the cricket #EngvSL โฆ
Jun 8, 2014: Avebury โ ๐ธ
Jun 8, 2014: Avebury stones โ ๐ธ
Jun 8, 2014: Chiswick from on high Morning view over Chiswick from Hammersmith Premier Inn #London โ ๐ธ
Jun 8, 2014: Arcade Fire Arcade Fire, Earl's Court, Saturday 7th June 2014 โ ๐ธ
Jun 7, 2014: ยฃ11.60 for two 187ml glasses of wine??? :(
Jun 6, 2014: Now in St John the Evangelist church, Canton, paying for wine with “a donation of our โฆ
May 17, 2014: Cardiff Bay from the barrage โ ๐ธ
May 17, 2014: Tapas #food (@ La Cha Cha) http://t.co/NwmiZCw2Ge
May 17, 2014: Glorious weather, Iโm at Terra Nova! Give It Some Welly #beer http://t.co/tGgPC1UJKg
May 13, 2014: โฆtime, like money, is measured by our needs. #qotd
May 8, 2014: Life wants padding. #QOTD
May 5, 2014: Old, worn out & faded โ ๐ธ
May 1, 2014: Aberdare skyline โ ๐ธ
Apr 27, 2014: Digger’s Gold from @greytreesbrewer fantastic on the Rhos today (@ Rhoswenallt Inn) โฆ
Apr 24, 2014: Cloudy at MACS today http://t.co/SukCDvTumQ
Apr 24, 2014: Pwll Waun Cynon Nature Reserve โ ๐ธ
Apr 24, 2014: From Middlemarch #QOTD http://t.co/jZ3gUKWu36
Apr 9, 2014: Elbow Elbow at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff on Tuesday 8th April 2014 โ ๐ธ
Apr 8, 2014: Pizza - again! (at @PizzaExpress) http://t.co/Hz0yJ80Sko
Apr 1, 2014: Fog filling the Cynon Valley โ ๐ธ
Mar 29, 2014: Pints of red wine @Manics http://t.co/3kQvEA1xzQ
Mar 29, 2014: Eating pizza (at @PizzaExpress) http://t.co/Op26pD7tdL
Mar 29, 2014: Nice light show with the music at #wt20 #bbccricket :)
Mar 29, 2014: Watching cricket #wt20 whilst drinking a Winter Warmer ale doesn’t seem right.
Mar 23, 2014: Kachikally Crocodile Pools Bakau, #TheGambia โ ๐ธ
Mar 22, 2014: Clouds over Aberdare โ ๐ธ
Mar 9, 2014: Kachikally Crocodile Pool, The Gambia Nests #TheGambia #pressgram โ ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2014: Malaria tablets washed down with champagne…
Mar 1, 2014: High over North Africa High over North Africa Sunset en route to UK โ ๐ธ
Jan 22, 2014: Five years' use of @LogMeIn now over - all removed from my computers and iOS devices. #logmeout โฆ
Jan 17, 2014: Aberdare Station: Early morning coal train approaching #DiscoverPressgram โ ๐ธ
Jan 17, 2014: Early morning coal train approaching Aberdare Station โ ๐ธ
Jan 3, 2014: No electricity = candles + wine http://t.co/E2yuCRHBHh
Dec 22, 2013: Towy Sunset over the River Towy near Carmarthen โ ๐ธ
Dec 7, 2013: The Station: My favourite #pub in Sutton Coldfield #pressgram http://t.co/GDsi86TnlL โ ๐ธ
Dec 7, 2013: The Station My favourite #pub in Sutton Coldfield #pressgram โ ๐ธ
Dec 6, 2013: Morning contrails: #sunrise #pressgram http://t.co/A1lNMJHt0K โ ๐ธ
Dec 6, 2013: Morning contrails #sunrise #pressgram โ ๐ธ
Nov 30, 2013: Cat by firelight โ ๐ธ
Nov 11, 2013: Rusty Bridge Rusty #Autumn in the Cynon Valley โ ๐ธ
Nov 4, 2013: KT Tunstall stage St. David’s Hall โ ๐ธ
Nov 4, 2013: Shiraz and KT Tunstall KT Tunstall at St. David’s Hall, Cardiff tonight #Music โ ๐ธ
Nov 2, 2013: Paul and Tina at the Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd โ ๐ธ
Oct 30, 2013: Arctic Monkeys Cardiff Motopoint Areana, Tuesday 29th October 2013 #arcticmonkeys #cardiff โ ๐ธ
Oct 29, 2013: I believe I’m the only person drinking red wine in the Motopoint Arena #ArcticMonkeys
Oct 29, 2013: Tracks Fernhill: Green light #tracks #DiscoverPressgram http://t.co/02MgMiaGjp โ ๐ธ
Oct 29, 2013: Tracks Fernhill Green light #tracks #DiscoverPressgram โ ๐ธ
Oct 28, 2013: View from Peace Park There was some blue sky today in the #CynonValley โ ๐ธ
Oct 14, 2013: Early morning - Streetlights, Aberdare โ ๐ธ
Oct 9, 2013: Bar One โ ๐ธ
Oct 7, 2013: Sunset over Cardiff Bay โ ๐ธ
Sep 29, 2013: Cardiff Bay Millennium Centre โ ๐ธ
Sep 28, 2013: Goes well with red wine! From http://t.co/m6BvrfPl60 http://t.co/iy19VF7cPe
Sep 28, 2013: Nice! Aston Villa 3-2 Man City http://t.co/usZKFE1Eyq
Sep 26, 2013: Fish and chips Fish and chips, Rhoswenallt Inn โ ๐ธ
Sep 23, 2013: Severn Bridge: Dreadful weather crossing the Severn Bridge http://t.co/kEaZXVEfws
Sep 23, 2013: Abergavenny Food Festival Buying Welsh Cakes! โ ๐ธ
Sep 23, 2013: Vietnamese Summer Roll Vietnamese tofu summer roll at the Abergavenny Food Festival โ ๐ธ
Sep 15, 2013: Severn Bridge Dreadful weather crossing the Severn Bridge โ ๐ธ
Sep 15, 2013: Pint of Bullshit Sweet potato and fig tagine - plus a pint of Bullshit โ ๐ธ
Sep 15, 2013: Shakespearean character Stained glass at the RSC Theatres โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2013: Swan Theatre stage Stage set for opening of Titus Andronicus โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2013: @AbernantEagle Semi-jealous about being in Stratford and not at the cricket :(
Sep 14, 2013: Titus Andronicus Some light-hearted entertainment lined up for tonight! โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2013: Wild Beaver I haven't (yet) taken up the offer... โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2013: The bright day is done... Evening meal all done and posted! Can tell we're staying in Shakespeare's county :) โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2013: Apple dessert, White Swan Apple samosa, cinnamon panna cotta, apple sorbet, poached apples, toffee apple purรฉe - White Swan, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2013: Plaice main, White Swan Poached plaice in burnt caraway noisette, crayfish tortellini, saffron spiced white radish, candied โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2013: Salmon main, White Swan Pan roast salmon, mussels & cocoa bean chowder - White Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon #food โ ๐ธ
Sep 14, 2013: Quail starter, White Swan Pan roast quail breast, confit leg, Scotch quail egg, spring onions, quinoa, radish - White Swan, โฆ โ ๐ธ
Sep 12, 2013: King prawn and chorizo linguine Rhoswenallt Inn evening meal โ ๐ธ
Sep 8, 2013: Usk Castle Trotsky at Usk Castle โ ๐ธ
Sep 8, 2013: Giant Hogweed Giant Hogweed at Usk Castle โ ๐ธ
Sep 8, 2013: Rhod Gilbert Last night's entertainment was excellent! โ ๐ธ
Sep 6, 2013: Moon and Chinese lantern Moon and Chinese lantern over Green Man Festival #greenman13 โ ๐ธ
Sep 6, 2013: Red berries Red berries in a sea of knotweed โ ๐ธ
Sep 5, 2013: Yes, #Pressgram has arrived - my first quick photo test! #photography http://t.co/PNDp3buTtp โ ๐ธ
Aug 24, 2013: Spotting computers in film and on TV! http://t.co/bo5WvIy7ZN
Aug 21, 2013: Was out walking 5.74 km with #Endomondo. See it here: http://t.co/7UgmPF2N2h
Aug 20, 2013: Was out walking 5.83 km with #Endomondo. See it here: http://t.co/NcwCTgk8zJ
Aug 6, 2013: Lindos Amphitheatre and Acropolis http://t.co/mhV1qz0XSt โ ๐ธ
Aug 6, 2013: Lindos https://t.co/MbRRDnjGkG โ ๐ธ
Aug 6, 2013: Rooftop cafe in Lindos. http://t.co/lvfH9FRDYa โ ๐ธ
Aug 5, 2013: oh well, rain in Manchester, I’ll celebrate quietly and return to holiday pursuits #bbccricket โฆ
Aug 5, 2013: But for a brighter view I can always look up from the table! #bbccricket #bbcashes โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 5, 2013: This is what my grey and white (like the DRS!) world looks like now #bbccricket #bbcashes #ashes โฆ โ ๐ธ
Aug 5, 2013: “England are well and truly in the brown.” - Great quote from #BBCcricket #BBCAshes โฆ
Aug 4, 2013: …but I can be tempted away https://t.co/r0SBtmaAzS โ ๐ธ
Aug 4, 2013: My Greek beloved… https://t.co/bVhjIBVcaJ โ ๐ธ
Aug 4, 2013: I finished Ready Player One a couple of days ago, and now Dark Eden. If I was somewhere with โฆ
Aug 3, 2013: Whitebait, fried courgettes, dips #foodphoto http://t.co/3rxdcre5ys โ ๐ธ
Aug 3, 2013: Beach outside our apartments at Pefkos, Rhodes. http://t.co/ZIvczysQfV โ ๐ธ
Jul 25, 2013: Why that Jane Austen quotation on the new ยฃ10 note is a major blunder http://t.co/CONzZEtUqy #adn
Jul 15, 2013: @valleyboi1 It’s not such fun on foot in this weather either!
Jul 15, 2013: No cricket, no tennis, no rugby, so #Pointless #adn
Jul 15, 2013: Anarchy in Peterloo: Shelleyโs poem unmasked http://t.co/5bSHTIwqOM #adn
Jul 15, 2013: Trying to sit and have breakfast in the garden - midges can’t sleep much, they’re โฆ
Jul 13, 2013: @Aggerscricket “Did she work or was she a housewife?” - asking for trouble!
Jul 13, 2013: Currently hammocking in the garden whilst listening to the cricket - ideal summer pursuits. โฆ
Jul 11, 2013: Today is the first time I’ve ever seen a group of people swimming in the River Cynon. Suppose โฆ
Jul 6, 2013: Cats stalking the mole in our garden. I’m hoping they get it - shifted 2 wheelbarrows of โฆ
Apr 19, 2013: I’ve just ordered lots of strangely named Domino’s Pizzas from the Aberdare store. Mmmm.
Mar 31, 2013: Was out walking 3.19 km with #Endomondo. See it here: http://t.co/WHlaGpOsZK
Mar 29, 2013: Appropriate names for a winery #63 @ Bugibba, Malta http://t.co/jZB7Ftcb8g
Mar 27, 2013: The world is fine as seen through wine. http://t.co/duI2IkwXiU
Mar 22, 2013: Fire, Pizza, Quirky Bird and … The Lost Boys …
Mar 18, 2013: Just bought our Green Man Festival 2013 tickets. Please, please @GreenManFest - sort the weather out โฆ
Mar 16, 2013: Benson the foot warmer in action. Amazing what a crust of pizza will buy you! http://t.co/s0b5sPEz5U
Mar 3, 2013: Was out cycling 8.70 km with #Endomondo. See it here: http://t.co/3JhynttNCe
Mar 2, 2013: Not seen Shinji Kagawa play for MU before today. Now watching him on MOTD - looks very composed - โฆ
Feb 20, 2013: This morning’s experiment listening to cricket on iPlayer Radio whilst walking to work fails. โฆ
Jan 26, 2013: I don’t make many cakes but second time for this one in 2 weeks - Spiced Olive Oil Cake - โฆ โ ๐ธ
Jan 26, 2013: RT @PenPastwn: Caged wine. I only want Rioja. http://t.co/YksxTwop
Jan 3, 2013: Tree coming down in lane outside our house, falling towards our garden and stretching our telephone โฆ
Sep 2, 2012: Determined to have first and last #bbq of the summer holidays this evening…whatever the โฆ
Aug 22, 2012: “Well and what’s cheese? Corpse of milk.” #qotd
Aug 1, 2012: Millennium Stadium from up high! http://t.co/zvbFqtLo โ ๐ธ
Jul 26, 2012: My favourite white wine of this year'’s tasting event in Cardiff - ordered a couple of โฆ
Jun 28, 2012: …but getting darker and darker as I walk to the station - think it’s going to pour โฆ
Jun 27, 2012: A little earlier! RT @NakedWines: Naked tasting at #Cardiff City Hall in full swing โฆ
Jun 27, 2012: Great evening at wine tasting at Cardiff City Hall @NakedWines #nakedtour2012 - nice selection of โฆ
Jun 27, 2012: Not too crowded - too easy to get wine! http://t.co/HpHNSR9h
Jun 27, 2012: In Revolucion de Cuba for tapas prior to wine tasting @NakedWines in Cardiff #nakedtour2012
Jun 26, 2012: Looking forward to it! RT @nakedwines: Who’s coming to our #wine tasting in #Cardiff tomorrow? โฆ
Jun 19, 2012: From Civilization to Big Brother: how a game recreated Orwell’s 1984 http://t.co/cG4qPVnO - โฆ
Jun 4, 2012: @Iain_Slitherine You love it! (Thankfully!)
May 23, 2012: Rules to live by #4284 - How to eat: pizza http://t.co/D9pyfcyj via @guardian
Apr 19, 2012: finished Young Romantics: The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives by Daisy Hay โฆ
Apr 17, 2012: @valleyboi1 Cheers - having another good dose of tapas and watching Bayern Munich-Real โฆ
Apr 14, 2012: Some of the best tapas we’ve ever eaten - El Capitain, Caleta de Fuste http://t.co/qogg8Wrc
Mar 26, 2012: Was out walking 1.05 km with #Endomondo. See it here: http://t.co/kPapXIYb
Mar 17, 2012: Rugby done, tapas underway, dance next… http://t.co/8QuB4rAd
Mar 17, 2012: SA and red wine before midday - not looking good… http://t.co/stgQFtLM
Mar 14, 2012: Was out walking 5.30 km with #Endomondo. See it here: http://t.co/BAsJVrUg
Feb 23, 2012: Morse Code wine by Henry’s Drive Vignerons (http://t.co/cYEBKsj0) - good price at Tesco at the โฆ
Feb 5, 2012: Even the snowmen are Villa supporters in Sutton Coldfield! http://t.co/cck9hOmx โ ๐ธ
Feb 4, 2012: Stepping back in time and having a glass of green ginger wine!
Feb 2, 2012: fin de Spectacle? - another edition of Spectacular Times found and displayed online at โฆ
Jan 3, 2012: Peace Park a little flooded - could have walked along fence, I suppose! http://t.co/TYPIJcrA โ ๐ธ
Dec 25, 2011: Xmas dinner is over! Sitting down to drink now! http://t.co/z65zkOEq โ ๐ธ
Dec 8, 2011: Great wine labels! @NakedWines http://t.co/g0Gj2eLy
Nov 30, 2011: Great delivery this morning - Wild Meat Company and @NakedWines, perfect partners! โฆ
Nov 17, 2011: Uploaded a whole batch of photos taken with my phone up to flickr…Green Man 2011, Turkey and โฆ
Nov 12, 2011: @NakedWines Beers???? Traitor!
Nov 12, 2011: a 15 minute strike = a coffee break #strike #30nov
Nov 8, 2011: Throwing Muses at The Gate, Cardiff http://t.co/FJEhXn5w โ ๐ธ
Nov 5, 2011: Looking like fantastic weather for a Guy Fawkes Night!
Oct 31, 2011: Julian Cope at The Globe, Cardiff on Saturday night. http://t.co/iDa4lqMU โ ๐ธ
Oct 25, 2011: Wales Millennium Centre, pre-Strictly Gershwin http://t.co/4NLtlmJF โ ๐ธ
Oct 22, 2011: @serenalys Ballet, Pizza Hut, Strictly
Oct 15, 2011: Not that I’m drinking wine this early in the morning - will be having a beer with #rwc2011 โฆ
Oct 15, 2011: Another lovely wine from naked! Smooth, clean tasting with loads of flavour - fruit and light โฆ
Sep 10, 2011: Tapas in Cardiff http://t.co/CnXWHzW
Sep 4, 2011: Sad state of affairs that it takes nearly as long to travel Gatwick-Aberdare as Turkey-UK. One โฆ
Sep 3, 2011: Was out walking 8.20 km with #Endomondo. See it here: http://t.co/tCC9lK5
Sep 2, 2011: Was out walking 6.67 km with #Endomondo. See it here: http://t.co/gLrJj8s
Aug 30, 2011: Antalya, Turkey, Partly Cloudy 29ยฐ #berryweather - not too hot today, temperatures rising through โฆ
Aug 10, 2011: Was out walking 5.21 km with #Endomondo. See it here: http://bit.ly/qqC58J
Aug 6, 2011: Was out walking 5.27 km with #Endomondo. See it here: http://bit.ly/nIPSoz
Aug 5, 2011: Stonehenge - thee days in Wiltshire/Dorset instead of two weeks in Cyprus! http://twitpic.com/61aesu โ ๐ธ
Jul 27, 2011: Treehouse with wood store beneath nearly finished - construction in our garden by Maurice Crayford! โฆ
Jul 15, 2011: Making myself an anchovy, olive and jalapeno pizza to counteract two days of scrounging bland โฆ
Jul 2, 2011: Romcom, pizza and wine tonight…girls' night in plus me…
Jun 25, 2011: My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Kills (11), The Dead Weather (11) & Leonard Cohen (8) โฆ
Jun 4, 2011: BBQ weather! http://lockerz.com/s/107626352
May 31, 2011: Toilet humour still prevalent ;) http://twitpic.com/551xom โ ๐ธ
May 31, 2011: Neptune 1965, pizza without cheese take 2 ! http://lockerz.com/s/106450284
May 10, 2011: Getting seriously pissed off with a mole who lives in our garden :( http://lockerz.com/s/100485254
May 6, 2011: 3 cheers for #Asda - replaced failed #XBox360 8 weeks after purchase. Not so pleased with #M$, โฆ
May 4, 2011: Pizza from 1965 apparently - tuna, anchovies, capers, olives, onion, parsley, a squeeze of lemon โฆ
May 4, 2011: Pizza Express, Cardiff Bay. http://lockerz.com/s/98674523
Apr 28, 2011: sigh of relief - core system upgrades on 4 servers and 334 workstations just finished - can enjoy โฆ
Apr 22, 2011: Great design of wine label from @NakedWines http://plixi.com/p/94851243
Apr 2, 2011: Great looking ground in Mumbai - RT @Aggerscricket: We are in! http://twitpic.com/4fz3lq โ ๐ธ
Mar 23, 2011: Was out walking 5.30 km with #Endomondo. See it here: http://bit.ly/dRlSyb
Mar 19, 2011: Pendine, United Kingdom, Clear 10ยฐ #berryweather http://tinyurl.com/5t5rao8
Mar 19, 2011: Dylan Thomas' writing shed and boat house - better pictures will be uploaded to โฆ
Mar 17, 2011: Was out walking 5.06 km with #Endomondo. See it here: http://bit.ly/i5xO5c
Feb 26, 2011: Ready for rugby - 4 pint take-out of Butty Bach, free Wye Valley glass & mat from Red Cow Inn! โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 19, 2011: Alfred Hitchcock alive and well in Carmarthen - thousands of starlings! http://twitpic.com/41i8rw โ ๐ธ
Feb 6, 2011: Weather turned absolutely atrocious as soon as we’ve come past Abergavenny on the way home โฆ
Dec 22, 2010: Credit also due to Parcel Force who got a box of 15 bottles of wines (@NakedWines) up here - Royal โฆ
Dec 22, 2010: Seriously impressed @NakedWines - got our Xmas delivery despite a load of snow. Have had no other โฆ
Dec 16, 2010: R4 LW + old Roberts radio = cricket on the way to work. Better than DAB! #Ashes
Dec 4, 2010: Not that I’m drinking at this time of the morning - just saw the @NakedWines tweet whilst โฆ
Dec 4, 2010: Great wine! RT @NakedWines: The Manley Pinotage has quite a few cult followers… the new โฆ
Nov 26, 2010: Steak and kidney pie, mash and peas - ideal meal for snowy weather!
Nov 26, 2010: Lagedor is playing Call of Duty Black Ops: Call of Duty Black Ops - score: 40 of 1000, achievements: โฆ
Nov 25, 2010: Lagedor is playing Call of Duty Black Ops: Call of Duty Black Ops - score: 40 of 1000, achievements: โฆ
Nov 25, 2010: RT @walesweather: 25/05:07: Heavy Snow - Wales: FLASH Warning of Heavy Snow for Wales valid from โฆ
Nov 24, 2010: Lagedor is playing Call of Duty Black Ops: Call of Duty Black Ops - score: 40 of 1000, achievements: โฆ
Nov 13, 2010: Fire lit, dough for homemade pizzas proving, wine breathing, set for an ideal evening - if it โฆ
Nov 5, 2010: Foul weather for a bonfire night in Carmarthen!
Nov 5, 2010: RT @walesweather: 05/11:34: Severe Gales - Wales: ADVISORY of Severe Gales for Wales valid from 0001 โฆ
Oct 20, 2010: A baker’s dozen of @NakedWines arrived - mainly syrah & malbec - now, which to have with โฆ
Oct 20, 2010: @NakedWines Go on then - I’ll give the Lorca malbec a try! Expect an update in a couple of โฆ
Oct 20, 2010: Lorca malbec VERY smooth, fruity, slightly spicy, too drinkable! @NakedWines - went well with a โฆ
Oct 9, 2010: Tapas in Cardiff, after a quick visit to the Apple store :) http://plixi.com/p/49598805
Sep 29, 2010: Battlefield Academy - http://bit.ly/b9jRo5 - one of the best games I’ve played for a long โฆ
Sep 29, 2010: @Iain_Slitherine Saw the video, bought the game, hope it measures up to BBCBA standards :)
Aug 26, 2010: All the cheap retsina we’re buying in Kefalonia is from Crete - long way for it to โฆ
Aug 21, 2010: Smoke Fairies at the Green Man Festival last night - in the rain! http://twitpic.com/2gq1f7 โ ๐ธ
Aug 18, 2010: Test image from Opera Mini on phone - CenterParcs climbing wall! http://twitpic.com/2ftmpb โ ๐ธ
Aug 8, 2010: RT @AtheistQOTD: “It can’t be seen, smelled, felt, measured, or understood, therefore โฆ
Jul 28, 2010: Cheap crown capped retsina is as good as ever!
Jul 25, 2010: Messy hair day! http://twitpic.com/28lxdf โ ๐ธ
Jul 25, 2010: On the beach at Weston. http://twitpic.com/28lzwu โ ๐ธ
May 30, 2010: Very bracing and blustery on Sully Island today! http://twitpic.com/1sgt8n โ ๐ธ
May 23, 2010: White Horse Hill http://twitpic.com/1qbyis โ ๐ธ
May 23, 2010: Had picnic on White Horse Hill - great weather and scenery! http://twitpic.com/1qcjox โ ๐ธ
May 22, 2010: My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Poe (36), The Who (31) and The Dead Weather (22) โฆ
May 10, 2010: Just been a brief but fairly glowing mention of @nakedwines on BBC R4 ‘Food Programme’
Apr 25, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1ifiui - Daffodils! โ ๐ธ
Apr 25, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1ifiya - Daffodils! โ ๐ธ
Apr 25, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1ifm2z - 2 bbqs in 2 days! Some of it in rain today tho'! โ ๐ธ
Apr 10, 2010: Slippery Wembley surface for FA Cup semi today! Villa very unlucky not to be awarded penalty. #avfc
Apr 10, 2010: Top pizza topping - anchovies, capers & black olives :)
Apr 9, 2010: “The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” Plato (#qotd)
Apr 8, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1e0juk - Hay not all about pubs though! โ ๐ธ
Apr 8, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1e1nxe - Sunny day! โ ๐ธ
Apr 8, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1e1w1g - Even warm and dry enough to sit outside Kilverts Inn … โ ๐ธ
Apr 8, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1e2elw - Gravitas. โ ๐ธ
Apr 7, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1dt5vr - Beacons snow in April! โ ๐ธ
Apr 7, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1duzo9 - Pubs of Hay-on-Wye #1 - staying here! โ ๐ธ
Apr 7, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1dv99i - Hay pub #2 - sardines, anchovies and Landlord… โ ๐ธ
Apr 7, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1dvjpl - Rural view from room window - leaning out trying to find a phone signal โฆ โ ๐ธ
Apr 7, 2010: http://twitpic.com/1dvl30 - Hay pub #3 - several beers, including lovely HPA! โ ๐ธ
Mar 4, 2010: http://twitpic.com/16kvq4 - First cake I’ve baked in years - made with help of Seren for โฆ โ ๐ธ
Feb 25, 2010: @NakedWines Definitely a compliment!
Feb 24, 2010: Curse you, @NakedWines, you’ve ruined cheap supermarket wine for me!
Feb 24, 2010: Reduced to watching BBC Live Text online for the Villa FA Cup replay :(
Feb 14, 2010: Italy - England too close for comfort and now it’s 1-1 in Palace - Villa cup tie :(
Feb 14, 2010: Replay at Villa Park then?
Feb 12, 2010: RT @walesweather: Heavy Snow - Wales: ADVISORY of Heavy Snow for Wales valid from 0001 Tue 16 Feb to โฆ
Feb 6, 2010: My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Shearwater (21), Chumbawamba (13) and Percy Bysshe Shelley (4) โฆ
Feb 5, 2010: RT @AtheistQOTD: “If atheism can be called a belief, can I say that my not collecting stamps โฆ
Feb 4, 2010: Just worked out that the quantity of tweets I type and coffee I drink increase exponentially with โฆ
Feb 4, 2010: Virginity auction, Mel Gibson swearing, shark kill, psychic cat, head in pizza oven - Bizarre top 5 โฆ
Jan 23, 2010: RT @AtheistQOTD: “Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to โฆ
Jan 20, 2010: @valleyboi1 And another goal!!! Haven’t seen Villa score this many for ages!
Jan 16, 2010: RT @walesweather: 16/11:03: Heavy Snow - Wales: ADVISORY of Heavy Snow for Wales valid from 0001 Wed โฆ
Jan 12, 2010: RT @walesweather: 12/13:47: Heavy Snow - Wales: FLASH Warning of Heavy Snow for Wales valid from โฆ
Jan 10, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Team Deathmatch in Sub โฆ
Jan 9, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Forza Motorsport 3. Public Race Camino Viejo โฆ
Jan 9, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Headquarters in Favela. โฆ
Jan 8, 2010: http://twitpic.com/x6uci - See - Domesticity at home, laptop in kitchen = multiple tweets… โ ๐ธ
Jan 8, 2010: The truth behind the snow! - Britain at standstill as terrorists use weather to create chaos โฆ
Jan 8, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Joinable - Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Team โฆ
Jan 8, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Forza Motorsport 3. Racing in Season Play Level 7 - โฆ
Jan 8, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Headquarters in Invasion. โฆ
Jan 8, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Domination in Wasteland. โฆ
Jan 8, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Forza Motorsport 3. Racing in Season Play Level 9 - โฆ
Jan 7, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Domination in Invasion. โฆ
Jan 7, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Joinable - Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Domination in โฆ
Jan 7, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Team Deathmatch in โฆ
Jan 7, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. In pre-game lobby. (Xbox Live โฆ
Jan 7, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Team Deathmatch in โฆ
Jan 7, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Domination in Estate. โฆ
Jan 6, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. In pre-game lobby. (Xbox Live โฆ
Jan 6, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Headquarters in Derail. โฆ
Jan 5, 2010: http://twitpic.com/wrlow - Sent home because of #uksnow - which has now completely stopped! โ ๐ธ
Jan 5, 2010: http://twitpic.com/wrm82 - See!! โ ๐ธ
Jan 5, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Joinable - Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Headquarters โฆ
Jan 5, 2010: Xbox Live: lagedor is currently Online. Playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2. Playing Free-for-all in Skidrow. โฆ
Jan 4, 2010: My Xbox gamertag Lagedor is playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2: Modern Warfareยฎ 2 - score: 145 of 1000, โฆ
Jan 4, 2010: I’m Xbox gaming - Lagedor is playing Modern Warfareยฎ 2: Modern Warfareยฎ 2 - score: 145 of โฆ
Dec 29, 2009: Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Seventh Season DVD ~ Larry David http://amzn.com/B002OOWKSA - โฆ
Dec 21, 2009: http://twitpic.com/uh8zf - Early morning snow on 21st December, and a day off work :) โ ๐ธ
Dec 21, 2009: http://twitpic.com/uhw4a - Afternoon snow! More in the gallery at nntk.net โ ๐ธ
Dec 18, 2009: http://twitpic.com/u01le - Then & now :) (Higher quality images at http://nntk.net) โ ๐ธ
Dec 17, 2009: http://twitpic.com/tx1lq - See, #snow in Aberdare! โ ๐ธ
Dec 16, 2009: New ‘Now reading:’ entry: Darwin among the Machines - http://tinyurl.com/y9sclqh
Mar 27, 2009: Listening to Bon Iver for first time - in anticipation of Green Man - not sure who his voice reminds โฆ
