Photography @ the dim pause

Nov 7, 2024

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Wild God Tour - Cardiff Utilita Arena, Wednesday 6th November 2024 🎵

A lively concert scene with a performer on stage, vibrant lighting, and a large crowd. The backdrop features a screen displaying the performer, surrounded by musical instruments and band members.

A person in a suit and tie is singing into a microphone on stage, with musical instruments in the background. The image appears to be a large screen projection at a concert with a crowd visible at the bottom. The colors are in a sepia tone

A large concert venue filled with a crowd. The stage is illuminated with bright lights and features musicians performing. Large screens display the performers, with one showing a person holding a microphone. Concertgoers are silhouetted in the foreground, some with raised hands

Supported by Black Country, New Road

A band performing on stage with multiple musicians playing instruments. There is dramatic stage lighting and a large screen displaying a close-up of a singer. The audience is visible in the foreground.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Nov 6, 2024

Utilita Arena, Cardiff to see Nick Cave with Black Country, New Road as support 🎵

A man wearing a yellow hoodie stands with a drink in a large indoor venue. Behind him, there's a large illuminated sign reading WILD GOD. Several security personnel are visible in the background. The setting appears to be an event or concert.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Oct 30, 2024

Slightly inspired by last night’s Great British Bake Off, my autumnal-ish bake today is a mushroom, kale and broad bean quiche 🥧

A baked tart on a cooling rack sits on a wooden table. Next to it is an open cookbook titled The French Market Cookbook. In the background is a bookshelf filled with cookbooks.

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Oct 19, 2024

Red Admiral basking in today’s sun ☀️🦋

A Red Admiral butterfly with vibrant orange and black markings on its wings, resting on a textured surface.

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Oct 15, 2024

Moonlit view over Lindos on our way to our final evening meal in Rhodes at Agostinos Restaurant.

A moonlit coastal village scene at night, featuring illuminated white buildings and a rocky hillside. The sea shimmers under the moonlight, and a car's headlights create light trails along a narrow road.

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Oct 15, 2024

Herding goats 🐐

A woman in a purple dress walks down a rural asphalt road towards a group of goats. The landscape is dry and rocky, with hills and sparse vegetation under a clear blue sky.

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Oct 13, 2024

Retsina and Hive on the beach 🏖️🍷

Two people playing a board game with hexagonal tiles featuring insect designs on a blue and white striped beach towel. One person is pouring white wine into plastic cups, and there are sunglasses and sneakers nearby.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Games 🏷 Wine

Oct 12, 2024

🐈 #Caturday poolside attack 😁

A white cat is sitting on a poolside lounge chair, nibbling on someone's toes. Two pairs of legs are visible, with one person wearing orange shorts. Another person is walking in the background near the pool. Lounge chairs are arranged around the pool.

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Oct 10, 2024

Sailing into the olive grove

A small, weathered boat with a canopy is surrounded by overgrown grass and trees. An orange and pink cloth is draped over the front. A dirt path runs alongside, and the background features hills and a colorful sunset sky. Various scattered items

🏷 Photography 🏷 Weather

Oct 9, 2024

Quite a warm walk up to the Acropolis of Lindos this afternoon 🏛️

A couple is standing next to a stone wall overlooking a scenic coastal view. The woman is holding a round bag and wearing a patterned top and shorts, while the man is wearing a cap, sunglasses, and a striped shirt.

Ancient ruins with tall stone columns and a partially standing wall under a clear blue sky. A person stands next to a small tree amidst rocky terrain.

Ancient Greek ruins with tall columns and stone steps under a clear blue sky. Two people are sitting on the steps, and a few figures are visible on a higher level in the background.

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Oct 9, 2024

A Fix 🍺

A man with glasses sits at a table on a balcony, enjoying a drink. The view overlooks a scenic bay with boats and a distant hillside. The setting is sunny and framed by a tree and railing.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Oct 9, 2024

Pool morning 🌞

Outdoor swimming pool with clear blue water, surrounded by sunbeds and closed umbrellas. Palm trees and rocky hills are in the background under a clear blue sky.

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Oct 7, 2024

Thank goodness for the tiny St Paul’s Beach, the only beach in Lindos not packed with sunbeds 🏝️

Additional task: spot the cat in this photo 🐈‍⬛ 🙂

A sunny beach scene with people swimming and relaxing on the sand. There's a rocky shoreline and clear blue water. Boats are anchored in the bay, and potted plants are on the beach. The backdrop features rocky hills under a clear sky.

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Oct 5, 2024

Starting my vowel collection

A Scrabble board game setup on a table with a rack of tiles showing the letters A, E, I, O, U, R and a blank tile. A bottle labeled CAIR Retsina and a partially filled glass are nearby.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Games 🏷 Wine

Oct 4, 2024

Cocktails with a view 🍸🏛️

A nighttime view of a coastal village with white buildings, illuminated by warm lights. Above the village, a large, well-lit fortress sits on a hill with the sea visible in the background.

Two cocktails with lime and ice on a table at a rooftop bar, with a scenic view of a lit-up city and hill in the background. A small bowl of snacks is next to the drinks, and a couple of modern table lamps provide subtle lighting

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Oct 4, 2024

Let Me In 🐈

A rustic stone entrance with a wooden door, surrounded by white plastered walls. Stone steps lead up to the doorway. A cat is sitting on the steps looking up at the doorway.

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Oct 3, 2024

Alien landscape

Rocky, arid landscape at sunset with scattered shrubs and trees. A solitary tree stands in the distance under a gradient sky transitioning from blue to pink. Sparse vegetation and dry grass cover the uneven terrain.

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Oct 3, 2024

Good morning from Rhodes ☕️

View of a Mediterranean coastal village with white buildings, a swimming pool, and lush greenery. A palm tree stands in the center, with distant mountains and the sea in the background under a clear blue sky.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Sep 28, 2024

Succisa pratensis, also known as devil’s-bit or devil’s-bit scabious, is a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family.

Literally hundreds of these flowers in our garden at the moment. Never noticed them before.

Close-up of a purple scabiosa flower with delicate petals and long stamens, set against a blurred green background.

A field with tall grass and numerous small purple flowers, set against a backdrop of dense, green foliage and trees.

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Sep 14, 2024

Bird bath ⛲️

A group of pigeons are gathered around and bathing in a water fountain situated in a park. The fountain is actively spraying water, and one pigeon is captured mid-flight above the others. The background includes a grassy area, trees, and a tall building.

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Sep 13, 2024

Back in the UK and having margaritas at San Marino in Brixton 🍸

Image of a corner building with ornate architectural details, featuring a turret and large windows. The sign on the building reads San Marino. The scene is illuminated with string lights hanging across the storefront, against a backdrop of a deep blue evening sky.

Two cocktails garnished with lime wedges and one tall glass of beer on a round, marble-top table in an outdoor seating area of a restaurant or bar.

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Sep 13, 2024

Moules frites at Ploegmans, Rue Haute 148, Bruxelles, Belgium 🇧🇪

A man with glasses and a striped shirt is seated at a wooden table in a cozy restaurant. In front of him is a meal consisting of a pot of mussels, a basket of fries, and a glass of white wine. The background features wooden panels and mirrors.

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Sep 13, 2024

Favourite bar of yesterday - Le Coq. And Nick Cave was in the Gents 😊🍺

An empty, rustic pub interior with wooden tables and chairs, a long cushioned bench along the wall, and a wooden bar. The pub is adorned with chalkboards listing drinks, hanging light fixtures, and a dark wooden ceiling.

A cozy pub interior with wooden elements and red cushioned seating. The walls display various vintage beer advertisements, including brands like Duvel, Saison Dupont, Moinette and Gouden Carolus. A framed painting hangs above a small table.

A wall cluttered with posters and stickers. The central poster promotes Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and their new album Wild God set to release on August 30, with concert dates listed for October in Antwerp.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Sep 12, 2024

View over Brussels 👀

A close-up of a pigeon perched on a concrete ledge with a cityscape in the background. The sky is partly cloudy with blue patches, and there is a modern glass elevator structure on the left.

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Sep 12, 2024

Surrounded 🍺

A man sits at a rustic wooden table in a cozy café, drinking beer. The table has two bottles of beer and a bowl of snacks. The interior decor features hanging vintage marionette dolls and a mural of old European buildings and people.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Sep 12, 2024

Favourite bar of yesterday - La Fleur en Papier Doré 🍺

A street scene showing a row of buildings with large windows. The building on the left has a storefront with a large black-and-white photograph of people displayed in the window. The building on the right houses a café with decorative metalwork and blue accents.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Sep 11, 2024

Elbow at Cirque Royal, Koninklijk Circus, Brussels tonight. Brilliant! 🎵

Concert scene with dramatic lighting and beams of light shining onto the stage. A band is performing, with musicians playing instruments and a vocalist singing. A large audience watches, many holding up their phones to record the event.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Sep 11, 2024

Brussels Beer Project 🍺

An indoor café or bar scene with a wooden table and two glasses of beer in the foreground. The glasses have colorful designs on them. The seating includes green chairs, and the walls are decorated with white and red tiles. There is red neon lighting illuminating the scene.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Sep 10, 2024

Raised bridge. Arrived in London yesterday for the start of six day mini-break - travelling onwards today 🚆🗺️

Tower Bridge in London spanning the River Thames on a cloudy day, with boats on the river and trees on the left bank.

A close-up view of the iconic blue ironwork and gate of London's Tower Bridge, with the raised road visible in the background. The structure displays the distinct blue and black arches typical of the bridge's design.

A group of people standing on the walkway near Tower Bridge in London, taking photos and looking up at the bridge. The image shows the bridge's structure, with its towering stone pillars and blue metal framework.

A bustling scene on Tower Bridge in London, showing a large group of cyclists and pedestrians during what appears to be a busy day. The iconic modern London skyline, including The Gherkin and The Walkie Talkie building, is visible in the background

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Location

Sep 7, 2024

XL 🍺

A man with a beard and glasses is holding a large cup of beer at an outdoor event. He is wearing a striped shirt and has a backpack on one shoulder. There are tents and other people in the background, with a banner that says BAR.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Sep 7, 2024

The Water Lilies

A pond with numerous lily pads and a few blooming white water lilies surrounded by reflective water and greenery.

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Sep 4, 2024

Very interesting and enjoyable visit to and tour of Llanerch Vineyard, Vale of Glamorgan yesterday for wine tasting and lunch 🍷

A lush vineyard stretches into the distance under a clear blue sky with scattered clouds.

Wine was sampled!

A person is standing in a vineyard holding two glasses with a sunny blue sky and lush green vines in the background.

Red

A bunch of dark purple grapes is hanging on a vine surrounded by green leaves.

White

A vineyard features grapevines with clusters of green grapes under a bright blue sky.

Guardian of the Grape

A falcon-shaped scarecrow stands in a lush vineyard under a clear blue sky.

Vines & Poplars

A lush vineyard with rows of grapevines stretches across a sunny landscape, with a row of poplar trees and a blue sky.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine 🏷 Travel

Sep 1, 2024

Favourite breakfast again 🥯

Auto-generated description: A plate with bagels topped with smoked salmon sits on a railing while a black and white cat watches from the path in a garden.

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Aug 31, 2024

Levels of processing.

Halide’s Process Zero

A cat sits on a wooden bench in front of a white stucco wall with a window. A small plant is visible to the side of the bench.

and NordStudio’s Wes Anderson - Inspired

An open field with tall grasses and wildflowers under a blue sky with a few clouds. Trees and bushes border the horizon, and there is a barbed wire fence in the foreground.

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Aug 31, 2024

I may have made some dodgy choices. Sitting in the garden on a warm but cloudy afternoon, listening to cricket, drinking Prosecco and snacking on Scampi Fries 🍤

An outdoor scene featuring a white wall with a packet of Scampi Flavour Fries, a glass of white wine, and a Roberts sports DAB radio.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Aug 25, 2024

Thursday night tapas at Bar 44, Cardiff

A bearded man is sitting at a restaurant table with several plates of food, looking towards the camera, while other diners are seated in the background.

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Aug 25, 2024

Cardiff gull

A lone seagull perches on top of a cash machine in front of a tall, modern building.

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Aug 23, 2024

The Village Inn, Pontprennau. An hour or so of time to kill 🍺

A pint of Guinness beer on a weathered wooden picnic table outdoors, with a backdrop of green foliage and a partly cloudy sky.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer 🏷 Weather

Aug 16, 2024

I’m not expecting too much help with the decorating this morning 🐈‍⬛ 💤

A partially renovated room showing exposed plaster on walls, a chandelier, and a large window with light streaming in. A stepladder, mop, and bucket are present, indicating ongoing work. A white duvet covers a sofa. A cat is sleeping on the duvet.

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Aug 10, 2024

Jamaican Dragon Stout in a half pint bottle. Should have bought more than one 😞🍺

A glass of dark beer and a bottle of Dragon Stout on a wooden table. The bottle label features a red dragon and the text Original Jamaican Dragon Stout. In the background, there is a wooden bench and part of a white wall

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jul 29, 2024

Holiday's end

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Jul 29, 2024

Weather yesterday was good enough for garden pizza 😄

A woman is preparing pizza dough outdoors on a floured wooden board. A freshly baked pizza topped with olives, cheese, and capers sits on another wooden board next to a jar of Mutti tomato sauce. A small table with various ingredients is in the background.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Weather

Jul 28, 2024

Sea Lavender, Menorca

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Jul 28, 2024

Sea Daffodil, Menorca

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Jul 28, 2024

Samphire, Menorca

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Jul 27, 2024

Departing Menorca 🇪🇸

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Jul 24, 2024

Hot and rocky! My phone kept overheating. But guided by Google Maps I walked to and found the site of:

Prehistoric T-shaped anchor, Son Xoriguer, Illes Balears, Spain

A weathered, rocky terrain with a carved T shaped deep groove. A single foot wearing a black sandal is visible at the bottom left, highlighting the uneven surface. Small patches of green plants are scattered within the rock crevices.

A rocky beach coastline with clear blue water, a red inflatable boat in the shallow bay, and a small cart on the beach holding kayaks and paddleboards. In the background, there are white buildings and green trees under a clear blue sky.

A sandy, narrow path flanked by low stone walls, surrounded by green shrubs and bushes under a clear blue sky. The path appears to lead towards a distant horizon with minimal vegetation.

Wooden informational signboard at Cova des Pardals - Son Vell in a natural, rocky landscape. The sign includes a map, text details about the area, regulations, and symbols indicating prohibited activities. The sky is clear and blue.

A rugged rocky landscape with small green plants scattered throughout. The background features low bushes and a clear blue sky.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Weather

Jul 24, 2024

Ciutadella 🇪🇸

A couple standing together, posing for a photo on a stone terrace with a scenic backdrop of a coastal town. The man is wearing sunglasses, a striped shirt, and shorts, while the woman is in a green patterned dress with a white woven handbag.

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Jul 22, 2024

Morning coffee in Menorca ☕️🇪🇸

A serene outdoor patio featuring a white table with a cup of coffee and a decorative ashtray on it. In the background, there is a cushioned daybed with a canopy surrounded by green artificial grass. The area is enclosed by white walls with rising sun and blue sky above.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Jul 16, 2024

Abney Park - one of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ garden cemeteries of London

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jul 16, 2024

Caerphilly Castle July 2018

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Jul 10, 2024

Surviving ⚽️

A cozy room with a wooden table, on which sits a glass of dark beer and a bottle of Fuller's Golden Pride. In the background, a television is showing a soccer match with a player in a white jersey with the number 9 on the chest

🏷 Photography 🏷 Football

Jul 5, 2024

Election night. I’m not sure why but I’m staying up. Dual screening. Having a whisky 🥃

A living room capturing a dual screen setup. The television displays a news broadcast about the election, while an iPad on the coffee table streams a live video chat titled Freedom's Anarchist Election Night Watchalong.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Whisky

Jul 4, 2024

Today’s kitchen experiment: Lacto-fermented green beans. Results will be known in about a fortnight 🤔

A glass jar filled with pickled green beans and herbs is placed on a wooden surface with various kitchen items in the background.

A recipe for lacto-fermented green beans with garlic and bay leaves, featuring preparation instructions and ingredient list.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jul 4, 2024

New premises in Aberdare for our local independent craft brewery Grey Trees Brewery 🍺

A modern building with a grey roof, green and grey walls, labeled Grey Trees, stands adjacent to an empty parking lot under a partly cloudy sky.

A dark-colored warehouse with the numbers 18, 19, and 20 on its doors is surrounded by parked cars and greenery under a partly cloudy sky.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jul 4, 2024

UK General Election

Vote! 🗳️

A stone building with a slate roof, serving as a polling station, is situated behind a gated entrance with surrounding greenery under a cloudy sky

A stone building with large windows and green gutters appears to be an entrance to a school, as indicated by the signs on the doors and windows.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Politics

Jun 29, 2024

Also keeping an eye on the football ⚽️

A glass of beer and a can of Birrificio Angelo Poretti sit on a wooden table in a living room with a soccer game on TV in the background.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Football

Jun 22, 2024

Jake Blount at St. George’s, Bristol on Friday 21st June 2024.

Jake Blount (banjo, fiddle), Gus Tritsch (guitar, banjo), Nelson Williams (bass)

Brilliant and entertaining evening 🙏 🎵

A musical trio performing on stage in a dimly-lit venue with colorful lighting. The three musicians are playing different instruments, including a banjo and a double bass, with a backdrop featuring architectural elements lit in red and green.

A black and white photo of a live music performance featuring three musicians. The setting includes an ornate stage backdrop with classical architectural details. The band consists of one person playing an electric guitar, another playing an upright bass, and a third singing

Three musicians perform on stage in a dimly lit venue. One plays an electric guitar, another stands by a double bass, and the third plays a violin. The backdrop features large, illuminated artwork and colorful lighting. An audience watches the performance.

If you don’t know Jake Blount, take a look at his NPR Tiny Desk Concert on YouTube

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Jun 22, 2024

Instead of the usual one 1¼ hrs it took us over 2½ hrs to drive to Bristol last night - delays leading up to the Brynglas Tunnel and an accident on the Severn Bridge 😔

But it was made worthwhile by fish and chips at The Hatchet Inn and my first visit to St. George’s. An impressive venue.

Black and white image of a neoclassical church with tall columns and a domed bell tower. The church is at the top of a long flight of steps, bordered by trees and an iron fence.

Black and white photo of a stone stairway and railings, surrounded by trees and historic buildings. A sign reads Welcome to St George's Bristol. The scene also includes iron railings and a lamp post.

A black and white photograph of a historical church featuring prominent columns and a dome. A streetlamp stands in the foreground, and lush foliage surrounds the church. A person is seated on a bench near the pathway leading to the church. The sky is cloudy.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Music 🏷 Food

Jun 16, 2024

Calvados Old Ale - 2022 Vintage

A glass and a bottle of Moor Vaults limited release barrel-aged beer are on a wooden coffee table. A tray of assorted chocolates is also on the table. In the background, a television screen shows a soccer match being played.

Beer choice for this evening’s Serbia 🇷🇸 v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Euro 2024 match. Accompanied by cocktail based chocolates. Father’s Day gifts! 😁⚽️🍺

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer 🏷 Football

Jun 16, 2024

St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol

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Jun 16, 2024

St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol

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Jun 16, 2024

St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol

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Jun 8, 2024

Morning book, coffee & cat 📖☕️🐈

A black-and-white cat is lounging on a wooden picnic table in a garden. Next to the cat is a white mug and a pink book titled The KLF by John Higgs. The surroundings include lush, green bushes.

#Caturday

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Coffee

Jun 3, 2024

European Hornet 🦟 (Vespa crabro)

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

May 28, 2024

A grey, rainy morning in Cardiff ☔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

A cityscape view showing a multi-story building with a sign for Queens Arcade and a Tim Hortons cafe on the ground floor. The image features other buildings in the background, including modern high-rises and a church-like structure with spires

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May 27, 2024

Nye 🎭

A theater view from the balcony, showing a stage with a single bed prop under blue lighting. The audience is seated and waiting for a performance to start, with a mix of empty and occupied seats.

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May 27, 2024

Wales Millennium Centre for Nye, starring Michael Sheen 🎭

A yellow table with a theatre programme from The National Theatre titled Nye placed on it. The programme mentions a new drama by Tim Price and displays a person in pyjamas posing dramatically.

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May 21, 2024

Bunch of Grapes’ vegan starters and mains. Recommended! 😋

A dining setup featuring two plates of food on a wooden table with two glasses of beer. The plate in the foreground has a sophisticated presentation of what appears to be a dish with patés and garnished vegetables.

A wooden table setting at a restaurant with two plates of gourmet food and two glasses of beer. The foreground plate features a dish with cheese, a vegetable tart, and a side salad; the background plate has a different dish topped with grilled broccoli.

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May 21, 2024

At the Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd to try their Vegan Grill Week menu.

A pint of amber beer sits on a wooden table next to a printed menu for Vegan Grill Week, running from May 21st to May 25th, 2024. The menu features a selection of smoked and grilled vegetable dishes.

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May 21, 2024

2 Tone 🎵 Exhibition at the Barbican

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May 20, 2024

Purple Hibiscus at the Barbican Centre

A new artwork by Ibrahim Mahama transforms our Lakeside Terrace, enveloping the building’s iconic concrete walls with approximately 2000 square metres of bespoke woven cloth.

A large building is wrapped in magenta fabric adorned with various textile art pieces. The surrounding area features people walking, sitting on benches, and a few outdoor tables in a plaza on a sunny day. Modern skyscrapers are visible in the background.

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May 19, 2024

Hackney Den

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May 19, 2024

☕️

A woman with glasses is sitting at an outdoor café table, smiling and preparing Vietnamese coffee using a traditional drip filter. Two glasses of coffee with condensed milk are on the table. In the background, a London ambulance and a few buildings are visible.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

May 19, 2024

Very continental! Made in France wine merchant on Church Street, Stoke Newington. Sparkling burgundy 🤷🏼‍♂️🍷🇫🇷

A man with white hair and a beard, wearing glasses and a striped shirt, sits at a round yellow table outside a café on a city street. Two glasses of white wine are on the table. In the background, there are buildings and a church.

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May 19, 2024

Sunny afternoon in Clissold Park, Stoke Newington. Small picnic of beer, olives and crisps 🌞

A scenic pond surrounded by lush green trees and vegetation under a partly cloudy sky. A building is visible in the background. A water fountain in the pond creates a gentle spray. Waterfowl are swimming on the water's surface.

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May 19, 2024

I’ve been dipping my toes into the Hipstamstic world again. The app has improved a lot since the last time I used it (about a year ago) 📸

Daily Top Nine Hipstamatic photos from May 18, 2024. The images include: a misty lake with trees, an ancient stone tower on a hill, sunsets, a nighttime street food stall and flower close ups.

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May 18, 2024

24h Bagel House 🥯

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May 18, 2024

A man with white hair and beard is standing on a rooftop holding a pint of beer. He is wearing sunglasses and a blue T-shirt with a yellow circular design. The background includes a cityscape with buildings and a blue sky.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

May 18, 2024

Hotel rooftop bar serving a microbrewery IPA 🍺😊

A rooftop scene with a wooden table, pink and black chairs, and a glass of beer in the center. The background features a metal railing and a cityscape under a blue, partly cloudy sky.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

May 14, 2024

Mirrored 🪞

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May 12, 2024

Bristol. Early hours.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

May 12, 2024

Bristol. Walking back to my daughter’s flat in the early morning.

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May 10, 2024

Pink!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

May 10, 2024

Looking back. Cape Verde 2016. A very old Samsung phone was used 😞

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

May 2, 2024

Local elections today - just for the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales in our area. First time I’ve had to use photo ID to vote 🗳️

Old stone building, yard and walls with a Polling Station sign in Welsh and English pinned up on fencing outside

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Apr 30, 2024

hometown — day 30 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Black and white photo of a town square with historic buildings, a few pedestrians, lamp posts, and a tree.

Here’s an older post with a few more photos

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Apr 29, 2024

drift — day 29 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Severn at Worcester

A river flowing through a city with green trees lining the banks, a cathedral in the distance, and a cloudy sky above.

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Apr 28, 2024

community — day 28 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Tewkesbury Abbey

Interior of a Gothic cathedral showing vaulted ceilings, stained glass windows, stone columns, and rows of wooden chairs.

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Apr 27, 2024

Crossed the old Severn Bridge for a change

A bridge with a vehicle driving on it, traffic cones delineating lanes, and suspension cables visible against an overcast sky.

A vintage-style photograph of a sea view from a pier with a metal railing and a lamp post, under an overcast sky.

Black and white photo of a suspension bridge, with cables converging towards the top of the towers, and a single van driving along the road.

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Apr 27, 2024

surprise — day 27 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Unusual places to find a cat!

Black cat crouched on a kitchen worktop in a corner under a shelf and next to a wine rack

#Caturday bonus 🐈 🙂

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Apr 26, 2024

critter — day 26 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Tate Modern Turbine Hall, October 2008

Giant spider-like sculpture in a large industrial hall filled with yellow and blue metal bunk bed frames amongst which people wander

🏷 Photography

Apr 25, 2024

Books in Fernando Pessoa’s library, Lisbon, April 2023

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 25, 2024

spine — day 25 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Books in Fernando Pessoa’s library, Lisbon, April 2023

A collection of old books with worn spines on a bookshelf, including works by Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats

🏷 Photography 🏷 Poetry

Apr 24, 2024

Edinburgh, November 2023 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 24, 2024

light — day 24 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Edinburgh, November 2023 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

City at dusk with illuminated Xmas lights and historic buildings. Pedestrians walking an a pavement under the lights. Clear pale blue sky.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Travel

Apr 23, 2024

dreamy — day 23 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Pet Shimmers, 2019 🎵

Darkly lit band on stage with backdrop of bright screens with hazy pictures of a person wearing bright red lipstick

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Apr 22, 2024

blue — day 22 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Thasos, July 2022 🇬🇷

Expanse of blue sea beneath blue skies. Mountians just visible on the horizon. A small boat is causing a wake in the middle distance.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Travel

Apr 21, 2024

mountain — day 21 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

The Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire, April 2015.

Broad grass path through gorse and bracken. Tall pointed mountain in the distance. Blue skies above.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Apr 20, 2024

ice — day 20 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Sunny Saturday Aperol Spritz 🌞

A glass of iced beverage on a sunny day, with a blurred background featuring outdoor seating.

🏷 Photography

Apr 19, 2024

birthday — day 19 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

My daughter and I both had birthdays this week! 🎂

Two people sitting at a bar with glasses of red wine and a bottle of Tilia wine on the table.

🏷 Photography

Apr 19, 2024

Frosty Spring morning

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 19, 2024

Aberaeron beach

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 18, 2024

mood — day 18 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

A night sky with a silhouette of tree branches, some leaves illuminated by artificial light from below, against a backdrop of a wooden fence adorned with string lights.

🏷 Photography

Apr 18, 2024

Black Lion, Aberaeron. Quiet little beer garden (yard?) overlooked by a chapel 🍺💒

Two glasses of beer on a wooden table, with an outdoor seating area and stone buildings in the background.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Apr 18, 2024

Clear skies last night means there’s a little frost this morning. Sitting outside with a hot coffee ☕️

A serene pond surrounded by budding trees with a small wooden dock in the foreground and clear blue skies above.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Apr 17, 2024

Impressions

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 17, 2024

🌌

A low-light scene with silhouettes of trees against a twilight sky reflected on the surface of a pond, with a wooden dock post in the foreground.

🏷 Photography

Apr 17, 2024

After a birthday day of beach, beer and pizza will be finishing with cheese (Perl Wen and Perl Las) and wine. Then hot tub in the dark, hopefully with some clear and starry skies. Evening weather forecast looks good 😊 🌌

A table set with a bottle of Barolo wine, two glasses, a box of crackers, a plate of cheese, a bowl of olives, and a small jar of pear and date chutney.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Weather

Apr 17, 2024

Another breezy beach walk today

Sandy beach with a lone figure walking, coastal buildings nestled on the hillside, dark clouds overhead.

🏷 Photography

Apr 17, 2024

transcendence — day 17 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Saint Carannog overlooking Llangrannog

A bronze statue of a figure looking out to sea, standing on a cliff overlooking a rugged coastline with a sandy beach, rocky outcrops, and rolling green hills under a cloudy sky.

🏷 Photography

Apr 17, 2024

It’s my birthday today 🎂

Got a fortune cookie to open with my cards 🥠

Better to be lucky than clever

A collection of birthday greeting cards displayed on a surface, one featuring an illustration of a person reading with the phrase I like to party and by party I mean read books. In front of the cards, there's a fortune cookie wrapper

🏷 Photography

Apr 16, 2024

First BBQ of 2024 🍷

A barbecue grill cooking sausages and mushrooms, outdoors near a fence and greenspace.

Outdoor meal setup with two glasses of red wine, a bottle, grilled sausages, slices of bread on plates, coleslaw, Sriracha sauce, and condiments on a white round table with a natural backdrop.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Apr 16, 2024

flâneur — day 16 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Is a beach flâneur possible? New Quay, Ceredigion

A person walking on a sandy beach with boats in the water and buildings along the coastline under a blue sky dotted with clouds.

🏷 Photography

Apr 15, 2024

Had a fantastic weekend in Bristol celebrating my daughter’s birthday - Japanese restaurant, board game bar-café and cake 🎂

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Games

Apr 15, 2024

small — day 15 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

St Thomas' Hospital, London, late 1980s - I worked as an electron microscopist 🔬

A laboratory setup with an old computer, various electronic measurement devices, and an electron microscope.

🏷 Photography

Apr 14, 2024

Prickly pears in front of olives. Kalamata, Greece, 2015

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 14, 2024

cactus — day 14 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Prickly pears in front of olives. Kalamata, Greece, 2015

An olive grove with mature trees and prickly pear cacti in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

🏷 Photography

Apr 13, 2024

page — day 13 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Beer festivals past. When we had a plan 🙂🍺

Black and white printed page listing beers, and their descriptions, available at a beer festival

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Apr 12, 2024

Dare Valley Country Park, above Tarren y Bwllfa, January 2021

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 12, 2024

Edinburgh, November 2023

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 12, 2024

Edinburgh Waverley Station, November 2023

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 12, 2024

Lisbon, April 2023

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 12, 2024

Cardiff Bay, October 2013

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 12, 2024

magic — day 12 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

A little hidden magic in Lisbon, April 2023 🇵🇹

A vintage yellow and red tram with a Coca-Cola advertisement on its side travels on a street in a sunny urban setting with classic European architecture.

🏷 Photography

Apr 11, 2024

sky — day 11 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Edinburgh, November 2023

Sun rising over a flat topped rocky mountain illuminating white clouds in a bright blue sky. Old fragment of a stone pillar in the foreground, buildings of a city in the distance.

🏷 Photography

Apr 10, 2024

train — day 10 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Edinburgh Waverley Station, November 2023

A train station with multiple platforms and trains, with classical architecture in the background under a partly cloudy sky. Beyond the station, historic buildings on a hill, including a castle and a monument, are visible.

🏷 Photography

Apr 9, 2024

crispy — day 09 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

A jar of Lao Gan Ma Crispy Chilli in Oil on a kitchen counter.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Apr 8, 2024

prevention — day 08 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Tate Modern, 2008

Interior view of a building with an artistic installation: a text panel with a narrative about continuous rain and its effects on urban sculptures, set in the future, above a colorful fringe curtain. People are visible on an upper balcony.

🏷 Photography

Apr 7, 2024

wellbeing — day 07 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, November 2023.

Interior of a museum gallery with a large Buddha statue, visitors walking along the balcony, display cases, and an ornate white ceiling structure.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Buddhism

Apr 6, 2024

windy — day 06 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Dare Valley Country Park, above Tarren y Bwllfa, January 2021

A wind farm with multiple wind turbines in a grassy field under a clear blue sky.

🏷 Photography

Apr 5, 2024

My brother has made the news! 👏🔗:

‘Once in a lifetime’ comet spotted from Derbyshire garage roof - BBC News

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 CompTechSci 🏷 Nature

Apr 5, 2024

serene — day 05 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Cardiff Bay, October 2013

Silhouette of a statue by a waterfront at sunset, with street lights, buildings in the background, and a vividly colored sky.

🏷 Photography

Apr 4, 2024

foliage — day 04 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Willow

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Apr 3, 2024

card — day 03 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

I appreciated the recent Mother’s Day card my wife received from our son 😄

Greeting card featuring a photo of woman resting her chin on her hand, with text that reads: Mum was tired of being teased for her inability to use technology by the same people she'd taught how to use a toilet

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🏷 Photography

Apr 2, 2024

flowers — day 02 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

Garden primroses and heather 🌱

A variety of wildflowers with raindrops on their leaves and petals; prominent are pink primroses in the foreground amidst green foliage.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Apr 1, 2024

toy — day 01 of the micro.blog april 2024 photoblogging challenge 📸

TOY at the Green Man Festival 2014 🎵

Rock band on a stage in a festival tent under red lighting, audience in foreground

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Mar 28, 2024

View from the bedroom window. Woke up to a little unexpected snow this morning ❄️

A snowy garden with a winding driveway amongst trees and bushes, a dusting of snow on the ground and rooftops, under a partly cloudy sky.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden 🏷 Weather

Mar 22, 2024

Ashley Road, Bristol

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 22, 2024

Drummond Road, Bristol

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 19, 2024

My bread is trying to escape! ⚠️🍞

A loaf of bread in a metal baking pan on a wooden surface. One corner of the loaf has risen over the corner and out of the tin.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 18, 2024

Power cut

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 11, 2024

Gong at The Globe, Sunday 10th March 2024 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 11, 2024

Gong and Ozric Tentacles at the sold out and very crowded Globe, Cardiff, Sunday 10th March 2024 📷 🎵

The two bands are doing their Last Joint Tour, jointly headlining and alternating their set orders. Last night at The Globe Ozric Tentacles played first followed by Gong.

Gong

Concert scene with audience silhouettes in front of a stage with psychedelic eye projection and purple stage lights

A live music performance at The Globe with musicians on stage, including a saxophonist and guitarists, amid colorful stage lighting and a crowd of spectators in the foreground

A live band performing on stage at The Globe with vibrant psychedelic background projections and an audience in the foreground

Ozric Tentacles

A live band performing on stage at The Globe, with colorful psychedelic projections in the background. Audience members are seen in the foreground, silhouetted against the brightly lit stage

A live music performance at The Globe venue with band members illuminated by green and blue stage lights, and an audience watching the show

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Mar 9, 2024

Hay-on-Wye bookshops 📚📸

Documenting in photographs some of the current bookshops in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, the world’s first town of books.

Richard Booth’s Bookshop

Hay Cinema Bookshop

Hay Castle Honesty Bookshop

Hay-on-Wye Booksellers

Addyman Books

The Addyman Annexe

Murder and Mayhem

The Poetry Bookshop

Gay on Wye

Green Ink Booksellers

Broad Street Book Centre

Clock Tower Books

North Books

The Black Mountains Bindery

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Mar 9, 2024

Now listening: Any Woman’s Blues - Bessie Smith

Playlist:

🔗 Jackie Kay on Bessie Smith 📚🎵

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Links 🏷 Music

Mar 6, 2024

Microbrewery 🍺

A sunny outdoor scene with a black pickup truck parked in front of a modern building with large windows and an outdoor seating area. There are multiple metal beer kegs stacked on the ground near the vehicle and around the patio. A clear blue sky with fluffy clouds

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Mar 6, 2024

Lunch at the Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd 🍺

A pub interior with wooden tables and chairs, a half-full glass of beer on a table, and a book titled Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay. A bar with taps and bottles in the background, and a coat draped over a chair.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Feb 29, 2024

Shop window

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Feb 29, 2024

Staying at The Old Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye. They do excellent Wye Valley Smokery kippers for breakfast.

An old white-painted building with signage for The Old Black Lion inn, featuring lanterns, stone accents, and a person standing at the entrance. A sign indicates the inn offers food, drinks, and accommodations.

A dimly lit room featuring a traditional wooden loft with a ladder, a bed on the lower level, antique furniture including a dresser with a mirror, and a wicker trunk at the foot of the bed. Light filters in through a window

A breakfast table with two kipper fillets garnished with herbs on a plate, accompanied by a French press with coffee, orange juice, and another plate with fried eggs, spinach, and beans in the background.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 28, 2024

Starter

A table with gourmet dishes and wine glasses; in the foreground, a plate with breaded appetizers garnished with green leaves, sprinkled with paprika; in the background, two glasses of red wine, another dish with colorful food

Main course

A nearly empty speckled dinner plate with remnants of food and a pair of crossed utensils on it, resting on a wooden table, surrounded by a half-empty wine glass, water glasses, and a wine bottle

Dessert

(I got distracted midway 😊)

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🏷 Photography

Feb 28, 2024

Captain on deck 🫡

A life-size cardboard cutout of a Star Trek character stands at the entrance of a bookstore with rows of bookshelves filled with various books.

A cardboard cutout of a character in a red and black Starfleet uniform from Star Trek inside a bookstore with a woman carrying books walking in the background.

(A little upset that AI alt text generator didn’t recognise Kirk or Picard 😆🖖)

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🏷 Photography

Feb 28, 2024

Retro 🖖

A wooden bookshelf filled with various VHS tapes, mostly from the Star Trek series, and a row of orange-spined books. The top shelf includes a box set for The Saint TV series.

🏷 Photography

Feb 28, 2024

Someone spent too much time sorting books by spine colour 😡📚

A narrow bookshop aisle with tall wooden shelves filled with various books on either side. A person is browsing books in the background, under fluorescent lighting.

Person browsing books in a cozy bookstore with shelves organized by color.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Feb 26, 2024

I don’t know why … 🤷🏼‍♂️ 🐈

A black and white cat standing inside a utility sink in a kitchen setting, with cleaning supplies and a dish brush to the side.

🏷 Photography

Feb 25, 2024

Cardiff Bay

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Feb 25, 2024

BBC Hoddinott Hall Wales Millennium Centre

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Feb 25, 2024

Senedd Cymru

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Feb 25, 2024

Cardiff Bay last night 📷 🎵

Senedd Cymru

Night scene of the exterior of the Senedd, also known as the Welsh Parliament building, in Cardiff Bay with the building illuminated and a wet promenade reflecting lights. People are visible walking by.

BBC Hoddinott Hall

Orchestra setup with chairs, sheet music stands, and various instruments including violins, cellos, and basses on a concert hall stage with a wooden interior and modern lighting. Few musicians are present, suggesting a rehearsal break or preparation for a performance

Cardiff Bay

A nighttime cityscape with a calm body of water reflecting lights from buildings, a clock tower, and a modern structure resembling a stadium. Dark blue sky with clouds above.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Feb 22, 2024

800, 2023 - ★★★★

As a sports biopic I really enjoyed this; 2h40m went by quickly! Interesting content - I learnt a fair amount. Recreation of the cricketing scenes better than I was expecting 🏏

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket 🏷 FilmTV

Feb 20, 2024

Bloody Mary

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Feb 18, 2024

Breakfast

A Bloody Mary cocktail on a wooden table, garnished with celery, lemon and rosemary, with people and beverages in the background.

🏷 Photography

Feb 18, 2024

Had a Sharon last night - manzanilla, sweet vermouth and Campari 🍸

A cozy setting with people enjoying drinks around a wooden table, which features a glass of red beverage in the foreground, and various items such as more drinks, a smartphone, and a menu.

🏷 Photography

Feb 17, 2024

Preparing my new album cover 😉

A person seated in a chair in a room with purple walls, a wooden floor, and a small table with various items including bottles.

🏷 Photography

Feb 13, 2024

Triangle of Sadness, 2022 - ★★★★★

Watched on Tuesday February 13, 2024.

🏷 Photography

Feb 11, 2024

Italian theme tonight - spaghetti with (vegan) meatballs and Chianti Classico 🍷 🇮🇹

A kitchen countertop with a pot of boiling spaghetti, a pan of tomato sauce with meatballs and vegetables, two glasses of red wine, a wine bottle, a box of spaghetti, and various cooking utensils and condiments.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Wine

Feb 8, 2024

Egg seen on walk 🚶‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

An egg with the phrase Stop touchin me egg written on it, placed on a moss-covered fence post.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Feb 7, 2024

New coffee shop in town. Coco’s. Alex Gooch almond croissant and americano ☕️

A person seated at a wooden table enjoying a coffee and pastries, including a frothy cappuccino and a dusted almond croissant.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 7, 2024

Some fantastic wildlife images here:

Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award winner bbc.co.uk
BBC - Home https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68215592

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Nature

Feb 2, 2024

Mossy path on a route from home locally described as “up the mountain” 🚶‍♂️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jan 22, 2024

Had to buy a new kettle. Our drinks preparation area now looking quite high tech ☕️😊

A kitchen countertop with a coffee-making setup including a kettle, an espresso machine, several mugs, and a sugar container.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Jan 19, 2024

Pipeline

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jan 18, 2024

Power lines

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jan 15, 2024

Obscured lines

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jan 15, 2024

Gateway and door on a misty morning walk

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jan 14, 2024

Choices. On a slightly misty walk this morning 🚶‍♂️

A rusty metal gate barring a misty, tree-lined woodland path with ivy-covered structures and a leaf-strewn ground.

A black and white photograph of a misty wooded area with a closed metal gate in the foreground, surrounded by leaf-covered ground and trees with ivy-covered trunks.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Jan 14, 2024

Gate on the path of the old Abernant to Cwmbach railway line

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jan 10, 2024

Well, this will account for a large part of my day now 🕰️

Photograph of a cookbook page detailing a recipe for House Black Daal. The text describes the dish as a version of daal makhani, a signature dish of Dishoom that is cooked over 24 hours.

🏷 Photography

Jan 8, 2024

The soup turned out to have quite an attractive colour when blended 😊

A bowl of soup with sliced multigrain bread and a whole loaf topped with poppy seeds on a wooden cutting board next to a knife.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jan 8, 2024

Well, this is vibrant! The beginnings of a carrot, butternut squash, sweet potato and beetroot soup, spiced with garlic, smoked paprika and a little chilli 🌶

Overhead view of a saucepan of brightly coloured vegetables in stock

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jan 3, 2024

St John the Baptist Parish Church, Aberdare

Black and white photo of an old stone chapel with a bell tower next to a cemetery with gravestones and a prominent memorial obelisk. Leafless trees and a modern building are in the background.

🏷 Photography

Jan 3, 2024

St John the Baptist Parish Church, Aberdare

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jan 1, 2024

Time for a New Year’s Day Bloody Mary 🍹

A Bloody Mary cocktail with a celery stick in a glass next to a bottle of Bloody Mary mix on a kitchen counter, with books and kitchen items in the background.

🏷 Photography

Dec 31, 2023

The party’s really kicking off here now. A Happy New Year to everyone 🥳

A black and white cat sleeping on a blue blanket with a reindeer pattern. The blanket is on a leather sofa against a patterned wallpaper background.

🏷 Photography

Dec 31, 2023

A quiet New Year’s Eve 🧀 🍷

A cozy indoor scene with a festive atmosphere featuring a wine bottle, two glasses of red wine, assorted cheeses on a wooden board, crackers in a bowl, and a jar of red onion chutney. Decorative pillows, a Christmas tree.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Dec 31, 2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, 2023 - ★★★★½

Enjoyed that far more than I expected to. Thought Phoebe Waller-Bridge was really good, as, of course, was Harrison Ford. Fitting conclusion (I presume) to the Indiana Jones films.

🏷 Photography 🏷 FilmTV

Dec 24, 2023

AVP: Alien vs. Predator, 2004 - ★★★½

Watched on Sunday December 24, 2023.

🏷 Photography 🏷 FilmTV

Dec 22, 2023

Lankum, Roundhouse, 13th December 2023

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Dec 22, 2023

… and Xmas essentials #2 just arrived 🍷🎄

Two large cardboard boxes delivered and placed on a porch with plant-filled garden in the background.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Dec 22, 2023

Traditional Xmas essentials 📖 📺

A festive Radio Times magazine cover with dates December 23, 2023, to January 5, 2024, featuring a cartoon illustration of a black and white cat on a decorated Christmas tree.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 FilmTV

Dec 20, 2023

Bought some mince pies from an Ottolenghi deli during my recent visit to London. Now trying them with a coffee … superb 👌

A whole pie and a sliced open pie revealing a dark filling on decorative plates, with a OTTOLENGHI branded bag in the background, all on a wooden surface.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Dec 16, 2023

Watching the Strictly Come Dancing final with my wife and daughter 🥂

Three people smiling and posing for a photo indoors, likely during a festive gathering. The woman on the left is holding a glass of champagne, the woman in the middle is wearing glasses and wearing a holiday-themed jumper with a penguin.

🏷 Photography 🏷 FilmTV

Dec 13, 2023

Lankum and Rachael Lavelle at Roundhouse, London 🎵

Monochrome image of musicians on stage under strong lighting

Monochrome image of female singer and male saxophonist on stage, audience in foreground

Wednesday 13th December 2023

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Dec 11, 2023

Uncharted, 2022 - ★★★

Watched on Monday December 11, 2023.

🏷 Photography 🏷 FilmTV

Dec 4, 2023

The National Monument of Scotland, on Calton Hill in Edinburgh

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Nov 28, 2023

Flight of beers at the Halfway House, Fleshmarket Close 🍺

Woman sitting at a pub table with six small glasses of beer

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Nov 28, 2023

Tapas at Casa Andaluz, Edinburgh last night

Man holding a glass of wine at a table covered with small plates of food

Small plates of food on a table - mussels, prawns, calamari and salads

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Nov 27, 2023

Rubbing the toe of David Hume 😀

Stone plinth with bronze statue of a seated man in a toga. Woman standing in front of the statue touching its toe

🏷 Photography

Nov 20, 2023

Fish and chip supper with my father-in-law and a Pembrokeshire Henry VII cider 🍺

Cafe table with three plates of fish and chips and drinks, man sitting at far side of table

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Nov 20, 2023

Crossing Cleddau Bridge, view towards Milford Haven.

View from a bridge over wide river, white grid fence in foreground, cloudy sky

🏷 Photography

Nov 18, 2023

Autumn coffee ☕️

Large cup of cappuccino with chocolate powder leaf pattern dusted on the surface of the foam

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Nov 18, 2023

Bridleway, Cwmbach

Monochrome, pathway leading through trees with tall stone wall to the left

Monochrome, stone wall, overgrown with moss and ivy, with two window-like openings

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Nov 18, 2023

Stonework

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Nov 18, 2023

Bridleway, Cwmbach

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Nov 7, 2023

Been walking 🚶‍♂️

Two pairs of walking boots propped up on stone steps

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Nov 5, 2023

Olive

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Nov 3, 2023

Gateway

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Nov 1, 2023

Stornoway at Tramshed, Cardiff, Tuesday 31st October 2023

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Nov 1, 2023

Tramshed, Cardiff, Tuesday 31st October 2023 🎵

Stornoway

Man with grey hair, beard and glasses in a crowd inside a concert venue

I’m aglow

Band playing on stage, crowd in foreground

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Oct 31, 2023

Rainy Cardiff ☔️

Rainy street at night. Brick buildings, wet road, shining lights reflected, grey clouds in sky,

🏷 Photography

Oct 29, 2023

Toyah & Robert at Swansea Grand Theatre, Saturday 28th October 2023

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Oct 29, 2023

Very entertaining and amusing show by Toyah Wilcox and Robert Fripp at Swansea Grand Theatre last night

Theatre stage with band of 8 musicians - woman singing in sparkling dress, 4 guitarists, 2 keyboard players and drummer

Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch Live! 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Oct 26, 2023

View from Cwmbach, Rhondda Cynon Taf

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Oct 25, 2023

Squash, sage & maple soda bread 🍞

Round loaf of crusty, golden, baked bread on a cooling rack

from a Riverford recipe

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Oct 24, 2023

Pathway

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Oct 24, 2023

A Welsh - Portuguese - Italian breakfast today ☕️

Table set for breakfast with toast, coffees and pastéis de nata

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Oct 23, 2023

Amanita 🍄

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Oct 23, 2023

Sail Bridge, River Take, Swansea

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Oct 20, 2023

Captain Cat The sleepers are rung out of sleep with his loud get-out-of-bed bell - Under Milk Wood

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Oct 20, 2023

The Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Oct 20, 2023

Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Oct 20, 2023

Pumphouse, Swansea Marina

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Oct 20, 2023

Dylan Thomas Square, Swansea

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Oct 14, 2023

I watched The Great British Bake Off’s Bread Week on Tuesday so of course I’ve had to attempt a cottage loaf for the first time …

Round, brown crusted loaf of bread on a wooden chopping board

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 FilmTV

Oct 13, 2023

Dylan Thomas around Swansea Marina

Dylan Thomas Square

Statue of a seated man on a stone block in front of a red brick building

Dylan Thomas Theatre

Three storey building with some scaffolding. Colourfully painted but faded and needing redocoration and repair

Captain Cat

The sleepers are rung out of sleep with his loud get-out-of-bed bell
Under Milk Wood

Statue of a sea captain leaning forward grasping a rope with bell attached. Three pigeond perched on statue. Moored boats in background.

The Dylan Thomas Centre

Beige blocky building with arched windows and large coat of arms mounted on front wall.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Poetry

Oct 13, 2023

Ships in Tawe Basin

Canning Tugboat

Old rusting black, white, red and yellow tugboat moored in a marina

Trinity House Lightship 91 Helwick

Rusting orange and white ship with central iron tower supporting a large glass light enclosure at its top

Close up detail of rusting orange and white ship

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🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Oct 13, 2023

Sail Bridge, River Tawe

Curved suspension footbridge across a wide river. Red brick dock buildings and hills in the background.

🏷 Photography

Oct 13, 2023

Swansea Marina

Pump House

Red brick building with square tower alongside a dock and next to truncated section of an iron bridge

Shallow water

Slipway

Garden

Blocked, Prince of Wales Dock

Two concrete blocks with graffiti faces blocking the entrance to an empty car park alongside open water

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🏷 Photography

Oct 13, 2023

Waterstones bookshop in Swansea. Very nice building but a real shame the upper two floors do not appear to be accessible or in use.

White stone, ornate historical building with central large curved glass window on upper floors.Modern bookshop entrance at ground level.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Oct 12, 2023

Breakfast today for our 27th wedding anniversary 💍

Wooden coffee table set with 2 cups of coffee, 2 plates with croissants and 2 mimosas

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Oct 11, 2023

A morning of kimchi production 🇰🇷

Two sealed jars of finely chopped vegetables in a reddish brown liquid

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Oct 6, 2023

I’ve got stout 🍺

Boxed packs and cans of beer on a wooden table. Boxes show a picture of a glass of dark beer, cans are black, cream and pink

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Sep 30, 2023

treasure — day 30 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Shining gold mask of a bearded man above a decorative gold sheet chest piece, both mounted on a dark background

Gold death-mask, known as the ‘mask of Agamemnon’, National Archaeological Museum, Athens, 2018

🏷 Photography

Sep 30, 2023

Black and White #Caturday 🐈

🏷 Photography

Sep 29, 2023

contrast — day 29 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Black and white picture of dark, light and striped towels hanging on a washing line

🏷 Photography

Sep 28, 2023

workout — day 28 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Close up of steep stone steps and seating of a Roman amphitheatre

Side, Turkey, 2009

🏷 Photography

Sep 27, 2023

embrace — day 27 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Mossy log in undergrowth with ivy starting to grow over and around it

🏷 Photography

Sep 26, 2023

WNO Ainadamar curtain call 🎵

Colourful singers and dancers on brightly lit stage receiving applause at the end of a show

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Sep 26, 2023

At the Wales Millennium Centre

Bearded man in blue jacket and checked shirt sitting at an outdoor table with a glass of red wine

🏷 Photography

Sep 26, 2023

Should have waited until my second beverage before posting my daily photoblogging image - I prefer this 🍷 😊

Glass of red wine next to a booklet on an outdoor table with yellow chairs, a red brick building and Ferris wheel in the background

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Sep 26, 2023

beverage — day 26 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Glass of red wine on a cafe table, background view of buildings through large windows

🏷 Photography

Sep 25, 2023

flare — day 25 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Silhouette of a boy on a man's shoulders above a crowd of people, in front of a plume of sparks from a bonfire

Green Man Festival, 2013

🏷 Photography

Sep 24, 2023

belt — day 24 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Multicoloured suitcases on an airport luggage conveyor belt

Bristol Airport

🏷 Photography

Sep 23, 2023

Final evening in Greece so it will be retsina 🍷 followed by an ouzo nightcap

Two glasses of white wine and a bottle on a glass table illuminated by a candle behind them

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Sep 23, 2023

Away from home, so it’s a Greek #Caturday 🇬🇷 🐈

A tabby and a gray and white cat sprawled on a stone floor in sunlight and shadow

🏷 Photography

Sep 23, 2023

a day in the life — day 23 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Sandy beach and calm sea, town and silhouette of a castle on a hill in the background. On the sand a man is lying on a beach towel reading a book

reading on Valtos Beach 🇬🇷

23rd September 2023, 11:08 EEST

Unfortunately not a typical day in my life but one I’m very pleased to be enjoying.

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🏷 Photography

Sep 22, 2023

road — day 22 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Narrow road bordered on the left by a wire fence and the right by a flowering hedge. Taken just after dusk so there is illumination from street lights and the moon is visible in a dark sky. Gateway, stone wall and woman walking with shopping bag in the distance

Chrysogiali 🇬🇷

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🏷 Photography

Sep 21, 2023

Live music at the restaurant we went to tonight was fantastic (as was the food) - all Greek music with the exception of a Greekified (?) cover of Dylan’s Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door 🎵

Narrow road, to the left restaurant with outdoor seating, to the right two seated musicians playing guitar and bouzouki

Guitarist and bouzouki player seated on high stools with small amps in front of them

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Sep 21, 2023

Fox 🦊 & Cat 🐈

Woman crouching down stroking a cat, a fox lying on the ground a few feet away

🏷 Photography

Sep 21, 2023

Wandering near Mylos watermill

Man standing next to foliage covered ruined building. Stone archway and vertical cascade of water visible

🏷 Photography

Sep 21, 2023

I am going to have to attempt to recreate these at home 😋

Small pancakes topped with feta cheese on a slate tile

🏷 Photography

Sep 21, 2023

fall — day 21 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Narrow waterfall cascading down a small rocky cliff

Anthousa Waterfall

🏷 Photography

Sep 21, 2023

Morning walk into the hills to find waterfalls and water mills. 10am, cloudy but still hot, particularly after a steep climb. I’ve just been offered a beer by the waterfalls so of course I accepted 🚶‍♂️🍺

Woman walking on a narrow road on a hillside amongst trees

Woman sitting by table with beer and lemonade, view across tree covered hills

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer 🏷 Walking

Sep 20, 2023

disruption — day 20 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Crowd of people, many holding banners, marching down a city street. Clock tower of Big Ben in the distance.

London, 2015

🏷 Photography

Sep 20, 2023

Beach breakfast 🏖️

Two filo pastry pies, bottle of Fanta on a towel on a sandy beach

🏷 Photography

Sep 19, 2023

edge — day 19 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

View from the edge of a cliff overlooking the sea, a small town and harbour and several small islands. A danger sign is suspended on a rope in the foreground warning about keeping away from the edge

Parga, Greece

🏷 Photography

Sep 19, 2023

Frappe in Parga ☕️

Two glasses of frothy iced coffee on a table overlooking boats in a harbour and castle on a hill

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Sep 18, 2023

fabric — day 18 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Washing lines hung with sheets and clothing over a narrow canal between tall buildings

Venice, 2019

🏷 Photography

Sep 17, 2023

intense — day 17 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

View over small swimming pool and sun beds, overlooked by very large bright sun in the blue sky

Parga, Greece

🏷 Photography

Sep 16, 2023

oof! — day 16 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Bottles of chilli sauce on a kitchen worktop, Mexican sauce bottle in foreground is labelled muy picante

🏷 Photography

Sep 15, 2023

red — day 15 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Large Victorian red brick building behind a row of market-type stalls. Groups of people in foreground, blue skies above.

Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil

🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Sep 14, 2023

statue — day 14 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Man in shorts and t-shirt standing in front of a large bronze statue of Apollo

Paris, 1997

🏷 Photography

Sep 13, 2023

glowing — day 13 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Streetlight glowing at night - orange illumination over a country lane which is several inches deep in snow. Deep tyre tracks in the snow.

Werfa, Abernant, December 2010

🏷 Photography

Sep 13, 2023

Late summer greenhouse tomatoes. I’m currently roasting them for a pasta sauce 🌱🍅

Cardboard punnet containing a mixture of small yellow and red tomatoes

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Sep 12, 2023

panic — day 12 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Patch of old, stained concrete wall with small white sign in the centre reading Edward M. Forster, The Story of a Panic, 1928

Ravello, 2014

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Sep 11, 2023

retrospect — day 11 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

IImitation, painted doorway next to a shop showing a man in old-fashioned clothes holding a book and ascending a wooden staircase

Hay-on-Wye, 2023

🏷 Photography

Sep 10, 2023

cycle — day 10 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Orange and silver e-bike leaning against a large noticeboard covered in stickers. Foliage in background.

Berlin, 2022

🏷 Photography

Sep 9, 2023

Preparing for a hot #Caturday 🐈

Early morning garden scene, sun shining on a cat sleeping on a wooden picnic bench next to a blue deckchair

🏷 Photography

Sep 9, 2023

language — day 09 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Curved copper plate frontage of a large theatre building with words formed by windows in the copper. Entrance doors below copper front, pedestrians strolling in the foreground

Wales Millennium Centre, 2012

Welsh: Creu Gwir fel Gwydr o Ffwrnais Awen
 (trans: Creating Truth like Glass from Inspiration’s Furnace)

English: In these Stones Horizons Sing

Gwyneth Lewis

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Poetry

Sep 8, 2023

yonder — day 08 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Grass covered dirt track leads off into the distance across hills and fields which are freshly dug in foreground and planted with small bushes and trees in the distance.

Halkidiki, 2010

🏷 Photography

Sep 7, 2023

panorama — day 07 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Panoramic view of a small bay. Rocks and rock pools in foreground, small sandy beach and low cliffs and hills in background. Blue skies and sun.

Manorbier, Pembrokeshire

🏷 Photography

Sep 6, 2023

well — day 06 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Stone well, capped with a metal dome, on a stone paving floor in a Venetian square with old church building and brick wall in the background

Venice, 2019

🏷 Photography

Sep 5, 2023

forest — day 05 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Deciduous forestscape with central bare branching oak trunk surrounded by greenery, early morning sunlight illuminating the scene from low on the left

🏷 Photography

Sep 4, 2023

orange — day 04 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Two glasses of orange coloured drinks with ice on a tiled table. Book, chair and bench in the background.

🏷 Photography

Sep 3, 2023

Nice weather so trying out cooking flatbreads over a fire pit. Will later be barbecuing salmon and prawns to go with them 🔥 🫓 🦐 🐟

Fire pit with tripod and suspended skillet. Flatbread on skillet

Close up of a flatbread cooking on a skillet over flames

Table with plates containing cooked and uncooked flatbreads. One flatbread in process of being rolled out

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Weather

Sep 3, 2023

precious — day 03 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Macro photo of a gold ring on grey stone, sunlight shining on it causing reflection and shadow

🏷 Photography

Sep 2, 2023

About to try Norwegian brown cheese, brunost, for the first time. Pictured alongside a piece of Ossau-Iraty 🧀

Two blocks of cheese on a wooden board, one of them a caramel brown colour. Red wine and chutney in the background.

🏷 Photography

Sep 2, 2023

buildup — day 02 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Stone walls and scaffolding silhouetted against a blue sky

🏷 Photography

Sep 1, 2023

abstract — day 01 of the micro.blog september 2023 photoblogging challenge 📸

Macro image of irregularly shaped shining water droplets suspended on a spider web in front of barely visible foliage background

🏷 Photography

Aug 22, 2023

Dirty fries - sauerkraut, cheese, aioli, ketchup - and sticky tempura aubergine, coriander and chilli bao bun. Delicious but it got messy 😊

Messy platter of chips covered in sauce and fried aubergine in a bun with chillis and coriander

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Aug 15, 2023

Muffins on a cast iron griddle - today’s baking experiment 🥯

Close up of browning muffins on a black cast iron griddle

🏷 Photography

Aug 12, 2023

Rainy outside so staying in this #Caturday 🐈

Black and white cat curled up on a cushion on an armchair. Windows in background with no sunshine evident!

🏷 Photography

Aug 11, 2023

Spider-Man: Homecoming, 2017 - ★★★

Watched on Friday August 11, 2023.

🏷 Photography 🏷 FilmTV

Aug 2, 2023

🔗📸 Best of the iPhone photography awards 2023 – in pictures

Some interesting photographs, almost all taken with various iPhone Pro models.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links

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.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket 🏷 Glass Photo

Jul 31, 2023

An old loaf tin has made a re-appearance since my bread maker broke down. Handmade bread which is very tasty, but not quite getting the rise I want yet 🍞

Rectangular loaf of bread on a wooden chopping board

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jul 29, 2023

Great selection delivered from The Tinned Fish Market 🐟

Three colour tinned fish tins of mackerel, tuna and sardines next to illustrated cardboard packaging

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jul 25, 2023

Yarrow

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jul 25, 2023

Tomato

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jul 25, 2023

Marsh Thistle

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jul 25, 2023

Soldier beetle on ragwort

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jul 25, 2023

Yarrow 🌼 🌱

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Jul 24, 2023

Spinach and onion frittata 🥚

Overhead view of tomato topped frittata in green Le Creuset frying pan

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jul 23, 2023

I very rarely share meme-type images but this took my fancy … 🏏

England’s first drawn Test under Stokes & McCullum

Picture of Ben Stokes and Brendan McCullum with WWWWLWWWWWWLWWLLWD superimposed on the top

Courtesy of The Cricketer

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Jul 23, 2023

Love detonates this distance between us to ash holds your flooded heart in the fire of night Robert Montgomery

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jul 23, 2023

All palaces are temporary palaces Robert Montgomery

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jul 22, 2023

Book & beer 🍺 Hay-on-Wye

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jul 22, 2023

Gateway Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jul 14, 2023

This is the toad who lives in my greenhouse 🐸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Jul 7, 2023

This morning’s improved photograph of the toad who lives in my greenhouse 🐸 🌱

Common toad on soil next to the base of a plant

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden 🏷 Nature

Jul 7, 2023

Sometimes I cave in …

Close up of fried egg, cheese and hash brown in a muffin

Egg & Cheese McMuffin meal with latte for breakfast ☕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Coffee

Jul 6, 2023

View through our letterbox on returning home after an evening doing a quiz in our local pub 🐈

(photo taken by my daughter)

Cat sitting accusingly on the floor of a hallway viewed through a narrow rectangular aperture

🏷 Photography

Jul 6, 2023

This is the toad who lives in my greenhouse 🐸

Toad on soil under the leaves of a tomato plant

Seems like a very strange (sometimes very hot) place for a toad to want to live in but it’s been there for well over three months now. I have to be very careful when hoeing between the plants because it’s often completely buried in a well-camouflaged burrow which occasionally moves location.

I’ve been trying to get a better photograph but it’s fairly timid and makes a dash for cover whenever it notices me 😄

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden 🏷 Nature

Jul 5, 2023

Book 📚 and Butty Bach 🍺 in Hay

Man reading a book at an outdoor pub table, pint of beer in front of him

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Beer

Jul 5, 2023

Gateway

Stone doorway and wooden gates, one half closed other open showing steps and blue sky

🏷 Photography

Jul 4, 2023

Hay-on-Wye 📚

Monochrome view of central doorway in a stone wall with sign reading Honesty Bookshop. Overlooked by partially ruined large old house.

Monochrome view of town street with an ornate bookshop and clock tower in the background.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Jul 2, 2023

South Wales Fire Service helicopter carrying water has been repeatedly flying back and forth over our house all day today (still going now at 7pm and I think I first saw it about 8am).

According to Natural Resources Wales there’s a wildfire in Gethin Forest between Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, just over the side of the valley from us 🔥😟

Distant view of helicopter in the sky, fire fighting water container slung beneath it

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🏷 Photography

Jul 1, 2023

Burger buns baked. Unusually uniform shape and size for my baking 🍔

Six almost equally sized burger buns on a cooling rack

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jun 24, 2023

Post-show espressos ☕️🎵

Woman sitting at table at dusk, small coffees and theatre programme on table, illuminated fairground wheel and red brick building in background

Copper building frontage at dusk with adjacent clear skies

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music 🏷 Coffee

Jun 24, 2023

2024 Eisteddfod Proclamation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

National Eisteddfod of Wales

2024 Eisteddfod Proclamation, Aberdare, Saturday 24th June 2023

Proclaiming the Eisteddfod’s intention to visit an area at least a year and a day before the beginning of the festival

Procession of people in Druidic robes through a town centre

IProcession of people in Druidic robes through a town centre

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Jun 22, 2023

Good morning from the greenhouse. I’m watering the tomatoes 🌱

Inside a small untidy greenhouse, young tomato plants growing on either side of central stone path

Low view of door to a small greenhouse, chives growing in foreground

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Jun 18, 2023

🐈 Duffy

View from above of curled up black and white cat looking at the camera

🏷 Photography

Jun 17, 2023

Lusco Fusco 🍷

Bottle of red wine, glass of red wine and small radio on a wooden table with a garden backdrop

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Jun 11, 2023

Just the two of us for dinner tonight. Not sure which two. 🐈

Cat laying on a picnic bench set for two, woman seated in background reading a book

🏷 Photography

Jun 10, 2023

Nephew and son, nephew and daughter

Two young men on camping chairs, fields in background

Young man and woman sitting next to each other on camping chairs, fields in background

🏷 Photography

Jun 10, 2023

Farm party 🎉

Group of people drinking in foreground, background of fields and blue skies

🏷 Photography

Jun 10, 2023

Watchful eye 👁️

View through a window of woman cutting limes next to a tequila bottle, reflection in the window of a man watching what is happening

🏷 Photography

Jun 10, 2023

Saturday shopping for celebration barbecue 🍺🍷 🛒

Supermarket trolley full of wine, beer and tequila

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine 🏷 Beer

Jun 7, 2023

🪑 📚 📻 🍺

Bright blue deckchair on grass next to a book, bottle of beer and small radio

And the concrete path is too hot to stand on barefoot 🌞

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Beer

Jun 7, 2023

Morning walk through local forestry to a nearby scheduled monument, the Carn Castell y Meibion cairn.

Broad dirt path through tall pine trees, sun streaming in from a low angle

I only learned of and found this site recently. It consists of the remains of a Bronze Age ring cairn.

Selfie of bearded man in on scrub ground with small area of stones visible, pine trees in background

There are two similar monument sites nearby which I’m also going to seek out.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 History 🏷 Walking

Jun 4, 2023

Now being summoned for supper 🐈

Black and white cat sitting in doorway of house

🏷 Photography

Jun 4, 2023

Late #Caturday (OK, so it’s Sunday)

Black and white cat sleeping on concrete steps next to a deckchair

🏷 Photography

Jun 3, 2023

Wiper and True Mild in Bristol 🍺

Monochrome picture of pint of beer on an outdoor pub table, woman drinking beer on opposite side of table

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jun 2, 2023

Another walk with my daughter this morning - 6.5 miles, we’re upping the ante 🙂

Panoramic view over Aberdare

View over a town in avalley, woman standing on a path on the right of the picture

Cefn Pennar Gethin Forest

Mossy lanes

Woman in distance walking on narrow lane bounded by mossy stone walls shaded by overhanging branches

Fallen tree

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Jun 1, 2023

After watching/listening to the England v Ireland Test throughout today I’m now following the Yorkshire Vikings v Lancashire Lightning Vitality Blast T20 match. Reminds me how good the Blast competition can be - I still prefer it to The Hundred 🏏

iPad showing live cricket match propped up next to an iMac, both on a crowded, messy desk

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

May 31, 2023

Some views over the Cynon Valley yesterday morning whilst walking with my daughter.

The ground is drying in the good weather making paths more passable; we covered over 5 miles, including some steep climbs, in 2 hours 🚶‍♂️

Panoramic view across wooded valley, blue skies above

View across valley, bracken in foreground, blue skies above

Monochrome image of woman walking on path through field, backdrop of conifers and electricity pylon

Black sheep on a scrub hillside, some sheltering in shade of a small tree, distant view of valley in background, blue skies above

View across valley showing town below, wind turbines on distant hillside, blue skies above

And the skylarks were singing, which I love to hear

iPhone screenshot of Melin bird ID app showing skylark recording

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking 🏷 Weather

May 30, 2023

Getting warm outside 🔥

View from doorway of house looking into garden with a blazing metal fire pit and barbecue grill

(Lunchtime approaching 😊)

🏷 Photography

May 29, 2023

Bank Holiday start - been making a vegan soda bread loaf. Then ate half of it for breakfast - tasted really good 😄 🍞

Crusty loaf of bread on a chopping board, two cut slices next to it

(Vegan because it used oat milk and lemon juice in place of the traditional buttermilk).

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

May 28, 2023

Huyghe Delirium 🍺

Bottle is superb but on first taste the beer is a little too florally scented. It will probably grow on me.

Colourful bottle with pink elephant on label next to a glass of pale golden beer

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

May 28, 2023

Fairly triangular brunch 🍳

Willow pattern plate of hash browns and omelette slice next to dish of roasted tomatoes

🏷 Photography

May 27, 2023

Browsing a charity shop in town today and found this weighty 500 page book on Greek food - Culinaria Greece: Greek Specialities by Marianthi Milona. Full of what look to be delicious recipes. Good find for just £1 😊📚🇬🇷

Cover of Greek cookery books. Olives and olive leaves on a vibrant blue background

Open Greek cookery book showing a selection of pies and pita

Open Greek cookery book showing eggplant recipes

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Food

May 27, 2023

Early #Caturday morning garden coffee 🪴🐈☕️

Man on deckchair and black and white cat sitting in sunlight in a garden. Cup of coffee on wall in foreground.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

May 21, 2023

Carmarthen Golf Club (I’m just dining and drinking, not playing ⛳️😀).

View over a golf course and green, blue skies above.

🏷 Photography

May 20, 2023

Had some Japanese whisky for World Whisky Day, courtesy of my daughter’s boyfriend. But then my father-in-law broadened the scope … 🥃

Three bottles of spirits in a row - rum, whisky and brandy - next to a glass of whisky

🏷 Photography 🏷 Whisky

May 14, 2023

A generous half pint of Cwrw Otley Diafol. Delicious and brewed at The Bunch of Grapes. 7.4% ABV. Given it a 5* rating on Untappd 🍺

2/3 beer glass filled above the 1/2 pint line

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

May 13, 2023

From #Caturday sun …

Cat sleeping on a picnic bench in the sun

… to #Caturday shade

Some cats just can’t take the heat 🐈

🏷 Photography

May 7, 2023

Inside the One Cup Sake. I have not been warming mine on a camping stove 😟

Looking down into a glass of sake with a photo sticker of a man warming sake on camping stove visible inside the glass

🏷 Photography

May 7, 2023

Outdoor sake and reading 📚

Two books and a glass of sake on an outdoor chair

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

May 6, 2023

Can’t be comfortable #Caturday 🐈

Cat sleeping on red tiles partly draped over a table leg

🏷 Photography

May 2, 2023

Pub reading 🍺📚

Two women reading books on a picnic bench outside a pub. Glasses of beer on the table.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Beer

May 2, 2023

Piece of cake, packet of jalapeño & dill crisps and cup of coffee on a tablecloth

🏷 Photography

May 1, 2023

🐈

🏷 Photography

Apr 22, 2023

Monsutā Okinawa Dry 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Apr 21, 2023

The way back

Easyjet aeroplane at the airport terminal

🏷 Photography

Apr 21, 2023

An airport corner for final Nata - not the same ✈️

Woman sitting on a bench with nata and coffees on a table

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Coffee

Apr 20, 2023

Bowl of cockles and two glasses of beer

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Beer

Apr 20, 2023

Circular fountain surrounded by trees in a city square

🏷 Photography

Apr 20, 2023

Two glasses of beer on a table with lake and fountain in background

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Apr 19, 2023

Casa Fernando Pessoa impressed me. Small museum but we spent a couple of hours there today.

Front of plain 3-storey building, the house of Fernando Pessoa, banners labelled Museum hanging from two windows

🏷 Photography

Apr 19, 2023

Lovely evening on a road behind Rossio Square. Plate of sardines, plate of cheese, bread, two glasses of wine each, all for €13. Guys at the cafe couldn’t have been nicer.

Plates of fried sardines and cheese, glasses of wine and small loaf of bread on a table

Woman seated at table of food and drink, two men at similar table in background

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Apr 19, 2023

Had to do it ☺️

Man seated at table in street with glasses of white port and cod fishcake

🏷 Photography

Apr 19, 2023

Cat in the English Cemetery

Black cat seated on gravestone in a shady cemetery

🏷 Photography

Apr 19, 2023

An empanada in the Jardin da Estrela

Man seated at a table with beers and a small pie. In a park, pond in background

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Beer

Apr 19, 2023

Who’s responsible for this !?

Orange sticker with yellow star on a city lampost

🏷 Photography 🏷 CompTechSci

Apr 18, 2023

The Trouble with Tribbles

🏷 Photography

Apr 18, 2023

Floors are looking a bit psychedelic

Wavy lines of balck and white mosaic tile in a town square with staue on tall column

Could be

Outside a small bar, customers drinking shots of cherry brandy

🏷 Photography

Apr 18, 2023

Joining the Lisbon sticker spotter club @maique @stickerspotter

Sticker, drawing of a cat's head with four eyes, on a black post

🏷 Photography

Apr 18, 2023

Plates of fried food on a table

🏷 Photography

Apr 18, 2023

Petisqueira Conqvistador, beer and bolinhos de bacalhau

Exterior of a small white painted cafe, painted black doors and menu blackboard

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Beer

Apr 18, 2023

Looking at the real life map of Lisbon 🗺️

View over a city from high viewpoint, woman seated on stone wall in foreground reading a guidebook

🏷 Photography 🏷 Location

Apr 18, 2023

Breakfast ☕️ - Confeitaria National

Man standing in interior of coffee shop, coffees and natas on counter in front of him

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Apr 17, 2023

Got to Bristol Airport early (as usual), through security then had notification that flight to Lisbon delayed by an hour and a half. We ordered a bottle of Prosecco. New notification that delay is now only going to be half an hour 🫤 ✈️

Still plenty of time though!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Apr 16, 2023

Pre-dinner cocktails outside Shiro Japanese restaurant last night. Food later was stunning. Celebrating my daughter’s birthday yesterday, mine tomorrow 🎉

Five people sitting around table drinking cocktails

🏷 Photography

Apr 15, 2023

Crossing the Severn

🏷 Photography

Apr 13, 2023

Magnolia on a morning walk

Flowering magnolia tree above a stone wall with painted wooden door

🏷 Photography

Apr 11, 2023

Visited Lamphey, Pembrokeshire for lunch yesterday and included a short detour to the (in parts) medieval St Tyfai’s Church in which I got married nearly 27 years ago:

Three people walking through church gate towards a stone church tower

Stone churc with square tower, graveyard in foreground

Stone church with square tower viewd from a road

and the nearest beach, Freshwater East:

Almost deserted beach, tide out, expanse of stony sand and cloudy blue sky

Four people looking windswept on a beach

Didn’t stay long, it was a very windy day 🙂

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🏷 Photography

Apr 8, 2023

Eggs

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 8, 2023

Walls on a walk. Hoping the first has got something to do with Easter, otherwise it’s just plain weird 🥚

Three eggs secreted in the gaps in a brick wall

Graffiti on a brick wall reading we was er

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🏷 Photography

Apr 7, 2023

My choice of walking route wasn’t fully appreciated by everybody this afternoon 😊

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Apr 6, 2023

Just installed a dartboard in our kitchen 🎯🙃

Dartboard mounted on a kitchen wall adjacent to the oven

🏷 Photography

Apr 3, 2023

Otley O6 Porter 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Apr 2, 2023

Late morning veggie breakfast in Wetherspoons. They’ve sold out of mushrooms and tomatoes 😞

Plate of cooked breakfast and a pint of beer

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Apr 1, 2023

Sun is shining (at last) 🌞

Evening sun shining across a small balcony with bench and table

🏷 Photography

Apr 1, 2023

Ivy

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Apr 1, 2023

Been on a short walk, just destroying the benefits of it 🍺🫤

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Mar 31, 2023

practice — day 31 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 31, 2023

practice — day 31 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Upright piano with sheet music propped above the keys

🏷 Photography

Mar 30, 2023

mirror — day 30 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 30, 2023

mirror — day 30 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Metal sculpture of a rhino constructed using reflective stainless steel objects attached to a bicycle

🏷 Photography

Mar 29, 2023

slice — day 29 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 29, 2023

slice — day 29 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Slices of loaf tin shaped cakes under protective plastic covers

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 28, 2023

prompt — day 28 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 28, 2023

prompt — day 28 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 27, 2023

support — day 27 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 27, 2023

support — day 27 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Exterior of ornate building with sign in window reading We Fix All Cars

🏷 Photography

Mar 26, 2023

Reflecting

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 26, 2023

instrument — day 26 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 26, 2023

instrument — day 26 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Graveyard, tombstone of Caradog with carved violin on the top, monochrome

🏷 Photography

Mar 25, 2023

spice — day 25 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 25, 2023

spice — day 25 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Street scene, Indian restaurant called Spice Corner in a corner house-like building next to signpost

🏷 Photography

Mar 24, 2023

court — day 24 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 24, 2023

court — day 24 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Edwardian Baroque 2-storey symmetrical Portland stone building

🏷 Photography

Mar 23, 2023

Suede were absolutely sensational at St David’s Hall in Cardiff last night 🎵

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Mar 23, 2023

chance — day 23 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 23, 2023

chance — day 23 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Exterior of small Chinese takeaway restaurant in a converted corner terraced house, called Lucky Star

🏷 Photography

Mar 23, 2023

📷 Walking and photographing

🏷 Photography

Mar 22, 2023

St David’s Hall, ready for Suede 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Mar 22, 2023

insect — day 22 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 22, 2023

insect — day 22 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Monochrome image of metal plaque of a bee, honeycomb and flowers

🏷 Photography

Mar 21, 2023

tiny — day 21 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 21, 2023

tiny — day 21 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Man using very large pepper grinder over a pizza

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 20, 2023

houseplant — day 20 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 20, 2023

houseplant — day 20 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Spiky air plant in a small ashtray between two seated Buddha stauettes

🏷 Photography 🏷 Buddhism

Mar 19, 2023

analog — day 19 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 19, 2023

analog — day 19 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Close up of triple hourglass sand timer with three different colours of sand

🏷 Photography

Mar 18, 2023

Black Heart – tastes great but not a fan of an in-can widget 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Mar 18, 2023

New cat bed gets the begrudging seal of approval #caturday 🐈

Monochrome image of black and white cat curled up in and looking out from an enclosed cat bed

🏷 Photography

Mar 18, 2023

portico — day 18 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 18, 2023

portico — day 18 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Portico of a Georgian sandstone building

🏷 Photography

Mar 17, 2023

early — day 17 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 17, 2023

early — day 17 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Monochrome image of darkened kitchen window, digital clock visible to left showing 6:35

🏷 Photography

Mar 16, 2023

Trying the alcohol free Tropical IPA by Drop Bear Beer Co.

Quite impressed. Surprised it’s rated so poorly on Untappd. Very hoppy 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Mar 16, 2023

road — day 16 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 16, 2023

road — day 16 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Red car driving away from viewer on overgrown lane

🏷 Photography

Mar 15, 2023

patience — day 15 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 15, 2023

patience — day 15 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Small green plant shoot poking through soil

🏷 Photography

Mar 14, 2023

horizon — day 14 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 14, 2023

horizon — day 14 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Stone filled river flowing under a bridge, horizon of hills and grey skies in the background

🏷 Photography

Mar 13, 2023

connection — day 13 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 13, 2023

connection — day 13 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography

Mar 12, 2023

shiny — day 12 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 12, 2023

shiny — day 12 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Silver Roman denarii, coins on a white background

🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Mar 11, 2023

gimcrack — day 11 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 11, 2023

gimcrack — day 11 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography

Mar 10, 2023

ritual — day 10 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 10, 2023

ritual — day 10 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Circle of standing stones on a grass surface

🏷 Photography

Mar 9, 2023

together — day 09 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 9, 2023

together — day 09 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

View into an office building window behind which is a group of mannequins

🏷 Photography

Mar 8, 2023

walk — day 08 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 8, 2023

My kind of street 🤫

Sandstone street corner with the street name sign Quiet Street

🏷 Photography

Mar 8, 2023

walk — day 08 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Man silhouetted walking in front of Roman Bath

🏷 Photography

Mar 8, 2023

View from our hotel room window in Bath this morning ❄️

View from high building across snow covered rooftop

🏷 Photography

Mar 7, 2023

whole — day 07 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 7, 2023

whole — day 07 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Two whole pizzas and a bottle of red wine

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 7, 2023

The Joy of Sesh IPA 🍺 and a flight of Bath gins at The Black Fox, Bath

Pint glass of beer and three small glasses of gin and tonic on a wooden table

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Mar 6, 2023

KT Tunstall at St David’s Hall 🎵

Band on stage at end of a gig, waving to audience

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Mar 6, 2023

engineering — day 06 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 6, 2023

engineering — day 06 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Stone statue of a woman with a cog wheel at the base

🏷 Photography

Mar 5, 2023

The result of my Sunday trim. I definitely needed to wear a hat on today’s walk ❄️

Monochrome selfie of man with very short hair and stubble

🏷 Photography

Mar 5, 2023

tile — day 05 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 5, 2023

tile — day 05 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Tiled mosaic of 1930s Aberdare Coliseum theatre building

🏷 Photography

Mar 4, 2023

Leszet Turkish Kitchen. Enjoyed a really good meal for Denise’s birthday 🎂

🏷 Photography

Mar 4, 2023

Drinking a Smoked & Spicy 🍸

Dangerous Don Mezcal, Smoky Ginger Ale, Angostura Bitters, Chilli, Lime, Sugar, Cinnamon, Thyme

🏷 Photography

Mar 4, 2023

zip — day 04 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 4, 2023

zip — day 04 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Close up of a zip and two black zip fasteners with white stick figures painted on them

🏷 Photography

Mar 3, 2023

solitude — day 03 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 3, 2023

solitude — day 03 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Lone open jewellery store between shut down and boarded up shops

🏷 Photography

Mar 3, 2023

I’ve been inspired by Rachel Roddy this week. Some delicious results.

On Tuesday I cooked her recipe for broad bean, potato and fennel soup which provided two evening meals.

Then yesterday I made a Romanian apple and caraway loaf cake, her selection from Irina Georgescu’s book Tava.

Cut loaf cake plus two slices on two small plates

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 2, 2023

weather — day 02 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 2, 2023

weather — day 02 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Clouds and blue sky reflected on the surface of a lake

🏷 Photography 🏷 Weather

Mar 1, 2023

Dry Cleaning at Tramshed Cardiff last night supported by THUS LOVE and Dehd 🎵

Illuminated sign advertising Dry Cleaning gig

THUS LOVE

Dehd

Dry Cleaning

🔗 Dry Cleaning review – left-field art rockers are a deadpan delight - from a gig a couple of days ago

The post-punk band led with impassive cool by hypnotic frontwoman Florence Shaw are a genuinely radical band

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 Music

Mar 1, 2023

secure — day 01 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Mar 1, 2023

secure — day 01 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Monochrome image of a chained wooden gate leading to a field

🏷 Photography

Feb 27, 2023

St Elvan’s Church, Aberdare

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Feb 21, 2023

Boston Tea Party flat white ☕️

Cheltenham Road, Bristol

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 20, 2023

St Elvan's Church, Aberdare

Visited the recently renovated St Elvan’s Church this morning. Very impressive, with the benefit of now having an good in-house coffee shop (just visible off to the right hand side in the first picture) serving very good coffee ☕

Founded in 1852 and located in the heart of the town of Aberdare, in the picturesque Cynon Valley, St Elvan’s has recently undergone an extensive £2 million renovation, and has now reopened as a vibrant new space featuring concert and conference facilities, …

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 14, 2023

Slightly rusty handlebars and slighty rusty cycling ability but I’ve completed an easy 8 mile ride 🚲

Bicycle handlebars in foreground, bridleway leading off into distance, fields and blue sky in background

🏷 Photography 🏷 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 pressure. May venture out 🚲

Blue bicycle leaning against garage door

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cycling

Feb 12, 2023

Burning origami 🔥

Folded coloured paper burning on a bed of dead leaves and charcoal

🏷 Photography

Feb 9, 2023

Delighted to be able to repeat yesterday’s outdoor reading in the afternoon sun ☀️

Open book, cat and coffee, sunny garden in the background

Tomorrow looks like the return of more typical February cloud ☁️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee 🏷 Weather

Feb 5, 2023

Final pint of beer in London before heading for home - Fuller’s ESB at The Old Pack Horse, Chiswick 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Feb 4, 2023

The Old Ship, Hammersmith. Drinking Young’s Special 🍺 overlooking the Thames.

Pint of beer on a table, river in the background

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Feb 3, 2023

George & Devonshire, Chiswick

Drinks on a table in a dimly lit pub, bookshelves in the background

🏷 Photography

Jan 28, 2023

Wild Beer Co Beyond Modus 8 🍺

Very wine-like beer - a “strong, wild and sour Flanders Red”. Delicious.

Glass and bottle of dark beer on a table in front of a pizza

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Beer

Jan 25, 2023

It’s been over a week since it snowed. Everything lower down in the valley has completely melted but it’s still a different (cold!) world when you enter our garden.

Snow covered grass and driveway. Sun streaming through pine trees in the background.

🏷 Photography

Jan 21, 2023

Spritzes and crosswords in the snow.

Drinks, books and crosswords on a small balcony table, snow on the ground in the background

🏷 Photography

Jan 20, 2023

De-icing again, still can’t get the car to the top of our drive.

Red car at bottom of snow covered sloping driveway

🏷 Photography

Jan 19, 2023

Snowy morning

Ian Mason
Snowy morning

🏷 Photography

Jan 15, 2023

Sunday morning. I don’t usually let our cat sleep next to my desk - the shed hair becomes an annoyance 🙄

This morning she persisted, probably because nobody else is up and the bedroom doors are shut. I gave up trying to discourage her. Won’t be for long though 🐈 💤

Cat curled up on an armchair next to a desk

🏷 Photography

Jan 7, 2023

Bar 44, Clifton, Bristol. Excellent tapas 🍷

Red wine bottle and glass in foreground, smiling woman in background

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Jan 7, 2023

Traffic delays and rainbows 🌈

Motorway with queues of traffic but a rainbow in the sky

🏷 Photography

Jan 3, 2023

Grey and rainy day in Aberdare ☔️

Narrow alleyway in the rain. Puddles. Woman walking with umbrella.

🏷 Photography

Jan 1, 2023

Bottle and glass of dark Belgian beer, football match on TV in the background

Trappistes Rochefort 10

by Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy

Belgian Quadrupel, 11.3% ABV 🍺

Dark and delicious but taking it slowly…

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Dec 31, 2022

Really!? Pub Wifi password … but I’ve typed it and it works … got a feeling it’s the default and they don’t know how to change it to something that’s easier on the keyboard ⌨️

🏷 Photography

Dec 31, 2022

Otley Oxymoron stout and O-Ho-Ho ESB brewed at the Bunch of Grapes 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Dec 31, 2022

Quote from Heart of Darkness

Came up in my Readwise Daily Review today. Hadn’t realised that the phrase

We live, as we dream — alone

was Conrad’s. I did know it from the Gang of Four song 🎵 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Music

Dec 31, 2022

Xmas Dinner 2022

I know I’m composing this post a few days late, on the morning of New Year’s Eve, 31st December 2022, but for my reference I do want a record of the food I cooked for this year’s Christmas dinner.

Most years I cook Christmas dinner around a specific theme (often a nationality) or from a particular (often new) cookery book. This year our meal was based on Afro Vegan: Family recipes from a British-Nigerian kitchen by Zoe Alakija.

Starters were

Lebanese-Nigerian Roast Chickpea Shawarma
Smoky …

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Food

Dec 28, 2022

🔗 Gravestone-encircled ‘Hardy Tree’ falls in London

Couple of my photos from January 2020 📸

Tree with gravestones stacked around the trunk

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links

Dec 27, 2022

Xmas gift. I did.

Oven glove with picture of a man cooking and the text - I’ll feed all you fuckers

🏷 Photography

Dec 27, 2022

Walking my in-laws’ dog at 3am this morning after a long and indulgent Boxing Day. Dog is the blur in a hi-vis jacket 🤷‍♂️

Blurry nighttime street view with woman walking a dog

🏷 Photography

Dec 20, 2022

Winter Wonderland Wheel, Cardiff

🏷 Photography

Dec 20, 2022

Cardiff City Hall and Winter Wonderland

🏷 Photography

Dec 20, 2022

First mince pie of the season

🏷 Photography

Dec 11, 2022

Hitting some snow flurries as we head north …

Lorry and car on a snow covered motorway

🏷 Photography

Dec 11, 2022

Some light snow in Bristol this morning ❄️

City street scene with a light covering of snow

🏷 Photography

Dec 10, 2022

23% possession, great defending and goalkeeping, well deserved 🇲🇦 ⚽️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Football

Dec 10, 2022

Eighth floor Bristol near sunset 🌇

Pretty heavily filtered because it’s through a pretty dirty window ☺️

🏷 Photography

Dec 6, 2022

Temperatures dropping, time to find a warm spot, preferably with a friend 🐈 🐑

Black and white cat curled upon a blanket next to a fluffy toy sheep

🏷 Photography

Nov 30, 2022

Squash and leek lasagne turned out to be very good. Bookmarking idea for future use 🤤

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Nov 30, 2022

Experimenting. This will be a butternut squash and leek lasagne.

Large rectangular dish of uncooked lasagne topped with slices of butternut squash and grated cheese

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Nov 25, 2022

Had some heavy rain in the last week 🌧

🏷 Photography

Nov 25, 2022

Early morning refresh🚶‍♂️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Nov 21, 2022

St Stephen’s Church, Bristol

Clare Street, Bristol

Leonard Lane, Bristol

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🏷 Photography

Nov 20, 2022

Striding through St Nicholas Markets, Bristol

Black and white view of stalls in a street market

🏷 Photography

Nov 20, 2022

Excursion into sticker territory…

Two stickers on painted steel reading Jam Thieves and Born on the Road

🏷 Photography

Nov 19, 2022

Escaped the Séance Escape Room 😀

🏷 Photography

Nov 14, 2022

Vaults Dark 🍺 and crisps. Heaven.

Pint glass of dark beer next to a packet of crisps

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Nov 14, 2022

Drinking Reverend 🍺 at The Spirit Vaults, Melbourne. Lovely little microbrewery and pub.

Glasses of beer in front of brewing vats

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Nov 13, 2022

Simple fare

Two plates of fish and chips on a table in a pub

🏷 Photography

Nov 5, 2022

Broke all the rules tonight, made (and ate) a vegan Hawaiian pizza. I’m not vegan or Hawaiian 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Nov 5, 2022

Stair #Caturday

Woman using a mobile phone and black and white cat, both sitting on a flight of stairs

🏷 Photography

Nov 5, 2022

Rugby on #Caturday … Wales trailing, cat sleeping through it 🐈 🏉

🏷 Photography 🏷 Rugby

Nov 1, 2022

Colours in Cardiff Bay 🚶‍♀️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Oct 30, 2022

Viewing autumn wind and rain through our bedroom window 🍂

🏷 Photography

Oct 27, 2022

Pastrami style cured salmon followed by a vegan burger

Plate of cured salmon with salad and toasted bread

Plate containing vegan burger, chips and pickles

🏷 Photography

Oct 25, 2022

McDoner’s 🤔

🏷 Photography

Oct 25, 2022

Views across Dare Valley

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Oct 18, 2022

Common Pill Millipede

🏷 Photography

Oct 15, 2022

This Isn’t Bacon roll. My sub rolls turned out a little plump but very tasty 🤤

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Oct 14, 2022

📸 Browsing the Micro.blog A Day in the Life 2022 timeline

🏷 Photography

Oct 13, 2022

Micro.blog A Day in the Life Photo Challenge 📸
Thursday 13th October 2022, 6:07pm BST
Self-portrait in our kitchen in Aberdare, Wales

Kitchen scene of a bearded man stir-frying food in a wok

🏷 Photography

Oct 12, 2022

Pale tussock moth caterpillar 🐛

🏷 Photography

Oct 11, 2022

Branching out 🌳

🏷 Photography

Oct 8, 2022

Good to eat outside in October. Spontaneous, quick barbecue fare but the result was delicious 😋

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Oct 8, 2022

Just discovered why we’ve got so many wasps flying around the front of our house – they’re nesting in a stone wall. Will be leaving them in peace!

🏷 Photography

Oct 8, 2022

Coffee, book and cat in the early morning Autumn sun ☕️

Mug of coffee and book on a mosaic table, cat in the background, sun shining

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Oct 7, 2022

Moonlight

🏷 Photography

Oct 4, 2022

Top down view of an Americano and a cherry bakewell on a wooden table

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Coffee

Oct 1, 2022

Caturday cleaning 🐈

🏷 Photography

Sep 29, 2022

Symplegades?

🏷 Photography

Sep 29, 2022

Salem Chapel, Robertstown

🏷 Photography

Sep 29, 2022

Robertstown

🏷 Photography

Sep 25, 2022

Pizza. Olives, capers and green chilli 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Sep 25, 2022

Lebanese wine with our pizza tonight 🍕 🍷 🇱🇧

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Wine

Sep 19, 2022

Yesterday at Abergavenny Food Festival

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Sep 17, 2022

Afternoon, #Caturday

🏷 Photography

Sep 13, 2022

One of my favourite beers: Timothy Taylor’s Landlord, at The Gloucester Old Spot, Bristol 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Sep 11, 2022

Baked polenta with melted gorgonzola – Polenta Pasticciata con Gorgonzola

🏷 Photography

Sep 11, 2022

I’ve been stirring polenta for nearly 40 minutes. My arm is aching.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Aug 27, 2022

It’s been a hard Caturday 💤 🐈

🏷 Photography

Aug 27, 2022

Beyond burgers and mushrooms 🍔🍄

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Aug 27, 2022

Abbot Ale and long wave radio in the garden for today’s cricket - TMS & England v South Africa 🏏

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Aug 27, 2022

Bindweed

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Aug 27, 2022

Bindweed over juniper

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Aug 24, 2022

Camp from Thursday to Monday at the Green Man Festival 🎵

Five days with virtually no internet access - plus yesterday to recover from the festival - now just about ready to catch up with the Micro.blog timeline again 😉

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

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

The food is prepared in the small kitchen right in front of the four customer tables

Studying the menu board

Dishes from front to back - Prawn Pad Thai, Tofu Pad Siew and Tofu Pad Mama, accompanied by Thai prawn crackers and spring rolls

Everything was really delicious - but a special mention goes to the Pad Thai, which was fantastic 🍝😋

I’m certain we will be eating there again.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Aug 14, 2022

Greek Village Salad – Horiatiki Salata

Looks like today is going to be the last hot day of our current spell of good weather. Cooler with rain tomorrow and Tuesday. So taking the chance to continue a week of al fresco dining in the garden 😊

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Weather

Aug 10, 2022

Shaded garden spots reserved for the next few days of hot weather.

For me:

For Duffy:

🏷 Photography 🏷 Weather

Aug 8, 2022

Went to my first Hundred cricket match yesterday, Welsh Fire v Oval Invincibles at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. Welsh Fire lost by 39 runs; their batting was poor and the bowling of the Curran brothers and Sunil Narine too good. Enjoyed seeing the match but I’m still not convinced of the need for this new format of the game 🏏

Photo is of Tom Curran bowling to Ollie Pope.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Aug 2, 2022

Summer. Wales. Raining. At least it’s warm so I can sit in the garden with a beer 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jul 28, 2022

Some more celebrating 🎉

🏷 Photography

Jul 28, 2022

Really special and enjoyable day in Bristol, my daughter’s graduation ceremony – BSc Psychology with First Class Honours 👏

🏷 Photography

Jul 28, 2022

Chairs 🪑

🏷 Photography

Jul 27, 2022

The Olde Hatchet Inn, Bristol.

🏷 Photography

Jul 27, 2022

Tunnel

🏷 Photography

Jul 19, 2022

Final nightcap – Isalos ouzo

🏷 Photography

Jul 19, 2022

Impressive seafood spaghetti tonight at Taverna Pirofani on our last evening on Thasos 🇬🇷

🏷 Photography

Jul 18, 2022

Spending the last few days of our holiday relaxing on the beach by (and swimming through) Tripiti Cave, which is footsteps from our apartment in Thasos 🇬🇷

🏷 Photography

Jul 16, 2022

Lazy, simple evening meal in our apartment tonight – dolmades, Throumba olives, tzatziki and bread.

🏷 Photography

Jul 16, 2022

Multi-storey cats 🐈

🏷 Photography

Jul 16, 2022

Morning walk🚶‍♂️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Jul 14, 2022

Strangely we had Italian food tonight - seafood linguine and gnocchi alla Sorrentina. The owners of the apartments we’re staying in are an Italian—Greek couple who live in Naples when it’s out of season here. He (Italian) has a big influence on the food served in the bar here. It was delicious 🤤

🏷 Photography

Jul 14, 2022

Mount Athos from Limenaria, just before sunset

🏷 Photography

Jul 13, 2022

And omelette is served!

🏷 Photography

Jul 13, 2022

Compact omelette cookery🥚

🏷 Photography

Jul 13, 2022

Empty beds view a moonrise 🌙

🏷 Photography

Jul 12, 2022

Lost in the trees

🏷 Photography

Jul 12, 2022

Some art in Limenaria

🏷 Photography

Jul 11, 2022

Late lunch in the bar 🍺

Anchovies 🐟

Games 🎲

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Beer

Jul 11, 2022

Looking towards Mount Athos

🏷 Photography

Jul 11, 2022

Image of the Harpie, 1497

I’m struck by some images on a Kindle 🫤

from The Burning Man by Frances Wilson

🏷 Photography

Jul 10, 2022

🏷 Photography

Jul 9, 2022

Drinks in a bar with my daughter. She finds my conversation stimulating 😉 📕 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jul 9, 2022

Alex in Limenaria

🏷 Photography

Jul 9, 2022

Waves

🏷 Photography

Jul 9, 2022

Breakfast after a night of storms, thunder and lightning ⛈

🏷 Photography

Jul 9, 2022

Trypiti Beach

🏷 Photography

Jul 8, 2022

Normal service is resumed 🌞

🏷 Photography

Jul 7, 2022

Beach stroll after dinner

🏷 Photography

Jul 7, 2022

Purple Love Bug ❤️🐞

🏷 Photography

Jul 7, 2022

Morning coffee at Limenaria harbour ☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Jul 6, 2022

Heading for Thasos 🇬🇷

🏷 Photography

Jul 3, 2022

La Chouffe 🍺

India building a substantial lead 🏏

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket 🏷 Beer

Jun 29, 2022

Explosive walking!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Jun 28, 2022

On to the salt marshes

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Jun 28, 2022

Walking on Whiteford Sands

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Jun 25, 2022

Saturday afternoon Leffe 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jun 18, 2022

Okra fries!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jun 10, 2022

Tempelhof Airport for the Tempelhof Sounds festival 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Jun 10, 2022

Roses in Berlin 🌹

🏷 Photography

Jun 9, 2022

Living the pickle life 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jun 9, 2022

Anhalter Bahnhof

🏷 Photography

Jun 9, 2022

Anhalter Bahnhof

🏷 Photography

Jun 9, 2022

Karl-Marx-Allee

🏷 Photography

Jun 9, 2022

Mozart and Beethoven. Haydn is on the far side 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Jun 7, 2022

Deutsches Technikmuseum

🏷 Photography

Jun 7, 2022

DHL 😡

🏷 Photography

Jun 7, 2022

Reichstag

🏷 Photography

Jun 7, 2022

Deckchairs and Reichstag

🏷 Photography

Jun 7, 2022

A Pale Ale 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jun 7, 2022

Craft beer in Berlin - BRLO Brwhouse beer garden 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jun 7, 2022

Heathrow Terminal 5 ✈️

🏷 Photography

Jun 4, 2022

Marmite or Dynamite 🧨

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jun 3, 2022

My only Jubilee celebration - Pact Coffee’s Remera Tugirekawanziza Rwandan coffee, their Platinum Jubilee Edition @pactcoffee ☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Jun 3, 2022

Bank holidays. Yesterday was small barbecue day, today is pizza day.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

May 31, 2022

On review I somehow missed posting Day 4 😊

So for the sake of completeness …

thorny — day 04 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 31, 2022

endurance — day 31 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 30, 2022

fish — day 30 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 29, 2022

stripes — day 29 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 28, 2022

fair — day 28 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 27, 2022

written — day 27 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. design by william blake: thomas gray writing his poems 📸

🏷 Photography

May 26, 2022

schedule — day 26 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 25, 2022

Sticker on lamppost in Hay-on-Wye.

🏷 Photography

May 25, 2022

mountain — day 25 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 24, 2022

intricate — day 24 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 CompTechSci

May 23, 2022

plain — day 23 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. plain foreground athens 2018 📸

🏷 Photography

May 22, 2022

textile — day 22 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. tapestry night sky 📸

🏷 Photography

May 21, 2022

Midjourney AI-powered generative art project

My beta invite from Midjourney, the AI-powered generative art project, arrived today.

First attempt at a self-portrait - not flattering, but some would say fairly accurate 😉

prompt: seated grey haired man with a bushy grey beard drinks a glass of red wine and reads a green book

The area I live in - not bad…

prompt: Cynon valley in Wales

…and a more specific location even closer to home - I wish, but a bit overdramatic!

prompt: Werfa Abernant

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🏷 Photography 🏷 CompTechSci

May 21, 2022

symmetry — day 21 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 20, 2022

beverage — day 20 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. moroccan mint 📸

🏷 Photography

May 20, 2022

Acoustic sets at Clwb Ifor Bach last night - James Walsh 🎵

supported by Ellie Thomas

and Pay the Man

19 May 2022

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

May 19, 2022

indulgence — day 19 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. baklava 📸

🏷 Photography

May 18, 2022

random — day 18 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 17, 2022

hold — day 17 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 16, 2022

time — day 16 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 15, 2022

clouds — day 15 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography 🏷 Weather

May 14, 2022

fence — day 14 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 13, 2022

community — day 13 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 12, 2022

tranquility — day 12 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 11, 2022

maroon — day 11 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 10, 2022

pot — day 10 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 9, 2022

bloom — day 09 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 8, 2022

union — day 08 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. NALGO 📸

🏷 Photography

May 7, 2022

park — day 07 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge. dare valley country park 📸

🏷 Photography

May 6, 2022

silhouette — day 06 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 5, 2022

Home with the second-hand spoils of Hay-on-Wye 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

May 5, 2022

Earth — day 05 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 5, 2022

Hay-on-Wye 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

May 3, 2022

Bought a chair in Hay-on-Wye!

🏷 Photography

May 3, 2022

experimental — day 03 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge - worryingly experimental shop window in hay-on-wye 📸

🏷 Photography

May 2, 2022

photo — day 02 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

May 1, 2022

switch — day 01 of the micro.blog may 2022 photoblogging challenge 📸

🏷 Photography

Apr 24, 2022

Looking into some One Cup sake

🏷 Photography

Apr 20, 2022

Mainly trees 🚶‍♂️🌲 📷

Walking today - view of Aberdare, a mine entrance and (mainly) trees.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Apr 17, 2022

Birthday board game. I lost.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Games

Apr 16, 2022

Llansteffan beach 🏖

🏷 Photography

Apr 9, 2022

Keeping it simple 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Apr 6, 2022

Forest walking

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Mar 27, 2022

Llansteffan Castle 🏰

🏷 Photography

Mar 24, 2022

Daffodils. St John the Baptist churchyard, Aberdare. 🌼

🏷 Photography

Mar 19, 2022

Homeward bound from Bristol, becoming a familiar route.

🏷 Photography

Mar 13, 2022

Disintegration into moss

🏷 Photography

Feb 11, 2022

Interesting poster combinations.

🏷 Photography

Feb 11, 2022

Brief stop at Tintagel 🏰

🏷 Photography

Feb 11, 2022

Flat white and a pasty on a bench in Padstow harbour. Final harbour coffee break of our stay in Cornwall 😀☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 10, 2022

Second flat white of the day on a bench at Porthleven Harbour ☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 10, 2022

Flat white and croissant on the beach overlooking St Michael’s Mount. A little grey and breezy. 🥐 ☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 9, 2022

Kemyel A - standing stone (menhir)

🏷 Photography

Feb 8, 2022

Flat white on a bench overlooking Mousehole harbour ☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 8, 2022

Violets

🏷 Photography

Feb 8, 2022

Sky, sea and ruins - view from the front of the cottage we’re staying in.

🏷 Photography

Feb 8, 2022

Lamorna Cove

🏷 Photography

Feb 7, 2022

Today I learned blue skies in St Ives do not mean good weather at Land’s End. It got very drizzly and misty.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Weather

Feb 7, 2022

St Ives

🏷 Photography

Feb 7, 2022

Flat white on a bench overlooking St Ives harbour ☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 5, 2022

Inside Delico Deli with an Americano, looking out. ☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 1, 2022

Sharp

🏷 Photography

Jan 29, 2022

Pastéis de nata added to my coffee morning ☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Jan 28, 2022

Misty and muddy walk this morning but at least I got above the clouds. Now to clean my boots … 🚶‍♂️

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Jan 25, 2022

Cactus boot, prehistoric jungle and glasshouse at Bristol Botanic Garden 🌱

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Jan 25, 2022

Some intense leafleting in Bristol.

🏷 Photography

Jan 19, 2022

Rhubarb chard at the National Botanic Garden of Wales

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Jan 12, 2022

First try of a plastic Holga lens on my old Pentax K100D. A Holga HL-P, 60 mm f/8 for Pentax DSLR cameras - thank you ebay 😊

Camera on manual exposure; I was pleased with most of my guesses!

Results on Flickr 📷

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🏷 Photography

Jan 6, 2022

A visit to King’s Quoit, the Neolithic burial chamber overlooking Manorbier beach, Pembrokeshire. September 2021. More photos in this album on Flickr 📷

Ian Mason at King's Quoit Neolithic burial chamber overlooking Manorbier Bay

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 History 🏷 Walking

Jan 5, 2022

A morning walk. Snow and Moss on Flickr 📷

🏷 Photography

Jan 5, 2022

Spent a long time preparing sushi maki with my daughter last night. Fillings of shiitake, smoked tofu, avocado, sweet potato and smoked salmon. Delicious but we still haven’t got the sizes quite right; they tend to turn out a little on the large side.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jan 2, 2022

Main course and dessert.

🏷 Photography

Jan 2, 2022

First visit of the year to my favourite pub. Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Dec 25, 2021

Finishing off Xmas evening

🏷 Photography

Dec 25, 2021

Quiet family Xmas dinner of

Spanakopita
Gigantes plaki
Harissa roasted sprouts, broccoli, halloumi and spinach
Gingery beetroot with peanut dressing and black sesame
Flatbreads
Hummus
Tzatziki

Boxing Day will be busier…

🏷 Photography

Dec 25, 2021

Will be feeling really strong today - cooking nearly a kilogram of spinach for Xmas dinner 🎅💪

🏷 Photography

Dec 19, 2021

Short Sunday afternoon walk🚶‍♂️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Dec 18, 2021

First Xmas fire 🔥

🏷 Photography

Dec 16, 2021

The crowds are in for the early morning cricket 🏏 🐈

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Dec 14, 2021

Senedd Cymru

🏷 Photography

Dec 1, 2021

A new novelty - first train journey in almost two years - Mountain Ash Station 🚊

🏷 Photography

Nov 25, 2021

Walking through Aberdare 📷

A short sequence of B&W photos of Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf.

View from the footbridge

Aberdare Market

Cardiff Street, Aberdare

Victoria Square, Aberdare

St Elvan’s Church, Aberdare

Whitcombe Street, Aberdare

Canon Street, Aberdare

Weatheral Street, Aberdare

Aberdare Library

Library Square, Aberdare

St John the Baptist Church, Aberdare

Dare Valley Country Park

St John the Baptist Churchyard

St John the Baptist Churchyard

Aberdare Jobcentre

Bradleys Coffee Shop, Aberdare …

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee 🏷 Walking

Nov 23, 2021

Changes! Severed my ponytail and shaved my hair and beard short 💇‍♂️

🏷 Photography

Nov 15, 2021

And a barge sails by 😀

🏷 Photography

Nov 15, 2021

Morning view over Camden Lock from hotel room window.

🏷 Photography

Nov 15, 2021

Stereolab and Kynsy at the Roundhouse, London, Sunday 14th November 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Nov 13, 2021

Take out beer! Two pints of Grey Trees Brewery’s Mosaic Pale Ale fits in this carton from the Bunch of Grapes 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Oct 31, 2021

John Keats was born #OnThisDay, 31st October 1795, in Moorgate, London, where his father worked in a livery stable at the Swan and Hoop inn. A small blue plaque at the site reads

In a house on this site the “Swan and Hoop” John Keats, Poet, Was born 1795

🏷 Photography 🏷 Poetry 🏷 OnThisDay

Oct 31, 2021

home — day 31 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 30, 2021

Saturday pizza 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Oct 30, 2021

Ready for Strictly Come Dancing Hallowe’en special - pumpkin courtesy of Thomas Mason 🎃 💃

🏷 Photography

Oct 30, 2021

Not a satisfactory solution. Also trying to make pizza at the same time 🏏 🏉 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket 🏷 Food 🏷 Rugby

Oct 30, 2021

Lounging in late October sun 🐈‍⬛ ☀️

🏷 Photography

Oct 30, 2021

red — day 30 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 🍷 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Oct 29, 2021

cycle — day 29 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge. Flashback to a birthday in 2004 ⌛📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 28, 2021

underneath — day 28 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge. King’s Quoit, a Neolithic burial chamber in Manorbier, Wales 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 27, 2021

chaos — day 27 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Oct 26, 2021

bliss — day 26 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 25, 2021

gravity — day 25 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge. A specific gravity balance 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 24, 2021

connection — day 24 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 23, 2021

Scenes from our local coffee shop, Delico Deli, this morning. They have entered Hallowe’en mode 🎃 ☕️

Though, to be honest, there is a permanent touch of the macabre in their normal decor 😊

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Oct 23, 2021

meaning — day 23 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 22, 2021

rest — day 22 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 21, 2021

space — day 21 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 20, 2021

sports — day 20 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge. T20 World Cup is underway! 🏏 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Oct 19, 2021

mirror — day 19 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 18, 2021

finished — day 18 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 17, 2021

compass — day 17 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 16, 2021

rotation — day 16 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 15, 2021

Field Music were brilliant at The Fleece in Bristol tonight 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Oct 15, 2021

ethereal — day 15 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 15, 2021

Just had delicious spinach pies at Sotiris Bakery 🇬🇷

🏷 Photography

Oct 14, 2021

WINEYBEEST 10.5%
WILD BEER CO 1/3 IMPERIAL STOUT + WINE BARRELS + TIME

All the decadence of an imperial stout base beer and accented by a hint of acidity and fruit character picked up from one year of maturation in red wine barrels.

🏷 Photography

Oct 14, 2021

wheels — day 14 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 14, 2021

Hungarian Soproni IPA and delicious beetroot cake 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Oct 14, 2021

Laura Marling at Tramshed, Cardiff, 13th October 2021 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Oct 13, 2021

Tapas at Bar 44

🏷 Photography

Oct 13, 2021

animals — day 13 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 13, 2021

BBQ tofu banh mi

🏷 Photography

Oct 12, 2021

legend — day 12 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 11, 2021

hygge — day 11 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 10, 2021

bridges — day 10 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge — Clifton Suspension Bridge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 9, 2021

safe — day 9 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 8, 2021

twilight — day 8 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 7, 2021

spice — day 7 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 6, 2021

street — day 6 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge — Commercial Street, Aberdare 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 5, 2021

toy — day 5 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 4, 2021

sharp — day 4 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge — St Elvan’s Church, Aberdare 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 3, 2021

Cooked with tempeh for the first time tonight - it made a very good noodle dish 🍜

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Oct 3, 2021

majority — day 3 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge — Keir Hardie, founder of the Labour Party, Aberdare MP 1900-1915 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 2, 2021

dark — day 2 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Oct 1, 2021

touch — day 1 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge 📷

🏷 Photography

Sep 19, 2021

Abergavenny Food Festival - The Market Hall

🏷 Photography

Sep 18, 2021

Couple of quick photos at the start of Elbow’s gig at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff last night 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Sep 17, 2021

Sitting outside Cafe Citta, Cardiff. Double espressos ☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Sep 17, 2021

Arrived in Cardiff. Aperol Spritz time.

🏷 Photography

Sep 16, 2021

A squirrel broke into our peanut butter while we were out! 🐿

🏷 Photography

Sep 16, 2021

North Beach, Tenby

🏷 Photography

Sep 15, 2021

Sitting by a fire in the dark listening to Oscar Peterson’s Night Train. 🎵

Argentum B&W vs Apple Night mode 😊

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Sep 15, 2021

Don’t know how well this will photograph (it’s on a slighy crumpled crisp packet) but I think this image on Tyrell’s sour cream and serenade chilli flavoured crisps is imaginative branding!

🏷 Photography

Sep 15, 2021

Seaweed Ale made with Pembrokeshire foraged kelp by Caffle Craft Brewery 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Sep 15, 2021

Woodstock in the morning sun.

🏷 Photography

Sep 13, 2021

BBQ time

🏷 Photography

Sep 12, 2021

Such a good album! Kitchen Sink by Nadine Shah 🎵

On Apple Music…

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Sep 12, 2021

Cooler with a little rain today so it’s an evening for a log fire with cheese and wine.

🏷 Photography

Sep 11, 2021

Tynt Meadow, the only English Trappist beer 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Sep 11, 2021

Shopping trip to Narberth ended up with a 1965 Phaidon edition of a book reviewing Parisian art by Charles Baudelaire and a bottle of Dà Mhìle Distillery Welsh gin, oak aged in ex-Bourbon barrels.

🏷 Photography

Sep 11, 2021

Narberth Castle 🏰

🏷 Photography

Sep 10, 2021

Arrived at a Hobbit House called Woodstock for a week away from it all. No power, no running water, wood fired hot tub. Plan is to read and relax.

🏷 Photography

Sep 10, 2021

St. Florence Church ⛪️

🏷 Photography

Sep 10, 2021

A beer at the Parsonage Inn, St. Florence 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Sep 9, 2021

Sri Lankan street food and drink at The Coconut Tree in Cardiff last night. If I hadn’t committed myself to shooting only in black and white in September it would have been very colourful…

A Rio Rumble cocktail

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Sep 8, 2021

Another Sky 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Sep 8, 2021

HMS Morris 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Sep 8, 2021

Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Sep 8, 2021

Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Sep 8, 2021

The Coconut Tree, Cardiff.

🏷 Photography

Sep 6, 2021

The Pool, Melbourne

🏷 Photography

Aug 29, 2021

Wood firing pizza tonight 🍕 😃

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Aug 28, 2021

Just sorted out my deckchair and radio to settle down for a sunny afternoon listening to the cricket when … 3rd Test: England beat India by an innings and 76 runs. 🏏

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Aug 26, 2021

Green Man Festival 2021 Photographs 📷 🎵 – a Flickr album of photos straight from my old Pentax K100D camera.

It’s the first time I’ve bothered carrying a ‘real’ camera around a festival. I quite like some of the images compared to my phone photos. 😊

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Aug 16, 2021

Graffiti in Athens, February 2018

Describing my relationship with the increasing number of social photography platforms 😉📷

Test share of my first Glass post

🏷 Photography

Aug 15, 2021

A gap in today’s relentless August (!) drizzle 🌧

Let’s BBQ Beyond Burgers!

🏷 Photography

Aug 13, 2021

Barely a week after I started to try out Gala I’ve just posted my first photograph to Glass.

The image aptly illustrates my relationship with the increasing number of social photography platforms. 😉📷

I’m @TheDimPause there too.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Glass Photo

Aug 9, 2021

Just learned that this is called a Forest Bug, Pentatoma rufipes.

A living woodland crest, the forest bug is a shieldbug that loves nothing more than the sap of oak trees.

Also known as a red-legged shieldbug.

🏷 Photography

Aug 7, 2021

Break in play

🏷 Photography 🏷 Games

Aug 7, 2021

Like mother, like daughter 😉

🏷 Photography

Aug 7, 2021

Open air dance performance by NDC Wales at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

🏷 Photography

Aug 6, 2021

Lenten Spaghetti with Tahini.

A success!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Aug 6, 2021

Friday night dinner recipe from Vefa’s Kitchen:

Lenten Spaghetti with Tahini

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

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 attention by @gr36 here on Micro.blog, in this conversation.

My username/profile there is (as expected!): thedimpause

I like the app they’re developing - although it does seem sluggish at times and I have experienced a few crashes whilst using it. Hopefully there’ll be a willingness and time allowed for improvement. It’s the style of app I wish Flickr had, a relatively simple photo …

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🏷 Photography 🏷 CompTechSci

Aug 5, 2021

Published 6 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ venice, gala

🏷 Photography

Aug 3, 2021

Published 9 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ aberdare

🏷 Photography

Aug 2, 2021

Aberdare morning walk (link to Strava route details) 🔗 🚶‍♂️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 Walking

Aug 2, 2021

Morning coffee with some sheep ☕️ 🐑

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Jul 24, 2021

Purezza Bristol, vegan pizzeria. Seaspiracy pizza 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jul 23, 2021

Pizza sequence. Trying out the pizza oven in wood fired mode for the first time. 🍕

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jul 22, 2021

Published 24 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ garden

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Jul 22, 2021

Gardening Diary 🌱 — 📅 22nd July 2021

Some garden flora:

Garden Meadow!

Common Poppy

Corn Marigold

Common Cat’s-ear

Ragwort

Orange Hawkweed

Common Spotted Orchid

Cabbage White on Horseradish

Marsh Thistle

Common Lavender

Nasturtium

Gunnera

Kale

Oregano

Cucumber

Chilli

Rocket

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Jul 21, 2021

🐈 🐈 seeking shady spots today 🌞

🏷 Photography

Jul 21, 2021

Quite warm again today. ☀️

🏷 Photography

Jul 16, 2021

Just created somewhere to sit. 🌱

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Jul 11, 2021

Euro 2020 Final: England v Italy ⚽️

Pre-match feasting 😋

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Football

Jul 4, 2021

Gin and tonic made with Japanese gin and homegrown kumquats.

🏷 Photography

Jul 3, 2021

Euro 2020: Ukraine 0-4 England. So far. Fantastic! Photo just before fourth goal. ⚽️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Football

Jul 3, 2021

Euro 2020: Ukraine v England. Delicious pre-match indoor picnic courtesy of Côte at Home ⚽️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Football

Jun 27, 2021

Bunch of Grapes - Pewin Ynfytyn ~ Crazy Peacock by The Trefforest Brewery 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jun 27, 2021

Check in 🗺 — Sunday lunch at the Bunch of Grapes again 😀 🍺

Google satellite map showing location pin

🔎 Zoom in

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Location 🏷 Beer

Jun 26, 2021

Nice change! London Pride in a dimpled pint glass 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jun 25, 2021

Revolucion de Cuba. Friday night in Cardiff.

🏷 Photography

Jun 25, 2021

Food at Citta is so good, and all prepared in a tiny open kitchen. Have missed coming here 😊

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jun 25, 2021

Corvina 🍷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Jun 25, 2021

Temple of Peace and Health, Cardiff.

🏷 Photography

Jun 24, 2021

Uh-oh rain has stopped play, England 69 for 4 with 8 overs left.

Hoping for a restart at 21:55, reduced to 6 overs and target of 103. 🏏

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Jun 24, 2021

England v Sri Lanka T20 🏏 England 10 for 2! Chameera bowling to Morgan.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Jun 24, 2021

Attending my first cricket match since September 2019 - ready for England v Sri Lanka T20 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 🏏

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Jun 24, 2021

Afternoon Sherry and truffles.

🏷 Photography

Jun 24, 2021

Tapas at Bar 44, Cardiff.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jun 18, 2021

In the last few weeks we’ve been having a Great Spotted Woodpecker visiting our bird feeders. Not a brilliant photo because it was taken from a distance through a window but it did also capture the squirrels and a robin 🪶 🐿 😀

Great Spotted Woodpecker at a bird feeder

🏷 Photography

Jun 12, 2021

Don’t know what they’re waiting for … 🐈‍⬛

🏷 Photography

Jun 12, 2021

Geranium and reflections 🪴

🏷 Photography

Jun 9, 2021

Misty walk in the country park this morning 🌫

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Jun 6, 2021

Squid ink linguine with grilled octopus. Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

May 30, 2021

Cheese & Mustard 🧀 🍷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

May 25, 2021

Persian inspired vegan mezze at Koocha, Gloucester Road, Bristol. Delicious!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

May 22, 2021

Eurovision. Watched, scored, voted (Belgium & Ukraine for me). Drank wine. Waiting for results.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

May 21, 2021

Quite a grey day today.

Stackpole Quay in the morning.

Cleddau Bridge in the afternoon.

🏷 Photography

May 20, 2021

means

🏷 Photography

May 19, 2021

Barbecued vegetables, pitta breads, hummus, taramasalata and sriracha sauce. Enjoying the good weather today because the forecast for tomorrow and Friday is heavy rain and strong winds.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Weather

May 19, 2021

Breezy morning at Manorbier.

🏷 Photography

May 18, 2021

Bit of rain, but we have HPA 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

May 18, 2021

Henry’s Moat Hobbit House, St. Florence

🏷 Photography

Apr 28, 2021

Paella de verduras

🏷 Photography

Apr 28, 2021

Planning a paella de verduras

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Apr 23, 2021

Gardening Diary 🌱 — 📅 23rd April 2021

In July 2011 my father-in-law built a treehouse for our children.

(Apologies for the quality of the photo - it was taken with an old Blackberry 9300 mobile phone)

Now, nearly 10 years later, the children have long outgrown such things. Having a shed up in a tree wasn’t too practical or convenient so (finally!) over the last couple of days I have dismantled, relocated and reconstructed it.

It took me considerably longer to dismantle and get down from the tree than it did to rebuild.

The …

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden 🏷 Weather

Apr 21, 2021

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ food, dal

🏷 Photography

Apr 20, 2021

I find myself eating 😃 for the first time in years.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Apr 18, 2021

Leaving Wales for a few hours. Prince of Wales Bridge across the River Severn, heading into England.

🏷 Photography

Apr 15, 2021

Tonight is the night for cocktails 🍸

🏷 Photography

Apr 10, 2021

Monotone - green olives, jalapeños and capers 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Apr 10, 2021

Yet again, Saturday night is pizza construction time 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Apr 10, 2021

Grey Trees Belgian Blonde 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Apr 10, 2021

Annual arrival day 🏏

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Apr 9, 2021

This was delicious! 🐟

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Apr 6, 2021

Sum total of our April snow so far ❄️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Apr 2, 2021

Like Clockwork 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Mar 30, 2021

Cat increasingly sulky on the doorstep because I won’t let her in the house on a nice sunny day.

🏷 Photography

Mar 30, 2021

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ drinks, books

🏷 Photography

Mar 30, 2021

Sunny day ☀️ - trying to colour coordinate drinking and reading 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Mar 25, 2021

Homescreening because I listened to today’s episode of Hemispheric Views // @HemisphericViews.

Two screens, first is all widget, everything else in App Library.

And for reference it’s an iPhone 8 with 162 apps installed. 😟 🤷

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🏷 Photography 🏷 CompTechSci

Mar 9, 2021

Returning Seren

🏷 Photography

Mar 9, 2021

Painting 🎨

🏷 Photography

Mar 7, 2021

The Jalapeño Popper Vegan Grilled Cheese (jalapeños, pickled chillis, chilli jam and vegan cheese in a toasted sandwich) from JOL’s Food Truck yesterday was absolutely delicious. Accompanied by fantastic Triple Cooked Chips. If the Truck is in your area don’t miss it!

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 4, 2021

Risking it

🏷 Photography 🏷 Games

Feb 28, 2021

Coffee in the sun 🌞 ☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 28, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 28: up — Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, March 2019 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 27, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 27: pompasetting — Pompasetting at the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Boxing Day, 2007 📷

Mother and daughter in nice clothes, walking and waving

🏷 Photography

Feb 26, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 26: favourite — August 2008. First time at my favourite music festival, the Green Man Festival. Not my favourite weather. Not taken with with my favourite phone/camera, a 1.3 megapixel Vodafone 716. 🎵📷

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Music 🏷 Weather

Feb 25, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 25: code — Not exactly code but the 3rd century BCE Brahmi script Edicts of Ashoka did need deciphering in the 19th century. British Museum, June 2015. 📷

Carved script on Pillar of Ashoka fragment

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🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Feb 24, 2021

Gardening Diary 🌱 — 📅 24th February 2021 — Three wasabi plants I planted in May last year have exploded into activity. Wasn’t expecting such vigorous growth and flowering so early in the year, especially after/during some very cold and wet weather.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden 🏷 Weather

Feb 24, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 24: baby — My daughter and her babies at Grandma’s house, April 2004 😄 📷

Little girl and three dolls, one bigger than her

🏷 Photography

Feb 23, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 23: banana — Sal, Cape Verde, April 2016 📷

Bananas and other fruit on a market stall

🏷 Photography

Feb 22, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 22: spell 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 21, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 21: colors — Burano, December 2016 📷

Coloured houses and bell tower in Burano, Venice

🏷 Photography

Feb 20, 2021

I’ve missed a couple of days of the Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge but am trying to pick up on it again. 😟 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 20, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 20: weather — Crete, August 2016 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Weather

Feb 17, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 17: still — Penderyn Distillery, April 2013 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 16, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 16: erudite — Amsterdam, March 2019 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 15, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 15: reflection — I still have my Power Macintosh G4 Mirrored Drive Door (2003). Hasn’t been powered up in a very long time though.  📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 CompTechSci

Feb 14, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 14: compassion — I prepared a Valentine’s Day vegetarian cooked breakfast for us this morning to cure the effects of a slight excess of wine last night. 🥰 📷

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Feb 13, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 13: make — It’s snowing 🌨️. I’m making fire 🔥. 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 12, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 12: sporg — British Museum, January 2020 📷

Art installation - The Shield of Achilles by Peter Finch

🏷 Photography

Feb 11, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 11: machine — Agios Nikolaos, Messenia, Greece, 2015 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 10, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 10: energy — Solar & Wind 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 9, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 9: muddy — Tom at Challenge Valley - the muddiest assault course in the world! August 2007 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 8, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 8: hope — Hoping to reach the summit, Vesuvius, August 2014 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 7, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 7: craving — travel, eating out, warm weather 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Weather

Feb 6, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 6: sport — Millennium Stadium, 24th November 2007, Wales 12-34 South Africa 🏉 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Rugby

Feb 5, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 5: pets 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 4, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 4: layers — Rome, 2018 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Feb 3, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 3: comfort 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 2, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 2: morning beverage — Preparing breakfast coffee at Latitude Festival, 2019 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 1, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 1: close up — Portugal, 2005 📷

🏷 Photography

Jan 31, 2021

Wintry scenes have returned this morning ❄️

🏷 Photography

Jan 26, 2021

Venice, January 2019 📷

🏷 Photography

Jan 25, 2021

Orion

🏷 Photography

Jan 24, 2021

I’ve woken up to a slight change from the sunshine of yesterday ❄️

🏷 Photography

Jan 23, 2021

Walk then beer in the winter afternoon sun ☀️ 🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jan 23, 2021

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ flickrfriday, recursion

🏷 Photography

Jan 23, 2021

Baking some homemade burger buns for later today 🍔 🍞

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jan 16, 2021

A vegan cheese selection from Honestly Tasty was very impressive.

🏷 Photography

Jan 7, 2021

Walking in a frosty Dare Valley Country Park this morning. Views from the Penrhiwllech Trail. Plenty of snow visible on the Brecons.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Jan 7, 2021

Published 17 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️

🏷 Photography

Jan 2, 2021

Doorstep Flame Grilling Beyond Burgers 🍔. Getting my first BBQ of the year in early.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jan 1, 2021

Happy Panoramic Homely New Year to All

🏷 Photography

Dec 27, 2020

Running a little late, but finally starting to cook our Xmas Dinner.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Dec 25, 2020

Xmas day. Eggs make me angry 😡

🏷 Photography

Dec 2, 2020

Published 32 photos on my Flickr account — Cardiff Before Christmas 📷

🏷 Photography

Nov 30, 2020

Fairly quiet at 9:30pm on Monday night in Cardiff.

🏷 Photography

Nov 30, 2020

Chocolate truffles and sherry.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Nov 30, 2020

Tapas at Bar 44 in Cardiff.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Nov 30, 2020

Having Monday Margaritas at Revolucion de Cuba before Wales’ Friday alcohol restrictions…

🏷 Photography

Nov 24, 2020

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ believe, flickrfriday

🏷 Photography

Nov 20, 2020

The piles of books I posted a photo of yesterday have been re-housed upstairs. According to Apple Health on my phone, in moving them I did 4752 steps, covered 2.8km and climbed 41 flights of stairs (I think this is an underestimate!). A literary workout. 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Nov 19, 2020

Moving four large bookcases. Trying to prevent our books from descending into chaos. 😊 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Nov 19, 2020

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ melting, flickrfriday

🏷 Photography

Nov 19, 2020

End of a rainbow in the Dare Valley Country Park.

🏷 Photography

Nov 16, 2020

Sunrise this morning.

🏷 Photography

Nov 9, 2020

Force me to select
One highlight of the autumn -
Abundance of squash

✏️ #mbnov

🏷 Photography 🏷 Poetry

Nov 7, 2020

Earlier fears were well founded. Difficult to get above 250°C with the wood we had available. Tried a couple of wood fired pizzas but now switched to gas for higher temperatures. 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Nov 7, 2020

Trying our pizza oven with its wood burner for the first time. It’s brilliant when gas fired but I’m not convinced by the size of the wood burner. We’ll see… 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Oct 29, 2020

Published 30 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ Paris 1997

🏷 Photography

Oct 15, 2020

Inspired by seeing the Eastern European Jewish sweet bread babka on The Great British Bake Off I tried making a savoury pesto-filled version. Quite pleased with the appearance and taste. 🍞

🏷 Photography

Oct 14, 2020

A Day in the Life

Walking through the Ynys Recreation Ground — Aberdare Cricket Club winding down for the winter. 🏏

📍 — Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
🕰️ — Wednesday October 14th, 11:27 BST

#adayinthelife

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket 🏷 Walking

Oct 11, 2020

Worrying. I have become that elderly person with a blanket on their lap. It’s getting chilly …

🏷 Photography

Oct 11, 2020

Whitebait, mackerel with black garlic braised lentils and a coffee crème brûlée - a brilliant Sunday lunch at the Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd today. Accompanied by a few pints of a Salopian Brewery New England IPA. 🍺 🐟

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Beer

Oct 10, 2020

Crete, 2004

🏷 Photography

Oct 6, 2020

Continuing the saga - Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Ugandan rolex. Superb! Far exceeded my expectations; can’t imagine the egg-based version would be better.

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🏷 Photography

Oct 3, 2020

Bread today turned out surprisingly cat-like. Tasted good but not sure what made the loaf collapse. 🍞

🏷 Photography

Oct 2, 2020

For my second night of cooking Meera Sodha recipes I’ve gone for vegan chilli cornbread with broccoli. And baked black-eyed beans.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Oct 1, 2020

Cooking Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Shaoxing and soy braised tofu with pak choi. And sticky jasmine rice.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Sep 26, 2020

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ lazy, flickrfriday

🏷 Photography

Sep 26, 2020

Aperol Spritzing our way through a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon. 😎

🏷 Photography

Sep 25, 2020

Why Can’t My Camera Capture the Wildfire Sky? 🔗 — Your Phone Wasn’t Built for the Apocalypse

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links

Sep 25, 2020

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ industrial, flickrfriday

🏷 Photography

Sep 24, 2020

Big bread - Turkish bread from a Cardiff bakery. 🥖

🏷 Photography

Sep 18, 2020

Breakfast on Manorbier beach this morning.

🏷 Photography

Sep 17, 2020

Never cooked on a gas barbecue before this week. Never thought I’d close a lid on a barbecue whilst cooking. Never had barbecued vegetables three days in a row. But here I am.

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🏷 Photography

Sep 17, 2020

Bethesda Baptist Church, Narberth.

🏷 Photography

Sep 16, 2020

Sprilly Maid by Caffle Brewery. Ale infused with rosemary. Very good, even when drunk out of a plastic cup.🍺

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Sep 15, 2020

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ horizon, flickrfriday

🏷 Photography

Sep 15, 2020

BBQ time.

🏷 Photography

Sep 14, 2020

Hobbit facilities.

🏷 Photography

Sep 14, 2020

Now moved into a Hobbit House.

🏷 Photography

Sep 14, 2020

Spent a few hours on South Beach, Tenby today.

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🏷 Photography

Sep 13, 2020

Tenby Harbour. Round and about Tenby for a few days.

🏷 Photography

Sep 4, 2020

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ pentaxk100d, flickrfriday, magnetic

🏷 Photography

Sep 1, 2020

Bakewell Tart. ☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Coffee

Aug 31, 2020

Delicious breakfast this morning, bookmarked for cooking again - 🔗 Vegan Mushroom Bacon Breakfast Toast

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 Food

Aug 31, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 31: Love — Honeymoon, 1996 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 30, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 30: Discovery — Finding jellyfish on Llansteffan Beach 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 29, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 29: Flake — December 2010 was probably the heaviest snowfall I have experienced. 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 28, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 28: Emotions — Overexcitement 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Aug 27, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 27: Overcome — I did not overcome the opposition tonight. I came last. 🎮 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Games

Aug 26, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 26: Relentless — Yesterday the wind was relentless here. Some plants have suffered. 🌱 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Aug 25, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 25: (Abandon) Hope — London, January 2020 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 24, 2020

Lunch 🐟

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Aug 24, 2020

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ vanishingpoint, flickrfriday

🏷 Photography

Aug 24, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 24: Frosty — Cool chillies 🌶 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Aug 24, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 23: Graceful — Ballet Seren, 2009 📷 (late entry because I missed posting yesterday ☹️)

🏷 Photography

Aug 22, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 22: Home — Streaming Green Man Festival in the garden at home 🎵📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Aug 21, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 21: Crunch 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 21, 2020

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ countryside, flickrfriday

🏷 Photography

Aug 20, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 20: Change — Just noticed that this roughly circular ring of mushrooms has suddenly emerged in our garden 🌱📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Aug 19, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 19: Ribbon — My Grandfather’s France and Germany Star 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 18, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 18: Grid — Bridge grids - Prince of Wales (Second Severn Crossing) and Clifton Suspension 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 17, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 17: Cuddly 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 16, 2020

Glamorgan’s first home game of the recently started cricket season - Glamorgan v Gloucestershire at Sophia Gardens in the Bob Willis Trophy. No spectators, but at least there’s live streaming on YouTube. 🏏

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Aug 16, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 16: Stationary — Almost… 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 15, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 15: Silhouette — Cardiff Bay, January 2020 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 15, 2020

Check in 🗺 — Cwrw Gorslas in a Pod at the Rhoswenallt. 🍺

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Aug 14, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 14: Among — Among the undergrowth… 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 14, 2020

Field of Streams - Green Man Festival 🔗 — Summary: Green Man has announced plans for a virtual festival this month to replace this year’s edition of the event. Eels, Pictish Trail, Stella Donelly, Father John Misty, and Adwaith will all play exclusive sets. 🎵

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Aug 13, 2020

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ flickrfriday, splash

🏷 Photography

Aug 13, 2020

The weather was a little unpredictable today ☔️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Weather

Aug 13, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 13: Filter 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Aug 12, 2020

Paella de verduras 🥘

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Aug 12, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 12: Sound — Garden chimes 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Aug 11, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 11: Transport — Aberdare Bus Station 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 10, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 10: Windows 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 9, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 9: Black and White — Nasturtium 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Aug 8, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 8: View — Looking over Aberdare

🏷 Photography

Aug 7, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 7: Day tripping — My in-laws took a day trip to our garden today 😉 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 7, 2020

Debut album from Another Sky - I Slept on the Floor - just arrived in this morning’s post. 👏 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

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 allowed to open for indoor dining from Monday this week. Our first meal out near home in Wales since the beginning of March.

The food was really good, especially the Roasted Cod Loin, so I can’t resist posting some details. 😀

Menu Board

Sweetcorn Soup - Charred sweetcorn, butterbean and radicchio soup, garlic and rosemary sourdough crouton

Pan Fried Cockles - Pan fried cockles, leeks and …

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Aug 6, 2020

Bunch of Grapes. Check in 🗺

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Aug 6, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 6: Bisect 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 5, 2020

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ flickrfriday, 90degrees

🏷 Photography

Aug 5, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 5: Flow — Afon Cynon, Aberdâr

🏷 Photography

Aug 4, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 4: Peace — A Crass badge from the early 1980s. 🎵📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Aug 4, 2020

The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born #OnThisDay, 4th August 1792.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Poetry 🏷 OnThisDay

Aug 3, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 3: Bug 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 2, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 2: Floating 📷

🏷 Photography

Aug 1, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 1: Up 📷

🏷 Photography

Jul 25, 2020

Saturday night pizza 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jul 25, 2020

Basil and wine - in the midst of making pizza 🍕 🍷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Wine

Jul 23, 2020

Published 5 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ venice, italy, ilford, xp2

🏷 Photography

Jul 23, 2020

Published 1 photo on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ canoneos300d, flickrfriday, polished

🏷 Photography

Jul 18, 2020

Check in 🗺 — Tinto Lounge. First meal out since the beginning of March. Very good vegan Beyond Cheese Burger with a glass of Malbec 🍔 🍷 😃

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Jul 16, 2020

Published 1 photo on my Flickr account 📷

🏷 Photography

Jul 8, 2020

Published 1 photo on my Flickr account 📷

🏷 Photography

Jul 8, 2020

The Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley died #OnThisDay, 8th July 1822, at the age of 29, when his boat went down in a sudden storm off the coast of the Gulf of La Spezia.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Poetry 🏷 OnThisDay

Jul 2, 2020

Published 2 photos on my Flickr account 📷

🏷 Photography

Jun 25, 2020

Published 1 photo on my Flickr account 📷

🏷 Photography

Jun 14, 2020

Tried making sushi for the first time today - avocado and cucumber rolls.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jun 12, 2020

Flickr Blog - Why today’s Explore is important. 🔗 — Excerpt: Today we’re populating Flickr’s Explore page with a curated selection of photos of the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight for equality.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links

Jun 8, 2020

Linguine with carrot top pesto 🥕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jun 8, 2020

Vegetables: Riverford Organic Farmers 🌱

Using my submission to this week’s Flickr FlickrFriday theme #Vegetables in praise of Riverford Organic Farmers. Photo is of our vegetable box delivered at 6:30am this morning, as it is every Monday. We’ve been Riverford customers for over 10 years but their deliveries during the current COVID-19 lockdown have been invaluable. They have maintained high quality service and continued to provide excellent produce throughout this period.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Garden

Jun 4, 2020

Published 1 photo on my Flickr account 📷

🏷 Photography

May 27, 2020

Garden plant identification. Does anyone know what these purple flowers are? 🌱

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

May 25, 2020

Rosa canina, commonly known as the dog rose. 🌱

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

May 25, 2020

Gardening Diary 🌱 — 📅 25th May 2020

After years of neglect we’ve been trying to improve and actually make use of the area of garden behind our house.

I should really have taken some ‘before’ photographs but here are a few details in pictures of progress so far.

Sun terrace 😀

Oregano bed and compost bin

Thyme planted in a rusty wheelbarrow!

Small raised beds cleared and dug over ready for planting

Greenhouse, which still definitely needs some repair, semi-tidied and an attempt at seed germination started - …

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden 🏷 Weather

May 22, 2020

Sister Seren popped round for tea this evening. ✝️

🏷 Photography

May 20, 2020

Currently reading: The Book of Tokyo: A City In Short Fiction (Reading the City) edited by Jim Hinks, Masashi Matsuie & Michael Emmerich 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

May 20, 2020

This week’s Flickr Friday theme of Childhood Memories gave me the opportunity to do this. Luckily nobody saw me playing with Action Man in the garden. 😳

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

May 18, 2020

Track 18 May 2020 at 14:30 - Walking Track - ViewRanger 🔗 – 5 mile circular route.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 Walking

Apr 25, 2020

Intense Santorini 🇬🇷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Games

Apr 25, 2020

Evening games.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Games

Apr 25, 2020

Lockdown just got serious - teaching my wife and daughter to play chess - their first game… ♟

🏷 Photography 🏷 Games

Apr 15, 2020

…and this is the card we got her 😸

🏷 Photography

Apr 15, 2020

My daughter’s 19th lockdown birthday celebration this morning. 🎉

🏷 Photography

Apr 12, 2020

Regressing back to medieval times today and drinking mead with hops from Wye Valley Meadery.

🏷 Photography

Apr 10, 2020

Copycats 🐈

🏷 Photography

Apr 2, 2020

Kimchi Miso Hotpot

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Apr 2, 2020

In the process of cooking a Kimchi Miso Hotpot from Tim Anderson’s Vegan Japaneasy

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 28, 2020

Cooked pizzas. Scary daughter included! 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 28, 2020

Saturday night pizzas about to go into the oven 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 27, 2020

Currently reading: The Feed by Nick Clark Windo 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Mar 23, 2020

Just received Tim Anderson’s Vegan JapanEasy in today’s post. Still awaiting delivery of some required ingredients though… 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Food

Mar 22, 2020

We’ve got no shortage of coffee making options. ☕️

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Mar 21, 2020

Sunny spring day in the garden, if a little breezy.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Mar 20, 2020

Made a loaf using khorasan flour for the first time. Rise was a bit peculiar but I really like the taste and texture.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 19, 2020

My walk across desolate Venice 🔗 — Excerpt: Gregory Dowling: So, as I anticipated in my last post, yesterday I had the opportunity to take a long walk across Venice, since I had to go to the university to act as Chairman of a “commissione di laurea”, sitting in front of a computer and connecting telematically with the students…

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links

Mar 14, 2020

Rushden Transport Museum. Check in 🗺 🍺 - drinking Black Country Bitter by Holdens Brewery

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Mar 7, 2020

England beat Wales 33-30 in a thrilling Six Nations encounter 🔗 🏉

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Mar 7, 2020

Twickenham Stadium. England v Wales, Six Nations 🏉

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Mar 7, 2020

Comptoir Libanais. Check in 🗺 - breakfast.

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Mar 6, 2020

Cornershop’s England is a Garden - 5* review in _The Times_today. Ample Play 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Mar 6, 2020

The Bishop. Check in 🗺 🍺 - drinking a Young’s London Special by Eagle Brewery (formerly Charles Wells)

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Mar 4, 2020

Bar 44. Check in 🗺 - brilliant tapas, as usual!

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Mar 1, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 30: Vision - Hawk-eyed. Fresco by Giandomenico Tiepolo. (Ca' Rezzonico, Venice, 2019) 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 29, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 29: Leap - Water still leaping out of the ground in Mountain Ash today - a lot more rain over the last couple of days. 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 28, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 28: Below - At the WNO performance of Carmen last night we literally had back row seats. Everything was below us. 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 27, 2020

Wales Millennium Centre. Check in 🗺 - Carmen, Welsh National Opera.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Location

Feb 27, 2020

Las Iguanas. Check in 🗺 - cocktails, wine and bar snacks in Cardiff Bay. Weather is gorgeous. ☀️

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Location 🏷 Weather

Feb 27, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 27: Together - Birch & Ivy 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 26, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 26: Escape 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 25, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 25: Hurdle - Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, 2018. There have definitely been hurdles here in the past… 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 24, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 24: Double - Lift (photo from January 2018) 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 23, 2020

Porto Lounge. Check in 🗺 - for a Beyond burger and Malbec 🍷

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Feb 23, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 23: Station - Aberdare station this afternoon. Deserted because the line is still closed due to Storm Dennis flooding in the Cynon Valley. 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 23, 2020

Rhoswenallt Inn. Check in 🗺 🍺 — Drinking a Try Time by Glamorgan Brewing Co

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Feb 22, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 22: Spectacle - Watching Wales v France in the Six Nations 🏉 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Rugby

Feb 21, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 21: Progress - Progress up an escalator. There’s been a lot more progress since this was taken with my first digital camera in April 2004, when my daughter wasn’t quite even 3 years old. 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 20, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 20: Scale - Home in the South Wales Valleys (courtesy of a trip to Legoland in 2008) 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 19, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 19: Space - Sal, Cape Verde, April 2016 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 18, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 18: Oppose 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 17, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 17: Cool - Commercial Street, Aberdare 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 16, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 16: Rest 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 15, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 15: Balance - Taking today’s prompt literally… 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 14, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 14: Warmth - Picante! Spanish pimentón is one of my favourite flavours and I’m always reluctant to throw the decorative tins away 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 13, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 13: Rise - Breakfast coffee rising through a Moka pot 📷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Coffee

Feb 12, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 12: Attachment 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 11, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 11: Plain 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 10, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 10: Sign 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 9, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 9: Lull - Need a lull in Storm Ciara to deal with a tree that’s blown down into our garden 📷

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Feb 8, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 8: Contrast - Some of my 2 Tone vinyl from the late 1970s 📷 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Feb 7, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 7: Above - Wind turbines on the hills above Aberdare 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 6, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 6: Plant - Winter morning herbs: frozen oregano and rosemary 📷

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🏷 Photography

Feb 5, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 5: Hide - I cannot claim credit for this photo, but I am the subject (concealed in a farmhouse in the St Fagans National Museum of History). My daughter took and post-processed the photograph for an A-Level Photography project. 📷

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🏷 Photography

Feb 4, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 4: Spot - In honour of Day 4, my attempt at a vegan Spotted Dick using a slight variation on this recipe. It will look better with custard! 📷

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🏷 Photography

Feb 4, 2020

Walking in London - Finding poetry, politics and more - a Flickr album 📷 🔗

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 History 🏷 Poetry 🏷 Walking

Feb 3, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 3: Reflect - Cardiff Bay, Saturday 18th January 2020 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 2, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 2: Sight - An old Philip Harris microscope 📷

🏷 Photography

Feb 2, 2020

The Discover tab in Micro.blog’s Sunlit app is a brilliant way to browse February Photoblogging Challenge contributions. The timeline grid there goes a long way back. // @macgenie

🏷 Photography

Feb 2, 2020

Cooked Rachel Roddy’s recipe for fried potatoes and eggs for Sunday brunch. Very comforting! Had to use a wok because I didn’t have a lidded frying pan with enough room for nearly 1.5kg of potatoes.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Feb 1, 2020

The Mad Bishop & Bear. ESB, watching Wales v. Italy Six Nations rugby, waiting for a train to Cardiff. 🏉 🍺 — Drinking an ESB by Fuller’s Brewery. Check in 🗺

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Feb 1, 2020

February Photoblogging Challenge Day 1: Open - Books on display in the William Blake exhibition at Tate Britain 📷

🏷 Photography

Jan 31, 2020

Café In The Crypt. Check in 🗺. Coffee in a crypt - tables are on gravestones. A little strange…

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Jan 31, 2020

National Gallery. Check in 🗺

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Jan 31, 2020

Tate Britain. Tate Britain, mainly to see the William Blake exhibition. Check in 🗺

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Jan 30, 2020

The Jack Horner. Brilliant beer! — Drinking an ESB by Fuller’s Brewery. Check in 🗺

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Jan 30, 2020

Tate Modern - Kara Walker: Fons Americanus - review 🔗

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links

Jan 30, 2020

Keats Bar at the Globe. Drinking a London Pride by Fuller’s Brewery. Check in 🗺

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Jan 30, 2020

Keats House, Hampstead

🏷 Photography 🏷 Poetry

Jan 30, 2020

St Pancras Old Church - memorial stone to Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin and The Hardy Tree.

🏷 Photography

Jan 30, 2020

St Pancras Old Church. Check in 🗺

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Jan 29, 2020

Margarita, wine and Brazilian dough balls by the Thames in winter 🥶

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Jan 29, 2020

The Wheatsheaf. Drinking a Landlord by Timothy Taylor. Check in 🗺

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Jan 28, 2020

Cardiff Bay to Penarth - a Flickr album 📷 🔗

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links

Jan 21, 2020

Delico Deli. Check in 🗺 - vegan steak bake and espresso ☕️

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Jan 18, 2020

The Waterguard. Keg not cask :( — Drinking an Old Brewery Bitter by Samuel Smith. Check in 🗺

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Jan 18, 2020

McDonald’s. Check in 🗺 - Egg McMuffin and latte ☕️

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Jan 17, 2020

Revolucion de Cuba. Check in 🗺 - Malbec & Mojito 🍷

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Jan 7, 2020

In Bristol, dropping my daughter back off at university after the Xmas break.

🏷 Photography

Jan 7, 2020

For the sake of balance, 🍷 … (sitting outside a pub in Bristol with LOTS of ‘vintage’ signs)

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Jan 7, 2020

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Jan 7, 2020

Masons Arms. Drinking a Henry’s IPA by Wadworth

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Dec 28, 2019

The Moon at Wales Millennium Centre.

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Dec 28, 2019

Rooftop terrace at Celtic Manor Resort.

🏷 Photography

Dec 15, 2019

Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Drinking a Hobby Horse by Rhymney Brewery

and a Gorlovka Imperial Stout by Acorn Brewery

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Dec 12, 2019

UK General Election. Polling stations open from 7am to 10pm. 🗳️

You don’t need your polling card or ID to vote. You just need to turn up!

A wet and breezy morning at our polling station.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Politics

Dec 11, 2019

Found myself unusually popular tonight - often it’s more of an exclusive cat arrangement. 🐈

🏷 Photography

Dec 9, 2019

Duke Of Wellington. Malbec 🍷

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Dec 2, 2019

Some really interesting photographs in this collection.

In the remains of a bombed-out Soviet darkroom, hundreds of rolls of film were discovered rotting among the rubble by the photojournalist Samuel Eder earlier this year.

A Guardian picture essay 🔗

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links

Nov 29, 2019

Brilliant live performance by Fat White Family at The Tramshed, Cardiff on Wednesday 22nd November. 🎵

Interesting recent interview with the band – link 🔗

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 Music

Nov 29, 2019

How to measure a year of reading 📚 - this sums it up nicely

Tom Gauld in The Guardian – link 🔗

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Links

Nov 28, 2019

Tiny Rebel. Drinking a Oystermouth Stout by Mumbles Brewery

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Nov 28, 2019

National Museum Cardiff. Under wraps but still open.

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Nov 28, 2019

Duly delivered.

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Nov 28, 2019

Côte Brasserie. Needing a cooked breakfast 🍳

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Nov 27, 2019

Madame Bobalú 🍷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Nov 27, 2019

Fantastic tapas and wine at Curado Bar, Cardiff, including Cabrales, my favourite blue cheese, and carpaccio de bacalao ahumado.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Nov 27, 2019

Curado Bar. Brilliant tapas.

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Nov 27, 2019

Been shopping - now fully equipped for Xmas cake making this weekend. Apprehensive because last time I tried this the cake was terrible and ended up in the bin. But that was about 25 years ago…

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Nov 24, 2019

Rhoswenallt Inn. Drinking a Santa’s Little Belter by Glamorgan Brewing Co

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Nov 23, 2019

Gong and Steve Hillage at The Tramshed, Cardiff, 22nd November 2019 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Nov 22, 2019

Bar 44. Still my favourite place to eat in Cardiff.

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Nov 22, 2019

Tiny Rebel. Had to try a pint because of the name. Not disappointed. — Drinking a Stuck In A Metaphor by Turning Point Brew Co.

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Nov 17, 2019

Rhoswenallt Inn. Drinking a Jemima’s Pitchfork by Glamorgan Brewing Co

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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 Faiza Shaheen. Both were impressive speakers, coming across very well and appearing passionate and knowledgeable about the issues of the current election campaign.

There were around 3000 people taking part, using Zoom video conferencing software - it worked well.

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Nov 13, 2019

Apparently sometimes I’m a Morning Motivator and sometimes a Sunrise Sloth. Thanks Nescafé.

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Nov 12, 2019

Good that I can still use my old iPod touch as a music player to some extent. Catalina syncs my music library with iOS 5.1.1 so long as tracks are ripped from CD, manually added audio files or purchased from iTunes. Tracks downloaded via Apple Music subscription do not sync.

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Nov 11, 2019

Cat on a (not Hot Tin) Roof

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Nov 10, 2019

Bunch of Grapes. Drinking a Mosaic Pale Ale by Grey Trees Brewery

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Nov 9, 2019

Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery.

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Nov 9, 2019

New buildings near Cardiff’s Principality Stadium take advantage of all the available space.

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Nov 8, 2019

Courier delivery at 11:33 this morning. Driver left our property at 15:36. He inexplicably reversed his lorry off our drive into soft ground. An impressive recovery vehicle had to completely lift the rear of the vehicle out of the mud. DX - Delivered Exactly!

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Nov 7, 2019

Sunny and warm enough to be sitting outside this afternoon with a coffee and a book. And two cats…

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Nov 5, 2019

Always get a crop of various fungi (mushrooms? toadstools?) in our garden during late summer and autumn. Wish I had the knowledge and confidence to decide if any of them were edible … but I don’t!

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Nov 4, 2019

Making sourdough starters using Paul Hollywood’s method. Very active even in our relatively cool kitchen.

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Nov 3, 2019

November afternoon in Cardiff Bay.

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Nov 3, 2019

The Dock. Drinking a SA Gold by Brains

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Nov 2, 2019

Saturday morning. First prepare coffee. Next make breakfast. Then take a seat for England v South Africa in the Rugby World Cup 2019 Final. 🏉

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Oct 30, 2019

Bristol Zoo Gardens. Luzon bleeding-heart.

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Oct 27, 2019

Wales v South Africa Rugby World Cup semi-final kickoff is early Sunday morning so will be sticking to trying a couple of alcohol free beers. 🍺 🏉

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Oct 23, 2019

Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Drinking a Dreadnought by Nottingham Brewery

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Oct 12, 2019

First time trying a selection of vegan cheeses.

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Oct 6, 2019

The Thin White Duke. Drinking a Loweswater Gold by Cumbrian Legendary Ales

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Oct 5, 2019

Editor’s Draught. Drinking a Editor’s Draught by Naylor’s Brewery

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Sep 22, 2019

Chips, cheese and gravy - Puckin’ Poutine.

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Sep 19, 2019

Close up of the grass snake.

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Sep 19, 2019

Found a few surprises whilst moving my winter log pile this morning - at least three toads and a small grass snake. All safely relocated.

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Sep 18, 2019

Sea bream and sea bass with the broccoli, of course!

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Sep 18, 2019

Barbecuing some broccoli - results as yet uncertain …

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Sep 17, 2019

Gorgeous day for Glamorgan’s final home Specsavers County Championship match of the season against Leicestershire at Sophia Gardens. 🏏

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Sep 14, 2019

Found a Mason’s Arms in Bristol so felt obliged to visit. Good beer - Hoptimistic Monk - and a great beer garden. 🍺

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Sep 7, 2019

Delico Deli. Tuna melt panini

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Sep 3, 2019

Spiced Apple Chutney production

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Aug 31, 2019

Tenby Harbour

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Aug 31, 2019

Buccaneer Inn. Trawlers’ Dread black IPA 🍺

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Aug 26, 2019

Bank Holiday Monday cricket - Glamorgan v Sussex Sharks in Vitality Blast T20 match, Will Beer bowling to Sean Marsh 🏏

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Jul 20, 2019

At Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Suffolk for the weekend - Gomez on the BBC Sounds stage 🎵

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Jul 7, 2019

Skiathos Town harbour nights

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Jul 6, 2019

Our final evening in Skiathos - meal at BU on the Bourtzi of Skiathos. Possibly the best grilled halloumi I’ve ever had!

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Jul 6, 2019

cafe Nostalgic (η νοσταλγός).

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Jul 6, 2019

Kalamari at Mikros Vasilias beach cafe

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Jul 5, 2019

Vegetarian whitebait?

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Jul 4, 2019

The House of Alexandros Papadiamantis in Skiathos 2017

The House of Alexandros Papadiamantis in Skiathos 2019

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Jul 4, 2019

Slighty disturbed that I’ve spent my pool and beach time this holiday lying on a One Direction towel.

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Jun 30, 2019

Increasing my limited space holiday cooking repertoire - ‘pizza’ made in a frying pan using pitas, fresh tomatoes, cheese, olive oil and oregano 🍕

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Jun 30, 2019

Tubes

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Jun 29, 2019

Skiathos mirror 2017

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Jun 29, 2019

A short walk - Achladias to Skiathos Town

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Jun 28, 2019

Vasilias Beach, Skiathos

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Jun 28, 2019

Vasilias Beach.

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Jun 26, 2019

Skiathos Town Cat

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Jun 19, 2019

Matthew Bourne’s ballet Romeo and Juliet at Wales Millennium Centre (this was the interval set piece, not the performance itself). Great dance, interesting and very dark setting.

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Jun 15, 2019

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 - South Africa v Afghanistan at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. Imran Tahir (RSA) and Rashid Khan (AFG) bowling. Rain interruptions, but RSA win. 🏏

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Jun 12, 2019

woodfired pizza & kitchen.

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May 28, 2019

ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Bangladesh v India. First photo is of MS Dhoni and KL Rahul batting; both went on to score centuries in India’s innings of 359 🏏

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May 28, 2019

Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up - Bangladesh v India 🏏

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May 27, 2019

Some highlights of Merthyr Rising Festival 🎵 this weekend - Attila the Stockbroker and Bedface

The Neville Staple Band and Cast

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May 24, 2019

The immortal Gong at The Globe, Cardiff, Thursday 23rd May 2019 🎵

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May 4, 2019

Overgrown

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Apr 28, 2019

Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground. Glamorgan v Surrey 🏏

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Apr 28, 2019

Views from the square during the Glamorgan v Surrey lunch interval. Lukas Carey of Glamorgan didn’t keep still for the panorama shot :) 🏏

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Apr 28, 2019

Royal London One-Day Cup - Glamorgan v Surrey at Sophia Gardens. Gareth Batty bowling to Billy Root, who went on to get a career-best unbeaten 113 in Glamorgan’s innings. 🏏

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Apr 27, 2019

Went to see Suede at The Great Hall, Cardiff University Students' Union last night 🎵. They were amazingly good, an absolutely electric gig from start to finish. I saw Suede twice in the 1990s with exactly the same lineup of Brett Anderson, Richard Oakes, Mat Osman, Simon Gilbert and Neil Codling. Last night’s performance was as good as, if not better than, those earlier days.

Great support from BC Camplight (aka Brian Christinzio).

The Suede setlist was

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My Insatiable One …

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Apr 22, 2019

We’ve had this portable barbecue for 25 years now - it has served us well.

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Apr 18, 2019

Photos of misty Penarth taken on Tuesday 16th April.

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Apr 17, 2019

Attending my first cricket game of the season - Glamorgan v Essex in the Royal London One-Day Cup. Michael Hogan bowling to Alastair Cook. 🏏

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Apr 16, 2019

Retro-gaming at Kongs Bar, Cardiff.

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Apr 15, 2019

Chloe Foy at Tiny Rebel, Cardiff tonight - superb, now looking forward to seeing her at the Green Man Festival this year. 🎵

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Apr 15, 2019

Bryony Sier at Tiny Rebel, Cardiff 🎵 🎸

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Apr 15, 2019

Out and overnight in Cardiff tonight celebrating my daughter’s 18th birthday.

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Apr 6, 2019

Reflective cat

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Mar 16, 2019

Mixing it up in Amsterdam - ready for Wales game in Irish pub with Italian wine and lots of Dutch cheese. 🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍷

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Mar 15, 2019

Spiritualized at Paradiso, Amsterdam. 🎵

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Mar 15, 2019

Carter Bar & Kitchen.

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Mar 15, 2019

Awaiting Spirtualized at Paradiso, Amsterdam. 🎵

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Mar 15, 2019

Rain, beer and guidebook.

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Mar 15, 2019

Checked in at Museum Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder. Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder

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Mar 15, 2019

Checked in at Oude Kerk. Oude Kerk.

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Mar 14, 2019

Checked in at Royal Palace of Amsterdam (Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam)

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Mar 8, 2019

At the New Theatre, Cardiff for the RSC production of Romeo & Juliet.

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Feb 27, 2019

At the National Museum Cardiff visiting the Leonardo Da Vinci - A Life in Drawing exhibition.

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Feb 22, 2019

Another Sky at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff last night. Strong backlights, mists and shadows. Great music, really pleased that I got tickets as soon as I saw their set on Jools Holland’s Later last year. @anotherskymusic 🎵

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Feb 16, 2019

Un ballo in maschera - interval.

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Feb 16, 2019

Pre-opera glass of wine. At Wales Millennium Centre for Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera.

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Feb 1, 2019

Walking in the snow this afternoon - with a view over Aberdare.

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Jan 31, 2019

Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning.

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Jan 19, 2019

Tom Gauld on how to deal with owning too many books – 🔖 cartoon 📚

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Jan 5, 2019

Final night out in Venice.

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Jan 5, 2019

Checked in at Ai Barbacani

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Jan 5, 2019

Obligatory Venetian selfie.

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Jan 5, 2019

Checked in at Ca' Rezzonico

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Jan 4, 2019

San Michele, the cemetery of Venice - “possibly the most beautiful cemetery in the world” according to my guidebook.

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Jan 3, 2019

Washing day.

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Jan 3, 2019

First full day in Venice of our four night stay. Ogio cafe, where they fit as many crisps as possible into a bowl :)

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Jan 2, 2019

Checked in at The Cabin

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Dec 19, 2018

Checked in at Wahaca

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Dec 8, 2018

Checked in at Delico Deli. Coffee and toastie.

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Dec 1, 2018

A day in Nottingham – trams, Nottingham Trent University Open Day and Nottingham Contemporary art gallery.

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Nov 28, 2018

Garden casualty in today’s strong winds.

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Nov 18, 2018

Middle of November and it’s warm enough to spend the afternoon sitting in the garden.

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Nov 18, 2018

View over Aberdare on a short walk this afternoon.

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Nov 4, 2018

Alone for my evening meal tonight, so I cooked moules marinière.

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Nov 1, 2018

King Crimson at St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wednesday 31st October 2018. 🎵

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Oct 31, 2018

Train to work cancelled because of slippery rails 🚞 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Oct 31, 2018

Thought this was an appropriate choice to start reading on Halloween 👻 🎃 📚

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Oct 28, 2018

David Byrne at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Saturday 27th October 2018. Brilliant show with excellent support from Benjamin Clementine. 🎵

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Oct 24, 2018

Testing out Pi-Hole applied as DNS to a few of our mobile devices - seems to be working well

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Oct 16, 2018

Echo and the Bunnymen at St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Monday 15th October 2018 🎵

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Oct 15, 2018

In a tapas bar with four drinks on the go at the same time – next we’re heading to see Echo and the Bunnymen 🎵

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Oct 14, 2018

A day in Manchester City Centre

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Oct 14, 2018

Ceiling selfie

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Oct 13, 2018

Pint of Titanic Cherry Dark 🍺 in The Salutation – it was on these premises in 1846 that Charlotte Brontë started writing Jane Eyre 📚

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Oct 13, 2018

At Manchester Metropolitan University Open Day – my daughter considering a Psychology course here.

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Oct 3, 2018

Spot our cat 🐈 !

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Sep 28, 2018

Went to see the incredible Norwegian band Major Parkinson at Exchange in Bristol last night. One of the best live performances I’ve seen in a long time! 🎵

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Sep 26, 2018

Adding to the post-a-homescreen timeline. 📱

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Sep 22, 2018

Olive and anchovy 🍕

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Sep 21, 2018

Peace Park, a small park I walk through on my daily commute, looks to have completely flooded in heavy rain last night. A huge pile of bulrushes from a nearby pond is now blocking my path.

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Sep 20, 2018

Haven’t seen crows congregating next to Aberdare railway station before. They did this morning!

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Sep 14, 2018

These are impressive – India to break record for world’s largest statue - twice

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Sep 4, 2018

Google’s Art Selfie goes worldwide and there’s no getting away from it – I am Man with a White Beard

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Sep 2, 2018

A little Hive to pass the time in the airport.

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Sep 1, 2018

Checked in at El Greco. Third time in El Greco, Alykes in a fortnight. Great food!

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Aug 31, 2018

Checked in at Kaki Rahi Taverna

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Aug 30, 2018

Carcassonne in the bar

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Aug 30, 2018

Checked in at Anatolitiko (Ανατολίτικο)

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Aug 29, 2018

🥚 🥪 action!

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Aug 27, 2018

Checked in at Paolos Corner

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Aug 26, 2018

Checked in at Taverna Zorbas

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Aug 25, 2018

Greek coffee ☕️

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Aug 25, 2018

Checked in at Al Fresco

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Aug 25, 2018

Checked in at Alykanas Beach (Παραλία Αλυκανά)

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Aug 25, 2018

At Fito Cafe opposite the fish market in Zakynthos Town yesterday.

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Aug 24, 2018

Agios Charalambos – Αγ. Χαράλαμπος

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Aug 24, 2018

Watching the procession of Saint Dionysios through Zakynthos Town.

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Aug 24, 2018

Checked in at Κλαυδιανός

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Aug 24, 2018

Some limited space cooking – tomato, cheese and oregano omelectte and garlic/tomato bread.

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Aug 23, 2018

Checked in at Anatolitiko (Ανατολίτικο)

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Aug 22, 2018

A couple of excellent grilled sea bass earlier this evening.

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Aug 22, 2018

Currently inhaling insecticide, playing crib and drinking ouzo.

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Aug 21, 2018

A view from a sun lounger.

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Aug 20, 2018

Indulging

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Aug 20, 2018

Perfectly acceptable retsina at €2.20 a litre 🍷

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Aug 20, 2018

Zakynthos for a fortnight, starting with a morning frappé 😎

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Aug 17, 2018

Two of my favourite places in Cardiff - Bar 44, on the left, and Tiny Rebel, on the right. They’re more colourful IRL 😀

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Aug 17, 2018

Delayed restart – view from opposite side of the stadium – Michael Hogan bowling to Aaron Finch – weather not good 🏏

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Aug 17, 2018

Interval, but covers on and raining ☔️ 🏏

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Aug 17, 2018

Glamorgan vs Surrey – Tom Curran bowling to Colin Ingram 🏏

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Aug 17, 2018

Tiny Rebel XLPA 🍺

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Aug 17, 2018

Kizuna – Japan Wales Design – exhibition at the National Museum in Cardiff

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Aug 13, 2018

Reducing a tomato glut 🍅

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Aug 9, 2018

My first ever Japanese whisky (bottle started a few weeks ago, not tonight!) - as a long-time consumer of Scottish whiskies, I’m very impressed.

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Aug 5, 2018

K. T. Tunstall 🎵

Edit after the event, when I wasn’t watching the bands:

K. T. Tunstall was supporting

The Pretenders and

Simple Minds

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Aug 4, 2018

One of our cats appears to have lost her front legs – the other is fine!

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Aug 4, 2018

Lovely sunny breakfast this morning - going to be another hot weekend I think 😎

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Aug 3, 2018

Couple of shots of the River Taff taken whilst walking back into Cardiff from the cricket at Sophia Gardens.

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Aug 3, 2018

Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire T20 at Sophia Gardens – Tye bowling to Meschede in the final over. Glamorgan heading to a total of 201 🏏

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Jul 23, 2018

Variation from The Green Roasting Tin – Courgette, Beetroot, Onion and Goat’s Cheese Tart

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Jul 16, 2018

Leaving an outside light on has attracted a few moths.

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Jul 13, 2018

Inter-band reading :)

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Jul 13, 2018

Fantastic! The Selecter at Caerphilly Castle 🎵

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Jul 13, 2018

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

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Jul 13, 2018

Definitely quite a unique setting for a gig 🎵

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Jul 13, 2018

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

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Jul 13, 2018

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

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Jul 11, 2018

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

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Jul 10, 2018

Pip Blom 🎵

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Jul 10, 2018

At the O2 Academy, Bristol awaiting The Breeders 🎵

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Jul 9, 2018

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

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Jul 6, 2018

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

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

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

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Jul 5, 2018

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

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Jul 1, 2018

22:42

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Jul 1, 2018

Ouzo summer evenings time.

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Jun 28, 2018

Being a little traitorous tonight … but enjoying it #ENGBEL 🍺 ⚽️

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Jun 28, 2018

Now reading Introducing Sartre: A Graphic Guide by Philip Thody (Author) and Howard Read (Illustrator) 📚

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Jun 26, 2018

Now reading The Fall by Albert Camus 📚

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Jun 22, 2018

PiL – Public Image Limited – at Tramshed, Cardiff on Thursday 21st June 🎵

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Jun 17, 2018

Fatoumata Diawara, Le Gateau Chocolat and stage views last night at Utopia, curated by Charlotte Church as part of the Cardiff Festival of Voice. 🎵

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Jun 14, 2018

I knew it - Mexico! World Cup 2018 personality quiz: Which country should you really support? ⚽

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Jun 12, 2018

Looks like at least an extra half hour of podcast listening is available for me then.

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Jun 10, 2018

Cooking sea bream on a bucket. Don’t think the bush is happy that I keep barbecuing in this spot.

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Jun 6, 2018

Aberdare Canal - on a walk to work this morning after my train was cancelled.

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Jun 1, 2018

Glamorgan vs. Sussex Sharks in Royal London One-Day Cup at Sophia Gardens 🏏

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Jun 1, 2018

Checked in at SSE Swalec Stadium. Glamorgan vs. Sussex in Royal London One-Day Cup 🏏

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May 31, 2018

Amber warning: Severe thunderstorms likely to produce torrential downpours, flooding in some places and frequent lightning.

Think I’ll try and get home by 4pm today.

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May 30, 2018

Beer - Otley O2 Croeso - and chickpea, coriander & chilli burger at The Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd.

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May 30, 2018

Now reading Instrumental by James Rhodes 📚

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May 29, 2018

Merthyr Rising Festival 2018

Dreadzone – Friday 25th May

Roland Gift (of the Fine Young Cannibals) – Saturday 26th May

The Blockheads – Sunday 27th May

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May 17, 2018

Enjoying my first listen to Sweet Thursday – the new Herman Dune album released today. 🎵

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May 6, 2018

Glamorgan vs. Kent at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 🏏 – Marchant de Lange bowling to Daniel Bell-Drummond.

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May 4, 2018

🔖 No More Than a Litre of Wine a Day

French 1950s Health and Sobriety posters. Interesting article with lots of images.

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May 1, 2018

Gateway 📷

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Apr 29, 2018

Now reading Red Gas by Edward Topol 📚

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Apr 29, 2018

Checked in at Cardiff Central Railway Station (CDF)

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Apr 29, 2018

At the Duke of Wellington, Cardiff.

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Apr 29, 2018

Checked in at Bar 44. Tapas.

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Apr 29, 2018

Pembroke vs. Porthcawl WRU Bowl Final 🏉

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Apr 22, 2018

Cooking!

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Apr 22, 2018

Zeitgeist - Idiosyncratic Black Lager by BrewDog. 🍺

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Apr 20, 2018

Weather has been good for a couple of days so I walked home from work for the first time this year.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking 🏷 Weather

Apr 20, 2018

Now reading The Last Weekend by Blake Morrison. 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Apr 20, 2018

Checked in at Aberdare Railway Station (ABA)

🏷 Photography 🏷 Location

Apr 19, 2018

Checked in at Rhoswenallt Inn

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine 🏷 Location

Apr 15, 2018

Interesting - island stage set up for Arcade Fire tonight at the NEC. Don’t know where the front is! 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Apr 14, 2018

Checked in at Ask

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Location

Apr 14, 2018

The best pub in Sutton Coldfield - The Station.

🏷 Photography

Apr 13, 2018

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s remains rediscovered in wine cellar 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Links 🏷 History 🏷 Poetry 🏷 Wine

Apr 12, 2018

Aperitif at The Salt Cellar.

🏷 Photography

Apr 12, 2018

Blue skies in Tenby this morning.

🏷 Photography

Apr 11, 2018

Microbrewery in Tenby 🍺. Enjoying a Caldey Lollipop IPA at Tenby Harbour Brewery.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Apr 11, 2018

Checked in at Coast just outside Saundersfoot. Brilliant food is an understatement. Exceptional!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 Food 🏷 Location

Apr 11, 2018

View over the beach from The Old Chemist Inn at Saundersfoot.

🏷 Photography

Apr 11, 2018

Tenby Harbour.

🏷 Photography

Apr 7, 2018

St. Fagans Museum of Welsh Life

Kennixton Farmhouse

Iron Age Roundhouses

Abernodwydd Farmhouse

Stryd Lydan Barn

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🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Apr 5, 2018

Wales Millennium Centre for Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella.

🏷 Photography

Apr 4, 2018

Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella.

🏷 Photography

Mar 30, 2018

Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd for great food and even better beers.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 30, 2018

First listen to Solar Divination by Kavus Torabi 🎵

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Mar 26, 2018

Now reading The Executor by Blake Morrison. 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Mar 26, 2018

Ludlow Castle.

🏷 Photography

Mar 24, 2018

Long Mynd - a bit cold and misty.

🏷 Photography

Mar 24, 2018

Ludlow Brewery.

🏷 Photography

Mar 22, 2018

Definitely something up with Dark Sky (I hope!)

🏷 Photography

Mar 20, 2018

Just found an old Acorn A5000 computer at work (monitor doesn’t belong with it). Still boots, but keyboard seems dodgy. No idea what I’m going to do with it!

🏷 Photography

Mar 19, 2018

Another snow day means time to bake some scones (and Scottish shortbread biscuits, and a rosemary and garlic bread)!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 18, 2018

The Return of the Snow.

🏷 Photography

Mar 17, 2018

Looking a bit cold in Bolton for the Villa game. Pleased not to be there!

🏷 Photography

Mar 13, 2018

Tonight I will definitely be getting my greens!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 12, 2018

I finally got to watch Blade Runner 2049 last weekend. Very impressed with the film so have decided to re-read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? to remind myself of where it all started. 🎬📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Mar 4, 2018

Pizza ready to go!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 4, 2018

Pizza 🍕 entering the oven.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Mar 4, 2018

White melting away to green.

🏷 Photography

Mar 4, 2018

Wall tiles at the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, Athens.

🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Mar 4, 2018

Wall tiles painted with split-leaves revolving around a rosette, c. 1560 - at the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art, Athens.

🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Mar 2, 2018

Snow days.

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🏷 Photography

Feb 28, 2018

Jim Morrison

Bobby Klein’s best photograph: Jim Morrison has a beer for breakfast.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links

Feb 26, 2018

Edna St Vincent Millay

Edna St Vincent Millay is one of my favourite poets - just noticed and appreciated this article, published on the anniversary of her birth, February 22nd 1892: Edna St Vincent Millay’s poetry has been eclipsed by her personal life – let’s change that 📚

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Links 🏷 Poetry

Feb 25, 2018

Athens (stylised by Google)

🏷 Photography

Feb 24, 2018

Flight home delayed :( :)

🏷 Photography

Feb 23, 2018

Last day in Athens

🏷 Photography

Feb 23, 2018

Parko Navarinou

🏷 Photography

Feb 21, 2018

Retsina at the Acropolis Museum🍷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Feb 21, 2018

Kerameikos Cemetery Reliefs

Photo I:

A relief of the deceased girl Korallion, shown seated, holding out her hand to her husband. Grave enclosure of the Herakleotai, Street of the Tombs.

Ca. 350 B.C.

Photo II:

A relief of the deceased girl Eukoline, shown with her parents, her grandmother and her dog. Found near the Sacred Way.

Ca. 350 B.C.

Photo III:

Grave relief of Demetria and Pamphile.

The inscription beneath the pediment gives the names of the two dead sisters.

The women, remote and isolated, gaze apathetically at the …

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🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Feb 21, 2018

I was very impressed with the ancient cemetery site of Kerameikos in Athens today.

The small museum is excellent and I found the “handshake” reliefs from the cemetery particularly moving. They show the deceased, usually seated, bidding farewell to the living.

🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Feb 20, 2018

Hobbling around the Temple of Hephaestus.

🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Feb 20, 2018

Just visited Athens Gasworks. We were practically the only people there ;)

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🏷 Photography

Feb 20, 2018

Fava and aubergine salad at Café Avissinia.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Feb 19, 2018

Arrived in Athens for a five day stay. In quite a ‘budget’ area but found a little cafe down an arcade that served some great fried seafood dishes and wine at €3 a litre :)

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Feb 10, 2018

Out of Order.

🏷 Photography

Feb 10, 2018

Really enjoyed England vs Wales 🏉 today. Result for England was just about deserved, Jonny May was superb, but weather was atrocious!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Rugby 🏷 Weather

Feb 3, 2018

Pre-rugby 🏉 breakfast at Delico Deli, Aberdare.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Rugby

Feb 2, 2018

Now reading The Outrun by Amy Liptrot 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Jan 31, 2018

Japanese, Indian, Middle Eastern, North African and Italian ingredients from Sous Chef - let the cooking commence!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jan 25, 2018

Sunlit test from my Instagram account.

🏷 Photography

Jan 25, 2018

First test photo from Sunlit

🏷 Photography

Jan 24, 2018

New Face in Hell 🎵 – Mark E Smith, lead singer with The Fall, dies aged 60. So many hours of my life spent listening to The Fall, from the late 70s, recording their sessions from the John Peel Show, to seeing them at the Green Man festival a couple of years ago (pictured here). Favourite albums Live at the Witch Trials and Grotesque.

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 Music

Jan 22, 2018

St. David’s Hall, Cardiff for La Traviata.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Jan 20, 2018

Checked in at Delico Deli. Aberdare, large Americano and a cheese and onion pasty.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Location 🏷 Coffee

Jan 15, 2018

My kitchen bookcase is getting a little overcrowded. 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Food

Jan 14, 2018

Now reading a biography - D. H. Lawrence - The Life of Outsider by John Worthen. 📚

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Jan 14, 2018

Sea bass grilled, served with a borlotti bean and mushroom stew and broccoli stir fried with chilli and garlic.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jan 14, 2018

Not quite the weather for a BBQ, but planning to charcoal grill some sea bass on our balcony. May end in disaster!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Weather

Jan 5, 2018

Checked in at Chicco di Grano. Final lunch in Rome. Seren having spaghetti al pomodoro again…

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Location

Jan 4, 2018

Through the Keyhole.

🏷 Photography

Jan 4, 2018

Early morning view from Trajan’s Forum.

🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Jan 4, 2018

Grave of John Keats in the Non-Catholic Cemetery, Rome

🏷 Photography 🏷 History 🏷 Poetry

Jan 4, 2018

The Colosseum

🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Jan 4, 2018

Circus Maximus

🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Jan 3, 2018

Lights!

🏷 Photography

Jan 3, 2018

Checked in at Trattoria Al 19. Brilliant meal!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Location

Jan 3, 2018

Keats-Shelley House

🏷 Photography 🏷 Poetry

Jan 3, 2018

Spot the coins …

🏷 Photography

Jan 3, 2018

Checked in at Antico Caffè Greco. Espresso con panna.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Location 🏷 Coffee

Jan 2, 2018

Colosseum

🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Jan 2, 2018

Denise at Er Baretto, Rome.

🏷 Photography

Jan 2, 2018

Seren at Er Baretto, Rome.

🏷 Photography

Dec 23, 2017

Checked in at David’s Italian Restaurant

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Location

Dec 20, 2017

The first Christmas card designed by John Callcott Horsley in 1843.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links

Dec 9, 2017

Despite overnight snow we still managed to receive a delivery of a fine selection of Italian, Spanish and Greek wines from @NakedWines. Now ready for Xmas. 🍷

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Dec 9, 2017

Slightly snowy outlook from my front door this morning

🏷 Photography

Dec 3, 2017

My daughter and her grandfather head for our local pub.

🏷 Photography

Dec 2, 2017

Wales 24-22 South Africa

🏷 Photography

Dec 2, 2017

Cafe Citta, Cardiff

🏷 Photography

Dec 1, 2017

Checked in at Watershed for Happy End

🏷 Photography 🏷 Location

Nov 24, 2017

Heading to the Rhos

🏷 Photography

Nov 20, 2017

Sri Lankan cooking tonight

I recently bought this book

‘Hidden Kitchens of Sri Lanka’ by Bree Hutchins - from our local library (stock reduction). It’s an interesting and well photographed travel journal of a trip around Sri Lanka in addition to a multitude of recipes picked up along the way. Tonight I cooked from it for the first time - Boiled Egg Curry, Spinach with Dhal and Fried Cabbage -

The results were superb; gently spiced but extremely tasty. A lucky random find that I can highly recommend!

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Food

Nov 19, 2017

Pizza time 🍕

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Nov 17, 2017

Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day Seven: “Shadow”. I haven’t been outside much in the daylight today so have had to resort to candlelit shadows …

🏷 Photography

Nov 16, 2017

Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day Six: “Seasonal”. Fungi in the fallen leaves.

🏷 Photography

Nov 15, 2017

Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day Five: “Liquid”. Reflections in the River Cynon.

🏷 Photography

Nov 14, 2017

Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day Four: “Up Close”. Baby squid, taken during the preparation of a paella this evening. Hipstamatic filter applied.

🏷 Photography

Nov 13, 2017

Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day Three: “On the Move”.

🏷 Photography

Nov 12, 2017

Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day Two: “Tasty”. Greek style Sunday dinner - Vefa Alexiadou’s aubergine and pepper casserole. @douglane

🏷 Photography

Nov 11, 2017

Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day One: “Squares”. Taken on a short and muddy walk this afternoon. @douglane

🏷 Photography 🏷 Walking

Nov 11, 2017

Syd Arthur at Clwb Ifor Bach, Friday 10th November 2017 @sydarthurband @ClwbIforBach

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Nov 10, 2017

Queso de Cabrales - a brilliant blue cheese!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Nov 10, 2017

Heading to Cardiff to see the outstanding Syd Arthur @sydarthurband at Clwb Ifor Bach tonight.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 Music

Nov 6, 2017

Frost & fog this morning.

🏷 Photography

Oct 30, 2017

Sunny morning in Monmouth

🏷 Photography

Oct 30, 2017

Checked in at The Gate House. More Wye Valley Hopfather!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Location

Oct 29, 2017

Checked in at Monnow Bridge

🏷 Photography 🏷 Location

Oct 27, 2017

Checked in at Fernhill Railway Station (FER)

🏷 Photography 🏷 Location

Oct 27, 2017

Another Twitter irritation I haven’t come across before!

🏷 Photography 🏷 CompTechSci

Oct 26, 2017

A touch of mist

🏷 Photography

Oct 25, 2017

Checked in at Peace Park

🏷 Photography 🏷 Location

Oct 13, 2017

Early Bird tickets booked ― Merthyr Rising Festival 2018 - Music, arts, and ideas at the birthplace of the red flag.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Links 🏷 Music

Oct 11, 2017

The Gentle Good @ghbonello at Clwb Ifor Bach

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Oct 11, 2017

Café Cittá, Cardiff - superb home-cooked Italian meal, already booked again for Wales-RSA rugby 🏉 in December

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Oct 11, 2017

Morning

🏷 Photography

Oct 8, 2017

October, but great weather, so I’m barbecuing a mackerel

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Weather

Oct 6, 2017

🌕 Full moon this morning

🏷 Photography

Sep 30, 2017

🍷 I’ve got to admit that I am seduced by interesting wine labels. In this case the wine is also pretty good!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Sep 24, 2017

… and I still base my nut roast on a recipe in my 30+ year old Cranks recipe book. Can’t be beaten!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Food

Sep 23, 2017

The best dried oregano 🌿 I’ve ever found!

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Sep 20, 2017

Revived my old Samsung Q1 after several years of it sitting in a drawer and have actually been using it for something useful over the last couple of days.

🏷 Photography 🏷 CompTechSci

Sep 18, 2017

Extensive pruning of the trees along the lane leading to my house has opened up the view across the Cynon Valley.

🏷 Photography

Sep 17, 2017

Photographing the rather bleak Carlisle Castle on a rather bleak day.

🏷 Photography 🏷 History

Sep 15, 2017

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Wine

Aug 20, 2017

Fruit Bats at Green Man Festival @Fruit_Bats @GreenManFest

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

Aug 20, 2017

Oh noes! @GreyTreesBrewer @GreenManFest #beer

🏷 Photography 🏷 Beer

Aug 11, 2017

Old servers out, data migrated to new servers, tidier server room! Next stage is upgrading to Server 2016 next week…

🏷 Photography 🏷 CompTechSci

Aug 3, 2017

Interesting article by Gladstone Small about Lawrence Rowe in the August 2017 edition of The Cricketer magazine @TheCricketerMag

🏷 Photography 🏷 Cricket

Aug 3, 2017

Enjoying my final Fix in Greece

🏷 Photography

Aug 1, 2017

House of Alexandros Papadiamantis

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

Aug 1, 2017

Reflecting on Skiathos town

🏷 Photography

Jul 25, 2017

Skiathos town

🏷 Photography

Jul 25, 2017

…with a view!

🏷 Photography

Jul 25, 2017

Tapas time…

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Wine

Jul 24, 2017

Crib time

🏷 Photography 🏷 Games

Jul 24, 2017

We’re staying in a room about 12’x15' - impressed that there is an illuminated exit sign above our door in case of emergency!

🏷 Photography

Jul 24, 2017

Looking across to mainland Greece from Skiathos

🏷 Photography

Jul 24, 2017

Agia Paraskevi beach

🏷 Photography

Jul 24, 2017

Cheese pies on the beach for breakfast

🏷 Photography

Jul 23, 2017

Third night of delicious food in Skiathos - grilled sea bass

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jul 22, 2017

Greece needs bigger tables (or maybe we should order less food) …

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jul 15, 2017

🦇

🏷 Photography

Jul 15, 2017

Up close and personal 🦇

🏷 Photography

Jul 15, 2017

Curiously, a bat just decided to land on my doorstep.

🏷 Photography

Jul 8, 2017

BBQ imminent …

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jul 2, 2017

Broken hammock replaced :)

🏷 Photography

Jun 21, 2017

A poplar hawk-moth has appeared in my server room.

🏷 Photography

Jun 18, 2017

Hot day = Ouzo night

🏷 Photography

Jun 18, 2017

Had a hammock disaster :(

🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Jun 15, 2017

Prompt delivery from Sous Chef @SousChefTweet - in time for some weekend cooking :)

🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Jun 10, 2017

Some excellent gins at Cardiff Gin Festival but queue times at bars really needs sorting out @ginvodkaco - 30+ min for a drink is not acceptable 😡

🏷 Photography

Jun 10, 2017

Royal Gun Salute outside Cardiff City Hall

🏷 Photography

Jun 8, 2017

Early to vote in the rain

🏷 Photography 🏷 Politics

May 29, 2017

Bought the book, not so convinced by the wine … #Hay30 @yanisvaroufakis

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Wine

May 29, 2017

And finally - Alabama 3 headlining Sunday night at Merthyr Rising - Superb!@TheAlabama3 @merthyrrising alabama3.co.uk

🏷 Photography 🏷 Music

May 29, 2017

Fantastic to see the Grey Trees brewery bar at the Merthyr Rising festival - enjoyed great beer all weekend! @greytreesbrewer @merthyrrising greytreesbrewery.co.uk