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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

Sophia Gardens. ๐Ÿ“

Sophia Gardens for County Championship, Day 1 of Glamorgan v Kent ๐Ÿ

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Asitha Fernando bowling to Jaydn Denly.

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Film log - watched: The Time Travelers, 1964 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… - Letterboxd link ๐ŸŽฅ

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Film log - watched: Quintet, 1979 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ - Letterboxd link ๐ŸŽฅ

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Film log - watched: On the Beach, 1959 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… - Letterboxd link ๐ŸŽฅ

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Four parts tomato juice, not five โœ…

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๐ŸŽต My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Bรถhm, Prague National Theatre Orchestra, Fischer-Dieskau, Nilsson (29 plays), Oasis (29), The Duckworth Lewis Method (24), Neschling, Orquestra Sinfรดnica do Estado de Sรฃo Paulo, Anna Korondi (23), Abbado, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Verrett, Domingo (16)

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Trying to support our local pub, which is under new management. Good beer - plus they even serve horses (with broccoli ๐Ÿฅฆ! Who knew?) ๐Ÿบ

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Finished reading: Everything Must Go: Why We Are Obsessed With the End of the World by Dorian Lynskey ๐Ÿ“š

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Reading on a quiet beach ๐Ÿ“–

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Llantwit Major ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

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Location check in โ€” Llantwit Major beach ๐ŸŒŠ
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Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช 2-2 ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England after extra time. Penalties โšฝ๏ธ

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Coco’s Coffee & Candles, Aberdare

Americano, Alex Gooch sourdough toast, marmalade โ˜•๏ธ

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Film log - watched: A Complete Unknown, 2024 - โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…ยฝ - Letterboxd link ๐ŸŽฅ

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Bashir takes the final wicket to give England a 22 run victory. Fascinating and dramatic Test match ๐Ÿ

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Final session at Lordโ€™s then. I wasnโ€™t expecting the match to last this long, still with the outcome uncertain ๐Ÿ“บ ๐Ÿ

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