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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

curve β€” day 2 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge πŸ“·

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tree β€” day 1 of the micro.blog june 2025 photoblogging challenge πŸ“·

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Rectory Park, Sutton Coldfield. I used to play inside this hollow tree in the 1970s. It’s still there but looking a little more distressed.

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That was quite close! Joe Root saved the day πŸ‘πŸ

Joe Root became England’s leading run-scorer in one-day internationals as his sparkling unbeaten 166 secured a three-wicket win over West Indies in Cardiff.

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Location check in β€” Sophia Gardens, England v West Indies ODI 🏏
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🎡 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: The Who (42 plays), The Beautiful South (20), Storyteller (11), Terry Durham (10), Billie Holiday (8)

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Film log - watched: Captain America: Brave New World, 2025 - β˜…β˜…Β½ - Letterboxd link πŸŽ₯

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Film log - watched: The Doors: Live at the Bowl ‘68, 1987 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… - Letterboxd link πŸŽ₯

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Finished reading: Cricket in Poetry: Run-Stealers, Gatlings and Graces by Bob Doran πŸ“š

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🎡 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Metallica (25 plays), Peter Doherty (22), Carolyn Sampson; Bach Collegium Japan Chorus; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki; Olivia Vermeulen; Makoto Sakurada; Christian Immler (13), Christy Moore (13), Elbow (13)

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Northeast and Carlson go on to both get their centuries πŸ‘πŸ

Glamorgan 266-3

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Northeast and Carlson steadying the innings - both getting their half centuries. Glamorgan 174-3 🏏

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Sophia Gardens. πŸ“

Clouds starting to clear, should be another sunny day!

Glamorgan batting first on Day 1 of Glamorgan v Middlesex, the final County Championship game before the pause for the return of the Vitality Blast T20 matches 🏏

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Location check in β€” Aberdare Station πŸš‰
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Film log - watched: Infinity Pool, 2023 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… - Letterboxd link πŸŽ₯

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🎡 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Roger Waters (15 plays), Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke (12), George Harrison (5), FurtwÀngler, BPO (4), Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (3)

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