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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

Finished reading: Adults In The Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment by Yanis Varoufakis πŸ“š

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Reducing a tomato glut πŸ…

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Checked in at Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Only because the Rhoswenallt was full 😑

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Checked in at Court Vean

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Chris Woakes gets a well deserved century against India at Lord’s. Woakes now gets his name on the batting and bowling Honours Boards – quite a select few achieve that. Jonny Bairstow unlucky not to get his hundred. A good day’s cricket for England after a faltering start. 🏏

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I have got to try and make this – Manousheh: the Lebanese breakfast pizza that stole my heart

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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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K. T. Tunstall 🎡

Edit after the event, when I wasn’t watching the bands:

K. T. Tunstall was supporting

Pretenders

The Pretenders and

Simple Minds

Simple Minds

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Checked in at Cyfarthfa Castle. Simple Minds, Pretenders & K. T. Tunstall 🎡

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One of our cats appears to have lost her front legs – the other is fine!

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England’s 1000th test match since 1877 - won against India by 31 runs in just over 3 days. Fascinating, thrilling and tense match where the outcome was never certain and both sides could have won. 🏏

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Lovely sunny breakfast this morning - going to be another hot weekend I think 😎

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The great Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born On This Day in 1792 - The Later Romantics

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Meschede makes 77 as Glamorgan win a thriller by two runs 🏏

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Couple of shots of the River Taff taken whilst walking back into Cardiff from the cricket at Sophia Gardens.

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