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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

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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Dramatic finish! Tim van der Gugten clean bowls Tye off the final ball of the game to seal a dramatic two run victory over Gloucestershire. Great game 🏏

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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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Checked in at SSE Swalec Stadium. Glamorgan vs. Gloucestershire 🏏

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Bats in libraries

Some impressive interiors in this collection of The world’s most beautiful libraries. This caption also intrigued me –

one of only two libraries in the world that houses bats to protect the books against insects

so I had to investigate further

the bats, which are less than inch long, roost during the day behind β€œelaborate rococo bookcases” and come out at night to hunt insects which otherwise would feast on the libraries’ books. The price of this natural insect control is paid in scat; the bats […] leave a thin layer of droppings over everything. So each morning the floors have to be thoroughly cleaned and the furniture has to be covered at night.

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Fantastic result from Glamorgan CC as they chase down 195 to defeat Surrey in the Vitality Blast T20 🏏

Wagg finishes 46 not out, Carlson 58.

Pleasant surprise for a Tuesday evening’s viewing!

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Currently reading: Opening Up by Mike Atherton πŸ“š

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Emily BrontΓ«’s Wuthering Heights – in charts πŸ“š

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