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 ๐ถโโ๏ธ
And the skylarks were singing, which I love to hear
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Old review โ M Night Shyamalanโs fast-ageing beach horror is top notch hokum ๐ฅ ๐
Old is a bit like Alex Garlandโs The Beach, but with a dab of Twilight Zone creepiness and an ensemble cast that Agatha Christie might have imagined. Most of all, I found myself thinking that this could have come from the original series of Star Trek โ and that at any moment, William Shatner might beam down among the panicky, deteriorating beach-dwellers, phaser at the ready. Sadly for them, however, these โฆ
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Old, 2021 - โ โ โ โ โ
Watched on Tuesday May 30, 2023.
Getting warm outside ๐ฅ
(Lunchtime approaching ๐)
The Suicide Squad, 2021 - โ โ โ
Watched on Monday May 29, 2023.
Bank Holiday start - been making a vegan soda bread loaf. Then ate half of it for breakfast - tasted really good ๐ ๐
(Vegan because it used oat milk and lemon juice in place of the traditional buttermilk).
Where Have I Been
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I see something, I have to join in ๐คฃ
๐ง๐ช Belgium
๐ง๐ผ Botswana
๐ฎ๐จ Canary Islands
๐จ๐ป Cape Verde
๐จ๐พ Cyprus
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England
๐ธ๐ฟ Eswatini (when it was Swaziland)
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland
๐ซ๐ท France
๐ฌ๐ฒ The Gambia
๐ฉ๐ช Germany
๐ฌ๐ท Greece
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia
๐ฎ๐น Italy
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya (Nairobi airport only)
๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho
๐ฒ๐น Malta
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
๐ต๐น Portugal
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland
๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore (airport only)
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
๐ช๐ธ Spain
๐น๐ท Turkey
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Wales
๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe (when it was Rhodesia)
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Just had to post my weekly music stats manually. I fear that Tweekly.fm may have reached the end of the road with its Twitter API access ๐
โซ My Top 4 #lastfm artists: Lankum (28), George Harrison (9), Ozric Tentacles (8) & William The Conqueror (2) #weeklymusic
Villa beat Brighton 2-1 and get their Europa Conference League place. Phew ๐
Huyghe Delirium ๐บ
Bottle is superb but on first taste the beer is a little too florally scented. It will probably grow on me.
Following some of the final matches of this seasonโs Premier League. Not so bothered about the relegation battles (although would like to see Leeds survive ๐) but want to see if Aston Villa can hold on to their seventh place and foothold in European football โฝ๏ธ
Fairly triangular brunch ๐ณ
Trying the Vivaldi browser beta on iOS and so far it’s looking really good. I’ve been using Vivaldi as my default browser on macOS for a few months now so would definitely like to move to it on my mobile devices too.
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 ยฃ1 ๐๐๐ฌ๐ท
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