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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

the dim pause
Dylan Thomas Square, Swansea

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Linkblog 🔗: Seaweed was common food in Europe for thousands of years, researchers find

Study discovers telltale signs on human teeth from Spain to Lithuania, spanning period from 6400 BC to 12th century AD

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Top Gun: Maverick, 2022 - ★★★★

Watched on Monday October 16, 2023.

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Top Gun, 1986 - ★★★

Watched on Monday October 16, 2023.

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🎵 My Top weekly artists logged by last.fm: Roger Waters (53), Allison Russell (32), Simon Rattle & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (7), Raphaël Pichon & Pygmalion (3), Simon Rattle, Janet Baker, CBSO (2)

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I watched The Great British Bake Off’s Bread Week on Tuesday so of course I’ve had to attempt a cottage loaf for the first time …

Round, brown crusted loaf of bread on a wooden chopping board

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Stalker, 1979 - ★★★★★

Watched on Friday October 13, 2023.

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Dylan Thomas around Swansea Marina

Dylan Thomas Square

Statue of a seated man on a stone block in front of a red brick building

Dylan Thomas Theatre

Three storey building with some scaffolding. Colourfully painted but faded and needing redocoration and repair

Captain Cat

The sleepers are rung out of sleep with his loud get-out-of-bed bell
Under Milk Wood

Statue of a sea captain leaning forward grasping a rope with bell attached. Three pigeond perched on statue. Moored boats in background.

The Dylan Thomas Centre

Beige blocky building with arched windows and large coat of arms mounted on front wall.

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Ships in Tawe Basin

Canning Tugboat

Old rusting black, white, red and yellow tugboat moored in a marina

Trinity House Lightship 91 Helwick

Rusting orange and white ship with central iron tower supporting a large glass light enclosure at its top Close up detail of rusting orange and white ship

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Sail Bridge, River Tawe

Curved suspension footbridge across a wide river. Red brick dock buildings and hills in the background.

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Swansea Marina

Pump House

Red brick building with square tower alongside a dock and next to truncated section of an iron bridge

Shallow water

Modern multistorey buildings alongside an old dock. Sign warning of DANGER SHALLOW WATER

Slipway

Concrete slipway leading into a marina full of masted boats

Garden

Small grassed garden behind a old stone church building. Central display of flowers, trellis and small statues

Blocked, Prince of Wales Dock

Two concrete blocks with graffiti faces blocking the entrance to an empty car park alongside open water

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Waterstones bookshop in Swansea. Very nice building but a real shame the upper two floors do not appear to be accessible or in use.

White stone, ornate historical building with central large curved glass window on upper floors.Modern bookshop entrance at ground level. White stone, ornate historical building with central large curved glass window on upper floors.Modern bookshop entrance at ground level.

🏷 Photography 🏷 Books | 📆
What We Did on Our Holiday, 2014 - ★★★★

Watched on Thursday October 12, 2023.

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Avatar: The Way of Water, 2022 - ★★★½

Watched on Thursday October 12, 2023.

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Breakfast today for our 27th wedding anniversary 💍

Wooden coffee table set with 2 cups of coffee, 2 plates with croissants and 2 mimosas

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