First cup of tea: where the journey is always more enjoyable than the destination. ☕

First cup of tea: this is the key. I am the opening door.

Yes he did. There’s a plaque.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Early stroll soundtrack: beautiful morning music @bbcsounds.bsky.social

Fred and I wait outside the shop. I say it’s nice to see it getting lighter and he mishears and agrees that it’s breezy. He tells me he saw my sister in law walking past his house yesterday. The shopkeeper arrives and we carry the papers in.

Yes I think so

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Morning Dave

Early stroll. The availability of birdsong. One day I’ll sit and count all those fallen leaves. Morning is opening across the sky. Curtained light from a bedroom window. A green watering can, almost invisible in a garden.

Each unwritten word Sits in the long sharp pencil Like a sleeping song

We were pleased to meet and support @gregjenner.bsky.social at @barnsleycivic.bsky.social as part of Barnsley last night. Here is Greg signing books for people after the event, we will have signed copies of all Greg's books available in store from tomorrow! #booksky

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Evening stroll soundtrack: journeys in jazz presented by Alyn Shipton @bbcsounds.bsky.social

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sunday headlines a world of drama in the corner shop #haiku #senryu #SenryuSunday

Thank you Ken! Glad you enjoyed it! @kbrookes42.bsky.social

Late stroll. The spotlight moon is gently washed by lapping strips of fluffy cloud, their pastel greys on fading blue; then blanketcloud envelopes sky, & moon peers where it can, illuminates thick strands of fog above, a saddened patch of eye, which blinks, and then is gone. @imcmillan.bsky.social

Glad you enjoyed the show!

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Afternoon stroll soundtrack: a fascinating discussion on authority @bbcsounds.bsky.social

Afternoon stroll image: blossom time

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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Late morning stroll soundtrack: more fantastic sonic experiments @bbcsounds.bsky.social

I find it a bit strong. I like Lidl Assam.

Yep

Aye

Pinch punch first of the month. I realise now I shouldn’t have tried that in the queue at the bus stop.

First cup of tea: now the room becomes a room with a view.

Loads

#MorningObservations Mild. Mist encroaching. The miniature golden galaxy of a budding gorse. An orange truck carrying boulders uphill. Revving chainsaws. Felled pines. Piled logs. A cyclist with a Dali-esque moustache. The smell of fried bread...

Working on a poem for me and ace artist Paul Digby’s Fish and Chips project.

The sun rises over Durham Cathedral. A man shouts, ‘Money for nothing!’ Two teenage boys eat steaming hot pasties. A little girl looks at me and shrugs. I walk past the old cinema and remember a film I watched there.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... early stroll soundtrack: such a great ear-stretching edition of The New Music Show! I’ll listen to more later. @bbcsounds.bsky.social

I am the only customer in the shop. The Sunday Bloke is sorting the papers out. There is the tiny drama of the till briefly not working. I notice how many kinds of gin there are.

What's a blackbirds favourite breakfast? Tweetabix! Boom Boom!

Early stroll. The horizon’s pale forehead. A sleeping taxi dreams of long distances, empty roads. That daffodil’s piece for solo yellow trumpet. A cat runs towards Tesco. A bike light on the hill teaches me about distance and perspective.

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Rehearsal and show Both at the very same time: That’s birdsong’s magic

Looking forward to seeing Salena in Barnsley on Monday!

Week 8 of documenting everything I lose and find in 2026.

Late stroll. A metal fence is a row of retrained giant paperclips. The sign light flickers and the word ‘bridge’ comes and goes, making metaphors swirl. Two sofas on a drive cling as they solemnly await their fate. An audience of hydrant signs watches on impassively. @imcmillan.bsky.social

@imcmillan.bsky.social @jodenn.bsky.social @iansheffield50.bsky.social @ian64.bsky.social
@alqleeds.bsky.social @allanjenkins21.bsky.social
@jaketilson.bsky.social
Nether night

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... evening stroll soundtrack: a brilliant exploration of music in Chicago by Gilles Peterson @bbc6music.bsky.social @bbcsounds.bsky.social

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I’m in Barnsley which has beautiful buildings, a charming social history museum, a lovely art gallery, and this very moving memorial to the tragic colliery explosion of 1866 that killed nearly 400 men and boys

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Making zines at the Civic. So much zine fun!

Just had to down tools to give my undivided attention to 'Just Friends' from the 'Charlie Parker With Strings' album played on Jools Holland's 'Earlier' show on Radio 3. Stunning improvisation melded with sympathetic orchestration. Highly recommended.

Zine making!

The first mention of the internet appears in Shakespeare. King Lear, Act Two, scene one: Lear: why, fie sir!

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Of course