Had a nice walk out to Clayton Vale. There’s a very sweet community Tuck Shop there and the prices are from the 1980s.

Sunday Service.

I can wear this to the first night pyjama party can’t I?

Loving the slutty little shorts in M&S at the moment.

Andy Burnham is now officially the Labour Party leader. On Monday he'll be the Prime Minister. What a relief.

I've got a 4.5 year old iPhone 13 Pro, and was considering replacing it finally with an 18 Pro later this year. However it appears the prices are going to be hiked for the first time in ages so I'm wondering if I should just get a 17 Pro before this increase happens? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Made myself a slightly retro looking salad for dinner.

The Metrolink rail replacement coaches are boiling and completely inadequate to cover the loss of actual tram service. The one I’m on is having to roll past a load of stops because it’s full.

I've decided I need to man up and have a go at doing some of my own decorating. It can't be *that* hard to emulsion a wall can it? 😅

Finding it an absolutely fascinating watching the work on the old Central Retail Park site.

SONOS: Here have double upgrade credit for a limited time only! *Adds a Era 100 SL to the basket* SONOS: Oh no you can't use it on that one. Bugger off then!

Manchester is shrouded in smoke as the moors are on fire.

Do you think I have enough coffee?

Cooling down with my Octopus Energy funded Pistachio iced latte. Things taste better when they’re free.

Just minding my own business in the lift.

Star City has been such a magnificent series. The best thing I’ve watched since Andor.

Embarrassed at how much of a stereotypical weekend top up shop this is.

*Mutes “Ann Widdecombe”*

Almost forgot to post this morning’s gym selfie, what the heck am I playing at?

Oh no!

Has anybody got much experience with the Philips Baristina coffee machine? I have read a few reviews where people have complained about units breaking after a few months, but currently it's on sale at Argos reduced from £285 to £100...

No Metrolink trams on the Eccles line next week until 2nd August. A replacement bus will run every 15 minutes instead, and you have to buy a tram ticket in advance to ride it! Not sure how a bus is supposed to have the same capacity as a double tram. Obviously going to be an absolute shitshow. 🤡

Oh good, nobody is willing to to indulge Farage’s self indulgent circus.

It will be hilarious if Farage resigns before Starmer.

Lots of nice foundations coming up in the remains of the old Central Retail Park (No. 10 North to be), I reckon this bit is part of what's left of the Shooter's Brook Iron Works No.1.

Ok maybe the gym is slightly quieter than usual.

Gym not particularly quieter than normal today, no doubt as it’s populated predominantly by gays.

I can tell from all the noise outside that England has won the game.

A fun moment there as I managed to spill half a mug of coffee over one of my white boucle dining chairs. 😫

Sweaty Sunday.

Fortuitous timing that Titanic is on C4 just as I get back from Belfast.

Interesting trip to the Titanic Experience.

Hotel fire alarm kept going off from 6am today. 🫩 This is required.

Made it to the hotel.

Last gym of the week as I bugger off to Belfast later.

Why are these tickets all different prices? They're all advance single fares. I know some of them are stopping services but this fare structure is deranged.

I'm off work the next two days but I'm going to have to log into my email to check if we're allowed to start late on Monday, aren't I? *not that I'd be staying up to watch

OMG No 10 North is going to be opposite my flat. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

We've had our annual pay increase proposal communicated today - a whopping 1%. My pay is already worth 10% less than it was in 2020, and here we are with another way-below inflation rise. Total joke.

Good morning.

Huge relief as the end of year service charge statement comes through and there's actually a surplus. Makes a massive change from my experience the last few years with my old flat.

Great speech by Andy Burnham, dare I feel a flicker of hope for the future? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I’ve had some version of a chicken salad every single night this week for tea.

Dripping, even though the aircon is working well.

The air is just so wet. “Feels like” temperature supposed to be 39 degrees today 😭

How your email today finds me.

I hadn't quite clocked that Paul Dannett is now the interim Mayor of Greater Manchester. Nice to have some LGBT representation in that post. Hopefully will be continued if Bev Craig is voted in as the next Mayor. 🤞

Looks like ITV is being gobbled up by Sky/Comcast... www.reuters.com/world/comcas...

Kind of sick of Octopus emailing to plead for me to use less energy every night this week. Can we just have an electricity generation and distribution system that can handle the loads please?

Collecting essential heat survival supplies.