Had a bit of a break in Pompey earlier. Saw this. #BenEine #LookUp #StreetArt #WeHateEine

Always a bit shite going back to work after a few days off. Still, nice day for it. #itsthelittlethings

"I got it from Temu!" Yeah. We can tell.

Perfect day for a Portland - West Bay blast. 👌 #dorset #motosky #xjr1300 #biltwell

Got away from work early tonight. Home by midnight. Everyone asleep. Time for a cold one and some Early Doors. To the Regiment!

A few weeks back, with slim pickings in the kitchen while sorting out my lunchbox for work, I took one of my 9-year-old daughter's 'Cheestrings'. Fatal. Am now addicted to the bastard things.

Well, that's another week of work done. 👍 Only twenty-three years left to do. 👎

Got a million jobs that need doing at home... But it's nice out. #sorrynotsorry #motosky #xjr1300

Nights are starting to draw in now. Lovely, balmy evening for a blast though. 👌 #motosky #bikesky #bikersky #xjr1300

🚨 NEW: Train drivers on CrossCountry will strike on Friday 3rd October. ASLEF members will also withdraw from all non-contractual overtime from 21st September until further notice. Drivers were left with no choice after the company's persistent refusal to adhere to negotiated agreements.

Well, 270 miles later and we're back home after a lovely week away in North #Wales. Beaches, waterfalls, lovely views, good food and #Wrexham lager. What's not to love!? 'Tan y tro nesaf' (until next time.) 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Another day out, another car parking payment app to download. 🙄 Considering what's going on around the world not a huge issue, I know. Just annoying. Have a big meeting, choose one app and stick with.

Five hours in my banger of a car with no air-con wasn't exactly ideal... But we made it. Arrived in time for a good curry and a nice sunset.👌 North #Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Another day, another dollar. Finally approaching the end of this block of shifts. Can almost taste the cold beer now.

Another much needed little bimble this evening. Nothing special, just half a tank and a coffee. Can't beat it. #motosky #bikesky #xjr1300

another day, another dollar.

Portsmouth Harbour on a little solo evening bimble. Always nice when passers-by stop and comment or chat, too. 👍 #motosky #bikesky #bikersky #xjr1300

True.

Looking forward to my next dry day off already. Really do love this bike. So glad I finally decided to bite the bullet. #xjr1300 #bikesky #bikersky #motosky

Been meaning to say - big shout out to @brighterdayvinyl.bsky.social I have family from thupnorth who are into football/United so commented on a post and 'won' this. Will make a nice gift (and my guess is, eventually end up on the wall of a garden pub.) Cheers dude. Much appreciated. 👍

Finally, a dry day off! Went for a blast down to The New Forest and had a pint and some lunch. Lovely stuff. #biltwell #yamaha #motosky

another day another dollar.

I'm married with three children, so naturally it's this: My XJR1300

Made me chuckle. Belfast, don't go changing. 😄 (📸 Not mine) #coldplay

Summer Sunday rides. 👌 (Made even better by stopping off at a pub which does Guinness 0%) #motosky #bikesky #bikersky #yamahaxjr1300

Summers are getting hotter ☀️ We can all help save water 💧 But it's INFURIATING that private water companies start hosepipe bans while - letting 1/5 of water leak away - pouring raw sewage into rivers - spending 1/3 of your water bill on debt + dividends PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW

While in general I prefer working lates, getting ready for work at this time of day is no fun - especially in this weather. Still, only twenty-three years to do... 😳

'There wasn't 28 men... There was 27, and Shackleton.' #justfinished the brilliant The Ship Beneath The Ice; A must read for anyone with an interest in The Endurance. #booksky (Will have to try and watch the @thehistoryguy.bsky.social documentary next 👍)

I'm in my thirties and have three children. Time and time again my family and I have relied on the care and expertise of the #NHS I remember marching down Whitehall with the #Doctors and #Nurses in 2023, and would gladly do the same again. La Lutte Continue. Up the Workers! ✊️ #NHSstrike 💙

Twenty-three minutes into (potentially) day one of ten at work. Already had enough.

Not the brightest of afternoons, but at least it was dry enough to go and blow the cobwebs off. 👍 #motosky #yamaha #xjr1300

'Dorset born and Dorset bred. Strong in the arm and good in the bed.'✊️ Cheers @doomscroll-zine.bsky.social. Keep up the good work. #dorset #zine

Oasis and I go back a long way. Paid big money in the early 2000s to see their warm up gig for Glasto in Poole (cracking gig - place was tiny.) Even had a 20 minute chat with Noel on a train once. Although at no point have I ever fancied jumping aboard the reunion bus, this picture... Class.

I encourage every person to watch the film Gaza: Doctors Under Attack now on @channel4news.bsky.social and @zeteo.com. May such important documentation be fully supported and shed light on those who tried to hide it from you.

The more time you spend with and around the general public late at night, the more you feel society is broken. It's as if consideration for others has been resigned to the history books.

It's been my birthday this week. When I was seven I got a Game Boy and two games. Folks, this is the 'I'm nearly forty' version:

As good a place as any to stop for a couple of scoops and to play the same 4 chords I always do. #Portland #Dorset #KeepPortlandWeird

Just got home from work after a pretty shitty day. (The general public are feral.) But anyway, now sat in the garden unwinding with a cold one with the faint beat of the Isle of Wight Festival on the air. 👍

It's all down hill from here folks... Happy solstice. #longestday

Londinium in the ☀️ #GrubBreakBimble

'We are far more united and have far more common with each other than things that divide us.' Rest well, Jo.

Everyday life, as well as bad weather on days off meant I hadn't ridden for a few weeks... Those 'should I s*ll it' thoughts began creeping in. ... Until the second I rode off the drive again earlier. Cracking machine, this. Love it. #bikesky #motosky #yamaha #xjr1300

Monday. Just started my first late shift of the week, about to head to London... open.spotify.com/track/2XbrYD...

Or as one shitbag former Tory MP calls them, 'food pantries'.

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At 21:40 tonight it still hadn't quite gone dark. God, I love this time of year.

#justfinished Four Shots in the Night by Henry Hemming. 'Those of us who like the red meat of law and order' were being asked to 'look inside the abattior - and of course we do not like what we see'. A chilling read about lies and spies in the Troubles. #booksky