That’s enough abstinence for one week. The best seat in the house, and coincidentally the best beer too. Brewsters Hophead at the Ship Inn Oundle. #BSkyBeer #Pubs @brewstersbrewery.bsky.social

FFS Greggs! Did you not consider 5p less Sausage Roll? They’re quite big you know…

Dog of the Day.

“They’re selling Jellied Eels in Tesco, man. The greatest decade in the history of mankind is over…”

They may have been on a different supermarket aisle. They may have been hidden by other stuff... But The Goode Wyffe managed to sniff them out. Made our cross-border-raid into Coldstream even more interesting; kind of "Irn-Bru Reivers" rather than Border Reivers.

A week of abstinence after a solid month of over-indulgence always brings to mind the time The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers decide to get straight… Artwork and Story: Gilbert Shelton

1/3: More innexpensive ‘Cameras for Comrades’ fun ahead of its next outing. In lieu of finding a more glasses-friendly viewfinder I thought maybe a viewfinder might do the job. This ‘Gnome’ example looks cool but arrived with a disturbing rattle and zero range finding ability, so… #FilmPhotography

Haven’t played this in a few years, never did get round to buying Pt.2 Amazing album of course, wildly differing production on some tracks, All Along The Watchtower and Voodoo Chile are lush, others sparky like the Axis… album The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland Part 1 #Vinyl #Hendrix

Making & Baking Day, Lamb Neck Curry slowly cooking, time for a bit of the auld Sensi Dub with the strong coffee. Sensi Dub Vol.2 (original Records, 1989) #Vinyl #Dub

Make it viral.

The Hinckley Bullockers Plough Monday Tradition, this Saturday in Leicestershire… #MorrisDance #Pubs

Isn't it ironic but you stink

Getting in the mood for tonights new Digging For Britain with a bit of light reading material… @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social

Going through my collection of decent astro images over the past 18 months, thinking of having a few prints done. For every success there have been 3 failures I would think, mostly down to satellites leaving trails. Bad weather has been another major factor. Patience is a virtue in this game 😊🔭

Sorting out Christmas cards. This lovely linocut from & by my friend John Simpson, graphic designer, was at the Mirror & What's Brewing. The Victoria Inn, Northampton. His poignant note: NOW FLATS!

A good opportunity to get all my Rajasthan Ducks (and a stray Goose) in row… #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay

Offal Ambassador Calls It A Day

We’ve accidentally done a #MeatFreeMonday 😳 Normal service will be resumed tomorrow…

Let the dieting commence… #SuperFoods

It’s like something out of a low budget Zombie movie… with backwards typewriters. Another win for AI…

A bit of the auld Machine Molle with the tea this morning… Matching Mole (CBS, 1972) #Vinyl #ProgSky

My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜

First full English Faggot’n’Peas Tea of the year, no brainer!… #GourmetSky

Now that they’ve started a war I’ve completely forgotten that they’re pedophiles.

The Moon and Jupiter on’t way ‘ome… #AstroBoy

The ‘final’ final indulgence, a rich toffeeish and pippy Gerard Daniel et Fils Cidre Fermier. #Cider

Terrific pint of restorative murk from Black Iris in the Beerhouse, and something for @devondympsy.bsky.social at No.16 #BSkyBeer #Pubs

Getting some early prep in for the Ballet with the strong coffee this morn’ Tchaikovsky – The Sleeping Beauty (BBC Symphony Orchestra c/b Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, BBC Artium, 1980) #Vinyl #Ballet #ClassicalSky

The light at the end of the tunnel. #photography #scape #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono

Oakham Castle today…

Candlelit Meal for One, The Vaults, Uppingham. #BSkyBeer #Pubs

Tiger Triple Gold, the slightly stronger ltd ed version of Tiger in the Wheatsheaf Oakham is… …good, but not as good as Tiger 😂 #BSkyBeer #Pubs

Bit of the auld Ninja Tunes with the strong coffee this morning… Various – Ninja Cuts : Funkjazztical Tricknology (Ninja Tune, 1995) #Vinyl

Is it just me, but… Monday 🤷‍♂️

Got a new pen tidy for Christmas. Vintage Hoptimist Kvak Frog by Hans Gustav Ehrenreich, made in Denmark. #FrogFriday

The final indulgence. This Vintage Port from the Symington Estate is probably a re-corked Quarles Harris or Cockburn. ‘94 is rated as an ‘Outstanding’ vintage, this is sweeter, fruitier, intensely herbal/liquorish, a good Port though not nearly as refined as I’d expect for nearly 30 years in bottle.

Well, that’s the New Year more or less wrapped… #Trifle

Ticking off another of my ‘Never seen the whole damn thing’ movies with an appropriate (Romanian) Cherry Schapps…

I’ll have to get a bottle of my 2016 Yarly-heavy Home Orchard blend to you… @yarlydry2sweet.bsky.social

New year, new Trifle. #GreatBritishTraditions #Trifle

Just when you think 2026 can’t give any more!

Market Harborough Theatre, no sign of the Ladies… #ADoorableThursday

First drink of 2026, a nice easy drinking sweetish Tamnavulin Double Cask, my new hip flask of choice. Happy New Year to you all. #Whisky

Last beer o’the year… The 2020 Fullers Vintage Ale, which is a lot better than the last one I tried, probably improved through keeping. I like the bitter orange and slightly burnt molasses flavour of this one. #BSkyBeer

In the absence of a firm confirmation that Liar Johnson isn’t still hanging around ready to fuck something else up in 2026… A chewy liquorish and dark berry Nene Valley Brewery Bible Black Porter it is. #BSkyBeer #StoutOClock

Has he fucked off yet?

Short-range weather forecast…

A peachy pint of Green Duck Big Freeze NZPA in the Beerhouse. #BSkyBeer #Pubs