Our village local (that we rarely use I’m afraid) in new hands and aiming to be open for the second May Bank Holiday weekend. They’ve put a questionnaire up, I’ve pleaded once again for a more attractive beer offering, without much hope in truth, but you never know…

Trying out the new mini-patio, this one gets the last of the sun and is against the big barn wall that radiates heat like a… err, radiator. Way too hot during the main part of the day but should be great early morning/late evening.

Bumper blue sky snd brickwork post for #SubstationSunday

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif.

Sundial on Leicester Cathedral, looking a very different colour in the Easter sunshine, it used to be grey I think!🤔 📷 Balda Baldessa 1a 🎞️ Fujicolor C200 #SundialSunday

Something for everyone here… 📷 Balda Baldessa 1a 🎞️ Fujicolor C200 #FilmPhotography #VintageCameras #StandingStoneSunday #InternationalSculptureDay #SculptureSaturday #SaturdayStatue

A top day out, or at the very least. A good way to kill a couple of hours before opening time. Loughborough University Sculpture Trail. 📷 FED-1 🎞️ Fujicolor C200 #InternationalSculptureDay #SculptureSaturday #FilmPhotography #VintageCameras @lynneaboutlboro.bsky.social

One of Bedford’s lesser known ghost signs for Morgan Chemist on Bromham Road. #GhostSign

Little bit of Italian Future Lounge Downtempo Jazz 🤷‍♂️ The Fez File - Volume Uno (Schema, 2000 Italy) #Vinyl

A draw’d be handy…

Developing news re. The May Beer Festival at The Vaults in Uppingham. I’m relying on the beer rather than the ‘local’… err, ‘cider’.

Ditching your Twitter account is just about the easiest decision any of us can make to push back against the far right, that so many still won’t do it doesn’t bode well for any kind of serious resistance to a potential Reform UK government. It’s pathetic frankly…

Van Poortvliet soooooo slow!

Sarries pitch looking like a 1970’s pub carpet…

I’ve found it! The Reform UK Policy Generator, stewing in a field near Uppingham. Smells fucking awful tbh…

The view from the footpath looking over the solar panels toward the viaduct which carried the old rail route to Uppingham Station. On this old map The Inn at Bisbrooke is shown but strangely not the footpath.

Destination achieved, mini-walkies was good, I’ll perhaps extend it to Seaton next time. Simple pleasures the pick of the pumps in The Vaults. #Walkies #Pubs #Beer

Just a handful of the attractions to be found on this year’s Uppingham Knocker Trail. #DoorFurnitureFans

A traditional game of English Rounders in play in Uppingham. “Hows That!” is what they say apparently…

Let Bimblette commence…

The #Hubble space telescope turned 36 today! Happy birthday! 🥳 Three and a half decades of cosmic beauty, including a certain Pillars of Creation that may or may not have been photoshopped 👀 🔭🐡🧪🎨

Selfie. Rooftop Arts, Corby. 📷 Balda Baldessa 1a 🎞️ Fujicolor C200 #FilmPhotography #VintageCamera

Delighted that the utterly shite music I spend most of my time avoiding is now being played at breaks in the rugby. Well done clubs, keep it up and I’ll give up on sport completely…

‘Ome alone with Kettering’s finest… Thee Telepaths - The Velvet Night (Mighty Fuzz, 2019)

Homeward bound on the Train of Patriots…

Dead Pub Signs Reimagined at the Burnaby Arms, Bedford.

Pipeline Brewing ‘Space Invaders’ Hazy Pale Ale in Beerfly, Bedford.

Robus Hand Drier: “You Have 20 Seconds To Get Dry!”

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Top Brunching at Green Earth Cafe in Bedford. The Scrambled Tofu is an unexpected success… #MeatFreeFriday

News Justin: Matador Gored In The Back-a-door

Trying the Hop and Heart in the Gordon Arms for a change, bit pokier, more of a NEIPA in style. #Beer #Pubs

Something lives in St Paul’s churchyard, Bedford…

It’s Record Store Day for @agnes-guano.bsky.social at Bedford Oxfam, just £4.99!

Just £2.50 in Bedford Oxfam, this is the one where for some totally inexplicable reason they asked me to help fill a page 🤷‍♂️

Half day opening in a very sunny Bedford, Golden Best is best. #Beer #Pubs

Shopping for essentials in Bedford. I’d have gone for one of the Imperial Russian Stoots but they’ve sold out. I blame Brexit!

The early morning Intercity to London… Looks like we’re getting some coffee at Corby Station again.

Bedroom Forecast: Pollen Count - Fucking High!

Blackbirds going absolutely berserk this evening. They’re rearing young in the darker green shrub by the retaining wall, couldn’t see a cat or anything to disturb them though. #Blackbirds 🌱

Home alone tea…

Some Loughborough Sculptures that didn’t make the cut… 📷 FED-1 🎞️ Fujicolor C200 #FilmPhotography #Art #

Jazz musician Paul Horn plays his flute deep within the chambers of the Great Pyramid, Gizeh. There’s a 2 hour complete recordings version of this available now, the original dbl is plenty for me though… Paul Horn – Inside The Great Pyramid (Mushroom Records, 1977) #Vinyl #Ambient

Not the greatest production on this dbl but then it was a radio broadcast. Good performances though. Nektar - More Live In New York (Bacillus Records/Bellaphon, 1978 Germany) #Vinyl #ProgSky

Happy St George's Day! Yes, I know my artwork is shit, but it's not AI

New FED scans back, would make a good Boards Of Canada album cover if they ever get round to making another… #FilmPhotography #VintageCamera

Raspberry Wheat Klaxon! First rule of Sour Club: See Liquid Light Pink Moon at the Beerhouse, drink Pink Moon.

I got wood, which means I can finally put the two iron garden bench ends I bought a few years ago back into use. The wood took a lot longer to cut than I’d anticipated, hence yesterday’s silly walk round Brauny, on the upside it’s reclaimed so cheaper and recycled. #GardenDIY

OK, as a lifelong Labour voter until a year ago, and now a Green voter and Party member, I say 'Vote Plaid with everything you have people' - every decent human in the country - Green, Labour, Plaid, SNP or Lib-Dem - needs to do everything they can to keep Reform out of power, everywhere. Do it.