100 years from now…

OMG, A food stall has just opened on the beach at Dover! It’s run by RNLI staff, and the food is completely free to anyone that arrives in a dingy in case they’re a bit “peck”ish after the crossing 😱

news.sky.com/story/images... Oh well done 👏👏👏

We just wanted a nice room #1984 🤣

Trump got nowhere with a ceasefire deal. I wonder why? The strongest card is the one you never play. 🃏♠️ @mrjamesob.bsky.social @thetrawl.bsky.social

Here’s your show tomorrow @mrjamesob.bsky.social 🤷

Can someone put me in touch with the lads who kept rearranging the Fawlty Towers sign? They're badly needed here in my village. (NB X wouldn’t let me post this, even when I deleted the “flowery” picture and tried again 🤷).

Tonight I’ve made us this Risotto. (Don’t worry @mrjamesob.bsky.social I was very careful 😉). Chicken with thyme and porcini mushrooms, and a drizzle of truffle oil. I’ve had the dried porcinis soaking in a mixture of wine and water all day to make the fantastic stock 😋

🥹 This Rex. He’s from the farm half a mile away. He comes up to see us almost every day. We gave him a good love up this morning and he left. 5 minutes later he’d been home and brought back a toy for us to throw for him. Is that the cutest thing ever? 🥰

Lean turkey breast mince to Lebanese spiced skewer kebabs in a few minutes 😋 They’re made with fresh dill, coriander and mint, plus some Lebanese spices, garlic and black pepper. Two meal worth there for €1.50 I ❤️ the Poor Shelf 😀

There are worse views to wake up to than the Donegal countryside. I just sat looking out of my window for 10 minutes while I drank my coffee 😉🤣

Friday night is after all, curry night 🤷 That’s a pork sag in case you’re wondering 😀

Another pro Russian Tory jumps ship before the party sinks, to keep his snout in the trough at any cost.

I get jealous of Mrs R’s evening tea. I don’t like tea, can’t stand milk, and coffee keeps me awake. So I asked ChatGPT to make me a personalised drink based on my tastes, and it absolutely has. A spiced marmite and chilli thing. I ❤️ AI 😀

Doing something a bit different for lunch today. Skate wings 😋

Donald Quixote

I have never and will never see a better concert than Andrea Bocelli at the Teatro del Silenzio in the Tuscan hills. I’ve even stopped crying now.

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Does anyone else’s AI call them a “lovely bastard” 😳🤣 I’ve trained it to be cheeky 🤣

I asked Chat GPT if Farage and Tice’s sudden desire to help Afghan refugees was hypocritical.

Means testing 🤷 If you scrimp and save all your life and save up €30,000, you don’t get any benefits. But, if you go out and spend that €30,000 on a Rolex or a new car or the holiday of a lifetime, you do get benefits. What’s that about 🤷

Don’t you just love the summer in Donegal ☹️

Another leftovers tea tonight. Spanish style meatballs with lemon rice. I used everything I could see including the contents of a huge, murky jar of olives that’s been in the fridge for months. Turned out to be four olives in it 🤣 Oh, chorizo is nice 😋

Oh my Christ 😱 I thought this was a spoof but it’s actual real! The president of the United States is knocking out perfumes like Del Boy at Peckham market! Only difference is these are $250 a pop 😳

Bit different tonight. Roasted aubergine, courgette, tomato, red onion and red pepper with tomato and basil rice and lemon pepper chicken thighs. Just needed a bit of harissa and it was spot on 👍

Who thought Farage would actually turn up to see Rod Stewart 😳

A day at the beach on Craggy Island. Now where shall I put my beach towel 🤔 😉❤️ Donegal 🤣

Nice bit of salmon tonight. Rex can smell it, look at his hungry little face through that window. You may think I’m cruel letting him watch us eat our tea, not feeding him tit bits at the table! But. He isn’t our dog! He’s the dog from the farm half a mile down the road 🤣

President Trump demonstrates he’s thoughts on the freedom of the press 😳 “CNN is scum, The New York Times is scum, MSDNC is scum” Can you imagine any other American President speaking like this on the world stage 🤷

I said to my wife this morning as we heard the news there’s a ceasefire, “I’ll tell you exactly what’ll happen next. Israel will claim that Iran has broken the ceasefire”. True or false flag? Who knows but so predictable.

I’m making a corned beef hash for tea. Just prepped the onions and garlic for it. Sautéed for almost an hour in a bit of sugar and balsamic vinegar. Nicely caramelised now.

Well done America 🙏

It’s been horrible weather the last few days but finally I’ve managed to get up to see my little mate Siegfried and take him up some celery and mint.

Monday night tea 😋

Just when you thought you couldn’t get a better pickle than a psycho onion, you finish those and use the vinegar to make psycho pickled eggs 🤷😀😋

I am absolutely loving Italian week in @SuperValuIRL Whoever did the wine selection is a genius. That 15% wine is just beautifully full bodied with a good rich nutmeg and tomato based pasta sauce 😋

America, MAGA. It’s called a counter attack and they didn’t need your permission, your hardware or your military intelligence to plan and execute it. And President Zelenskyy wasn’t even wearing a suit. 🇺🇦👏👏👏

I just can’t work out why Farage (4 children), Johnson (9 children) and Mogg (6 children) want to remove the two child cap on child benefit 🤔

Tonight I’m experimenting with Korean rice stuffed peppers and thai spiced potatoes, with a bit of poor shelf cod going in that gap 10 minutes before it’s all roasted 😋

Well chuffed with our midge proof tent thing off Temu for €80. So annoying that you just can’t sit out in the evening with a glass of wine, enjoying the view, without being bitten to pieces by bloody Donegal midges 🤬

How long before Trump blames Mexican immigrants for poor seamanship? After all, nobody knows more about ships than Trump 🤷

Our lovely guest, staying a few days while his wife is away in England, is having a good breakfast before we set off to the distillery for a few sherbets 🥳🤪 Tea is prepped and ready to go in the oven when we get back 🙄😀 Reservations now open for July onwards 😀🤣

Just received my “4 inch” sanding disks from Temu 🤔😳 TBF they refunded my money online, immediately without needing me to return the disks. Right, I’m off to find something really small to sand…. …Farage’s penis splint? 🤔🤣

Oh dear Lidl! I think you may have picked the wrong country for this weeks “Tastes of the world” 😬

Jeysus, sitting in my living room and was suddenly joined by a fecking bat! 🤣 it took me ages to get hold of it. I eventually trapped it in a lampshade in an upstairs bedroom, which I took off the wire and hung out the window. He was in for the night otherwise. ❤️ Donegal 🇮🇪 🦇 More video on thread

Lough Salt, Donegal. A favourite view on a favourite walk.

I need your help! When I put this on my shopping list, auto correct changed it from what I wanted to “shed dubs”. I tutted and thought “I’ll know what it is when I go shopping” Yea, right… absolutely no idea now 🤷 Anyone?