Well that was unexpected. My heating just came on. Gloomy skies in Andromedaville this morning.

"Verify your age" L S D 2 10 8 + 3 12 6 = 6 3 2 Six pounds, 3 shillings and tuppence

Summer breakfast - chorizo, beans, peppers. Like Spain but with Tupperware.

Lovely day for Durham Miners Gala. I'm not there but half the world is. When the Reform Council cut funding for Pride, the Durham miners stepped in with funding. Never forget 1984.

At the Durham Miners Gala. We are many they are few. Solidarity brothers and sisters

Very pleased that I managed to match the shed and the buddleia.

I’ve just seen a woman sat outside Greggs fanning herself with a pasty. I love this country.

It is possible to think someone is an utterly reprehensible human being and also condemn the horrific manner of their demise.

It's an awful world what with everything and that, but I painted some ducks in my art class yesterday. Self portrait in bottom right.

In many ways Anne Widdecombe helped to usher in this culture of people with despicable views being tolerated because they're 'so funny!' that's led us to where we are now. A miserable legacy but one I suspect she would be quite pleased with.

Ideal heatwave nails - mint green with pearlescent pink overlay. Trotters to match.

Oh my days. My friend just sent me this. Lower 6th. I'm lurking in the back row with my wild curls. Summer of '79.

Viva Espana

I've had to switch off notifications on my Polish bread posts. They've been uncharacteristically popular and I can't keep up. Lovely bread though.

Incredible. Some random prick just replied to call me a liar about my Polish neighbour baking me bread. Some people have very sad lives. Anyway, a blocked prick now.

The rig I'm on has put up first aid guides that were made with AI. Wouldn't bother with CPR there, would be more concerned by the fact is head isn't connected to his body

My lovely neighbour just got back from Poland. He left a loaf of Polish sausage bread on my doorstep like a bakery Milk Tray man. What a treat. Still warm.

Good year for the roses.

I swear, "a pope from Chicago excommunicates a Nazi-adjacent sect" is like a cut scene from The Blues Brothers

Was at The Globe for a performance of Much Ado About Nothing and an elderly lady in a sari loudly "for fuck's sake"-ed somebody for dithering in the queue for the lavs so never tell me multiculturalism doesn't work.

WhatsApp username thing is live. I've got in quick and grabbed mine. No other Andromedas are getting ahead of me.

Garden's been busy while I was away.

Home again. I'd never been to Herefordshire before. In a country of stunning landscapes I think it's taken the top spot. I want to go back one autumn when the trees are heavy with apples. It's beautiful.

Reminder that to people in Newcastle and Sunderland, Manchester is only *very* notionally in the same The North as them, and only about 45 minutes closer by train than London.

Reform U.K. is for people who have tattoos of their children but not custody of them.

Brockhampton is very beautiful. I've walked for miles and shared a National Trust flapjack with a sparrow.

Croome,Worcestershire. National Trust. Beautiful place. Still too bloody hot and humid in The Shire.

It was 35C in The Shire earlier. 28 and falling now. Eating farm shop raspberry ripple in my pretty garden.

Durham folk get everywhere. Don't blame her. It's 35C out there. I might climb in the tomb with her.

Glorious little breeze in The Shire. Doing the black and white village trail today. I've been promised tea rooms. The OH would go to the gates of hell if they served good scones.

London people! What’s the journey Kings Cross to Euston like at, say, 3 or 4pm on a Thursday? Hellish? I know Euston is actual arse of the world so I’m expecting a horror show there but wondering if the tube will be super packed? MCR at Wembley if anyone is interested in why the fuck I’d be there

Back on the other site, years ago, there was a thread about the most pretentious thing people had ever overheard. Someone said they witnessed a guy at an ice cream van asking for 'two Magna'.

Totally living the dolce vita in The Shire.

It's very hot in the shire but very pretty.

25C in County Durham this week. I'm not in County Durham. I'm fleeing south to experience 35C. It's not my best idea. Might stay at Tibshelf. It's nice here. They have cinnamon buns.

you should never apologize for your cat or your tomatoes or the really good sandwich you made taking up space in my feed, it is actually vital content

Not indicating at roundabouts - lose your licence. Shouting at children chalking on pavements - 100 hours community chalk drawing. Saying "before my time" - history exams for a fortnight.

*whispers* I've had my birthday already. I just saved thr champagne for best

Many here will be sad to know that Bernadette Meaden @ducklings.bsky.social died peacefully at home on 3 June. A fine writer & advocate for disabled people; a good, kind, brave woman. I count myself blessed by her friendship. Thoughts, prayers, Light, as you will, for her family & all who mourn her.

Village cricket with an affogato. They do you proud in North Yorkshire.

The caravan opposite me has 2 fully-grown Newfoundland dogs. They're SO FLUFFY. I won't rest until I've cuddled the pair of them.

Don't want to be picky, but isn't the Pope "America's most powerful Catholic" being as he is both American and - how to put it? - the actual Pope? www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I've just made a massive tea. Roast potatoes, roast carrots, broccoli, buttered leeks, asparagus AND fried chicken. Finishing with a drop of single malt.

I love this. Unmute.

Harry!

If you're ever looking for posh sweets, I got a box of these for my birthday. Best chocolates I've ever eaten. From 1683 Chocolate Place. Not cheap but worth every penny.

My hairdresser's gone on holiday and left me with a colleague. I started to explain what I wanted and she stopped me dead. "It's okay. Gemma left notes." I've gone to hospital appointments with less background than that.

Turns out Ralph McTell isn't retiring after all @kenarmstrong.bsky.social . His voice is still as good as it ever was.