Swapped over the engine today using exclusively Britool tools made in Bushbury, Wolverhampton. Not some strange nationalistic thing, but those are the best quality BSW/BSF tools. An absolute joy to have those in my hands 👌🏻

Little thing that made me smile today….. ….when she was about 17 Auntie Maggie’s then boyfriend “won” a 4ft high stuffed toy, a Lion. She called him flameproof, because that was what it said on the label 😂😂

Drove back earlier through Stratford behind one of those Harley Davidson things. Rider never took a bend at more than 20-30 MPH, rarely got above 40MPH. And insisted on driving on the white line so I couldn’t overtake him. Must be one of those Rock and Roll Bank Managers 🙄

OK… might be a bit Perry, but these bloody cremation companies….how can they come up with stuff like more 5 star reviews on trust pilot than others. FFS, it’s not as though you can write a review after going through the whole process is it? How easily we are duped 🤷‍♂️

I’m in love with Massachusetts…. With my radio on….

Missed one out from yesterday….the Valentines - Gun Fever. God I love these old Ska tracks, after growing up with them, I probably take them for granted much more than I should. Still, there is always time to make up for it ✊🏻

2 BSA’s wild in the garden….. all in all a good start today. It appears that all the chrome has reacted with various fertilisers and chemicals in the shed over the past 30 years…that and the mice. Still found most of the bits, just missing a rear brake plate and the rear sprocket bolts 🙄

Dreadful news. Found TWO 12mm bolts being used as engine bolts on a BSA frame. This outrageous use of that weird foreign thread types when they had the choice of BSW, BSF and BSC is just beyond me. No wonder the world is going to the dogs…..🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

A born winner, ten years apart. Congratulations, John! 💚🏆

Woohoo! Fucking get in Villa! What a performance #AVFC

Believe #AVFC

Ironbridge George Museum on the titles on Island Today….FFS, I give up hope 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Dear All, I've started a Substack for the lesser travelled corners of music, books, food and booze. Here I am on master crime writer Nicolas Freeling's lesser known - but equally brilliant - food writing... harrysword.substack.com/p/freeling-o...

The Teachers Lounge, the German language film on BBC4 at the moment is really compelling watching. Absolutely brilliant, and a difficult watch, but just superb 👌🏻

Sister has been organising her father in laws funeral in Glasgow on Monday. Jimmy was a really fantastic guy and will be so missed. When she told me the music that they are having is Terry Hall and Sinead O’Connor doing all kinds of everything, well…….😢😢😢

His reponse to the Leader of the Opposition. 4/n

Catch Me If You Can... I'll be in Bath on Sunday 5pm www.bathboxoffice.org.uk/whats-on/a-h...

Be careful what you wish for. The UK is and always has been a compromise, and whilst not ideal, a compromise is usually most more palatable than the alternatives. Over the last 20 years, we have been faced with an increasingly right wing agenda, and it’s difficult to hold a broad coalition together

Time line cleanse….went through my Tim’s of taps today and have found that I have got most of the ones I need for the BSA, missing some BSF and BSC sizes, but have even found the BSP one for the fuel tap on the bottom of the tank. Winning stuff ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

That Johnathan Hinder is really annoying me on Newsnight. A man with very little vision of the bigger picture here.

Never liked that Shabana Mahmood. What an absolute two faced shitbag.

I think it’s time the UK realised that it’s not up to that wanker Chris Mason to decide when the Pm needs to be changed.

Gone round to see my Dad and help him with a few things ( he’s hardly been able to see for 12 months). Because of a road closure, missed him by about 5 mins as he’s gone to a funeral with Mum. Still nice view of the garden….

This is authentically depressing.

He's right, but it's made life harder for people *across the world* not just in USA. Fuel has shot up in price so haulage costs have been passed on to customers as well as day to day travel being hugely more expensive.

share.google/2aaO1eC3m2RD... Love this track….this is the first version I heard, long before I heard the original on Takin’ Off. It hasn’t got the wonderful interaction of Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon, but man the FATNESS of it all in 2/4…👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

youtu.be/GJJphdNmUR4 Thanks to a conversation with @houseofreggae.bsky.social tonight, I’ve got round to listening to this, something I did last week, but had been putting off for far too long. Too good not to share 👌🏻

What a game….AVFC 👌🏻

I don’t really want that much in life, my needs are relatively small. I wish that people, particularly the younger ones had more of a sense of hope and community,as this seems to have been ripped out of society systematically over the past 45 years, with a few brighter moments.

Tonight’s tunes to cook with. 👌🏻

Ken Russell's The Devils. 'That Cannes should be screening a new restoration from the original camera negative is exciting enough, but what's more exciting is that the runtime listed is 114 minutes, which is significantly longer than the tamer MPAA cut.' www.fangoria.com/the-devils-4...

Second hand touring caravan salesman, Chris Mason has got it wrong again. Everyone knows Larry the cat is in charge at 10 Downing Street 😉

Fuck Kemi Bad Enoch….putting up a post of 30th January 1972 in praise of the British Army. Fucking disgusting shit…..brain dead fucker….

Right, hooray hooray I’ve got my watch back! God, I really have missed it so much. Secondly done a bit of BSA bolt measuring for the toolbox/battery box and all of those panels. Took a bit of working out, but I think I’m on the right track with it. Looking forward to some bike work 😉

Got some little blue butterflies in the garden, saw a few last year, but there seem to be quite a few more this year.

Got the TV upgrade box and T’interweb being installed on Monday. Going to lose so many things I love watching, all the original Van Der Valk series, Callan, and some of my favourite music documentaries. I feel robbed, but then I’m going to be saving a huge amount of money….per month

Watching this documentary on BBC 4 about life in the islands of Scotland. Slightly concerning stuff.

The best bit of Le Mans ‘66 is seeing Ken Miles son in a Villa Shirt. I’ve been a huge fan of Ken for over 40 years, a lad from my part of town, and a genius to boot. Magnificent man 👌🏻

Been spending some time over the past 3 months focusing on horn and Reed players. Taking my in everything from blue note and every kind of jazz to bluebeat and lots of James Brown, with the odd bit of Soul, funk and Northern thrown in. So many great players and so few recognised, loving it 👌🏻

Been smashing the mean green machine through an amp this morning. First time in ages. Definitely need to get this sorted and start playing it more often, just such a glorious feeling, and having abused it for so many years, everything just falls into place. Had it over 40 years now 👌🏻

Decided to take a lesson from a well known person on success. Today I have been winning biggly in my immaculate restoration to factory specs of my wonderful BSA motorcycle.*

Defence spending has become an increasingly hot topic over the past 5 years. However, I’m not seeing much on the basis for defence contracting. In the 80’s to the 2000’s we had a really good defence contracting structure, which really reduced profiteering by defence contractors, and….

The Damned were bloody brilliant on Saturday night, as were Peter Hook and the Light and the Loveless. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see the Courettes due to a bloody e ticket problem we had to spend most of the day sorting out. As a bonus, got a proper paper ticket 👌🏻👌🏻

Liking this bloke more and more. One of the best 👌🏻

Right, off to see the Damned on Saturday night, so off down to that there london tomorrow.

Started to do some grown up type of shit. Clearing the back garden with a chainsaw and lots of patience. Trying to fit it in before the strong sun and I can’t go out anymore. Even started erecting BSA number 2, and so looking forward to getting oily with broken fingernails over the next few weeks

Good Vibrations on BBC 2 thank God for people like Terry Hooley👌🏻

Dave Wakelin on TOTP… I really miss him from Twitter. Talking about Bournville park like it used to be, music, life. One of the best humans I have been graced to walk the same planet as…..✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻thanks Dave for everything

These new Winter Olympics events seem to have been lifted from a Winter It’s an International Knockout from the early 70’s

Today I have been listening to the Rich Kids Ghosts of Princes in Towers 😉