What's this? A BRAND NEW single for today's Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month selection 😯 It's a good one, too: Reins by Office Dog #OfficeDog #Reins 📠 #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

Moreton Corbet Castle in the spring sunshine this afternoon: #MoretonCorbet #Shropshire 🏰

The north county church tour returned for 2026 with a trip to the twelfth century St Bartholomew's Moreton Corbet. The National Churches Trust describes the building as "deliciously decorated", and it is hard to disagree. It's stunning! 😍 #Shropshire #Churches 💒

I've been sleeping on Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month for the past few days, so here's a selection from the Don (McGlashan) - man's a musical genius! 🤯 #TheFrontLawn #ClaudeRains 🛫 #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

I had one of my best ever afternoons on the #Cliffe yesterday. Every tree and bush on the heath and in the woodlands seemed to be alive with birdsong and, among the 29 species recorded, I saw my first Swifts of spring and a first ever Crossbill on the site. It was sublime 💚 #ShropshireBirding 🌦️🪶

One of the best stories you will see anywhere in European football this season 👇 Elversberg are in the Bundesliga! 🎉 #DieElv 🖤🤍

An extremely short horror story I wrote, set in the future.

And here's today's Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month post: it's the mighty Phoenix Foundation! #PhoenixFoundation #Buffalo 🦬 #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

Too busy digesting last night's SPL shenanigans to post a selection yesterday for Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month, so here's a song by the Bats, which seems strangely appropriate today! #TheBats #DancingAsTheBoatGoesDown 🚢 #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

A new blog - this one discussing why the 255-metre Snedshill Tunnel of the C18th & C19th Shropshire Canal wasn't located where one of the newishly built housing estates in Telford might suggest rowleyanth.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/w...

Today's selection for Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month is my nomination for best Kiwi pop song in Hungarian (and you can file this album under 'essential', NZ music fans!) #BressaCreetingCake #Zenax 🇭🇺 #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

It wouldn't be Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month without a selection from the mighty HDU... #HighDependencyUnit #Tunguska ☄️ #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

Bright and breezy on the Heath this afternoon. A slightly underwhelming 22 species recorded but a very loud Cuckoo and my first Willow Warbler of the year more than made up for it! 🙂 #ShawburyHeath #ShropshireBirding 🌬️🌥️🪶

I'm bang up-to-date for a change (well, 2025!) with today's Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month selection 💥 Here's a song from Ringlets most recent LP: the memorably titled "The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)!" #Ringlets #HeavenlyWheel ⚙️ #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

Cuckoo Flower at Sweeney Fen, near Oswestry #WildflowerHour #Shropshire 🌸

Cowslips flowering in the sunshine at the remarkable Sweeney Fen, near Oswestry, last Wednesday lunchtime - I don't think I've ever seen so many in one place! #WildflowerHour #Shropshire 💛

A new blog about a section of the 18th Century tub-boat Shropshire Canal that can still be found - nearly 200-years after it closed - in front of the Cockshutt, Oakengates in Telford next to the Silkin Way. rowleyanth.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/t...

The Daily Record: listening to Solomans Ball takes about as long as writing this post but, in those eight minutes, Bill Direen weaves four unique sound worlds with atmosphere so thick you could chew it! Mindbending brilliance of the highest order 🔥 #Bilders #SolomansBall 🤴 #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

Whoops! Forgot to post Friday's selection for Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month, so here it is a day later: Punk rock spirit from 1982 ✊ #NoTag #LegalisedDogs 🚨 #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

Friday afternoon around the hill: #Grinshill #Shropshire

Today's Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month post finds Robert Scott in decidedly un-Batsian, ambient territory on the title track from his excellent 2000 solo album, which was released by Flying Nun. Recommended ✅ #RobertScott #TheCreepingUnknown 🦠 #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

And here's today's Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month post. I discovered today that Opposite Sex have recorded another two albums since this one (with a new geetar player), so may have to check them out. #OppositeSex #HamishAndChips 🍟 #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

Today, I have discovered the Dutch delight that is Stroopwafels! Just balance them over your steaming mug of tea for a minute and you too can be transported to gooey caramel heaven! "When you indulge, do it right" says the packaging, and who am I to disagree! #Stroopwafels 😍🧇

High in the hills above Oswestry at the beautiful Sweeney Fen this lunchtime. Though you can't see it here, the place was awash with cuckoo flower and cowslips - and it's not even approaching peak wildflower yet! A visit is highly recommended ✅ #Shropshire 🌤️🌼

The Daily Record: Sneaky Feelings debut, Send You, is revered by many a NZ Indie fan but I think their final album is equally impressive. While it suffers from the same mastering issues that hampered label mates the Chills Brave Words 1/2 #SneakyFeelings #HardLoveStories 🐩 #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

And the theme of today's Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month post is: NZ songs featuring bagpipes! Here's Fault in the Frog by the criminally underappreciated Able Tasmans #AbleTasmans #FaultInTheFrog 🐸 #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

Today's Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month selection is this groovy little number from 2002: #Pine #BeatenAgain 🥋 #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

Here we go then... it's Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month, so here's a 1981 Kiwi Post Punk classic to get the ball rolling: #DanseMacabre #Conditioner #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

Happy Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa New Zealand Music Month to all who celebrate! 🎉 @audioculturenz.bsky.social #NZMusicMonth #Aotearoa 🥝

It might look quiet at an overcast Plough Bank this lunchtime but Plex Lane was alive with birdsong. I recorded 17 species in 20 minutes, including Whitethroat and the noisiest Skylarks I've ever heard! Merlin also picked-up a Spotted Sandpiper but I am doubtful! 👀 #Albrighton #ShropshireBirding 🪶

Bluebells in Corbet Wood this lunchtime #Grinshill #Shropshire 💜

Bluebells fringing an old stonewall at the junction of Quarry Bank Road and Bottom Lane on the eastern edge of Market Drayton #WildflowerHour #Shropshire 💜

And so the curtain closes on another season at Croud Meadow. Typical end-of-season fare for the most part but a good effort from the lads in the last 20 minutes to turn it round, and a truly sublime equaliser from Ismael Kabia 🔥 Full marks to the Fleetwood fans for their fancy dress! 🙊🙉🙈 #Salop 💙🧡

Catch-up with a mate at Osteria in Mardol this lunchtime. There's a great meal deal available between 12-3pm, and this margherita pizzetta (with side salad and chips), drink and pistacchio gelato scoop all came in for just over a tenner. Would recommend ✅ #Shrewsbury #Shropshire 🍽️🇮🇹

For anyone who needs to see a carving of a swan in a top hat 🦢🎩 #Shropshire 🌤️

The undivided fronds of Hart's-tongue fern gradually unfolding on the towpath of the Shropshire Union Canal this afternoon in a damp and shady cutting between Tyrley Locks and Market Drayton: #Shropshire 🌤️

A first ever trip to the serene Walkmill Meadows in Market Drayton today. I kept Merlin on in the background and recorded 17 species as I walked round, including Garden Warbler, many mellifluous Blackcaps, and a Lapwing calling from the nearby water meadows. A lovely place 💚 #ShropshireBirding 🌤️🏞️

Looking east from Laura's Tower towards The Wrekin on an overcast spring day, with the platforms of #Shrewsbury railway station in the foreground: #Shropshire #Railways ☁️🚉 🏰

A great advert for Scottish League One over on BBC Alba this evening, with the much anticipated top-of-the-table clash between Stenhousemuir and Inverness CT ending all square. What a couple of years Stenny are having... it's quite a story!

A resilient display in difficult conditions, especially in the second half, secures all three points and - ultimately - our Football League status ✅ Gavin and his team have masterminded quite a turnaround, and I'm looking forward to seeing what the summer brings. Onwards and upwards! 🤞 #Salop 💙🧡

The Banger's BANGER! 💥💥💥 #Macca 🐐

Any thoughts on this @jannerbirder.bsky.social? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Patrick Brontë having a yarn with Frances Houlston about his latest book of poems at the back of the White Lion in Duke Street earlier today: #Wellington #Shropshire 📚

Enjoyed my first visit to Caffe Oro in Hills Lane this afternoon. If you want to sample a taste of Italia in the heart of Olde Salop, it comes highly recommended ✅ The arancini is 👌 #Shrewsbury #Shropshire #Dining 🍽️🇮🇹

Standing in the Narrows, looking down Broad Street this lunchtime: #Knighton #Radnorshire 🌤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

St Edward's parish church in the spring sunshine this lunchtime. Apparently, it has a medieval tower... except it was rebuilt in the 19th Century... and now has no medieval fittings! #Knighton #TrefYClawdd #Radnorshire 💒🌤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Alighting at #Knighton on the 11.31 from Shrewsbury today. Station in #Shropshire, town in #Radnorshire. Both pretty much perfect, IMHO!👌 #Railways 🚉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

It's the news everyone is talking about... from Ifton Heath to Moors Bank! The end of an era: #Stans #StMartins #Shropshire 🛒 www.bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk/news/2599370...

A vital, hardworking home win, full of the type of endeavour that has been notably absent in recent weeks. Ojinnaka and Freeman added some much-needed bite in midfield, John Marquis put in a great shift up front, and Sam Stubbs' goal capped one of his best performances in blue and amber 👏 #Salop 💙🧡

Graham Whitebeard (and broken kettle): #CatsOfBluesky 🖤🤍🐈‍⬛