England 47-4. Hauntingly familiar. #TheCricket

The swift videos will continue until morale improves

Whenever a sportsperson makes a terrible mistake that results in their team losing I remember what my mum used to say: “it’s their mothers I feel sorry for”.

Pretend you’re a football manager by stalking furiously back and forth in a strictly defined area and occasionally pointing and shouting at random passersby #TheFootball

The swift videos will continue until morale improves

Hydration break

CookbookCorner gives way this week to a summer special Courgette CookbookCorner! New to the site are a couple of courgette/ zucchini recipes that I make on repeat a two books I really love! 1/2

INCOMING STORM FROM GERMANY – FERY JOURNEY CANCELLED

Perfect off break by Mady Villiers. Perfect. #TheCricket

Other tennis semi-finals involving a Brit are available. #TheTennis

Jersey tiger moth came inside to watch the cricket with me

That’s beautifully bowled. Lauren Filer makes history. First woman to take a test wicket at Lord’s. #TheCricket

binface pronounced like it's italian

*says nothing* *doesn’t even say what he’s saying nothing about* *suspects that people will guess what he’s saying nothing about*

Have you considered simply not breaking the speed limit? www.thetimes.com/life-style/d...

Football should have a ‘straight to penalties’ option to save us all time. #TheFootball

Tough on stuttering penalty runups, tough on the causes of stuttering penalty runups. #TheFootball

I’m sure a moth person will be able to give me an identification on this one. And I’m sure several non-moth people will pop up and say ‘Steve’ 🙄

Fifty Ways To Heave Through Cover #CricketSongs

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Crackerjack

I’m sorry but just look at the absolute beauty of this marbled white butterfly (thistle also good, I’m not anti-thistle)

I'd better post about a marathon I am running! On 27th September 2026, I'll be running the Loch Ness Marathon, and I'll be doing it for Macmillan Cancer Support. Any sponsorship would be very much appreciated for a cause very close to my heart (yes, I'll sort the photo out, none of these are me 😆)

Very excited about doing this show, and I think you should buy tickets. There. I said it.

There’s a wren out there singing its tits off like it’s early April and 18 degrees and I have no idea where it gets the energy

*exhausted voice* I just want to copy and paste, I don’t need a popup menu of ai prompts just because I selected some text you gibbering turnip

Probably (if at all): - Twitter Birdsong Project - World Cup of Random English Words - shit puns

Bit of a frustrating morning with the old technology

Oh, no reason.

A cuckoo called Bean (named after Sean, not Mr.) has decided to go from Scotland to Africa via southern Sweden. TURN RIGHT YOU FOOL. www.bto.org/get-involved...

Dammit I’m willing to take the risk for those temperatures.

Fifty Ways To Heave Through Cover #CricketSongs

yes hello aircon at the gig, hello very much indeed

THE FERY-TALE CONTINUES SEND POST

Bins tonight. Hoping to do it without getting into a summer-long argument.

“Phillipson's mother signed her up for Saturday morning drama lessons at the local community centre, which led to her being an extra on the children's TV programme Byker Grove. She also learnt to play the violin.” [Wikipedia]

Mahut and Isner coming on as subs for the penalties

We might not have air conditioning, but a person describing themselves as an intergalactic space warrior and wearing a bin on their head has a chance of becoming an MP. Beat that for madness, Amer— oh no ok you already have, as you were

Blackadder 3 was supposed to be satire, not a template.

When we were in Annecy last week, we had a brilliant display each evening from the swifts.

Evening

If I were the Indian batters I would simply stop hitting the ball in the air at fielders #TheCricket #Analysis

Sooryavanshi has faced 15 balls in international cricket. He’s hit four of them for six and been out twice. #TheCricket

Colombia v Switzerland being referred to as Charlie v The Chocolate Factory.

Oswald Moanly.

Bloody autocorrect

Now if he’d said “I’m the politician you most *want to* verbally or physically abuse” he’d have had a point

“I am the most verbally and physically attacked public figure or politician of modern times.” The disgraceful Nigel Farage. Remembering Labour MP Jo Cox, born 1974, murdered 2016.

That statement in full for those not watching