- red kites throughout the match (a pair, for a fair while) - hearing The Horne Section - not needing a lie down whilst there!!! 😯 - kind staff - VERY FUN football - hearing all the (very funny) commentary - decent view of the pitch this year - lots of (not great) photos - and one unexpected cameo!

7.45am today. Better than 6.15, granted, but I'd still really rather they waited until what ordinary society would deem to be 'sociable' hours.

It took 7 years but we have managed to publish an article in the physiotherapy frontline magazine "Do no harm". Thank you to the @thecsp for publishing. Over 65,000 UK physios will see this important message about #pwme @physiosforme.bsky.social

6.15am. SIX. FIFTEEN. A.M. That's what time our neighbour started using the leaf blower. It's a sound that makes me irrationally angry, I've accepted that my brain just overreacts to it even with ear defenders, but in this instance - 6:15am!!!!!! - I think my feelings towards it are justifiable.

The snooker body-slamming a subset of the audience back to December with that song choice! 🎶 How Looo-ooong …

A: This makes me so happy B: This gives me a useful new self-check on whether the computer is making me feel better or not, "Am I using social media as well as a parrot?"

Because I couldn't fit any hashtags in the post, apologies for the spam: #Owls #TawnyOwls #owlets #branching #BritishWildlife #woodlands #wildlife #wildlifecam #liveNest #fledging #PeakDistrict

Fun fact: melatonin is not legally available in the UK without a prescription #Taskmaster

Okay, Taskmaster's going to have to wait a little because I'm watching some owlets taking their first steps onto the branches around their nest!!! *melts in a puddle of cuteness overload*

Always makes me laugh when there's an advert for Taskmaster in the middle of watching Taskmaster. I'm actively watching the thing, you don't need to further persuade me! 🤣

Finally encountered a situation where dual screens would be useful - for watching two live webcam streams, one of the active ferry terminal and then the other which happens to cover the berth where the inactive ferries sit whilst off-duty. I daren't even look at what rail webcams there might be 🤣😅

Look, it's me! Now seems as good a time as any to share my notes from the recording of Taskmaster S21E1. Will attempt details yet brevity. Long thread ahoy … - We had to pinky promise not to tell anything anything before broadcast, "especially not reddit".

Owwwwwwwwwww. Wound ~1200m merino lace yarn this eve & not only is my arm falling off, I'm feeling it right up my neck to my ear. Tomorrow will be Interesting O.o 😬 I wonder if my setup is suboptimal & I'm making it harder for myself w/ extra tension, or if that's just the way it is. #crochetSky

Oh, I see the utility of powered yarn winders now. I did NOT think through trying to wind 3,000m of silk on a hand-cranked winder 😭 Plus then 1200m of merino to wind, at some point before we go away on holiday. I wonder if I can give up after a bit and retie what's left of the hank 🤔 #crochet

Comedy football tickets are on sale! cheshamunited.co.uk/comedy-footb... youtu.be/VJ4Y0WmUyTg

This typo I read today made me smile: "Parents are very expensive to obtain and can take years to get." (Patents)

Just found out step-free access work at our local station is delayed indefinitely, due to lack of funds … despite being already funded 6 years ago. Actually, glad I found out *today*, as a night of no sleep means I don't have the energy to be Absolutely Fuming. #AccessForAll #DisabledByTheRailway

1 year ago 😄 #PLUP

In our postgraduate work room we have a ‘Dark Library’ where we put dodgy or offensive books. One of Uta Frith’s books on autism is there. We take it down to laugh as most of us are neurodivergent, but it does say something about how seriously you should take her opinions on autism.

I have no words, what a shock. (Image not mine)

Ooh, it smells like summer today. (Although I fully admit it could be the lack of sleep making me think that.)

#ThankYouNHS for rescuing us when my brother's varicose vein burst. 2 call handlers, 2 paramedics, each consummate professionals. I have hope that his hospital care will be the same high standard. (I will not be able to move tomorrow from tonight's overexertion, but he should be feeling better!)

@beckyjnorfolk.bsky.social Hello, just in case you'd not already seen it, Greg on Russell Howard's 'Five Brilliant Things' podcast youtu.be/bdtAeUTneRk

I'm always excited for new Taskmaster but for whatever reason I'm yet to identify, I'm a new level of excited for this NYT! (My heart rate has been above 100 since I realised ep.1 was tonight, but then it didn't get below 90 whilst sleeping the last 2 nights so it may just be coincidental timing 😅)

Oh for GOODNESS' sake!! Watching a programme from 2023 and still they have a character faking being blind. Twenty-blasted-twenty-three, not 1973. When will this trope finally end?

2+ weeks later and I think I've finally recovered from going to see part of the #HowLongAthon 🤣 never been more glad I don't celebrate anything this time of year! Didn't get any *good* photos but here's one of Mark Watson's second appearance. (And I VERY briefly appeared in someone's video clip!)

#Taskmaster I enjoyed the geese flyover during Andy's attempt, nice callback!

It now appears work may *start* at the local station in spring 2026, two years after it was originally supposed to be completed. Every time I go to London I get more annoyed that I have to travel to the other line to get the train - and then Euston underground isn't accessible either. #AccessForAll

"fading" hahaha HAHAHAHA woke up with it going full force today. Haven't listened to it since Friday night, any clips watched with the sound off. But it just keeps going … Anyway, here's a clip of Mrs Horne visiting, dancing & celebrating the 16hr mark #HowLongAthon @thehornesection.bsky.social

The song is finally starting to fade! Watched or listened to (or was there) for about 17-18 hours of the #HowLongAthon in total but most of my screenshots are from the early hours. This might just be my favourite. @watsoncomedian.bsky.social @thehornesection.bsky.social @alexhorne.bsky.social

So, uh, you'll never guess what song is keeping me awake at 5am. They're not even doing it any more! [I hope the guys aren't having the same problem - but I can't imagine that even the song going round and round would outweigh their exhaustion.]

#HowLongAthon for #SU2C absolutely incredible feat by @alexhorne.bsky.social & @thehornesection.bsky.social. So many ppl saying it better than me so I can only echo their sentiments of admiration + respect. Especially those final few hrs then still being able to perform in the studio. Astonishing.

How long? TWENTY-FOUR. HOURS!!! #HowLongAthon

On the way back from the #HowLongAthon and the man in front of me is watching Taskmaster S14 😄

BEVERLEY. KNIGHT 😮 !!! #HowLongAthon

Oh hello! Alex Horne's challenge will be streamed (hooray!) www.youtube.com/live/Xnz6os7...

Ah. Perils of keeping a dish of salt* within arm's reach - spilling it on the bed. That's annoying. *for blood volume / easing symptoms purposes

Haaaaaahahahahahahaha tried Tunisian crochet with thread (the same thread I used for the pineapple bookmark). All I can say is, yeah no, don't do that. It *Does Not Work*.

Just got to the Seven/Chakotay storyline and remembered why I hate it so viscerally - it came from *nowhere*. Literally feels like there are several episodes missing. I'm not sure I'd like the pairing anyway even if they'd done it properly, but this way is just so jarring. #StarTrek #ST:VOY

Every time I see the title I start singing "We're all in, 'cos we all win with Allwyn, Allwyn for the win … " (I think I might explode with joy if John Finnemore did Taskmaster.)

Just in case anyone interested hasn't seen its existence yet: #Taskmaster 2M subscriber treat - Set tour! youtu.be/t0TZNLDbMBk?...

🎶 Taaaskmaster Day, Iiiit is today; Iiit's the final, I'm not ready fr'It to end! 🎵 🎺 Da duhdadadah dadadada duhdadadaDA 🎺

Making your content and information accessible is viewed as a nice thing to do. And it is. But this World Kindness Day, we wanted to remind everyone that access to information is a human right. We shouldn't need to keep asking for it, it's simply how it should be.

Pineapple bookmark, in the end. Not too sure about the tail but ran out of time for anything else. Crocheted w/ Anchor Perle #8, and 2mm hook (thank you new hooks!). [Blocked, blocking (appropriately enough using pins previously for bobbin lace which I've not done for yrs), and before blocking.]

My brain is mush after today's excursion but, yay 😊 The Last Pebble is the first book I've managed to finish since becoming ill 🥹 Got to have a really nice chat with Alex Horne this time. He's somehow even lovelier than I realised. Trains and staff all being great were a fantastic bonus!

Why is it so hard to photograph crochet without the stitches blurring into each other?! [Scrappy test pineapple, but I forgot bookmarks are supposed to have a tail of some kind. (And I haven't dealt with the ends yet, clearly.)]

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Recently the water from our taps has been coming out aerated (which is fine, it calms down after a bit). But it's very unnerving hearing my water bottle, or water I've drawn to refill my little kettle, fizzing! 🙈

Just realised in words that I need 3-5 days to get into the mindset of needing to do something significant (such as responding to a message in depth, or washing my hair) if it's not an event in my routine. Longer if it's a bigger deal like going out. That's some major inertia 😅