This seems bad. Aston Martin: Adrian Newey says Honda engines pose nerve damage risk to drivers www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul... #F1

Met a nice cat, though. He made me cry. #catsofbluesky #depression

Spent all day at my industry's biggest trade show. Spent the entire day meeting people who are succeeding, whilst I am seemingly unhireable. I feel like a leper in my own sector. Feel drained, angry, sad and frustrated. Invited to drinks but couldn't bear it. Running on empty.

Hello from a very foggy London.

Larry got a promotion, a year ago yesterday. @number10cat.bsky.social #catsofbluesky

Horrendous day. Still, heading to London for a few days. Got my bag out only to find it had already been packed. #catsofbluesky

Apropos of nothing.

Feeling like absolute shit today, but this colour is somewhat cheerful, so there's that. #scalemodelling #buildthestash #depression

This may be a yawn, it may be her summoning a portal to another dimension, who knows? Night BlueSky fam. Thanks for being awesome internet friends. Wouldn't be here without you. #catsofbluesky #depression

And nothing of value was lost. #indycar

Super Bowl Champion, racist, misogynist and homophobe? That Jon Gruden? Strange choice to give a platform to, but aligns with Roger Penske's politics, I guess. #indycar

Disappointed Sky F1 have retained Tom Gaymor. Adds absolutely nothing and still incapable of talking like a normal human being without bizarre intonation. I'd rather take the ad break. #indycar

World peace

Any session that a Penske and Santino Ferruci bomb out of is a good one in my books. #indycar

Watching the Opening Ceremony of London 2012. Still staggering how much of our nation's story was told in just 30 mins. - Industrial revolution - The fight for universal suffrage - The NHS - The pals battalions of WWI - Windrush - Our multiculturalism Made me cry. Much happier times. #olympics

Behold, my beautiful hot pink Corvette, which took me from 13th to 3rd in 20 minutes. (Mainly through others falling off the circuit, but I'll take it.) #simracing #iracing

Morning of garden chores. Hopefully that decking is no longer like ice. Tired, wet, cold, but pleased to have made some progress. I have a hot bath and a cold beer in my immediate future. #gardening

Pressure washing therapy. The previous owners were truly lazy, disgusting ruckers.

"Two days before the collapse, I vanished from Singapore, leaving behind a fax with just two words: 'I'm sorry.'" Today in 1995, Nick Leeson (and Barings Bank) finally ran out of road. Read Rogue Trader. An entertaining (if quaint, looking back at a simpler time) read. #todayinhistory #onthisday

Made a friend at the local model shop. #scalemodelling #dogsofbluesky

Took the Caterham out today. I'll be honest: I think I made a mistake. It's just too uncomfortable and compromised for me. Yes, it puts a smile on my face when I see it, but I don't want to drive it. I'll get it serviced and MOT'd, but will likely list it for sale after. ☹️ #weirdcarbs #carsky

First time clearcoating - pleased with show shiny it looks! Will need to be sanded to get rid of some of the imperfections, but a nice start. Porsche painted *again* after getting some grey smudges on the cream. It'll be more paint than plastic by this point. #scalemodelling #buildthestash

Dad managed to one-up me. By some margin. Though he didn't manage to beat the real-life driver... 💅 #iRacing #simracing #F1

looking good

Target acquired. #catsofbluesky

200 miles, on the button. Nice day. #motosky

Jaunt through the Welsh mountains, and down to the coast. #motosky

Africa Twin (and filthy panniers) cleaned. Visor polished, so now I can actually see where I'm going. Tomorrow's route through the Brecon mountains and down to the Welsh coastline plumbed into my DMD Nav. Cereal bars & bananas packed. First ride since Ireland in Sept. Cannot wait. #motosky

Drowning Six Nations sorrows with a new beer.

Everything about England this tournament so far has been meek. Takling? Meek. Decision making? Meek. Defending? Meek. Handoffs? Meek. On-field leadership? Meek. Supporters? Believe it or not, meek. Everything except the coaching. That has been fucking appalling. #sixnations #ENGvIRE

"When they say we're boring, it doesn't mean we're boring." Yet more vintage insight from David Flatman. What I'd do for Brian Moore, Andrew Cotter & Co. #sixnations #ENGvIRE

At absolute rock bottom at the moment. Talked to my confidant about it. She wasn't that interested. #catsofbluesky #depression

Apropos of nothing.

#ukweather #uksnow

Don't mind me... 🙄 #catsofbluesky #booksky

Watching Between the Lines, the forerunner to Line of Duty from the early 90's. Drop The Dead Donkey is one of my favourites. It's strange to see Neil Pearson playing a straight role.

Anxiety is off the charts this morning. That awful sensation of feeling like I'm in trouble for some reason. Stomach doing loops. Cat is doing her best to help take my mind off things. #catsofbluesky

I am hoping to get some sleep once the baker turns in for the night. She's putting in a serious shift. Night folks. #catsofbluesky

Watching a documentary about events depicted in Black Hawk Down, the raid against Somali militia followers of General Mohamed Farah Aidid. I watched that film whilst Sectioned in a high security mental health unit. Weren't allowed to watch anything depicting a sexual scene. But violence was fine.

Quick scoot in the shadow of Sugar Loaf mountain. Much of the Welsh landscape around here was extensively mined for coal. Sketchy road surfaces. The massive flooding has washed swathes of mud across the roads, and much of the surface tarmac is breaking up. Back in one piece 🤘🙏 #motosky

Frustrating day with the Tamiya Porsche 962C. Lost one of the rivets to hold the wheels on, then dripped thinner on the body as I was about to clearcoat it. Resprayed the cream white for a third time. While that dries, I've primed the next two projects. #scalemodelling #buildthestash

Good morning.

Props to @flickris.bsky.social for making every simracer feel ancient. 🙃 #simracing #retrogaming

I can't remember the last time I was this excited for a gaming title. For those of us who grew up on Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix series, this tugs the heartstrings. #simracing #retrogaming

Progress made on the Porsche 926C. Cream white resprayed to remove the big blue thumbprint I left above the doors and the blue overspray from the radiator ducts. Interior coming on and should be complete tomorrow. Then, the clear coat, which is new for me. #scalemodellling #buildthestash

Good morning.

Spent the evening watching scale modelling videos. I have now upgraded my airbrush from an Iwata Neo to an Eclipse HP-CS. #scalemodelling