It's time for the Winter Graduations at Exeter Uni, and Graduation Brass and Chapel Choir are bringing joy & live festive music to each ceremony, to send graduates off in style. Congratulations to all! @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

En route to Greendale Farm Shop for Christmas chocolate and cake with a friend...

A fantastic Messiah from the University of Exeter Chapel Choir under Michael Graham this evening, with all the solos sung by the young choral scholars. Stunning singing in a sublime acoustic. #handel #messiah #exeteruni

One of my favourite 'signature' dishes: Greendale Farm sausages (the best ones I've tasted in the UK) in a herby lardon & onion sauce. Yum! Sorry, no real recipe, as I just guess everything, but you'll find the 'method' in the photo alt text. #greendalefarmshop #sausages #recipe #devon #cookery

I can't complain about riding into work via the Exeter Ship Canal on a beautiful day like today... #photography #devon #cycling #exetershipcanal

Reposting here for two reasons: firstly the long paper arguing for extreme caution in the adoption of 'AI' in learning environments echoes my fears extremely well; secondly, because of engaging responses to my comments by Olivia, and how the model of learning musical instruments might be useful.

A lovely cool late November morning for a ride to see dear friends for breakfast chez eux (and to meet their lovely dog!)... a day to make the most of, as it's avant le deluge arriving tomorrow! #cycling #photography #devon

Topsham delivers. Again. #photography #topsham #devon

A glorious Topsham sunset to ease you into the weekend, with the nice thought that it's only two weeks until the evenings start drawing out! Youpi !! #topsham #sunset #photography

A lovey ride with friends to try out the breakfasts (GF & normal) at Brook Kitchen, Budleigh Salterton... lovely place, great breakfasts (£14.50), and Budleigh gave us some sun. #photography #budleigh #devon #cycling #breakfast #glutenfree

A lovely day to go into Exeter a longer way round to catch the late afternoon sun... #photography #cycling #devon #ribblecycles

A short morning bike bimble to Greendale Farm Shop to meet a friend for a breakfast bap, and to buy some locally-sourced meat to put in the freezer... their Toulouse-style sausages are the best sausages I've had outside of France 😋

Cold crepuscular Topsham & Exeter... #twilight #photograpy #topsham #devon #exeterquay

Sunny Exmouth was my cyclo-destination yesterday... proper pretty! Obviously I had to refuel while I was there... #cycling #photography #ribblecycles #devon #exmouth

The morning Topsham stroll... sunny, but with a strong cold northerly wind, it's not a day to dawdle! #topsham #devon #photography

I'm still in FB purdah, so here are some photos from my cool but sunny ride to Dawlish Warren this morning... a very good Chelsea bun and decent steak and ale pasty from Ryders Bakery 😋😃 #devon #cycling #photography #pasty #dawlish

As I'm still in a locked-out-of-Facebook hinterland, here are some photos I took of the absolutely extraordinary winner of BBC Young Musician of the Year, Ryan Wang, playing Rach 2 Piano Concerto with Devon Philharmonic yesterday evening. Deserved standing ovation. #ryanwang #bbcyoungmusician

WTAF? I've just had my FB account suspended for some unspecified infraction. The only 'appeal' was to send a selfie, and if that fails, there's no further appeal, and the loss of everything from 18 years of FB: tens of thousands of photos, nearly 1000 friends, 5800 followers on the French Page.

A lovely Teign Valley walk along the river and then back along the Hunters Path near Castle Drogo... not a lot of colour left, but my friend Andy, his faithful hound Tripp and I enjoyed November warmth and splendid views. #photography #devon #teignvalley #dartmoor www.facebook.com/unanglaisend...

An absolutely stonking night last night with the Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra at the Music For Youth Schools Prom. Suffice to say that our young musicians did Devon proud! www.facebook.com/OfficialDYJO... #bigband #youthmusic #devonmusiceducationhub #devon #dyjo #mfyproms2025

It was a Budleigh pasty kinda day... would have been rude to not to, with the weather being clement enough for shorts in November!

Musical musings: I've got my orchestral F trumpet out ready for a play-through of Mahler's 2nd Symphony later this month. It was made by Dotzauer for me in the late 1990s, and is a lovely thing to play, if challenging! I once did the Mahler on it, in a complete concert performance. #mahler #trumpet

Nice day for a cooked breakfast ride to the Ruby Red Café at Exe Valley Farm Shop at Thorverton. I'll save you the photo of the delicious breakfast, on the basis that you know what one looks like. First time the two Ribble bikes have been out together. #photography #devon #cycling #ribblecycles

A better day today: weather less grey and damp, and no puncture on my way via Turf Lock to Dawlish Warren for a pasty. And it's still mild enough that I've not had to turn any heating on at home. Expect a profits warning from Octopus Energy. #cycling #photography #ribblegravel #devon #dawlish

English autumnal weather: I love autumn! Even when the sky's grey, the autumnal colours are lovely! I don't mind the rain - at least it's not windy! I don't mind the rain & wind - at least it's still mild! It's cold, wet and windy! I hate autumn now - can't wait for spring!

The puncture fairy visited today. As did rain. Again. Ho hum. But it's still better to be on a bike.

The evening commute has turned into a murky affair... but the evenings will start getting lighter in just six weeks!

Cookery corner: I was hoping to go out for a bike ride, but it's remained resolutely grey, damp & windy, so instead I cooked a chicken with leeks & mushrooms in a white sauce thingy, to go with pasta after work. Looks OK. #cookery #photography

The heating's still off, and it's warm enough for a gentle stroll around Topsham in shorts to take in some fresh air, sunshine and autumnal colours 🍂😃 #autumn #topsham #devon #photography More of my photos here: www.facebook.com/unanglaisend...

What's not to like about an autumnal ride along Devon lanes to find a lemon & ginger slice at Exe Valley Farm Shop and a Warren's Cornish pasty in Exeter? www.facebook.com/unanglaisend...

Indoors on damp, grey Devon afternoon, I've assembled a few of my favourite autumnal photos from my favourite place, the beautiful Drôme region in France... youtu.be/g0zV2J8XqrQ #drome #france #photography #autumn

Every time it rains it rains pennies from heaven... a Topsham rose today enjoying sunshine & showers 😃 #topsham #photography #rose #devon

A calm Topsham this morning, before Storm Benjamin passes by tomorrow... #stormbenjamin #topsham #photgraphy #devon

A dilemma: whether to go to Budleigh in time to get a Shaldon Bakery Chelsea bun before the bakery closed, or to wait for the sun to arrive. Pah, not really a dilemma - the bun won. #photography #chelseabun #shaldonbakery #cycling #budleigh #devon

Spotted yesterday at Killerton: three delightfully sodden & shiny fungi... #killerton #devon #fungi #photography

Two men and a dog... ...went to Killerton to enjoy the showers & sunshine on the autumn colours there. Well worth a visit at the moment. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killerton #killerton #photography #devon Lots more photos on my FB Page: www.facebook.com/unanglaisend...

More autumn colours in Topsham, rather saturated today after a good dose of rain... #photography #autumn #topsham #devon #omsystem

Ice cream time in Dawlish Warren... it would have been rude not to! #devon #dawlish #cycling #seaside

ROTD (ride of the day): just from Topsham to Otterton, to meet an old friend, from my days studying music at Exeter University (43 years ago!). Sorry no picture of cake, but we were chatting too much. A lovely ride out on the Exe Valley Trail, and back via Woodbury Common. #otterton #devon #cycling

Autumn in Topsham (not New York)... les feuilles mortes... www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMeS... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo1C... #autumn #photography #devon #topsham

I went the long way round to Topsham Aldi. #photography #devon #autumn #cycling

A short ride this afternoon to buy some bacon misshapes at Greendale Farm Shop (to go with lamb's liver, natch, for supper this evening), but with my camera at the ready for autumnal colours... #photography #autumn #ribblecycles #devon

Random photos from the ride into work an a grey grey day. Thank goodness for autumnal colours!! #photography #exeter #autumn #ribblecycles

Just had to do a Budleigh pasty ride... and I might have accidentally bought an ice cream as well... oops! #photography #pasty #Budleigh #ribblecycles

One of the pleasures of the modern world: phone cameras... so even a ride to and from work keeps you alert to the beautiful things that might otherwise pass you by. #photography #exeter #topsham #beauty

"Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!" 🎶 Every day like this in October is a bonus, especially with superb fish & chips from The Chip Thief in Dawlish Warren! #devon #photography #cycling #dawlish #fish&chips

Autumn has its compensations... #photography #cycling #ribble #gravel #devon #exeter

NFT (Normal for Topsham)...

Us gert likes a lush sunset yer in Topsham! #sunset #photography #topsham #devon

Great fun: depping on Cole Porter's classic show 'Anything Goes' (1934) on my Olds Super trumpet that was made in 1934. Still a zinger at age 91. (The trumpet, not me.)