Bus pass arrived today. It's beginning to feel real - just a few days till I become an old fart (but not a boring one!).

Billy Cobham, Blues Kitchen, Manchester October 2025. Yes, my view really was that bad!

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Katy Perry, AO Arena Manchester, October 2025. Yes, that's right - I went to see Graham Nash one night and Katy Perry the next. Safe to say I've got a wide taste in music! The first photograph is Goldie Boutilier, support act. She was good.

Graham Nash, Liverpool Philharmonic, October 2025. Only three photographs worth keeping 🙁.

2/ OOPSIES! didn't include the JOKE/CARTOON...DOH!...Welcome to MY LIFE...one big WHAT? I FORGOT WHAT? F ME! @docatcdi.com @danableedgreen.bsky.social @misslizzy.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social @themrrudy.bsky.social @tiffanynorton.bsky.social @tjsbam.bsky.social @saltyoldman.bsky.social tbc

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Grassington, October 2025. An old school friend was starring in a play so my wife and I made a day of it.

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Puffin and the Great Orme viewed from Beaumaris.

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

According to BBC Radio 4 Autumn starts at 7.19 pm today. I knew it started on the equinox but didn't realise it could be timed so precisely.

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Chris Difford, Floral Pavilion, New Brighton 19/9/25. A great night was had by all.

Haircut this morning. Her: Any plans today? Me: Chris Difford tonight. He's a member of Squeeze. H: Never heard of them. The conversation switched to outdoor concerts. Me: I saw The Who at Knowsley Hall years ago. Rained all day. I got soaked. Her: My mum went to that concert. I feel old.

A vegetarian sitting in the Clubview area at #Everton today will have been upset when (s)he bit into my chicken pie - even more upset than I was when I bit into his/her cheese and onion pie! Maybe I should stick to hot dogs in future. Surely they can't get those wrong! 😆

#Everton have given me £20 to spend on food at today's match. At Everton's prices that should just about cover a chicken pie, a doughnut, and a cup of black coffee.

Mansfield Town had a player called Louis Reed playing for them last night. I wasn't aware of him taking a walk on the wild side.

The Syder family stone! Wasn't that a soul group in the 1970s? 😁

#Everton Should I be worried that my Google wallet still shows Brighton & Hove Albion as the next home match? I don't want to be turned away tonight!

Bollocks and double bollocks! The Everton v. Tottenham match has been moved to the Sunday for live television. I've got tickets to see Billy Cobham in Manchester that night 😢. Easy decision - Billy's in his 80s so there probably won't be many more chances to see him.

What kind of sad bastard gets excited when his milometer reads 22222? I am that sad bastard! 😂 My wife asked if I was going to pull over to the side of the road to take a photograph of it. I'm not that sad! Although I did consider it! 😂

Riga, Latvia, 2025

Freedom Monument, Riga, Latvia, fountain and Opera House (both also Riga).

Everton's League Cup match against Mansfield will be a clash between the hosts of the newest football stadium in the PL/EFL (Hill Dickinson Stadium - opened in 2025) and the hosts of the oldest football stadium in the PL/EFL (Field Mill - hosted football since 1861). #EFC

Just completed a survey for #Everton regarding my experience of Saturday's match. My description of the toilet facilities referred to a "pathetic dribble of water" coming from the taps. Can I expect this to improve in time for the first match of the season? 😊

The view from my season ticket seat. I think I'm going to like sitting there! Second photograph - guess what I'm wearing to the gym this week! 😄

#Everton Nearly time to set off. New ground means new souvenir shop. I'm expecting to hammer the credit card 😄.

Colour me ashamed! 😂

Hurray! The brandy will be opened tonight!

Ah well. Extra time. Third bottle of beer. It's a hard life.

I've got a bottle of Cypriot brandy in the cupboard - I brought it home from a holiday in Cyprus a couple of years ago. I've been waiting for a special occasion to open it. If the lionesses win on Sunday the special occasion has arrived!

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www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... For the second time in a few weeks I have to put football rivalry to one side. RIP Diogo Jota.

Tickets to see Billy Cobham bought! I'm not really a Jazz fan but I'll always go to see a good drummer on stage - and drummers don't come any better than Billy Cobham!

Having spent the last week savouring the national beers/spirits of Finland, Estonia, and Latvia, I'm planning to spend a few days getting some blood in my alcohol stream while I go through my holiday photographs.

House to myself this morning. I think that calls for The Beach Boys Platinum Collection.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYjn... RIP Brian Wilson

The tempo is what I say it is! Hell, yes! 😂

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www.instagram.com/p/DKo27c4sEU... Birmingham Open Tennis, 7th June 2025

@evertonfc.com Have you considered using the Stanley Park car park for a park and ride scheme to the new ground? I'm thinking of something similar to the old Soccerbus.