Birthday afternoon with the fam and the the closest of friends. Cracking afternoon xx

Putin must be laughing his arse off watching #Trump do his dirty work. Who’d have thought the #USA would become an aggressive dictatorship, aligned with the likes of Russia, China and North Korea?

First day back at work after 12 days off. Done ✔️ 😴

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Bit of Christmas shopping and an afternoon wander

That’s my brain workout for the day done. Now on to putting the Christmas decs up Wordle 1,631 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Search “selfie in your gallery and post your oldest one 2015, Westminster Bridge, I’ve still yet to master finding the lens

Well isn’t this a festive forecast for tomorrow.

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Deactivated and deleted X. I feel cleansed.

‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses @michaelsavage www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

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Ha! Get in! Connections Puzzle #873 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

If you're a #DoctorWho fan who cares about sensitive video restoration that preserves the integrity of the original images, and is concerned about the introduction of unintended artefacts from the use of AI, please watch this short video, share widely and discuss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...

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I remember as an 8 year old going to the 150th celebration- 50 years has gone in a blink. S&DR200

There’s something life affirming about being up at the crack of dawn for a dip in the North Sea.

Lost cunt .. er, count … of the C word, but she was excellent as expected

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NYT Connections is a rip off of Only Connect’s Connecting Wall. I don’t know what this colour pattern means, but I only lost one life. Puzzle #823 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Late summer by the sea and gorgeous oysters with @j0nfuzz.me and @alexseewald.com

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched It’s A Sin, but it gets me every single time

Pup FM locked and loaded, trusty footwear on for first time in a good while, let’s see where my feet take me today.

Last one

Can’t remember the last time we had an August bank holiday with gorgeous weather. Mixed grill and a couple of pints in the local has rounded off a cracking day nicely before work tomorrow

Pootle round Morpeth and Amble yesterday, and a bracing skinny dip at Druridge Bay as the sun rose this morning, with @wpwbear.bsky.social. Coffee in the nip on a beach is weirdly unweird 😂

The three amigos assemble in a very sunny Northallerton. Nice pie and mash too.

Windy but warm walk. Cobwebs definitely blown.

Acclimatising in Kos. A cool 30C

Lovely day out at Robin Hood’s Bay. Weather was kind enough the stay dry for the most part

Couple of pics from Wednesday night

It's that time of year again...I try to play (a bit of) all this year’s Eurovision Song Contest entries on the piano. All 37 of them. @eurovision.tv #Eurovision2025

Camping at the town hall with Julian Clary, and probably more cocktails than is sensible 🥴

Few drinks, parmo and Kinky Boots. Shame it’s not Friday

Little trip to Greece (Leeds Playhouse) to see a performance of Shirley Valentine. Beautiful performance from Mina Anwar. Cooks a mean chips n egg too.

☀️ ✅ Garden tidied ✅ Shed reorganised ✅ New BBQ built (on hold for now) 🚫 🥵 ✅ Nana nap ✅ ✅

And a good time was had by all