Fresh emergency supplies collected and delivered … better get stuck in @oakhamales.bsky.social @elusivebrewing.com

It must be Citra Day! @OakhamAles … the Belma he’s very tasty indeed, especially considering it’s a comparatively low alcohol beer.

If you want a bit of inspiration, look no further than Peterborough Cathedral this afternoon … and don’t forget to walk all the way around – few people see the view at the back …

England. Peterborough. Today. …. not many other words needed

The moon is up and about early above Peterborough Cathedral this afternoon …

Sitting quietly on the sofa … Look up through the skylight … January blue sky suddenly pierced by a white line zip … Luxembourg to Dallas … Plane speed 600 mph … My speed 0 mph …

#TomorrowsPapersToday Posh & Becks Tosh & Wrecks

The flag flying at half mast at the local Conservative party club in Peterborough last Friday - presumably they had prior warning of Suella Braverman’s defection to Reform UK Ltd. You would’ve thought they’d put the bunting out …

Thought for the day … what’s the betting Nigel Farage won’t be the leader of Reform UK Ltd at the next general election, possibly in 2029.

My last Tartarus Yeti Baltic IPA … very nice indeed

Bird feeding on the Embankment Peterborough this afternoon ….

This year’s Putty … fresh … only canned four days ago …. Drinking the health of both The Stoneworks and Blind Tiger, Peterborough’s late and lamented craft beer education establishments. Where am I now going to experience and sample innovation and high quality beer? @verdantbrew.bsky.social

Chris Thile. Bach. Sensational.

An afternoon of Ukrainian music … 3.30pm - Sunday 22 February - St John’s Church Peterborough - all money raised will go to Helping Our Ukrainian Friends (HOUF). @HOUF2022 @StJohnsPborough

Superb music from Simon Mayor and Hilary James at Baston Folk Club tonight …. professionalism, artistry and musical proficiency. Catch them when you can …

Yesterday … enjoyed hospitality in the Directors Lounge at the Bet365 stadium to watch Stoke City lose 2-1 to Middlesbrough … an enjoyable and fascinating experience but a foreign land …

My go-to concert on YouTube - the No Other Band’s sensational recreation of Gene Clark’s seminal 1974 album No Other …. introduced by Sid Griffin … once you’ve watched and heard this, you won’t need to watch or hear anything else youtu.be/OaF3znVBWe8?si…

Dear President Trump, You believing that the government of Norway is responsible for you not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize demonstrates your lack of self-awareness. In the USA you might be called ‘dumb’, in the UK we use the phrase ‘thick as two short planks’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New to me and certainly a new favourite - a strong DIPA called Ouroboros which I will certainly seek out again … it’s the piney taste wot makes it! @thornbridge.bsky.social

Will be watching the development of Whitworth Mill on Fletton Quays … top picture 10 July 2019, bottom picture yesterday …

I’ve been watching Premier League football all afternoon and still no goals – I’m getting mighty sick of this chess-type football and don’t get me started about VAR! Also far too many players just don’t have a shot when they get into the box – they overpass it #AVEVE #WOLNEW

Awful, awful news about Tucker Zimmerman and his wife Marie-Claire … what is the world coming to? 😥 Dance of Love … my album of 2024 @guardian @whisperingbob.bsky.social

Rainbow over Peterborough city centre yesterday afternoon … picture taken from our seats on the top of the back row of the top tier at London Road … a lot more interesting than much of the game yesterday #pufc

My January Peterborough Telegraph article … www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/heritage-and...

Robert Jenrick states that ‘Britain is broken’. No doubt he will say that ‘Reform will mend Britain’. Trite twaddle … the world is more nuanced than that …

Farage the liar … Farage the charlatan … @skynewsrss.bsky.social

Screenshot of the reaction of Nigel Farage and Richard Tice when Keir Starmer talked about Elon Musk and online child pornography in #PMQs today … and to think they want to form a government 🤔

January sun going down over a number 5 bus to Dogsthorpe waiting for passengers in Peterborough bus station this afternoon …

A poem for Cowgate Peterborough … A plea from this good old Dogsthorpe boy … Please don’t taste and decency destroy … If we’re going to block paving with tarmac smother … Please can we have either one thing or ‘t’other?

The ‘old’ Dogsthorpe estate is 80 years old this year … the majority of the street names were named after trees … this Wordsalad celebrates this #VivaDogsthorpe

Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK Ltd … best thing to happen to the Conservative Party for ages!!!

Tonight … the shelf over a radiator in a local Peterborough church hall …. no editing …. ‘Grieving’, ‘Feeling Hurt’, ‘Looking for God’, ‘Wanting Forgiveness’ … ‘That Will Be England Gone’ #TheAshes #bbccricket

It’s the 12th January and the year 2026 might as well end here – the current Mrs Wood and I have just been to see the film Hamnet – acting is absolutely superb – Jessie Buckley is 100% outstanding and the rest aren’t far behind …

Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform. Whatever you think of the Conservatives they have tradition, history and gravitas. Boris Johnson seriously damaged them … but not for ever. Reform UK Ltd are mere chancers … as Zahawi demonstrates. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Saturday night … St Austell Extra Special Tribute …

Rearrange these words to create a sentence that represents my view of the Ashes cricket debacle … time off Key to Rob Brendon for McCullum it’s and fuck #Ashes2025 #TMS

In this country we refer to people who are bent and crooked as ‘cowboys’ … and it ain’t a compliment … JD Vance and Kristi Noem … you are cowboys … #ReneeNicoleGood

Been lent ‘Billy Bragg: A People’s History’ in which fans and others relate tales of gigs etc. including early days in and around Peterborough … sadly The Fleet is not in Dogsthorpe. My pics are from Folk By The Oak, Hatfield in July 2018 @billybragg.bsky.social

I used to love Ashes cricket and look forward to listening to my little radio under the sheets and late into the night. The current England Test team have encouraged me to have a much earlier bedtime … #Bazbolleaux #bbccricket #tms #AUSvENG

Today the current Mrs Wood and I, along with friends, attended the funeral of an old friend in Plymouth. The very pleasant wake was held at Argyle’s Home Park … I wore my Posh tie specifically for the occasion #pufc

We have learnt one thing from this Ashes series … … Joe Root is the one good Test player that England has got … #Ashes2025 #ashes25 #tms #engvaus @bbctms

If a football fan invades the pitch, no matter how excited he might be, he is banned for life … If a football player leaves the pitch and throws himself into the whilst celebrating a goal, no matter how excited he might be, he should be banned for life … #motd @BBCMOTD

Sunday evening … and a return visit to one of the finest Halcyon IIPA @thornbridge.bsky.social

Big silver bird flying high above Peterborough - travelling from east to north-west … Smaller actual bird sitting on TV aerial in Peterborough - currently going nowhere …

England win toss … Bethell out for 10 … 57-3 … #BazBolleaux #yawn #TheAshes #TMS @bbctms Time for bed

Nicolás Maduro … 2026 version of Saddam Hussein???

Full (wolf) moon over Dogsthorpe Peterborough at 2000hrs this evening - fascinating in the clear cold January sky. Have a look for yourself … @peterboroughtel @BBCLookEast

Late afternoon winter sun in Peterborough city centre ….

Methinks this is very very very light snow on the skylight this morning #Peterborough

Well Match of the Day will be a barrel of laughs tonight …. #MOTD