8.8 mile walk today from Claife Heights Viewing station to Wray Castle and back. Then into Hawkshead for an ice cream. Day well spent. #lakedistrict #outdoors #nature

Just given Grail Guards debut album 'Still No Future' a spin and what an album it is! 10 tracks of fast, loud, angry, anti fascist punk rock just the way it should be. Can't recommend this album enough. I really need to catch these guys live too!

Carried on with my annual tradition of watching the Brit awards in complete disgust. (Apart from that 1 time Olivia Rodrigo performed an amazing version of Drivers Licence) To be fair Rosalias performance was pretty cool this year, especially bringing Bjork out. Pretty underwhelming other than that.

Heading to Manchester to see Dead Pioneers with support from Yakkie tonight. Been looking forward to this one for a while. First time seeing both bands but if their albums are anything to go by then it's gonna be quite a gig!

Great to see that one of my favorite bands are playing fairly local to me at the end of May! Also awesome to see that @tvfaceband.bsky.social are supporting too!

Quick walk down the local canal this morning before the rain came in. Not much to see other than one of the Cormorants chilling out.

9 mile walk from Tilberthwaite to Elterwater via Langdale. Perfect conditions for it but I didn't get many pictures. #lakedistrict #cumbria #nature #outdoors

Was hoping to get away with just doing 1 or 2 days at Rebellion festival this year but after looking at the day splits it looks like I'm going to have to do all 4 fucking days again 🙄 Oh well. There's worse problems to have.

Magnificent!

I give them walnuts, they let me take pictures. Everyone wins! #squirrel #animals #aminals #nature #greysquirrel #wildlife

Sad to hear about the passing of Chris AKA Captain Hotknives. Quite a character. youtu.be/B5nmESgd7-8?...

On route to Manchester to see Bob Vylan tonight which is also my first gig of 2026. Been a while since I last saw them and didn't hear much about them in 2025. Wonder if they got up to much 🤣

Haven't managed to go to any gigs this month so I'm not going to be able to match last year's achievement of going to at least one gig for every month of the year. Got two coming up in February though so at least there's something in sight.

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Yesterday's walk around Coniston, Yewdale and Tarn Hows. Met some of the friendliest sheep ever.

Yesterday's walk around Skelwith Bridge, Elterwater, Chapel Stile and Loughrigg Tarn. #lakedistrict #outdoors #Cumbria #nature

First time on the bike in about 4 months. Pleasant but pretty damn cold. The local canal is frozen solid 🥶

Couple of decent Christmas gifts this morning. Been wanting to read both of these for a while 🎄

A very damp Haybridge nature reserve this morning. Not much to be seen unfortunately. #nature #outdoors #lakedistrict #cumbria

Olivia Rodrigo on Kathleen Hanna's podcast? Definitely looking forward to listening to this!!!

8.5 mile walk this morning. Crooklands canal tow paths and then over Holme Park Fell and Farleton Knott.

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6music seem to have gone early with the fucking Christmas songs this year. I'm sure they normally leave it until much later than this 😠

This world cup draw coverage is fucking mental. It's all been about feeding Donald Trumps ego but now the absolute legend Lauryn Hill is performing live.

Recent vinyl purchase. Been after a copy of this for a while because it's probably in my top 10 albums of all time. Double LP version with various bonus tracks and alternate versions on disc 2. #poisonidea #feelthedarkness #punk #punkrock #vinyl

Absolutely disgusting that in 2025 supermarkets and shops still insist on storing pizzas in the fridge section upright/sideways so all the toppings have slid off before you've even bought the fucker.

Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like. 1. Punk music of all types 2. Animals/Wildlife 3. Caribbean food 4. Olivia Rodrigo 5. Being outdoors 6. Gigs/Festivals 7. Swearing 8. Hot sauces 9. Having fires 10. Collecting vinyl

Possible the best ever cocktail glasses/receptacles at Mono Loco in Lancaster

Fun day at Morecambe punk festival on Sunday. Managed to see Pest, The Sentence, Cress, The Gakk, MDM, Swarf Damage, Hardskin, GBH and Faintest Idea. Might have to go for the full weekend next year.

Early morning 5 mile walk to refresh my head before heading over to Morecambe this afternoon for the final day of the punk festival. Obvious highlights will be GBH and Faintest Idea but also looking forward to Swarf Damage, Pest, The Gakk and Hardskin. Must try not to drink too much too early 😖

Couldn't resist getting tickets for Garbage and Skunk Anansie at Halifax Piece Hall next year. Both bands debut albums were part of the soundtrack of my teenage years.

46 years ago today The Crack is The Ruts debut album, released on this day in 1979 featuring the singles: "Babylon's Burning" and "Something That I Said". #punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #theruts #thecrack #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Autumnal stuff and things from this mornings walk around Haybridge and Rusland Moss #autumn #nature #lakedistrict #cumbria #fungi #haybridge #haybridgenaturereserve #ruslandmoss #naturalworld #outdoors #fungus

Important. Only takes a minute to send the email so please do so. These cunts shouldn't have a platform anywhere.

Managed to dodge the rain and do some Lizard spotting this afternoon #lizards #lizard #roudseawoods #cumbria #reptiles #animals #aminals #nature

How the fuck have I never seen Dakka Skanks before? Day 1 of Rebellion and they might already be the best band of the weekend.

Off work now until next Wednesday ✅ Off to Blackpool tomorrow for Rebellion Festival ✅ Currently watching Olivia Rodrigo's set from Lollapalooza last weekend ✅ Things could be worse 😏

The rare Cobweb Headed Grey Squirrel paid me a visit today 😆 #wildlife #animals #squirrels #squirrel #aminals

Off to this in Warrington later. Should be one of the best (and hottest) gigs of the year. Hell of a line up!

Awesome camping/swimming/walking/drinking trip to Tarn Foot farm yesterday. Definitely one of my favourite campsites and the weather was incredible. #lakedistrict #loughriggtarn #tarnfootfarm #camping

It's absolutely fucking wild to me that so many people who claim to be anti-racist and pro Palestine are willing to pay stupid amounts of money for that final Black Sabbath gig when there is a blatant white supremacist and a blatant zionist on the line up.p

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How fucking awesome was Olivia Rodrigo at #glastonbury though? Best headliner ever! No contest. Watching The Prodigy now and they're also awesome as always

Last day of #glastonbury from the sofa 😕 Today picks are The Selecter, The Libertines, Turnstile, Black Uhuru, Goat, Sprints, St Vincent, and most importantly our lord and saviour Olivia Rodrigo! I'll have to go back and watch The Prodigy and Jorja Smith too at some point.

Today's #glastonbury from the sofa picks are Bob Vylan, Jade, Nova Twins, Amyl And The Sniffers, Kneecap, Ezra Collective, Greentea Peng and Doechii. Maybe Charlie XCX too see what all the fuss is about too.

One of my favourite times of year is #glastonbury and watching as much of it as possible from the comfort of my own home! Today's picks are Burning Spear, Alanis Morissette, Busta Rhymes, En Vogue, Denzel Curry, Fatdog, English Teacher and Osees assuming that they are all live streamed.