@roperlou.bsky.social @mbarcia24.bsky.social @gauthamrao.bsky.social Team Looking forward to seeing how some these players perform, esp the keeperb

OK so I'm not there any more but just look at this Normandy loveliness

Apparently the Rose is going to start opening 7 days per week from October and yikes

Many years ago I splashed out on this gorgeous silk and satin gown for a very posh do. Wore it once. Will never be able to fit into it again so I'm finally taking it to the Dorothy House shop :(

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Gannets 🤩

... guess who?

The innocent face of a cat who's just tipped half a mug of hot tea all over me, herself, the kitchen table, and my ipad

Whilst I was in Caen I stumbled on an art exhibition. I know nothing about art but these especially appealed:

Autumn bruscetta à la Rose and Crown: spiced squash, balsamic onions 😋

And apparently they plant trees www.ecosia.org

Fwiw, the Ecosia search engine doesn't seem to have AI built in

Total madness

Today in Grace Dent needs to buy an A-Z 🙄

Or you could, you know, employ academic staff on decent T&Cs

Old Portsmouth

Shit coffee; great view

Sunrise over Normandy

Desperate to see my girls (5 days is the longest I've ever left them) but I will miss this beautiful city

*Camembert ffs

Camenbert, Normandy sausage, v nice creamy sauce. With a glass of côte de Gascoyne 😋

Surrounded by half-timbered buildings 🥰

4 days: 9 churches including 2 ruins, 1 cathedral, 2 abbeys, and more medieval and early modern buildings than you can shake a stick at. In my world that's a very satisfactory holiday 🤩

This apartment is so full of light

Shopfronts that caught my eye

18th September 😊

For #adoorablethursday, door to tower in Saint-Sauveur-le Vieux

Caen est en grève 💪

St Nicholas, almost entirely untouched since the 11th century. A Norman joy

This delightful assemblage of buildings is how I imagine most of Caen looked before 1944 :((

Vieux Saint-Sauveur: disused, partly built on, but luckily the door was open so I snook in. Blimey (Outside)

Last day. One, possibly two churches to go...

Final score 😓

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

Place Saint Sauveur 🤩

Anyone know how I can watch Liverpool v Atletico in France??

Swanky restaurant this evening. I have earned it. They do bourgeuil by the glass 😋

Yes I did bring a Donne biography with me on holiday and it's very good

The Aure is a lovely, clean-running river

Eating locally tonight 😬

Apparently the smallest house in France 🤔

13th-century house THIS IS NOT A DRILL

Bayeux cathedral. No words

Bayeux: c'est jolie

Saint Jean: a wonky, unfinished gothic beast

Why am I so tired 🤔

Determinedly eating and drinking sur terrace

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: The first cup of tea in the morning Smudge's silly little face 😻 Petting dogs in the Rose and Crown An early night when you're completely whacked A new series of Taskmaster

Marina. St Pierre in the background

The Orne