Ready to play!

This morning, I'll be playing carols with Devizes Town Band in the Market Place, Devizes and we'll be collecting in aid of Devizes Foodbank. Come and support a sadly much needed good cause!

An excellent lunch at Tortworth Court today, all the decorations inside were beautiful and the care taken over my dietary requirement was very professional. (I forgot to photograph the smoked salmon starter but it was as delicious as the rest of the food.)

Playing cat and mouse working from home today.

It's not quite as tall as the tree in Salisbury Cathedral but it's up and I'm pleased with it. 🎄

When you're not working Wednesday morning... 🥰

Yes #sophiefromromania the prof is off on her travels again. But we have got a busy day ahead telling everyone about your calendar cureparkinsonsshop.com/products/sop...

What a wonderful afternoon! It was a complete joy from start to finish and I am so grateful for all the support from those who offered to help, who made the event what it was. Thank you to everyone who came, it makes all the work in planning the concert so worthwhile. 🥰

Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share! Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

Homemade gluten free scotch eggs. Yum. 🥰

First Christmas gig of 2025, the Devizes Lantern Parade!

I’d lost touch with my contact the former trade union and Google spin doctor - then I saw he’d started a health tech company with big ambitions to help spot serious illness early. D-J had a great story to tell…but let’s hope he doesn’t move fast and break things open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...

Now I'm starting to panic, have I forgotten anything?!

"I think that bit goes there."

The Environment Agency have known about this site for months, yet they've done nothing to either try to catch those dumping this waste, or to start clearing it. Their lack of concern is as disgusting as that mess.

Turbo Tuesday: I offer a service for all you model collectors out there - original art for your scale models! Sometimes, the backdrops aren’t all that interesting, are they? If you’d love to own original art but don’t have wall space, why not use it to enhance your collection instead..? #ScaleModel

Playing with Mistral for the village Monday Club this morning, in our new Community Hub. 🥰

Following on from the Becky Excell gluten free cheese scones success last week, I've used her gluten free scones recipe this morning. They look just as good!

This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely

Forum, Bath. Jools Holland & his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra with @sarah-in-wiltshire.bsky.social

It's just over two weeks to this Christmas Carol Concert in aid of Beyond Dementia, the charity I work for. Join us on Sunday 30th November for an afternoon of music, fun, crafts - and cake! Tickets are free - but booking is essential. Reserve yours via this link bit.ly/4hiix6W See you there!

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. William Mew, killed in action 6th June 1916.

Remembrance in Devizes this morning.

We will remember them. #RemembranceSunday

It was a beautiful morning for Parkrun.

I am reliably informed that the gluten free cheese scones are a hit. 🥰

I've completed my last shift collecting for the Poppy Appeal this year. The rain held off until the last 20 minutes! Thanks to Caffe Nero for the tea, it was much appreciated. I'll be on duty again with Devizes Town Band on Remembrance Sunday, it's an honour to be there.

Sad news, she was brilliant in so many of the parts she played. I particularly liked Shirley Valentine and her part as Cissy in Quartet. Rest in peace, Pauline Collins.

Hello. Here is the finished abstract pencil drawing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. It’s 42cm x 30cm and took me a shade over 50 hrs to complete. I loved every second of it and am very proud of what I’ve done here. I hope you all like it, too.

Today, HM Queen Camilla came to Bromham, where she opened our new Community Hub, met lots of local people and planted a tree in memory of local man Craig Dalby, who had done so much to help village good causes during his too short life.

Sad news, she was wonderful.

A lovely blue sky for my first session collecting for the Poppy Appeal this year.

www.facebook.com/share/p/19C1... My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)

Lottie's Sunday morning started in a sun puddle on the sideboard.

A photo of me I actually don't mind!

A lovely morning for marshalling the Quaker's Walk Parkrun with Marilyn. Chilly, sunny and the rain held off.

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Great to have some good news on #healthtech - people who’ve lost sight due to AMD could soon be able to read again

Another Sunday afternoon, another concert on bass clarinet, raising funds for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... This week’s episode of Movers & Shakers is about falling over - and some strategies to prevent it

Happy 38th anniversary to us! ❤️

Day six of a dodgy back and after a couple of days of alternating rest, gentle stretching and gentle walking around, it's starting to improve. I can finally walk upstairs at nearly my normal pace and without feeling that I have to hold the banister. (I am on the way down, just in case).

Born two days after Mum, remembering Dad, who would have been 101 today.

Remembering Mum on what would have been her 101st birthday. 🥰

A sore back and ankle from my run on Sunday, combined with a sore arm from my flu jab today, so I'm not running tonight. They'll all get better and I'm grateful to have had the vaccination.

*awkward cough* New reduction print now available, should you have any interest at all in that sort of thing...

A very powerful statement. Rest well, Dr Jane Goodall, you surely deserve it.

What a great morning on the Breakfast Run 10k with Devizes FIT! We ran along the towpath from Semington to the Lock Inn Cafe at Bradford on Avon. Beautiful weather, great company and a cooked breakfast at the end.

Wonderful news, congratulations and the best of luck to Dame Sarah in what will be a very challenging role.

What a delight she was, with a wonderful voice. Rest in peace, Dame Patricia Routledge and thank you for the joy your brought to us during your 96 years. #PatriciaRoutledge