So hard to capture a photo of Golden Plover, they never stop moving. This is the best I’ve managed so far, April last year.

We had a bit of a rummage through some old boxes in the Rocket warehouse last week and we unearthed some lovely treasures which we have now put up onto the Rocket shop: rocketrecordings.com/collections/... 1/2

Maybe I should have measured it 🤔 @thirty3forty5.bsky.social @kennybrown131.bsky.social @jono-13.bsky.social

And now for something completely different. Family Underground with Triple Cool Hang. Glitchy drone strangeness, love it.

@spectralheron.bsky.social Have you got it?

After the longest pre-order in history (Sept) it’s finally arrived. Radiance Opposition by Julie’s Haircut. Quite different from the last record, less brooding atmosphere, whispered vocals and dissonant guitars. More clarity and dominance of female (new?) vocals and accessibility.

Sheep day today at Leyburn Auction Mart. Thankfully this isn’t the final journey for this mob, they’re off to a new home. #Wensleydale

More beats from Komodo Kolektif with Sumantras. On the Invisible Inc label from 2021

Beautiful morning here in the Dales but the weather’s changing this afternoon. Time for Permanent Rain by X111 on Knekelhuis. Beats with an Oriental bent.

Roksan Caspian Series 4G Streaming Pre-Amplifier and Power Amplifier launched www.hifipig.com/roksan-caspi... #hifi #hifinews #audiophile #britishhifi #amplifier #hifipig @hifipig.bsky.social

discreetmusicgbg.bandcamp.com/album/triple... Loving this album on the wonderful but bonkers Discreet Music label. Sadly no record ☹️

Each morning we open a window to the Dales and share some of our favourite views. This one is showing off Wensleydale at its finest: sweeping landscapes, big‑sky walks... and there's waterfalls, wildlife, heritage and cheese! 🧀 #Wensleydale #YorkshireDales

On a similar note to my last post, has anyone bought from Elite Audio in Fife? I’m thinking my Scottish friends might know what they are like as a company . @thirty3forty5.bsky.social @kennybrown131.bsky.social @unclewald.bsky.social

A long shot I know but has anyone any experience of Electrocompaniet equipment please? #HiFi

What does Fruits de Mer have lined up for early 2026? Here are a few choice items...

I was enjoying watching a Sparrowhawk on the hedge outside my bedroom window this morning. Until I put my glasses on and realised it was a Wood Pigeon 🤷‍♂️

I love this record and have more than one copy but I think I’ll give this a miss, it’s not even an analogue cut!

New arrival.. Poor Creature with All Smiles Tonight on the River Lea label. Traditional Irish folk songs arranged anything but traditionally. Drums & percussion to the fore, accordion drone in the background, lots of different instruments, fabulous.

Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist.

I’ve narrowed my new phono stage down to these three, 2 are valve, one is solid state, decisions decisions 🤔 #Hifi #Analogue

Enjoying an afternoon with The Spacious Mind, fantastic Swedish Psych band with Sweeping Eyes and Butterflies from 1995.

Changing continents with a wonderful release on the An’archives label. Fabulous artwork.

On a freezing Wensleydale afternoon I’m enjoying some Arab/Jazz flavoured beats. Great bass and sax on this release from Batov records.

#5albums25 I know there’s 8, the first 5 please 😊

Inspired by @vinylconstituency.bsky.social and hopefully ensuring that at least one person views this list, my favourite albums of this year.

donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/ukrai... I’ve made a donation, as I have for the last 4 years. Hope you are able to also.

After initially being cautious I’m trying out one if those gel stylus cleaners. Time will tell whether it leaves any residue. #Hifi

Most winters we get a pheasant that’s survived the guns. This one’s cleaning up under the feeders.

Sticking the apples, that I wrapped & stored in October, back on the tree they came off. The blackbirds seem to prefer me to peel them an entry point. What a game!

Felt the need for some heavy psych. A trio of mighty fine records from The Dead Sea Apes, on a windy & cold Dales afternoon.

On waterfall Wednesday we're sharing this view of West Burton Falls, also known as Cauldron Falls. Situated on Walden Beck, the falls consist of an upper 20-ft drop into a swirling plunge pool. #YorkshireDales #WaterfallWednesday

Happy to see this little fellah prospecting under the feeders. #Goldcrest

Next Och record titled 11, again released on Rocket Recordings in 2020. Can’t show the outer sleeve, it’s in a frame on the wall 😂

Playing a little Och this afternoon with Pö om Pö on the Rocket Recordings label. Lovely colour, average pressing #blackandflat

I’ve added some mealworm suet pellets to the wild bird seed mix and I’ve cleaned up what’s left of the apples. Now it’s time for records.

Get a jab folks - did 10 days in hospital in 2017 into 2018, flu, pneumonia and pleurisy, the works. Was being prepped to move to intensive care - still scares me today.

It’s that time of the day again, started in South America with Las Cobras and now in Russia with 10,000 Russos.

Landtrance from 2021 are up next on Rocket Recordings. They remind me of Forest Swords, also on RR.

Enjoying my customary couple of hours in the afternoon with French Duo Ashinoa, on the Fuzz Club label.

This afternoon’s entertainment in the wind and rain, Los Tabanos Experience, a Chilean band from 2019 on Drone Rock Records.

Red Kite circling low over the garden yesterday, did I get a photo, no! Returned at lunchtime but still no photo.

Enjoying a couple of hours in the company of Meril Wubslin, on the Bongo Joe label.

Christmas in Leyburn. Just wait until we get the tree in lights!

Can you help? @henharrieraction.bsky.social is appealing for information re. the disappearance of tagged #Henharrier Circe. #RaptorPersection #BirdsofPreyPersecution #BirdsofPrey

The birch trees are almost bare now and the temperature has plummeted. It’s time for records.

Love that warm glow..

It’s so easy to accidentally offend someone on this platform. What I meant to be lighthearted banter being read as ‘spreading negativity’. Not sure that I can be bothered with it anymore.

Continuing the theme of, transcendental psychedelic music, from yesterday with Träden, again on Subliminal Sounds from 2018.

Enjoying a little transcendental psychedelic music from Träd Gräs Och Stenar with Tack for Kaffet. The last recordings from the original lineup. A 2017 reissue on Subliminal Sounds.

@annsalo.bsky.social @mellotronmary.bsky.social How are you both this evening, better I hope.