autumn has most definitely arrived

Huntingdonshire isn’t real but I went to St Ives regardless

went to the bathroom at 1am and disturbed someone in their natural habitat

finally went to the conveyor belt cheese extravaganza and it is everything

Had to shelter from the rain in Southsea and where better than a yarn shop that just appeared on the other side of the road … (Seeded on Clarendon Rd - highly recommended!)

good morning Southsea! and if someone could remind me why parkrun tourism is a fun hobby again …

Malka and the rain

absolutely outrageous that I might want to sit on my sofa and knit and read a book and don’t have another spare hand for Penny

first new socks of the winter (Gladys by General Hogbuffer)

Penny has feelings about the weather

you can also guess how many labelling mistakes the archivist made

quite hard to focus on music at the Proms when 1. you’re going in at Sinner 5-7 Shapovalov in the first set and 2. the person sitting next to you *incessantly* taps their fingers

good morning Sittingbourne!

we did it, we ate the picklebocker glory

would love Draper to win a slam but not in these shorts

Bank holiday – time to sort out the kitchen cupboards

Penny’s sofa cushion forts are perfection

also volunteered at Pitshanger junior parkrun since I was in the area and they were so lovely. I got someone to hand me finish tokens and my volunteer ratio is now 50% 😇 (also hit 75% tourist ratio yesterday)

years of working in heritage means that I am physically unable to do this, even when encouraged by a lovely gallery assistant

wallpaper envy at Pitzhanger Manor

oh hey Reading! fastest parkwalk this year (at Prospect), some nice ruins and a charity shop with great shirts #BoughtAtBHF

when you have to choose a podcast to listen to while someone looks at radioactive porridge in your digestive system

say you have photographs of bits of Wells cathedral or Lincoln cathedral which are held and displayed by a museum in London. you’re sorting all your photos by county. do they go in a) the county the bits are from b) the county they’re exhibited in c) trick question; you don’t have to be consistent

sometimes I complain about FSAs being everywhere on my holidays and sometimes I specifically go to see them – Tredegar House and St Woolos cathedral, Newport

nous sommes en France

thought I’d head to the south of France to get away from work. who basically invented the Promenade des Anglais? Rev Lewis Way, father of Albert Way FSA. they’re everywhere

just landed in Nice if anyone has any last minute recs 😎 ditto for Marseille (after that I’m good)

I hope they’re filling up Woakes with the good stuff now

I’m just a girl with a spreadsheet, a chinagraph pencil and 43 boxes of photographs

not sure if friend or breakfast

very much against the spirit of #chEUROty25 (transferred to cricket) I am currently making besan chilla for my late lunch. blame me if it all goes horribly wrong

getting to junior parkrun early enough for course check = casually nodding to Zac Crawley outside the Oval. volunteering ftw

apparently what I’m going to spend the next hour doing is guessing which Allan Ahlberg book people mean based on their original title (I know I could look it up but this is more fun) so far I have Suchen suchen Pflaumenkuchen and Kuckuck!

Penny would like you to know that it’s her 8th birthday today

I don’t know about you all but I am exhausted #chEUROty25 thanks for being a part of it! what happens now is that @melindahaunton.bsky.social as the winner will nominate a charity & we all donate to it also we will be buying Kelly and/or Hampton shirts obvs

NO THANK YOU #chEUROty25

RUUUUSSOOOOO #chEUROty25

#chEUROty25 with a kir royale (a drink I ended up not ordering last night so it’s borderline delayed ConfinedCocktails …) feat. @melindahaunton.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v @anoldhand.bsky.social 🇪🇸

in more exciting news we had a 4-hour visit to the Reform Club library and archive today during which I drank three cups of coffee and three glasses of picpoul (not in the library/archive), then walked through tourist central to buy two chinagraph pencils for my v exciting August Project

someone is delighted I’m finally getting on top of two weeks worth of laundry

this is exactly how to welcome me tbh (from H V Morton – In Search of England)

if anyone is thinking of coming do let me know so I can say hi!

delighted/disappointed that the pub downstairs is lively enough for the semis to spoiler that equaliser for me #chEUROty25

Some superb dressing up of cuddly griffins at the fashion exhibition at Polesden Lacey

I disown France after Majri’s nonsense of a penalty #chEUROty25

perfectly timed trip home with ET in the time and home for penalties oh except that I hate them and will watch from under a blanket #chEUROty25

no penalties thank you #chEUROty25

well done Italy and @jamesvt.bsky.social but I’m not a fan of the scrub-coloured shirts #chEUROty

they have their own special sofa 🤷🏻‍♀️

group stages done at #chEUROty25 and I’m afraid we have now lost @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social 🇫🇮 @girlinthe.bsky.social 🇮🇸 @richtaunt.com 🇧🇪 @worsted.bsky.social 🇵🇹 @rosamundi.bsky.social 🇵🇱 @tenisonpurple.bsky.social 🇩🇰 @cartivist.bsky.social 🇳🇱 @alanfricker.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿