Ready for today’s lunchtime @thursdaylive.org organ recital in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham. Music by Paul Spicer, David Briggs, Paul Ayres, Naji Hakim and Zsolt Gárdonyi. @rcbirmingham.bsky.social

Puffer at Inveraray #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforReflections

afternoon swim 9C

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Kitty arrived back from Scotland on Monday. Sticking to the back roads, she made her way to Michael's until she came across this. "The perfect place for a pub!" she mewled, gazing in awe at the building. "MY pub!" Drawing to a halt, she began to explore. Half a building, half the rent! 1/2

Luscious lavender 📷 Castle Fraser, last summer #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPurple

choppy 5C swim - Easterly wind

Post work cycle up the glen with Helen

Just a hyacinth appreciation post 🪻 Hyacinths serve as a vital early-season source of nectar and pollen insects as they emerge from hibernation. Grape hyacinths are especially loved by bees, so add these to your borders for a wildlife-friendly garden.

Our choir has been invited to sing the morning and evensong services today in Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral; the morning is being live-streamed if you’ve not been able to hear us elsewhere and would like to youtube.com/watch?v=htag...

Did it. Newport 10k. Could have done without the stinking cold this week though. 1:02:30, 6th in age group. And yes, it was hot.

Busy afternoon preparing registrations on the iconic Walker organ in Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral ready for the weekend here with City of Birmingham Choir.

Two sourdough loaves, same dough but different rises #sourdough #artisanbread

Another quake 3.5 An apt song for tonight.... youtu.be/Oo2K9vkfUoE

#KombuchaWatch Update So I've been producing a 250ml bottle a day for a while now and I love it. It tastes like an expensive soft drink with hints of honey and I know I'll want more than this when the warm weather comes. I've bought a second dozen bottles and will be upping production this week.

New Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/chrissto...

Tour de Newport today.

and another one done #loveajigsaw

oops another one done #loveajigsaw

Another day another swim, sunny but choppy 4C

So when I looked out of the window this morning the sun was shining and the loch was mirror calm. Lunchtime swim - cue the wind and the hail! Good for the soul 🙂

2 more jigsaws this week #loveajigsaw

This Mazzle of the Cairngorms was very hard. The guide sheet was 1/4 the size of the finished jigsaw. #loveajigsaw

Back in loch tay - a bit of a shock after portugal! 4C and a bit of a push

Kapput seats, but repurposed to make (possibly) the comfiest bus shelter on Arran #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKapput

What a beautiful day for a swim, flat calm, no wind, 5C and warm up time getting faster 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️🏊‍♀️☀️

Tonight's track... Babooshka - Kate Bush youtu.be/6xckBwPdo1c?...

Erinnerungen an einen schönen Abend am Meer. 🌊 Memories of a nice evening by the sea. #eastcoastkin #waterwednesday

“March is the month of Blackthorn, the creamy buds and white flowers exquisite upon their twigs of ebony. It is the month also of daisies, opening their eyes among the grass (daisy means ‘day’s eye’)”

On this day 16th March 1906,one of my favourite Ladybird artists Ronald Lampitt was born in Worcester

Sybaritic [SIH-buh-RIT-ik] (adj.) Devoted to pleasure. Self-indulgent. Hedonistic, debauched, libertine. “Untroubled by the admonitory lessons of the French Revolution, they clung to their sybaritic excesses until the inexorable machinery of history ensured that the lesson would be taught again.”

Super Saturday Swim 2C 🥶🥶🥶

If you are "near" Lancaster this weekend or next weekend it is worth going to see Enchanted in April at the Lancaster Grand. I travelled from Scotland to see it yesterday (my pal acting in it)

We’re half way through Bach@Bart’s 2026. This coming Sunday’s programme (15 March 2026) begins with the ‘Dorian’ Toccata and Fugue and finishes with the ‘Great’ Prelude and Fugue in G. Between these Trio Sonata no 4 in E minor. Admission free with a collection towards St Bart’s Choir Tour funds.

Today's bake #sourdough

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes? From Treasure magazine, 1965 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)

Blue Skys and a strange golden orb in the sky :) 4C water temp

Glassine [gla-SEEN] (n.) -A thin semitransparent paper that is commonly used as a wrapper for candy or baked goods.

Returning to St Benedict Parish Church Wombourne on Saturday (7 March) at 7:30pm to play an organ concert on their new digital organ. Music by Handel, Bach, Clarke, Gowers, Spicer, Holst, Strauss II, Saint-Saëns, Gárdonyi, Rachmaninov, Vierne. Enjoyed rehearsal yesterday. See below for ticket info.

Interior design inspiration #AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInteriors Toilet floors in The Coffee Apothecary, Ellon Take your pick from Scrabble tiles, Lego, vintage singles or pennies! Coffee is excellent too ☕️

Bach@Bart’s Lent Organ Recital Series continues today at 6:30pm and every Sunday during Lent 2026 Details: www.paulcarr.co.uk/bach-barts-2...

Freshly baked 🍞😁

please sign if you can - no need to be a local resident. Our environment and our water supply has been contaminated since Thursday by (allegedly) 20000 litres of diesel leaked into the river. www.change.org/p/accountabi...

No water and major pollution here. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5436... no swimming for a while 😢

🔸BACH @ BART’S 🔸 starts this Sunday. Every Sunday in Lent at 6:30pm in St Bartholomew’s Church Penn, Wolverhampton. Organ works by J.S. Bach including all six Trio Sonatas. Admission free with a retiring collection towards the St Bart’s Choir Summer Tour. Details ⬇️

Glorious day for a swim 3C

Sun and no wind for a change 3C

Sunny but chilly swim. Air temp 4C but with the wind chill felt a few degrees under that. Water 3C

@mikedietrichde.com why is the Opatch environment check so slow? fresh 19c database,still took well over 30 mins to check

Belocolus [bel-oh-KOH-lus] (n.) - A fabulous white stone with a black pupil, said to render its bearer invisible in a field of battle. Use: “He bar the belocolus, a stoon ful bright with a blak eye broodynge; and whil yren sang and blood bathed the erthe, men fel by a foe that no man might see.”