More of literally the finest Alfa Romeo content on Bluesky. This lovely Alfasud was basking in the morning sun at Aviemore a couple of weeks ago. #weirdcarsbs #carspotting #AROC #NationalAlfaDay #AlfaRomeo #alfasud #retrocar #unloved #oldtimer #altauto #vintagecar #classiccars

Certainly was a rainy / sunny / misty / clear / chilly / humid evening the other day out at Dalby Forest. The red phonebox at Bickley Gate looked like it had come from another planet in the midst of all the green. #nationalparks #dalbyforest #outsideisfree #yorkshirecoast #eveninglight #scape

Les Drus under a pristine autumn sky, last year. While the weather was spectacular, I missed the early snowfall from the year before. #mountainmonday #lesdrus #outsideisfree #montblanc #mountainsmonday #autumn #lesalpes #chamonix #nationalparks #getoutside

The excellent @themodernist.bsky.social shop keeping me out of mischief until train time. I'd better apologise right now if the need to own an Arndale Tower lamp gets a bit too much. #mcm #brutalism #architecture #manchester #northernquarter #manchesterarndale #modernism #socmod #atomic_age

Cool cars redux: er... are we including buses now? #pug205 #caferacer #carspotting #weirdcarsbs #rangerover #tonupboys #liftoffoversteer #sniffpetrol #rangeroverclassic #v8 #coolcars #nightshot #peugeot #royalenfield #chelseatractor #geneva #milano

Cool cars redux: random grab bag. The parking ticket on the new Lancia somehow makes it cooler, as did the fact the Interceptor lives down a medieval street in York. Nice little runabout 🙃 #weirdcarbs #motosky #coolcars #lancia #vanlife #scrambler #mopar #oldtimer #triumph #carspotting #jensen

You pop out to the pub for a quick pint...But you're in Milan, so the pub is a rooftop bar literally made out of Aperol and mid century optimism which has its own reflecting pool. #milan #navigli #thunderbirds_are_go #beton_brut #rooftop #sunset #la_possente #milano #midcentury #mcm #martini

You're waiting for the bus... But you're in Milan, so the bus is actually a stately vintage tramcar. #milano #peterwitt #navigli #vintage #atmmilano #streetcar #simplyrailway #italianstyle #milano #roaringtwenties #masstransit #lombardy #milesintransit #milan

Cool cars redux: summer edition. #carspotting #weirdcarbs #vw #needforswede #triumph #royalenfield #coolcars#vwsky #michelotti #straightsix #volvo #sundaydriver #vwtype4 #caferacer #tonupboys

It's been a pleasure to spend time with this beautiful machine this weekend. #vwvans #vanagon #gowesty #vwtransporter #westfaliyeah #vanlife #bluehour #batcave #vwt3 #westfalia #wolfsburgedition

Humming some Piaf on Yorkshire's Quais de la Seine. #york #edithpiaf #quaisdeseine #paris #seine #quaisdeseine #KissKissBankBank #photoderue #visitengland #VisitYorkshire #printemps #ouse #museumgardens

The record shop delivered solid gold today. I've been listening to Sibelius's 5th on my phone for the last few weeks, but this is so, so much better. I don't know the science, but this feels like I'm in the room with the orchestra. Beautiful.

If I was a billionaire I’d be busy playing tag in my fighter jets, spending time in my adult sized ball pool, swimming in my personal lazy river & wiping my fanny with £50 notes, not spunking money on a court case to make a marginalised community suffer even more.

Back from the paint shop (WRP Paint and Restoration - m.facebook.com/profile.php?... - who were amazing), and looking like new. I will probably get bored at some point of looking at its suddenly perfect paint. But not yet. #vanagon #vanlife #vwvan #westfalyeah #nationalparks #redwoods #getoutside

On the way home from the curry house: a tree slyly unfurling its leaves, the moon and an airliner crossing in front of it.

Just me, the birds and the sound of the sea. #getoutside #yorkshire #robinhood #nationalparks #hikingsky #heartbeatcountry #bluehour #outsideisfree #afterglow #ravenscar #coastline #spring #clevelandway #nationaltrail

Growing up, the cars I loved were basically all Giorgetto Giugiaro's handiwork, although I didn't know it at the time; but I didn't realise these lovely Alfasud coupés even existed until last weekend. #AROC #NationalAlfaDay #AlfaRomeo #vintage #Giugiaro #Restomod #Alfasud #Italdesign #retrocar

Good morning, you magnificent bastard. #brutalist #ParkHill #SocMod #sheffieldissuper #midcenturymodern #pulp #betonbrut #thenorthwillrise #sheffieldsexcity #lecorbusier #shaff #urbex #listedbuilding #streetsinthesky

"I love u will u marry me" Park Hill: not afraid to talk about its feelings. #brutalistarchitecture #ParkHill #brutalism #sheffieldissuper #midcenturymodern #betonbrut #lecorbusier #pulp #shaff #mcm #urbansplash #pulpintro #sheffieldsexcity #socmod

Not all heroes wear capes. It is 75 days since it stopped being ok to drink this eggy goop. But the job's done at last. #eggnog #heroism #dotheyknowitschristmas #snowball #advocaat #warnincks

"The perfect Sunday breakfast spot doesn't exi-" The gentle beauty of breakfast at Sheffield's Cafe #9 on a warm spring morning. Justifiably revered. #coffeesky #NetherEdge #sheffieldissuper #coffee #SundsySky #Yorkshire #outdoorcity #cafe9 #silhouette #espresso #springtime #comingofage

The kind of mountain scenery that is so otherworldly it could start a new religion. Les Drus, autumn 2023, looking more like they are suspended from above than supported from below. #mountainsky #getoutside #nationalparks #montblanc #chamonix #outsideisfree #lesalpes #wandern #hiking #merdeglace

Autumn majesty on the descent from the Mer de Glace. #montenvers #getoutside #lesdrus #lesalpesfrançaise #autumnsky #merdeglace #bergliebe #chamonix #cheminsdeferdemontenvers #hautesavoie #outsideisfree #ondayslikethese #montblanc #nationalparks #montblancnaturalresort

Guys, I don't think Mozart's ok. I think he might need a hug. #mozart #classicalmusic #vinylsky #musiclovers #requiem #mdrrundfunkchor #choralmusic #baroque #amadeus #vinyllovers #charityshopfinds #lenco #NowSpinning #Salzburg

Staircase jealousy. The Creative Centre at York St. John at last autumn's Aesthetica film festival (asff.co.uk/festival/) giving off some lovely midcentury vibes. #midcenturymodern #mcm #modernarchitecture #granddesigns #brutalist #architecture #stairway #modernism #autumn #inside #liminal #serene

Before breakfast, which is my excuse for not lining this up properly. Peterborough Cathedral, looking magnificent, milky and a little bit mad in the morning light. #fenland #medieval #gothic #architecture #nenevalley #romanesque #plantagenet #englishreformation #wolfhall #sunrise #outsideisfree

Rebecca's writing is not like anything else I've ever read - it's prose with the same density of imagery as poetry. This will be an amazing couple of days: #creativenonfiction #writersworkshop #books #storytelling #litmags #therumpus #theguardian #bookerprize #zürich #poetry lu.ma/j9l6kx8l?fbc...

Is there anything better than afterglow? #sunset #spring #afterglow #evening #nature #northyorkshire #halfterm

Not everything humans do is cruel and stupid. Fresh out of the paint shop at the fantastic Ellis Briggs Cycles in Shipley, this old Viking all but glows when the light hits it. #steelisreal #bikesky #randonneur #cycling #vintage #l'eroica #frenchfenderday #restomod #velo #bicyclette #stahlrad

Byland Abbey on the 20th of June last year. The Normans had barely got their feet under the table when they started to build these megastructures all over the North. Well worth a visit. #northyorkshiremoors #nationalparks #nameoftherose #reformation #normaninvasion #midsummer #summersolstice

Hey January! You were even more horrible than usual this year. I expect much better things next time round. You did, in all fairness, try pretty hard with the weather though. Mam Tor in Derbyshire, taken from the Great Ridge. #nationalparks #mamtor #greatridge #hiking #winter #outsideisfree

Brilliant. The only book about finding yourself in the wild you'll ever need. #cherylstrayed #pct #creativenonfiction #wild #wildernessliterature #pacificcresttrail

My phone camera gets a bit carried away sometimes. But it really did look like that. Sunrise on New Year's Eve in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

When I caught up with my daughters in the bookshop, Caitlin was just finishing up some re-organising of the books: