Things that wake me up before 5 - birds - the dawn - the cat - existential angst

Amazing.

I want @bagpuss.org to make a video entirely made up of George Clarke saying “amazing”

For a moment I considered whether I needed a leather jacket today. Then I remembered it’s a slippery slope from there to a sports car and a regrettable tattoo

Your occasional reminder that unlike Chris Evans at Radio 1 I successfully negotiated every Friday off

People who slowly walk through Tube stations looking at their phone. They should stop that

<British post>Did we skip summer and go straight to October?</British post>

Three GCSE papers left now. Never mind the kids, the parents are on the home straight

One of these was an absolute gift - can you tell which one? www.maptap.gg June 11 95🏆 97🏅 96🏅 100🎯 96🏅 Final score: 972

How the next five weeks feel to someone who doesn’t like football

The soothing balm that is #TheRepairShop

Time for my semi-regular 30 seconds of EastEnders followed by a week of intensive psychotherapy

I can't even bring myself to look at a flat on a street with this name:

Today is the day I get to post this

www.maptap.gg June 10 100🎯 98🔥 95🏆 100🎯 95🏆 Final score: 973

Good news lads, and hankies at the ready this time tomorrow, as #TheRepairShop is back

Anyone had a good experience with a conveyancing solicitor who would recommend them to me?

That change to the summer duvet was ill-advised

Without downloading new pics what is it like to date (and/or be married to) you?

I apologise for not posting here today but my Wordle score was sub-par, MapTag wasn’t my best and my trains were on time.

The recipe I used this evening substituted bashed up cream crackers for breadcrumbs and do you know - they really worked

I tried to like Is This Thing On? but the subject is a little too close to home for me and I also didn’t warm to the leads which is a bit of a problem

If Shaun Keaveny had decided to do the earworm and small claims court while covering the Liza Tarbuck slot on Radio 2 I’d have been very happy

GeoGuessr is bloody addictive

Now that is a good film pun

Me and my first officer.

The Portuguese for only child is “um filho unico” which I rather like

One year, during a nightshift on 6 June, I tweeted realtime updates from D-Day based on the book by Stephen E Ambrose. While no one was awake to read the tweets I still enjoyed the project

Foul Ole Ron

Celebrity Gogglebox if only for Shaun and Bez in the home for retired Madchester bands

GNR’s best song by a country mile #TOTP

16-year-old me was very keen on Fuzzbox. Can’t think why #TOTP

Cynd is crackers but this is a tuuune #TOTP

Neneh Cherry breaking some serious ground here #TOTP

Give Gary some ear defenders the next time he has to stand next to Anthea doing a link #TOTP

Is this Hair Metal? #TOTP

This is what I was listening to in 1989 on the mean streets of rural north Wiltshire #TOTP

Anthea still thinks TV works by shouting into everyone’s home #TOTP

I’m determined to make the Gary Daviesnaissance a thing #TOTP

Leopard print and a hen party Stetson is a look #TOTP

Oh Debbie Debbie Debbie #TOTP

Errol’s got me pregnant again #TOTP

The Ross Geller style of playing keyboard #TOTP

Didn’t know Rhod Gilbert had a previous career as a chart-topper #TOTP

We had that radio desk in the City University journalism department, I swear #TOTP

Squeeze should be put in the National Gallery #TOTP

No reason why Boogie Wonderland could not be played on 6 Music #TOTP

Shut your eyes and this could be The Darkness #TOTP

I was confused by Sparks as a child but as an adult I recognise their unadulterated genius #TOTP

It’s been a quiet night for Danny Baker but fortunately Legs and Co turned up #TOTP