Good morning Blueskies! Dark and unseasonably mild in the Vale today. Cloudy to the point of crepuscular. Tooth faff imminent, plus a trip to the vet for M’colleague, just a check up in his case; work as well, an exercise in futility and pointlessness, much like life: let’s Tuesday!

Good evening Blueskies! A sad day on this little platform, one of the best of us has left us, albeit left us with many happy memories; long may his name be still spoken. #GNUWombie. Busy day too. Managed an evening amble; went by the river, for a change.

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There's a big bit of internet feeling bereft today. The kindest man. He properly looked after me when I was having the worst time. He encouraged me to do all the things. My life would have been worse without him. I will miss Michael so much.

This is such sad news. If ever there was proof that you can know, support, care for, encourage, inspire & laugh with someone you’ve never met, it was embodied in this wonderful man. Michael gave so much of himself to everyone he interacted with. He was A Good Thing in a sea of Less Good Things.

#GNUWombie Nos Da Wombie. Requiescat in Sausages

Good morning Blueskies! Running late because faff/work/work faff! Dark and mild in the vale this morning, but set fair for a dry and unseasonably mild day; more faff incoming, hope yours is faff free - Let’s Monday!

Good evening Blueskies! Productive solstice; from no wrapped and several unobtained presents after our morning amble to all presents obtained, wrapped and, where required, delivered. And we got an amble in along the way. Winter sunshine on the shortest day, making for #InterestingSkies

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Good morning Blueskies! Blessings be on this Solstice Day! Grey and mild in the Vale today; unfortunately shopping is on the immediate agenda, because work. Also wrapping. Meh. Shop now, amble later! Let’s Sunday!

Another lads night in. Was meant to be a Dad & Daughter night but YD sacked it after Silent Night Deadly Night and pizza; us gents are now watching Gangster No. 1 after multiple mentions on our podcast this afternoon. Not very seasonal, but bloody good. Thought we’d seen it before, but apparently no

Good evening Blueskies! Been ambling! Stayed dry, pleasant enough, could see plenty of sunshine falling on other parts, although not much fell on us. No matter! We ambled long and well.

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Good morning Blueskies! Bright and brisk in the Vale this morning; set fair for an afternoon amble over the big hills; however whoever, wherever you do yours, let’s Saturday.

It is Friday! And #FridayNightIsMusicNight; we’ll start with Sleaford Mods (feat Sue Tompkins), No Touch; Young Fathers doing Promised Land from the 28 Years Later soundtrack, one of my albums and films of the year; then Rocky Road to Dublin by Jack O’Connell on the Sinners soundtrack (ditto)

Good evening Blueskies! Busy day, but the weekend is at last upon us. Work on Monday, sadly, but not much to do… hey ho. Evening amble took us up the hill by the lodge and we listened to ghost stories… spooky

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Good morning Blueskies! Dark and dry (overhead, at least) in the Vale today, promising clear skies and sunshine when it gets above the horizon, long after we’re back in our home office. Tired. No matter. Let’s Friday!

Good evening Blueskies! Busy day: getting a bit tired of it all tbh. But we press on, almost regardless. Our evening amble was damp, bordering on wet, and the river was full and fast as we crossed it.

Wordle 1,643 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 “Impressive” #Wordle Well yes. That’s the very stuff.

Good morning Blueskies! Dark and dry (overhead at least) in the Vale today; unseasonably mild, mind, and spotted at least half a dozen deer caught in the light of our torch - always a delight. Let’s Thursday!

Good evening Blueskies! Busy day: stuff was done, sheets were spread, powers were pointed, keys were replaced, eventually. No matter. Our evening amble took us down the cobbles. Always a joy, and we missed the worst of the rain.

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Good morning Blueskies! Different walk today, key hunting (in vain) so no pic, sorry. Faff already started - let’s get into it, let’s Wednesday!

Good evening Blueskies! Busy day, not helped by the loss of keys and the subsequent re-run of our evening amble in a vain attempt to find them. Not helped by the fog on the aforementioned amble; did make for a passably moody picture, however

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Good morning Blueskies! Dark on colder in the Vale today, but the skies look like they are clearing; back at work, and the faff has already started - we just have to get on with it - let’s Tuesday!

Good evening Blueskies! Not a busy day. Been off. Days like this make us yearn for retirement, even an afternoon amble in the rain didn’t get us down. We walk on.

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Good morning Blueskies! Damper than a haddock’s hot tub in the vale today, inundated, in spate, all that. Day off today mind, and much needed. Let’s Monday!

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Let’s have another game of where are the collective today…?

Good morning Blueskies! Back to rain and mud this morning in the Vale, but no matter, we have sensible outdoor clothing; a trip to bandit country today, so car prep faff imminent; however you do yours, let’s Sunday!

Goo evening Blueskies! Well that was Saturday. Had a good amble, stayed dry, seasonably chilly. Back home to YD cooking, an old Xmas special on the telly and now a movie night with m’col. A good day, all in all.

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Good morning Blueskies! Bright and brisk in the Vale this morning, a crisp frost, sunshine through broken cloud and even a bit of mist; set fair for an amble across the tops later. However you are planning to spend yours, let’s get it done - let’s Saturday!

Starting slightly late because of telly, but #FridayNightIsMusicNight and we start with Emilíana Torrini doing Speed of Dark, because there was a song on the radio with similar energy and needed to re-listen. Spitting Off The Edge of the World by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Perfume Genius next.

Good evening Blueskies! Busy day but pish and tosh to that for we have turned off our laptops and flung ourselves into a long weekend! Boom! And what better way to start than an amble past some Victorian public funerary architecture?

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Just got ticket for #SleafordMods next year - obviously “yay” but TicketBastard wouldn’t let me use our bank card, had to use our emergency master card card instead. TicketBastard are the absolute worst, a barrier to enjoying live music.

Good morning Blueskies! Grey and mizzly in the Vale today, meant to be fairing up later; wfh today so hopefully faff will be reduced, and aiming to get some time back this afternoon before slightly extended weekend, with plenty of ambling. Let’s get this done, people, let’s Friday!

Good evening Blueskies! Busy day. Faffing wasn’t the half of it. WFH tomorrow, and then a long weekend. Before that, an evening amble in the dark, bit cooler tonight, we took in the river beneath interesting but disinterested skies.

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Good morning Blueskies! Clear and dry and crimson in the vale today, a wonderful sky: is that a warning? No matter. Stuff, faff and almost certainly nonsense incoming; however, wherever and whatever you are doing yours, let’s Thursday!

Good evening Blueskies! Busy day. All the usual faff with added socialising, for good measure. Our evening amble all the more welcome, then, and it stayed unseasonably dry and warm. Went down the cobbles tonight.

Wordle 1,635 3/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 “Impressive” #Wordle That’s more like it.

Good morning Blueskies! Grey and dry in the vale today, bit cooler but not cold, not by any means winter; troubling, as was a leaky wellington boot; many meetings today, and socialising, we’re agin it, but what can we do? We can but carry on; let’s Wednesday…

Took a couple of bad/trippy pictures, not entirely on purpose, so thought we would share. Call it art.

Good evening Blueskies! Busy day. People. Meetings. Faff. All that. Let’s find calm and peace on an evening amble over rivers in spate, beneath clearing/interesting skies, see if that works better? Yes, that’s the stuff.

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