Gordes, Provence

01 Aug 2026 Read more…

I have learnt this week that I am very bad at coping with a heatwave.

26 Jun 2026 Read more…

Just been looking at my #photos on my phone. Various serial numbers, instructions, pics of car parts and weird dark pictures trying to see down the back of cabinets. Also pics of family and holidays 🤣

05 Jun 2026 Read more…

Not sure I would ever call a pub beautiful, but...

21 May 2026 Read more…

i am a runner

If I go running a couple of times a week am I a runner? I’ve started running again. It fell away to zero when we moved into our new house. I would run 5km once a week for a bit, then it would fade for a while then I’d come back to it. This has been the longest break for quite a while and I’m declaring myself as starting...

18 May 2026 Read more…

lost and found again - this time a water bottle

This is becoming a bit of a theme, lose something, order a replacement, and then the lost item reappears. Earlier in the year it was an AirPod, now it is a water bottle. Couldn't for the life of me locate my favourite water bottle, it is the one I tend to grab about 90% of the time, the other 10% is a cycling bottle...

25 Apr 2026 Read more…

things I might dump in 2026 - april update

In late 2025 I put together a list of things I would dump in 2026. Three months of the year are done, so how have I been getting on? A mixed bag: ‘social’ media - down to one social media platform, using mastodon via federate.social. I like the feel of it, and enjoy the eclectic mix of people on there. X is now beyond...

07 Apr 2026 Read more…

even the brits are fed up of the rain

In the UK we are used to the rain, we get a lot of it. We put up with it because it makes us such a green country, makes stuff grow and we like to potter about with our trousers rolled up in a cool river on a hot sunny day. But even us hardy brits have had enough now, it seems to have been raining continuously since...

08 Feb 2026 Read more…

as if by magic - the AirPod reappeared

As disappointingly forecast in my previous post, the missing AirPod has reappeared. It reappeared from the back of my bedside table on the 15th Jan, nine days after my £76 replacement had arrived, very efficiently, from Apple. I now have a spare left hand AirPod, I am not sure what to do with it - creative ideas...

21 Jan 2026 Read more…

for faffs sake - I lost an AirPod

I wrote some time ago about the benefits of wired headphones, including the fairly obvious fact that they are harder to lose. Well, I bought some AirPods 4 NC and had been getting along fine until I was on holiday over the Christmas period, opened the case and found the left AirPod missing. Find my stuff says it is at...

02 Jan 2026 Read more…

things I will spend more time on in 2026

This is the inverse of my recent post about stuff I’d like to dump in 2026. It is inspired by Jon’s blog where he added an invest list under his own to dump list. I suppose they are a bit like new year resolutions, but framing in terms of spending more time rather than something I could 'tick off' feels like a longer...

23 Dec 2025 Read more…

things I might dump in 2026

A list of things I might dump in 2026: ‘social’ media snickers duo changing blog platforms the second cup of coffee the news carbs the Apple Watch I never use some old shirts I never wear work backpack pretending to journal podcasts that just interview people with a new book to sell eating whilst walking desk lunch What...

16 Dec 2025 Read more…

no more decisions please

We have been having some work done to the house, requiring a lot of decisions. Colours of things, types of things, position of things, order of doing things, do we want to do this whilst I’m here things? Couple this with the early decision making on Christmas, what presents would you like, when should we organise stuff,...

23 Nov 2025 Read more…

Limestone pavement at Malham Cove

27 Oct 2025 Read more…

my favourite art from the RWA Annual Open Exhibition 2025

Think this is my third visit to Royal West of England Academy Annual Open Exhibition and the first I have managed to capture my favourites and cobble them together in a post. I know very little about art, I couldn’t comment on the motivation behind each piece of work. I have no idea how brilliant, stimulating or...

05 Oct 2025 Read more…