I will be fuming if all the best album of the year lists don’t include Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman. It’s far and away my favourite.

Need to start watching the second series of Silo soon. Loved the first which sent me into reading the books – and they were even better.

Then there’s a new series of Severance on the way.. need to rewatch S1 of that. So much good TV, and that’s without factoring in the rewatch of Fringe I’m knee deep in. This could be the one that finally leads to the white tulip tattoo I’ve been mentally threatening myself with for years..

Had a blast in Bruges last weekend. Belgium was such a great place to visit 🇧🇪

Quite a few people wanting to try in Bruges

I’m in Bruges for the weekend, sampling fries and beers. This one was particularly nice

I’ve just used Legacy Scrobbler for the first time. It’s a nifty bit of software that scrobbles the plays on your iPod to last.fm. I get to have my cake and eat it now. Music on the iPod with all the stats of streaming. 🎶

Lovely to spend a day in Valencia last week. Already feels ages ago 😭

I can’t even imagine how bad the hangover would be from this

🐈 Mabel looking cute for the camera

I’ve got a new (old) toy! Remarkable how well this works given it must be fifteen years old. Even more remarkable is how good it sounds. Now to play around with modding it..

Just about to get stuck into this. Busy day full of trepidation ahead of tomorrow’s triathlon. 😬

The sunset last night was bonkers

Drinking beer with my feet up. This is one of the good days

Went to Scotland for the first time. Not sure how it took me so long 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What I really love about Glastonbury is that every inch of the place has something to look at. I’m just about over the blues at this point, but normal life just isn’t the same.

Spent the week on a farm. Two horrible bus journeys, horrendously heavy bags and red hot sun. Worth it all ten times over ✌️

Spent some time yesterday modding a Game Boy Advance I bought on eBay. Turns out when I played the original one I realised where my bad eyesight came from.. new screen is so bright!

We were all this cat in the sweltering heat this past weekend

Spent a few days in Dublin drinking copious amounts of the good stuff. The city feels quite similar to home at times, and at others it’ll feel very much like Europe. Won’t be the last time I’m here!

Drank a really enjoyable few pints of this after work yesterday. I’m going to pretend that I could tell the ‘oak cask difference’ 🍺

The camera on the iPhone 15 Pro is outstanding. Snapped this outside the pub last night

Another weekend well spent in the French Alps. Have my legs ever been this tired?

If everything goes well, then I’ve posted my first micro.blog post through a new app I’m building to avoid paying IFTTT money. I’ll shout a bit more about it when it’s closer to ready!