Frank
@frankhopper.bsky.social
Return of the linguist
Affable biker - W800, CB750, CBR1000RR
RPM static cyclist
Lamentably slow 5K Parkrunner
Serial punner
Supporter of good causes
Resisting retirement
Affable biker - W800, CB750, CBR1000RR
RPM static cyclist
Lamentably slow 5K Parkrunner
Serial punner
Supporter of good causes
Resisting retirement
Back in the land of the moving.
0930 RPM with Dastardly Debra
1030 AquaAerobics with Lively Lucy
1130 Decaf Americano. Just Frank
One eye on the 3 hour car park limit
Otherwise no rush.
There’s a choir practice going on at home.
The Almighty Altos
0930 RPM with Dastardly Debra
1030 AquaAerobics with Lively Lucy
1130 Decaf Americano. Just Frank
One eye on the 3 hour car park limit
Otherwise no rush.
There’s a choir practice going on at home.
The Almighty Altos
December 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Back in the land of the moving.
0930 RPM with Dastardly Debra
1030 AquaAerobics with Lively Lucy
1130 Decaf Americano. Just Frank
One eye on the 3 hour car park limit
Otherwise no rush.
There’s a choir practice going on at home.
The Almighty Altos
0930 RPM with Dastardly Debra
1030 AquaAerobics with Lively Lucy
1130 Decaf Americano. Just Frank
One eye on the 3 hour car park limit
Otherwise no rush.
There’s a choir practice going on at home.
The Almighty Altos
Never mind the chancellor, I feel misled over the pronunciation, or perhaps the spelling, of misled.
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Never mind the chancellor, I feel misled over the pronunciation, or perhaps the spelling, of misled.
RPM at 0830
Another social event
Only sweatier than Park Run
Another social event
Only sweatier than Park Run
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
RPM at 0830
Another social event
Only sweatier than Park Run
Another social event
Only sweatier than Park Run
A supremely social, if damp, Parkrun.
Lots of pals, including:
Little Frank - who introduced me to the weekly 5k
Two Circuits buddies
A fellow RPM addict
The mum of one former and the dad of one current pupil.
A Brandon biker
And one Fernhopper (Rtd).
No partridge and no pear tree.
Lots of pals, including:
Little Frank - who introduced me to the weekly 5k
Two Circuits buddies
A fellow RPM addict
The mum of one former and the dad of one current pupil.
A Brandon biker
And one Fernhopper (Rtd).
No partridge and no pear tree.
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A supremely social, if damp, Parkrun.
Lots of pals, including:
Little Frank - who introduced me to the weekly 5k
Two Circuits buddies
A fellow RPM addict
The mum of one former and the dad of one current pupil.
A Brandon biker
And one Fernhopper (Rtd).
No partridge and no pear tree.
Lots of pals, including:
Little Frank - who introduced me to the weekly 5k
Two Circuits buddies
A fellow RPM addict
The mum of one former and the dad of one current pupil.
A Brandon biker
And one Fernhopper (Rtd).
No partridge and no pear tree.
Parkrun in the rain was not part of the plan.
But I think there’s a waterproof in the boot.
Well, at least I hope so.
But I think there’s a waterproof in the boot.
Well, at least I hope so.
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Parkrun in the rain was not part of the plan.
But I think there’s a waterproof in the boot.
Well, at least I hope so.
But I think there’s a waterproof in the boot.
Well, at least I hope so.
Two hours up and down a ladder with the gardener, followed by my Thursday trip to the recycling centre with two big bags of apple tree prunings.
a painting of a tree in a forest with purple flowers in the background
ALT: a painting of a tree in a forest with purple flowers in the background
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November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Two hours up and down a ladder with the gardener, followed by my Thursday trip to the recycling centre with two big bags of apple tree prunings.
Drat.
Got my blue Brexit passport today.
Feck ‘em.
But if I were a stick of seaside rock, it would say “European”.
Got my blue Brexit passport today.
Feck ‘em.
But if I were a stick of seaside rock, it would say “European”.
a red and white candy cane wearing sunglasses
ALT: a red and white candy cane wearing sunglasses
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November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Drat.
Got my blue Brexit passport today.
Feck ‘em.
But if I were a stick of seaside rock, it would say “European”.
Got my blue Brexit passport today.
Feck ‘em.
But if I were a stick of seaside rock, it would say “European”.
To Thetford to collect a carload of tools for TWAM.
A former teaching colleague and partner (92) still thinking of others.
There is hope.
A former teaching colleague and partner (92) still thinking of others.
There is hope.
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
To Thetford to collect a carload of tools for TWAM.
A former teaching colleague and partner (92) still thinking of others.
There is hope.
A former teaching colleague and partner (92) still thinking of others.
There is hope.
D37 eyeing up my latest purchase, quizzically.
Where do you actually buy CDs these days?
Where do you actually buy CDs these days?
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
D37 eyeing up my latest purchase, quizzically.
Where do you actually buy CDs these days?
Where do you actually buy CDs these days?
Out to Sunday lunch.
“It’s venison for a change.”
(But not for me. I had it yesterday.)
“It’s venison for a change.”
(But not for me. I had it yesterday.)
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Out to Sunday lunch.
“It’s venison for a change.”
(But not for me. I had it yesterday.)
“It’s venison for a change.”
(But not for me. I had it yesterday.)
AGM at Rougham Tower.
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
AGM at Rougham Tower.
Lunch at Ethel’s today.
Venison pie.
Can’t beat the Union Jack Club!
Venison pie.
Can’t beat the Union Jack Club!
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Lunch at Ethel’s today.
Venison pie.
Can’t beat the Union Jack Club!
Venison pie.
Can’t beat the Union Jack Club!
To St Edmundsbury Cathedral for a concert by the choir of St Martin in the Fields. With Zeb Soanes.
Visibility good.
Sea state slight.
Visibility good.
Sea state slight.
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
To St Edmundsbury Cathedral for a concert by the choir of St Martin in the Fields. With Zeb Soanes.
Visibility good.
Sea state slight.
Visibility good.
Sea state slight.
Don’t know how this happened, but D1 is 40 today.
How time flies.
How time flies.
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Don’t know how this happened, but D1 is 40 today.
How time flies.
How time flies.
All-expenses trips to China off then?
Who’d have known that skulduggery was involved?
Who’d have known that skulduggery was involved?
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
All-expenses trips to China off then?
Who’d have known that skulduggery was involved?
Who’d have known that skulduggery was involved?
Raking leaves (my neighbour’s).
It’s therapeutic.
Sort of.
It’s therapeutic.
Sort of.
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Raking leaves (my neighbour’s).
It’s therapeutic.
Sort of.
It’s therapeutic.
Sort of.
Alright. Own up.
Who gave me this fecking cold?
I’ve got things to do and places to go, including the dentist.
Yesterday I missed the grandboy’s 4th birthday. They even had limbo.
How low can you get?
Who gave me this fecking cold?
I’ve got things to do and places to go, including the dentist.
Yesterday I missed the grandboy’s 4th birthday. They even had limbo.
How low can you get?
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Alright. Own up.
Who gave me this fecking cold?
I’ve got things to do and places to go, including the dentist.
Yesterday I missed the grandboy’s 4th birthday. They even had limbo.
How low can you get?
Who gave me this fecking cold?
I’ve got things to do and places to go, including the dentist.
Yesterday I missed the grandboy’s 4th birthday. They even had limbo.
How low can you get?
I should start planning for the Wicker Man event at The Queen’s Head, Hawkedon.
Sundown. Midsummer’s day.
No fireworks.
See you there.
Sundown. Midsummer’s day.
No fireworks.
See you there.
November 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I should start planning for the Wicker Man event at The Queen’s Head, Hawkedon.
Sundown. Midsummer’s day.
No fireworks.
See you there.
Sundown. Midsummer’s day.
No fireworks.
See you there.
Today my little team of volunteers counts the Poppy money.
The reward will be a warm glow, followed by Frank’s homemade vegetable soup.
Hearty.
(As am I).
The reward will be a warm glow, followed by Frank’s homemade vegetable soup.
Hearty.
(As am I).
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Today my little team of volunteers counts the Poppy money.
The reward will be a warm glow, followed by Frank’s homemade vegetable soup.
Hearty.
(As am I).
The reward will be a warm glow, followed by Frank’s homemade vegetable soup.
Hearty.
(As am I).
I am quite taken by this particular porker.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I am quite taken by this particular porker.
My trusty Mr Fixit has appeared (by bus) to breathe life into the machine I swore I would never own.
It’s not a bike.
But it is two-stroke and noisy.
It’s not a bike.
But it is two-stroke and noisy.
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
My trusty Mr Fixit has appeared (by bus) to breathe life into the machine I swore I would never own.
It’s not a bike.
But it is two-stroke and noisy.
It’s not a bike.
But it is two-stroke and noisy.
An autumnal skircle.
One fall. No submissions.
(I have wrestling in my genes. Mrs F may have mentioned this once or twice - a week.)
One fall. No submissions.
(I have wrestling in my genes. Mrs F may have mentioned this once or twice - a week.)
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
An autumnal skircle.
One fall. No submissions.
(I have wrestling in my genes. Mrs F may have mentioned this once or twice - a week.)
One fall. No submissions.
(I have wrestling in my genes. Mrs F may have mentioned this once or twice - a week.)
A sunny Mildenhall Parkrun, where last week’s biscuit-frenzy (I just couldn’t resist leftovers from the village coffee morning) took its toll.
37.04.
But those satanic circles of fat and sugar have all gone now.
Although there’s birthday cake for GD7 at 3pm. One doesn’t like to offend.
37.04.
But those satanic circles of fat and sugar have all gone now.
Although there’s birthday cake for GD7 at 3pm. One doesn’t like to offend.
a happy birthday card with a cake and candles
ALT: a happy birthday card with a cake and candles
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November 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A sunny Mildenhall Parkrun, where last week’s biscuit-frenzy (I just couldn’t resist leftovers from the village coffee morning) took its toll.
37.04.
But those satanic circles of fat and sugar have all gone now.
Although there’s birthday cake for GD7 at 3pm. One doesn’t like to offend.
37.04.
But those satanic circles of fat and sugar have all gone now.
Although there’s birthday cake for GD7 at 3pm. One doesn’t like to offend.
Have found the knurled nut that adjusts the tickover of the 750/4’s bank of carburettors.
It’s underneath, uncomfortably close to the hot metal, if one has been issued sausage fingers.
Another link with the monarchy.
It’s underneath, uncomfortably close to the hot metal, if one has been issued sausage fingers.
Another link with the monarchy.
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Have found the knurled nut that adjusts the tickover of the 750/4’s bank of carburettors.
It’s underneath, uncomfortably close to the hot metal, if one has been issued sausage fingers.
Another link with the monarchy.
It’s underneath, uncomfortably close to the hot metal, if one has been issued sausage fingers.
Another link with the monarchy.