Mark
@rfcider.bsky.social
Bimbling down the auld Corpse Road with a view to a pint or two...
Love a good walk, pubs, music, beer, art, cider, Leicester Tigers RFC, the Sooty Show.
Occasionally packin’ a 1953 FED-1 Camera
https://corbypubsafari.blogspot.com/
Love a good walk, pubs, music, beer, art, cider, Leicester Tigers RFC, the Sooty Show.
Occasionally packin’ a 1953 FED-1 Camera
https://corbypubsafari.blogspot.com/
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February 2, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Since the latest fuckaround with the bus timetable I have a simple binary choice tomorrow. I either endure the ‘very’ early panic-attack inducing anarchy of the school run bus (😖), or don’t go at all. Tough choice…
a group of children are riding on a school bus with the number 38 on it
ALT: a group of children are riding on a school bus with the number 38 on it
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February 2, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Since the latest fuckaround with the bus timetable I have a simple binary choice tomorrow. I either endure the ‘very’ early panic-attack inducing anarchy of the school run bus (😖), or don’t go at all. Tough choice…
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This icon of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child was installed on St Paul’s Church in Bedford last year, part of a dedication service celebrating the legacy of St Etheldreda’s children’s home. The mosaic was crafted from Murano glass beads by artist Dr James Blackstone of Dunstan Icons.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
February 2, 2026 at 9:22 AM
This icon of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child was installed on St Paul’s Church in Bedford last year, part of a dedication service celebrating the legacy of St Etheldreda’s children’s home. The mosaic was crafted from Murano glass beads by artist Dr James Blackstone of Dunstan Icons.
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
One of the rarer Ordnance Survey Benchmarks, this one on the end of a bridge parapet in Bedford is known as a Pivot. The hole is for a bearing, this then acts as the datum.
#BenchmarkMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
February 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM
One of the rarer Ordnance Survey Benchmarks, this one on the end of a bridge parapet in Bedford is known as a Pivot. The hole is for a bearing, this then acts as the datum.
#BenchmarkMonday
#BenchmarkMonday
Last of the homemade Basil Pesto, can’t wait to get pesto-ing again this year with the Wild Garlic… 🌱
February 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Last of the homemade Basil Pesto, can’t wait to get pesto-ing again this year with the Wild Garlic… 🌱
Beerhouse this Saturday, from 8pm. Hoping to catch The Gnomes of Gnat…
February 1, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Beerhouse this Saturday, from 8pm. Hoping to catch The Gnomes of Gnat…
Struck lucky in the Beerhouse, a 3.4% Verdant for her, a 3.5% Phipps Foundry Mild for him, and it’s Jazzology afternoon 🎉
February 1, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Struck lucky in the Beerhouse, a 3.4% Verdant for her, a 3.5% Phipps Foundry Mild for him, and it’s Jazzology afternoon 🎉
UK Gardeners Heads-up, your annual chance to refresh some of the more basic veg seeds in the new Kitchen Garden (£6.99). 🌱
February 1, 2026 at 3:06 PM
UK Gardeners Heads-up, your annual chance to refresh some of the more basic veg seeds in the new Kitchen Garden (£6.99). 🌱
I’ve said it before*, and I’ll say it again. People are putting ‘way’ too much store on these Epstein Files, ‘nothing’ of any value (other than the sacking of Mandelson) will come of it…
[*Retraction: I didn’t]
[*Retraction: I didn’t]
February 1, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I’ve said it before*, and I’ll say it again. People are putting ‘way’ too much store on these Epstein Files, ‘nothing’ of any value (other than the sacking of Mandelson) will come of it…
[*Retraction: I didn’t]
[*Retraction: I didn’t]
Bit lively for a Sunday but we really need to go shopping 🍺
Widely available (it seems) bootleg of DJ Shadow at the ICA in London 2002, with a live vocal by Richard Ashcroft.
#Vinyl
Widely available (it seems) bootleg of DJ Shadow at the ICA in London 2002, with a live vocal by Richard Ashcroft.
#Vinyl
February 1, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Bit lively for a Sunday but we really need to go shopping 🍺
Widely available (it seems) bootleg of DJ Shadow at the ICA in London 2002, with a live vocal by Richard Ashcroft.
#Vinyl
Widely available (it seems) bootleg of DJ Shadow at the ICA in London 2002, with a live vocal by Richard Ashcroft.
#Vinyl
A friend of mine always refers to the middle gap on the Cribbage Board as the ‘Melling Road’, and for me any kind of race, but particularly a race to the bar, involves Double Top Tommy, Pigeon Pete, and Domino Des, none of which makes any sense unless you were raised an ‘Ansells Bitter Man’…
February 1, 2026 at 12:13 PM
A friend of mine always refers to the middle gap on the Cribbage Board as the ‘Melling Road’, and for me any kind of race, but particularly a race to the bar, involves Double Top Tommy, Pigeon Pete, and Domino Des, none of which makes any sense unless you were raised an ‘Ansells Bitter Man’…
“Be warned, however, if you do get stuck in on the pints in this ground-floor Guinness restaurant and need to spend a penny, the loos are on the fifth floor, and reachable only by lift...”
Well that’s my visit cancelled
And what the ‘Golden Shillelagh’ is this! The Guinness Office Soda Bread BBQ 🤷♂️
Well that’s my visit cancelled
And what the ‘Golden Shillelagh’ is this! The Guinness Office Soda Bread BBQ 🤷♂️
February 1, 2026 at 10:36 AM
“Be warned, however, if you do get stuck in on the pints in this ground-floor Guinness restaurant and need to spend a penny, the loos are on the fifth floor, and reachable only by lift...”
Well that’s my visit cancelled
And what the ‘Golden Shillelagh’ is this! The Guinness Office Soda Bread BBQ 🤷♂️
Well that’s my visit cancelled
And what the ‘Golden Shillelagh’ is this! The Guinness Office Soda Bread BBQ 🤷♂️
Bit of the auld Afrobeat with the tea this morning. Recorded at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, the (incomplete) credits don’t include a Bass player, a recording fault meant that Dennis Bovell had to overdub the Bass part.
Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Egypt 80 – Live In Amsterdam (EMI, 1984)
#Viny #Afrobeat
Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Egypt 80 – Live In Amsterdam (EMI, 1984)
#Viny #Afrobeat
February 1, 2026 at 10:14 AM
If people want to continue queuing in pubs that’s fine, and I appreciate there are occasions when it makes sense, but I’m just waiting for the angry reaction from someone in a queue when I walk up to bar in the correct fashion…
‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served
Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:29 PM
If people want to continue queuing in pubs that’s fine, and I appreciate there are occasions when it makes sense, but I’m just waiting for the angry reaction from someone in a queue when I walk up to bar in the correct fashion…
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I reckon this should be pretty good. Hopefully, we will see some more of that Crook magic. 🤞
Plus, Pearce Quigley is on my list of "Weird Crushes"! 😁
Plus, Pearce Quigley is on my list of "Weird Crushes"! 😁
January 31, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I reckon this should be pretty good. Hopefully, we will see some more of that Crook magic. 🤞
Plus, Pearce Quigley is on my list of "Weird Crushes"! 😁
Plus, Pearce Quigley is on my list of "Weird Crushes"! 😁
Kin’ ‘ell, needed that! If Tigers let these Saints play with ball in hand all match they’re fucked.
January 31, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Kin’ ‘ell, needed that! If Tigers let these Saints play with ball in hand all match they’re fucked.
The unique Indo-Psych Swamp Goth talent of Danielle Dax, who I wish I’d seen live when she was still performing…
Danielle Dax - Inky Bloaters (Awesome Records, 1987)
#Vinyl
Danielle Dax - Inky Bloaters (Awesome Records, 1987)
#Vinyl
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The unique Indo-Psych Swamp Goth talent of Danielle Dax, who I wish I’d seen live when she was still performing…
Danielle Dax - Inky Bloaters (Awesome Records, 1987)
#Vinyl
Danielle Dax - Inky Bloaters (Awesome Records, 1987)
#Vinyl
Lunch is a mess of cheesy tastiness on Italian ‘Greek’ bread 🤷♂️. Music from our Grace, accompanied by Sly & Robbie of course. This isn’t necessarily my favourite Grace Jones album, but her version of Chrissie Hynde’s Private Life is…
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (Island, 1980)
#Vinyl #Cheese
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (Island, 1980)
#Vinyl #Cheese
January 31, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Bit of the auld Petula Clark with the pre-match lunch. Bit of a mixed bag, some good slower stuff in amongst the variety show filler. Not as good as Dusty, better than Cilla…
Petula Clark - Memphis (Pye Records, 1970)
#Vinyl
Petula Clark - Memphis (Pye Records, 1970)
#Vinyl
January 31, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Bit of the auld Petula Clark with the pre-match lunch. Bit of a mixed bag, some good slower stuff in amongst the variety show filler. Not as good as Dusty, better than Cilla…
Petula Clark - Memphis (Pye Records, 1970)
#Vinyl
Petula Clark - Memphis (Pye Records, 1970)
#Vinyl
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On this date in 1819, a man sold his wife by auction at a Cornish market…
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#Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Cornwall/Kernow
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#Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Cornwall/Kernow
Two Shillings and Sixpence: A Cornish Wife Sale
From a time when such things were commonplace…
the-cornish-historian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
On this date in 1819, a man sold his wife by auction at a Cornish market…
the-cornish-historian.com/2024/12/10/t...
#Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Cornwall/Kernow
the-cornish-historian.com/2024/12/10/t...
#Cornwall #Kernow #Cornish #Cornwall/Kernow
January 31, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Not sure why TNT Sport are showing the Tigers/Saints cup match today, but it’s a welcome treat…
#Rugby
#Rugby
a group of men standing next to each other with the words " this is not soccer " on the bottom right
ALT: a group of men standing next to each other with the words " this is not soccer " on the bottom right
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January 31, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Not sure why TNT Sport are showing the Tigers/Saints cup match today, but it’s a welcome treat…
#Rugby
#Rugby