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Hills, mountains, outdoor stuff, bikes and cycling, books, general carping and trivia. I do not have a cat.
Location: off on a tangent.
Location: off on a tangent.
After I've walked through urban Plymouth this will be the next day on my SW Coast Path walk sometime in the Spring. 🙂
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
After I've walked through urban Plymouth this will be the next day on my SW Coast Path walk sometime in the Spring. 🙂
This is why I never go swimming in the sea.
January 23, 2026 at 2:10 PM
This is why I never go swimming in the sea.
It's certainly astonishing, but the problem I have with so much underwater photography like this is there's no sense of scale. Is this fish millimetres, centimetres or meters long?
January 23, 2026 at 1:32 PM
It's certainly astonishing, but the problem I have with so much underwater photography like this is there's no sense of scale. Is this fish millimetres, centimetres or meters long?
What a great picture of Jacksonville back in the 50s! I never had the privilege of staying there but have passed by many times. Hope you have good memories of those times and people, even if they're bittersweet.
January 23, 2026 at 12:22 PM
What a great picture of Jacksonville back in the 50s! I never had the privilege of staying there but have passed by many times. Hope you have good memories of those times and people, even if they're bittersweet.
This from Wikipedia seems to be an appropriate ending.
"Grosz resolved to return to Berlin, and relocated there in May 1959. He died there on July 6, 1959, from the effects of falling down a flight of stairs after a night of drinking."
"Grosz resolved to return to Berlin, and relocated there in May 1959. He died there on July 6, 1959, from the effects of falling down a flight of stairs after a night of drinking."
January 23, 2026 at 10:22 AM
This from Wikipedia seems to be an appropriate ending.
"Grosz resolved to return to Berlin, and relocated there in May 1959. He died there on July 6, 1959, from the effects of falling down a flight of stairs after a night of drinking."
"Grosz resolved to return to Berlin, and relocated there in May 1959. He died there on July 6, 1959, from the effects of falling down a flight of stairs after a night of drinking."
Isherwood's in good company on the shelf, bracketed by Huxley and Ishiguro.
January 23, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Isherwood's in good company on the shelf, bracketed by Huxley and Ishiguro.
It's a Penguin Modern Classic re-issued 1969. The cover is a detail of a work by George Grosz, 'Kakimono'.
January 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM
It's a Penguin Modern Classic re-issued 1969. The cover is a detail of a work by George Grosz, 'Kakimono'.
Alt text (sorry, missed that)
Three books by Christopher Isherwood: 'Goodbye to Berlin' (full cover), 'A Meeting by the River' and 'The World in the Evening'.
Three books by Christopher Isherwood: 'Goodbye to Berlin' (full cover), 'A Meeting by the River' and 'The World in the Evening'.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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Three books by Christopher Isherwood: 'Goodbye to Berlin' (full cover), 'A Meeting by the River' and 'The World in the Evening'.
Three books by Christopher Isherwood: 'Goodbye to Berlin' (full cover), 'A Meeting by the River' and 'The World in the Evening'.
I've just taken Mrs A's old copy of 'Goodbye to Berlin' from the bookshelf and put it on my TBR pile. Despite Mrs A's admiration of his writing I'm ashamed to say I haven't read it yet. I don't seem to have a copy of 'Mr Norris..', though I've got two later novels.
January 23, 2026 at 8:53 AM
I've just taken Mrs A's old copy of 'Goodbye to Berlin' from the bookshelf and put it on my TBR pile. Despite Mrs A's admiration of his writing I'm ashamed to say I haven't read it yet. I don't seem to have a copy of 'Mr Norris..', though I've got two later novels.
That sounds great. I'd like to have been there. 😀
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 AM
That sounds great. I'd like to have been there. 😀
Not _about_ bikes, and thankfully no video, but I have been known to go downhill at speed singing 🎶"Yes! I'm the Great Descender".
January 23, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Not _about_ bikes, and thankfully no video, but I have been known to go downhill at speed singing 🎶"Yes! I'm the Great Descender".
It won't be long before other countries start requiring American travellers to have vaccination certificates for a whole range of preventable diseases.
January 22, 2026 at 10:22 PM
It won't be long before other countries start requiring American travellers to have vaccination certificates for a whole range of preventable diseases.
My mother had Everest to fit windows in her 1930s house. They were dreadful!
January 22, 2026 at 5:17 PM
My mother had Everest to fit windows in her 1930s house. They were dreadful!
Will they be meeting at Liz Truss's place in London? It seems to fit.
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Will they be meeting at Liz Truss's place in London? It seems to fit.
I'd vote if I could 😀
January 22, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I'd vote if I could 😀
Gropers gonna grope.
January 22, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Gropers gonna grope.
It's Uttoxeter, isn't it?
January 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM
It's Uttoxeter, isn't it?
It's a lovely classic glassware design by Tapio Wirkkala for Finnish company Iittala though.
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 AM
It's a lovely classic glassware design by Tapio Wirkkala for Finnish company Iittala though.
