Andy Leslie
@andyjl.bsky.social
Wildlife Photographer. Music lover. Folkie but with a lot of rock.
Broad tastes in art, literature and music. Curmudgeon.
Husband/ Dad/ Grandad.
COBOL programmer once upon a time.
Ex-DEC Customer Services
Broad tastes in art, literature and music. Curmudgeon.
Husband/ Dad/ Grandad.
COBOL programmer once upon a time.
Ex-DEC Customer Services
#ThingsFoundInBooks, #BooHewerdine & Yvonne's new collaboration is an album written in response to a notice board in Culzean Castle’s secondhand bookshop
Notes, photographs, old receipts, letters, postcards etc had been collected and kept on the board on the wall among the bookshelves
Recommended
Notes, photographs, old receipts, letters, postcards etc had been collected and kept on the board on the wall among the bookshelves
Recommended
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
#ThingsFoundInBooks, #BooHewerdine & Yvonne's new collaboration is an album written in response to a notice board in Culzean Castle’s secondhand bookshop
Notes, photographs, old receipts, letters, postcards etc had been collected and kept on the board on the wall among the bookshelves
Recommended
Notes, photographs, old receipts, letters, postcards etc had been collected and kept on the board on the wall among the bookshelves
Recommended
"Another Place", Crosby Beach.
November 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"Another Place", Crosby Beach.
October 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Can I just say that Nigel Garage and his cohorts can all just fuck off?
I can?
Great! Don't mind if I do!
I can?
Great! Don't mind if I do!
October 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Can I just say that Nigel Garage and his cohorts can all just fuck off?
I can?
Great! Don't mind if I do!
I can?
Great! Don't mind if I do!
Modern cars have too many gadgets and goodies.
This morning in the Tesco car park I was reversing out of a parking spot and it insisted on showing me a video of a granny getting run over.
This morning in the Tesco car park I was reversing out of a parking spot and it insisted on showing me a video of a granny getting run over.
October 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Modern cars have too many gadgets and goodies.
This morning in the Tesco car park I was reversing out of a parking spot and it insisted on showing me a video of a granny getting run over.
This morning in the Tesco car park I was reversing out of a parking spot and it insisted on showing me a video of a granny getting run over.
Wednesday , we were on the Brittany Ferries' "Galicia" travelling from Cherbourg to Portsmouth under blue skies and on a millpond Channel.
Great crossing!
Great crossing!
October 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Wednesday , we were on the Brittany Ferries' "Galicia" travelling from Cherbourg to Portsmouth under blue skies and on a millpond Channel.
Great crossing!
Great crossing!
September 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
September 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I've just plowed through J.K. Rowling's latest Strike novel writing as Robert Galbraith.
The Hallmarked Man entangles several love stories and crimes, as before, I recommend it.
If you haven't read the Strike books, I recommend all of them, acknowledging that Rowling isn't the greatest person.
The Hallmarked Man entangles several love stories and crimes, as before, I recommend it.
If you haven't read the Strike books, I recommend all of them, acknowledging that Rowling isn't the greatest person.
September 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I've just plowed through J.K. Rowling's latest Strike novel writing as Robert Galbraith.
The Hallmarked Man entangles several love stories and crimes, as before, I recommend it.
If you haven't read the Strike books, I recommend all of them, acknowledging that Rowling isn't the greatest person.
The Hallmarked Man entangles several love stories and crimes, as before, I recommend it.
If you haven't read the Strike books, I recommend all of them, acknowledging that Rowling isn't the greatest person.
King Kong Ping Pong.
September 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
King Kong Ping Pong.
September 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
No clothes in Tesco Carmarthen except a small bargain rail.
I guess they're making room for Christmas.
After all, no-one needs clothes in the Autumn.
I guess they're making room for Christmas.
After all, no-one needs clothes in the Autumn.
September 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
No clothes in Tesco Carmarthen except a small bargain rail.
I guess they're making room for Christmas.
After all, no-one needs clothes in the Autumn.
I guess they're making room for Christmas.
After all, no-one needs clothes in the Autumn.
Once again, listening to one of my favourite tracks on my favourite album of all time.
The lyrics for the whole album are insanely good.
My favourite lines from this particular track (IYKYK):
"For want of the price
Of tea and a slice
The old man died"
The lyrics for the whole album are insanely good.
My favourite lines from this particular track (IYKYK):
"For want of the price
Of tea and a slice
The old man died"
August 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Once again, listening to one of my favourite tracks on my favourite album of all time.
The lyrics for the whole album are insanely good.
My favourite lines from this particular track (IYKYK):
"For want of the price
Of tea and a slice
The old man died"
The lyrics for the whole album are insanely good.
My favourite lines from this particular track (IYKYK):
"For want of the price
Of tea and a slice
The old man died"
I saw a guy at Purbeck FF with this on his t-shirt and had to restrain myself from running up to him and shouting "WRONG ALBUM!".
#PinkFloyd #DSoTM #TheWall
#PinkFloyd #DSoTM #TheWall
August 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I saw a guy at Purbeck FF with this on his t-shirt and had to restrain myself from running up to him and shouting "WRONG ALBUM!".
#PinkFloyd #DSoTM #TheWall
#PinkFloyd #DSoTM #TheWall
Meeting Father Christmas (Jim Kringle) on his Summer break at Fairport's Cropredy Convention.
August 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Meeting Father Christmas (Jim Kringle) on his Summer break at Fairport's Cropredy Convention.
Today marks 80 years since the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. An awful event.
Dad was a Japanese POW for 5 years and was one of few that survived. When he died, I found this picture in his wallet. He'd carried it for decades.
He spoke of Hiroshima in very positive terms.
Dad was a Japanese POW for 5 years and was one of few that survived. When he died, I found this picture in his wallet. He'd carried it for decades.
He spoke of Hiroshima in very positive terms.
August 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Today marks 80 years since the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. An awful event.
Dad was a Japanese POW for 5 years and was one of few that survived. When he died, I found this picture in his wallet. He'd carried it for decades.
He spoke of Hiroshima in very positive terms.
Dad was a Japanese POW for 5 years and was one of few that survived. When he died, I found this picture in his wallet. He'd carried it for decades.
He spoke of Hiroshima in very positive terms.
A couple of infor sheets for those going to #ShrewsburyFolkFestival next month.
July 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A couple of infor sheets for those going to #ShrewsburyFolkFestival next month.
Word of the day: Biblichor, which refers to the distinctive, musty scent of old books. It's a neologism that combines the Greek words "biblio" (book) and "ichor" (the ethereal fluid that's the blood of gods in Greek myth). This smell arises from the breakdown of cellulose & lignin in paper over time
July 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Word of the day: Biblichor, which refers to the distinctive, musty scent of old books. It's a neologism that combines the Greek words "biblio" (book) and "ichor" (the ethereal fluid that's the blood of gods in Greek myth). This smell arises from the breakdown of cellulose & lignin in paper over time
