Today's Windows background - Cockatoo Alvin Stardust.
February 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Today's Windows background - Cockatoo Alvin Stardust.
@ownsongkaraoke.bsky.social 'towards the end'
January 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
@ownsongkaraoke.bsky.social 'towards the end'
Run stats for 2025:
Total distance covered: 1246 kilometres (774 miles) (100 miles short of LEJOG)
Furthest North: Holt, Norfolk
Furthest East: California, Norfolk
Furthest South: Paddington Basin, London
Furthest West: Godstow, Oxfordshire
1 timed 10k run and 5 ParkRuns.
Total distance covered: 1246 kilometres (774 miles) (100 miles short of LEJOG)
Furthest North: Holt, Norfolk
Furthest East: California, Norfolk
Furthest South: Paddington Basin, London
Furthest West: Godstow, Oxfordshire
1 timed 10k run and 5 ParkRuns.
January 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Run stats for 2025:
Total distance covered: 1246 kilometres (774 miles) (100 miles short of LEJOG)
Furthest North: Holt, Norfolk
Furthest East: California, Norfolk
Furthest South: Paddington Basin, London
Furthest West: Godstow, Oxfordshire
1 timed 10k run and 5 ParkRuns.
Total distance covered: 1246 kilometres (774 miles) (100 miles short of LEJOG)
Furthest North: Holt, Norfolk
Furthest East: California, Norfolk
Furthest South: Paddington Basin, London
Furthest West: Godstow, Oxfordshire
1 timed 10k run and 5 ParkRuns.
In the age of AI, the sheer scale of effort here needs to be acknowledged. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_GF...
Remaking the Abbey Road Medley: A Handmade Cover!
YouTube video by Fathom
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In the age of AI, the sheer scale of effort here needs to be acknowledged. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_GF...
Is Winter Wonderland the most well known song to use the word 'conspire'?
December 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Is Winter Wonderland the most well known song to use the word 'conspire'?
Sam Fender sounds like he found Bruce Springsteen via The Killers.
October 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Sam Fender sounds like he found Bruce Springsteen via The Killers.
Genuine question. In a charity shop what film is guaranteed to be among the DVDs? With Vinyl LPs it was noted to be No Parlez by Paul Young. On yesterday's showing Oceans Twelve marginally beats its predecessor.
October 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Genuine question. In a charity shop what film is guaranteed to be among the DVDs? With Vinyl LPs it was noted to be No Parlez by Paul Young. On yesterday's showing Oceans Twelve marginally beats its predecessor.
Also found an old Tom Gauld strip that predicts a more far more benign 2020s.
October 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Also found an old Tom Gauld strip that predicts a more far more benign 2020s.
My old laptop isn't Windows 11 compliant so I'm salvaging what i can and finding random stuff like this.
October 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
My old laptop isn't Windows 11 compliant so I'm salvaging what i can and finding random stuff like this.
"The ONLY road roller endorsed by Doris Day"
October 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
"The ONLY road roller endorsed by Doris Day"
Will DC reboot the Pat Boone franchise?
October 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Will DC reboot the Pat Boone franchise?
Spotted this last night on a run, a sign that looks like a prop from a Carry On film.
September 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Spotted this last night on a run, a sign that looks like a prop from a Carry On film.
View from today's run
September 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
View from today's run
A King Charles postbox.
August 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A King Charles postbox.
If Marilyn Monroe didn't adopt a stage name, would this have led to Marilyn Manson being called Norma Normal.
August 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If Marilyn Monroe didn't adopt a stage name, would this have led to Marilyn Manson being called Norma Normal.
Is 'Unwritten' by Natasha Bedingfield the biggest hit pop song to have a rugby metaphor in it? Never noticed it until catching it on the radio today
August 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Is 'Unwritten' by Natasha Bedingfield the biggest hit pop song to have a rugby metaphor in it? Never noticed it until catching it on the radio today
RIP Connie Francis, probably America's first modern pop star to properly acknowledge there was an audience beyond the American market.
July 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
RIP Connie Francis, probably America's first modern pop star to properly acknowledge there was an audience beyond the American market.
Ebridge Mill from today's run. It's a good ten degrees cooler towards the coast.
July 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Ebridge Mill from today's run. It's a good ten degrees cooler towards the coast.
A view from tonight's run
July 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A view from tonight's run
Following on from my dad saying he's never known barley to be harvested in June. Here's a few small ripe blackberries in the first week of July.
July 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Following on from my dad saying he's never known barley to be harvested in June. Here's a few small ripe blackberries in the first week of July.