Clare Wadd
@clarewadd.bsky.social
Formerly half of Sarah Records. Currently Ramblers / walking London volunteer, Parkrunner, mediocre swimmer, amateur paddleboarder, reader and very occasional writer. Grew up in Yorkshire, live in London, still miss Bristol & often found at the seaside.
Foggy in the forest for #Parkrun today - I’ll have to come back another time for the viewpoints - but no mud or puddles was amazing after the week’s downpours. Thanks to the lovely friendly volunteers!
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Foggy in the forest for #Parkrun today - I’ll have to come back another time for the viewpoints - but no mud or puddles was amazing after the week’s downpours. Thanks to the lovely friendly volunteers!
Wet day out in Plymouth including “Remember Respond Resist” exhibition at The Box and a walk to and round Firestone Bay, Devil’s Point and Royal William Yard (all of which would have made good compilation album names if only we’d been a Plymouth based record label) Oh, and a good lunch too!
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Wet day out in Plymouth including “Remember Respond Resist” exhibition at The Box and a walk to and round Firestone Bay, Devil’s Point and Royal William Yard (all of which would have made good compilation album names if only we’d been a Plymouth based record label) Oh, and a good lunch too!
Great to see so many people enjoying a swim from Breakwater Beach in beautiful #Brixham this morning (before the rain came I ) - water and air still quite warm (well comparatively), aside from the wind. Yes, I did join them!
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Great to see so many people enjoying a swim from Breakwater Beach in beautiful #Brixham this morning (before the rain came I ) - water and air still quite warm (well comparatively), aside from the wind. Yes, I did join them!
There was a stiff breeze across The Stray for Harrogate #parkrun - but the rain stopped just before 9am and the sun unexpectedly came out and I saw a rainbow. I’m blaming the mud for my very poor time this week.
November 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
There was a stiff breeze across The Stray for Harrogate #parkrun - but the rain stopped just before 9am and the sun unexpectedly came out and I saw a rainbow. I’m blaming the mud for my very poor time this week.
Really pleased I made it to @leedsmuseums.bsky.social for the Music Leeds Us exhibition today - in which me and my old fanzines feature a tiny bit. A really nice trip down memory lane with lots of old gig tickets, posters and exhibits reminding me of my early gigs in the mid-late ‘80s.
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Really pleased I made it to @leedsmuseums.bsky.social for the Music Leeds Us exhibition today - in which me and my old fanzines feature a tiny bit. A really nice trip down memory lane with lots of old gig tickets, posters and exhibits reminding me of my early gigs in the mid-late ‘80s.
So great to see @prolapseband.bsky.social (pictured here in all the colours) in London last night - highly recommended if you get a chance to catch one of the remaining dates on this tour.
October 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So great to see @prolapseband.bsky.social (pictured here in all the colours) in London last night - highly recommended if you get a chance to catch one of the remaining dates on this tour.
Sun came out, rain held off and the autumn colours were fabulous on the Basingstoke Canal this afternoon (pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month).
October 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Sun came out, rain held off and the autumn colours were fabulous on the Basingstoke Canal this afternoon (pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month).
Really lovely evening seeing @darrenhayman.bsky.social playing his Ship’s Piano album (on a ship, on a piano) in Canary Wharf tonight. I’d forgotten what a beautiful record it is.
October 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Really lovely evening seeing @darrenhayman.bsky.social playing his Ship’s Piano album (on a ship, on a piano) in Canary Wharf tonight. I’d forgotten what a beautiful record it is.
Finally made the 3-mile bike ride each way over to Richmond Old Deer Park #Parkrun this morning - and it’s as friendly as everyone says. Great way to start the weekend, as ever!
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Finally made the 3-mile bike ride each way over to Richmond Old Deer Park #Parkrun this morning - and it’s as friendly as everyone says. Great way to start the weekend, as ever!
It’s been a nice autumn day out on the #LondonLoop and Hogsmill River Walk from Ewell to Kingston today.
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It’s been a nice autumn day out on the #LondonLoop and Hogsmill River Walk from Ewell to Kingston today.
And this is great news too. New songs have been sounding amazing live (as have the old ones, obviously).
Heavenly announce 2026 tour in support of first album in 29 years www.brooklynvegan.com/heavenly-ann...
Heavenly announce 2026 tour in support of first album in 29 years
UK indiepop cult heroes Heavenly release their first album in nearly 30 years in February
www.brooklynvegan.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:58 AM
And this is great news too. New songs have been sounding amazing live (as have the old ones, obviously).
Oh yes!
#Preorder LIGHTNING IN A TWILIGHT HOUR "Colours Yet To Be Named" Double-LP [Orange Colour Vinyl · Limited Edition] / CD Digisleeve [Release date: *21-11-2025*]
Third album release by the latest project of Bobby Wratten.
PRE-ORDER HERE: elefant.com/shop/album/1...
Third album release by the latest project of Bobby Wratten.
PRE-ORDER HERE: elefant.com/shop/album/1...
October 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Oh yes!
Looking forward to seeing this Leeds music exhibition - in which I / my old fanzines feature in a very minor way - when I’m “back home” in Yorkshire in a couple of weeks. My early gigs / fanzine interviews etc in the mid-80s were largely in Leeds.
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/music-leeds-...
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/music-leeds-...
Music Leeds Us: Celebrating 60 Years
10 October 2025 - 28 June 2026 | Leeds City Museum | Marking 60 years of Leeds Conservatoire, this special exhibition celebrates the people, places and magic moments that have shaped the city’s musica...
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk
October 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Looking forward to seeing this Leeds music exhibition - in which I / my old fanzines feature in a very minor way - when I’m “back home” in Yorkshire in a couple of weeks. My early gigs / fanzine interviews etc in the mid-80s were largely in Leeds.
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/music-leeds-...
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/music-leeds-...
Nice to see the much-missed Ruth Miller of Po! fame getting an acknowledgement in this:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
‘We were the original punks’: the rebel women revitalising local music scenes
A thriving movement is reclaiming the genre and bringing more diverse audiences to live venues
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Nice to see the much-missed Ruth Miller of Po! fame getting an acknowledgement in this:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
These waking tours look really great:
A walking tour of the real Handsworth
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
A walking tour of the real Handsworth
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Black, Brummie and proud: a walking tour of the real Handsworth
The Birmingham neighbourhood is hugely significant in the Black British story – a history seemingly unknown to Tory MP Robert Jenrick – as revealed on a guided walk that remembers Nelson Mandela and B...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM
These waking tours look really great:
A walking tour of the real Handsworth
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
A walking tour of the real Handsworth
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Lovely little swim from a tiny secluded beach on Miyajima Island near Hiroshima yesterday. Very warm here still.
October 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Lovely little swim from a tiny secluded beach on Miyajima Island near Hiroshima yesterday. Very warm here still.
Such good fun DJing and meeting a tonne of lovely people at the super-nice Anorak Days club in Osaka last night. Hooray for the international indiepop underground!
October 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Such good fun DJing and meeting a tonne of lovely people at the super-nice Anorak Days club in Osaka last night. Hooray for the international indiepop underground!
Should anyone happen to be in Osaka tonight, it’s the Anorak Days indie club night with the doubtless excellent “regular” club DJs and, err, me doing a couple of guest DJ slots. Looking forward to it!
October 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Should anyone happen to be in Osaka tonight, it’s the Anorak Days indie club night with the doubtless excellent “regular” club DJs and, err, me doing a couple of guest DJ slots. Looking forward to it!
Great to kick off the weekend here in Osaka with @walking-class-hero.bsky.social at the super-friendly Tsurumi Ryokuchi #parkrun - huge thanks to all the lovely volunteers for making it such a great event - and to the rain for not being quite as full-on as forecast. I even managed to run quite well!
October 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Great to kick off the weekend here in Osaka with @walking-class-hero.bsky.social at the super-friendly Tsurumi Ryokuchi #parkrun - huge thanks to all the lovely volunteers for making it such a great event - and to the rain for not being quite as full-on as forecast. I even managed to run quite well!
Two Shinkansen trains almost nose to nose at Tokyo station. I last went on one of these in 1992 on your with Heavenly @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social @skepwax.bsky.social Hoping to see Mount Fuji out of the window (as we did last time).
October 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Two Shinkansen trains almost nose to nose at Tokyo station. I last went on one of these in 1992 on your with Heavenly @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social @skepwax.bsky.social Hoping to see Mount Fuji out of the window (as we did last time).
Shibuya Crossing Tokyo on a Monday lunchtime.
September 29, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Shibuya Crossing Tokyo on a Monday lunchtime.
We really struggle to get tickets for @banquetrecords.com events these days - so it was especially lovely to see #TheDivineComedy at Circuit tonight. Hurray!
September 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We really struggle to get tickets for @banquetrecords.com events these days - so it was especially lovely to see #TheDivineComedy at Circuit tonight. Hurray!
This absolute beauty was reissued a couple of weeks ago and is still very much available in all good record shops etc. - still sounds amazing 36 years on from initial release.
September 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This absolute beauty was reissued a couple of weeks ago and is still very much available in all good record shops etc. - still sounds amazing 36 years on from initial release.
Two consecutive late nights of gigs and too much beer aren’t the best training for #Parkrun - but wonderful Whitstable this morning coincided perfectly with a break in the rain, and the sun came out, and it was brilliant. 3rd week in a row of not braving a swim after a seaside Parkrun though.
September 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Two consecutive late nights of gigs and too much beer aren’t the best training for #Parkrun - but wonderful Whitstable this morning coincided perfectly with a break in the rain, and the sun came out, and it was brilliant. 3rd week in a row of not braving a swim after a seaside Parkrun though.