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🎶 The road is long, we carry on, try to have fun in the meantime 🎶

Music, books, beer, cats, messing around on my bike.
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My Bloody Valentine last night in Dublin: an intense, physical, joyful experience. Everything I had hoped it could possibly be.

Thanks @foggynotions.bsky.social (and @indieover40.bsky.social 👍)

#LoveLiveMusic #mbv
A photo of the band My Bloody Valentine on stage at 3Arena, Dublin, Saturday 22nd November 2025. They are spread across a large stage with a huge projection behind them. Kevin Shields with a rack of guitars, he played a different one for each song. Another shot of My Bloody Valentine on stage at 3Arena, Dublin, Saturday 22nd November 2025.
November 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Cheers Des!
November 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Just had an email about tonight’s gig 👂👂
Text from an email about a gig tonight in Dublin. It says: “This show is extremely loud! Protect your hearing! Staff can provide earplugs to minimise this, so please use them!”
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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808 State performing ex:el in Dublin😊 Completely joyful experience, Ellen Beth Abdi doing a great job as both Bernard Sumner and Björk, what a singer she is! Fantastic show, I know some of you are looking forward to seeing them soon 😊 So good to see lots of youngsters there too 👍
808 State live on stage at the Button Factory, Dublin, under spotlights.
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Hey DD, saw this in the Pig & Pickle and immediately thought of you 😊 What do you reckon?
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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A bit perplexed by this page in my #Dublin guidebook. The only thing they haven’t labelled is the most mysterious: a piece of greenery, and I’ve never seen anything like *that* in a fried breakfast before.
A photo of a page in the Lonely Planet Pocket Dublin guidebook, showing a picture of “The Irish Fry” - a fried breakfast. Every component has been handily labelled in case you’ve forgotten what a mushroom looks like. However there is one unlabelled component which appears to be a piece of lettuce.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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I’m going in. Anticipating an uneasy but hopefully fascinating couple of weeks.

#BookSky
A photo of the book “Beyond the Wall - East Germany, 1949-1990” by Katja Hoyer, Penguin, 2023. The blurb says: ‘Forget everything you thought you knew about life in the GDR' SUNDAY TIMES THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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First bike ride in some time, where else, it’s Budleigh Salterton 😊 The beach huts have been taken down, and the cafe had run of crab sandwiches, but gorgeous views as always. Weather crazily warm. Exhausted now.
A view of the pebble beach at Budleigh Salterton, there’s a strip of the grey sea and a lot of sky with some clouds.
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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#JustFinished “Victorian Psycho” by Virginia Feito - what a book, pitch-black, gory and hilarious, with some staggering one-liners! 😂 Absolutely vile behaviour, and I’m not (just) talking about our “heroine”, who is rightly incandescent. A great read 👍 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A photo of the paperback book “Victorian Psycho” by Virginia Feito, 4th Estate, 2025
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Great sentiments Des, cheers to you and all 🍻
A pint of Verdant Fresh Hop pale ale brewed with Harlequin hops. A pump clip for Verdant Fresh Hop beer in the Good Measure pub
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Last #SimpleThings act of last night for me (I’m pretty old you know) was Clark at the Beacon, an aural battering, had to go to bed after that! Highly recommend the annual Simple Things festival at Bristol, surely something for everyone and a great bargain too! See you next year?

#LoveLiveMusic
The electronic producer Clark on stage at Bristol Beacon for the Simple Things festival, he has a desk of electronics and is in floodlights. You can just see the crowd at the front of the stage.
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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I’m behind on the #SimpleThings posts: Eiko Ishibashi and band (thanks @drtechnical.bsky.social 😊), the always-brilliant @kaylapainter.bsky.social at the MegaScreen, and These New Puritans - intense. A great day already 🙏

#LoveLiveMusic
Eiko Ishibashi and band on stage at Simple Things Kayla Painter performs in front of the huge screen showing visuals at the MegaScreen at Simple Things These New Puritans on stage in red light
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Next up: Lucy Gooch who has the most incredible voice, sampled and processed, a truly gorgeous sound 🎶🙏

#SimpleThings
The performer Lucy Gooch on stage at Strange Brew, she is singing and playing a synth. She is in a purple light.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Absolutely incredible start to the day, Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith performing their ‘Disiniblud’ album, what a sound that was! I only heard it for the first time a couple of weeks ago, a real privilege to see them live, wonderful 🙏🎶

#SimpleThings
Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith live on stage at the Lantern in Bristol Beacon. Bass was so low my eyeballs were vibrating, a superb sound system.
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Going to be spending quite a lot of time here today! Just one of the venues at Simple Things festival in Bristol 😊🎶

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A photo of the day’s performances in the Lantern at Bristol Beacon for today’s Simple Things Festival: LANTERN HALL (BRISTOL BEACON) 13:30 - 14:15 Rachika Nayar & Nina Keith present: Disinblud 14:45 - 15:30 Malibu 16:00 - 16:45 Eiko Ishibashi 17:15 - 18:00 The Orielles 18:45 - 19:45 These New Puritans 20:30 - 21:10 Blackhaine 22:00 - 23:00 Jadu Heart 23:45 - 00:30 Upchuck 01:00 - 02:00 VLURE
November 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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4th and final part of the Devonshire Heartland Way, Crediton to Stoke Canon. 11 miles, some beautiful scenery, some tedious miles to be honest! Crazy, worrying weather for November, 17 degrees and sunny. A well-earned pint in the Stoke Canon Inn, a lovely community-run pub! 😊🍻
Lovely view of fields with a beautiful sky. The River Exe in the sunshine near Brampford Speke A nice lane with leaves and trees. The Stoke Canon Inn
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Had a go at baking cheesy soda bread, turned out well, really delicious! Simple to make too. Only problem is I’ve had 4 slices already 😬

Many thanks to @mirandakitten.bsky.social for inspiration and recipe 😊🙏
Ingredients for cheesy soda bread: grated cheese, bicarbonate of soda, salt, eggs, buttermilk, oh and there should be flour. There’s a lightly dusted baking tray too. The dough before baking. The loaf.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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#NowPlaying Elizabeth Alker’s Unclassified BBC radio show, it’s @kaylapainter.bsky.social with “Oscar Loves The Rain” from her wonderful 3rd volume of Ambient Owl Core 😊🦉🎶

Listen back here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A screenshot of the BBC Sounds app playing the track “Oscar Loves The Rain” by Kayla Painter on Elizabeth Alker’s Unclassified show.
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Really lovely Sunday evening at Exeter Phoenix - Matt Deighton and Kathryn Williams, what a beautiful voice she has, and she’s funny too! Superb musicianship from the pair, do go and see them if you can 🙏🎶

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Matt Deighton and Kathryn Williams on stage at Exeter Phoenix, he is playing a cream electric guitar and Kathryn is singing and playing a little keyboard. There are atandard lamps on stage and a projection of a window. Kathryn Williams on stage at Exeter Phoenix, singing and playing acoustic guitar. Signed copy of Kathryn Williams’ latest album “Mystery Park”
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Devonshire Heartland Way, part 3: Zeal Monachorum to Crediton. 14 tough muddy miles, I’m a wreck.
A sloping field with some cows in and a tree. Some curious sheep in a field with trees, fields and hills. A rather lovely pale brown horse with a plaited mane, very friendly. The golden hour view across fields.
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Cheers all, it’s beer o’clock! Have a great weekend 🍻
#BskyBeer
A pint of delicious-looking Utopian Wondrous Isles pale ale after a few gulps
October 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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My October reading, particularly enjoyed Simon Raymonde’s memoir and The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 🙏
#BookSky 📚
Summary stats of my October reading as recorded in and generated by the StoryGraph app. I read 4 books, 1441 pages,
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Bought a Scotch Bonnet plant from Sainsbury’s for £5 in Spring, didn’t expect too much but it has been incredibly prolific! Harvested a few today 😊🔥🌶️
A bowl of freshly picked ripe Scotch Bonnet chilli’s
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Excellent rainbow from the train, just outside Exeter 😊🌈
A photo of a complete rainbow taken from a train, unfortunately the train carriage lights are reflecting off the window
October 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Waiting patiently 😊
The backdrop at Totnes Civic Hall shows This Is The Kit are about to start
October 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM