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Luke Day
@deluxday.bsky.social
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Soon-to-be an ex-Link Mentor at Red Balloon Educational Trust. Punky/Ravey/Free Party/Arty/Ally Kind of Guy!
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deluxday.bsky.social
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

26.11

"By Toutatis! The sky's falling on our heads!"

An unexpected visit from 3 former students at Willow Lodge today, a chance to capture the moment in a selfie! ❤️🎈

These three alumni
Dropped by Willow Lodge today,
And it was pure joy!

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Max, Millie, Billie and I! Max was my mentee; the three forged a friendship through GCSE Art and our social enrichment sessions, a friendship that is still going strong! ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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paddy-roberts.bsky.social
@deluxday.bsky.social

... in another life, I'm staggering off a rose-strewn stage in Stratford, drained by leading the fight at Agincourt, wondering if it's time to focus on Lear ...

26/11

Getafix eyebrows;
Crueĺa de Ville grey streaks:
Growing old, not up.

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The two stages of Man: 1) the bit where you think you're Asterix 2) the bit where you need Getafix ... Photo: picclick.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
deluxday.bsky.social
Hoping to get there with the family next year...🤞
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
deluxday.bsky.social
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

25.11

On the passing of Jimmy Cliff, whose version of 'Wild World' by Cat Stevens is one of the great, all-time covers:

The Harder They Come?
Many Rivers to Cross? I
Thank you, Jimmy Cliff.

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Released in 1972, a film that brought Reggae and Jimmy Cliff to the attention of the wider-world, the 'Wild World' one might say, and still one of the greatest soundtrack albums of all time..
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
deluxday.bsky.social
Love the live version from Quest Love's epic documentary 'Summer of Soul'..
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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paddy-roberts.bsky.social
25/11

I'm smoking too much
I put it down to the fire
Set around this stake

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youtu.be/9-2m07d2Neo
Scene from The Wicker Man, with Ewar Woowar ... (there's an old joke!) Pic: looper.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
deluxday.bsky.social
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

24.11

A welcome return to some sunlight, it does make everything seem a bit better, doesn't it?

Christmas tree shadow,
A portent of the festive
Season approaching.

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November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
deluxday.bsky.social
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

Love this and love the memories the radio has triggered! We are of that generation, old enough to remember the pre-digital, analogue world of wireless's and gramaphones! I couldn't let this old radio of Len's go to the tip..
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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paddy-roberts.bsky.social
@deluxday.bsky.social

Short Wave:

The lodestone. It helps you find your way home, or, at least, keep hold of your bearing.

24/11

... comingthrough static ...
... wewel come lis ten ersfrom ...
... Lon don2LO ...

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(There's a bit of an essay in the ALT)
Photo: Getty Images/Roger Wood I had an increasingly-battered hand-sized 'transistor' sw/lw/am/fm (vhf) radio from my pre-teens to middle-age, when it was finally superceded by mobile phone/Internet technology. A bit like Trigger's broom, it underwent enough changes - batteries; aerials - lengths of copper wire to fish for signal; quite possibly the actual radio itself - but in essence, that radio, a Roberts, of course, was the first thing I'd find before packing for a trip. I heard the Berlin Wall fall; some of the events of September 11, 2001; various Cup Finals; the Boxing Day Tsunami. My wife had a similar model. A friend had one fixed to his ear for a while trip around Uganda. Eventually, I gave it to my son as a plaything: I guess it's disappeared into the great Toy Box in the sky, now. It's a connection, albeit one-way, to the outside world which, although lacking the interaction of the Internet, creates a much closer network of people, a greater commonality: whether it was the BBC, Deutche Welle, the Voice of America, or simply the local radio station playing local tunes and chat in an incomprehensible (to me) language, you were a part of the audience, valued, engaged. I was once told by a Canadian, I think with a little bit of leg-pulling, that I had a voice for the BBC. But when one absorbs From Our Own Correspondent and similar, day after day in foreign lands, some of it gets into the DNA. I even got to make an audio postcard myself, once, and I like to think that I was able to pay off just a little bit of my massive radio-debt. https://farmradio.org/audio-postcard-gathering-stories-for-farm-radio-weekly/
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
deluxday.bsky.social
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

23.11

Turn the dial and search
the frequencies to find a
broadcast just for you.

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One for you Mr Roberts, Len's vintage Roberts R606 radio..
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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paddy-roberts.bsky.social
And, then another -
Day dawned to the East of me:
I offer this thought:

23/11

Flawed, human beings
Can yet become immortal,
Through their mortal deeds.

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A Dali sculpture, in a random gallery in Paris, found on a visit in April 2023.
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
deluxday.bsky.social
Thank you Pat. Yes, receiving her card today dispelled my Ashes-related gloom in an instant!
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
deluxday.bsky.social
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

22.11

Since her birth, I made time to send postcards to my goddaughter. Now, she returns the act which makes me very happy on a gloomy day of rain and Ashes woe!

Knowing you took time-
out, to sit and pen these words;
Small card, BIG impact!

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To Luke, Caroline & Dexter. It's my last evening in Copenhagen and am currently sat in a Japanese restuarant. It has been a very fun long weekend although very very cold. Have explored the shops, had lots of pastries and my favourite part was the happiness museum. We found a cool bar with cocktails for only £5.00 and spoke to a lot of locals avout their culture here. See you soon, Saffron.
November 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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paddy-roberts.bsky.social
22/11

Helter-skelter days
Battling over willow, ash,
And leather on grass.

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Cricket. It's time for the Ashes, if you didn't know... There's nothing quite like listening to TMS. It has the ability to transport you from wherever you are to wherever they are. I've been all round the world, and TMS has taken me somewhere else. From a tractor in Kent to the Gabba. From a bright, seaside town in Brazil to a dusty field in India. From a moorish wonder in Spain to the suburbs of Birmingham. Its not just the commentary, or the game - either of which can meander aimlessly or get you on the edge of your seat from one minute to the next and back again for five days - Oh! Bliss! Hour upon hour of cricket over the airwaves, throughout my life from youth to adulthood via SW, LW, FM, and now WiFi, at any hour of the day from any corner of the world. The view from the boundary. Pass me another cake, Aggers. Random guests at lunch and tea. Zoltz with the stats. Ex-cricketers. And Blowers, back in the pavilion. Ah. A paean to cricket, almost without mentioning the slap of leather on willow. The game's almost incidental to the day. Yet ... it is part if the nucleus of the atom of life. And I'll stand by that. I'm not really any good at the game, but I'll always be part of the team because it's been stirred into the soup of my DNA. Note for Americans: there's nothing wrong, or odd, about a five-day wait for a draw.
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
deluxday.bsky.social
Correction, 21.11!
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
deluxday.bsky.social
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

20.11

Pass me the vegetarian pigs in blankets! 😉
At last, sub-zero temperatures have arrived to provide an invigorating start to each day:

I immerse myself,
An Ice cold water reset,
A dopamine high.

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November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
deluxday.bsky.social
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

20.11

Who's that in the picture, I can't discern? Mine today is a tribute to Mani, one helluva bass player:

Rest in Peace, Mani,
Although better to raise hell,
Soundtracked by your bass!

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Just two seminal records that defined an era with Mani's bass and Reni's drums giving the 'baggy' sound its swagger..
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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paddy-roberts.bsky.social
20/11

A tear in my heart
As I bottle this year's wine:
For storage only...

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November 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
deluxday.bsky.social
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

19.11

Demijohn-duo,
Teardrop shaped & liquid-free,
Become garden art.

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November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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paddy-roberts.bsky.social
19/11

This cat has nine tales
Which become increasingly
Less believable

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Picture from deviantart.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
deluxday.bsky.social
@dragons-dawn.bsky.social

Thank you for the re-post! 😁
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
deluxday.bsky.social
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

18.11

Devoid of an idea for today's offering until..

Dame Judi, our cat,
Sitting on my journal gives
Me inspiration.

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Thank you Dame Judi Whitesøx who like many felines likes nothing better than a comfy newspaper/notebook/journal/square of paper upon which to sit..🐈‍⬛️🐈 #catlife
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
deluxday.bsky.social
@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

17.11

New thread accepted after all, I can't stand losing you..! 😉

Clearly this haiku
Needs policing to remove
The sting in its tale!

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November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM