Frank
@frankhopper.bsky.social
Return of the linguist
Affable biker - W800, CB750, CBR1000RR
RPM static cyclist
Lamentably slow 5K Parkrunner
Serial punner
Supporter of good causes
Resisting retirement
Affable biker - W800, CB750, CBR1000RR
RPM static cyclist
Lamentably slow 5K Parkrunner
Serial punner
Supporter of good causes
Resisting retirement
Not sure i’d suit one of these.
December 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Not sure i’d suit one of these.
A little trip out on the Kawasaki.
Bright and dry. (Me too.)
Refuelling at Krazy Horse.
Bright and dry. (Me too.)
Refuelling at Krazy Horse.
December 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A little trip out on the Kawasaki.
Bright and dry. (Me too.)
Refuelling at Krazy Horse.
Bright and dry. (Me too.)
Refuelling at Krazy Horse.
An old pal from government service days called by.
He speaks seven languages including exotica.
And also has a phenomenal recall of my past misdemeanours.
Including some I had conveniently forgotten.
He speaks seven languages including exotica.
And also has a phenomenal recall of my past misdemeanours.
Including some I had conveniently forgotten.
December 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
An old pal from government service days called by.
He speaks seven languages including exotica.
And also has a phenomenal recall of my past misdemeanours.
Including some I had conveniently forgotten.
He speaks seven languages including exotica.
And also has a phenomenal recall of my past misdemeanours.
Including some I had conveniently forgotten.
The people’s train 🎶
Then raise the ticket prices high,
As in the crush for seats we vie,
Commuters flinch and trippers hear,
The people’s train’s not stopping here.
Then raise the ticket prices high,
As in the crush for seats we vie,
Commuters flinch and trippers hear,
The people’s train’s not stopping here.
December 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The people’s train 🎶
Then raise the ticket prices high,
As in the crush for seats we vie,
Commuters flinch and trippers hear,
The people’s train’s not stopping here.
Then raise the ticket prices high,
As in the crush for seats we vie,
Commuters flinch and trippers hear,
The people’s train’s not stopping here.
Santa Frank’s first gig.
A hoot.
A hoot.
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Santa Frank’s first gig.
A hoot.
A hoot.
A little early, I know.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A little early, I know.
To Mildenhall where the rain miraculously stopped in time for Parkrun.
Lap 1 in 4 layers
Lap 2 removed coat
Lap 3 cast off long-sleeved top.
Remembered to collect garments.
A minute off last week’s lamentable performance, and, if my place was my age, I’d be under 60 again.
If only …
Lap 1 in 4 layers
Lap 2 removed coat
Lap 3 cast off long-sleeved top.
Remembered to collect garments.
A minute off last week’s lamentable performance, and, if my place was my age, I’d be under 60 again.
If only …
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
To Mildenhall where the rain miraculously stopped in time for Parkrun.
Lap 1 in 4 layers
Lap 2 removed coat
Lap 3 cast off long-sleeved top.
Remembered to collect garments.
A minute off last week’s lamentable performance, and, if my place was my age, I’d be under 60 again.
If only …
Lap 1 in 4 layers
Lap 2 removed coat
Lap 3 cast off long-sleeved top.
Remembered to collect garments.
A minute off last week’s lamentable performance, and, if my place was my age, I’d be under 60 again.
If only …
While Mrs Frank and the choir entertained old folk in the nursing home with seasonal crooning, I took the kitchen sink waste apart for ritual cleansing.
A role reversal would, I suspect, have created two memorable events.
And not in a good way.
A role reversal would, I suspect, have created two memorable events.
And not in a good way.
a group of frogs with their mouths open and their tongues out
ALT: a group of frogs with their mouths open and their tongues out
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December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
While Mrs Frank and the choir entertained old folk in the nursing home with seasonal crooning, I took the kitchen sink waste apart for ritual cleansing.
A role reversal would, I suspect, have created two memorable events.
And not in a good way.
A role reversal would, I suspect, have created two memorable events.
And not in a good way.
Back in the land of the moving.
0930 RPM with Dastardly Debra
1030 AquaAerobics with Lively Lucy
1130 Decaf Americano. Just Frank
One eye on the 3 hour car park limit
Otherwise no rush.
There’s a choir practice going on at home.
The Almighty Altos
0930 RPM with Dastardly Debra
1030 AquaAerobics with Lively Lucy
1130 Decaf Americano. Just Frank
One eye on the 3 hour car park limit
Otherwise no rush.
There’s a choir practice going on at home.
The Almighty Altos
December 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Back in the land of the moving.
0930 RPM with Dastardly Debra
1030 AquaAerobics with Lively Lucy
1130 Decaf Americano. Just Frank
One eye on the 3 hour car park limit
Otherwise no rush.
There’s a choir practice going on at home.
The Almighty Altos
0930 RPM with Dastardly Debra
1030 AquaAerobics with Lively Lucy
1130 Decaf Americano. Just Frank
One eye on the 3 hour car park limit
Otherwise no rush.
There’s a choir practice going on at home.
The Almighty Altos
Never mind the chancellor, I feel misled over the pronunciation, or perhaps the spelling, of misled.
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Never mind the chancellor, I feel misled over the pronunciation, or perhaps the spelling, of misled.
RPM at 0830
Another social event
Only sweatier than Park Run
Another social event
Only sweatier than Park Run
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
RPM at 0830
Another social event
Only sweatier than Park Run
Another social event
Only sweatier than Park Run
A supremely social, if damp, Parkrun.
Lots of pals, including:
Little Frank - who introduced me to the weekly 5k
Two Circuits buddies
A fellow RPM addict
The mum of one former and the dad of one current pupil.
A Brandon biker
And one Fernhopper (Rtd).
No partridge and no pear tree.
Lots of pals, including:
Little Frank - who introduced me to the weekly 5k
Two Circuits buddies
A fellow RPM addict
The mum of one former and the dad of one current pupil.
A Brandon biker
And one Fernhopper (Rtd).
No partridge and no pear tree.
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A supremely social, if damp, Parkrun.
Lots of pals, including:
Little Frank - who introduced me to the weekly 5k
Two Circuits buddies
A fellow RPM addict
The mum of one former and the dad of one current pupil.
A Brandon biker
And one Fernhopper (Rtd).
No partridge and no pear tree.
Lots of pals, including:
Little Frank - who introduced me to the weekly 5k
Two Circuits buddies
A fellow RPM addict
The mum of one former and the dad of one current pupil.
A Brandon biker
And one Fernhopper (Rtd).
No partridge and no pear tree.
Parkrun in the rain was not part of the plan.
But I think there’s a waterproof in the boot.
Well, at least I hope so.
But I think there’s a waterproof in the boot.
Well, at least I hope so.
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Parkrun in the rain was not part of the plan.
But I think there’s a waterproof in the boot.
Well, at least I hope so.
But I think there’s a waterproof in the boot.
Well, at least I hope so.
Two hours up and down a ladder with the gardener, followed by my Thursday trip to the recycling centre with two big bags of apple tree prunings.
a painting of a tree in a forest with purple flowers in the background
ALT: a painting of a tree in a forest with purple flowers in the background
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November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Two hours up and down a ladder with the gardener, followed by my Thursday trip to the recycling centre with two big bags of apple tree prunings.
Drat.
Got my blue Brexit passport today.
Feck ‘em.
But if I were a stick of seaside rock, it would say “European”.
Got my blue Brexit passport today.
Feck ‘em.
But if I were a stick of seaside rock, it would say “European”.
a red and white candy cane wearing sunglasses
ALT: a red and white candy cane wearing sunglasses
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November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Drat.
Got my blue Brexit passport today.
Feck ‘em.
But if I were a stick of seaside rock, it would say “European”.
Got my blue Brexit passport today.
Feck ‘em.
But if I were a stick of seaside rock, it would say “European”.
To Thetford to collect a carload of tools for TWAM.
A former teaching colleague and partner (92) still thinking of others.
There is hope.
A former teaching colleague and partner (92) still thinking of others.
There is hope.
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
To Thetford to collect a carload of tools for TWAM.
A former teaching colleague and partner (92) still thinking of others.
There is hope.
A former teaching colleague and partner (92) still thinking of others.
There is hope.
D37 eyeing up my latest purchase, quizzically.
Where do you actually buy CDs these days?
Where do you actually buy CDs these days?
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
D37 eyeing up my latest purchase, quizzically.
Where do you actually buy CDs these days?
Where do you actually buy CDs these days?
Out to Sunday lunch.
“It’s venison for a change.”
(But not for me. I had it yesterday.)
“It’s venison for a change.”
(But not for me. I had it yesterday.)
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Out to Sunday lunch.
“It’s venison for a change.”
(But not for me. I had it yesterday.)
“It’s venison for a change.”
(But not for me. I had it yesterday.)
AGM at Rougham Tower.
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
AGM at Rougham Tower.
Lunch at Ethel’s today.
Venison pie.
Can’t beat the Union Jack Club!
Venison pie.
Can’t beat the Union Jack Club!
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Lunch at Ethel’s today.
Venison pie.
Can’t beat the Union Jack Club!
Venison pie.
Can’t beat the Union Jack Club!
To St Edmundsbury Cathedral for a concert by the choir of St Martin in the Fields. With Zeb Soanes.
Visibility good.
Sea state slight.
Visibility good.
Sea state slight.
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
To St Edmundsbury Cathedral for a concert by the choir of St Martin in the Fields. With Zeb Soanes.
Visibility good.
Sea state slight.
Visibility good.
Sea state slight.
Don’t know how this happened, but D1 is 40 today.
How time flies.
How time flies.
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Don’t know how this happened, but D1 is 40 today.
How time flies.
How time flies.
All-expenses trips to China off then?
Who’d have known that skulduggery was involved?
Who’d have known that skulduggery was involved?
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
All-expenses trips to China off then?
Who’d have known that skulduggery was involved?
Who’d have known that skulduggery was involved?
Raking leaves (my neighbour’s).
It’s therapeutic.
Sort of.
It’s therapeutic.
Sort of.
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Raking leaves (my neighbour’s).
It’s therapeutic.
Sort of.
It’s therapeutic.
Sort of.