The most exciting landing on the Qantas network - enjoy 😀🛬 youtu.be/gTVRUE4N6Yk?...

I'm saddened by the discriminatory puberty blocker ban by the UK government - the evidence indicates that precious young lives will be lost, just as they have been in much greater numbers in Gaza. When power overwhelms science, the innocents are the victims.

A day after Dupuytrens Contracture surgery on 2 fingers of my right hand and I still have no pain at all. Being an optimist my bassoon will spend part of January being restored to its more playable glory for another year of music performance 😀

Of the 23 community symphony orchestra concerts I've played in since May 2022, this has to be one of my favourites - the contrabassoon part to Respighi's Pines of Rome 😀🎶 youtu.be/XsTzdUfSBqM?...

My challenge at the supermarket was to buy stuff I can eat with mostly my left hand - lots of treats qualify - no more eating until after right-hand surgery tomorrow morning 😳

This is why I warned the Australian government not to cut these young people off social media -but being ignorant of transgender health, they took no notice.

A foggy landing at London Heathrow - I use the XPlane 12 simulator 😀 youtu.be/l7nxM2a_apw?...

For all you flight simmers or if you just like to see places from up high 😀🛬
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We lived for a month on the top floor of the old stone building at the end of the Waters of Leith in Dean Village, Edinburgh

My mother lived to 95 - can I possibly emulate her?

No matter how far you dig, you'll never get a follow from The Shovel 😳

I once gave a talk on the BBC Science Show about predicting chaos - do you think that's possible?

Would anyone like an app that monitors their ups and downs using a wearable heart rate sensor and an Apple mobile device?

Did you know that the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius was 159 yesterday?

Breakfast time at The Angel, London 😀🇬🇧

Would you like a drink at this little bar in Bath, England?

A lovely view across the Thames in London