This is especially true if the backdrop is Cleethorpes or Rotherham.

Who doesn’t love an ancient, weathered door to a secret walled garden? I walk past these fine examples most evenings. One of my favourite pastimes is looking on Rightmove to see if the beautiful houses they belong to are for sale. Not that we could afford them.

Very speedy delivery from the talented Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

Due to Tom’s publisher going into administration after months of not paying their authors, Tom has lost income and also has a house full of unsold books:

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Our cat Doris has the special skill of being able to vomit hairball sausages into underwear drying on the clothes horse.