Sean Kaye-Smith
@seanks.bsky.social
Finished ‘Ulysses’ and Offa’s Dyke this year (2024), so feeling ‘Billy Goat chuffed.’
There are two routes through #WimborneMinster on the #StourValleyWay, the Northern route through the town, and the Southern route through the water meadows. They can be combined to make an excellent 4 mile circular walk. #Dorset
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
There are two routes through #WimborneMinster on the #StourValleyWay, the Northern route through the town, and the Southern route through the water meadows. They can be combined to make an excellent 4 mile circular walk. #Dorset
#BlackGrape at #Bristol #Electric last night. Great band, wonderful music…but #ShaunRyder barely took his eyes off Kermit all night. He even seemed to be singing to him rather than the audience; the body language was odd.
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#BlackGrape at #Bristol #Electric last night. Great band, wonderful music…but #ShaunRyder barely took his eyes off Kermit all night. He even seemed to be singing to him rather than the audience; the body language was odd.
#WilliamBurroughs in ‘Naked Lunch’ mode. Oddly compelling, but his desire to shock seems a touch sad; no doubt it was more potent in 1961. At least a great band was - presumably - partly inspired by this one.
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#WilliamBurroughs in ‘Naked Lunch’ mode. Oddly compelling, but his desire to shock seems a touch sad; no doubt it was more potent in 1961. At least a great band was - presumably - partly inspired by this one.
Home on Sunday is always #JSBach day, and today it’s been this gem. Awesome stuff. #JoshuaRifkin #TheBachEnsemble
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Home on Sunday is always #JSBach day, and today it’s been this gem. Awesome stuff. #JoshuaRifkin #TheBachEnsemble
#Moonfleet (1895) J. Meade Faulkner’s great novel of smuggling and kidnap, and Moonfleet Manor now, much expanded and a very welcoming hotel, on the shores of the lagoon behind #ChesilBeach; a wonderful setting. Photos: 28.11.25
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#Moonfleet (1895) J. Meade Faulkner’s great novel of smuggling and kidnap, and Moonfleet Manor now, much expanded and a very welcoming hotel, on the shores of the lagoon behind #ChesilBeach; a wonderful setting. Photos: 28.11.25
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
#SoftMachine at the #JamJar in #Bristol last night, now led by #JohnEtheridge and sounding as wonderful as ever. I last saw them in #Norwich in November 1972!
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
#SoftMachine at the #JamJar in #Bristol last night, now led by #JohnEtheridge and sounding as wonderful as ever. I last saw them in #Norwich in November 1972!
Very sad to hear that the writer and journalist #RachelCooke has died. I attended a talk by her at the #Watershed in #Bristol a few years back, which was excellent.
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Very sad to hear that the writer and journalist #RachelCooke has died. I attended a talk by her at the #Watershed in #Bristol a few years back, which was excellent.
Apparently there were 53 air raids on #Stuttgart during #WW2, but, as you can see, our German friends have put it back together. Spent Monday to Wednesday of this week there: great place, lovely people. On the Northern edge of the #BlackForest.
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Apparently there were 53 air raids on #Stuttgart during #WW2, but, as you can see, our German friends have put it back together. Spent Monday to Wednesday of this week there: great place, lovely people. On the Northern edge of the #BlackForest.
The tithe barn in #Glastonbury 7.11.25
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The tithe barn in #Glastonbury 7.11.25
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Glad I’ve read it, but a relief to finish. #JeanGenet
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Glad I’ve read it, but a relief to finish. #JeanGenet
I guess it partly comes down to how you cope with #JonathanDonahue’s voice. Saw them at the #MoseleyFestival in August: interest seriously piqued. This currently on repeat in the car. #MercuryRev
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I guess it partly comes down to how you cope with #JonathanDonahue’s voice. Saw them at the #MoseleyFestival in August: interest seriously piqued. This currently on repeat in the car. #MercuryRev
November 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Love this, from 2007. They have obviously listened very carefully to #NEU!, which is a very good idea of course. #fujiyaandmiyagi
October 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Love this, from 2007. They have obviously listened very carefully to #NEU!, which is a very good idea of course. #fujiyaandmiyagi
Yatton Down in #Wiltshire, yesterday. Absolutely get why it’s called ‘a hidden gem.’ Part of it is a small nature reserve, although the noise from #CastleCombe circuit - literally up the bank to the North - can be considerable (but there are different ways of having fun I guess).
October 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Yatton Down in #Wiltshire, yesterday. Absolutely get why it’s called ‘a hidden gem.’ Part of it is a small nature reserve, although the noise from #CastleCombe circuit - literally up the bank to the North - can be considerable (but there are different ways of having fun I guess).
The 17-mile #JubileeWay connects the (River) #SevernWay at Aust with the #CotswoldWay at Old Sodbury - highly recommended.
October 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The 17-mile #JubileeWay connects the (River) #SevernWay at Aust with the #CotswoldWay at Old Sodbury - highly recommended.
October 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Markham Bottom, near Wroughton #Wiltshire 23.9.25
September 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Markham Bottom, near Wroughton #Wiltshire 23.9.25
Here they are folks, #ClubBrat, being very noisy at the #GoldenLion in #Bristol tonight. There is still time to catch them on the current tour in #London #Nottingham #Sheffield #Birmingham and #Brighton Wonderful stuff.
September 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Here they are folks, #ClubBrat, being very noisy at the #GoldenLion in #Bristol tonight. There is still time to catch them on the current tour in #London #Nottingham #Sheffield #Birmingham and #Brighton Wonderful stuff.
#TheMountWithout in #Bristol used to be the church of St. Michael the Archangel, just outside (without) the city walls, but now it is a venue, and a pretty wonderful one too.
September 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#TheMountWithout in #Bristol used to be the church of St. Michael the Archangel, just outside (without) the city walls, but now it is a venue, and a pretty wonderful one too.
#BrigdheChaimbeul Scottish piper: a truly wonderful sound, as she demonstrated at #TheMountWithout in #Bristol on Thursday (18th).
September 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
#BrigdheChaimbeul Scottish piper: a truly wonderful sound, as she demonstrated at #TheMountWithout in #Bristol on Thursday (18th).
#LucianoBerio at 100. #London 25.9.25
September 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#LucianoBerio at 100. #London 25.9.25