James

My wife’s cousin’s wedding venue on #DiggingForBritain

Casarecce with Salsicca and garlic ciabatta

Casarecce #PastaMonday

(This worked for Angine de Poitrine last month).

Now wondering if Haku will ever tour the U.K.?
#MusicSky

Portishead - Roseland NYC Live (25th Anniversary Edition) [Solid red vinyl] gatefold opened up.

A sucker for gatefold and coloured vinyl. In my top 5 live albums.

Portishead - Roseland NYC Live (25th Anniversary Edition) [Solid red vinyl]
#MusicSky

27 years working in IT. Couldn’t get my old work laptop to extend to another monitor so my daughter could play Roblox.
Display drivers were up to date.
Bought a new HDMI adapter which didn’t make a difference.
Finally checked if Windows Updates was switched on 🤦‍♂️

It would be funny if the loosing finalist hated the others and vented how much they did. #PotteryThrowdown

Just booked tickets to Hull Minster’s Beer Festival at the end of April. As I needed an excuse to check out the local boozers there too. Only ever visited for The Deep and the ferry to Zeebrugge.

Lots of saved garden ornaments at Pudsey tip.

Always a welcome smile to Pudsey Household Waste Recycling Centre (after only half of our recycling bin was emptied) ♻️

Sakashita has just won her heat in Snowboard Cross. The commentators pronouncing her name differently to how I did. #SpecialOlympics2025

Indie Beer Feast banner with decks on top. Mr Crackers modular synths out of shot.

Peter Brown interviewing Liquid Light brewery

Get Wurst curry wurst dog

A half of keg Siren - Chicane.

Always enjoy Indie Beer Feast, going back to Abbeydale Picture House.
Good to see some new breweries (to me).
First time I’ve seen a modular synth being played at a beer festival.

Peggy watching Mr Boots have is breakfast

Chub Nub poised to immediately dive in if Mr Boots ever lifts his head.

A half of cask mild in an Indie Beer Feast 2026 glass

Ashover - Victorian Ruby Mild (7.5%) at Indie Beer Feast 2016, Sheffield.
#BSkyBeer

Just realised all of United Craft Brewers have now been sold.

I’ll settle for the last 16 of The Champions League, quarter final of the FA Cup and only 3 points off 3rd. #YNWA

Dark chocolate brownies with a poured bottle of Hotel Chocolate Black Forest Gateau chocolate cream

Came home to my daughter’s fresh warm dark chocolate brownies.
Cracked open the Black Forest Gateau chocolate cream 👌🏻

Went to our local Spoons Beer Festival. It was unfortunately underwhelming but fortunately cheap.

Things that make you go hmmm.

A beautiful pint of cask Wensleydale - Perfect Circle at Pudsey St Lawrence.

Wensleydale - Perfect Circle (4% Blonde Ale) at Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club (where Sir Leonard Hutton played). Yorkshire!
#BSkyBeer

Thank you Oasis for making me buy this album.
I’m sure I’ve got the original 1995 album on CD somewhere. #MusicSky

That was the beer we had on an all inclusive holiday in Kenya. Thank goodness Nigerian Guinness and cocktails were the alternative.

Just watched The Fall Guy on Netflix. If the best things were his truck and the end theme tune it says all you need to know.

How about the Black Ranger from Power Rangers?

Hot Mortadella & melted Provolone on a toasted ciabatta with mayonnaise and Dijon mustard.

Bourdain butty.

Been a while since I’ve last seen Mark live. I think it might have been the It’s The Stupid Economy Tour.

There is a PMU, L’hippocampe, 20 minutes from where we are staying in Britanny in August 🤔

My nieces have dressed as a Power Ranger and Elsa from Frozen for #WorldBookDay those famous Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Frozen books 🤦‍♂️

a man with a beard is behind a pendulum ALT: a man with a beard is behind a pendulum

One of the contestants on #MasterChefTheProfessionals is giving me big Non from Superman II vibes.

They have some interesting recipes in their Beastie Boys Book.

A pretty Budapest tin full of Hungarian paprika.

The only thing she brought back - a pretty tin full of Hungarian paprika (she knows me so well). Not bad payment for an airport taxi driver.
Will go well with the tins of Spanish paprika I got last Christmas.

She's now into Mötley Crüe and wont come to see Young Knives at Brudenell with me. I've failed as a parent.