Life & Times

Our last beach walk of the year was at Bigbury-on-Sea. It stayed dry despite the promise of rain in the clouds.

A photo of Bigbury-on-Sea beach in mid-winter with a glowering sky

iPhone 14 Pro, processed in #Photomator ๐Ÿ“ท #devon


The old kitchen has gone, and the new one is ready to be installed. Parker is wondering what’s happening to his bedroom.

A photo of a kitchen before installation

This ITV podcast is a powerful indictment of how badly we treat people in social housing in the UK. The pod highlights a litany of failures by the British state.

Read more and view the episodes here: thetrapped.co.uk


This may help migrate your connections from ๐• to Bluesky.

Sky Follower Bridge


Come on Kier, wake up and get a move on!

Step up Brexit reset, or European allies will lose patience, Starmer warned. The call comes after Bank of Englandโ€™s governor Andrew Bailey said the UK should rebuild relations with the European Union as he warned of the economic consequences of leaving the bloc.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-reset-eu-uk-bank-england-keir-starmer-b2647731.html

a photo of Kier Starmer

This is an interesting article from Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace that ranks political partiesโ€™ election manifestos ahead of polling day on 4 July. After scrutinising the details, Labour scores four times higher than the Conservatives, but the Greens and Liberal Democrats claim first and second place, respectively. friendsoftheearth.uk/system-ch…


Lightroom’s Generative Fill is impressive. This is a before and after photo of the tower on Glastonbury Tor.

a photo of Glastonbury TorA photo of Glastobury Tor

Sony a6300, processed in Lightroom Classic ๐Ÿ“ท


We met this swan on the estuary on our walk this morning.

A photo of a swan with a nice reflection in the water

iPhone 14 Pro, processed in Lightroom Classic ๐Ÿ“ท


Anyone interested in how Britain’s water companies are letting us down should read this article in The New Statesman. The piece by Will Dunn discusses how privatisation and the pursuit of profit lead to the devastation of Englandโ€™s waterways.


It was misty in the valley this morning.

a landscape photo of mist in a valley

iPhone 14 Pro, processed in Adobe Lightroom Classic ๐Ÿ“ท


Day 30: hometown #mbapr

a photo of a red ford sierra car parked on a drive in 1985

Scan of a photo of my first house taken in 1985, processed in Lightroom Classic ๐Ÿ“ท


Day 29: drift #mbapr

a photo of a woman drifting in a pool on a float

Sony a6300, processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2024 ๐Ÿ“ท


Day 28: community #mbapr

a photo of a street party in a devon village

Canon EOS M6, processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2024 ๐Ÿ“ท


Day 27: surprise #mbapr

a photo of a surprised looking morris man

Canon EOS 20D, processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2024 ๐Ÿ“ท


Day 26: critter #mbapr

a photo of a monkey in a tree

Fujifilm X100V, processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2024 ๐Ÿ“ท