Life & Times

Did an hour of Park Yoga this morning before it got too hot πŸ§˜πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ


Some kind soul has put a bucket of water outside their garden for the dogs to drink in this hot weather #FridayPhoto πŸ“·

Welcome drink

iPhone 11, Halide app, processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2022


Pre-breakfast bike ride


Learning how to use the Halide app whilst out with the dog this morning.

Landscape photo Black and white photo of a fern

iPhone 11, Halide app, processed in ON1 Photo RAW 2022 πŸ“·


One reason that energy prices in the UK have skyrocketed.

The EU price cap on gas is 43.99 Euros per mega watt hour. The UK is Β£263.79 per mega watt hour.

<img src=“https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/38545/2023/5b6fd97fae.png" width=“400” height=“400” border=“1” alt=“Graph showing relative energy price caps across Europe />


Enough Is Enough! There’s a growing pushback in the UK against the status quo.

We’re not in this together, we never have been.

Read more here


Early walk with β€œthe boy” before it becomes too hot πŸ“·


Great quote from the Daily Mirror Whitehall correspondent Mikey Smith on the campaign to keep Boris in No 10.

β€œImagine there being an active campaign to get Boris Johnson to stay on as PM, and not one to bring Gordon Brown back. Not saying either is the answer, but one seems objectively less of a batshit idea than the other.”


Saturday morning cycle ride 🚲

strava map

Strava link


Blue sky at 6:30 this morning #FridayPhoto πŸ“·


A small waterfall I spotted while out walking the dog.

iPhone 11, processed in On1 Photo RAW 2022 πŸ“·


This photo says it all ⚽️


Currently reading: The Larmenius Inheritance by John Paul Davis πŸ“š


Currently reading: Buried by Alice Roberts πŸ“š


I’ve written a rule to move any email with “Black Friday” in the subject field to the bin…..