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Viva Espana! The best team won (thankfully). Vamos!
The final season of The Bear was simply beautiful, and a welcome return to form.
♫ More Than This by Roxy MusicThinking back on yesterday and what was, football aside, a beautiful yet unexpected day. A reminder to embrace uncertainty in life and accept the wonderful things it can sometimes bestow. Maybe there’s nothing more than this.
I couldn’t have predicted any aspect of today, and for that I’m weirdly grateful. Would have been nice to have seen England in a World Cup final, though.
Is it asking too much to want two World Cup semi-final upsets?
How the hell are England into a World Cup semi final!? That was a tough watch.
During tonight’s pub quiz we won a free drink, bottle of wine, Caesar salad and entry into a super league for penultimate pub quiz losers. Not bad for 2 hours of brainteasing.
Well, that match was absolutely worth staying up until 4am for. Gripping game and an amazing performance from England. Phew!
In London, a bit tipsy and accidentally on the wrong Underground line. It’s a vibe, and one that makes me wish I actually lived here.
Ran 5km along the Thames, won the pub quiz then watched England “kick the ball in the square” two more times than Croatia. Pretty much the perfect evening.
Today I learned… Octopuses have beaks!
Pulled several short straws in the office World Cup sweep stake: Turkey, Panama and Austria.
Continuing with this year’s theme, today I completed my first sprint triathlon, finishing with a time of 1:55:55 (and coming 155 of 157). My only goal was to complete the event, but got a PB in the pool and now have a baseline to improve upon.
This week my family said goodbye to Teazel, who was put to rest on Tuesday.She had been a familiar fixture for a good part of my lifetime, having lived to the grand old age of 16. She joined our family in 2009, back when we were living in Walsall and alongside Jenna, Sage and Dessie. She had known my nieces since they were babies, and made the move to Bexhill in 2014 with my mum and dad.Teazle was a small Border Terrier, but what she lacked in stature she made up for in personality.She was also…
Continuing with tradition – and following previous springtime trips to Aberdeen, Inverness and Dundee – last week I again ventured north.This time I visited two places I’d only ever glimpsed from the East Coast Main Line: Durham and Berwick-upon-Tweed. I would also end up exploring Lindisfarne, spend a day in Edinburgh, and walk part of the Berwickshire coastline from St. Abbs to Eyemouth.DurhamA single building draws your attention when crossing the railway viaduct that skirts the edge of…
Even though this article is from 2021, Roff Smith’s photographs of Sussex are so incredibly beautiful it still merits sharing.
Caught up with a friend I’ve known for over 30 years, for the first time in 5 years. The 4 hours we spent together flew by in a matter of minutes.
The mission patch for the release supporting national reporting features a polar bear cub as this functionality is known internally as ‘mini Mavis’.
