The blackbirds in my garden (especially after putting out sultanas for them).

My lobster linguine. (Sometimes I use scallops – they’re good too).

My ability to throw good money after bad. I suspect I’m a professional when it comes to that.

Seeing a large murmeration at dusk.

Seeing a large murmuration at dusk.

Not always a good thing…

How easy it is to clean my Aeropress

Watching Steve Smith waste a review on a plumb lbw.

Watching Steve Smith not refer an lbw in a WC final only to find he should have.

My old SS Singular Peregrine – 14 years and still most ridden bike.

Technics 1210 Mk2 turntables, built like tanks, serviced once in more than 30 years.

Pressing play on DJ Shadow’s Entroducing, Portishead’s first album or Massive Attack’s Mezzanine.

Seeing daughter grow up to be a very funny and caring young lady.

When you’ve just built something (flatpack or bike or whatever) and you go back and have a look at it to make sure it hasn’t fallen apart AND IT HASN’T FALLEN APART

Perusing the Screwfix catalogue on the bog

First cup of tea in the morning

Riding onto a ferry on my motorbike

The thinnest smear of marmite on hot buttered toast

First swallow of the summer

First log fire of the winter

Pub lunch by an open fire after a frosty walk/ride

Titanic Plum Porter

A w##k.

Talisker

A w##k

First swallow of the summer

Buying excess stuff

Any Peter Gabriel album or gig.

Any HMHB album or gig.

Any Elbow album or gig.

Kitkat

William Gibson book

Neil Gaiman book

Qi

There’s lots of other things like beer, whiskey, etc, but picking individual varieties isn’t possible.

Saying the word Spain with an Eh sound at the beginning.

As in Espain.

3 pages in and no mention of “coke and hookers”?

Riding my bike! Well, often my riding is disappointing but it’s always better than being stuck in the house.

When you’ve just built something (flatpack or bike or whatever) and you go back and have a look at it to make sure it hasn’t fallen apart AND IT HASN’T FALLEN APART

That’s a good call. First wheel build. In a hurry as we had a replacement rim to go on the lad’s back wheel before an event. The next day, following him down practice day at a Golfie enduro and it still being true and tight at the end. Both surprised and very happy! The spoke key in my pocket was unused. :)

Boobies.

perchypanther

My homemade pulled pork chilli.

…someone else’s pulled pork chili. Even if it’s not great, it’s good and I didn’t have to make it.

A J Mascis guitar solo.

Those seconds after launching off a 10m platform.

High, long or wide?

Walking into my shed,sometimes I just stand for a few minutes scanning all that makes it mine.
Like a huge comfort blanket.

High, long or wide?

Kersplash :-)

Leonard Cohen

Germany

A Robertson Davies novel

My own thought life

To quote John Cooper Clarke

Sometimes there are things in life that are a disappointment. But living with a monkey isn’ t one of them.

Boobies.

The blue footed ones are brilliant.