There is nothing better than…..

An impromptu and freely initiated cuddle from either of my kids.

Hitting a six over extra cover.

Mid-ride……

• Pint of Guinness and bag of meat flavoured crisps, especially in the winter in front of a fire.
• Cup of tea/coffee and a slice of cake, ideally with a view.
• Ice cream whilst sitting in the sun.

Hooking the oppo’s quick bowler in front of square for 6……..

Saw a cracking catch on Leith Links the other day, whilst I was walking to a meeting. Sun was even out.

I almost started a thread with this title last Friday after watching the proms.

My answer is: Beethoven. There is nothing better than Beethoven.

There is nothing better than Beethoven.

Apart from Bach.

Plugging a Les Paul (ideally a Custom or Junior) or a telecaster into a loud Marshall non-master volume half stack, hitting an A chord and letting it ring out into feedback.

Ticking off trail features and jumps you thought you’d never ride again after a few years away from “proper” riding.

Putting the out of office on, shutting down the laptop and putting it away for a week.

The gravy and last nub of pastry crimp as you finish a proper Cornish Pasty.

Felling trees that make the ground shake.

A siesta, or better still une sieste crapuleuse.

“poo on work time”

Especially during overtime, earning time and a turd.

@mattyfez

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I just listened to the double violin concerto to see if you are right. It’s close, but I’m not convinced. I’m putting up the third, the fifth and the ninth – what are you offering to convince me Bach is better?

For what it’s worth I reckon Bach wrote more good stuff, but nothing to beat Ludwig at his best.

A garden piss

… doing nothing with the mind completely blank.

Bach? Two Violins, Magnificat, Brandenburgs, toccata and fugue in d minor but Beethoven’s (republican!) 9th is indeed an outlier

Riding through the damp smell of autumn