Mike Maddox

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A yellow temporary street sign with black text "Car Park Museum" and a black arrow pointing to the right.

OMG LET'S GO 🥰

Had a lovely time at the model effects exhibition at the museum of Buckinghamshire yesterday.

Do you know where you’re going to study yet?

Congratulations!

I think passing this knowledge on probably counts as loving your neighbour as yourself.

Triangular box kite with wings. Invented by Silas Conyne in 1902. Possibly the best all round kite there is.
Flying in warm skies on the hill overlooking the town this week.

Tweet from @tomgara Randomly on this subject, my (Egyptian) wife had never heard of Stonehenge when I mentioned it recently, so I showed her photos of it, assuming she’d recognise the look but not the name etc, and she was just like, this is pathetic, your ancestors were small and weak

Remembering this great tweet on the Summer Solstice

It is *always* in my top five Who stories of any medium.
Just wonderful.

Blummin loved it. Always, always, always, always my favourite TV show.
Just wonderful.

Launching cow-sized cow windsocks yesterday.

“The psalm was nice.”
Said Mike, weakly.
“Also liked the bit in Deut. about making sure to include a handrail when building a rooftop extension.”

Me: “Weather’s good, so we’ve all gone to the Lake District for the week.”
Exciting Outdoorsy Friend:” Oh great! What are you doing?” (Means hillwalking, white water rafting, climbing).
Me: “Jigsaw.”

This series of Doctor Who has been superb.

Me (Thinks): “I may pop out and bring some nice coffee back. I’ll ask my wife if she wants some.”
Door opens: It’s my wife with nice coffee she’s brought back.
It’s good being married to a mind-reader.

I hate to brag, but I’m in a hammock eating a choc ice.

Had to tell someone.

I did so many stupid things as a young man. So relieved there isn’t a permanent record of them floating forever in cyberspace.

Me as the local Air Raid Warden, visiting the care home yesterday
On VE Day, reading from Zechariah: The city may be ruins and rubble, but old people will one day sit and rest and children will play in the streets again.

“Groundbreaking.” “Innovative.”
“A first.”
“Trailblazing.”
“Pioneering.”
And so on.

London Marathon, day six.

A photo of Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City wearing a black homburg hat. Next to her is a photo of the First Doctor, dressed similarly.

Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City as #DoctorWho: a thread.

Carrie Bradshaw as the First Doctor

RTD is planning on a sequel to 'The Well' called 'Actually', in which the Midnight creature relentlessly nitpicks everything everyone says.

Driving through Waterford, just seen an artificial grass supplier called “Fidel Astro” and it’s perfect.

My co-workers this morning.

I didn’t even think to check. Thank you, Peter.

The fans explain that they must be fictional because they are the sort of characters who don’t have surnames.

The fans have surnames in the credits of the episode.

A moment in #DoctorWho Lux that was cleverly dropped in without overemphasising it.

That was brilliant.

Blimey. Statement footwear.

A six inch action figure of the Mighty Kong, King Kong, the 8th wonder of the world, is emerging from a flower bed, angrily chasing a group of tiny Daleks, led by their creator Davros, as they flee in terror from the giant ape.

Friend: "You look distracted. What are you thinking about?"
Me:

She was brilliant.