Mark

Cask lineup for the Black Horse Summer Festival in Aylestone.

#BSkyBeer #Pubs

Heads-Up/Warning*

[*Delete as applicable]

A load of Bolognaise…

Love it, would look great in a bigger house than ours 😂

Chonky old Oak Sideboard.

Serious bit of Oak in British Heart Leicester. Somewhere between Arts & Crafts and Brutalist…

Swinging sign for The Railway in Ketton

The Railway, Ketton in Rutland.

#PubSignThursday

Once again I planted five Squash plants and I’m getting five Squash. They’re a good size but I’m wondering whether the general lack of insects is affecting pollination, and if there’s something I can do to assist.

Stanley Spencer by Elizabeth Rothenstein

Acquired a new (old) book this week, mostly b/w images unfortunately but certainly inspires a trip to Cookham.

No sooner have I found a nice replacement spirit flask than another comes along, this one for the Grafton Arms… somewhere🤷‍♂️

Charged with the Ardbeg 10, and given the steamy conditions a knob of ice…

#WhiskyWednesday

Three Daleks stencilled on a wall

Exterminate! Peterborough.

#WallsOnWednesday
#Graffiti
#ThreesDay

I'd watch more football if it was like this...

Practically ‘Easy Listening’ in comparison, a pair of Henry Cow ‘Sock’ albums. Timeless music, bought from the Very Bazaar basement record shop in the 80’s.

The Henry Cow - Legend (Red Records, 1979 US)

Henry Cow/Slapp Happy - In Praise Of Learning (Red Records, 1979 US)

#Vinyl #ExperimentalMusic

Leicester folk might find this paper by Steve Mitchell interesting, detailing ‘The Case For a Roman Transport Canal Into Leicester’ based around the enigma of Raw Dykes, and other traces of earthworks, on the Aylestone Road in Leicester.

romanroads.org/external/mit...

Vinyl album of John Cage / Luciano Berio / Ilhan Mimaroglu – Electronic Music

Difficult Music Week continues with a selection of early electronic pieces that have driven Karen to the safety of upstairs. Luciano Berio’s ‘Visage’ is particularly hard work

John Cage / Luciano Berio / Ilhan Mimaroglu – Electronic Music II (Turnabout, 1967)

#Electronica #ExperimentalMusic #Vinyl

…if you’re still up they’re just getting started. Clear skies and still warmish.

Good night’s meteor watching, several bright ones, a few faint examples, barely a moment without a bit of space junk tracking across the sky. Highlight was a low flying Bat overhead.

Top Tip: Pop into Fratelli Tavola Calda Restaurant in Rivergate Arcade Peterborough at around closing time, and you can take away bread like this for just £2 😳

Very much at the ‘Fuck Off You Fucking Morons’ phase of the Tech Boi ‘revolution’.

Nene Valley Brewery Businesstime at the Tap& Kitchen, Oundle.

Businesstime at a refreshingly cool Oundle Wharf.

#BSkyBeer #Pubs

You didnae ‘Look Left, Look Right…’

This country is literally ‘World Class’ when it comes to blaming others for the shit choices we make 🇬🇧 🏆

I wish there were more Broon’s about, second only to a good Mild.

Breaking the habits of a lunchtime, I didn’t have the Thai Basil Rice… or the Citra 😳

Something growing in Peterborough…

If anyone fancies knocking a Terror Fish up for me, oatmeal tones please…

Pint of Brown Ale with straw hat.

A very nice Newark Castle Brown Ale from Milestone Brewery at the Bumble.

#BSkyBeer #Pubs

I’m weirdly intrigued by the idea of the video of you drinking it…

There may be some insurmountable licensing issues with Tefal, but I’ll see what I can do…

Vinyl album of Karlheinz Stockhausen – Twentieth-Century Music II

An Open University release of Stockhausen’s ‘Kontakte’ pieces performed live by Gerard Fremy and Jean-Pierre Drouet.

It’s possible to ‘Jam’ along with these tracks by having a good rummage in the pan cupboard.

Karlheinz Stockhausen – Twentieth-Century Music II (Open University, 1974)

#Vinyl

So close to Cheese…