Rich Goodman

Well I think it’s fair to say it’s been a week. Looking forward to not patching any PHP for a few days…

Enjoyed cycling to work listening to my own show from last year for #altc radio. Tune in to today's schedule on www.thethursdaynightshow.com

Live on the air now for #altc radio - kicking off with 20 drummers :-)

Tuning in to www.thethursdaynightshow.com for the #altc breakfast show. And I wasn't expecting Technotronic for breakfast.

For the first time in what I think is 15 years, I won't be taking part in #altc, happening this year in Cardiff. However, I will at least be appearing as part of the radio station, with a new show for this year, as well as a repeat of last year's show. Tune in at www.thethursdaynightshow.com

Really yummy monster.

RSPB Ham Wall - 4 miles and 30 birds including 2 new ones for 2026, which takes the total to 96. Oiseau du jour is Glossy Ibis.

Cadbury Castle circuit - 14th October 2026. A pleasant perambulation. In his work of 1542, John Leland identifies Cadbury Castle as being the "real" Camelot. Honest, guv!

Ham Wall and Shapwick Heath - 8.5 miles and 30 birds including 3 new ones for 2026, which takes the total to 94. Oiseau du jour is Kingfisher.

Steart Marshes stroll - 5 miles and 31 birds including 5 new ones for 2026. ODJ (oiseau du jour) is Greenshank.

Limington, Yeovil Marsh and Draycott - a sunny Somerset stroll with a few stray clouds and one incredibly overgrown bit. Of all the days to leave the tools of justice at home. 7.5 miles

Dear Glastonbury Aldi. You are the wrong way round. In my 3 local Aldis we enter on the left and finish on the right. I suppose it was designed by a wizard or something. Maybe there’s a secret cave underneath it.

Mill End to Wallington and back - 7.8 miles, mostly sunny and a few showers. Another nice stroll in Hertfordshire.

Barkway to Reed and back - 7.6 miles, mostly sunny and a bit of a breeze at times. Another nice stroll in Hertfordshire.

Barkway to Barley and back - 7.3 miles, mostly sunny and a couple of showers. A nice stroll in Hertfordshire.

Wainwright 214 - Fleetwith Pike - 10th July 2026. Job done. 3.7 miles, 1100 feet of up and down. And 30 degrees.

Wainwright 213 - Yewbarrow. Some people leave it until last because it’s the last one in the last book. Don’t do that. Tackle it early!

Wainwrights 210, 211 & 212 - Middle Fell, Seatallan & Buckbarrow. The absolute worst conditions I have ever walked in. 6.5 miles, 5 hours 40 minutes, 2,900 feet of up and down.

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Wainwrights 208 & 209 - Haycock & Caw Fell. A 10 mile epic, 3,200 feet of up and down. Perfectly pleasant if it’s not raining for the whole first hour, just a long way to go! And very wet underfoot!

Wainwright 207 - Kirk Fell. Some Wainwrights are lovely. Some are just nasty. This falls into the latter category. Never again. 7.5 miles, 2,400 feet of up and down.

Wainwright 206 - Pillar (not the one from Eldorado). 8.75 miles, 3,020 feet of up and down. The 8th highest mountain in England. A sunny and cloudy day in the fells.

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Afternoon bird walk. 19 birds including Tree Pipit, House Martin, Tree Creeper and 2 Grey Herons fighting with Mallards. Added bonus of 2 red squirrels too!

Wainwrights 202 and 203 - Stony Cove Pike & Hartsop Dodd - 2nd May 2026. Book 2 complete. 7 miles, 2,000 feet of up and down.

Got to love the personal touch of pushy sales e-mails... "Good morning Example Firstname" "Would you like to view the full agenda Example Firstname?"

Owler Tor and Winyards Nick - 5th April 2026. A very windy day with added stinging hailstones…

A very nice 7.5mi walk along Stanage Edge, down to Bamford and back up again. Added 9 new birds to the 2026 list: chiffchaff, reed bunting, wheatear, skylark, meadow pipit, curlew, blackcap, mistle thrush and siskin.

A Yorkshire adventure. Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Saltaire, Salts Mill and a David Hockney exhibition.

State of the art PC gaming in 1993, now available in your web browser. Wonder if anyone using NCSA Mosaic in 1993 ever thought it would be able to do this…

My show is repeated this Friday at 13:00 GMT. I'm pretty certain that you won't hear any of the songs on my show on anyone else's show...

Although I've had to turn the volume down and have a mince pie whilst Puiyin's favourite is playing...

Tune in every Friday from 1pm GMT - my show will be repeated on Friday 6th February... #ALTc25

First #FingerpostFriday of 2026…

Derwent Water wander - 2nd January 2026. A chilly winter wander down to Calf Close bay and back. 22 birds spotted to start the year list off well. 5.8 miles.

Wainwright 201 - Knott. Book 5 completed. It was snowing. Lunch in Great Lingy Hut. 6 miles, 1670 feet of up and down.

Wainwright 200 - Mellbreak. Lots more frozen boggy bits and a nice (occasionally steep) ascent from the south. 7 miles, 1600 feet of up and down.

Wainwright 199 - Mungrisdale Common. He commented that it "has no more pretension to elegance than a pudding that has been sat on" and that “precious holiday hours should not be wasted here”. 5.7 miles, 1420 feet of up and down.

Wainwright 198 - Hen Comb (Chicken Comb). A perfect winter day in Cumbria. 7.1 miles, 1620 feet of up and down.

Spotted this misleading bench today. I was sceptical. The use of the word “near” makes it technically correct, but Boudicca is said to have died on a different bit of Watling Street to where this bench is placed, about 60 miles south east of this location… And it was most likely AD60 or 61…

Christmas cake is finished. Just got to wait a few more days to eat it. Went square this year for a change…

Well that’s it for another year. Out of office is on.

This week I had a 2 1/2 hour meeting. I thought those days were over but apparently not. Hooray for Friday…

Very sad news about someone I'd known and worked with since the last century... www.rgs.org/about-us/our...

Today’s free dog is my old friend Noel…

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In the words of Rob Newman, “somewhere there’s a third division football team missing a manager”… #TOTP

Given that a few of my friends have already got their Christmas decorations up, it must be time to open a Christmas beer.

Bit of culture tonight, nice cask pint followed by a film festival of short independent films.

The last of the garden tomatoes for this year.