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I do live York. It was mayhem this weekend though. But I still love the place.... Gave @merchantshallyork.org a wave - sadly I didn't have time to go in.

Arrived in York after a journey which was possibly more fraught than it needed to be. But I'm here now! What time is it Eccles?

Thank you to everyone involved in the Goon Show 75th birthday event today. That was utterly joyous, silly and wonderful. And in today's world silly and joyous can feel in short supply. Wonderful voice actors, perfect musicians and wonderfully put together.

Arrived in York after a journey which was possibly more fraught than it needed to be. But I'm here now! What time is it Eccles?

I'm back commuting by bike after some time unwell, away etc. Busy out there. Lovely evening too forst dark commute of the winter for me. But in short sleeves and shorts. Which just feels all kinds of odd Onyhoo @cs3cs6count.bsky.social scores at 645 (counter stopped, goitched to 0 and restarted

Hurrah! There was a chap sitting close to my on the TGV who was watching a video on his phone sans headphones. The conductor (train manager?) was walking through, noticed, asked him politely to not do that and put some headphones in. He does not have headphones. Now appears sulky. But compliant.

In a stunning turn of events it appears as though the same man is actually sitting in first class without the appropriate ticket. I am shocked. (*sarcasm*) he has been politely asked to shiftez-vous and has done so with relatively little fuss. (Although some glorious French facial expressions and

Time for excited squeaking today. Double decker TGV (pictured) and LOADS of flamingoes (sadly not pictured). Oodles of flamingoes today which was wonderful. I am overnighting in Nîmes which I have visited before, so will do a little light touristing tomorrow morning before my next TGV and Eurostar

OK not content with sharing my lunch restaurant (which was fab) with some very heavily armed Spanish Police, the PAF (French border police) have just done a walk through of our train checking passports. They appear to have detained a number of people..... I'm not a fan of armed police....

Having said the water was warm off thr beach, it has been noticeably cooler in the past couple of days. A momentary "oooh" when you first get in, but nothing major. There's a plunge pool here which is 12C. That's North Sea in summer temps. I am not going in there. Heck. No.

It's slightly worrying how warm the Med is at the moment. Like the water is proper warm. Iron-man Barcelona was cancelled today as they're expecting more storms. Warmer seas means more moisture in the air. There have been awful storms in the Med over the last few days.

Yes, yes, flying is faster and probably cheaper. But I've arrived, got settled in and had a very delicious (late) lunch. And a free room upgrade (yay). No for a short siesta and then the beach is calling my name....

Estoy en un tren otra vez... And gradually my Spanish is reviving. Managed (just after a brain freeze) to say my room number at brekkie. Last leg today. My phone exploded as I got into the hotel last night with weather warnings for storms. Humph.

I also like that there's a speedometer reading in the train carriage. This rather tickles me.

Estoy en un tren otra vez... And gradually my Spanish is reviving. Managed (just after a brain freeze) to say my room number at brekkie. Last leg today. My phone exploded as I got into the hotel last night with weather warnings for storms. Humph.

Hmmmmm. The train has ground to a halt just after Perpignan. This is ungood. Does switching it off and switching it back on again work on trains?

"Double decker TGV!" she squeaked excitedly. Never fails to give me a boost. Double decker trains are cool. Double decker super-fast trains are next level cool. Yes, yes, that probably makes me a nerd. "Bof" *Gallic shrug* et le soleil brille. *grins*

Have Norn Irn just nicked this? Come on VAR..... Ha ha! They may have... right ref blow the final whistle.