Steve Rumsby

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So Francis is James, James is Richard and Thomas is Jeremy. I think. #GrandTour

This morning's dog walk...

A little trip to the coast...

So briefly, very briefly, my lawn was thinking "yes, rain!" But 5 minutes later, all evidence of it has gone. So cruel. Sorry grass...

It is interesting to see how stable the indoor temperature is. The house is a big heat capacitor!

What do you do with a pack of eclipse glasses when the next significant eclipse here is in 2090?

10:30 and already 30°C. Today is going to be a hot one...

Sorry - couldn't resist...

Testing out my solar photography setup for later today. I had to make a new solar filter as the last time I did this I had a different camera with a different sized lens.

Things are definitely looking a bit brown!

Thinking of getting the lawn mower out. Not to cut the grass because there isn't any, but the weeds could do with a trim!

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I'm at Rhandirmwyn Camping and Caravanning Club Site with not many other people! To be fair, these are the grass pitches - the hard standing pitches are a bit busier.

So, it is very nearly 30°C upstairs right now. There is just no point in going up to try and sleep, is there? I'm going to go and sit out in the garden where it is "only" 26. At midnight.

One of the projects on my "retirement list" was to go through my collection of slides, negatives and prints from decades ago and digitise it all. A perfect activity for those winter days that are too cold/wet to go out. I hadn't anticipated making a start in June because it is too hot to go outside!

One of the things I intended to do with all the "free time" I got from retirement was working my way through a list of books I never got around to before. It had taken me a while to get started but first up is "Blue Machine" by @helenczerski.bsky.social .

Well, that's a bit of a difference...

It is currently a whole 4°C cooler than this time yesterday. Hopefully that means a much more pleasant day?

Had to reinforce the nest box because it was being attacked by a woodpecker. Normally I'd be quite pleased to see a woodpecker in the garden, but... Thankfully the bluetits don't seem to mind. The adult (male?) is constantly in and out with food, presumably for the female inside.

Hey @coventrycc.bsky.social , this on the Eastern edge of Park Wood needs some attention.

Well that just sucks... #LocalElections

It was completely ignored last year, but this year somebody has moved in...

The weather forecast for today, when I looked yesterday, was overcast and showers. I'm glad I ignored it and came out anyway 😁

This morning's walk...

Bluebells in the sun. No complaints from me!

Not quite peak #bluebell yet, but they are definitely now out in force!

"We've got great WiFi," they said when we checked into the campsite. Er...

NASA's live feed on the Artemis launch is here, and it's just started broadcasting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_U... I don't anticipate much happening for a while - the launch is currently scheduled for 11:24pm UK time. But keep an eye on the feed and share the link.

First bluebells I've seen this year. These seem to be a long way ahead of all the others around here. I wasn't expecting to see blue for another week at least.

Hailstones? Wasn't expecting that today...