Alastair

@as-j

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇵 Retired but not retiring. Cycling, Rugby Union, Steely Dan, #RadioParadise, Familial Hypercholesterolemia victim. If it works, do it. When it stops working, stop doing it. Once ate Prince Phillip's Pavlova. #NoCarBiggerThanAGolf #Rejoin

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Alastair@as-j· 14d

Nothing soothes the soul quicker than your dog choosing to leave where they're sleeping to snuggle up next to you.

A golden doodle lying on a grey striped settee with her head on the cushions.

Alastair@as-j· Jul 11

Bella displays super-canine levels of patience when there is the chance of pizza crusts.

Bella the Golden Doodle facing the camera waiting for pizza crusts.

Alastair@as-j· Apr 28

Five quid on Amazon

Multi coloured, low adhesive page markers.

Alastair@as-j· Apr 13

I agree but someone here doesn't.

A 2 year old Golden Doodle standing on a wooden floor looking straight at the camera

Alastair@as-j· Apr 1

Listening to Zazu by Rosie Vela. I had forgotten just how good this album is. Rumour has it Sony sat on her second album. A big loss for us all.

The cover of the album Zazu by Rosie Vela. It is a sepia tinted picture of Rosie's face and about 6 acres of very 80's hair.

Alastair@as-j· Feb 28

Proper gig last night. #Boy&Bear in Manchester .

A picture of the back of my hand with a basic rubber stamp on it, the kind you only get at the best, scruffy venues.

Alastair@as-j· Dec 27

I am under the weather. I've been treated to lunch in bed. Suddenly, I have company.

Bella, the Golden Doodle is standing by the bed staring at me eating lunch , ever hopeful.

Alastair@as-j· Nov 26

The relative cost of car ownership has, in real terms, gone down aided a great deal by 12 years of freezing fuel duty while public transport charges have gone through the roof.

A bar chart showing relative increases of motoring and public transport from 2011 to 2021. Bus is up 75% while motoring only rose by 9%.

Alastair@as-j· Oct 14

This is not an equitable relationship.

A 24kg Golden Doodle sound asleep across the bed I was hoping to get into.

Alastair@as-j· Oct 9

Some actual evidence for them.

Graphic showing statistics of people killed at red lights by cyclists (1) and motorists (41)

Alastair@as-j· Aug 13

Today is Bella's 2nd birthday. I never thought having a dog could make such a huge and almost universally positive change to our lives but, has she and then some. She is beautiful in every sense of the word.

Bella, a 2 year old Golden Doodle sitting on a gravel courtyard. Her head is turned to the camera and her tongue is hanging out.

Alastair@as-j· Aug 10

You buy them a cool mat and what do they do?

A Golden Doodle lies sleeping on a terracotta floor right next to the coolmat that has been bought for her.

Alastair@as-j· Jul 14

Near my house. Not exactly working out how people thought it would.

An electric car parked partly on the pavement. Made worse by charger cables sticking out from the house and car make the available pedestrian space even narrower.

Alastair@as-j· Jul 13

Bella was very disappointed in the Wimbledon final yesterday.

A young Golden Doodle lying on a footstool looks back at the camera as if in disappointment at the Wimbledon Ladies' Final which is on TV in the background.

Alastair@as-j· Jun 20

You are never, never, never alone with a Golden Doodle in your life.

A Golden Doodle pokes its nose around the bathroom door (that it has just opened) just to make sure I'm not lonely.

Alastair@as-j· Jun 18

Doesn't matter how the day has been.

Bella, the Golden Doodle pops her head up between the sofa and the footstool, probably because she thinks she heard food.

Alastair@as-j· May 9

65 this Sunday so I'm making a weekend of it. #SakeSharks on TV tonight but starting with the greatest band ever. #SteelyDan.

A slightly scruffy, vinyl album cover of Gaucho by Steely Dan.

Alastair@as-j· Mar 17

Bella has been under the weather. There's a gastric bug going around. She's on the (£128) mend now but her trumps may cause emergency services to declare a major incident.

Bella, a Golden Doodle, looking straight into the camera lens.

Alastair@as-j· Feb 21

Notice in my dentist's waiting room. Not what I was expecting.

A notice in the dentist waiting room saying "Sorry about the mess" above icons of a power drill, a hammer and large paint brushes.

Alastair@as-j· Feb 19

You never dine alone with a Golden Doodle in the house.

Bella, the Golden Doodle asking for food (chili con carne). She's offering a paw and doing the sad eyes.

Alastair@as-j· Feb 15

Younger, fewer chases but I suspect when she catches up, same number of catches.

Bella a young Golden Doodle sitting on a large footstool looking straight at the camera with her tongue hanging out.

Alastair@as-j· Jan 23

I'm not so sure.

A tray of sandwiches at a conference buffet labelled,Hoisin Duck, Vegan.

Alastair@as-j· Jan 5

Bella's first proper snow.

Bella, the honey colored Golden Doodle standing in the snow in a narrow back yard. She has just turned to the camera. On the left is a low brick wall with a 3ft high slatted wooden fence on top. Bella has left lots of paw prints in the snow.

Alastair@as-j· Dec 31

Last day of the year in France. Turned out nice.

A view of a two story, stone built French house down a narrow country lane. The sky is bright blue and the ivy on the wall is still fresh green.

Alastair@as-j· Dec 25

Happy Christmas from La Belle France.

A view of a sunny Christmas morning in mid-France. The sky is bright blue above a long green meadow and a small barn and pigonier on the right. Happy Christmas.

Alastair@as-j· Dec 24

Misty and cold at the French gaff but, who cares? It's France.

A misty grey sky above the forrest in the background and terracotta roofs of two french farmhouses in the foreground.

Alastair@as-j· Dec 20

Last working day for a fortnight so time for a bit of #CadoBelle. This album includes 'That Kind of Fool', which has the best saxophone solo of any song I know. Volume is now up to 11.

The cover of the eponymous Cado Belle album. The pic is a sepia tinted block of buildings with the band appearing on a billboard, getting soaked, for some reason. The band name appears at the top looking like a red neon sign.

Alastair@as-j· Dec 20

With you. I just made toast.

Bella, the Golden Doodle looks up at the camera because her owner has just made toast.

Alastair@as-j· Dec 9

Saturday's stormy 9 hour train journey gave me the chance to tidy up my photo albums on my phone. Photos of my son, 21. Photos of my dog, 389.

A fluffy Golden Doodle standing on a grey drug is looking up at the camera with what looks like a smile on its face. Her bushy tail is waving about.

Alastair@as-j· Nov 17

Sunday and I have the place to myself for a few hours. Time for a bit of this .