The weather widget on my phone has repeatedly said rain was due, meanwhile outside looks like this

This section in particular

To which I have to say: who?

Nobody has mentioned whether Broughty Ferry's favourite Independent candidate stood on Thursday. 🤔

It's more or less the only time I do drink alcohol! There's nothing like a nice Pimms on a hot afternoon 😋

Not according to what the Good Law Project posted:

Example

'On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of...' Wait, wtf is that?! (I hate oilseed rape) With apologies to Tennyson.

Vesselfinder screenshot. Looks like utter chaos, but wtf do I know?

N Lincs. Monday.

The ones in my garden are well on their way (Lincs). This was a day or so ago.

Running bowline #Shetland

Union Chain Bridge, Northumberland. From England to Scotland. When it opened in 1820 it was the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world with a span of 137 metres (449 ft), & the first vehicular bridge of its type in the United Kingdom. Recently refurbished.

I have a ridiculous amount of affection for these films

Knitted with yarn from New Lanark

This was last weekend where I live. No idea what the theme was supposed to be, but the creations were all some sort of monster

@jamesomalley.co.uk Further to the last pod, this from new @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Pimms & #TestMatchSpecial

It is indeed. The Abbey Girls Win Through. Poor Joy doesn't actually know her husband is dead, & she's about to have twins.

Electric Arc Furnaces are the *older* technology. Scunthorpe blast furnaces are for the Basic Oxygen Furnace process, from the 1960s. My late OH, a senior steel metallurgist, explains:

Like this (Cranford)

My epg seems to have found a new place for Rick Stein to explore 🙂

The Tory that survived 🤨