Darren Leathley
@dmleathley
2005: Leeds 2005-: Dublin Films, music, crosswords, #CalendarMaths, swimming, #lufc, stuff - may contain puns. Professional data wrangler. Amateur cat wrangler. Sometimes post just to get a stupid thought out of my head. Not an owl.
(puerile snigger courtesy of Irish slang) 🎶 Spider-Man, Spider-Man Fucks whatever a spider can... 🎵
Christ on all the bicycles. I've been in Ireland twenty years and was mercifully unaware of this.
DAS SWIM REPORT 2: BAD HARDER 104 lengths / 2.6km / 1.62 miles "Sure I'll walk there, it's only over the hill!" 🥵 Kids stayed with Oma and Opa Good job as the café wasn't open, so no Pommes Swim mostly uneventful, bar a few dark clouds (soon gone) Did the extra four to make up for yesterday
Sat at the back door, in relative tranquility, doing the crossword while waiting for lunch. There are worse ways to spend a Saturday.
DAS SWIM REPORT 96 lengths / 2.4 km / 1.49 miles Open air pool - not without things to make it tricky: - no lane markers - spells of sunshine impeded backstroke - young & elderly Germans (courteous) Done in two lots with pommes in between; four short of 100 as our lift home was coming soon
Binface establishment? A guy who dresses for a formal democratic occasion in an elaborate get-up with a robe and ridiculous headgear?
SWIM REPORT 100 lengths / 2.5km / 1.55 miles In from work then out again Steady away, hello to: - very slow lady - guy who finally twigged he was just a bit *too* fast for the medium lane - guy doing two frantic lengths that almost did for him
(yesterday's) SWIM REPORT 66 lengths / 1.65km / 1.03 miles Didn't stop - felt it afterwards
• Banana! • Rewatch of arguably the better film this summer by an absurdly young, absurdly talented, YouTube-as-film-school filmmaker • Good lead performance holds a lot of this together • Nearly thirty years later, I get around to watching a classic #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky
SWIM REPORT 64 lengths / 1.6km / 0.99 miles Mostly OK given I'd been out last night, had pints (Trouble Brewing Ambush, lovely stuff) and got in at 2.30am Tired towards the end Walky bloke was in my lane again, no trouble Child 2 came too, think she enjoyed herself despite reluctance to go
SWIM REPORT 64 lengths / 1.6km / 0.99 miles Doing (fairly) vigorous exercise somehow makes me feel the coolest I have all day Hot and bothered before and after Some minor lane shenanigans Flagging after 40 lengths So warm I bought a bottle of pop at the station Squeaky escalator at Tara Street
Everyone's gone bananas. (hang on, that was his brother) #ThePolitics
So many clichés in one headline... and they've absolutely chosen those on purpose. #TheCricket
They need a lot to go their way... they're going to be ninth, aren't they? #TheFootball
SWIM REPORT 60 lengths / 1.5km / 0.93 miles Grand compared with last Sunday - not too busy; sun not yet blinding; not too many aches, twinges and other signs of ageing; other lane occupants - even the bloke with flippers who'd go for a little walk up and down while sipping water - were fine
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky • Toy snory • Close Encounters of the Second Time • Puppets good, not puppets ho hum • Two-thirds excellent, one third a bit OTT