My annual subscriber patch is here from Outdoor Swimmer magazine. I love these.

A subscriber patch and the latest copy of Outdoor Swimmer magazine.

The girls are eating fish fingers and custard.

Yes, they’ve just watched The Eleventh Hour.

I sometimes think the local birds eat better than we do…

Iris wanted to watch some Doctor Who. So, we started at the beginning. The very beginning…

Lots of writing to do today — so lots of coffee will be drunk…

A coffee brewing in a V60.

Two damn decades of writing the same blog.

Yes, One Man & His Blog is 20 today.

Wood and tile.

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Your Sunday morning swimming pool white board wisdom.

After spending most of the winter feeling cold when out and about, I bought myself a new coat in the sales — just in time for one last cold snap.

#mbmar 📷 Prompt: zip

The zip on a Passenger coat.

Started reading: Bringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow 📚

Sometimes solitude is possible, even in the heart of London.

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A deserted London street at night.

The perfect weather for a beach walk this afternoon.

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A rather lovely hagstone - and a deep one - found on a quick beach walk this afternoon, trying to burn off some of my daughter’s energy. She’s home today because of the teachers’ strike.

A hagstone on the beach.

Your swimming pool whiteboard wisdom for the day.

A sign saying “Rivers know this: there is no hurrry, We shall get there some day.” A.A.Milne

A fun evening, watching our students grill the hell out of a former prime minister. All under the Chatham House Rule, alas, so I can’t say any more.

David Cameron at City, University of London.

Yeah, not getting in that way. It’s looking pretty secure.

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A padlock on a get at City, University of London.

A walk down memory lane to 1994, when this young chap (me) had his view of journalism shifted by the launch of a new magazine for men…

Adam Tinworth in 1994.

We did the thing yesterday.

Pancakes on pancake day.

Adventure time.

Two girls walking through bracken.

Holy flip, that’s a lot: