Acer in full leaf under an azure sky

The place we call 'Acer Corner' is my absolute favourite part of our garden

Me, ruining the view of the Matterhorn from Gornergrat

"A god in ruins" by Kate Atkinson remains the only novel to make me cry. In a good way, of course

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A very yellow duckling and his many brown siblings

The more he thought about it, the more certain Brian became that he had been adopted.

Spreadsheets, mate, that's what you need.

Good luck🤞. I've been there 3 times but never finally been published, but hopefully this'll work out for you...

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Main hall, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

Absolutely right! And it was truly wonderful being able to visit this place all in the name of research 😊

The 1957 World Manspreading Championships was declared a dead heat.

Maybe, like most bunnies, they're just fast breeders?

We used to have that, but our new van plays Teddybear's Picnic in a minor key and its terrifyingly sinister

Allosaurus, every day of the week (and twice on Sundays)

I was chatting to a friend about a band and he said "I've liked some of their tunes but I wouldn't consider myself an affectionado of theirs". I totally love this new word, and intend to slip it into polite conversation whenever possible 😀

That is a VERY cool mug😎

housing is more expensive now, but also a lot safer. this kind of home was considered cream of the crop in the 1980s

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Cheers. You too, mate!

Thanks, but I have my (very wonderful) MA supervisor for that!

I'd say historical fiction, but really its literary fiction that just happens to be set in the past

My laptop screen, showing I've now written 52,000 words of my current WIP

##amwriting. Its taken so much more time and effort than I'd hoped🥵, but I've finally finished Act I of the WIP. Looks like bad news for my beta readers, though I'm still hopeful the whole thing'll come in at under 100,000 words 🤞

I finally get back into writing my novel today and NOW you tell me this?🤦‍♂️

A cake marking the 50th birthday of Grizedale College, Lancaster University.

You know you've truly arrived as an author when your book cover is put on a birthday cake 🎂

England (as they say) is a lot more than London. The Lake District is in the northwest - 50 square miles of lakes, (214) mountains, upland pastures and glacial valleys😊. And yes, you should certainly visit if you ever get the chance

Coniston range seen from the flanks of Heron Pike

Luckily for me, I live on the edge of the Lake District, which has all England's finest mountains. Not as tall as the Rockies or the Alps, but still fantastic hiking and climbing!

Thanks!😊

Sadly, yes, this was very much a temporary thing (nice whilst it lasted...)

Strong vibes of the Enormous Comedy Slippers you have to wear at the St Gallen Abbey library 🇨🇭 😅

I mean, I'm not arguing, but until you've had chocolate and banana bread and butter pudding, you've never truly lived 😉