He followed up with a sneering observation, “Oh look, there’s a vaper,” as if vaping is never seen where he’s from. And then as he put his headphones round his neck, “I’ll look like a stupid footballer but never mind.”

Please let him not be in my row.

Bloke behind me is.clearly devastated to be flying Ryanair. His partner has an emergency passport (presumably it was lost or stolen.) “I imagine they’ve seen plenty of those here,” he chirped, the implication wholly unsubtle.

Once again we failed to locate the much referenced Vatican Assisted Referee portacabin.

Wtf just happened - all I did was walk to the pub and goals have gone in at the rate of one per 200m. Must have been the Vatican visit earlier.

You weren’t wrong.

😬

The urge to photobomb is great too.

Instagram poses are the worst, getting into the most precarious positions too for a few likes. We hiked around a petrified waterfall near Oaxaca and at the top there were mineral lakes. Stunning. One had the best views and all the selfies, we had a great swim in the other which hardly anyone was in.

In Rome, just spent an hour with some very drunken Finnish folk dancers. As you do. They didn’t dance but I fear limbs may have been broken if they had (especially as it seems there are similarities with traditional Russian dancing.)

Hard agree

Wait, your vacuum cleaner talks?

Anyone who’s ever worked near secure public sector projects knows that clearance isn’t a nice to have, even at lower levels. There’s zero chance any bypassing could have happened without ministerial sign off at Mandelson’s level.

Good for blending in on a July weekend in Glasgow mind.

Two champagne flutes with orange juice and prosecco in on a brown wooden table.

Still…

Orbán conceding is a good end to the weekend. Magyar and Tisza are far from what I’d like for Hungary but at least Fidesz are out

It was a bit!

Honestly there and back were both ridiculous. We went on massive detours, came into stations the wrong way, went out of stations then back again…

Finally home five hours after leaving Burton. Full first class refund the only bonus.

I think I have been through about 20 counties today. God bless the railway system. And its delays, breakings, cancellations..

I’m quite zen about what happens this season. Whatever will be will be etc. some of our fans though… A long ball sails out, “Think about it Jackson,” is the shout behind me, as if the manager communicates every kick in realtime 🤦‍♀️ #afcwimbleddon

A classic reverse jinx, perfectly executed. @tomdaviese17.bsky.social would be impressed if Essex weren't the opposition.

Like many out there I’m thinking of Iran tonight. Thinking of all the people who are hurtling towards wherever the hellish fever dreams of Trump propel them. The lure of power is truly vile.

At least I expected it!

Before the football down the road today I was compèring our monthly pub salon. Managed to avoid heckling from either West Han or Leeds fans .#winning

Now singing Marching on Together. Obvs.

Two West Ham fans just came in the pub. Left too early lads.

Also if you are a grown person crying at losing a game of football then really, got a bloody grip.

If you’ve got a player wearing gloves in April then you deserve to lose. Them’s the rules.

Less good was when you failed to turn the connection off and the phone bill went ape.

A dartboard in a pub with “Reserved @5.45” on the blackboard behind it. Below is an old cigarette advert with test in Gaelic.

Pubs where people reserve the dart board by writing on the blackboard. Proper.