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@sjh66

Swallow from the UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง inhabiting Cape Town in South Africa ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ, writer/blogger ๐Ÿ“ craft beer ๐Ÿบ enthusiast, West Ham United โš’๏ธ and Prog Rock ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽน fan.

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After meeting up with son for a muddy walk along the Basingstoke canal today I am meeting up with daughter and her family for a muddy walk in Micheldever woods. ๐Ÿ‘ฃ๐Ÿ‘ฃ๐Ÿ‘ฃ๐Ÿ‘ฃ

08.03.2026 12:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A bit of Simple Minds for me at the Marquee ๐Ÿ‘

08.03.2026 08:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream

#NowPlaying #ProgRock #Spotify More chilling tune from Sunchild ....
open.spotify.com/album/1egEEs...

07.03.2026 10:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gentล

#NowPlaying #ProgRock #Spotify Chilling out on a Saturday morning with Bioscope, the collaboration between Marillion's Steven Rothery & Tangerine Dream's Thorsten Quaeschning ....
open.spotify.com/album/5ov1TW...

07.03.2026 09:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes for me too :-)

07.03.2026 09:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Left the North of England and family there and now down in the South of England at a Green King Inn for the next few days visiting more family before I head back to Cape Town next week.

06.03.2026 16:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

After yesterday's one-sided T20 World Cup semi-final between RSA ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ and NZ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ hopefully today's match between ENG ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ and IND ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ will more competitive #COE ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ†

05.03.2026 13:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In honour of yesterday's win โš’๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ #COYI

05.03.2026 12:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yesssssss West Ham finally manage to hold on to a lead ... Fulham 0 v 1 West Ham. A MASSIVE three points... #COYI โš’๏ธ๐Ÿ˜

04.03.2026 21:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We can finish the Premier League now please #COYI โš’๏ธ๐Ÿ˜

04.03.2026 21:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OK, not a great start for South Aftica with early wicket loss. Dodgy catch removing the captain didn't help either. Competitive total, 169, posted in the end thanks to Jansen's 50. Early wickets vital in the NZ run chase... #COZA ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

04.03.2026 15:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watching RSA ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ v ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ NZ in ๐Ÿ T20 World Cup ... #COZA ๐Ÿ“ฃ

04.03.2026 13:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A beautiful day in the North of England ๐Ÿ™‚

03.03.2026 09:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Woodcut

#NowPlaying #ProgRock #Spotify I couldn't resist another (digital) spin of the new Big Big Train album and I have to admit it gets better with every listen ๐Ÿ‘ ....
open.spotify.com/album/5eq5Jy...

03.03.2026 08:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications

Awesome ..... not long until they are playing Minecraft, creating their own world to inhabit ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿง โ˜ข๏ธ #armagedontime
www.newscientist.com/article/2517...

28.02.2026 13:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Weekend Project with new Arduino Nesso N1. My go to with any new gadget or gizmo, a weather station. The program connects to WiFi, gets weather info from OpenWeather API and then displays a summary of the current conditions. Button on the Nesso and touchscreen to refresh or auto 10 mins ๐Ÿค“ #geeksrule

28.02.2026 12:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

England v Pakistan at T20 World Cup, England being England and making hard work of a relatively low score by Pakistan ..... #COE ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

24.02.2026 16:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Having fun with my new IoT device. Not sure what I am going to do with it yet when I am back in Cape Town ๐Ÿค“ #geek #nerd #IoT #Arduino

24.02.2026 15:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An Hour Before It's Dark (Full Suites Version)

#NowPlaying #ProgRock #Spotify Back to the Latest Release thread with 2022 epic AHBID from Marillion .....
open.spotify.com/album/5vyd07...

23.02.2026 16:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is a banger to start the album ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿค˜

23.02.2026 15:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Favourite track ? For me its "The Old Man And The Angel" ๐Ÿง“๐Ÿ‘ผ

23.02.2026 15:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Once Around The World

#NowPlaying #ProgRock #Spotify back to more recent times, a paltry 38 years ago for a classic album from It Bites ....
open.spotify.com/album/4mbynq...

23.02.2026 14:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Selling England by the Pound (2007 Stereo Mix)

#NowPlaying #ProgRock #Spotify Back in time after playing some recent releases, a mere 53 years ago ..... more than a lifetime for some sadly ....
open.spotify.com/album/1rZGSW...

23.02.2026 11:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I too am easily swayed seeing what others are playing ๐Ÿ˜€

23.02.2026 09:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dominion

#NowPlaying #ProgRock #Spotify Continuing the "Latest release" thread with 2025's Dominion from IQ ....
open.spotify.com/album/0jGsa4...

23.02.2026 09:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Widdershins

#NowPlaying #ProgRock #Spotify Kicking off the week with the latest from @gandalfsfist.bsky.social ....
open.spotify.com/album/0FyxRv...

23.02.2026 08:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For me Woodcut is the best release of the year and has the makings of a classic album from the band.

19.02.2026 16:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Woodcut

##NowPlaying ##ProgRock #Spotify Second last leg of today's travel, coach from Birmingham to Manchester ... accompanied by the latest offering from Big Big Train ... ๐ŸšŽ๐ŸŽถ

open.spotify.com/album/5eq5Jy...

19.02.2026 16:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Arrived in the UK yesterday after my first day flight from Cape Town โœˆ๏ธ ... Stayed at the Gatwick Yotel last night in a one person pod, very funky. Very convenient for the flight, right next to Wetherspoons as well ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿป
2nd day of travel, coach Gatwick to Birmingham then Birmingham to Manchester ๐ŸšŽ

19.02.2026 09:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Off to England for a few weeks visiting family and friends. Not looking forward to the 30C drop off in temperature ๐Ÿฅถ๐ŸŒก๏ธ

17.02.2026 12:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0