📸 The weather is atrocious, so it’s a day for comfort food. Just inhaled a most delicious fried egg sandwich (finished before I could snap a pic!), and now relaxing with a big mug of tea.
Watching Ireland’s election coverage via the RTE Player app, only for Bertie Ahern to pop up on screen and cause me a few moments of absolute nausea slash fury.
Awake far too early for a Sunday morning. So back in bed it is, with a coffee and my laptop, to catch up on all the election news from Ireland. Looks like it’s going to be a big steaming pile of ‘More of the Same’. 🙄
📸 Feet up, sweatpants on, glass of beaujolais nouveau in hand. Keeping an eye on the Irish election results while catching up on last night’s “Have I got news for you”.
✏️ Just spent a very pleasant time setting up my new Hobonichi for the year ahead. Mostly adding a plethora of birthdays, anniversaries and trips abroad. The real detail kicks off in January with daily notes.
☕️ Up with a coffee and reading coverage of yesterday’s Irish election.
It will be very interesting to see what kind of coalition government emerges from this virtual stalemate, and whether it has the guts/competence to make the significant changes the country needs. I’m fearful we’ll end up with another FG/FF government, reliant on a rabble of right-wing independents.
🍷 After socialising the last couple of nights (I know! On a school night!), we’re having a quiet night in. I’m making meatballs and pasta and we’re going to watch some more of the excellent ‘Day of the Jackal’ series. While enjoying some of the lovely Beaujolais nouveau we picked up last week.
📸 Golden hour reflected beautifully in the building next door. Gently easing into Friday evening and enjoying the views from my living room.
📸 Incredibly clear and blue skies over Canary Wharf just now. No filters or other edits. Absolutely gorgeous.
📸 Lovely blue skies over West India Quay this morning.
🥪 Just bought my first Christmas sandwich of the season. As part of a Tesco meal deal. Watch this space for seasonal sandwich updates…
👟 The lightning sale at AllBirds was just too good to pass on. And I got these replacements for some very, very old trainers at less than half price. It’s safe to say I’m sorted for shoes for some time…
📸 A gorgeous, pink hue to the City of London this morning. On the flip side, it’s only 1C outside 🥶
💪🏼 Survived another trip to the gym. Used my time on the elliptical trainer to watch episode two of Dune: Prophecy. I’m loving it so far. Just gorgeous to look at. Epic design and some lovely performances.
⏰ A Monday morning in November when you wake up to find the hot water heater has failed overnight.
Cue a cold shower. Now wishing great misery on everyone playing videos without headphones on this train to work. Absolute twats.
💪🏼 Survived my first gym visit since coming back from Japan. 45mins on the elliptical machine while watching ‘The Pengun’. (And attempting to ignore the weights-dropping, mouth-breathing dullards who make the gym such a chore…)
📸 Another quick snap from last week’s wander around Shinjuku san-chome, on our way to Shinjuku gyoen. Missing all that sunshine a lot today.
🧐 Why am I not the least bit surprised?
Tory MP Danny Kruger investigated by standards watchdog over assisted dying funds
One of the UK’s most high-profile campaigners against assisted dying is being investigated over funding to a parliamentary group that received £55,000 from lobbyists linked to the Christian right.
📸 This time last week, I was enjoying a wander around a very warm and sunny Tokyo.
📺 Settling in to watch the first episode of ‘Dune: Prophecy’. I’ve been looking forward to this since the first trailer landed.