And grasshopper warblers. 🦗

This year’s EVDF - Nantes. Good food. Good company and a massive fucking mechanical elephant

And I’m glad the hotel sorted me out with a balcony for optimal views of the sex shop, the building site and the multi-storey car park. Not a great European balcony but still

And the best thing in any European city in the summer, swifts. ♥️. Stunning silhouettes. And those screams!

I think my sister sees me as a man with a stately home and peacocks. Secretly, I also see myself as that man. Just haven’t achieved my potential… yet. 😘

🐬 🌊 ☀️ ♥️

Late night, early morning but absolutely worth it to enjoy what might be our best days of the summer. Dolphins and gannets out back. Nap opportunities later before getting back in the sea. Dreamy ♥️

Earned…

How quickly a day can change.

This works.

Old boys wknd with old friends. Fantastic. A chance to hit the old haunts, reminisce, laugh and awful lot and even dress up a little. Joined on Saturday by the hugely entertaining Nigel Owens MBE. 🙏. Hadn’t realised how much I needed it. Been too long. Bring on next yr 😘

In my 40th year I had to keep busy to stave off the midlife crisis so I hit the calisthenics hard, got a chest tattoo, started skateboarding and dabbled with petty misdemeanours 😆 . More Bart Simpson than Benjamin Button! I think it did the trick. #notamidlifecrisis

To balance things up, I found room for a new obsession fitting with the milestone. Birthday. I fucking love apples 🍎. The cider tastes like watery apple piss, some say bin juice, but first effort. Lessons learnt. HAPPY NY! Bring on 2025. #Readywhenyouare

When you just can’t ignore the pull of it. ☀️ Off site lunch break for the full hour today. Glossy ibis about. #fremington #apricity

This hawthorn on the local green jumps the gun every year and can’t be relied upon as a true indicator of spring. It gets a little carried away but love it all the same. Ditches full of spawn. We’re getting there. 🌱

February treasures. Quality time with the little one today. A little nature know it all and not yet 5 ♥️

When you’ve spent the year looking at bees 🐝

Nice little 2025 project. When you can’t move house, I guess you start gardening at work. Transformed the area. Been very well used by staff and clients alike. 🍎 🌼 🐝 🐞