Fellow freelancers! When that warning klaxon goes off in your head about a potential new project/client, listen to it! Avoid. (I’m constantly having to remind myself of this.)

@Mikeachim Oh that’s easy: lots of long train journeys and long walks around the UK to research all the uncommercially niche history/walking books I wanna write. Well, some of them anyway.

@cornish_jack I get this when my shoes are getting worn out or need adjusting. Have failed to find useful info online but changing lacing or shoes usually stops the pain after a couple of days (and not overdoing it obvs).

@siwazzer Well, I’ve heard from multiple sources and it seems credible from circumstantial info. But I can’t provide 100% proof!

@richardf Have DMed…

Joy of joys. Boris Johnson has bought a house in our quiet little town.

Ah, Oxford. Here in Nero in Blackwell’s, a 60-something Scotsman is earnestly talking about the Dewey system (and Arthur Mee’s Children’s Encyclopedia) to a group of five younger women.

RT @Al_Humphreys: A live map showing where Thames Water is pumping raw sewage into rivers right now: buff.ly/3VOI3EC Astonishing. h…

Oops. Just had my first biblical soaking of the year. Probably should have worn waterproofs… Still, now at the happy toast and tea stage that follows Type 2 fun.