Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 4hEarly doors MOT calls for scrambled eggs on toast and a decent coffee in the bikers’ cafe upstairs at Krazy Horse. 080
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 23h“Something for the weekend,Sir?” Haven’t heard that for a while, but I don’t recall ever paying £100 million for them. 010
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“One for the adventurous outdoor buyer. Free dinghy.” 110
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Awaiting the lady folk at Edmundo’s. It’s managed by one of my former pupils, of course. They pop up everywhere. More alarming when they’re wearing a white coat and stethoscope, especially when I’ve marked their slapdash work … 120
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I have just received the Local Plan Timetable It is a masterpiece of jargon, gobbledygook and mock democratic “consultation”. The fact is that there are whole estates of big, expensive houses for sale. Other developments have stalled phase twos due to lack of buyers. . 130
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Wordle 1,935 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 M25 Brain fog 040
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Friday is officially bike-fettling day. My skilled pal Adrian is coming round to tickle the reluctant 750/4 into life - in preparation for a weekend bimble. I should have been focusing on non-edible, metal carbs all along .. 050
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yes. Cutting off my grandchildren at the knees. 000
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This equipment is a cable percussion drilling rig (also frequently referred to as a tripod drilling rig or shell and auger rig). Says AI. 010
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Morrison’s girl tells me I’m the first person ever to order the porridge. I must admit that I lingered over the trad fare. But resisted. 130
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Despite not being an ailurophile, I would have to agree. 010
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Where am I?Not a tractor in sight. Oh yes, The Smoke. Nephew fixing car. He’s a good lad. 020
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026H Rider Haggard was my exotic read at that age, but by far the most terrifying was my father’s illustrated copy of Thug or a Million Murders by Colonel James L Sleeman. Certainly put me off ever drinking from a well. 210
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Bumped into a fellow-traveller at the hospital, of all places. Identical W800. Same colour/same year. But very well-used: 48000 miles - heroic! 0180
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026-ish Always low-key, laid-back and free. Although Rougham Tower closes for the Winter after next week. Have a look at the website for events. It’s my official hidey-hole. I’ll treat you to coffee and a bacon sarnie there one day. 110
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A sunny ride-out on the W800. Many more to follow, I hope. Coffee with like-minds too. 1160
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking. John Masefield Sea Fever (1902) 010
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026tromper », définition dans le dictionnaire Littré tromper (tron-pé) v. a. Induire en erreur en employant la ruse, l'artifice, le mensonge. To deceive", definition in the Littré dictionary To deceive (Tron-pé) v. a. Induce, mislead by using cunning, artifice, lies. 000
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Far-sighted of the planners to have endorsed the fabulous building. 110
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026*Signs Artificial Differences Executive Order, with Sharpie* 050
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Everyone is saying that it’s the greatest difference since I invented differences. 010
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ah.White Maiden. I was once an M n S Saturday Boy. 110
Frank’s back @frankhopper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“It’s a terrible difference. The biggest difference in the history of civilisation.” 1791