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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Random things seen on the way to, at, or on the way back from parkrun: my cat friend again. The other one had gone back to wary watchfulness.

A black and white cat peering at me from the top of a fence

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Ally Pally parkrun @allypallyparkrun.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🎇 Firework Cancellations 2026 🎇 ‼️ We are cancelled on 31st October and 7th November for the Alexandra Palace Firework & Drone Festival. ‼️ NB - at the request of the team at the Palace we are off for two weeks this year. 😮 #loveparkrun

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Me, with perfectly calibrated theodolite: The clearance of this bridge is exactly five metres My Garmin:

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Random things seen on the way to, at, or on the way back from parkrun: the cat from last week, back this week with a friend. I think we’re a gang now.

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I have 566 and 387 unread messages in two WhatsApp groups.

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Random things seen on the way to, at, or on the way back from parkrun: this cat, which usually won’t give me the time of day, but today wanted to complain to me about some noisy building work

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

<Runs in out of breath, five years late> Loved the Coach Beard episode of Ted Lasso!

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Random things seen on the way to, at, or on the way back from parkrun: The Little Record Shop, Hornsey

Small shuttered shop with a sign saying “Records wanted”

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

OK, who has my copy of Tau Zero by Poul Anderson? Come on, own up.

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just replaced the hinge and part of the door trim on the washing machine. What an absolute Dad.

Close-up of hinge and part of the door of a washing machine

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Kings of the Wild Frontier, from Boots, with money I got from my grandad for my eighth birthday. Fascinated by the catalogue that came with it despite not understanding much of it. (What did “Likes: Sex Pistols circa ‘76” even mean?) Lost it in a house move at some point, to my eternal regret.

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I toyed with the idea of going to watch the U21s last night. Thankfully my inherent laziness won out. 😲

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Random things seen on the way to, at, or on the way back from parkrun: new build

An angular block of flats, brightly lit by the Sun

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Is that in the correct aspect ratio?

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Random things seen on the way to, at, or on the way back from parkrun: trees, except they’re not

Worn panels on a building site giving the appearance of silhouetted trees and a cloudy sky

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Exploring Chatsworth House and suddenly struck by the urge to watch some Monty Python.

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Random things seen on the way to, at, or on the way back from parkrun: sunlight on water

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Listening to Siouxsie and the Banshees on the way in to work, on a route I have walked 100 times, and I have NEVER noticed this street sign until today.

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Random things seen on the way to, at, or on the way back from parkrun: a crow

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

@hanleypa.bsky.social Emboldened by drink, two years ago at Downstairs at The Dome in Tufnell Park I told you exactly the same as my mate Glenn says here, that the music wasn’t an exercise in nostalgia but stood on its own merit. I might have been jabbing my finger a bit. Thanks and all that. 👍

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Random things seen on the way to, at, or on the way back from parkrun: Ally Pally’s “really really REALLY don’t have a barbecue” poster

A poster with nine “forbidden” signs, seven of which are about barbecues

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Random things seen on the way to, at, or on the way back from parkrun: blackberries

Close-up of blackberries on the wine, one ripe, the remainder unripened

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Random things seen on the way to, at, or on the way back from parkrun: Colin Chapman plaque

Plaque on a brick wall saying:
Colin Chapman 1928-1982
Found Lotus Engineering Co Ltd on this site in January 1953
Erected in his memory by Club Lotus January 1984

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Matt Braithwaite @mattbraithwaite.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Took part in the Josh Kerr Mile outside the London Stadium on Thursday evening; new parkrun PB this morning, at Lordship Recreation Ground; then back to the London Stadium this afternoon to see Josh Kerr set a new mile world record.