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Ask me tomorrow and you'll probably get a different answer but if we're talking albums from my youth that I always go back to then it's probably this lot at the top of the list currently, but I could easily add dozens more... #My9Albums

Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Portishead - Dummy
Stone roses - Stone Roses
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 10h

I call this one "World in Motion"...

A variety of mushrooms growing in a Dartmoor cow pat in a shady grassy hollow, faint glow of autumn sun illuminating the caps.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 03/10/2026

Apocalypse Cow (No. 346 in an occasional series)

Black and white photo of a lone cow standing in bleak moorland under menacing skies with a partially felled conifer forest on the horizon.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 03/10/2026

Big loop over some tussocky bits of the North Moor with these two. Knee held up, heard a curlew, ate cake, took some photos (some of which weren't shit), and finished up with chips and beer. Didn't get murdered by cows. I'm counting that as a win.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 02/10/2026

I have the MiniLab 3 and really like it - was torn between that and the Akai, but the MiniLab was actually cheaper at the time - I paid £68 for it from Bax. The "champagne" ones seem to be cheaper for some reason...

Arturia Minilab 3 on top of a piano with a tiny synth just visible

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Never Knowingly Over-Biked... Taking advantage of the still dry conditions to give the skinny bike a spin on trails that are usually out of bounds for most of the year due to their sogginess. The moor is still as dry as a bone.

Over the handlebar view from my gravel bike of a thin ribbon of heathery singletrack bridleway snaking across the moor.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Office assistants proving a distraction today...

Two black and white dogs staring at me from underneath my desk.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 18/09/2026

Rediscovering my CD collection. Current office listening is this. I'd forgotten how good it was.

Cd cover of LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver album.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 12/09/2026

I used to want to live in the But an' Ben. I still do, truth be told... and eat porridge from a drawer.

Line drawing of a small highland cottage.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 10/09/2026

It reduced my normal commute time by about a third this morning (down to 20 mins from a normal 30 mins) , and with significantly reduced effort. Astonishing. This is the route profile

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Noticed that there's been no flowers on Jay's Grave for an unusually long time. Has the tradition died out somehow, or perhaps whoever was tending it in recent years has moved / passed away? #Dartmoor

A simple grassy grave mound at the head of a Dartmoor track with a small granite marker.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Morning head-straightening ride much appreciated today. After weeks of sun-bleached whiteness, it's been almost comforting to see the moor revert to its more traditional Autumn drab over the last few days.

My green gravel bike leaning against a bank. Granite outcrop of Hound Tor looming behind under a vaguely threatening grey morning sky.

A Dartmoor lane with sign indicating 60 mph speed limit now applies despite the fact there is a gate across the road.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 06/09/2026

The parking at Hexworthy bridge is downstream on the Dart from there - just here: maps.app.goo.gl/dW6kLGVdKTGr...

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 06/09/2026

IIRC the bridleway down to the first set of stepping stones goes down a steepish bank from the lane just after the bridge at Sherberton. The "main" stepping stones as pictured here are further north along the river but that's the bit which is quite boggy.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 04/09/2026

Our boy's band are doing a fundraiser for our lovely local community pool next weekend. If you fancy a twilight dip in a beautiful outdoor pool on the edge of Dartmoor accompanied by some great live music then come along... last year's event was great fun.

Poster for event showing band on stage

LIVE MUSIC
DIMPSY SWIM
SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER
WITH
DAM
7 - 9PM-ISH
SWIM TICKET £7
SPECTATOR TICKET £5
BOOK NOW MORETONPOOL.CO.UK
MORETON POOL END OF SEASON FUNDRAISER EVENT

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 01/09/2026

Our boy's "other" band, So Goes the Nation will be lifting the roof off Bomba in Exeter next week along with a couple of other great new young bands. Is likely to be a loud one...

LIVE MUSIC
9 SEPTEMBER 2026
BOMBAEXETER.COM
ONLINE £6
OTD £10
UNNAMEDEVENTS
PRESENTS
7PM - 11PM
ETHEREAL -
T.L.T.S
...SO GOES THE NATION SHEER DROP COUNTRY

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 30/08/2026

I have a new volunteering hat on as part of the events team at Bovey Paradiso where I'll be looking for original bands and solo artists to play in a fab new arts space on the edge of #Dartmoor. Build of auditorium and new cafe bar is still in progress but watch this space! www.paradiso.org.uk

Side of Bovey Paradiso building - a former pub - sign written mural promising Art, film, music, comedy, drama and food.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 26/08/2026

Next gig in Ashburton on Friday supporting Miyah. ashburtonarts.org.uk/events/miyah...

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 26/08/2026

Juliettes smashed it, despite being short at least two band members. Such a lovely bunch of young folk ❤️.

Nelly (singer) and Harry guitar, looking serious amidst the dry ice.

Raina (bass) keeping it cool against a tropical stage backdrop.

The band taken at a side angle, Nelly on guitar, bright coloured lights.

Front on view of the band on the trailer / stage - tropical backdrop behinf George the drummer looking like it's about to go thermo-nuclear.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 25/08/2026

If you're Dartmoor adjacent and fancy some live music tonight, our boy's band The Juliettes are kicking off Carnival week by playing a free gig in the square in Moretonhampstead, supported by the brilliant Americana singer / songwriter Joe Middleton. Music starts at 8pm.

Juliettes on stage at Ashburton Arts Centre. Dim light, bright wall hangings - guitarists intent on their instruments, singer Nelly in middle.

Singer songwriter Joe Middleton playing acoustic guitar in a church

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 24/08/2026

Rode the Gap Road in Bannau Brycheiniog with my boy the week before last, something I definitely didn't think I'd be saying 6 months ago...

A rocky track leads up to a green, bare mountain ridge under blue skies with fluffy white clouds.

A young mountain biker tackles a technical section, red sandstone earth and rocks - crest of Pen Y Fan summit in background

A rocky track leading down a mountain side - bike rider looks very small

Wide grassy valley below Pen Y Fan - bare hills, blue skies, hazy clouds

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 24/08/2026

The boys ❤️ Dash (left), incredibly, is now 9 months old.

Two happy black and white dogs on a rocky outcrop - hills of Dartmoor rising in the distance. The young bordet collie on left has his head cocked at a jaunty angle and his ears aloft. The older dog on the right has a lolling tongue and appears to be smiling.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 22/08/2026

Post a picture that should be an album cover.

An old man in a fishing hat, back to camera, plays a beaten up old piano, partly covered by a tarpaulin, outside an empty but freshly painted shop. He's in the shadows with bright morning sun coming in from the side. His blue walker is alongside and a green plastic shopping bag lying on the windowsill of the shop.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 14/08/2026

This is the work they're referencing I believe. Can understand how their intention might be easily misinterpreted though.

Street art piece depicting 6 youths, heads bowed and blindfolded by the Union flag.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 14/08/2026

It's not Banksy's work they're referencing - it's this piece of the same name by Mr Phantom. artplugged.co.uk/mr-phantom-a...

A black and white image of 6 youths, heads bent forward and blindfolded by the Union Flag

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 26/07/2026

Another one - this from a passing boat wake.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 26/07/2026

@cerysmatthews.bsky.social We visited the sea organ in Zadar on a warm Autumn evening back in 2022 - it's really quite magical isn't it?

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 24/07/2026

The current spate of wildfires across the country and the tinder-dry state of Dartmoor has made me reflect on some of the incidents I attended. No exaggeration to say that some wildfires were amongst the most physically draining and dangerous jobs I turned out to in the 7 years I was on the run...

Black and white photo - two firefighters in full kit with beaters working a fire front in a fiercely burning gorse fire.

A firefighter silhouetted in smoke on Dartmoor on a sunny day.

A single firefigher looks to the camera with beater aloft with a massive wall of fire behind him.

A tired firefighter trudging across the moor with beater across his shoulders. Remains of smoke hanging in the air.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 23/07/2026

Not mentioning any names but SOMEONE just got themselves into a bit of a pickle and had to be rescued... 8 months in and that whole "most intelligent breed" thing has clearly not kicked in as yet... he's genuinely daft as a brush.

A young border collie stuck fast in a dense clump of spiky gorse.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 20/07/2026

It's also not a new account and has an "interesting" history in terms of name changes...

User @vatican-news.bsky.social registered
03/03/2025 at PDS:
eghttps://fuzzyfoot.us-west.host.bsky.network
User changed handle to @martylyricfm.bsky.social
09/03/2025
User changed handle to @
catherineconnolly.bsky.social 19/12/2025
User changed handle to @votehq.bsky.social
15/01/2026
User changed handle to @ireukpolitics.bsky.social
02/04/2026
User changed handle to @ireukvote.bsky.social
02/04/2026
User changed handle to @ireuk-media.bsky.social

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 20/07/2026

A few black and white ones from down the front towards the end of their set...

Black and white photo. Singer Nelly lit up by a spotlight in the shadows.

Looking up from in front of the monitors. Our boy Harry playing guitar in deep concentration. Nelly and drummer George behind.

Hands raised in the crowd. Guitarist Joe lurking in the shadows. Nelly lit up to the right.

More hands raised in the air - the young folk thoroughly enjoying themselves. Guitarist Joe dimly lit on stage behind.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 20/07/2026

Juliettes at Ashburton Arts Centre on Saturday absolutely smashed it, as did their support, the super-funky Dam. Lovely to see so many of their mates turn out to support them and having an absolute ball. A fabulous evening, even if there was a bit of dust in the air at points for us parents...

A young band on a stage - colourful wall hangings behind the drum riser. Guitarist in shadows in foreground, drummer behind, female singer is illuminated looking back at the guitarist - rhythm guitarist (our son) behind.

Keyboard player, sidelit aginst a backdrop of a yellow wall-hanging with black hand prints.

Front view of the band on stage - singer illuminated by spotlight.

View from the crowd. Bassist lurking in shadows to right.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 15/07/2026

And here's Ian's actual guitar... (It's in the British Music Experience exhibition in Liverpool - snapped it last February)

White teardrop shaped Vox Phantom guitar.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 11/07/2026

Ben Howard at Eden Sessions last night was pretty special. New songs sounding great but also playing stuff from Every Kingdom which I don't think he's played live for years. Magical. Bonus of gigs at Eden is that at night you feel like you're visiting some strange and remote off world colony...

Biomes at Eden project lit up at night in unearthly neon purple and blue.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 08/07/2026

Seriously - I've been on some strange shouts in my time, but can you imagine rocking up, donning breathing apparatus and entering the building only to see one of these appearing out of the billowing smoke and melting before your eyes... <shudders> lifesize-models.co.uk/product-cate...

Human size hot dog display model - he is slathering himself in ketchup...

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 07/07/2026

Back on Dartmoor feeling discombobulated after brief work trip to London yesterday. I remember @notquitelight.bsky.social talking about high-rise developments "stealing the sky" in Manchester. I think there's a very strong sense of that in London at the moment too, particularly around Broadgate.

Looking up to a blue sky with wispy clouds from a heavily shaded street in The City - classical stone frontage of the building on the right contrasting with glass skyscrapers on the left.

Another view looking upwards from a shaded sheet to a massively tall glass building. Elegant curve of a regency period building visible in the shadows to the right.

Tower cranes working on yet another new high rise development against a blue summer sky.

Sentinels - looking down a narrow City of London street - workers in orange high viz guarding the ground floor entrances to a construction site. Overhanging scaffolding, safety barriers and the glimpse of a grand classically styled stone building at the end of the street with a glass skyscraper looming above it.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 02/07/2026

One of the highlights of the year in our mad little Dartmoor town is happening this Sunday. A full day of fab live music across 5 stages, with our boy's band, the mighty Juliettes kicking proceedings off at 1215 in The Horse - he's also got a solo spot at the church later. Should be a great day.

White Hart Hotel
12:30 - Paul & Simon
Acoustic duo playing their arrangements of Simon & Garfunkel's hits and gems
13:45 - Zenith
Zenith got tunes! Young, melodic alt-rock band playing covers & originals
15:00 - Jackdaw Road
Blues Rock (mainly originals) with one helluva groove
16:15 - Dreaming Trees
Music rising from diverse sources into our acoustic roots: voices, violin, guitars
17:45 - lan Mortimer & The Guilty Party Two singers and impromptu band performing rock, roll and mayhem with enthusiasm
19:00 - Panic Pete & The Roughbeats
Local 4-piece - authentic rock'n'roll to dance to 20:15 - Chasing Zeros
Chasing Zeros are an indie rock band who write their own music
21:30 - Yeo Division
Alternative 80s, New Wave and Post Punk
12:00 - Chris Back
Some folk songs old and new played on the Irish
Bouzouki
13:00 - Nicky Scott & James Goodwin
Mostly jazzy songs from the 30s, 40s and more!
14:00 - Tom Hartley Booth
Singer songwriter with distinctive vocal style and honest lyrics
15:00 - Tony Bayliss and Carl Allerfeldt
Tunes and songs on fiddle, cittern and guitar
MUSIC DAY NEEDS
YOU
See over for details
&
Church line-up
Front Bar
12:15 - The Juliettes
Funky, melodic bittersweet indie from a young
*BBC Introducing' featured band
13:30 - Joe Middleton
Original singer-songwriter with an exciting and intimate blend of alt-folk, acoustic and Americana
14:45 - Big Mouth Blues
True Big Bad rocking Blues to feed your soul
16:00 - Railroad
Blues with the feel of jazz
17:30 - Three Shots Later
Tequila and harmony fuelled Blues, Country, Rock and a little bit of Pop!
18:45 - 10 Ton Monkey
Funk rock, rap metal that will leave you with a bite itching for more!!
20:00 - The Fortunes
Infectious, high energy acoustic dance music old and new
21:15 - Twilight of the Pleasure Gods Playing in advance of their debut at Beautiful Days - Portishead meets Roni Size.
22:30 - Hazaar
Purveyors of the finest blend of Gypsy, Balkan and Klezmer music to get you dancing!
THE
HORSE
* PUB & NOSEBAG *
Bar…

Church
12:00 - Mandolin Orchestra
Mozart, Tango, Ragtime and more, all played by Devon based Mandolin Orchestra
12:30 - Hidden Coves
Hidden Coves takes acoustic Indie/Folk-Pop and makes it their own
13:00 - Global Harmony
Exeter based community choir sing a variety of folk songs from near and far
13:30 - Lily Paylor - Wings & Whispers
A folk duo playing music inspired by the natural world and magic
13:50 - Folk Orchestra
Toe tapping & beautiful tunes from Britain and Europe
14:20 - Dartmoor Harmony
Local choir singing folk and rousing original anthems
14:50 - Crooked Hares
Laid-back Americana, warm seventies folk, country twang, rich strings & rootsy vocals
15:15 - Livvie & Max
One of the favourites from Mini Music Day
15:30 - Moretones
Small local community choir singing arrangements of pop, folk, African & contemporary
15:50 - The Outlores
Hugh and Andy return and regale. Rampant Folk!
16:10 - Harry Vernon
Folky Americana style covers with some original songs
16:25 - Footloose
Local trio singing folk, originals & some quirky
Classical
16:50 - Frank O'Friel &
The Travelling Troubadours
With roots from Ireland and the lom - original & traditional songs
17:20 - Acapella calling
Acapella Calling from south Devon perform tight arrangements of classic songs
17:50 - Chinchi
Local fiddle players let loose

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 25/06/2026

Although how they transform from that little bundle of fur to this in a matter of what feels like weeks is still a mystery to me...

Our black and white border collie pup, Dash who is an absolute unit and has now outgrown his fur brother, Lucas - a black and white lab / springer cross.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 22/06/2026

Can any guitar / bass playing pals on here recommend someone to make up a replacement pickguard for my ancient MIJ P-bass clone? Current one is basically disintegrating! Been looking at TinyTone - anyone used them?

A rather battered 1970s vintage bass guitar in tobacco sunburst with tortoiseshell pickguard.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 21/06/2026

This is the graph for Bellever for the last 8 weeks... a few mm at most. Almost makes up for the lousy winter we had but the moor is already quite dry.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 20/06/2026

On roadie duties. Soundcheck for So Goes The Nation @ Beerworks in Axminster.

A young band on a stage in a very new brewery - stainless steel beer kegs and an old Piaggio delivery truck alongside.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 18/06/2026

Our lad is on bass duties once again for So Goes The Nation at Beer Works in Axminster on Saturday night. Beer, pizza and live music from a cracking young local band - what's not to love?

Live Music Beerworks 20 June 2026 So Goes The Nation with Chariots of Fire Pizza.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 17/06/2026

Also good to see the logo back...

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 16/06/2026

I endorse this wholeheartedly. Charlie the Bikemonger always had a nice line in them.

A battered "This Machine Kills Fascists" sticker on the chainstay of a very muddy orange singlespeed bike

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