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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Miss Binks and the Monkey enjoying #Caturday morning. They were gathering their strength before an afternoon of climbing fruit trees 😸

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Names and numbers. WL Bragg (6) is 3rd from left in middle row, looking over Marie Curie's right shoulder. What an extraordinary congregation of minds - we live in a world shaped by their thoughts.

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I had to pop into the local Lidl, and chanced to be in the freezer aisle. I spotted Pistachio, Peach, Cherry and Gazillionaire varieties. Is that a "full house"? 🤔 Wells is definitely a hot spot for ice cream!

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The giant earth ripples of Hambledon Hill last Sunday. Lay in the wind-shade on top, ate lunch and watched kites, buzzards and crows against the blue, isolated cirrus skeins drifting eastward high over Blackmore Vale ☺️ #hillfortswednesday #Hambledon #dorset

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lowering clouds over Forton, almost post-Rapture vacancy, caught by Jen Orpin www.jenorpinpaintings.com #fortonservices #m6

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There's a glorious exhibition of some of Godwin's images at www.ffotogaleriygofeb.co.uk and www.penralltgallerybookshop.co.uk in Machynlleth until the end of September, I think. Images of familiar places I've never been, but yearn to go.

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A special moment, to have W Kennet to yourself 😊 It's a superbly rich landscape. I had it in mind to visit the Grey Wethers and West Wood, the raw materials for the monuments, yesterday, but "events" 🙄 Here is a view of Silbury from the barrow on a sunnier day last year 🌞

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

On coming home from my week in #Meirionydd #Cymru, Mr Monkey has been seeking me out to give me lots of head butts, nuzzles and plenty of lap-work #caturday #merioneth #wales

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

More postcards from #Meirionydd #Cymru ##merioneth #wales Thankfully, the rain held back on my annual pilgrimage to Cwm #Ratgoed and most of the shrines were visited.

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ah, the classic Varmouth viaduct shot! Also, this one 😀

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Goodness, our paths might have crossed, as I was up at Cregennan today too!

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Mid Wales is damp, and pleasingly so 😊

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Wonderful to meet other than online 😁 And v pleased I could introduce a local to some great Mach bookshops. Hopefully, the one at Senedd Dy will have what you are looking for. Here is a snap of the circle I mentioned. It is near Dolhendre: www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?... Do keep in touch!

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I think you will be drawn to this Fay Godwin in the bookshop 😊

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If I might add something to your reading list, I suggest this slimmish tome. I'm not at home and can't consult my copy, so I can't say how much it covers the Glasgow system, but certainly a good general survey.

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Monkey is doing similarly, but with no sense of decorum 😸 Indeed, and recently built houses can't cope with the heat. A friend's Pers1m0n home is so hot, he has been sleeping in the garden for >2 months. He is in his 70s ..

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Paul Nash, Eclipse of the Sunflower, 1945

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I found a conker putting out a root by the back door earlier this year. I popped it on a pot of compost and now look at it! My tree-baby 🌿

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Re. British Mission, I've recently added Gareth Williams' book to my pile of atomic literature (to which Close's will be added). He seeks to establish the critical role the Mission played in the Mangattan Project, with a great deal of success, tho' inevitably a lot of the same events are covered.

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The mulberry crop is now in full flow 😁 So messy, but such a unique flavour 😋 #mulberries

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Today may be #internationalcatday, but Monkey hasn't noticed. After all, everyday is Monkey Day! #caturday

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Been there, tried that and, no, it doesn't work 😸

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Rain is forecast🤞 But Binks is asleep in the outdoor chair, so I can't bring it in! What to do? 😸 #caturday

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

First mulberries of the season .. mmm! 😋 #mulberries

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Mr F_ing Useless, aka Monkey, making his gardening contribution this #caturday

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Possibly by the same outfit which did this job?

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Tantalising details 😍 Romulus, Remus and the she-wolf feature on the Franks casket, too. I see (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franks_...) there are possible parallels with Hengist and Horsa.

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Happy Adlestrop Day! "Yes. I remember Adlestrop The name, because one afternoon Of heat, the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June." May the blackbird - and all the birds wherever you are - sing for you today 🐦‍⬛🎶 #adlestrop #poetry #edwardthomas

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Me too 🥲 Here's Flossie, who was the daftest floof ever 😸

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Seen at MoMA, Machynlleth, Aug 2025 😍

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

At left: Fresh Cream FINGER DOUGHNUTS 20p 2 for only 36p

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Hearing your experience, I'm not tempted to try!

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Monkey has spent his day snoozing, too. No doubt recuperating after his 3am attic antics. Although his post-supper protein rush propelled him briefly up a tree, he has now selected my lap for his next episode of sleep. I am privileged 😸 (Note how brown he has turned in the recent sun!)

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Lovely, captures some of the atmosphere of the place ☺️ Here are some more of the doors of Lanhydrock. I confess I got quite fascinated by them! #adoorablethursday #kernow #cornwall

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Here's Britain's final flying boat fling, the Saunders Roe SR.45 'Princess'. Wiki says it was the "largest all-metal flying boat" ever constructed, powered by 10 turboprop engines. Only one ever flew, the client airline, BOAC, preferring land-based airliners. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunder...

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Photo by Barry Feinstein used on cover of No Direction Home album. As a 4-5 yr old kid, I was scared when we went on the ferry at the start of our summer hols. The muddy waters seemed too close for comfort, and I remember worrying about life belts, etc. But I lived to see the opening of the bridge!

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Life is good (when you're a cat). Monkey enjoys the evening air in the field. #caturday

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Wayland's Smithy, Jun 2018. A distinct feeling of the long past, as if the stones themselves had roots like the sheltering grove of beeches'. #tombtuesday #waylandsmithy #wiltshire

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This is just to say I have drunk the Tizer that was in the icebox and which you were probably saving for your birthday party Forgive me it felt so naughty soooo sweet and so cold

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Hoorah! 🍾 I was allowed one Tizer a year, when we stopped for a break on our way back from hols at our gran's in Suffolk. Here we are about to set off for home. A Morris Traveller was quite big enough for our mum, the four of us kids and luggage, toys, picnic box, Primus, etc. for a fortnight

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Washed down with lukewarm Corona 😋 I was never allowed the cherry flavour, I think my mother considered it self-indulgent.

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Avebury stone circle, northwest quadrant, Sep 2025. #standingstonesunday

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Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Monkey says, "Keep cool everyone!" Belated #caturday

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