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I settled for this Schweppes pomegranate drink. Seemed more likely I might actually finish it.

Okay, almost done (I did warn you that I enjoy supermarkets abroad…) Anyone have any idea why coffee flavoured sparkling water is a thing? Is it one of those things that’s sounds terrible but it is in fact amazing? I’m struggling to believe it would be…

Bottle labelled “coffee flavoured sparkling water”

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Then weirdly, I spotted some ‘Morrisons Savers’ tinned pineapple, which felt weirdly out of place

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Essence of biryani (to be clear this was not in the perfume section)

Some rather dubiously named perfumes

There was an entire section dedicated to ghee

Packed shelves of tins and jars of different ghee

I had to get myself a red banana. I don’t think I’ve had a red banana before. Shall report back.

Photo shows quite fat stubby bananas that are a sort of dark red/brown/green colour. A bit like when you mix too many colours of paint as a kid.

Then there was the banana bread in the shape of bananas, but I don’t think it’s banana bread like the one I make. Looked more like a light sponge to me.

Packet of banana shaped cakes that are labelled as banana bread.

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And just when you thought breakfast cereals couldn’t get any more ridiculous…

Box of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes with Tony the Tiger holding a bowl of pink looking Frosties. Background of box also pink. Apparently they are strawberry milkshake flavour. No. Just no.

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While we’re on the subject of “things you don’t expect to look that classy”, look at this nice tin. Then read the label and discover it is yellow food colouring.

Dark brown tin with gold colour lid. Lots of images of award medallions as though it’s an age old company. Label is orange and reads “permicol synthetic food colour production, lemon yellow powder IH 6597”

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What else have we got.. oh yes, Middle East Vimto is posh Vimto. I remember this from my time in Qatar. Very popular during Ramadan, to the point my local supermarket limited you to two bottles!

Glass bottles of Vimto that almost look like Pimms bottles. Shiny red and gold rosette image on sticker around the neck.

Then there were these nappies, because it’s never too early to start fat-shaming your offspring…

Pack of nappies called “Chubs” with a little ginger-haired crawling baby

Looks like the manosphere got to the honey too. “But honey is so sweet, how can we make it appeal to male shoppers who equate sweetness with weakness?” “Nailed it”

Black and gold box packaging of some honey with a large gold horse on the front. It says “The Stallion” is big gothic letters, and just below and much smaller, “honey”. The tagline reads “unleash the power within you”.

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What else - oh yeah - the ridiculousness of these “yeah, I can take it, I’m a man” bottles of chilli sauce

Different chilli sauces in grenade shape bottles

Oh, and these, because who doesn’t want to try cheese and jalapeño pea crisps?

Packet of pea protein puffs in a green bag. Cheese and jalapeño flavour.

These are what I actually opted for - World Cup special edition country-based flavours. Probably only the least liked flavours (or countries?) left, since the World Cup was months ago. (Which reminds me, they still had some Easter chocolate!)

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While we’re on crisps - how about wasabi and turmeric flavour? They are on my list to try on my next visit…

Packets of crisps in black bags on a supermarket shelf. Hunter’s gourmet wasabi and tumeric flavour.

Fish flavoured crisps/crackers (apparently the leading flavour of crisps in much of the world, but thankfully not the UK)

Large bag of “La La Fish Crackers” that look remarkably like crisps. Massive open mouthed fish on packet so no chance you don’t realise the flavour.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 12h

I discovered I could buy a 27 litre cooking pot, or an Indian tiffin tin, camel or date milk, and also came across brands like this one, with a terrifying child on the packaging. (It’s the hands, they just… I don’t know, but they freak me out).

Packaging for a packet of biscuits with a child look off into this distance and holding its weird looking hands in front of its face

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Good morning! How are you feeling? Am enjoying watermelon for breakfast (sadly my hotel after tomorrow doesn’t include breakfast). Didn’t do well sleeping last night, but need to force myself into this timezone (BST+3) for early starts come Monday. Pondering a walk.. 35C outside already! #StayBright

Image of tower blocks lit up in white lights and the Burj Khalifa lit in blue. Not great photo as taken from a moving taxi at night, but gives impression of where I am - Dubai.

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No joke, just before I boarded my Emirates flight I thought ‘Let me check the news’. Oh.

Screengrab of news article with Emirates plane in the sky and the headline “Emirates flight from Dubai to London declares mid-air emergency”

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 02/10/2026

Yay! A window seat! Oh.

Photo shows view from plane window which is entirely taken up by the wing of the plane.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 02/10/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? I was up and out early before dawn had cracked. Time for me to hop on my flight to Dubai now and contemplate the play I now want to write called “First Tube”. Let’s hope I’m lucky with my seat… #StayBright

Emirates Boeing 700-300ER parked at airport gate with airport vehicles in the foreground. Plane half in shadow. Blue sky.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 01/10/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? I am reeling from a moment of failed perfectionism (spent hours creating something, redid it when saw small error, somehow sent old version to printer 😳). Gotta sort my packing and prep for 4.30am start tomorrow - Zoiks! Loving the sunshine. #StayBright

Dried up thistle head and brown spiked leaves. Close-up.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 30/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m working my way down a list of things and psyching myself up to run. It feels quite humid out, so perhaps I will try for a slower (ok, even slower!) pace and see if I can avoid overheating. Determined to pack at a time that’s not 3am the day I leave. #StayBright

Sunset making the clouds glow orange and making it look like the sky is on fire. As seen looking down the high street with building on either side. The glass in windows of building on left are reflecting the fiery orange. Quite striking. A few people walking down the highstreet silhouetted. Two tall lamp posts one either side of road.

RadioKate @radiokate.com · 29/09/2026

Good morn-afternoon! About ready to admit defeat with Word formatting. Everything was perfect until I opened the file at the print shop and then it decided to add random line, paragraph and page breaks and go rogue on images. Feeling a bit stressed or enough time to do all I need to do! #StayBright

Little purple daisy-like flower with a yellow centre. Flowers and greenery in the background.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 28/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? I think I have completed the document wrangling for now! Now just to get them printed (famous last words!). Got to get running, then ship shape for Starship launch coverage around lunchtime. Busy busy! #StayBright

Mosaic showing a suited man coming up some red curved stairs holding a tray with a single drink on it. Vibrant yellow wall with artwork behind him in the mosaic. Representing Hitchcock’s film ‘Suspicion’.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 27/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? Yesterday was 90% work, 10% running. Hmm. Not the ideal Saturday. More to do today, but hoping that I am over the hump and can get to the goal of being able to print materials tomorrow/Tues. Living room on hold, frustratingly… one day it will be done! #StayBright

Old house with wooden beam structure and plaster between the beams. A spooky light colour with the sunset - vaguely blue sky with pinky orange streaked clouds. A sort of warm pinkish glow in the air.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 26/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? I’ve got a busy weekend of work.. nyargh. Comedy last night was ace - David O’Doherty was a brilliant headliner - still as funny as when I saw him in Edinburgh many (many) years ago. Run day today and also need to get a new battery for the smoke alarm. #StayBright

Image of Cadogan Hall ahead of the comedy gig. Blue and purple themed lighting and large hall with balconies on either side (and the back where I took this photo from).

RadioKate @radiokate.com · 25/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? I’m busy with SpaceWise Academy content development today - and then some comedy this evening. Looking forward to that! Don’t know where the morning went! Slow down time! I need more of you! 😂 #StayBright

Image of the lit up masts of the Cutty Sark ship against the clouded night sky.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 24/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? Finally booked flights and hotel for the ‘oh it’s happening, leaving next week!!’ trip to deliver a SpaceWise Academy in Dubai. Bit of a scramble! Benefited from a friend’s spare ticket for Micky Flanagan last night - first time in Soho Theatre E17! #StayBright

Soho theatre Walthamstow interior with neon lights spelling out venue name and enormous glitter ball from ceiling

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 23/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? Busy day yesterday with many trains but I made it to the National Maritime Museum for an evening with the astrophotographers and their amazing photos. A joy to meet the overall winner and see his spectacular image. All of them really incredible pics. #StayBright

Front of the National Maritime Museum with two large white anchors either side of the grand arched entrance. Blue skies above with a few clouds.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 22/09/2026

Good mornternoon! Has a nice run along the canal yesterday and then bought an interesting spoon in a charity shop. Some research showed it belonged to a WWII soldier, and I felt bad I’d left the non-matching knife with same service number behind. Have reunited them this morning. :) #StayBright

Picture shows handle of stainless steel knife with numbers punched into the handle. 2365890 - a military service number from Royal Signals Corp!

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 21/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? Had a walk along the beach in Southport yesterday and shard some chips from the chippy along the way. Feels like the sort of thing to do in English seaside towns. Didn’t reach the sea though - was miles away! #StayBright

Image of Southport pier which reaches out a long way but the sea is so far away so it is just on the sand. Blue skies above, slightly muddy sand in front.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 20/09/2026

Good morn-ternoon! How are you feeling? Good fun at the wedding last night - including an impromptu rave with glow sticks. Not quite what I was expecting with the bride being a vicar! Excellent band that played super cool medleys too. Off to walk on beach soon. #StayBright

Terrible photo that’s all drenched in yellow, but shows a dance floor with lots of glowsticks in the air. Bride in the middle.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 19/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? Made it to Southport for the wedding this afternoon. Thankfully the horizontal rain has now stopped and I am filled with scrambled eggs and toast. 😊 Looking forward to getting dressed up! #StayBright

Restaurant with fake flowers hanging from the ceiling - making it feel almost cave like. Lit with various coloured lights giving it a warm pinky-orange glow.

RadioKate @radiokate.com · 18/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? Somehow it’s already run day again. Where do non-run days go? Okay, so yesterday involved getting lining paper up on half of the room. Genuinely exciting. Can’t finish it alone though, so will have to wait until after weekend trip. #StayBright

Image showing the geometric curved roof at King’s Cross station. There are some coloured lights projected on the ceiling like a bit of a rainbow. On the left is the mezzanine with food places - it’s at a bit of an angle due to the way I took the photo.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 17/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? Big step day yesterday with a run and a couple of dance classes - woo! Thought I’d done first coat of paint on ceiling, until I looked at it in daylight and saw all the bits I missed. Ha. Back to it then… #StayBright

Slightly blurred bee flying away from an in-focus mauve and yellow flower. Background of green leaves and plant matter.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 16/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? Took a break from painting last night for a quiz team reunion. We came second - not helped by my total inability to recognise famous people on the picture round! Run day again. Why is it always run day?! #StayBright

Looking through the bright green leaves of a spider plant, and a window, a blue tit can be seen on a rotted wooden window sill outside.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 15/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? I’ve just made use of the wonderful Forest Recycling Project to buy some good quality paint and save it from landfill. Cheaper for me, better for the environment - everyone’s a winner. Does mean I no longer have an excuse not to do the ceiling. :/ #StayBright

Old warehouse/factory style buildings whose fronts have all been painted in different patterns, with bunting stretching across the road. They are now microbreweries and a gin palace. Sky looking deliciously blue and there is a shadow from the pointy roofs of buildings on other side of road, complementing the points on the roofs on this side.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 14/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? Very long day of non-stop caulking, painting and masking - but I’m very impressed with the progress and the quality of the sprayed finish. Woohoo! Today I have to face the horrid task of painting a ceiling. Yuck. And running. Double yuck! #StayBright

Window frame with newspaper masking the glass and looking (almost) like stained glass as the light shines through.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 13/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? I have caulked so much my finger is sensitive today. Owch! Friend has come over with paint sprayer so might have a go at getting woodwork paint completed today - ooh! Lots of work yesterday followed by pizza and a beer. #StayBright

Large bay window wooden frame with undercoat of white paint on it. No carpet or wallpaper in the room.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 12/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? Getting set for another mammoth day of painting intricate moulding on doors and window frame. Then I need to tackle the ceiling *gulp*. Eyes on the prize though - progress important. Had fun playing darts last night. Righto - let’s go! #StayBright

Dartboard with two darts in the outer bull and one in the 7. I’m not very good, but I am trying - and was pleased with this.

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RadioKate @radiokate.com · 11/09/2026

Good morning! How are you feeling? I’ve been for my run and heading out for a double scan day (plus jigsaw time in-between) at cancer centre. Thinking of my NY friends today. Can you spot the fox in today’s pic? ? #StayBright

Fox cub camouflaged by autumn leaves in sparse garden.