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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 15h

🧐 Nice on the St Emilion - we were there last month

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Christmas 1986, I was 18. I didn't even own a CD player. My dad did, so I had to negotiate use.

The cover of Bruce Springsteen Live 1975-85

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Colanders are not the best way to see the eclipse - this is. It scienced it all over the kitchen and dining room.

A small glitterball handwash pump, which reflected little eclipses all over the place.

Multiple eclipses (eclipsi?) reflected on the ceiling

A neat set of 4 crescents at maximum coverage - on the dining room wall.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I saw Wolfmother play in Bristol on Tuesday, and it was exactly as expected / hoped - loud, a big dirty sound, and a band who knew what they were doing. Really enjoyed it. Very minimal - just 3 of them, not even a backdrop, and a total of 1 guitar and 1 bass used in the whole show.

Wolfmother dummer and bassist.
Why yes, the backdrop does make it look like they're playing in a cabaret club.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Part of the paintwork on the boot of our car flaked and needed fixing. Instead of paying £400+ for a respray (and being without the car for 2 days) I bought a part off ebay and have just fitted it. No blood spilled, not even any swearing, and it looks as good as new.

The back of a red Ford Fiesta with flaking paint/polish on the boot handle trim.

A close-up of the back of a red Ford Fiesta with flaking paint/polish on the boot handle trim.

The back of a red Ford Fiesta, gleaming in the sun with a replacement piece of boot handle trim.

A close-up of the back of a red Ford Fiesta, gleaming in the sun with a replacement piece of boot handle trim.
And me in the reflection.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A favourite Sam Neill post of ours, from back on the other place. (He followed me over there, for some obscure reason)

Sam Neill tweeting "Strange. Not quite as I remember it..." in response to a post by "World's Best Movies about The Hunt for Red October, which has a picture of the submarine from Steve Zissou.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

On a similar theme, there's these two as well

You there, fuck off.
And when you get there, fuck off from there too.
Then fuck off some more.
Keep fucking off until you get back here.
Then fuck off again.

A card with FUCK in large capitals, with options for selecting
What the...
...Me
...That
...This
...Yes
...It
...The man
...Off
(...and die)
...You
(...and the horse you rode in on)

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I got this version off twitter several years ago

Behold the field in which I grow my fucks.
Lay thine eyes upon it and thou shalt see that it is barren.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I took a few as the visuals were worth it.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

More pics, all on a similar theme

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I went to see Kraftwerk last night - not my usual sort of thing but I couldn't turn down the chance to see a legendary act like that. Bloody excellent, really enjoyed it. Great visuals perfectly in sync with the music, including the lights on their suits.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I've set up a Raspberry Pi with BirdNET-Pi, plus a mic hanging out of the window - 24x7 bird detections. It's fairly quiet so far today

A screen grab showing bird detections today. Mainly magpies.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

In our garden, towards the edge of Bristol, a few years ago. You can imagine it waking up and thinking "Wow, that was quite a night out. How did I get here?"

A fox, curled up asleep in a (fairly large) flowerpot.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I have thought about getting a Raspberry Pi for a long time, but had no sensible use case. Then last week I found out about BirdNET-Pi. My Pi arrived yesterday and it's up and running. There are several flavours I have never heard of, which may be false positives.

A list of the 24 bird species detected today.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Yesterday and today... I still had 5 possible words on my last guess yesterday, but got lucky.

Wordle, 4 goes with 4 greens before getting it on the last attempt

Another one with lots of possible words.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

This graph shows my weekly scores since 2023 - Portsmouth scores in yellow, a 6 week rolling average in green, PB in blue. What this tells me is that I should have moved on from a traditional bow to a barebow a long time ago!

I reached 482 in mid-2023 but didn't get to 490 until May 2025.
I started using a different (but still traditional) bow in Nov 2025 and moved up through the 490s and passed 500 at long last at the start of March.
Then I bought my nice Barebow and my scores have accelerated - I have only shot with it 7 times but set a new PB on 4 of those, going from 502 to 505, 513, 522 and now 534.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

This is getting ridiculous, I don't know how much longer I can keep this going, but I set *another* PB at #archery on Sunday - up from 522 to 534. 9 of 10 ends were 50+, the other one was 48. I had a 5 and a 6, so there is still some scope for growth.

Arrow placement, really good with just a few outliers.

We shot a few ends at 30 yards instead of our usual 20. I was quite pleased with these 4, especially given that I can't really see where they're landing.
The other two were out in the blue.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

As it's the season for Jersey Royals, I made the dish that my dad always used to - he and my mum loved it, and it's one of my favourites too. Elizabeth David's Potato Gratin Daupinoise

Gratin Daupinoise looking all gold and delicious.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Did you never see the Greyfriars bus station in Northampton? "It was listed in a survey carried out by The Guardian, for Channel 4's Demolition series, as the third-most hated building in Britain and dubbed "the mouth of Hell"" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfri...

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

My #archery today can be summed up as "best day ever". I increased my Portsmouth PB by another 9 points to 522/600. My PB was 497 in Feb and I first shot 500 in Mar. Shot a 57 for the first time. All 60 arrows in the red or better, no blues. The lowest end of 48 is my highest ever low end.

Chart showing where all of the arrows landed - none in the blue.
Also of note is that the highlighted "trend" shading is almost a perfect circle (it hasn't been before) and is centred directly on the X (it's usually been low).

Arrows scoring 9 9 9 10 10 X10, for a total of 57, my highest scoring end ever.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Another good day at #archery with another PB - an increase of 8 to 513/600. I had two "all gold ends", both scoring 56 (equal PB for an end), and the last end had 3 X10s. I hit 35x 9/10/X golds, previous best was 30. And I managed it with a 43 on one end - even better scores to come!

Arrow distribution, only 4 in the blue but I really want to get it down to 0.

Three arrows squeezed into the quite small X space

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This might look like an ordinary kitchen tap, but it is actually quite special because I have just fitted it! I removed the old tap and even had to chisel out some wood to make room for the new underfixings, and then fit the new one. It even appears not to leak! 💪

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I bought a new bow on Monday - an upgrade from a basic Samick traditional bow to a Kinetic Adeo Carbon - so today was my first shoot with it. And I broke the Portsmouth PB I set last week, up from 502 to 505 and 7 ends of 50+ The bow felt good, but I was amazed to do so well on the first go #archery

Not actually from my Portsmouth round, this was the end after I'd finished it.
There's a 7 out of the top, the rest are 9 9 10 X X.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

#Project500 has been completed - my Portsmouth round today was 502/600, so I am really rather pleased. To celebrate, I am going to buy a new bow tomorrow - and as one of the club coaches said, watch my scores plummet!

Shot distribution of my Portsmouth round.
No, I don't know why it's called a Portsmouth, but there are others named after British towns.
The solitary 5 was on the last end, but fortunately didn't scupper the PB.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

OK, you win - these are mine from quite a few years ago

The Grand Canal in Venice in the fog, at dawn.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Frustratingly, #Project500 continues - in the main, I probably shot as well as I ever have, but 3 in the black meant I "only" scored 490. #archery

My scorecard.
6 ends of 50 or morr, including 4 consecutive, and I still can't get to 500.

Shot distribution.
3 in the black FFS, and only 5 in the blue.

Arrows scoring 8 8 9 10 10 and X, for a score of 55.
There's not a lot of room in the 10 ring, so 3 so close together is pretty satisfying.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Is the opiner here related to this chap?

A ridiculous argument about a football player's age - someone claiming that as soon as you pass your 28th birthday, you are 29. Because of maths and rounding up, apparently.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Terrible picture because of the glare, but it's on our wall

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

After the excitement of last week's #archery competition, it was back to the club. And a 497/600 PB - up from 494 a few weeks ago. Featuring a 56 and a run of 4 scores of 50+ to finish (56, 53, 51, 50). And a new app, which records where each arrow is - I've wanted this feature for a while!

Archery scores of 8 9 9 10 10 X, for a score of 56, equalling my best ever end.

A graphic of where all my arrows landed.
Only 4 outside the red, which is definitely the best I've done.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I am utterly gobsmacked. I enteted my first ever archery event today, a Portsmouth competition at Bowmen of Minchinhampton, and came second in my class - only 5 points off first! A score of 482/600 - Open 50+ Barebow. Two others from the club competed in other classes, and we had a full set of 🏅🥈🥉

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Just seen on Reddit - we have been well and truly beaten on the "lots of stamps" game. 533 apparently.

A large box with 533 stamps on it. No, I haven't counted.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

In today's #archery news, after last week's disappointment, this time I managed a PB of 494/600, an improvement of 4 points. I still didn't crack 500 though, despite a half-way score of 253 - better than last week's. End scores were 52 52 47 51 51 54 43 49 50 and 45. Ends 7 and 10 let me down.

Arrows scoring 8 9 9 9 9 and X10, for a total of 54

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