Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Mrs H’s latest target practice is not very impressive as far as dispersion is concerned. 010
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 06/10/2026ResearchGate emails to say I've been cited by a team from the University of Gondar. Not surprising that I misinterpreted this. 011
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We’re in our local Nepalese restaurant Sano Nepal Gateacre. It’s really phenomenal. Food is delicious, prices are reasonable and they’ve a decent wine list . 010
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Glut of homegrown tomatoes turned into tomato and roasted red pepper sauce for the freezer. 010
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Our pricy pub is opposite this fine building which is the HQ of the National Union of Teachers. 010
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Holiday going pretty well so far. Went to Gordes among other pretty Provençal villages today. 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Unusual veterinary service being offered on the route of yesterday’s bike ride. 121
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Quite a threatening sky this morning- better take the waterproofs today. 010
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 31/08/2026My glamorous location for the next 4 hours. 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Apparently, it's 15 years since my first 50-mile time trial (thanks, FB- I think). I didn't much enjoy it, as the picture indicates; 2nd hand elderly aluminium TT bike, dubious position, not very aero. Think my time was 2:10:something. 020
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Our view of the totality (nearly) is somewhat compromised by the first cloud of the day. Pinhole camera worked well before though. 010
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Pinhole camera for the daughters foster kids to fight over! 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Hey , you’ve made my effort look good! And I was always crap at art and design too. 100
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Pretty decent yield of bottled plums in the end. Quite a satisfying afternoon’s work. 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Inadvertently sharing the plum harvest. There are quite a few of these little critters. 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Since Bluesky is obsessed with garden produce at present, here’s our plum harvest. About 1/3 of last year’s- the tree has mostly grown leaves! 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 30/07/2026So, I noted this book on the ‘help yourself to these’ table at Broadgreen Hospital main entrance last week; today, I saw a middle-aged lady look and then take it! 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Broadgreen Hospital encourages DIY with the limited choice of secondhand books now available in the main entrance? 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Rail infrastructure in NW England in one image. 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Private Eye also has a jaundiced view of overhyped World Cup coverage, this time in newspapers: 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Great little trains of France; hard working 080 tank engine. 010
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 29/05/2026In a 12the C church in Les Ezies, Dordogne. The parish here was probably 2, 2.5 thousand at most. 50-odd names on the WW1 memorial. 211
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 24/05/2026If my wife has to perform a domestic task, she optimises the conditions as much as possible. In winter, she irons in front of the TV. 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 01/03/2026 Visiting the Hockney galleries at Saltaire today, after finding ourselves dining at the Woolpack (Emmerdale) yesterday evening. 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 23/01/2026I'm not normally a fan of graphical abstracts (always hated having to make them), but as a wrinkly Pink Floyd fan I can't resist a shout-out for this one, from David Suárez-García, Darío Coto and Rubén Vicente's review of cyclopropenes in photochemical reactions; Chem. Eur. J. 2026, e03281. 020
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Merseyside Police setting a great example at LHCH this morning. Double yellows outside the main entrance. 100
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Tour de France Stage 2 2027 is going to finish in Liverpool. This will be epic! I'll probably go and watch it on Belmont though- a favourite local training ride. 130
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 24/12/2025One of Mrs H’s Xmas presents from colleagues. Someone has the right idea about my wife! 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Hopefully, off to find some more of this at Byrne’s of Clitheroe. Or an equivalent. 010
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Mrs H's cousin's lad Ben, who was running for Scotland in the Senior race. 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 23/11/2025And this was the park at dusk after the racing. Lovely evening. 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 23/11/2025First two U23 runners in yesterday’s Liverpool Cross Challenge race, approaching the end of the first of two laps in Sefton Park. After a dreich morning it was a decent afternoon. 100
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 15/11/2025The only thing to do when the weather is this horrible is bake; Scottish batch loaves from J Morton’s bread book. 030
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Storm Amy blew over the tomato plants. So far we’ve made green tomato soup and four jars of tomato chutney. Any ideas for the remaining crop??! 020
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Today, we’ve made green tomato soup and used 2 kg of green tomatoes to make chutney, and this is what’s left. Storm Amy blew over the plants. 120
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Son has reached Bourge on his way to Paris. This suburb he found amusing for some reason. 020
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 01/10/2025This is the fifth successive apple crumble I have made with the cooking apples from our tree, after filling 8 3 litre Kilner jars with stewed apples too. And there are still loads of eating apples as well. 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Son is on his way home from Lisbon. By bicycle. Here’s a little owl he saw at last night’s halt. 260
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 14/09/2025I didn’t buy this because of the name, honestly. It’s delicious. From the soon-to-be-lamented Wine Time (the proprietor is retiring). 010
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 12/07/2025To Port Erin by the Isle of Man Steam Railway courtesy of Beyer Peacock of Manchester. 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 11/07/2025The view from our hotel room. A bit different from my last visit to Douglas, Easter Sports Festival 1986 with Leeds Uni AC running 3 races in 3 days, drinking far too much and sharing 3 to a room in a scummy guest house! 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 11/07/2025The leaving of Liverpool (temporarily); off to the Isle of Man for a long weekend, and incidentally dodging the 30+ C temperatures. It’s forecast to be just 23-24 in Douglas. 220
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Early start- my venue for the next few hours marshalling the venerable Anfield 100. Luckily it’s a decent day. 000
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Mrs H has done some knitting for our daughter who is quite pleased with the result of the Premier League this season. 010
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Birthday treat- off to see Stewart Lee later. 020
Simon Higgins @simonhiggins60.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Parkin synthesis turned out well again. Something good did come out of Yorkshire! 000