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Mark @vbloke.com · 29/09/2026

Flashback to this muppet sharing the partial solar eclipse with people on Blackheath

The start of the eclipse. There’s a lovely prominence on the left as well.

You can just make out the lens flare of the eclipse at 11 o’clock by the actual sun.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 25/09/2026

Tonight on The Old Grey Whistle Test we have Steaming Nadgers, John Cupboard, The Slimy Hot Lieutenant, Frog The Dry Pinion, Snorting Bumfluff and Parchment Naughties.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 24/09/2026

This is turning up today. Their food videos have really upped my home cooking game.

Ultimate Chinese takeaway bible by Chin and Choo aka Ziang’s Food Workshop

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Mark @vbloke.com · 11/09/2026

This lady complains that mute is too loud.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 09/09/2026

“Chocolate Bender” amuses me no end

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Mark @vbloke.com · 09/09/2026

Post dinner cheese and biscuits

Custard crème, bourbon cream and a babybel.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 09/09/2026

Le Creuset are selling Star Trek branded cookware. For that price, I want this pot to replicate my food for me.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 05/09/2026

Still experimenting with malt loaf making. This one is less dark brown than previous, so might need a touch more caramel next time. It needs 2-3 days to mature though, so into the wrapper it goes..!

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Mark @vbloke.com · 04/09/2026

Watching Challenger explode as a child on TV had a profound effect on me. Seeing a piece of it in the NASA memorial was a very emotional moment.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 03/09/2026

This is the same person

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Mark @vbloke.com · 01/09/2026

In terms of “staring into the void” vibes, this takes some beating.

“CHASMS” on a derelict building by a cliff-edge.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 01/09/2026

Post something random or you’ll have an awful September

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Mark @vbloke.com · 31/08/2026

Homemade malt loaf money shot.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 29/08/2026

This is possibly the most horrifying and amazing thing I have ever seen. www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/s...

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Mark @vbloke.com · 26/08/2026

Amazing timeline

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Mark @vbloke.com · 26/08/2026

RIP to a total legend

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Mark @vbloke.com · 14/08/2026

Fuck my hat, this is getting too much now. Steam is coming out of my cold tap.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 11/08/2026

Did anyone else see a firefly class starship in the first part of the Battlestar Galactica miniseries? About 14:30 minutes in.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 07/08/2026

Shingles is absolutely kicking my arse today.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 06/08/2026

This was the first time they did some filming. They’re coming back in November to do more.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 06/08/2026

They’re filming parts of the Paul McCartney Beatles biopic on my road again today.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 30/07/2026

As if getting a nasty heat rash wasn’t enough, these TWO kidney stones just made themselves known

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Mark @vbloke.com · 29/07/2026

Some of these solar pumps can be really hit and miss. I have a load of birds that come to visit the other water features I have - even a leucistic magpie!

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Mark @vbloke.com · 29/07/2026

Two Ikea plant pots, a solar fountain, some water, some pebbles and a dash of 3% hydrogen peroxide to keep the algae at bay once a week and you have a bird and insect safe water feature.

24cm FŌRENLIG
15cm MUSKOTBLUMMA
Solar fountain and pebbles.
Perfect insect and bird watering fountain.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 26/07/2026

I would also like to draw your attention to homemade malt loaf

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Mark @vbloke.com · 26/07/2026

Took me a minute to figure out that wasn’t a dog

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Mark @vbloke.com · 26/07/2026

The malt loaves are now wrapped in greaseproof paper and sealed in bags to mature for 2-3 days. They should develop that typical “squidgy” texture over the next 24-48 hours.

All wrapped up like drug parcels.

Drug parcels of deliciousness.

One of the piping hot loaves ready for wrapping.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 26/07/2026

Today, I shall mostly be making malt loaves.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 25/07/2026

Making the liquid and fruit stage for an epic malt loaf. 160g raisins, 110g dark muscovado sugar, 1.5 tbsp golden syrup, 3tbsp malt extract, 150ml water and 2 tea bags. Leaving it to steep for 6+ hours.

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Mark @vbloke.com · 24/07/2026

We had one of the wettest winters on record and yet our lovely privatised water companies didn’t capture or store any of it. Now we have drought and hosepipe bans.