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Friday, August 2nd, 2024

Going to Cork. brb

Thursday, August 1st, 2024

Reading House Of Odysseus by Claire North.

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A woman plays fiddle and a man plays pipes while another woman holding a fiddle listens.

Thursday session

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

A man playing fiddle furiously while a banjo sits propped up in the background.

Wednesday session

A selfie of me smiling with Andy goofing around in front of our light aircraft on a green airfield.

Landed!

Looking down on a green and brown coastal landscape where a river enters the sea. Looking down on a fort on an outcrop of land jutting into the ocean.

Enjoying the view

A selfie of me in a cockpit with a headset on sitting next to Andy Budd who is flying, complete with aviator sunglasses.

Flyboys

A man stands next to a small prop plane on grass.

Prepping for takeoff — Andy’s taking me up for a flight!

A beautiful World War Two fighter on a small airstrip on a nice Summer day.

Spitfire!

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024

Lying on the warm rocks of Brighton beach, listening to Veedon Fleece after swimming in the cool sea on a hot day in the Summertime in England.

Just updated to iOS 17.6, hoping that the fix for this frustrating regression had been shipped, but alas, no luck:

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273327

Hobbled datalist it is, then. 😞

Sunday, July 28th, 2024

A man playing tin whistle accompanied by a man playing Greek bouzouki.

Back in Brighton in time for a Sunday evening session!

Saturday, July 27th, 2024

A woman playing flute and a man playing fiddle.

Session in the basement

Friday, July 26th, 2024

Fiddle, guitar, button accordion, banjo and bodhrán players at one end of a pub session.

Late night session

Checked in at Crescent Arts Centre. Córas Trio — with Jessica map

Checked in at Crescent Arts Centre. Córas Trio — with Jessica

A flute player in the foreground and loads of musicians all in a row in an ornate pub.

Sessioning

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

Checked in at The Empire Music Hall. Lúnasa — with Jessica map

Checked in at The Empire Music Hall. Lúnasa — with Jessica

A fiddler, bodhrán player, concertina player and guitarist all playing at the end of a table.

Another afternoon session

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

Loads of fiddlers gathered ’round a piper playing in a pub.

Spent the evening in my happy place, playing in a sublime session with the finest fiddlers and pipers! 😊🎶

Looking over the shoulder of an accordion player at a rake of fiddlers.

Sessioning in Belfast

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