Adam

estuary, saltmarsh, mud, sky • pax et bonum • Anglican • husband to @C_J_Todd

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[Adam @commonor_garden]

Four paintings with the energy that I'm trying to bring to 2023.

Melbury Beacon, Gilbert Spencer, 1946
All Green, Mary Abbott, 1954
View from a Window, Spencer Gore, 1909
Dahlias, Hazel King-Farlow, 1937

[Christopher Todd @C_J_Todd]

Rugby action! Rucks, pods, defensive lines… muddy legs and bashed heads… in yesterday’s friendly between Kings Cross Steelers 4th XV and Reading Renegades.

[Philip Anderson @P_G_Anderson]

Eve of Palm Sunday 2023

[Adam @commonor_garden]

Today @helloiamrob and I completed Section 1 of the Southend Ring from Westcliff station to Belfairs Wood.

A really agreeable, varied walk and the perfect Spring day to do it on.

[Adam @commonor_garden]

@helloiamrob @konnaire @innerlondonramb Here it is then: a 42km walk around Southend. I need to think about splitting it into 4 or 5 sections now.

https://t.co/yHdXlAOG5x

[Adam @commonor_garden]

It did culminate in a walk up the fire-scarred Addington Hill to one of the best and most comprehensive views of London.

[Adam @commonor_garden]

I also went shopping for walking boots yesterday with @helloiamrob. We’ve finished the Capital Ring so we’re now moving a concentric circle out to do the London LOOP.

[Adam @commonor_garden]

Section 4(A) today from Hayes to Coombe Lane. A grey affair with no shortage of hills but it ends with a ride on a tram so who am I to complain? #LondonLoop

[Adam @commonor_garden]

@NoNamePS Real Time Trains website.

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My train into London is taking the most bonkers route today, going via Dagenham Dock then Stratford then the Bow Curve to Gas Factory Junction and into Fenchurch Street.

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And you might think I wouldn’t include Finsbury Square in that but I absolutely do. Dreary as all hell.

[Adam @commonor_garden]

The neighbourhood around Finsbury Square, a stone’s throw from Liverpool Street is one of the most criminally dreary and unloved parts of the whole city.

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Here are some underwhelming photos of the rarely-used Bow Curve.

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England’s cultural reach in Europe will never be dimmed. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🍳

[Adam @commonor_garden]

The idea that you can tell if something is AI-generated art by looking at the fingers falls down when you look at Italian artists in the C14.

[Adam @commonor_garden]

@Friedegger @spheroview If this is Southampton Airport Parkway, it’s to stop people taking luggage trollies onto the platform.

[Adam @commonor_garden]

Looking forward to trying the Love Will Tear and Share Us Apart.

[Northern Quarter MCR @NQManchester]

It’s inside a new bar that’s opening this weekend called Disorder, which pays homage to legendary Manchester band Joy Division.

[Adam @commonor_garden]

@konnaire That’s the sound all cars should make.

[Adam @commonor_garden]

Sicily is obviously great but I’m mostly walking about thinking about how much I want a tiny bear-up Italian car to drive around Palermo in. 🇮🇹

[Adam @commonor_garden]

And the views! Across to Palermo and Porticello below and Cefalù beyond with the blue Mediterranean. So wonderful.

[Adam @commonor_garden]

I went to Solunto today. A Greco-Roman town that was abandoned in the C2 BC and it was incredible.

The first time I’ve experienced antiquity like this and, I won’t lie, it makes some ancient sites in Britain look a bit lacklustre.

[Adam @commonor_garden]

And there were mosaics and wall paintings in situ so you could stand in someone’s house on the exact same surface they stood on 2,200 years ago.