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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 1d

Two Vango tents, one slightly larger than the other.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 4d

Should be!

Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 5d

It happens. Come along and even the score sometime?

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 5d

Came nowhere in quiz. Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 5d

And there are lazy people like me who wouldn’t read the transcripts anyway.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 5d

Excellent inspiration there!

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 6d

It was a hell of a ride.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 8d

Diaghilev’s Empire, by Rupert Christiansen. Excellently readable history of the Ballet Russes.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 10d

7 Days Quiz. Flawless victory.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 15d

Pickled the last chillies cropped from the garden this afternoon.

Jars of pickled chillies. Each one contains as well as chopped chillies one large one and a bay leaf.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 15d

I love this city.

London at night, from the Millennium bridge.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 15d

Excellent visit to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre last night. First night of Troilus and Cressida, his cynical anti-war satire.

Stage at the Globe theatre. A giant statue foot features.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 17d

…”like tears in the rain”.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 17d

Why our Monday night crew is an anarcho-syndicalist FMing collective.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 19d

Quiz win by 2 points. Everyone pulled out some great answers, but @copperbird.bsky.social getting the exact new pole vault WR was pretty amazing.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 19d

That was a great bit of knowledge!

Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 20d

I’m more selective. Don’t always get them. Skipping this year. Might go for the gingerbread AT-AT though.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 20d

I’m with you on that. Don’t feel any desire to get it when we have the perfectly good one from a few years back. Though they seem to be aiming at newer AFOLs.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · 20d

Already have a winter village train. That tree’s incredible - but that price - ouch! jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-41...

LEGO reveals 41843 Family Christmas Tree and 10361 Holiday Express Train, the 2025 Winter Village set! - Jay's Brick Blog

LEGO has finally revealed the 2025 Winter Village set, 10361 Holiday Express Train and a surprising new set, a massive 3,171-piece 41843 Family Christmas Tree! Both sets have a release date of 1 Octob...

jaysbrickblog.com

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · Sep 11

War book titles have a pattern…

Four books, all titled “[Name]’s [noun]”

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · Sep 10

For National Teddy Bear Day!

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · Sep 6

Alternative title: “Duck, you twat!”

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · Sep 6

Always happy to help.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Assassination of Jesse James by the twat Robert Ford.

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Andy Horton @fechtbuch.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ah, that Deluxe Traveller box set - that was the first version I owned. @stanth0rpe.bsky.social came up with a lot of the cool background and we’ll be co-GMing.

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