Tim M
@muchofamuchness.bsky.social
Cars for work, trains for leisure. I like good bread and good butter. I make pizzas and take pictures. Occasional rugby-goer and prolific selfie-poster. Secretary of a rugby club. Partnered. 🏳️🌈
Views my own. He/him.
Views my own. He/him.
Cannot find money for high speed rail to Manchester. Can find £49bn for a third runway at Heathrow apparently. For more flights to Manchester, perhaps?
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Cannot find money for high speed rail to Manchester. Can find £49bn for a third runway at Heathrow apparently. For more flights to Manchester, perhaps?
I've had a day off and it's been rainy. So I've built a Metcalfe house pair in N. I love doing these. Quite fiddly in this scale but such a nice way to while away a few hours...
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I've had a day off and it's been rainy. So I've built a Metcalfe house pair in N. I love doing these. Quite fiddly in this scale but such a nice way to while away a few hours...
And that's it. Goodnight to my 30s.
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
And that's it. Goodnight to my 30s.
I see the green packet is no longer just mozzarella. Indeed, only 50% is mozzarella.
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I see the green packet is no longer just mozzarella. Indeed, only 50% is mozzarella.
Honestly, did they just go to the marketing team and say "please this time just try and make it look more far-right than Reform"?
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Honestly, did they just go to the marketing team and say "please this time just try and make it look more far-right than Reform"?
Grey photo for a grey day. I don't know if that dimple is benefiting or detracting from my bearface game...
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Grey photo for a grey day. I don't know if that dimple is benefiting or detracting from my bearface game...
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Trump wants to destroy the BBC and take our money. And Nigel Farage is egging him on.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trump wants to destroy the BBC and take our money. And Nigel Farage is egging him on.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
Sohren hasn't had a railway station in a while. It still won't, but there's evidence here of efforts to refurbish the line (Hunsrückquerbahn) for freight. I'm assuming they aren't too bothered about the track straightness, when the speed limit in places will be 10-20 km/h... 😂
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Sohren hasn't had a railway station in a while. It still won't, but there's evidence here of efforts to refurbish the line (Hunsrückquerbahn) for freight. I'm assuming they aren't too bothered about the track straightness, when the speed limit in places will be 10-20 km/h... 😂
Stansted airport is a great advert for international train travel. I remember why I avoid flying...
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Stansted airport is a great advert for international train travel. I remember why I avoid flying...
Just had an interview for the first time in about seven years. As someone who isn't keen on selling *himself*, competency questions are less than delightful.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Just had an interview for the first time in about seven years. As someone who isn't keen on selling *himself*, competency questions are less than delightful.
From the Midlands to the Med: an Interrail adventure
YouTube video by Travel with Tim & Alan!
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November 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is out in a new restoration in UHD. It looks stunning so far. I got emotional in 4K.
November 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is out in a new restoration in UHD. It looks stunning so far. I got emotional in 4K.
Last hurrah for the hydrangea?
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Last hurrah for the hydrangea?
I have a sudden craving for crisps. We have no crisps in the house. Crisps!
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I have a sudden craving for crisps. We have no crisps in the house. Crisps!
I've walked around the shops fretting for about half an hour about what I want for dinner and the brain mist isn't getting any clearer. I've gone and sat myself down in the M&S café with a tea and some Victoria sponge in the hope I'll calm down.
October 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I've walked around the shops fretting for about half an hour about what I want for dinner and the brain mist isn't getting any clearer. I've gone and sat myself down in the M&S café with a tea and some Victoria sponge in the hope I'll calm down.
Top and front of the bus!
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Top and front of the bus!
Yes but I need to be on a train in Switzerland please.
October 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Yes but I need to be on a train in Switzerland please.
Also, LOOK AT THIS CARPET in the New Theatre. Most of it has been replaced but this, up on the balcony, is what it looked like when I used to come here as a child. All the seedy glamour of a regional touring theatre in the later 20th century...
October 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Also, LOOK AT THIS CARPET in the New Theatre. Most of it has been replaced but this, up on the balcony, is what it looked like when I used to come here as a child. All the seedy glamour of a regional touring theatre in the later 20th century...
Had a lovely time seeing The Divine Comedy live at the New Theatre in Oxford (almost called it the Apollo. It hasn't been the Apollo for at least twenty years). Neil Hannon was in fine voice and the band were excellent. Now when can I see them again?
October 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Had a lovely time seeing The Divine Comedy live at the New Theatre in Oxford (almost called it the Apollo. It hasn't been the Apollo for at least twenty years). Neil Hannon was in fine voice and the band were excellent. Now when can I see them again?
Following the installation of the new boiler, the hot tap in the kitchen can't really cope with the water pressure and is whining. I just turned the tap on and recognisably got the first four notes of Elgar's "Nimrod"...
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Following the installation of the new boiler, the hot tap in the kitchen can't really cope with the water pressure and is whining. I just turned the tap on and recognisably got the first four notes of Elgar's "Nimrod"...
Moody morning up here...
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Moody morning up here...
So here I am at the Thebans Rugby Clinic! Loving it so far.
October 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
So here I am at the Thebans Rugby Clinic! Loving it so far.
An athletic intruder in Wales v Belgium...
October 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
An athletic intruder in Wales v Belgium...
I'm in the office every day at the moment as one of my field-based colleagues accidentally went home with my laptop charger and isn't in until later this week. IT won't lend me a charger for more than a working day at a time...
October 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I'm in the office every day at the moment as one of my field-based colleagues accidentally went home with my laptop charger and isn't in until later this week. IT won't lend me a charger for more than a working day at a time...
Just a wander into the bee city...
October 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Just a wander into the bee city...