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Nigel Barrett

@scorbydoo.bsky.social

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Rosewood. Mahogany. Geek..? Lifelong fan of that errant Time Lord. Cult TV. Science Fiction. Horror. Ghosts, Supernatural & the Paranormal. Association Football. Spouse and Father plus Dog Daddy to Hattie, my Fox Red Labrador. Proud Oxonian.

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Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · May 18

I was badly stung by nettles earlier. I paid £95 for a signed photo of Bergerac.

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Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 2h

I bought 5 cans of Ronseal fence paint today. Thought I'd treat myself..

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Could put the 'ale' in Dalek this...😋

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They certainly are! 🙂

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'Is that finger loaded?' 😀. Filmed in a small village close to where I live.

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As an 8 year old in 1975, 'Zygons' pretty good, enjoyed. This, 'Planet of Evil' absolutely terrified me, just the atmosphere, feeling of doom, hugely frightening. Still feel the same.

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Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 1d

Cally's in the lounge watching 'Strictly', I'm cooking in the kitchen listening to a podcast about the 1968 American Presidential Election. Happy in our worlds. Will both shortly convene over a pasta bake and a bottle of Rioja. 😀

Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 1d

A plea.

Stop buying plastic skeletons to celebrate Halloween.

It's terrible for the environment.

Locally sourced, all-natural skeletons are much more environmentally friendly..

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Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 1d

Check out this Flyover of my run on Strava: strava.app.link/fixh1nDFKXb

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This nostalgic old bugger has finally got his hands on a well loved & remembered book from his childhood..

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Friday...

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Me and my Dad drinking Light & Bitter in 'The Blind Beggar' pub in Whitechapel. May Bank Holiday Monday 1990. Mum was born in the East End so we both went up looking for her old street in Canning Town. Found the street but where her house should have been was a Carpet Right!😁

Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 3d

Popped into my local ASDA earlier for the first time in ages. Glad to see my favourite worker still wandering around. She stalked me around the aisles a few years ago, just staying out of sight, before stopping me at the till with the immortal line "Excuse me. Were you a contestant on 'The Voice'?"😄

Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 6d

58 years ago today. Bluff Creek. Patterson-Gimlin film. If you know, you know..

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Popped a tape in for 'Star Trek - Strange New Worlds', starts at 10pm tonight on ATV 😋

Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 8d

My mustard coloured tripod table really delivers when watching Lovejoy drain all of the heat from Moonbase Alpha.

Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 9d

Robin Hill too. Quite brilliant in an early Ben Wheatley film 'Down Terrace' from 2009. Well worth a watch.

Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 10d

Plucked loads off it over the summer. Good quality, nice heat. Bought from a local family run garden centre as usual.

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Spicing this up with a few fresh home grown chillis. Seeds 'n' all!

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Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 11d

'Question 4 in tonights general knowledge round. Who else,apart from Roy Rogers, had a horse called Trigger?'

Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 12d

In a fiendishly clandestine move, snuck a Twix up to bed. Rumbled immediately..😄

Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 14d

This. This is everything to me 😉

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Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 14d

True that. Never underestimate the 'Lorraine' viewers too.

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Ross I'm thinking.

Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 15d

One series I've always wanted to see is 'Kolchak The Night Stalker'. I believe it came about from 2 TV movies that drew record audiences at the time. Has there or will there be a UK release on blu ray at all? This and 'Night Gallery' are all I need to feed my early USA 70s tv yearning.

Nigel Barrett @scorbydoo.bsky.social · 15d

Got a few tunes on in the kitchen whilst stirring a particularly ferocious chilli on the hob. Ron Grainers main theme to 'The Omega Man' is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard.