matthewcr

@matthewcr.bsky.social

Here for art, books, film, music, comedy, food, football, cricket, history, old newspapers, birds, mountains and more.

Can think of one job interview where I should have arrived with an iced coffee/knickerbocker glory/Asterix-style roast boar if only to distract from the fact I'd just been caught in a biblical downpour with no brolly and was completely sodden from head to toe.

Saw and heard loads of these beauts (nutcrackers) on holiday. Maybe the iconic sound of the alps/dolomites for me (ahead of cowbells, marmot whistles, and the satisfying bloop upon ingress to the chairlifts).

A medium sized squat bird with a sharp chunky beak, and chocolate brown colouring with white speckles

Last full day here, last hut - the Ütia Forcelles. Maybe the best of the lot. Lunch involved turtres, a local specialty somewhat like fried crispy ravioli. Don't want to come home

A restaurant with a sunny outdoor terrace perched on the side of a mountainTwo bulbous fried pastry things stuffed with green spinach and cheese sitting on a napkin on a plateMore blue skies, green trees, big spiky mountainsA grassy meadow dotted with little huts, leading into a stretch of forest giving way to a steep mountain face