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doing

  • a tiny shelf for the airing cupboard
  • sourdough starter (rip #2, born #3)
  • this very website, slightly askew

avoiding

  • plotting another walk
  • linkedin
  • financial planning

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May 25, 2026

activity

Carlisle Walking

Walking from Brampton to Carlisle. Hadrian's Wall Pt 1.

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♫ on the record player

— this week in ears full stats →
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🔁 SONG ON REPEAT

Ashen World (feat. Ignacia Fernández)

Kamelot

from Dark Asylum · can't stop, won't stop

5 plays and counting

recently played

most recent first
  • Karma
    Kamelot
    5:10 12h ago
  • Godlike Alchemy
    Kamelot
    3:06 12h ago
  • Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)
    Kamelot
    5:54 12h ago
  • Rule the World
    Kamelot
    3:40 12h ago
  • Ashen World (feat. Ignacia Fernández)
    Kamelot
    4:13 12h ago
  • The Hanged Man: Petrichor
    Temperance
    6:41 12h ago

top artists · last 30 days

plays vs prev 30
# artist plays vs prev 30d
1 Kamelot
gothic symphonic metal
 40 ▲ 27
2 Temperance
italian folk metal
 32 new
3 Rosalie Cunningham
modern progressive rock
 20 ▲ 18
4 Exit Eden
comic metal
 12 new
5 Black Label Society
groove metal
 8 new
6 Running Wild
german metal
 6 ▼ 2

year in music

2026 · every day

2026 · minutes listened

less more · each column = one week (Mon–Sun)
205h 21m
total in 2026
41m
daily average
4h 11m
busiest (aug 25)

💪 the body, lately

— live from the watch, no flexing (much) full stats →
👟 steps this year
2,487,147
10,472
this week
179,566
this month
🪜 stairs this year
6,112
41
this week
377
this month
📏 distance this year
2560.3 km
10.0 km
this week
248.6 km
this month

🏆 personal records

all-time bests
40,519
most steps in a day
26 jun 2026
32.2 km
longest outing
walk · 25 may 2026
5:04 /km
fastest avg pace
run · 23 jun 2024
394 m
biggest single climb
walk · 15 may 2026
51
highest vo2 max
23 jun 2024

random thoughts

— short, unedited, frequent
jun 29
"washing tissues is the primary cause of cosmic collapse"
jun 28
"a slow run still counts. a walk still counts. showing up still counts."
jun 26
"if you put 'soft launch' in front of any activity you have basically committed to nothing."
jun 22
"tea before email. always tea before email. this is a rule."