I can hear you, Francisco Scaramanga.

852 Reviewing today's London photos after a walk around Westminster and Mayfair. Finding a glitch in the matrix.

851 Strong start to S2 of This City Is Ours, with the tensest car wash ever. Could have done with a recap before diving into the story though. Can't quite remember everything from S1.

850 Doomscrolling at a new level on Twitter tonight, nuclear war, alien attacks, internet going down along with the electricity and my favourite, a super moon causing earthquakes. Should have accepted my brother's invitation of pub.

849b A day ticking off new-to-me Good Beer Guide pubs in Coventry. The Broomfield Tavern appeared to have no keg at all. Unique?

849a Oktoberfest comes to Kidderminster. Kind of.

848 Sold. I'm coming to Stourport's newest bar.

847 Train to Worcester FG cancelled at Gloucester, so find myself at Worcester Parkway. My vote for the worst station in the land. It's cold, hardly anywhere to sit, the cafe shuts at 2 and there is no need for the sign to the loos. You can smell them before you arrive.

846 More 1970s Play For Today folk horror. Rosemary's Baby meets the Wicker Man. Near Evesham.

845 After three less successful culinary attempts, I am back in the game. Just don't tell the family that the Guinness I found in the fridge was 8 months past the BBE date. bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/beef…

So you now need an Explorer Pass - 99p a month - to access the previously free CAMRA Good Beer Guide Pubs Web Page - which replaced the previously free app? Enshitification in action. Back to the book. Or maybe commit to Tim Tokens.

844 Revisit to a 2026 Telegraph Top 500 pub. The Colmore Tap, Birmingham. In an unusual turn, Lord Marples instead of Jaipur.

843 Warmed up to series 2, which started so slowly.

842 Proper red letter day. Corporately entertained, go 2-0 down, come back with a last minute winner. Met Peter Odemwingie. And the starter chutney was made with @thebathams What a time to be alive! Apologies for my big red face.

841 Visit Worcestershire promoting a pub crawl in Bewdley. It's been running 6 weeks but I was still one of the first 250 to get a free beer. No hardship to finish at the Black Boy.

840 Fakeaway fail..... Hong Kong Garden have nothing to fear from my chow mein attempt. Not enough flavour or crunch and to top it all, got leftovers for tomorrow's walk.

839 Church crawling on a 7 mile butterfly walk between Grafton Flyford and Himbleton, Worcs. Himbleton has Elizabeth I cost of arms on the chancel wall suggesting a previous visit. There are no butterflies in October 🤣

838 Liverpool's Lark Lane seemed rather nice.

837 Reacher S4 done, onto Neagley. Basically the same show.

836 200 pages of an absorbing story about family secrets and what makes a good life.