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The pub at Cleggan harbour, west Co. Galway. The ferry to Inishboffin goes from here but when I was there it had already gone. A nice wee town, the plan was to stop for lunch and maybe get some fish ā€™n chips but the place was heaving so I took some photos and drove on.

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Molloys Garage, Co. Galway

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Home for a few weeks, enjoying a welcome break from work. And getting a chance to do some photography, the kind I wouldnā€™t, or couldnā€™t, do bavk home.

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I really must get another laptop, the fan on this one sounds like a 747 taking off in a headwind.

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To the Japan Festival in Amstelveen yesterday. I would have loved to stay longer but it was so hot, and so busy. Last year it was 35c on the same day šŸ„µ

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This is the best I came away with.

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Some light reading for the holidays!

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Another one from my walk-about in Uilenstede. Very much enjoying the new Nikon Zf!

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Alanis Morissette fairly rocking it out at Glastonbury.\nThink Iā€™ll put on Jagged Little Pill later on - such a great album.

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Whatā€™s the best way to find people to follow on micro.blog? Iā€™m into photography, 80s and 90s culture (with a particular slant on UK culture as this is where I grew up), GenX, football (this Ā»āš½ variety). Iā€™m really liking this place and want to make it my home šŸ˜Ž

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Getting my Henry Wessel on šŸ“ø

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Iā€™ve just realised why itā€™s taking so long to load the images I posted recently to my micro.blog - theyā€™re all around 5mb in size bwahaha. Must check this in future, Lightroom creates enormous jpgā€™s.

\n","summary":"","url":"https://amanwithglasses.micro.blog/2025/06/23/ive-just-realised-why-its.html","date_published":"2025-06-23T07:33:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Seb","url":"https://amanwithglasses.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F23%2F1698226.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amanwithglasses"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-23 07:33","date_timestamp":1750664030,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.scot/@amanwithglasses/114731518398882102","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hfvz6oixpgfdvtugeyurslyk/post/3lsb2y4jlvo2d"]}},{"id":"67351435","content_html":"Iā€™ve had this idea for a project for some time now, a project about Amstelveen, the town in which I have lived since moving from Ireland. Itā€™s not a desperately nice town, it doesnā€™t have the amazing architecture of itā€™s big neighbour, Amsterdam. Itā€™s one of those towns that by sheer luck of location has b... amanwithglasses.micro.blog","summary":"","url":"https://amanwithglasses.micro.blog/2025/06/22/ive-had-this-idea-for.html","date_published":"2025-06-22T19:53:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Seb","url":"https://amanwithglasses.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F23%2F1698226.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amanwithglasses"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-22 19:53","date_timestamp":1750622006,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.scot/@amanwithglasses/114728764521475426","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hfvz6oixpgfdvtugeyurslyk/post/3ls7ttvedpz26"]}},{"id":"67341303","content_html":"

Some photos from Uilenstede, a neighborhood here in Amstelveen. Mainly office blocks and student accommodation, there are now also cheap hotels around making for a strange mix of people and vibes.

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Taken with the Nikon Zf, a simply fabulous camera.

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Nature always finds a way \"\"\"\"\"\" : amanwithglasses.micro.blog

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I bought a new camera \"\"\"\"\"\" : amanwithglasses.micro.blog

","summary":"I bought a new camera last week, a Nikon Zf. After fifteen years of shooting with Fuji cameras I just fancied a change.","url":"https://amanwithglasses.micro.blog/2025/06/21/i-bought-a-new-camera.html","date_published":"2025-06-21T17:56:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Seb","url":"https://amanwithglasses.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F23%2F1698226.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amanwithglasses"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-21 17:56","date_timestamp":1750528604,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hfvz6oixpgfdvtugeyurslyk/post/3ls54u5zohl27"]}},{"id":"66700447","content_html":"

I can never understand why I still get new followers even though I havenā€™t posted anything on Instagram since April. Twelve this week alone. I mean, thanks and all that, but yeah. Donā€™t expect too much from me.

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Just heard this one go by. Forgotten how good it is.

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Somewhere Only We Know\nKeane ā€§ 2004

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www.youtube.com/watch

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Well, discovered a site which streams two of my favourite films of all time, Diner, but also Paris, Texas. Canā€™t decide which one to watch first šŸ¤”

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Iā€™m embarrassed by all the games Iā€™ve ever bought on Steam and now never play. I reckon with the amount spent i could have bought a second-hand Leica. My currently most played games: Victoria 3, EU4, Grim Dawn, and, ehm, Farming Simulator 17 ā€¦\nIā€™m 55.

\n","summary":"","url":"https://amanwithglasses.micro.blog/2025/06/07/im-embarrassed-by-all-the.html","date_published":"2025-06-07T09:34:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Seb","url":"https://amanwithglasses.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F23%2F1698226.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amanwithglasses"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-07 09:34","date_timestamp":1749288864,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.scot/@amanwithglasses/114641395232791064","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hfvz6oixpgfdvtugeyurslyk/post/3lqz2au7cja24"]}},{"id":"61539313","content_html":"

Some images from our trip to Austria last year, that Iā€™ve just gotten around to editing :-)

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Looking forward to the weekend. Nothing special going on, itā€™s just not work šŸ˜

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Sometimes I wonder if I have any talent for photography at all. After yesterdayā€™s walk around the marathon that was taking place in the town, going in with a plan (ā€œa documentary look at a marathonā€) and coming back with two SD cards of crap images, I canā€™t help wondering if photography is for meā€¦

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I took a picture.

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I wrote a thing

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substack.com/home/postā€¦

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@pratik beautiful image šŸ‘šŸ»

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@combatdavey I get that, itā€™s like reading a good book that you donā€™t want to finish šŸ˜„.

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@doricstudio.bsky.social Every song on this album is great. Itā€™s the only album I own where I never have to skip a track.

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@amanwithglasses.bsky.social My first one was the ā€™84 final against Celtic, 2-1. McGhee with the winner. Not a great game from what I remember but a brilliant ending.

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@amanwithglasses.bsky.social Actually, it was a game with two other lovely goals. McLeishā€™s lob and Strachanā€™s cheeky tap-in ā€¦

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@br1mcg.bsky.social For me itā€™s this one - Neale Cooper blasting the ball into the empty net after getting past Jim Stewart in the ā€™82 Cup Final vs Rangers. Magic moment, magic goal, iconic celebration.

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@amanwithglasses.bsky.social Hey Scott, good to see you. Iā€™m trying out this Bluesky thingie, not sure what itā€™s about but letā€™s see!

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Pity about the international break, itā€™s something I can never get excited about. More of a club football fan myself.

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@dandyandy1903.bsky.social I was a South Stander, and even from that distance it looked ferocious. How he (or for that matter Drew) wasnā€™t injured before we started remains a mystery to me.

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@dandyandy1903.bsky.social Anton Roganā€™s worst nightmare.

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I mind of those warm-ups, jaysus they were scary šŸ«£

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@doricstudio.bsky.social

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@amanwithglasses.bsky.social Ah no, just as we were getting on šŸ˜†

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@amanwithglasses.bsky.social Wait, this one?

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvoEā€¦

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that looks brutal, right enough. Barely recognizable, and more plastic on her than a seal in a trawl net. My friends shunned me back in the day for my devotion to the Tiffmeister, the Debbie Gibson loving bastards.

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@cgm77.bsky.social aha, a fellow hazleheader!!! I was there from 82 to 89. He used to come the odd time to do PE.

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@cgm77.bsky.social as a keeper myself, Iā€™ve been lucky to see a few decent keepers through the years at AFC. Bobby Clark used to do the occasional PE lessons at school, and Theo Snelders was just fab (apart from the whole going to Rangers thing), but Jim Leighton was the first player I remember wanting to go and see.

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@amanwithglasses.bsky.social Nice one, Peter!! Following!

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@amanwithglasses.bsky.social Oh, I missed a key word there. So, you canā€™t edit BlueSky posts. So thatā€™s me on the phone cancelling my subscription straight away. Like, what is this, the 1950s?

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