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December 2025

1. 15Mon

   Walking along the District Line Platform at Victoria on Monday, I noticed this window up to the sky that I've not noticed previously.

   
2. 14Sun

   I've removed image transform from my 11ty site, I was concerned about build time and resource usage once I start to bring legacy content across, replcing it with a webp conversion action in automator on my images folder. Pagination is the final item left on my initial todo list, but is trickier than it should be due to the dynamic filtration in my templates.

3. 14Sun

   I've made good progress on my 11ty site this weekend with new topic archives collating content types for each topic, and linking through from content meta sections, with a topics index page. I'm struggling to paginate archive pages though due to the dynamic content filtering inside my templates.

   
4. 13Sat

   Ruairidh cannot decide if he is Spaniel, or highland coo.

   
5. 11Thu

   I created a temporary chicken run for three special ladies being pecked by their sisters. A frizzle, A brahma, and a Warren

   
6. 9Tue

   Today's dailydog entrant is Mr Fearghus running off to bed with the Spaniel's chicken. This might not end well.

   
7. 8Mon

   Here is Ruairidh, the wee haggis, taking over my desk spanielling while I was away today.

   
8. 7Sun

   So I have my site running on 11ty now. I still have a lot of work to do on content ingestion into feeds - I'll probably end up writing a feed template. I need to fix the conflict between my rss and image-transform plugin setup, and to finish various general template improvements.

November 2025

1. 29Sat

   We will not collect enough points to stay in this division trying not to lose. Change approach, or change coach.

2. 29Sat

   At the Gtech Stadium where Burnley take on Brentford this afternoon.

   
3. 25Tue

   I've been enjoying the simplicity of my bearblog, but am torn on whether to keep it, replicate it back into Kirby, or with an eye on the future recreate in maybe 11ty or Astro. Too much choice.

4. 20Thu

   A quick clip of Podenco Ibicenco bayLee swimming laps of the hydrotherapy pool at Canine Health & Hydro in Rimington

   

   bayLee has been visiting Canine Health and Hydro at Rimington for around 18 months now, ever since complications from a then undiagnosed under-active thyroid caused weight gain, muscle wastage, and back pain.

   He is doing really well now, with his weight where it should be, and his pain largely prevented by regular K9 laser and swim sessions here, and ongoing thyroxin medication.

   As you can see, his monthly swim sessions are one of the best bits of my month!
5. 15Sat
   Article Finalising my bearblog theme. For now... Having spent the last few weeks of my bearblog project focusing on function, I used the first day of my long weekend to complete the first …
6. 14Fri

   Though I found the transition to liquid glass painful, I absolutely love the rotating screensaver images, which never fail to brighten up my day.

   
7. 10Mon

   This has taken such an unbelievable (days) amount of faff, but I finally have webmention likes that I send displaying as intended, and not just as 'mentions'.

   

    

   
8. 8Sat
   Article West Ham United 3 Burnley 2 Images and brief thoughts from the London Stafium where Burnley managed to throw away a game they were well in control of.
9. 8Sat

   While I make my way down to East London today, the spaniel is supervising the crafting activities at home.

   

   
10. 8Sat

    A few images from the London Stadium ahead of West Ham United today.

    

    
11. 7Fri

    I headed down to Loughborough today to celebrate my friend and supplier’s 25 year business anniversary. A few photographs from the train station.

    

    
12. 5Wed
    Article What's in my inventory? The topic for November's Bearblog Carnival is 'what's in my inventory?' Here I talk about the items that follow me everywhere.