Morning all, and welcome to Blaugust 2026. I’m hoping Blaugust will be a shot in the arm to a blog that is by no means dead but perhaps a little sleepy. As usual, my welcome post will be brief.

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And... they're off!

My reasons for participating are pretty much exactly the same as last year:

  • I enjoy the challenge
  • The community is very friendly
  • Excuse to experiment a bit
  • Builds confidence and momentum in writing

This year I plan to mostly follow the prompts with a few extra topics of my own, so I’ll be:

  • reviving the digest format
  • photoblogging another holiday in Wales
  • a bit more “about me”-style posts
  • posting stuff related to hobbies
  • probably not politics this year (but who knows?)

As usual, I’ll be aiming for the Silver award of 15 posts, but I might go for the Community Builder award too. I’ve already hit one of the goals with my pre-Blaugust hype post and the others look pretty doable.

It’s not too late to join in. You can spin up a Bear Blog in 2 minutes and get posting.

The fun change for me this year is my blog now has comments! So please, do comment. Even just saying hi is fine. And of course, email is still welcome.