@IPhillips79 Take me straight back to very specific nights ❤️❤️❤️
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Declan Shine
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Incognito feat. Jocelyn Brown - Always There (1991)
Feel-good Thursday track and this one's remained as uplifting and infectious as it was 35 years ago now! Check out the mighty & incredible lead vocals of Jocelyn Brown; soulful and captivating. From their album Inside Life.
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Happy 85th, Joan Baez.
Joan Baez "It Ain't Me, Babe" BBC In Concert, June 5, 1965
Thanks @NoonDawlith 🙏
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When You’re Strange is in theaters today. Celebrate 60 years of the band with this acclaimed documentary, remastered in 4K.
In cinemas worldwide December 4 & 6.
Get tickets at whenyourestrangemovie.com
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@gerardcam @patrickkenealy @AimsirTG4 @barrabest @deric_tv @DiscoverIreland @discoverirl @Failte_Ireland @GoToIreland @GoToIrelandUS @ancienteastIRL Our centenary year 1986
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@DeclanShine @patrickkenealy @AimsirTG4 @barrabest @deric_tv @DiscoverIreland @discoverirl @Failte_Ireland @GoToIreland @GoToIrelandUS @ancienteastIRL Blarney to Cobh.
Probably the shortest ever road stage of the ras.
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Working in and around Cobh, Co Cork today bringing back the memories of living there! @AimsirTG4 @barrabest @deric_tv @DiscoverIreland @discoverirl @Failte_Ireland @GoToIreland @GoToIrelandUS @ancienteastIRL
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@gerardcam @patrickkenealy @AimsirTG4 @barrabest @deric_tv @DiscoverIreland @discoverirl @Failte_Ireland @GoToIreland @GoToIrelandUS @ancienteastIRL I was on the hill that day. I’m probably across the other side of the road from ya 😁.
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I told my group ride I was done buying cycling kit. They laughed.
"Wait for the winter sales," they said. "You'll crack."
That was January. I haven't bought a single jersey since.
Here's why I reached breaking point.
I counted my kit. 47 jerseys. 23 bibs. €3,000 spent last year alone. On plastic clothes. To "save the environment" by not driving.
The math wasn't adding up.
Then I went climbing with an old friend.
His entire gear wardrobe had just a few items - one sun-destroyed shirt, ancient approach shoes, a chalk bag from 2012 & a puffer jacket with duct tape on it.
Everything faded to nothing.
At the wall, people trusted him immediately. The wear told his story.
Back at the group ride, someone showed up in a 2018 jersey. "Time for an upgrade, mate?"
That's when it clicked.
We've built a culture where experience is something you buy, not something you earn.
Cycling has become fast fashion, and we're too deep in to see it.
Patagonia tells customers "Don't buy this jacket." They'll repair your gear forever. Because real outdoor culture understands: the best gear is the gear that lasts.
Cycling? We get "limited drops" and "heritage colorways." Artificial scarcity.
Supreme for middle-aged men. Making us collect jerseys like sneakers while pretending we're athletes.
Every brand preaches sustainability while pushing quarterly collections.
Every rider talks environment while drowning in polyester.
The faded jersey you're embarrassed to wear? It's proof you actually ride.
That pristine kit collection? It's proof you shop.
In every other outdoor sport, worn gear equals credibility.
In cycling, it means you're not "serious about the sport."
We've inverted reality.
Nine months into my no-buy experiment, here's what I've learned
My old kit works fine.
The "revolutionary fabric technology" was marketing.
The "essential" winter jacket wasn't essential.
But something else happened.
I started noticing who actually rides versus who collects.
The fast guys? Faded kit.
The Instagram cyclists? Walking catalogs.
The most radical thing you can do in cycling?
Wear your shit out.
Make "destroyed" the new "pro."
Because right now, we're environmentalists in our Strava bios and fast fashion addicts in our closets.
The climbing world figured this out decades ago. When will cycling?
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@NUCLRGOLF @TWlegion I was there by the green. Couldn’t see a thing 😂
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Name ONE flawless album which is consistently excellent from start to finish, with no filler. GO!
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#Lolayoung was absolutely brilliant at #GlastonburyFestival today and totally killed it! Here’s #messy in full. Give her all the flowers! #Glastonbury2025 #live #Glasto
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@ewenmurray77 @sscottpga Remember the Seve trophy issue with Padraig and Olazabal
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@sscottpga Strange that two gentlemen of the sport, two top class golfers, one outstanding multiple major champion and one first class broadcaster would have a disagreement of this nature?
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Roger Maltbie is a legend! I think he knows where to stand!
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@gerardcam @BanbridgeCC Denis Mc Carthy, Ger Costello. Dont know the 3rd. Climb looks like top of Lauragh heading for the Healy Pass
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@BanbridgeCC A free pint for the names of the other 3 riders in bottom photo with Sheamy
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The drinks are on us says Downey Cycles!!
banbridgecc.co.uk/2025/05/12/ban…
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Rewatching this video, it’s crazyyyyy how much spin he got out of the thick rough on U.S. Open greens. Those U grooves were different.
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We’ve a Christmas gift guide for cyclists coming out tomorrow.
What’s the best cycling item you ever bought under 100 euro ?
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Two years ago today - Roy Keane openly speaks out about The World Cup being held in Qatar live on ITV ‘it’s not right; it shouldn’t be here!’ (22/11/22)
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