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  1. "It just shows the power of community skills and generosity and the value of repairing rather than replacing": Local #RepairCafe saves hip-hop legends' gig

    The band’s sampler had packed up

    By Will Simpson, published 20 November 2025

    "An #ArrestedDevelopment gig was saved last week when volunteers from a local repair cafe stepped in to fix a sampler that had broken down during a soundcheck.

    "The incident took place down in Falmouth, #CornwallUK, where the Grammy-winning conscious hip hoppers were due to perform at the Princess Pavilions. The piece of equipment failed when the band were soundchecking in the afternoon. Cue some frantic phone calls by the promoters before they alighted on the only people who could save the day: #FalmouthRepairCafe.

    "Simon Baker, chair of Falmouth Repair Cafe, told the BBC: 'We've repaired a lot of things over the years, but saving a Grammy-winning band's historic equipment was definitely a first.' "

    Read more:
    musicradar.com/artists/shows-f

    #RightToRepair #SolarPunkSunday #HipHopShow #RepairCafes

  2. Good morning. I am glad that the guests in the holiday properties I look after are all here and settled in already, and are not anywhere near the likely hell that the A30 heading southwest was yesterday and likely to be today.
    Also a good point; it is pretty much the ending of the peak holiday season at last, and we can start to think that we may be able to travel relatively freely wherever we fancy in our own county again soon.
    #cornwalluk

  3. Door to the sea at Tintagel in Cornwall. This was taken in 2006 with a 6MP ditigal SLR and processed and enlarged using ACR and Photoshop. Not perfect, but passable. #castlephotography #tintagel #tintagelcastle #cornwallcoast #cornwalluk #cornwall

  4. Winter view through what used to be a doorway in a derelict old Cornish stone barn. The hefty granite lintel is still holding everything up.

    #Fensterfreitag #CornwallUK