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Musings on Future Posts

Since my last post yesterday I have done some thinking and some spontaneous things, I have decided that I will definitely be nore active with this and maybe other social medias too. I have purchased the domain to this blog so that it is now Valleyreading.uk and I was playing with my laptop and created a cute little logo which I like very much.

I feel that if I have an investment and incentive to inspire and encourgae me to regularly use this and post here too. The small financial investment is a reason to not neglect this. I have a few ideas for content and although the address and typical content is bookish I don’t think that would be my only content, I may diversify through my interests of which there is many and I am expecting 2025 to have a few twists too which I will be sure to document.

For content I am thinking of doing the following:

  • Book Reviews
  • Anime reviews
  • Tech reviews
  • Game Reviews
  • Shave of The Day/Week posts
  • General musings and life posts.
  • Relating to my interests
  • WordPress Daily Writing Prompt

Those are just some of my ideas and similar to what I already have posted but I will put more effort into it like I used to with my old blog which I grew quite well before I killed it.

From my last post I have began to jot down a rough reading list but I have sooo many books to go through I sort of don’t want to. Being a bit of an anorak I have every single book itemised and numbered on a spreadsheet so I may do a random number generator and see what it falls on for some reads. Could also use CoPilot AI to suggest some reads and see what it comes up with.

I am like a London bus, wait a year to make a post and then two at once, and probably a third to follow imminently….

Shave of The Day 5/1/2024 – First of 2024

Vie Long 13061b

Rockwell Model T2 Stainless Steel

Shark Platinum (1)

Razorock XXX Fresco

Child’s Farm Baby Moisturiser, Razorock Fresco Aftershave & Acqua di Parma Colonia

First shave of the year, had some excema to take care of and had to be presentable for today. It was about a week since my last shave. I find in recent months I have preferred to grow out my beard for a week or two between shaves. I quite like the look, whereas previously I was a daily shaver.

It was a super shave and the Rockwell razor is a superb bit of kit. Very expensive and not really affordable but you get what pay for in terms of quality and materials. A superb fully adjustable modern safety razor that gives a very comfortable and close shave. The geometry and balance is excellent, its a heavy razor but made of 99% stainless steel parts its to be expected. Certainly a heirloom razor that will be still running when I have long since kicked the bucket. I paired it with a Shark Platinum razor blade on its first use, an excellent blade for me.

I went for the Vie Long horse hair brush and as always it was superb, a little scratchy but it helps exfoliate and work the lather in. A very underappreciated material for shaving brushes and animal friendly too, with the hair being harvested via grooming as opposed to skinning with boar, badger hair and the future issues of synthetic hair brushes.

Feeling a little bunged up I went for something mentholated in the Razorock XXX Fresco soap and aftershave splash. It certainly woke me up and gave a nice menthol blast. Excellent performing soap and a nice mentholated take on Acqua di Parma’s colonia. I finished up with a spray of it.

The photo I had taken a few days prior before I put away my Christmas decorations. I had always planned for this first shave of the year.

Shave of The Day: 29/3/2023

Simpsons Trafalgar T3

Timeless Aluminium .45

Voskhod (1)

Martin de Candre Original

A very nice shave today, I used top quality products and had a comfortable and enjoyable shave. The Timeless razor is a mild and comfortable shaver, though there is a little blade feel to remind you its there. The brush is a good quality synthetic fibre bristled brush, a bit on the large side – in hindsight maybe a T2 brush would be plenty. The soap is excellent with a beautiful herby scent, I can certainly make out the lavender. To look at it you would think its unused but over 2 or 3 years its been used about 100 times and barely a dent made in it, given the cost of it it has excellent longevity and value. For post shave I used a Baby Moisturiser that is good for adults with sensitive skin and finished off with a fragrance oil, the name of which slips my mind currently – a very nice fragrance with a very strong sillage and lasting.

This was the first SotD I set up to photograph in a long time, I’m undecided whether to stick with the set up or change to black or even use my bookshelves for a background. I’m sure I will chop and change until I decide on a set up or backdrop.