2011: My year in Tweets – 2nd January 2012
At the beginning of last year, I summarised 2010 in tweets.
Below is my summary of 2011 marked by a few of my favourite tweets. What an amazing year it’s been!
Happy New Year one and all. Enjoy those fireworks!
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) January 1, 2011
Holly's birthday meal will be cut shirt, she doesn't know it yet…. Come on England!!!!!
— Mikey Davies (@tucksontour) January 6, 2011
Really? RT @Lord_Sugar: send yourself a letter with a £1 stamp – if letter is post marked 11.1.11 it might be worth a few quid
— Robert Peston (@Peston) January 11, 2011
Couldn't sleep. Counted sheep. Filled my imaginary sheep pen. Built a bigger one. Eventually fell asleep. #tired
— Jonathan Howe (@heresjonniehowe) January 18, 2011
RIP Dad. The bravest man I ever knew. I'm so proud to be your son and I'll miss you so much. So glad you're finally at rest. x
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) January 20, 2011
@PhilBray sorry to hear that, take comfort that he is in a place where there WILL be NO more pain,suffering or tears. Praying for you all
— Phil Wells (@nutterfreddie) January 20, 2011
@PhilBray dear Phil. So sorry. You'll miss dad I know. Rachel n andrew loved him too. He took a real interest. A shining example to us all
— Philip Stanfield (@philipstanfield) January 20, 2011
Lots of love Phil, Sarah+ fam. RIP Mr Bray a gentle-man of God with a smile that lit up the rm & genuine concern & love 4 whoev'r he spoke 2
— Biz Angell (@Angell123) January 20, 2011
Very nice funeral service for Grandma. So many happy memories. She would have loved everything apart from the biting East wind!
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) January 27, 2011
RT @PhilBray http://twitpic.com/3uh24h – ELEVENSIES courtesy of @MarksandSpencer! >> Now there's a man who knows how to do it!
— M&S (@marksandspencer) January 29, 2011
Greeted by a hirsute @Ben_Duffy, sporting a VISAGE reminiscent of @Dataman2000's chest! #professional
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) February 14, 2011
Lovely service which really captured the essence of Dad's life and personality.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) February 21, 2011
RT @philipstanfield: Just been 2 Hedley Brays thanksgiving servc. wonderful 2 b there with Phil, Sarah & all. Hedleys at home with his Lord.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) February 21, 2011
RT @hugh_evans: Really enjoyed the tributes at the funeral
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) February 21, 2011
Discovery launch, as recorded by an iPhone from a plane: http://tiny.cc/pypo2 #nasa #discovery
— Jonathan Worth (@jonathanworth) February 28, 2011
@philbray Twitter proving invaluable on this trip. @nickyAACampbell was right darn it!
— Shelagh Fogarty (@ShelaghFogarty) March 13, 2011
Sunshine, soup, chocolate cup cakes and a stroll with @Dataman2000. Can life get any better?
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) March 14, 2011
Sorry your massive 'moon' is doing what?! RT @PhilBray: Massive moon just rising!
— Tiffany Leigh Rudd (@Rudders_TL) March 19, 2011
Holly: 'Did you know you can smell hot taps?' Me: 'Really? What do they smell of?' Holly: 'Hot water obviously!'
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) March 27, 2011
Every time Clive makes a point, I expect him to then ask the rest of the panel to start a hoedown. #BBCQT
— Q A Pesto (@Quaristice) March 31, 2011
http://twitpic.com/4fnol4 – End of the line for #Alworths, Maidenhead. Sad times.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) April 1, 2011
First wasp of the year is splattered against the window pane by a vengeful @Ben_Duffy! Summer has arrived!
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) April 1, 2011
http://twitpic.com/4hoh4m – Back for another digging session in the impending gloaming. #vegplot
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) April 6, 2011
Momentous circuit with @stuhezza marked with a new JESSOPS, a phoenix-esque re-emergence from HAWKIN'S BAZAAR, soup and yum yums!
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) April 12, 2011
Green watch firefighters seen down by #Maidenhead bridge earlier were putting out a pile of leaves on fire
— MaidenheadAdvertiser (@MaidenheadAds) April 13, 2011
Time to get BREAKFASTED, put up the BUNTING and unfurl the FLAGS. Enjoy #rw2011, I intend to.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) April 29, 2011
What an atmosphere! Tremendous cheering accompanying the bell-ringers. Fantastic! #rw2011
— Andrew Burdett (@AndrewBurdett1) April 29, 2011
@PhilNBay choo Choo!
— Stuart Herrington (@Stuhezza) April 30, 2011
How many bottles of red to celebrate the Canaries before going to bed? A crate I think!!! Good stuff too!!!
— Henry Blofeld (@blowersh) May 2, 2011
"Mind the Saxo Lord Sugar" #howtheotherhalflive http://twitpic.com/4yf62c
— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) May 16, 2011
@Ben_Duffy overreacting to a bee flying around Reach Towers #biggirl #terrified http://ow.ly/i/bIKn
— Sam Underhill (@s_underscore) May 18, 2011
Philip .. It is fact
— Jennifer M Michael (@Jennimstew) May 20, 2011
Wow wow wow wow!!!! What a buzz and what a crowd. I just had a 147 in the @Snookerlegends exhbition! Lifted to roof! What a day!
— Jimmy White MBE (@jimmywhite147) May 28, 2011
You know Summer is here.., Our dear old thing! http://yfrog.com/5pjrvj
— AlisonMitchell (@AlisonMitchell) June 3, 2011
http://twitpic.com/5697hm – Belatedly arrived in BOURNEMOUTH, to a near empty car-park and wall-to-wall sunshine!
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) June 3, 2011
While eating the jolly old eggs and bacon, the rain was stair rods time and the day was what dear old BJ would have described as "setters".
— Henry Blofeld (@blowersh) June 6, 2011
Father's Day arrives with homemade cards, gifts and breakfast in bed, but for me it will always be a little different now. I miss you Dad x
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) June 19, 2011
I reluctantly predict that @andy_murray will never win #Wimbledon. #bornatthewrongtime #thenewTimHenman
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) June 20, 2011
#idiot RT @Ben_Duffy: Turns out @glasto is somebody's actual account. Oh dear.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) June 23, 2011
One of my first sights at work this morning was @DataMan2000 padding around in bare feet! #disturbing #scarredforlife
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) June 24, 2011
@JohnsonBeever @PhilBray its moustache and funky shirt night – what do you think?? http://ow.ly/i/dqNp
— Sam Underhill (@s_underscore) June 24, 2011
http://twitter.com/#!/benleighkelly/status/85496503413653504
So nearly lur'd unto the Rocks by the Siren-like rhythmick Exhortations of the WE BUY ANY CAR Bandit-Troupe
— Samuel Johnson (@DrSamuelJohnson) June 29, 2011
Sunday school outing to Wicksteed Park today. Just like 30 years ago…!!
— James Jury (@jimjury) July 2, 2011
http://twitpic.com/5lzk7f – Tough times for @JohnsonBeever as he stumbles through assembling a box in 3m 12s!
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) July 6, 2011
"Sir, do you want something else to carry?" #Apprentice #pointsfortrying #mademelaugh
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) July 6, 2011
Painful circuit with @DataMan2000's legs clearly still regretting his decision to walk 12 miles to work the other morning!
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) July 12, 2011
Wonderful day with family & Mum re-visiting old Bournemouth holiday haunts. Day awash with childhood nostalgia. Lovely day & lovely memories
— Jonathan Worth (@jonathanworth) July 19, 2011
Final touchdown! Atlantis landed, ending Shuttle era. Thanks for all the good memories! シャトル長い間ありがとう！ http://twitpic.com/5ti5ni
— Soichi Noguchi 野口 聡－ (@Astro_Soichi) July 21, 2011
WONDROUS tidings emerging from #SixBay – the #BlueBeauty has flown through the #MOT! #lifeintheoldgirlyet #justonenewbulbneeded
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) July 26, 2011
http://twitpic.com/5wkzrc – Great to welcome @Lawa86 back to the fold and to be reunited with #OldBluey after two years!
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) July 27, 2011
Delicious #LittleChef lunch at #Hagley. Early Starter followed by Classic Pancake. Fast, friendly service. 10/10
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) July 30, 2011
What a day! What a hat-trick by Stuart Broad, the first I've ever commentated on in forty years with TMS. It was unbelievably exciting!
— Henry Blofeld (@blowersh) July 30, 2011
At the age of 37, I have just peeled and chopped #carrots for the first time! #Masterchef #EverybodysGotToLearnSometime
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) August 1, 2011
Heading to the airport. Back in London tomorrow lunchtime. This mindless violence must cease.
— Boris Johnson (@MayorofLondon) August 8, 2011
#Croydon now ablaze in #LondonRiots. Wonder when David Cameron will decide to come back from Tuscany? #priorities
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) August 8, 2011
What a crazy evening! For some reason I can't sleep and glued to news channels…
— Mikey Davies (@tucksontour) August 9, 2011
http://twitpic.com/64vgal – An excited @DataMan2000 poised outside the soon-to-be-open #Tiger store.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) August 12, 2011
No1 in the world – brilliant, England. Just brilliant. #edgbaston
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 13, 2011
Eventful day: News of @DataMan2000's departure, spelt Llanfair PG for @tucksontour, #Tiger almost open and told 'Shoe Shop' story twice!
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) August 16, 2011
Your chest hair, bare feet and vacuous grin will be mourned in GU21! RT @DataMan2000: #leavingreach #boohoo #endofanera
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) August 16, 2011
Tonight's sunset – as spotted by @bexfitnessfreak! http://t.co/p4JsHDp
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) August 17, 2011
Immense circuit with @DataMan2000. New #Tiger store is open and overwhelmingly good. Then an automated Stop/Go board! #Wow
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) August 18, 2011
Amazing scenes of jubilation in Green Square in #Tripoli. Fantastic work from @alexcrawfordsky.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) August 21, 2011
@PhilBray I thought I saw you three trying to decide btw KFC and Greggs, then taking photo's!
— Helen Milligan (@helen_milligan) August 24, 2011
My 1000th tweet is dedicated to @PhilBray the man who told me to join twitter. A true gentleman, kind, funny & genuine #loveyoudude #missyou
— Jonathan Howe (@heresjonniehowe) August 30, 2011
http://t.co/uZkhjTd – Best to build the bbq before lighting. Nothing like putting @nutterfreddie to work!
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) September 2, 2011
Wine has definitely gone to @philbray head tonight, giggling like a girl at his own jokes
— Phil Wells (@nutterfreddie) September 2, 2011
Rebekah disappears for the next stage of her education. It doesn't seem two years since she started. Holly's turn next week!
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) September 6, 2011
@PhilBray Words the sweetshop of life
— Nick Crane (@nicholascrane) September 13, 2011
http://t.co/UnA5bRq – Shared a book-laden booth for a post-work final tipple with @DataMan2000. #endofanera
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) September 13, 2011
Beset with issues at the lock-up. Road closed due to resurfacing. Now struggling to find the rear exit. Farcical.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) September 21, 2011
Serious stuff but Mancini saying:"He's finished with me, with me he's finished" in @chrisbevan_bbc piece made me think of Bruce Forsyth.
— Phil McNulty (@philmcnulty) September 28, 2011
The sun-kissed hedgerows alongside the M40 are becoming bedecked with hues of gold, russet and crimson.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) September 29, 2011
Standing on most westerly point of any inhabited island in England. Crashing Atlantic and countless reefs under setting sun.
— Nick Crane (@nicholascrane) September 29, 2011
Excellent day in Banbury with a great team of people. A BBQ lunch in the sunshine and a £150 #RedLetterDays voucher! #unexpected
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) September 29, 2011
A surreal picnic lunch in shorts, in a sunlit woodland glade, beside a scarlet-berried holly! #October
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) October 1, 2011
An exciting circuit with @PhilBray including a new picture gallery, topless men, a lotus esprit and a fat cyclist!
— Sam Underhill (@s_underscore) October 3, 2011
RIP Steve Jobs – Brilliant pioneer, visionary inventor and former CEO of Apple. His passing will be mourned. Just 56.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) October 5, 2011
Steve Jobs: 1955-2011 – 6 October 2011 http://t.co/OxfldUfF
— Andrew Burdett (@AndrewBurdett1) October 6, 2011
Bumped into the long lost fifth member of The Beatles today in Woking! #stuckinthe60s @Stuhezza @PhilBray @Rudders_TL http://t.co/0lpS5L2p
— Sam Underhill (@s_underscore) October 6, 2011
@PhilBray you are SUCH a sexy beast! Can't wait to stroke your head on Monday…. Ay ay! @EmmaLouVeljovic is excited too..
— Laura Peters (@Lawa86) October 14, 2011
Stunning footage on #FrozenPlanet with Sir David Attenborough at his inimitable best. Worth the licence fee on its own.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) October 26, 2011
Taking a break from the pool to have a late lunch by the Saigon river #idyllic pic.twitter.com/NN2SJ4Ci
— Mikey Davies (@tucksontour) November 2, 2011
Waiting for @s_underscore in the rain in west byfleet. #somesayhesnotverypunctual
— phil hodgetts (@h1ght0w3r83) November 3, 2011
@PhilBray Hello, Copenhagen biscuits are now back in store thank you @tiger_store
— Tiger – London & SE (@tiger_store) November 7, 2011
off out dressed as an Arab!!! pic.twitter.com/kIy5nbd6
— Rob Farrell (@robnfarrell) November 8, 2011
This is my 1000th tweet!! Woo hoo! As promised, I dedicate it to @PhilBray … Just because I do! #thatsdedication #tweettweet
— Laura Peters (@Lawa86) November 8, 2011
A very exciting circuit today, overrun with public sector workers striking! @PhilBray picked a bad day to work at home pic.twitter.com/SL87dHO0
— Sam Underhill (@s_underscore) November 30, 2011
Extraordinary sights of @PhilBray in the pub for after work drinks with @DataMan2000 #professional pic.twitter.com/9CYqiPIy
— Sam Underhill (@s_underscore) December 2, 2011
Friends are like rainbows. They brighten your life when you've been through a storm.
— Bex Cox (@bex__cox) December 4, 2011
Heading home after a tough day with a great bunch of mates. Much to think about over the coming couple of months.
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) December 8, 2011
BBC Nature – Attenborough's wonderful world http://t.co/PuuF5Rat
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) December 9, 2011
@Stuhezza trying out his ventriloquist act with @PhilBray #sitonhislap #smallmanchild pic.twitter.com/UJNvA6mY
— Tiffany Leigh Rudd (@Rudders_TL) December 12, 2011
What's going on? RT @EmmaLouVeljovic: When will people learn to mind their own business?
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) December 12, 2011
As requested…! #britianshottestcouple pic.twitter.com/Ea1aGIyw
— Ed Nicdao (@EdNicdao) December 15, 2011
http://t.co/Ox31cQo8 – Treated myself to a #stylophone with some birthday money. #musiccareerbeckons #SilentNight
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) December 19, 2011
That 'We love you Phil Bray' moment from last night. #touching #greatmates http://t.co/9s4CizdV
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) December 21, 2011
Great evening with all the family. First time we've all been together since Dad's funeral. #notsuchahappyoccasion
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) December 27, 2011
Early days yet… RT @sarahlbray: @PhilBray its now 2012 so you need to shave!! You said it was going on new years day and its 12.05am 😉
— Phil Bray (@PhilBray) January 1, 2012
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