Tintagel, originally uploaded by DragonDrop.

Tintagel Island. Cornwall. Amazing place.

Inside the tropical biorb, eden project., originally uploaded by DragonDrop.

Stunning tropical vegitation, hot humid and we have pretty much got the place to ourselves! Top stuff.

Glastonbury Tor, originally uploaded by DragonDrop.

Up the top of Glastonbury Tor. The view from here is incredible. 360 deg panorama, at least 20 miles in every direction. Superb warm sunny day, its around 19deg C or more. Think were going to chill for a bit here thn find some food.

At first light today we set off on a bearing of South West. 2 stops and about 5 hours later we arrived at a beautiful little 17th Century cottage near the village of Oake in Somerset. Exposed beams, inglenook fire, cob wall construction… a gem of a place hidden away in the epitemy of backwater.
Met the owners, really welcoming family. The son was having a jam with his friend in a nearby barn (him on elec bass, his mate on drums – both super sharp), low and behold, a set of congas. What a welcome! After a wee jam I unpacked and we had a powerNap™ before awakening and heading to the local pub, which you can see from our bedroom window.
The Anchor Inn – top pub – just what we were after. A genuine warm welcoming atmosphere, good food and good ale. I had a go on some local juice called ‘gem’. Dark, heady supping ale. Eirene went for a Dorset Gold. Strong and fruity. I had a massive portion of beef madras cooked to what tasted like very authentic standards – nice and dry, not stupid hot. Eirene had a great looking fish stew, the boys had chicken goujons and lasagna. Met some nice locals and their dogs including an ace old Brindle Boxer called Boot. Wandered back to the cottage as we’d not brought out any torches. (bloody townies.)
Now back at the cottage, the kids are asleep and we’ve cracked open a bottle of Crozes Hermitage red that I got for my birthday. It’s a berry berry nice.

Radio goo goo. Downside of the day was my car sterio decided to lock itself and demand a pin code. I’d gathered a large collection of podcasts (or netcasts as they are called in some circles these days) for the journey. Tried phoning the Renault dealership at the pre cup of coffee time of the morning who were by the book and withholding the code. Was also looking forward to a bit of the old cricket updates. Enquired at the pub tonight, the word on the street was “it wasn’t looking good” but checking the scores just now we beat the West Indies by 3 wickets. Result. Flinters had a go at bowling. Should have had a go verses the Aussies last weekend. Off to read some stuff on the local area for a while now.

Check this out : http://www.metronaps.com/

Tezza wozza queue, originally uploaded by DragonDrop.

A massive queue has formed in Harrogate because Terry Wogan is doing a book signing at Ottomans.

Felix’s Birthday, originally uploaded by DragonDrop.

Felix is 8 today just had cake and prezzies in bed. He got this Yugio Dual Disk from his uncle Simon and Aunty Maria which he is over the moon with it. Its got some ultra rare import Japanese cards on board.

Mixed bag weekend due to the terrible show from the English bid to get anywhere in the cricket. Quite a good day non the less, it was a friends birthday and he’d asked a few cricket heads to share his special day whilst watching the match. Bloody Marys for breakfast set the tone. After the cricket, we had a game of frisbee then went to the pub for a bit. Ended up at an impromptu party.

Sunday was Felix’s special birthday treat day (his b’day is Tuesday) – he’d decided he wanted to go to the forbidden corner. Along came his best friend and family. It rained when we got there which was ace because I got to try out the full storm shield of our new baby back pack. Superbly designed product, it’s even got a rear view mirror to check on how baby is (this was the key sales feature for me). So – forbidden corner – if you’ve not been before it’s well worth a visit. Optical illusions, mazes, secret tunnels, wierdness, strange things and such like. Photos to follow.

flinters, originally uploaded by DragonDrop.

6 of us are watching england v australia on the telly. Not the best performance I’ve seen. Got it all to play for.

White Lion, Earby, originally uploaded by DragonDrop.

Sat in the White Lion, Earby. It’s only just opened (about a week ago). Poor first impression after being served a very flat pint of beer flavoured water that was supposed to be Black Sheep. Sent that back to the tune of a bit of chunter from the barman! Next I attempted to order burger and chips from the bar menu. The cry of ‘we’ve run out of chips’. Not ideal! Anyway, lets see how they get on, at least it’s only a few steps away from work.

Found my keys by the way. Lost my phone yesterday though. Luckily it is indeed exactly where I thought it was – In a cafe we frequented in Skipton yesterday. Got a snapped arial replaced on my car. A lazy way to keep yourself entertained in a car by comparison to podcasts. Still – at least I’ve got the choice now.

Sat in biz class lounge, Edinburgh airport (good) think I may have left my car keys in last nights hotel (bad). They may be in the bag I checked in. I seem to remember seeing them on the floor and thinking – ooh – I must pick them up, can’t remember if I did or not. Do I take advantage of all the free booze here or do I assume that I’ve put them in my bag. I don’t know.

Anyway. I think I’ll just play internet for now. May try and grab a podcast. National Geographic podcasts (recent discovery) are very interesting. Check out the one on Nanotechnology if you’re keen.

Fourth Bridge, originally uploaded by DragonDrop.

Got flown up to Dunfermline, Scotland yesterday for some work related activity. This was the view from the taxi whilst crossing the Fourth Road Bridge. Last week I randomly texted my mate from a pub to see if he was playing out / what he was up to “I’m just crossing the Fourth Road Bridge” was his reply. I got to send him the same text back yesterday.

splat, originally uploaded by DragonDrop.

Having a splatty day under fluffy blanket doing not much more than eating and telly watching. Played a gig for a magazine / website launch (www.harrogateconfidential.com) last night. Full power 12 hour. Good gig, fun to play with Len Bassey and Jonnie Frederics, Matty B. Dharma & Dissident. Blacked out windows, stonking pa. Large. Ended up hosting a little after party round here. Crashed out at wrong o’clock woke up to a very dissapointing performance from England cricketers in Jaipur.. Dosent bode well for next weekend against Australia. Perhaps were hoping it will lull them into a false sense of security?

You wait 2 months for someone to send a DD shirt shot in the two come along all at once…

Here is Fi in NYC in a rather splendid DD Adventure shirt. She’s the latest to become a DragonDroplet – agent of Adventure. More shirt shots here