NEXT FIRE : 17TH DECEMBER 2006
In case you’ve not been to the venue before, it is stunning and beautiful.. It’s in the same building as (RIP) Bar Med where it all started over 3 years ago. As well as FIRE legends Cloudbass, Mike H and Dharma, we’ve got James K (reject industries) from Manchester town who is a reet treat. I’m so looking forward to this one…
Check these photos out – from an island off Japan that was evacuated in 1974. Reminds me a lot of the photo story that I blogged a while ago about the ghost towns in the Chernobyl exclusion zone…
Check out these photos : http://www.ne.jp/asahi/saiga/yuji/gallary/gunsu/gunsu-html/01.html
A colour set by someone else here : http://flickr.com/photos/origamikid/sets/72057594136609735/
the prologue story can be read here : http://www.ne.jp/asahi/saiga/yuji/prolog/e.html
Thanks to jimytofu for the heads up on this story.
This booze offer looks too good to be true – 40% off from Threshers for first 2 weeks in December.. coupon / story here : http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/003466.html
Fellow friends what blog are often getting it in the neck from me if they leave blogging gaps. I am guilty of this at the moment what with one thing and another for which offer my apologies.
The most exciting thing I did last weekend was cook Brown Widsor Soup with horseradish dumplings followed by Saturday Fish Pie.
The most exciting thing this week is the start of the Ashes, which starts tonight at midnight our time. I’ve booked tomorrow off work and I’m off round to a friends house tonight with some fellow cricket heads and a load of scrumpy I’ve saved especially.
Fellow friends what blog are often getting it in the neck from me if they leave blogging gaps. I am guilty of this at the moment what with one thing and another for which I apologies.
The most exciting thing I did last weekend was cook Brown Widsor Soup with horseradish dumplings followed by Saturday Fish Pie.
The most exciting thing this week is the start of the Ashes, which starts tonight at midnight our time. I’ve booked tomorrow off work and I’m off round to a friends house tonight with some fellow cricket heads and a load of scrumpy I’ve saved especially.
Got a new toy Saturday. A Pentax W20 waterproof camera. Messed about with it in the bath :
this is Eirene’s hand breaking the surface shot from below with flash.
Went to Blackpool Saturday, waste of time. Not only was the drive over terrible due to torrential down pour of rain but the whole reason we went there was the see the illuminations which we were told had finished last week! How stupid is that?!? I thought the whole point was a massive version of Christmas lights. Pah.
Went for a nice walk round Fountains Abbey yesterday. Top walk, so nice to see all the trees with their Autumn coats on. After that we went to The George in Wormald Green for Sunday Lunch – top nosh, only marginal let down were the Yorkshire Puddings – not brill but everything else was great.
A bumper month for Adventure Shirt subs – from New York to Far East, from a high tech wind farm installation ship to a smugglers ship wreck and a Glastonbury Tor thrown in for good measure.. many thanks to everyone and most recently jimmytofu for sending this in:
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funny night last night at FIRE. Some bloke set fire to himself and all sorts. – the set of photos is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragondrop/sets/72157594363279485/
Fireworks on the Stray were cool.
Great week away. The first outing was to see what is reportedly one of the best panoramic views in the country – from the top of Glastonbury Tor. We were not disappointed. A stunning view.
On Monday we set off to the Eden Project. It’s the furthest point we got to on our 1200 mile round trip journey and it was certainly worth the drive. The simulated tropical rainforest there in the biorbs was without doubt the highlight for me. Bang, a wall of heat and humidity, tropical vegetation and a small village leading up to a mid tree level walk with a waterfall and up into the canopy. Great time of year to visit – we had the whole place almost to ourselves.
After that we drove to Tintagel, and got some sleep in a B&B. After a hearty fry up we set off on a walk to explore Tintagel Island. The island is steeped with King Arthur, Knights of the Round Table and Merlin legend. Again, we had the whole place to ourselves. You could feel the history of the place. A strategically impenetrable place it must have been. Top spot. From there we drove up to Glastonbury, as we’d bought tickets for a Halloween party in Chalice Gardens. Nice time was had by all.
A day of rest ensued, followed by a trip out to Cheddar Gorge where we set about a hike around the top rim of said gorge. Stunning views. The boys did really well – some fairly hefty inclines at times.
Sadly home time came around all too quickly. We punctuated the journey with a stop off a Kenilworth Castle in the West Midlands though which was cool. Elizabeth the first did hang out here for a while so I’m told.
