Tomorrow – I’m playing at the following, at The Viper Rooms, Harrogate. Sounds like a top Harrogate night in the making! The venue where the mighty FIRE cut it’s teeth! (and a Sunday night to boot!) Women Rock!Line up… 6pm – 7pm Dj Dharma 7pm – 7.30pm Dave Dowson 7.30pm – 8.15pm – Lively Breakbeats from 601 8.15pm – 9pm… Read more →
We’re off camping tonight – At Cayton near Scarborough. Nice sounding campsite. We were ‘booked in’ to a campsite in Goathland called Brow House Farm. Our friends trecked up first from Harrogate (a not inconsiderable distance) to find that the camsite was full apart from a boggy field – not suitable at all for vans (or tents for that matter)…. Read more →
Dunstanburgh Castle, originally uploaded by DragonDrop. View photo set of ‘Northumberland Aug ’08’ by clicking this>> I’d been carting round this cartograph all week.. on the last day I used said map to work out which beach we should hang out at. This one looked like it had a view of a castle – I didn’t realise at the time… Read more →
After a chill morning of sleeping reading and swimming we headed out to hunt a geocache I’d read about called Staircase to no place. A cave set in the middle of nowhere on the side of Cateran Hill. A stunning walk through the exploding purple heathers up a barely legible path lead us to the cave mouth. What I thought… Read more →
I love Sat Nav. Some of the die hard map readers say it’s killing the age old art of reading maps and/or studying the land as a result. I say it opens up more doors and when used in combination with a paper map (for the bigger picture) you can do some tip top, grade A adventurising. Another bonus is… Read more →
The highlight of yesterday on our away mission to Northumberland was Barter Books in Alnwick. A great rainy afternoon was spent browsing the myriad of books – the place is HUGE! cashed in a bunch of read books for tokens to buy more books. Got some great reads. Today we’ve been to the Holy Island. After an argument with a… Read more →
Had a wonderful couple of days so far on our holiday in Northumberland. We’re staying at a nice cottage – part of a complex so we’ve got a swimming pool, sauna, games room etc. It’s called Arkeld Manor Country Club. Yesterday we went to see some Sheepdog Trials up the road. This was ace. I love remote control dogs. It’s… Read more →
Newlyweds – double happiness, originally uploaded by DragonDrop. My cousin Ian just got married to the lovely Fontaine. Pictured in the background – the ‘Double Happiness” symbol. What a whirlwind adventure we all went on. After a good drive down to London on Friday morning, we headed in a taxi to the venue. Slap bang in the middle of London… Read more →
TONIGHT: Bloggin from the field – quick on the spot report from Lime Tree Festival, Stage II, aka the Jason Rae, aka circus circus, aka the fun zone, aka the Smyth and 3 Matt’s stage. What a festival it’s been so far. The Gentleman’s Dub Club on early doors yesterday were the dogs – should of headlined this tent last… Read more →
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