What have the Romans ever done for us? Given us the Latin ‘adventurus’; meaning ‘about to happen’, from advenire ‘arrive’. That’s what.
The ‘Adventure’ part of the ‘DragonDrop Adventures’ moniker, was spawned from “Watchcam Adventures”. Now defunct, but once the world’s leading forum on all things watch camera. Now-a-days, the ‘Adventure’ category is the flag bearer for new, unusual, exciting or daring experiences.
Introducing the newest members of the world famous DragonDrop Adventure Club. Louise & Skip, Taj Mahal, India January 2013 Skip & Louise, Kochi Stadium, India 2013 (India v England ODI) Top adventure by the look of things! Shame England lost the cricket.
I like living in this day and age. The lifestyle benefits and technical trappings really are quite marvelous. I can transport my family to a different country for a weekend without too much bother. It really does tickle my fancy. We so often take it all for granted. Roads where you can safely and comfortably maintain over 60 mph for hours on… Read more →
Popped up to Scotland. The south Trossachs, in the MacDonald Forest Hills Hotel and Resort on the banks of Loch Ard to be specific. It’s very nice. We’ve got a lodge who’s best feature is a view up the Loch, which this morning roared with beauty as the hills poked through the mist. Started the day with a couple of… Read more →
Sat outside a supermarket waiting for wife and daughter to forage. The car is silent apart from a very faint clicking noise emitted from the two boys. Both of them have blanket / dressing gowns over their heads to stop the dreaded sunlight from interfering with their game. I’m so glad we go to the effort of taking them on… Read more →
.. I mean, that’s gonna be a lot of waffle, intermingled with my usual in depth musings. Worried that one won’t be able to see the wood for the trees. However, it’ll be an interesting project and this year is kind of a big deal, so it might work out although we’ve not got any major off site adventures planned…yet…. Read more →
Thumbnails from my instagram faves set on flickr What a year it’s been. Sometime around this time of year I get a bit reflective and retrospective. I did exactly 10 years ago today anyway, in a post entitled New Years Eve in 2002, which included a trip to Australia and a couple to Amsterdam, seeing the best gig of my life,… Read more →
There’s always the rhetoric around this time of year that Christmas has lost its magic and that it has gotten far too commercial for its own good. I must admit, that compared to when I was a kid (and Christmas was the best word in the world), the first thing I think of these days, is an increased to-do list and a decreased bank… Read more →
We were lucky enough to be invited to the UK premier of what turned out to be a funny, heart warming short film called Ladyfingers. The venue was fascinating; The Wharfe Chambers in Leeds. Stories of moles going undercover for 5 years, infiltrating political activist groups, tales of strictly no swearing transvestite parties (apart from in the designated swearing corner), the legend… Read more →
A couple of postcards in from Richard – who we’ve been following on his adventure to climb the highest mountain on earth*. First – one that arrived this morning – and the second down, one from a couple days ago.. Only a Whymper Hi everyone, this is me, [in a] Dragondrop [adventure shirt] and various elements outside the Whymper Refuge… Read more →
First up – a great snapshot of life – real life, from the streets of Mumbai. It’s been a while since a DD shirt has been shot in Mumbai – around 9 years to be amazingly almost exact to the day since the last shirt shot from Mumbai. Here is Slawek and Angela in Mumbai. … and the second whammy; - Richard… Read more →
Yesterday, I fancied a beach walk. Bridlington, on the East Coast of Yorkshire was the destination I plumped for, so having suitably enthused my family, off we set. We parked at a spot about 2 and a half miles south of the town, with a view to a perambulation, followed by a ice cream / cup-o-tea (optional) followed by a… Read more →
You may recall a post from a couple of months ago, when I was foretelling the adventures of Richard Fountain – who was en route to as far as you can go. Well – he’s been in touch – he’s recently been comms down on an intercontinental journey across the South Atlantic Ocean – from Africa to South America. The front of… Read more →
So we had a quick trip to Dublin at the weekend. Many birds with a single stone. Hanging out with a bunch of friends from England – Henry (from recent As You Like It fame) decided to have his 30th birthday in the fair city of Dublin. Good times; visited the zoo (excellent thing to do) and went out for… Read more →
We experienced two incredible and quite unique pieces of Yorkshire Art this weekend. The first being in the form of a play at Harrogate Theatre on Friday night. The Lighthouse on Shivering Sands. Adapted from a short story, this tale of intrigue was told using just 4 very adaptive actors and an ingenious set and prop combo that could transform from a ship, to… Read more →
Spent the best parts of Saturday and Sunday at Bobbybee’s campsite near Filey. We’ve been to Bobbybee’s once or twice before and have now firmly wedged it into one of our favourite camp sites on the planet. Very laid back, informal and chilled place. We were blessed with what was perhaps summer’s last hurrah and enjoyed glorious weather – producing a spectacular sunset, pictured above. We got to… Read more →
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