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.
Eirene took me on a surprise weekend away last weekend, and a very nice weekend it was. It’s been a while since we spent the weekend, sans kids. We did take the smallest of our brood with us though – Elsie (pic’d above) – our 12 week old Springador – who got her first official walk and was suprisingly excellent off the lead… Read more →
Slap bang down town Harrogate, two guys have all of a sudden found themselves more famous that Rudy (sorry – Harrogate in joke). In a very convincing bid to raise shed loads of money for St. Michaels Hospice, these guys have brought a slice of reality TV to town. I caught wind of them in Lancashire on Thursday when someone… Read more →
He may be 13 today but I’m pleased to see that he still has this reaction to Jelly Babies originally uploaded by DragonDrop. The big highlight of the now is that we’ve got a teenager all of a sudden. Felix has turned 13. Lovely morning this morning of cards and prezzies. Xbox is the big un – clubbed together prezzy… Read more →
Jay and Elsie – more of my photo’s tagged Elsie. We visited our pup to be yesterday. An adorable springador / labradinger / labradaniel (the elaborate monikers for a Labrador / Springer Spaniel Cross). An experience akin to going for a 20 week scan or something. You get to see her, but not quite time to take her home. We… Read more →
Perhaps his broad appeal and accessibility is behind the fact that he has not only a gallery honoring his name, but a theatre, a car park and a shopping centre also. I’d had “take family to the Lowry, Manchester” on my todo list tagged #rainyday for about 2 years. Perhaps like pretty much everyone, he appealed to me. His ubiquitous,… Read more →
This Friday, Ben “What’s your beef” Osmond, a DragonDrop Adventure Shirt and a bunch of intrepid adventureres and sets off for the Sahara. He’s raising funds for a very worthy cause. In his own words.. “I am taking part in the Sue Ryder Sahara Trek, which consists of 100km trek through the desert! This is something my father would never have… Read more →
Here’s the latest DragonDrop Adventure Shirt shot – from Ali and Marcus. This icon of obsession, from a film I obsessed about – Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind – is Devils Tower in Crook County, Northeastern Wyoming. For those that haven’t seen the film – go and watch it immediately – and you’ll see why people re create the form of… Read more →
We left off where we started the camping season – at bobbybees campsite in Burton Fleming. My birthday and the last camp of the year (probably.. although I won’t rule it out entirely) The site itself has the feel of a part built sculpture. An installation of art – of sorts. Quite a fascinating mix of things to look at (a few… Read more →
It’s could be considered a ‘bit of a risk’ going camping in September – but when isn’t it in these fair isles? I love the summer (it’s my favourite day of the year) but don’t shy away from camping ‘off season’. We’ve been in wind, rain and even snow. The weather was kind to us this weekend though after a… Read more →
Limetree this year ticked pretty much all the boxes and then some. Textbook festival fun. Having had a few pre festival jitters enhanced by last minute unknowns – within minutes of arriving, I’d discovered that some good friends had saved us an awesome plot for our van. I then discovered that I had a full compliment of fresh tickets and… Read more →
Just before any big adventure, I get jittery. Especially when it’s a last minute thing. On Wednesday evening an email from www.notitlemagazine.com casually informed me that I’d won a pair of tickets for Limetree Festival, via a ‘in 30 words or less’ competition. I did my excited face. Eirene, is convinced that the more I flap, procrastinate or object to the up-and-coming… Read more →
I say biased because my boys were in it. Having said that, if I’d gone as a pure ‘punter’ I would have loved it. This year marked the 25th Anniversary and the final night marked the 100th performance for The Abbey Shakespeare Players presenting a Shakespeare play at St. Dogmaels Abbey, Cardigan. There’s something unparalleled about outdoor Shakespeare. In this case, the Abbey… Read more →
Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, originally uploaded by DragonDrop. Here we are on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, en route to the Witches Cauldron – a fantastic swim through cave to a secret beach. More snaps»
We’ve been in Wales. Mainly camping at Poppit Sands (pictured above), exploring North Pembrokeshire, Cardigan and an involvement in King Lear at St. Dogmaels Abbey (the boys were in it). More to follow on those bits. In summary, great time, lovely people, was over far too quick. After that Eirene and the kids stepped over the St. Georges to see… Read more →
I’ve been to a vast array of festivals from the biggest to the smallest and met pretty much all walks of festival life. My first festival was Reading ’94 and from then, I’ve probably done at least one festival per year – ranging from ones I’ve played hard at, ones I’ve worked hard at and ones I’ve chilled soft at…. Read more →
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