Film is ace. You drop it off, you wait a bit and then the joy of opening the results for the first time are way better than seeing the results instantly on a digital back. Mostly. As well as that, the results are often somehow warmer. Like the valve radio vs the transistor. Like the vinyl vs the CD. I… Read more →
M’colleague’s husband plays bass trombone in the Hade Edge Brass Band. They were playing today in the Band Stand, Wetherby. We wandered along on the wind of wondering if the ‘come along’ suggestion would come good. It did. Particularly, this bit: … Dave Smith on the Euphonium – Impressive Grandfathers Clock work. The whole band was a treat to watch… Read more →
It’s my first trip to San Francisco, but I’m not the first adventure club member to visit. Fionn was here 13 years ago (as you can see near the bottom of this DDAC archive). I re created his shirt shot by standing at the bottom of Lombard Street – the 27% gradient street somehow personifies a lot of what San… Read more →
This reminds me of how amazed I was the first time I managed to photo blog to DragonDrop.org without the use of a cable attaching my keyboard to a wall somehow. 13 years ago, I ‘field blogged a photo’ (from an actual field) for the first time using wireless GPRS to connect to the internet via a 9210 communicator and… Read more →
As I was driving down the A1M this morning, I saw the car in front of me (the silver one, mine is the black one) slowly drift off the road, then it looked like the driver was wrestling with it to get it in a straight line, alas, to no avail. I watched it spin around and smash into the… Read more →
Often when Grove Road School comes up in conversation, a comment that frequently crops up, is the lack of a grassy area in the playground. Parents want their children to have access to a green space during playtime. It doesn’t seem to matter that for most of the year their children won’t be allowed on said green knowl as there… Read more →
Even though it was raining for 3 out of the 4 hours I was out this morning, the technology enhanced dog walk I went on this morning, was most enjoyable. I found 18 geocaches (a personal best). I’d uploaded 21 geocaches – as depicted below – a circular route that someone placed on to my GPS unit (Garmin Etrex H)…. Read more →
Because my hand held GPS unit (as used for geocaching) knows exactly where it is in the world, it can tell you exactly what time the sun up and sun down in. This morning, I was at N 54° 00.814′ W001° 31.395′ when I snapped the above photo (just down the bottom of Bilton Lane, near The Gardeners Arms…. Read more →
For around about 8 years, I’ve had a perpetual new years resolution : “This year, I want to drive a tractor”. As a kid, growing up in part in a village where my bezzy mates were farmers lads, tractors were kind of a big deal. I think I’ve travelled in the cab of a tractor before – certainly in the… Read more →
We’ve made it to Bobbybees campsite near Filey. Food done, fire on, beers open. Some lovely people have assembled for a joint birthday. 4 dogs 7 kids and a few strategic adults to feed them. Could be the last night under the stars for a while. I’ll miss this! Right, I’m going off the grid for the rest of the… Read more →
Today we were taken to one of those hidden gems of a place that only the locals know about. After a beautiful walk through ancient woodland and huge pine forests – oozing a beautiful heady aroma of pine, we arrived in the magical little valley where we spent a very enjoyable hour or two. Plunging into the pool and… Read more →
In the CREW credits for the play at St. Dogmaels Abbey, the following two people are acknowledged for SET; Robert Fitzmartin and Henry VIII The second name, made me chuckle. When Henry abolished the monasteries, this abbey, along with the others got sacked and probably trashed. Over the next few hundred years, what was left of the site was plundered… Read more →
I went our for a couple of rounds tonight with my way better than me at disc golf buddy. I was on form (even though I say so myself) as got round the 9 holes in 33 ‘smashing’ my previous nrear 7 year old PB of 34. The second round… not so hot. A cracking way to spend a beautiful… Read more →
I may as well get this out of the way first: The Title Role of King Lear was played by Joseph Marcell, who played Geoffrey in the massive 90s mainstream TV hit : The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. To be honest, I was a tad worried that he’d been pulled in as a bit of a ringer – to give… Read more →
Whilst you were watching the mens final from Wimbledon, we had a day by (and in) the River Nidd near Harrogate. There’s a spot known by a few as ‘Bilton Beach’ about half way along the path that takes you from Bilton in Harrogate to Knaresborough (map link). Armed with a picnic, a couple of beers and some friends we… Read more →
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