Felix is playing the piano a couple of feet away from me very loudly. Sophie is showing off her new shoes and enquiring if that’s the last bit. Jaygo is now shouting something from upstairs. Eirene is washing something in the kitchen. I’m putting Sophie to bed is the fresh topic. Sophie has decided that “Da, First I’ll be with… Read more →
A stupendously good birthday weekend I’ve just had. Big thanks to everyone! I got a really good pile of ace gifts. My main prezzy was a Phillips NP1100 network player / internet radio player. Radio from all over the world through. Been having fun with that. Hooked up to the hi fi / don’t have to have the computer on…. Read more →
Henry is going to do something really good today – he’s attempt to run 117 miles. You could also do something good by sponsoring him. At just after 1730 today, he’ll set off on a run of that was originally billed as the “Hardmoors 110 Ultra Marathon” – it’s now actually a 117 mile and is an off road, ‘non stop’… Read more →
Just a very quick blog – my first (I think) from a ferry. We are between Wales and Ireland at the moment. Superb adventure so far. Looking forward to Ireland. right – less that 1 min credit left! ttfn.
FIRE 50 photo set on flickr What an innings. x 50 FIRE parties. Officially half centurions. I am the only person who has attended every minute of all of them (Allan nearly has, but he had to chip off early from one a few years ago as his better half went into labor – pathetic excuse if you ask me.)… Read more →
weeknightsfieldmusic, originally uploaded by DragonDrop. Went to see Field Music at the Harrogate Theatre last night. Such a polished act. Thousands of hours worth of practice boiled down into an hour or so. Interchangeable drummer / lead vocalist / keyboard kept things very interesting. The two support acts were very good as well. Simon Wainwright from Hope & Social did an acoustic… Read more →
I was lucky enough to do a lot of my favourite activities over the past 5 days or so. Thursday – went to watch the cricket at Headingley with a lovely bunch of people. ‘My’ team (Yorkshire) won one of it’s key matches of the season – they beat arch rivals Lancashire by 17 runs in a confident win. A… Read more →
At my mate Henry’s house – got the afternoon off work. Watching Argentina v South Korea – currently 2-1 to the Americans. Henry, who’s just decided he’s a vegetarian who’s now allowed to eat fish because Dean Karnazes says it’s OK has just brought me a fish finger sandwich. He’s a big fan of them now after a decade in… Read more →
After collecting my new DragonDrop shirts and kitting the boys out in the all new 12yr old edition , we headed off to a lovely garden at a friends mum’s house in Ripon to celebrate their boys birthday. The best gift was a massive cardboard box which kept all the kids amused for hours. Following the rather splendid garden birthday… Read more →
We went to a wine tasting event yesterday at The Crown hotel hosted by Harrogate Fine Wine and their suppliers. 70 wines to have a go on, all of a very high standard. I experimented with whites (normally a red man) before going onto the reds. Quite a fascinating culture the wine crowd. I don’t confess to much about wine… Read more →
Apparently, there’s a football world cup starting soon. Quite like this funny that good did.. do a search for ‘World Cup’ in google and scroll down to the bottom.
I have been off line most of this weekend and most of Friday. Not as a result of a lifestyle decision but as a result of technical gremlins. I couldn’t figure it, tech support couldn’t figure it and it annoyed. It’s quite alarming how much I rely on the internet. From in the supermarket to look up a recipe to… Read more →
Bit of a textual write up in the post below – here is my visual write up. Click here to view the photo set.
We have just said goodbye to our boys as they are away on cub / scout camp this week at Kielder. Just the 3 of us, which will be nice to spend some Q time with Sophie. Just made us all yummy lunch of home made French onion soup with Italian cheese croutons with Brussels pate on toast. Feels like… Read more →
5000th photo, originally uploaded by DragonDrop. This is my 5000th photo on flickr. A fairly random selection but I quite like. "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." – Henri Cartier-Bresson. I’m half way to becoming a phographer or something. I’ve taken loads more than 5000 (I have been known to take 1000+ in a week) but the significance of… Read more →
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