Up until a day or three ago, it’s been non stop since I landed back in the UK at the end of July. The first few days were spent in Hampshire – near Stone Henge – at Eirene’s uncles house. Big family gathering, camping in the back garden, Huge BBQ (I was chief meat prodder) pints of brown beer at… Read more →
Last Wednesday evening, I had a thought. I was stood in the magical grounds of St. Dogmaels Abbey (which I waxed lyrical about a few days ago in this blog post) and thought; I wonder who first had the thought “this would be a good place to put on a play”. By good, I mean fantastic. Looking at the place, there’s… Read more →
“HUUUURH! where is this young gallant that is so desirous to lie with his mother earth?” is a line from this scene in The Abbey Shakespeare production of ‘As You Like It‘, that Jaygo nailed last summer. Both Jaygo and Felix (my sons) feature in this fantastic scene (as part of the rent-a-mob) along with the stars of the scene Will and Ed – the… Read more →
Photo taken by, and published with kind permission of Stephen Whitehead Pictured above – my boys (front, centre) in the final scene of this years Abbey Shakespeare Players production of “As You Like It” directed by Henry Morris. @ St. Dogmaels Abbey, 1st – 4th August, 2012 Having immensely enjoyed last years Abbey Shakespeare production of King Lear, and The Winters Take and… 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 →
We’ve spent the last week or so doing a bit of chugging around in Clover (a van). We set out for Wales and aimed for this field in Poppit Sands a wonderful hidden gem of a spot we were introduced to last year – a back to basics camping spot in the with superb views, interesting people, fires allowed and… Read more →
It feels that the holiday that just was is now a dim and distant memory. Great time was had by all. After an epic drive down to Wales, getting snagged in Bala Festival traffic, getting caught up in a surreal situation where a road block and flapping policemen wound shed loads of traffic down country lanes resulting in me traffic… Read more →
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