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…
Adventure
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.
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Felix is 13
3 weeks, 6 days oldJay 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…
L.S. Lowry. Artist of the peoplePerhaps 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…
Sponsor Ben to not get lost in the SaharaThis 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…
Close encounters of the DragonDrop kindHere'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 ,…
'Last' camping mish of the seasonWe left off where [[1-Projects/DragonDrop-Adventures/posts/2011/2011-06-06-bobbybees-and-lost-photos|we started the camping season]] - at bobbybees campsite in Burton Fleming. My birthday and the last camp of the year…
Budle Bay for a couple of daysIt’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…
Limetree Festival 2011Limetree 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…
- Pre Festival jitters
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…
King Lear at St. Dogmaels Abbey - biased reviewI 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…
Holiday snapsPembrokeshire 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»
2 minute summaryWe'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…
Deershed Festival 2011 ReviewI’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…
The end of an era"Having fired the imagination of a generation, a ship like no other, it's place in history secured, the Space Shuttle pulls into port for the last time, it's voyage... at an end." These were the words spoken by the…
Jaygo is 10At the weekend we headed out to to top left hand corner of Yorkshire to celebrate Jaygo's 10th birthday. We wanted to make it brilliant for him - regular readers will know he's had a rough old time this year. I think I…