Got back last night after a lovely camping trip to the Lake District. We didn’t see a single Lake though. Fisherground campsite - lovely spot - part of this set of photos>> Fisherground Campsite is reputedly (and I can…
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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Camping weekend in the Lake District
(not a) test (match)From one end of the entertainment spectrum - watching Sophie's end of term ballet show in a hot, packed Ashville hall on the Saturday - to a hot packed Old Trafford cricket ground on the Sunday watching England play…
I'm sure I squeezed an extra day out of that weekend.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…
- Judging a book by its cover
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)…
DragonDrop Adventure Shirts – fresh batch!DragonDrop Adventure Shirts - fresh batch! , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Just got these back this morning - superb. Big thanks to Visual Branding for printing them to such high standards - quality job! **…
- Weekend in the sun
Glorious weather weekend. The attire of flip flops, shorts and t shirt was donned on the morning after a night of going to pubclubland on Friday. Jaygo at the spec savers was our first port of call on Saturday where he…
- Golf
I played my first ever game of golf last night on a proper golf course. Well - a 9 hole course if you can class that as proper, a very nice course called Ghyll Golf Club near Skipton - for the sake of this blog, I'm…
- DragonDrop Adventure Shirts from around the world
Alison just sent me a link to a slide show she's made of shots featuring a DragonDrop Adventure shirt. I'll add some into the main shirt shot gallery soon - but for now.. Click here to view 'em>>
Another PlaceAnother Place , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Yesterday, on a bit of a whim we headed out to the coast to see a./ the sun and b./ Antony Gormley's 'Another Place'. ( My photo set : here | Google Map : here ) The…
- Newby Hall - the last one
On Monday after a stint of 7 years, Anima Mundi completed the last ever annual "Newby Hall Easter Fun Day". The event set in the estate of Newby Hall focussed on family entertainment through arts of all shapes and…
Newby2010Newby2010 , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . We're up at Newby Hall today. I've made a bit of a studio thing and am taking photos and printing them onto postcards for passers by. Backdrop painted by Loren, Tea by…
- Disc Golf in the Valley Gardens
What are those new baskets in the valley gardens in Harrogate? They are targets for a game called Disc Golf – that’s what. I was lucky enough to try out the course last weekend with the course designer – Conor Davies.…
ScotlandHaving major problems with DragonDrop - going to dump the rough notes of this for now and tidy it up as I go along... A while ago I'd mused that I'd like to explore Scotland and thanks to some freebies through work it…
Soleli DesertGood friends of DragonDrop, Ali and Marcus have gone deep into jungles, high up on glaciers and far into deserts as they continue their way through South Amierica. Anyone who knows them and wants an update - get in…
Deepest darkest PeruAli and Marcus have got to Peru! They sound like they are having a superb adventure (apart from getting caught up in a riot and getting pepper sprayed). Here we see Ali sporting a fantastic DragonDrop Adventure T-Shirt…