Just been out for a lovely walk wi' dog and my as good as new LOMO LC-A camera in between our kids social appointments and us being their hackney carriage. Beautiful sunset - we'd rambled down the railway lines then…
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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- Surprise views
Majestic morning and treeWithout sounding like some old hippy, I had a beautiful experience of nature this morning. I walked up the upper reaches of the 'new' Nidderdale Greenway or the…
- Cracking morning
Embedded video Not quite cracking flags temperature yet, but a beautiful blue sky drive into work this morning across The Yorkshire Dales. As the schools are off, the roads were quiet and I got to enjoy the scenery.The…
- Adventure box
I've discovered that buying a second hand roof box is an incredibly complicated thing to do. I had to learn so much about said items that if there was a degree course, I think I could walk away with First Class Honors.…
- Snow day
Embedded video Slow Mo Elsie, playing with snow earlier today. A week and a half or so ago, I mused with a rather smug tone that I suspected we'd seen the back of the winter. 'Winter's last hurrah' I spouted. I didn't…
Photograph tasticThis photo of us being photographed was taken by Henry (who's up north to take part in a ultra marathon race tomorrow). The local news paper heard about our recent birth experience and as a result, we've been…
The birth of Annie MoEuphoric smiles in an ambulance. That doesn't happen very often. Back at home now, all splatting around the family room after a life changing 24 hours. Yesterday morning; St. Patrick's day, Eirene had our new baby. A…
Titus SaltToday we went to one of our fave indoor places in Yorkshire. Salts Mill, Saltaire in Shipley. Titus Salt who built the place in the middle of the 1800s was quite an amazing fella. Whilst a lot of his contemporaries were…
I like a bit of rainI spent the morning outside today around Nidd Gorge, between Harrogate and Knaresborough. I was looking for a geocache - failed on that score (hunted for it for over an hour, to no avail) but as a bi-product of a few…
Heroes Square BudapestThis was shot late last night and immediately dispatched to DragonDrop HQ, via the medium of twitter; @ dragondrop -Dragondrop Adventures reaches Budapest — Ben Osmond (@benosmond5) February 7, 2013 This is the 85th…
Benefit show for SkateistanWe went to a leaving do in Leeds last night. Another never before experienced format of an evening for us; a benefit gig and art auction raffle for a skateboard based charity. Wharfe Chambers - the utterly unique venue…
New Adventures in Web Design 2013[ I'm going to dive straight into this whilst it's still very fresh in my head.. The short version : New Adventures in Web Design was a brilliant. The slightly* longer version: I see web people. 400 of them in Albert…
Workshop and test shotsHad the fortune of having a drink with these guys last night ; Greg and Colly, event organisers for the New Adventures in Web Design conference that I'm at. Colly (head honcho, no glasses) seemed quite pleased with the…
- #NACONF and such a nice guy
I'm in Nottingham for the New Adventures in Web Design Conference 2013. [[1-Projects/DragonDrop-Adventures/posts/2012/2012-01-26-new-adventures-in-web-design-2012-review|last year was amazing (blog post)]]. I've got a…
Taj Mahal and Kochi Cricket StadiumIntroducing the newest members of the world famous DragonDrop Adventure Club . **Louise & Skip, Taj Mahal, India January 2013 ** Skip & Louise, Kochi Stadium, India 2013 (India v England ODI) Top adventure by the look…