What a splendid festival that was. I'll get the hick-ups out the way first up - the main one being the lack of main stage drum kit early doors, having a knock on effect (combined with a couple of other factors * ),…
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DragonGate Festival 2012
The Adventures of Cake DogI love summer. It's my favourite day of the year (boom boom!). This summer (as featured over the weekend we've just had) was a peach. Blue skies and hot. We were so happy that we'd arranged to go camping. Our…
DragonGate Festival is fast approachingSince it’s kick off meetings last October, the 1st of June date seemed exotic, exciting and way, way off. Now, it’s just a week away. It’s starting to feel very real all of a sudden. Someone asked me yesterday “what bit…
On the RadioI was invited to play at a recorded session last night for 'BBC Introducing' with Jenny Eells at BBC Radio York station studio 1 with a friends band: Lobo. Introducing is a show that spotlights new / unsigned bands -…
Dales and Hills and HatsI pretty much squeezed my whole weekend into one day. I was up at the crack of dawn and deep in in the Dales first thing on Saturday - dropping Jaygo off for a Scout challenge called Tohunga. Whilst I was in the area I…
April's DragonDrop Shirt Shots..A bumper double crop month in the DragonDrop Adventure Shirt section - there's one from me in Lanzarote and this one: - Simon at The Segesta Temple in Sicily.
Elsie won a rosette!Elsie won a rosette! , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Elsie won a rosette!
Dogs and kids and shoesThe weekend was fun. It involved two birthdays – the first of which was a garden / house party. Dogs and kids very welcomed. People with exactly the same footware (pictured above – me and Ricky), also welcomed. I think…
Graze Nibble BoxI've just had a Graze Nibble Box delivered to my desk at work. A brilliant idea where they post you a box of tasty healthy snacks on days that you specify. They have 100 recipes - you can either have random, or tweak to…
World Book Night day 2012It's World Book Night day today and I'm a giver ([[1-Projects/DragonDrop-Adventures/posts/2011/2011-03-05-world-book-night|again]]). I've been selected to give away a box full of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It is a…
Lanzarote was aceI'm going to leave this as one of them let the pictures do (most of) the talking blogs. Suffice to say we had a fantastic time in Lanzarote. The Hotel was fantastic, the island, incredible. A good time was had by all of…
- We're in Lanzarote
Got x5 minutes left of internet in the hotel internet cafe I'm in, so thought I'd use it to blat a quick DD update.. We're staying at a lovely hotel, weather has been OK - rained for 10 mins this morning then blue sky.…
Newby Reunion PartyNewby Reunion Party , a set on Flickr. We wen't to a party on Friday - a fancy dress party when you had to go dressed in something from one of the last few years worth of Newby Hall Easter Fun Day - an Event we've been…
What a difference a day makes5th April 07:47 4th April07:52 Taken A59, Kexgill, Yorkshire.
- Henry Blofeld
Henry Blofeld talks about the seasons of his life.. and a bit of cricket. Myself and 3 of my cricket buddies went to see Henry Blofeld at the Harrogate Theatre last Friday. 'Blowers' is a stalwart commentator for the…