Nearly every morning, I take the dog for a walk across a 200 acre open parkland called The Stray in my home-town of Harrogate. The Stray carves a big arc around the town centre. It's kind of an inner green belt. It's a…
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An odd find
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…
- The fight scene
Embedded video " 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…
TrossachsI like living in this day and age. The lifestyle benefits and technical trappings really are quite marvelous. I can transport my family to a different country for a weekend without too much bother. It really does tickle…
DragonDrop's Den idea #1Ooh, that's a bright idea. If you asked someone who knows how to pitch an idea for tips, they may say "get them nodding - ask them a definite YES question first". Here goes.. You know how it rains a lot in the British…
Christmas kick-offThere's always the rhetoric around this time of year that Christmas has lost its magic and that it has gotten far too commercial for its own good. I must admit, that compared to when I was a kid (and Christmas was the…
Half way up as far as you can goA couple of postcards in from Richard - who we've been following on his adventure to climb the highest mountain on earth*. First - one that arrived this morning - and the second down, one from a couple days ago.. Only a…
Saw some deer, made a box.Went for a walk at the weekend with some friends. Harewood area. Felix was down in London village, visiting friends so our walk was en route to destination Leeds to pick him up on the Sunday. We were lucky enough to see…
But is it art?Yesterday, I fancied a beach walk. Bridlington, on the East Coast of Yorkshire was the destination I plumped for, so having suitably enthused my family, off we set. We parked at a spot about 2 and a half miles south of…
Double helping of artWe experienced two incredible and quite unique pieces of Yorkshire Art this weekend. The first being in the form of a play at Harrogate Theatre on Friday night. The Lighthouse on Shivering Sands. Adapted from a short…
Jam dayEirene made a batch of hedgerow jam With freshly picked this morning fruit. Blackberry crabapple rosehip & elderberry to be specific. Bramble jam. Hedge in a jar. Lovely. The blackberries in particular seem to be a bit…
Yorkshire Sculpture Park revisitedHere's my Jaygo taken on 'The Walk of Art' On the [[1-Projects/DragonDrop-Adventures/posts/2003/2003-11-16-373|16th of November 2003]] and again last Sunday. We were in the area so decided to visit the 500 acre art park…
As You Like it - Abbey Shakespeare 2012Photo 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…
- Left to my own devices..
Well - I've got an Elsie dog to keep me company, but Eirene and the kids have gone to Dublin for the week. Party out in the sticks was the main event of my weekend. A lovely bash with food n dogs n kids n bands n DJs.…
- DragonGate Photo Slideshow
I've been playing with a tool called Snapseed to get this 'look'. I quite like it. I'ts given the whole thing a bit of a dreamlike quality. It all does feel like a bit of a dream now though. haahhh Thanks to Rob B for…