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Spending too long with cameras
Walking into town yesterday I saw a bus with an advert on the back saying “1.4 = 2.0″, my only thought was “no it isn’t, 1.4 is a whole stop faster than 2.0″.
I think I need to get out more.
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No more 69ers
Trek have put the 2010 bikes up on their website and as expected the 69ers look to have been dropped from the range. At least I’ve got my two already, all I need now is to find a Top Fuel 69er (and the money for it) to complete the set.
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Waltz with Bashir
A break from our top 250 list tonight, instead we have a film which sounds like it’s either about journalist or a doctor. I’m not sure which it is yet.
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#63 – Bridge on the River Kwai
This comes complete with tourist anecdotes from Al and Dan.
41/250
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Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2009 – Cropredy
This year we did the full three-days at Cropredy, heading up on the Thursday morning for the 4pm start. The weather was a lot better this year, sunny on Thursday and Saturday, and overcast on the Friday. Due to this I came home with a sunburn rather than soaking wet kit which made a nice change from last year.
A few brief comments on the bands.
Thursday
Harlequin – Too much talking, and too much Michael Jackson
4 Square – Good
Ken Nichol and Phil Cool – Rubber Faced Irritant
Buzzcocks – Raucous, load, shouty, fantastic
Steve Winwood – No idea, I went to bed
Friday
ColvinQuarmby – Irritatingly over-enthusiastic twat, death by jazz-hands.
Megan and Joe Henwood – Good
Scott Matthews – Thom Yorke does folk, badly.
The Bad Shepherds – Fantastic
John Jorgensen Band – Fret-wank frenzy
The Dodge Brothers – Skiffle-tastic
Richard Thompson – Superb
Seth Lakeman – Accomplished
Saturday
Richard Digence – The usual songs, the usual jokes. Amusing start to the day
Churchfitters – Eclectic selection of instruments
Feast of Fiddles – What a lot of fiddlers
Dreadzone – Sunny fun, very good, fitted in surprisingly well.
Nik Kershaw – We now know who is to blame for Chesney Hawkes.
Ralph McTell – Good, played his one hit fairly early on.
Fairport Convention & Friends – Very good as always, guest spots from Yusuf, Richard Thompson and others.
Posted in Bad Shepherds, Fairport Convention, Gigs, Richard Thompson
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Sealed Knot
The Sealed Knot were down at Weston Super Mare for a weekend of drinking beer, and the occasional re-enactment. Originally I was going to get a temporary membership for the weekend, but a few people dropped out so we settled for a day visit today. We spent a few hours on the beach watching explosions, then headed back stopping off for an ice-cream on the way.
More photos: Sealed Knot – August 2009
Singing Sealed Knot Society, let’s see you try and do this one:
Luton Town – Millwall, nineteen eighty-five
Half Man Half Biscuit – Uffington Wassail
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Sunny, with a hint of mud
Out on the 69er 3×9 again today, a minor tweak of the bar height part way round made things feel a lot better. I really ought to change the forks over to 100mm travel at some point in the future. Lovely and sunny out, but still quite muddy in places thanks to all the rain we’ve had in recent days. The Small Block 8 tyres don’t work quite so well in the slippery stuff.
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The holiday starts here
Actually it started at 15:30 yesterday when I finished work, but today was my first day off, and was spent in a suitable holiday style. After a leisurely brunch in Velo Lounge we headed up to Lansdown en-mass to go kite flying, however the wind conspired against us, and I think Dan got the only decent 5-minute flying time. Following some more concerted relaxing at home, I popped into town and came home with a shiney new iPhone 3GS to replace my aging Nokia, the rest of the day has been spent drinking beer and playing around with the iPhone to get it set up properly.
Tomorrow will be a day of relaxing doing very little, and on Sunday a group of us are off to see the Sealed Knotters down on Weston Super Mare beach for the afternoon.
Half Man Half Biscuit – Komedia, Bath
Another fantastic night with Half Man Half Biscuit. There was no support band tonight, leaving us with 100+ minutes of biscuity goodness. Plenty of old classics tonight as well, and they finished with the perfect song for Bath.
Setlist:
Fuckin’ ‘Ell It’s Fred Titmus
Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes
Restless Legs
Took Problem Chimp to Ideal Home Show
Petty Sessions
Four Skinny Indie Kids
Floreat Inertia
The Light at the End of the Tunnel (Is the Light of an Oncoming Train)
I Went to a Wedding… (end)
1966 and All That
Bob Wilson – Anchorman
For What is Chatteris
We Built This Village on a Trad. Arr. Tune
Blue Badge Abuser
Trumpton Riots
Paintball’s Coming Home
National Shite Day
Bad Losers on Yahoo Chess
Turned Up, Clocked On, Laid Off
Twenty Four Hour Garage People (Pringles were on special offer at 75p)
Bastard Son of Dean Friedman
Totnes Bickering Fair
Twydale’s Lament (end)
Vatican Broadside
Seal Clubbing
Running Order Squabble Fest
Gubba Look-a-likes
Joy Division Oven Gloves
Kissin’ Cousins (Elvis Presley)
Everything’s AOR
I Hate Nerys Hughes (from the Heart)
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An important question which will be answered later.
Will we get a rendition of "I Hate Nerys Hughes (From The Heart)" tonight?
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Shuttleworth Military Air Pageant 2009
My second trip to Old Warden this year, and yet again it was cloudy. The weather varied between sunny and overcast, and made it difficult to take interesting photos. The best weather was slightly wasted on the display from the Welsh trio of Yaks referred to as "the iechyd da’s" by Father.
Hawker Demon
More photos: Shuttleworth Military Air Pageant – August 2009
Posted in Airshows, Photography
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It’s that time of year again
I’ve just started my annual West Wing fest, watching all 7 seasons from the beginning.
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