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Monmouthshire County Life anyway.

Steampunk comes to Chepstow, page 78

Must dash, time to throw another labrador on the Aga.

We came, we saw, we Cogulated.

Thankyou to everyone who came and we hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as we did.
We had Steampunks dancing on Saturday night - that was always why we'd wanted to do it in the first place. If we achieved that, we can be happy ( Read more... )

Well that was fun!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldOEMLk7oVg
A wooden cycloidal drive, made from laser-cut plywood. See it in operation at Waltz on the Wye.
Thanks to Russ for motorising it and to David for laser time.

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Seems we've a bit of an overlap on Friday night, for those of you with peak oil / transition interests.

Transition Chepstow
http://www.transitionchepstow.org.uk
are having a pub meet in The Boat (just downstream from us) on the riverside, Chepstow
8pm-10.30pm, Friday 13th May


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Had a phone cold-call at 11pm tonight and ended up spending $$$$ on booking a circus slack wire act with added contact juggling (yes, the Labyrinth stuff).

This must be what life as Elton John is like....

What shall we be drinking at the Festival?
We'll have much of the usual bar fodder, but we're also thinking of something A Bit Special in the cocktails line. Pimms is one - we'll be offering this as either jugs or glasses.
This weekend we test-drove a Tea Martini. Yes, it's made with tea - and gin. Lots of gin, lots of tea. Ends up looking like ( Read more... )

An interesting afternoon - tea in the garden with the Trojan prince Aeneas.
Or at least, opera baritone Karl Daymond:
http://youtu.be/I1vTXx0t_VU
He's to be our host for Festival Sunday's Expedition to England.
Maybe this is how the Romans really made it to Caerwent and Caerleon - a stop off on their way to Rome from Troy.

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