Faustus were great last night. Finally got my mitts on their new CD and it's got some cracking songs but 'Og's Eye Man' is probably my favourite. I've also found the line that I will not cross to get free tickets to special gigs. Faustus are planning a special gig at midsummer and, to get a ticket, you have to take a picture of yourself with all 3 ( Read more... )

Well, we managed to rustle up enough cars to get to Shrewsbury. I suspect some of this was becasue I offered to drive. Mabels aren't noted for our instantaneous answers to e-mail but within minutes of me offering, one Mabel had offered to use her car, one had said she'd get a hire car and one volunteered to take the train. A gremlin could get a ( Read more... )

Well, Shrewsbury Folk Festival may have been a trifle damp (although not quite as bad as Ely) but it was still great fun.

( Showery Shrewsbury )

Mean to do a lot of stuff this weekend being as it's that very rare thing after the start of May, a free weekend. Meant to tidy the room, meant to sew my new tattercoat, meant to join the gym, meant to go and visit Kentwell. What I actually did was chase a mouse and learn Idbury Hill.

( The Great Mouse Caper )