For an utterly obsessive planner of trips, this was all a bit last minute, or rather, last second. Zero and I booked the flights a mere nine days ahead, and the B+B just four days ahead. Stansted to Ireland West-Knock, and then a hire car. We stayed in Newport. It was a little wet, or, if I am completely honest, absolutely saturatingly wet. First call on arrival was Knock - the village, not the shrine...
Single File have posted a new song called 'Miss Cherry Lipgloss' here . The bands forthcoming US tour dates can be seen by clicking read more below. AbsolutePunk.net tour with Mercy Mercedes, The Dangerous Summer and Between the Trees: 11.10.09 - Philadelphia, PA - The Balcony Bar @ The Trocadero 11.11.09 - Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock Café 11.12.09 - Hartford, CT - Webster Underground 11.13.09...
Adam Price's Speech to Conference Conference, as we face a new decade in politics my mind turns to how, for me, this decade began. On a clear June morning in 2001 when a trusty band of foot-soldiers had gathered to accompany the new MP for Carmarthen East and Dynevor to London for the very first time. Like Gwynfor all those years ago, though we were going by bus not by train, and they didn't name it...
Conference, as we face a new decade in politics my mind turns to how, for me, this decade began. On a clear June morning in 2001 when a trusty band of foot-soldiers had gathered to accompany the new MP for Carmarthen East and Dynevor to London for the very first time. Like Gwynfor all those years ago, though we were going by bus not by train, and they didn't name it after me. Some of them are in the...
10. We’re going West (Newport, to be exact)! Which is great news if you live in Wales or the South West and you get fed up with all the tech conferences being held in London or the Thames Valley. Even if you don’t live in the local area, its only 1hr 45 from London and Birmingham and with Cardiff airport it’s easy to get to from anywhere in Europe . 9. SQLBits has grown to three...
All That Remains, Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, and Lacuna Coil will tour the US in the autumn as part of the HardDrive Tour. 9/22-10/7 w/ From Sword To Sunrise 10/9-11/17 w/ Taking Dawn Sep 22 – Albany, NY – Northern Lights Sep 23 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza Sep 25 – Philadelphia, PA – The Trocadero Sep 26 – Syracuse, NY – The Lost Horizon Sep...
MARIEMONT - As a result of the village's decision to keep its own fire department instead of joining the Little Miami Joint Fire & Rescue District, Mariemont voters will face a 4.75-mill operating levy in November.
Well the weekend is almost over, I hope you have all had a good one. We have been busy this weekend as we went to a music festival in the village were I live. It was great with lots of good local bands on. Now onto my card, which is for challenge 14 at the Sketch and Stash Challenge . I made this card for Paula whoose birthday it is today who is the fantastic artist behind Pollycraft Designs. Happy...
I wouldn't have pegged this as a musician's home but the Real Estalker Mama found out that this restored colonial belongs to Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates. The estate known as Flint Hill is near the town of Amenia, New York and spans over 245 acres with views of the Catksills. Hall created one massive home by combining two homes, one from 1770 and one from 1786 (the 1786 Oliver Hanchett House from...
Carol & Anthony Kubicki's European tour (Free subscription) | 19/07/2009
As two happy atheists we see all religions as superstitious and un-necessary: Southern European Catholicism is particularly in your face in this respect. We have seen many road-side shrines in Italy, Austria and Slovenia: They are generally well looked after and usually have a plant or fresh bunch of flowers. The example in the photographs belongs to a farm in the Savinja valley and must be a contender...
With the holiday season well-advanced in some regions of the world, and about to hit this small island mid-next-week with the end of the school term, I present a few holiday reading recommendations from books reviewed in the past few weeks. The two parameters I've chosen are: (1) translated into English; and (2) not on the shortlist for the CWA 2009 International Dagger award. First, my review of Island...
Just spent the weekend with friends and family enjoying the spectacular beaches and sunsets of southern Crete. We stayed at the Pegasus Resort just outside Agia Paraskevi. It's a family-run hotel with everything you need. If you go there, tell Kyriakos and Marina that Leonidas from Montreal suggested the place. I was very pleased with their hospitality and Marina's food is to die for (you have to order...
Tour Scotland Carradale Oban and Argyll Holiday Cottage . Lying peacefully on the banks of the River Carra is this detached holiday property with sea views from some rooms. The fishing village of Carradale offers a 9-hole golf course, shops, hotel and restaurants. The village also offers a harbour with a small fishing fleet, a wildlife reserve. The ferry for the Isles of Arran is just a half hour drive....
Wednesday 24th June, we left South Gate Camp and headed back to Maun. We had not seen as much game as we had expected to, but this was due to the unseasonable rain. I was pleased to have got out onto the Delta both by Moroko and Moter boat. It had also been great just to experience the wilderness in a tent! I was also very impressed that we had not got stuck or broken down once! Not even a flat tyre!...
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