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Should(n't) I be more worried?
Writer's block. Sounds like a safe bet, doesn't it? Well, that's all I can put it down to I guess. This blog was started with the intention of sharing with our nearest and dearest the many twists and turns of the emotional roller-coaster myself and my lovely lady will shortly board. However, there's a problem: I've never stepped on a plane in my life and yet here I sit, poised to embark on a twenty six hour, one-way flight ...
The Adelphi, Hull
... The Beautiful South...but most noteworthy for me, the one band who I never dreamed I would play on the same stage as, turned out to be Pavement. Enough said.
That night we ate french pancakes, drank dirty beer, watched a member of the Housemartins and Beautiful South play pool, I had a photoshoot with photographer Ian Rook and slept in the venue soaking up the richness that is the Adelphi. Long live Paul Jackson!!
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The Beginning :-)
The start of our trip! We are setting off from Newton - Le - Willows as soon as we can on Sunday, leaving our dear friend Scott living in our house and tending to our flock of chickens (and rabbits). The car that we are using is a 2003 BMW 530i M Sport, for all of you car nerds out ...
Catching up with family. It's been 8 years.
... around England in a Combie van tasting and cooking local produce. Samphire grows on the sea marshes and spends a lot of time under water. It is very green, crunchy and tastes like the sea. The host gave me some raw to taste. It was just fabulous. In the dish it was very lightly cooked and still crunchy. It was just wonderful with the fish.
Despite lots of rain there was a respite on Sunday and the sun ...
This is where it all began
The banner across the road and family and friends waving us good bye for the next 12 months didn't work for me, althought it was very scary wobbling off down the road with our very over ladened motorcycles and a tear in my eye. But as soon as I got on the ferry it all became very real. What happens, ...