I spent the May Day bank holiday back home in Hastings at one of the town’s pagan-themed festivals, Jack in the Green. Basically the big green fellow parades around for a bit and is then ritually slaughtered at the local castle, thus celebrating the arrival of spring. Also followed by a large amount of morris [...]
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Windmill
The ideal British bank holiday outing: we went for a picnic at the local nuclear power station (Dungeness). Upon arrival it began to rain so we ate in the car. The subsequent attempt to go for a wander along the beach was quickly abandoned due to rain, wind, and freezing cold. Nevermind. On the way [...]
Bee
Last weekend I beefriended a local bee in my parent’s garden. Taking photos of bees is rather hard as they move unbeelievably quickly . Here we can see the bee using its sucker to extract honey from the flower. A view from beehind the bee.
Space Patrol
Really enjoying watching this 60s pre-supermarionation puppet show called Space Patrol. Fantastic soundtrack too.
Cross
And now for a vaguely religious theme, it being Easter and all. Marlow, Bucks.
Snail Conference
What they all doing there eh? Looks suspicious…
Gloomy
Seriously had enough of this winter.
Go me!
So it turns out the best conditions for running a half marathon are freezing cold, a threat of sleet, and wearing just t-shirt and shorts. Comfort leads to slowness. Hastings, last weekend.
Visionary
This guy has seen the future and no longer requires food.
Cardboard
It’s good to see innovation in the webcomic space! mycardboardlife.com
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