I'm 40 today. When I was a kid I thought that I'd feel like an old man at this age but I don't. I still feel like a kid. Like another version of that same kid that found it impossible to visualise what life would be like this far into the future. Now I'm here and understand a little more of the world, I can see there are so many things I may never understand. And that's ok. If I could go back and … [Read more...] about 40 at 40
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Draycott Brewery – Beers Made in Buckden
See the full gallery on Posterous Today I got to meet Jon Draycott. Half of the husband and wife team behind the Draycott Brewery based in Buckden, Cambridgeshire. Not just a top bloke, from a spare room in his house he creates some top real ale in a micro-micro brewery he built himself. As well as recording the chat you can hear embedded on this page, I got to taste his fine … [Read more...] about Draycott Brewery – Beers Made in Buckden
Feels like summer
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Bottle-Kicking in Hallaton
On the 25th of February 2008, on a cold bright morning, I visited the village of Hallaton in Leicestershire. I was told to expect something strange. A field full of violent people, small kegs of beer called 'bottles' and man with a rabbit on a stick were also mentioned. How could I not go? They were nearly right. The man actually had a hare on a pole. Local folk law states that long ago two … [Read more...] about Bottle-Kicking in Hallaton
Photoshoot with the band ~ Talc
I have just finished uploading a few of the photos of the band Talc to my Flickr stream. For most of Friday afternoon I had the pleasure of hanging out with the two awesome funksters Dr. Fun and The Gift. They had imaginatively arranged for us to visit their local beer making establishment so as we could take some photos for their up and coming concept album and at the same time not be too far … [Read more...] about Photoshoot with the band ~ Talc