April 15th, 2010
You may have seen a mention of this on the BN website, or been given one of the flyers for it.
The event takes place at Candy Farm at the end of May (the Bank Holiday weekend) and extends to the first June weekend. Last Sunday some of us were busy assisting the construction of facilities for it.
For those who know about my DIY skills and wonder what havoc we were creating, can I point out the folowing:
1. People who knew what they were doing were in control.
2. The ark was built by an amateur and the Titanic by professionals.
On the Wednesday evening there will be a comedy night and I have sent along some scripts.
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February 20th, 2010
Some time ago I saw a set of DVDs which appealed to me, but I failed to buy them at the time. However last week I saw they were still on sale in another place and I decided to purchase them.
On Sunday I attempted to watch the first one, called “Arousel” from memory.
I’m not one for the latest technology and the television is an old one with just the RF input. Output from the DVD player is either phono plugs or scart plugs which can only go into the video recorder and then the signal goes to the TV via the aerial lead.
It’s not a widescreen TV, so I was expecting to have the edge of the picture cut off.
For those of you who don’t know the film, there’s a robbery in it, the main character (a bit of a wide boy in a roundabout sort of way) is killed with a knife and there’s a scene on a beach (which was obviously filmed in a studio!).
Anyway, after spending a long time connecting things up, and losing my temper, I was able to see the pictures on the TV screen, but only for a matter of seconds before it flopped on me. I fed the sound output to a separate amplifier, but I had bought the films for the pictures as well as the sound.
It was no better on Monday night even after changing various leads around and in despair I turned off the video. That wiped any picture off the screen, as well as killing the sound signal.
The only solution was to turn on the video again.
It worked a treat. I was able to see a clear picture at last, and was able to see in full wide screen format the title of the film:
“Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel”
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January 12th, 2010
When I was younger I did it in the garden. I remember catching out the lad next door on one occasion. One sunny afternoon in the summer, I visited my best friend and caught him in his front garden.
Some people have done it on the beach, but only certain beaches are suitable. Sandy ones are best.
It used to be a common sight on TV, but these days only seems to occur on the news.
Some people go to special clubs; I’ve not been to one myself, but it seems to be something which atteacts new members by invitation only.
Some lucky people will go to the ends of the Earth to enjoy their hobby and there are times when those of us left shivering here in Blighty feel quite envious.
I know there is the internet, but it’s not the same.
Are there any more cricket fans out there?
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December 24th, 2009
I mentioned some time ago that there had been recordings made of two of my scripts. Since then, a third piece has been recorded and this time I was present at the recording.
The new piece is called Radio Emergency and is set in a hospital where a new patient is brought in and treated by less than competent staff. At present the recording is being edited before it goes out.
Previous pieces of mine sent in to Cornucopia Radio are “Junking the Junk” and “Urban Voice” this latter has, so I am told, been heard in many places.
There are quite a few other scripts which have been sent in to Cornucopia as well as a series of sketches set during the First World War which I’m writing in collaboration with another writer.
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November 25th, 2009
Trees in woodland
Here’s a picture of some trees which I took earlier this year.
Imagine the situation of a player taking a penalty at Old Trafford. Some seventy thousand sets of eyes are on him. Add those of the players and officials. What about the TV millions? Throw in a couple of million more sets of eyes. What about the worldwide TV audience? So just how many people are looking at him?
It’s going to be a huge number. All those people looking at just one person. It’s almost enough to daunt him.
And if you’ve never been to a naturist swim night, you’ll believe me if I said your first time would be like that.
A huge number of people standing and concentrating their vision on one person – YOU!
You’d be wrong!
Make sure you can’t see the tree picture above and answer the following questions:
1. There’s a tree which is leaning. To the left or the right?
2. Is the clump of trees on the left or the right?
3. What colour is the van in the background?
I expect you struggled with those questions. After all, it’s difficult to notice one tree in a wood.
Imagine you are one tree in a wood. Who would notice you among other trees? Replace those other trees with naturists and stand nude amongst them. It’s the perfect camuflage. No one notices you. You’re all in the naturist uniform.
I don’t know how long you’ve taken to read to here, but I reckon it’s about the same length of time to get acclimatised amongst naturists. Incidentally, there is no van on the picture.
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November 4th, 2009
Some may have seen the continuing story regarding Fraisthorpe a few miles along the Yorkshire coast from Bridlington.
It would seem that this spot has been used by naturists since before the Second World War. There was a”FUN Day” there last summer and TV cameras were present. At one point Max Pratt was being interviewed on the beach. However one point which seems to have escaped everyone’s attention is the state of the cliffs behind the beach. They only look to be about two metres high. Anyhigh tide/storm surge combination is going to erode them badly. The whole of this coast is liable to erosion.
Back in the summer I was down at Spurn Point. The cliffs here at the land end of the peninsula are even lower. I fear that in years to come people will be writing about the naturist beach at Beverley.
Kilnsea Beach and cliffs. Note the size of the cliffs compared to the size of the figures in the distance.
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October 30th, 2009
Haunted passage in Gainsborough Old Hall
According to local legend (and as we are close to Halloween, it seemed a suitable time to mention it) the passage illustrated here is haunted by a woman dressed in grey.
Why?
Why, if this be true, should a clothed ghost haunt anywhere. If a ghost is formerly human and is the ghost of a person who wore clothes, why and how can clothes haunt a place?
If a monk’s habit is seen on a ghost, and we know it was made from a woollen material, why do we never hear about haunting sheep?
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October 29th, 2009
Another test with a picture. This picture is 160 across and 120 high and I took it this week.
Gainsborough Old Hall solar
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October 24th, 2009
I received an infuriating email earlier this week. Not one of those which promises to share the proceeds of a Nigerian scam with you, or even some snake oil to increase the size of someone’s wallet.
No, my message told me that my plans for Tuesday night had been changed.
A few weeks ago, I’d sent a couple of scripts off for a radio programme and had been told they were being recorded on the Tuesday night. I obviously wanted to go.
Then came the email, saying that there had been a rescheduling in the recording. I would not be able to attend the recording as it had already happened.
I have heard one of the recordings and it is quite well performed. As for the other one, I’m expecting this to be heard next weekend.
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October 24th, 2009
This is purely experimental. I’m putting a picture with this post.
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