Feast of Ingathering, or Harvest Home ( Read more... )

For those who appreciate this sort of thing, yesterday was th Feast Day of Gregory the Great, who was a patron of English teachers ( Read more... )

Blindy and his chums took off to the annual Cropredy Folk Festival in Oxfordshire over the weekend - an affair which lasted from Thursday to Sunday. Though the weather could have been better (there were several occasions where it was necessary to shelter from the thundery showers) the general ambience of the place lifted our spirits sufficiently ( Read more... )

I'm off to the Cropredy Folk Festival, hosted as always by the ineffable Fairport Convention from Thurday until Sunday this week. Yippee! Mrs. Blindy and myself have missed only one year since 1996, though this year marks the 35th anniversary of the event. See you there, maybe, fellow Brits?

Expect a full report upon my return.

Blindy.

I went to a chum’s 40th birthday party last Friday evening at a pub in Coventry called the Hare and Hounds. There was a band playing, of relatively younger standing - they surely can’t have been much older than 20! who went under the name of “Fiori” -which, I’m told, is Italian for flowers. Despite their tender years, the band had an astonishing ( Read more... )

Oooh, you lucky people! Presently touring in USA, and soon to visit Germany and England, are metal band System of a Down. You'll probably have spotted them on MTV - or especially Kerrang! I bought their new album "Toxicity" recently, and although I wouldn't consider myself a metal-head, I found the riffs ultimately compelling. After they've made ( Read more... )

There's been a lot of heavy stuff going on at planet BlindDog recently, which is the main reason for a lack of commitment to this journal. Anyhow, here's a recent bulletin from the cricket part of my world, and I'll fill in on the other stuff in the near fuure. Until then, Blindy loves ya ( Read more... )

A Bombay lunchbox ( Read more... )

I think I've told you before about the company cricket games I organise from time to time. Well, CCH in Banbury (my company) played IRPC from Hinckley at cricket last Tuesday ... and here's the report ( Read more... )

A most exciting tome is to be had by ol’ Blindy and his chum Jean-Pierre this weekend. We will be travelling to London to see Santana ( Read more... )