Simon and I planned an adventure out in Cumbria to see The Druid Stone Circle and Millom Castle, both sites neither of us have visited before. We found the sites on The Modern Antiquarian. While traipsing through a field looking for The Druid Stone Circle, we found this wonderful altar: Then we saw the circle. [...]
Categories: Adventures, Friends & Family, Happiness & Joy, Paganism.
Tags: Castlerigg Stone Circle, Cumbria, Druids, Holly Trinity Church, Millom Castle, new experiences, Old Farmhouse Pub/Restaurant, photos, Simon, The Druid Circle, The Modern Antiquarian, Ulverston
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Last weekend was the May Bank Holiday weekend. I didn’t have any plans; but good times came from spontaneity. The sun illuminated the days and brought with it a warmth that holds a promise of a good summer; either that or it was being a terrible tease. Still I decided that as well as doing [...]
Categories: Creative Writing, Friends & Family, Happiness & Joy.
Tags: adventure, animal magnetism, bank holiday weekend, beer garden, bird, creative writing, face masks, films, good times, living, Manchester, Manchester Gay Village, Manchester Gay Village History, mums, pampering, photos, pub, spontaneous, Star Trek, Steve, Sye, The Gay UK, the stray cat, thermal face masks, TV, writing
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I’ve set myself a challenge each month aimed at giving me new experiences. February’s challenge was to take a photo everyday. Here’s the photos I snapped: All of these photos were taken with my iPhone 5. I did miss four days, however other days I took more than one photo because of the day’s events. [...]
Categories: Books & Authors, Friends & Family, Happiness & Joy, Life, Pets.
Tags: 18th ballons, BBC, BBC's Africa, bengal cats, birthday celebrations, broadband, challenge, coffee, Costa, Costa Coffee, creative writing, Dylan & Russell, February 2013, funny card, Galaxy Chocolate, Going The Distance - DVD, hair cut, humour, iMac, inspirational wall plaque, iPhone 5, Ironing, landline phone, lift out of order, new experiences, Night Shadows: Queer Horror, nursing watch, omelet and rice, out of order, Phone, photos, post, power cut, quick tea, Siri, smoking, snow, sore feet, taking a break, the kids, tickets!, traffic, undomestic goddess, weather - ice, weather - snow, weather - sun, weather cold, white coffee, Wicked (the musical), writing
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Thinking of You Often…Alex. This beautiful song makes me think about Alex (see My Darling Baby Brother & Grief); but it is also about equality. The video below tells the story of a gay couple and what happened when one of them died in the US: Both are close to my heart. Write soon, Antony
Categories: Friends & Family, Gay & Campness, Life, Music & Radio, Thinking.
Tags: 2 years ago, Alex, close to my heart, death, died, double meaning, equality, gay, gay couple, grief, sadness, sorrow, US, videos
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