Another fabulous night with the London Rollergirls at the Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes!

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Spent a pleasant couple of hours in Dover on Saturday - the first time I'd ever stopped off at the town rather than just going through it en route to France.



The town's a mix of attractive Georgian architecture and 'orrible identikit High Street shops, but the castle is really stunning.



There's over 2,000 years of history on the site, and the Keep is truly massive!



My favourite was the Roman Pharos (lighthouse). Nearly two thousand years old, it's the tallest surviving Roman building north of the Italian Alps that's still standing.

Dover Castle
Dover Town

On Thursday we checked out the excellent Kings Cross Hot Club at the venerable 100 Club on Oxford Street.

Offering a mix of "duelling acoustic guitars and violin, ragtime syncopation and vintage, New Orleans-style improvising," they sounded great, and we're hoping to get them down to play an Offline soon.


Talking of which, Offline at the Albert turned out to be another fun night.
I got to play a heap of ska, rude boy, punk and 40s big band, everyone got drunk, and we all danced at the end. A perfect Friday night.

Saturday we headed south-east to the mighty impressive Dover Castle (photos soon!) and then off to a party at the Albert and then on to the always-excellent PROD at the Canterbury Arms, Brixton.

Today, I shook off the mo'fo' hangover and braved the relentless rain to visit the British Museum and scoop up a load of vintage rock'n'roll tunes from Fopp.



Coming up later this week on Thursday night there's another Offline at JAMM, and there's some great bands lined up. Come along - it's FREE!

Oh yes! Cardiff's amazing league-topping run continues!



Full photo report: Crystal Palace 1 Cardiff City 2

On the spur of the moment, me and Eme hopped on a train and went for a walk around Farnborough, in the London Borough of Bromley (although the church describes itself as being in Kent).



It turned out to be a lovely Autumnal walk: the sun was shining and we got to walk through open fields and woodland paths, eat delicious wild blackberries and grab a beer at the end - and still be back in London in time for the (disastrous) football results! (Don't ask).



More photos here: A walk around Farnborough, Bromley, London

Here's some more photos from last year's trip to New York:


Inside Ellis Island Museum


Looking over Manhattan

Photos: A trip to Ellis Island, New York

And some snapshots from a lovely few hours spent in the British Museum, London


The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court in the centre of the British Museum.


People coming and going in the Great Hall.

Photos: British Museum, Sept 2006

And finally, here's a few tourist shots around London:


Taking a pic of the pic-taker.


Late summer view of Trafalgar Square.

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