Cycling through the New Forest
Cycling through the New Forest It’s taken me a while to get around to it (nearly five months – eek!), but I’ve now posted up a page about a delightful …
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Offlines coming up
Offlines coming up Its going to tally up to three Offlines this month, with another Birkbeck gig on the 21st, followed by a Dogstar mash up on the 27th. Here’s …
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My terrorist flight. And also the Cardiff railway
Terrorism and railways Two new features on the site: A fearful flight with a wannabe terrorist tells the story of the day I found myself in a plane that had …
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Vauxhall Cross
Vauxhall Cross It’s been mistaken for a ski-slope, a roller coaster and some sort of weird launch pad. Not everyone likes it, but Vauxhall’s Transport Interchange sure isn’t boring! Read …
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Photos from Offline2 @ Birkbeck College
Photos from Offline2 @ Birkbeck College It was a strange night at first – I had to grimace through 45 minutes of a horribly over-enthusiastic salsa instructor whooping up a …
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Brixton Crack Squirrels and urban75
Daft story of the day – from the South London Press. It’s about squirrels supposedly becoming addicted to the crack rocks that addicts have been stashing in Brixton front lawns …
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Friday night mash-up! at ULU London
Friday night mash-up! I’m doing a mini-Offline type event at Birkbeck College this Friday. Entry is free. Beer is cheap. Very cheap. I had trouble coming up with a name, …
Friday night mash-up! at ULU London Read Moreurban75 stats – Sept 2005
Stat-tastic! For those of you interested in this kind of thing, here’s the urban75 traffic stats for September 2005. Bulletin boards Sept 05 New posters registered: 872 New threads: 4,214 …
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Clubbing, drinking and walking and Howard Marks at Offline
Clubbing, drinking and walking Blimey, it’s been a busy week! Thursday’s Offline proved to be a ton of work to organise and run, but I’m happy to say that it …
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Just seen the BFB at the Spitz in east London and have to say it was good ‘un. Top band! When I left to go out, Cardiff City were trailing …
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Offline coming up: Thurs 29th Sept I’ve been working my nuts off to get this bill together, but it’s looking like a good ‘un – check out the bill! Oh, …
Offline with Howard Marks, Sept 2005 Read MoreFopp records tempts me again
Today’s records: Once again, Fopp Records got the better of me and I left their Cambridge Circus store £40 lighter after buying: Magic Numbers Arcade Fire The Editors and on …
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urban picnic in Dulwich
urban picnic! Just spent a delightful day in Dulwich picnicking with the urban75 massive on a little known patch of green which affords fabulous views over the whole of London. …
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Cruising around the coves of Cornwall
Cruising around the coves of Cornwall My Dahon Jetstream bike We’ve just come back from a fabulous five days in Cornwall, where we got to give our new Dahon folding …
Cruising around the coves of Cornwall Read MoreToday I snarled and laughed at my stereo
You know how it is when a simple inanimate object can send you red-faced with rage? Now, music’s pretty important to me. I have the radio on, or play tunes …
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My Big Chill 2005
My Big Chill 2005 With forty minutes between connections at Great Malvern from our London train to Ledbury, we decided to take a spin on our new folding bikes around …
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Offline photos, bikes and Blagging Lizzy
Offline photos, bikes and Blagging Lizzy Thursday’s Offline at the Dogstar was a hoot – there was a busy crowd and the acts were excellent. And I got drunk. Last …
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‘Oval Tube Bomb’ – Curry 1 Terrorists 0
Curry 1 Terrorists 0 So the tubes were in a chaos, the buses weren’t running and chunks of London were sealed off with police tape – but we had a …
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Site updates – devils Dyke and Brighton
Site updates If I say so myself, there’s some great new stuff on the site. Taking pride of place is my spod-tastic Abandoned stations and disused railways section, offering photo …
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Saturday: bands and beer at Glastonbury
As usual, managed to miss a huge swathe of acts I’d eagerly marked down as ‘must sees’. Instead, enjoyed a rambling ‘see what we find’ stroll around the site. Came …
Saturday: bands and beer at Glastonbury Read MoreGlastonbury 2005: Friday: Mud, rivers and sunshine
Friday: Mud, rivers and sunshine When I left my tent on Friday morning, little did I know I’d be walking out into faithful representation of The Somme. By Lost Vagueness, …
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The quagmire returns ‘The chances of getting a heavy downpour are quite small’, said a Met Office spokesman yesterday. Yeah, rrrright. Last night was the meanest, loudest, heaviest and longest …
The quagmire returns – rain in London Read MoreReady to rock!
Ready to rock! After a lazy afternoon on the ale, I’ve been chilling in the tent ready for tonight’s session. Unhappily, my neighbours had to move elsewhere (they had the …
Ready to rock! Read MoreGlastonbury 2004; the first days
Glastonbury; weds-thurs After a daunting start at Paddington – with my ‘booked’ train declared full and much platform swapping called for – I eventually got a fast train to Swindon …
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