Category Archives: Travels

April Travels

This month’s adventures have included: A trip to the World Clog Cobbing (i.e. throwing) championship in Lancashire. It was pouring with rain, and they didn’t have many entrants… so, for a brief (and glorious) time, I held the number three … Continue reading →

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February Travels

Sorry… distinct lack of updates this month, largely due to the fact that I spent much of it in a paracetamol/flu-induced fug. However, somewhere along the line I managed to go to Wales and blag lots of free cider: Observe … Continue reading →

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Haxey Hood

My first vid of the new year, showing the 700-year old tradition of “Haxey Hood”… Quite pleased with this one; I’ve always found these mass football games to be a bit difficult to film, since you usually can’t really see … Continue reading →

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Xmas Travels

For some inexplicable reason, instead of spending Boxing day morning happily sleeping off the gastric over-indulgences of the day (and night) before, I found myself 130 miles from home, filming obscure yuletide customs in the suburbs of Sheffield. Sword dancing … Continue reading →

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Lumiere Durham

Last weekend, we went to visit the Lumiere festival at Durham. Lumiere is a four day (or – more accurately – four night) arts event, featuring a bunch of light-based works by a collection of international artists. I took my … Continue reading →

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