Author: nealpp
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Beningbrough Hall
Anniversary weekend so spending a weekend in Harrogate. On the way we went to the National Trust Property at Beningbrough Hall (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-beningbroughhallandgardens/) Location of Beningbrough Hall Even with it being so close to us (west of York), we’d never visited before. This is probably as it’s always been a bit too far from either the…
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Blondie at York–22.7.11
Blondie have been touring mostly festivals and outside venues this summer, and this was the first time I’d seen them outside. After a good evening racing the entire, very full, crowd stayed to watch a fantastic performance by Blondie. At 66, Debbie I’m sure is getting better and better and Debbie and Chris in particular…
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RHS Tatton Park Show 21st July 2011
After visiting last year and really enjoying the day, we decided to go again this year. The weather wasn’t as nice (which actually was a bit of a relief being out in the open most of the day!) The show gardens were once again very enjoyable and inspirational. It was good to see all the…
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Blondie July 2011!!
This is the session Blondie did on Ken Bruce on Monday 4th July 2011. The set is as follows: Heart of Glass (Parallel Lines 1978) Mother (Panic of Girls 2011) What I Heard (Panic of Girls 2011) Please Please Me (originally by the Beatles, for the Great British Songbook) Atomic (Eat to the Beat 1979)…
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Puffin and Gannet Cruise–Bridlington 2nd July 2011
We’d been looking forward to this for weeks. A trip over to the East Riding to get on a 3 hour cruise to look at the colonies at RSPB Bempton Cliffs from below rather than above. The day was beautiful and clear with little wind so we were looking forward to a very pleasant and…
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Wagner–Das Rheingold–Saturday 18th June 2011
It’s taken a while to get a review written of this since last Saturday, been rather a busy week! Anyway, Das Rheingold is the ‘preliminary evening’ to the three much longer operas in the Ring Cycle. A bit like Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, the Ring Cycle involves a golden ring which holds magical powers…
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Blondie–“Mother”
Hurrah!! First Blondie video in bloomin’ ages has been released today on YouTube! Just to explain the scenario, Mother was a nightclub (can’t quite remember where!) and it not a reference to anybody’s parent!! Here goes:
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Opera North: From the House of the Dead
A title which does not particularly seem that cheerful! Well ironically there is a sort of happy ending! The opera, the last by Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) hangs loosely around a political prisoner Goryanshikov being sent to a Siberian prison in which the rest of the opera is set, and he goes free at the end.…
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Nostell Priory Gardens
This time of year is the best to see the amazing rhododendrons at the National Trust property Nostell Priory. Not all the varieties were out yet, but we saw a good number as well as Canada Goose chicks (which we’d never seen before!) and having a splendid drink and snack at the cafe! Nostell…
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Headingley Carnegie
Pretty poor performance today from Yorkshire, but I had a wander over to the West Stand (we normally sit in the Members East Stand, opposite these photos with the hospitality above) and took some nice photographs of the home of cricket!!