Author: nealpp

  • Free Blondie Record

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    ‘Mother’ from the forthcoming album Panic of Girls

  • This is brilliant!!!

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  • Well . . .

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    Have you seen anything like this . . . — Post From My iPhone

  • Autumn at Fairburn Ings

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    Gorgeous day for a wander around Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve. Saw lots of different Waterfowl (Teal, Tufted ducks, Mute Swans – loads, Mallards, Goldeneye, and more) and very out of place 6 black swans!!?? No idea where they’ve come from. We had plenty of long tailed tits following us in the trees which was nice.…

  • A little more Blondie . . .

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    Blondie starred in an American music show Private Sessions last weekend. Some kind Yank recorded some tracks including a couple from the forthcoming new album ‘Panic of Girls’. Cheers!!

  • Clumber Park

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    On the way back from Lincoln, had a splendid day at Clumber Park in Notts. Formally the home of the Dukes of Newcastle, the house does not exist anymore but there are lovely parks and grounds for recreation. We had a great walk around the lake (which is a lot longer than one imagines), a…

  • Lincoln

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    Busy day in Lincoln today. Had a nice breakfast in the hotel restaurant, then started off with the castle (most of pictures below) which is just around the corner from the hotel. The castle has extensive walls, the old Georgian prison and the crown court house which is still in use. The prison building contains…

  • The Turn of the Screw, Opera North

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    Tonight was the première of a new production of Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw. It was as usual the excellent Opera North with Richard Farnes (Musical Director) conducting the small chamber opera for this ghostly tale. The opera is based, virtually identically, after the book by Henry James and was first performed in 1954 with…

  • Visitor to the garden

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    A rather strange visitor – a female (we think) edit: male Sparrowhawk. That’ll spook the native little bird population!!

  • Greengage jam

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    Just made from Tingley grown greengages (ie in the garden!!) Mmmm!!! — Post From My iPhone Location:Rein Rd,Leeds,United Kingdom