Pack It Up, Pack It In.

It's nearly time to go! 

We don't even have the veteran packer who helped us when we first left, so long ago. I think I remember advice about scrunchy undies? .... that cant be right..
And it feels strange packing snowboard gear in 30°C English summer.

Wish Deuter luck!

Time To Recharge Your Glaston-Battery.

We saw:
James Bay, Alabama Shakes, Wolf Alice, The Vaccines, Mark Ronson (best act in my opinion), Florence + the Machine.
Frank Turner, Tahuna Breaks, Paloma Faith, Pharrell Williams, THAT PILE OF PUKE ABOVE.
Patti Smith, Lionel Richie, Belle + Sebastian, Death Cab for Cutie, Frans Fredinand + Sparks.

So as you can tell, everyone was awesome and we had a lot of fun!

Oh, its supposed to be my birthday today? Too tired for that. haha.

Great Glastonbury Guests Guessing Game!

Glastonbury is nearly here! Only 2 sleeps to go!

The Glasto-Scouts are packing bags, picking bands, cleaning off their gumboots and waiting for our delivery of 66 pints of canned beer...

We're sure some of you readers out there must be PRETTY JEALOUS (waa haa haa!) - so to keep you occupied until we get back from 5 days of party, I've provided some entertainment!

Here you can see a partial list of the artists playing Glastonbury this year (well, no Foo Fighters since Dave Grohl broke his leg...). Just click on it to make it big.


And below you can see a series of drawings,
of the Glasto-Scouts,
dressed up in costumes,
depicting some of the different band names!

Oh what fun!

All you have to do is work out which band is represented by each one! Amazing!

You might even end up listening to some new music.




So click them to make them bigger, and lets get started:

Did you get all those? No? Well it must be your fault - not that my interpretations are weird... cough.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE. 

That was only a tiny number of the bands that were playing at Glastonbury - (you can see the FULL list here).
I didn't have time to draw any more, but there are so many more bands with names that make great picture puzzles, and plenty more I didn't think of!
SO here is a challenge for you!

Pick a band (or bands) from the list, draw a picture of it and send it to me, I'll put it up here on the blog and we can all try to guess what you have created (obviously it doesn't even matter if you can draw or not, that's just more challenge!)

Let me know how you get on, and what you think!

Ciao for now. xxx

Selling Your Soul.

It's a sad day here in London.
My heart feels a little less full.

Saving money by not getting haircuts only stretched so far - and Drama Queen moments could no longer be avoided.

2 years ago I spent a good amount of time tracking down a Brompton folding bike of my very own - And today I had to put a good buddy up for sale. (you can see an image I used from the ad below)

Glastonbury Festival, AGAIN!

Yup, the biggest music festival around starts June 24th and we will be rocking out again!

You may remember last year's edition where we got to stay in the cool octopad accommodation (see the logo for last year here!).

But this year EVERYONE wanted an octopad so we missed out, BUT will be staying in an 8 person scout tent!

So good-bye Octo-pals , and say hello to the Glasto-scouts!

Pretty sweet logo huh?! Did you know I could draw something like that? 'Cos I certainly didn't.

There are a lot more Glastonbury updates coming up, so stay tuned!

Unlocked: A New Level.

Moral of the story: Stay away from cheap vermouth.
(and don't consume enough negronis for 4 people). 

No Streaming.

Wow, that was lame but really quick - don't worry. The month of June has some really good stuff coming up, I promise!

The Start Of Something Beautiful.

I might even change my accent to match!

(As you might have guessed, attitudes have changed since something similar happened waaaay back: See that here.)

Kings Day II: The Party NEVER Ends.

It's hard to visualise the passing of time... 

But I was glad when things were normal again.

Self Service Struggles.

So we're reporting on the mundane, due to a lack of real news - and also because the idea made me laugh, HA!

Taste Testing.

Just when you think there is no one around to judge... 

(It also explains my lack of pants.)

Singapore: Black Pepper Crab.

Singapore was 33°C!!
I would have been a better food tourist if it wasn't so hot!
But with one short stopover there is only so much you can sample. Next time!

(Maybe the crab wasn't this big... but it felt like it. SOO YUMMY).

The Miracles Of Flight.

Who needs a sky-couch!!
3 seats, 3 pillows, 3 blankets ... but alas, they wouldn't let me eat three meals...