Monthly Archives: April 2008

First of the season

Posted on April 28, 2008 by John

The Port­land Street Ped­al­lers set out in search of the ori­ginal pickled egg once again !  A mod­est start, tak­ing in the Deramore at Hes­ling­ton, which I missed, but then I found the intrepid four­some sit­ting out­side the Black­smiths at … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Rava and Bollani

Posted on April 28, 2008 by John

Italian magi­cians !   Enrico Rava on trum­pet and Stephano Bol­lani on piano. Ham­mer­ing some driv­ing rhythms out of a Stein­way, using not just the ped­als and the key­board, but wal­lop­ing the case for per­cus­sion, and lean­ing inside and pluck­ing the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Walk from a pub

Posted on April 20, 2008 by John

The Hay­burn Wyke pub sits just below the former Whitby-Scarborough rail­way line (now a walking/cycling route) a mile or so north of Cloughton. It appar­ently dates from the 18th cen­tury as a pub, although what route it was on for … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Shakespeare with clogs on

Posted on April 20, 2008 by John

To Scar­bor­ough for the ever-satisfying North­ern Broad­sides Theatre Co doing “Romeo and Juliet” at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. First time for me to this very smart con­ver­sion of a former cinema where the main aud­it­or­ium is arranged in the round. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Cross Country

Posted on April 20, 2008 by John

Well, can’t really fault York-Exeter return on the same day by Cross Coun­try. No more than 2 minutes late in either case, though helped of course by the gen­er­ous amounts of recov­ery time / sta­tion stop that are now allowed. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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By Train all the Way (and back)

Posted on April 13, 2008 by John

York to South­ern Ger­many. Leave York 08.12, arrive Ravens­burg, nearly at the Bodensee, at the other side of which is Switzer­land, at 21.07 same day. Everything on time, too, at least until we got to Stut­tgart, where everything was run­ning … Con­tinue read­ing →

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