Monthly Archives: July 2009

20 minutes of air-time

Posted on July 26, 2009 by John

Thanks to Robert (Bob) Gib­son for invit­ing 3 of his jazz-loving acquaint­ance onto his Brad­ford Com­munity Radio Jazz pro­gramme last week.  We each chose 3 favour­ite tracks, which res­ul­ted in an inter­est­ing mix.    My choices ten­ded towards the sax­o­phone, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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GYS (Great Yorkshire Show)

Posted on July 26, 2009 by John

The Royal Show has ceased but the Great York­shire goes on and on — and seems to have more and more for every­one.  We always say that to really under­stand rural shows you need to go to the Great York­shire … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Minster Fire Memorial

Posted on July 22, 2009 by John

25 years ago the PSP went out one even­ing to Elving­ton and Sut­ton on Derwent on a won­der­ful col­lec­tion of ancient and mod­ern cycles, leav­ing the pub late into a July even­ing, and as we ped­alled along, a stately and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Fish, ice cream and wheat beer

Posted on July 18, 2009 by John

One of the delights of the area round Lake Con­stance is that the menus almost always include lake-caught fish — doubt­less the grown up ver­sions of the mil­lions of tid­dlers we could see at the water’s edge.  And then, because … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Bromptons, Bromptons, everywhere

Posted on July 18, 2009 by John

Bromp­tons are still rare enough in con­tin­ental Europe to be notice­able (except the Neth­er­lands, where there seem to be quite a lot), so when I parked my Brom­mie out­side a shop in cent­ral Paris one morn­ing, I was quite sur­prised … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Deutsche Bahn disappointments

Posted on July 18, 2009 by John

By train to France, Ger­many, Aus­tria and Bel­gium, though the first and last were transit only.  Eurostar fine and on time both ways, though Brus­sels Midi was a com­plete zoo.  Don’t be temp­ted to try an under half an hour … Con­tinue read­ing →

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