Couldn’t resist taking a photo of the sunrise today, okay, I took several, but here’s the one I like best 😉
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A quick run out
We decided to have a quick run down by Lake Ullswater, the light wasn’t brilliant, but it was still worth the trip out 😉
Read MoreThe Professor!
Getting ready for the yearly toast to J. R. R. Tolkien, every year on his birthday at 2100hrs it’s time to raise a glass to the Professor, for more information check out the Tolkien Society.
Read MoreThe G Spot
Sat down to sketch a quick pub sign and for some reason ended up with this. Gandalf found Valinor a bit on the quiet side for his liking, and so he decided to open an inn. Planning permission was a little difficult to come by and in the end he had to put the inn down the end of a lane in a remote corner. The only pubs Gandalf could remember were the Prancing Pony of Bree and of course the Green Dragon which he was banned from for reasons…
Read MoreWhat the hell is a bouncy druid….
It’s hard to imagine a druid as being bouncy, well, just consider some of the activities they’re known for, (here described by Pliny the Elder) “A [druid] priest arrayed in white vestments climbs the tree and, with a golden sickle, cuts down the mistletoe, which is caught in a white cloak. Then finally they kill the victims…” Mr Elder didn’t mention at any point during the ritual that the druids were particularly bouncy at all. Though perhaps a certain amount of bouciness would occur after lighting the blue touch paper…
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