I'll start with a quick update on the near death cycling experiences. I have two to report.
the first was mild as these things go. it occurred yesterday, when I was with friends in Thompson park. we'd decided to use my bike to do some time trials around the perimeter of the top field. as it was my go, I asked what the route was and was told just to follow the path. so i did. what i should have been told was follow the path for a while and then turn left. anyway, my route took me off downhill and round some nasty corners and very nearly sidelong into a tree. the stories of my friends sprinting over to save me the moment i "disappeared" did bring me some pleasure.
The second one was much more annoying. it was this morning as i was cycling along the dual carriageway. i was being overtaken by a car in the outside lane which suddenly decided to take a sharp left across both lanes and very very nearly took me with it. i had to slam on my brakes (good job i have a fully functioning bike now) and managed a feeble "hey!!". they didn't even notice. oh well.
what i really want to talk about is woodstick, which happened on saturday afternoon.
woodstick is a lovely little free, unofficial festival organised by some friends of mine.
they invite bands to play (this year: ivan moult, teflon monkey, hail! the planes, joy of sex, threatmantics, the loves and calvin johnson), then put them on a "stage" made of a gazebo on a grassy bank in the park where they play acoustic sets to an audience made of friends, acquaintances and passers by. the whole site is adorned with bunting and these little fellows:
i'm no reviewer of music so i won't even try, all i can say is that i thoroughly enjoyed everything about the entire day. sitting in a park at a homemade festival with friends is an experience i'd recommend to anybody.
this year the fesival had expanded by a gazebo and an extra table, and i was the coordinator of the cakes. here they are:
(photo by david roberts)
as you can see my crack team of bakers did me proud. there was also a lucky dip, with prizes donated by lots of local music types.
this was woodstick 3.0, and every year any money made (cake donations, lucky dip moneys etc) goes to charity, and therefore i must mention that this year money was raised for CRY, the charity for raising awareness of cardiac risk in the young. here they are: http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/
i really do love it when this kind of event happens and goes well. so well done to nicola and harri for making it happen, for spending months organising and making everything, and for being brave enough to try. well done to cardiff for not being needlessly authoritarian and letting us get on with it. well done to everyone who helped and who turned up and made it such a great event. i really do hope this happens again next year!
hear hear! x
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