Yorkshire Coast Slideshow

A slideshow movie of various pictures taken on the coast over the last week or so.

hornsea trip

A drive out to another English coastal resort town - more views of the countryside where I grew up - my Grandparents lived out here so we knew every inch of the area shown. Excuse my Mom's driving.

Indoor Squirrel Hunting - the Final Showdown

Mano a Rodent - the Battle for all the Nuts

Indoor squirrel hunting

I left the door open for a few minutes to let in some air - next thing i knew i was in a life or death struggle with a vicious lightening fast rodent. At one point towards the end you see a shot of the leg of my jeans - it was at that point it sprang at my leg and tried to climb me like a tree - mercifully I was able to swat it before it reached the chewy parts... Picture quality is not great but the video was shot under extreme duress. Last minute or so picture breaks up - see part 2 the Final Battle.

Scarborough trip

A day trip to windy Victorian seaside resort town - a glimpse of the English countryside outside my hometown

From the Phnom Penh Post

This story could pretty much just have included the first and third sentences and it would have applied almost anywhere in the world:

FOREIGNERS FIGHT ON STREET 51


An Australian, a Scotsman and an Irishman walked into a bar Thursday night and started bashing each other, municipal police said. A security guard at the establishment – the Walkabout Hotel and Bar on streets 51 and 174 – sustained a head injury while trying to break up the scuffle. Neighbours described the event as not uncommon. The three men were taken into custody and will face charges in connection with the incident, police said.

Videos in progress

Seems to be awfully slow uploading to YouTube and then having them "process" the videos - I guess i could go complain to my Mom's neighbour that his internet connection just isn't fast enough but since I am using it for free that might not be politically expedient.  So the videos will be there tomorrow - or tonight if you are in the colonies - because i am going to bed - it is really weird going back to your childhood bedroom after 30 years - I moved into that bedroom when I was 2 years old and back then it seemed large - now - not so much.  Hmmm there's an idea for another video - a tour of my Mom's house - she will kill me.  I took my niece to lunch last week - we went for a long walk in the park behind the house - both of us grew up in that park (at different times obviously) - we were reminiscing and remarking on the various remodel and improvement projects they have carried out over the years - her verdict - "it is really kind of sad when you get old and things change" - she is 21 - considers she is "old" = OMG....

Progress on figuring this thing out

Uploading a couple of YouTube videos of days out with my Mom - the traditional English day trips to windy Victorian coastal resorts.  Mostly this is an experiment in figuring out how to edit video from my super cheap flash drive camcorder before I head to South East Asia and try to document things of greater interest - but hell someone may enjoy seeing these.  Next week a there and back ferry trip over to Belgium for a day in Brugges (carefully using the Flemish rather than French spelling perpetuating the English antipathy to all things French).

Initial blather

If you are really interested enough to want to read this then I guess I am either flattered that you think I may entertain or conversely I am worried that you actually think I may have something worthwhile to add - you may be disappointed but the experience will undoubtedly be cathartic for me.
Several people have demanded that I document the weirdness that I seem to encounter on my travels - so they are to blame.