Ötzi the Iceman cometh

 

Off to Bolzano to see this guy. No rush, he's been there 6000 years.....

Castlehunting #5

 

Great site, but not much of the Castle left

I was Born to Run

 

God, the times I listened to this!  Released on August 25, 1975, about a month before my 15th birthday, Born to Run proved to be one of the soundtracks to my youth. A real corker of an album, from the days when every track counted.

I think I remember buying a boxed set next, which included  Darkness on the Edge of Town,  Greetings from asbury park, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle? I can't find a reference to it on the net though.

By the time The River came out in 1980, I'd moved on to pastures & sounds new, although you'll have a hard job persuading me that he released anything to match these first 4 cuts. Along came 1977, punk & all that, and my time for Bruce diminished.

Wiki on Loose Windscreen

As an aside, Steven Van Zandt, aka Little Steven or Miami Steve, was a long time member of Bruce's band, and of course In 1999, Van Zandt took one of the lead roles in The Sopranos, playing level-headed but deadly mob consigliere and strip club owner Silvio Dante. What a life he must have led. I wonder if that's his arse on the cover of Born To Run...

Castlehunting #4

 

Bugger all here, really

Another New Motorbike!

 I admit to having bought another New Motorbike today... 

Same engine as the other one, slightly different styling. 

I went for a private numberplate, too. All in the price!

Don't tell Kim!

Castlehunting #3

 

Amazing place, set in the intersection of 3 valleys

Castlehunting #2

 Wobbly castle - stunning

What is the world coming to?

 

There is a Tapas & Wine bar on Ystradgynlais Cross nowadays. 

Whatever next!

F FF FFFFollies

An excellent day was had @ Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo. A really first rate modern Zoo & attraction. Pity I was too engrossed to take any good photos.

Map

Some animals

Cwtching meerkats

Castlehunting #1

My firstborn Child, Mother of Castles, Lady Angharad Rhiannon Howell-Parry, has set me the task, in my otium, to hunt down & catalogue the interpretation features of all the Cadw monuments in Wales. As they all belong to her. 

Starting at home, I am radiating outwards, hence the first in this series is Oxwich Castle, or Castell Oxwich in Welsh.

It was closed. It seems that it usually is.