What are your jeans doing today?

[tg76]

@Hopethisoneisnttaken that's a good amount of time to get a real taste of the place. Did you cover nth to sth or focus on extended time in a few places?

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

11 hours ago, tg76 said:

@Hopethisoneisnttaken that's a good amount of time to get a real taste of the place. Did you cover nth to sth or focus on extended time in a few places?

Actually did south to north. Started in Christchurch and worked my way all the way down south to invercargill etc. , and then started north again. Finished in cape reinga and then spent a week in Auckland to sell my car and flew to Nepal. 

[ATWM]

3 hours ago, Hopethisoneisnttaken said:

Actually did south to north. Started in Christchurch and worked my way all the way down south to invercargill etc. , and then started north again. Finished in cape reinga and then spent a week in Auckland to sell my car and flew to Nepal. 

I had my NZ pilgrimage in 2004 …. Spent about 5 months there. Mostly in Christchurch as a student but travelled all over, mostly guided by surfing (Kaikoura and Raglan and Piha all stick out in my memory). Did the thing where you could relocate a camper van for no fee a few times which helped. Went back to Christchurch 2012 for a few months to work on a project. Didn’t hit everything either time but lovely place, I miss it all the time, and the friends I made there.

[Dr_Heech]

Mine was in early 1997, 6 months in the south island. I arrived with a return ticket to Oz and $40, which was enough to buy a tent pitch on an orchard and a weeks worth of food. Spent a few weeks pruning apple trees before buying an old Toyota panel van for $250 and kitting it out to a camper for 50 dollars more. We invested in a single ring direct gas burner to keep warm and cook on, plus loads of blankets.

Travelled around the whole of the South island stopping off at quite deserted non touristy spots as well as the more well-known ones. Lovely, warm friendly people and mind blowing country, just wished l'd had more time to visit the North.

A snippet...

 

^And to keep on topic, my 1990's denim tux consisting of pre Lvc small e tab type 2 (507XX) copy (from main levis dealer in Cheltenham) and No brand (or not one that l can remember) jeans from a shop called Trapeze (again in Cheltenham) which were cheap selvedge dark denim with yellow stitching closely resembling a pair of big E's, apart from the pocket arcs, which my Mrs easily fixed by reproducing her own yellow double stitched arcs, many years before Shredwin's Granny. Unfortunately there are no photos of the back of the jeans so you'll have to take my word for it 😃 

photo taken in Motueka 

[Maynard Friedman]

15 minutes ago, Dr_Heech said:

 

[Dr_Heech]

Your jeans look awful Martin. Fair play for the Kylie lookalike gf 😂

[Double 0 Soul]

Acid wash Martin? .. jeez.. no wonder she fked off with Michael Hutchence

[tg76]

Tekapo 12 years ago today, according to bookface memories, my partner and my brother were doing a brevet. I dropped them off in Tekapo, then drove up to Christchurch and hung out with Andy Whall, eating pizza, drinking beer, and talking shit.

Tekapo has boomed and been built out now, endless tour buses roll in take the same photo, pat the dog statue and leave again. Not my idea of a fun or authentic way to see a country. 

CHCH is awesome now post earthquake with most of the rebuild stuff done. I would happily live there if it didn't get so cold in winter.

 

Today I'm are sewing a jacket from tapa cloth that was bound for the dump after being on an artist's studio floor for many years, thinking it would be easier sewing 40oz denim.

[redragon]

watching badminton, the national hobby of the nation. 😀

[Double 0 Soul]

I'd need opera glasses to see a shuttlecock from there 

[Dr_Heech]

9 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

I'd need opera glasses to see a shuttlecock from there 

I thought it was the Subbuteo version for a minute 

[MJF9]

I once went to see the illustrious Nottingham Panthers play ice hockey... not once did I see a puck 

[Maynard Friedman]

I saw the London Knights play when I lived a 5 minute walk away on the Isle of Dogs. Although close enough to see a puck, I didn’t really give one about the sport so never went back. Some reasonable skirmishes on the ice though.

[MJF9]

Yeah I saw more hooks than pucks

[Double 0 Soul]

My kid is auditioning for the role of Nigel Hetherington in the upcoming Adrian Mole TV series.. he only got the  script yesterday and doesn't have time between school work to use the filming/editing suite in Nottingham so we set up his phone on my tripod and did self tapes.

..so today, my jeans and I have been reading the parts of Adrian, George and Pandora off camera (from the script) he read for Nigel but didn't manage to get a single take from the 4 pages of script before blurting out "aw fuck, what's my next line?"  He's now upstairs furiously editing 4 sections of film together into one take..

The shit we have to do for the kids eh?

 

[Maynard Friedman]

Is he at the Television Workshop Neal? The same one as Bella Ramsey et al?

I loved Adrian Mole. I think I was about the same age as him or a bit younger when I read it, my son loved it too.

Best of luck to your boy, I hope he gets it!

[Double 0 Soul]

Thanks Martin.. yes similar, he does use their facilities ..

When it was the final production of his GCSE drama, the director of an acting workshop / agency came to watch and asked him to audition.. he's been going there ever since (16-19yr olds from Sheff, Manchester and Notts) they work with spotlight so if you're a casting director for a tv series, film ect.. you put the details into spotlight, script, location, salary and so on..  they suggests actors who fit your criteria, if you're chosen, the audition comes your way via your workshop..

If he can make the audition in person, he goes, if not he uses the editing suite in Notts, if he can't make Notts, he self tapes and his workshop edit the tapes before submitting them.. he auditioned for the upcoming Cadbury's Chocolate advert last week in Bristol but only because it was his day off.. 

I suppose it's a bit like being a pro footballer, few will make a career out of it but whilever he's enjoying the experience (and he really does!) then it's all worth while.

[redragon]

20 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

I'd need opera glasses to see a shuttlecock from there 

Lolll its Not that bad, though need some concentration to lock in especially when watching the mens double…

[Hopethisoneisnttaken]

I love rainy days. 

 

walking along the train tracks 

 

 

Barbour Beaufort, dirty Belafonte and bean boots  

 

Were in a relatively sandy terrain area, I love the different patterns that appear in sand after the rain  

[Double 0 Soul]

Fixing the bathroom window in the snow...

..if your nasty UPVC window gets locked shut (as they often do) it's usually the gearbox behind the handle which has broken.. but how do i open my window 00? ..

Tap a little wooden wedge in (some folks suggest a flat bladed screwdriver, but these folks are idiots, you're just going to damage your frame) push a 2.5mm allen key into the gap between the window and the frame.. position the allen key behind the shoot bolt.. grab it with some mole grips..

turn it through 90° so now it should be in the cavity..slide it along till it hits the shootbolt.. then tap your grips with a hammer to release the bolt from the keep.. your window should now open..

Buy a new gearbox and 2x new shootbolts for £20.. borrow some ladders from the dude at No.34.. take the old mechanism out and screw the new ones in, it takes 20mins.. or you could pay a window fitter £240

..featuring, Lasy S hat, Hakusan spex, Vintage Dale of Norway knitwear, SC-47s (with arcs obvs) Odd Future Vans and Festool driver

Moral of the story.. UPVC is fucking shite..

Edited January 30 by Double 0 Soul

[Maynard Friedman]

That’s why I have double-glazed wooden sash windows in my house 😉
Who was footing the ladder?

[Double 0 Soul]

So do we at the front of the house, it's a conservation area so your frontage has to be within keeping.. but less fks are given at the back of the house where nobody can see.. i'll replace them one day.

[Maynard Friedman]

Our old single-glazed sashes were falling to pieces (they weren’t in a great state when we bought the house 18 years ago - painted in grey undercoat, no topcoat), and we tried to make do and fix them with bodge jobs, etc. Anyway, about 3 years ago we decided it was time to replace them with double-glazed ones (our road is pretty busy, therefore noisy and they’ve made a real difference), which cost a small fortune 😬

[Double 0 Soul]

I remember you having them done..

I though you moved into the current place around 2008 / 10 for some reason?

We had to have single glazing in the old barn with it being a listed building.. the dawn chorus was so loud it would wake me up every morning at 3.30am.

The boy footed the ladders (and took the photos) wearing boots, pyjama shorts and one of those super deep pile sherpa fleeces..

[Geeman]

47 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Fixing the bathroom window in the snow...

..if your nasty UPVC window gets locked shut (as they often do) it's usually the gearbox behind the handle which has broken.. but how do i open my window 00? ..

Tap a little wooden wedge in (some folks suggest a flat bladed screwdriver, but these folks are idiots, you're just going to damage your frame) push a 2.5mm allen key into the gap between the window and the frame.. position the allen key behind the shoot bolt.. grab it with some mole grips..

turn it through 90° so now it should be in the cavity..slide it along till it hits the shootbolt.. then tap your grips with a hammer to release the bolt from the keep.. your window should now open..

Buy a new gearbox and 2x new shootbolts for £20.. borrow some ladders from the dude at No.34.. take the old mechanism out and screw the new ones in, it takes 20mins.. or you could pay a window fitter £240

..featuring, Lasy S hat, Hakusan spex, Vintage Dale of Norway knitwear, SC-47s (with arcs obvs) Odd Future Vans and Festool driver

Moral of the story.. UPVC is fucking shite..

Really helpful 00 but it's going to be a mare getting that ladder form the fella at number 34 to Brum.

[Double 0 Soul]

Carrying it down the street was a struggle!

[Maynard Friedman]

It was 2008, accidentally typed 28 instead of 18, corrected now!

[MJF9]

Saltaire Village for breakfast and a mooch, as my lad wasn't playing football today

[Double 0 Soul]

Breakfast

Peak District trails are swamp-like so i rode to Youlgreave in the pissing down rain

Down Froggett

Through Hassop where the rain stopped

Through god's waiting room.. i'mean Bakewell and up to Alport, Gin clear rivers are in flood

Youlgreave

My kid used to swim in here when he was little.. it's fkin freezing!

...back to Alport

I couldn't bear to ride up Froggatt so i took the Grindleford route home.. turns out, i couldn't bear to ride up through there either..

..past Padley Gorge

..and home where it started to rain again

[CSL]

It's way early for wild flowers but since we've had a wet year and it's been a warm February, they are starting to bloom.