tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post9206654830211514238..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Talking of Half Man, Half Biscuit...Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-41283952036556561252013-12-24T18:04:13.501+00:002013-12-24T18:04:13.501+00:00Ah that's brilliant Mary - sorry I missed that...Ah that's brilliant Mary - sorry I missed that! I do have vague childhood memories of the illuminations - and of a totally mystifying son et lumiere in Buxton. Mind you, as a child I found most things mystifying - still do, come to think...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-13424500291349943382013-12-24T14:23:04.665+00:002013-12-24T14:23:04.665+00:00Matlock Bath: a downmarket seaside resort during d...Matlock Bath: a downmarket seaside resort during daylight hours - yes indeed. But come September night hours, the resort is transformed by its famous Venetian Night Illuminations. Tourists flock from far and wide to view the parade of lit-up boats that oarsmen row up and down the Derwent. Twinkling representations of gondolas, steam ships, paddle boats and so forth enthrall the crowds, as do the delightful international folk dancing groups. The spectacle has the feel of what a good night out for the comrades might have been like in Stalin's day. One year, disaster befell the Illuminations when the lit-up Titanic rowing boat hit a rock and sank. Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-18607630528330090682013-12-24T12:49:00.380+00:002013-12-24T12:49:00.380+00:00Indeed yes - an even better title!
I might have b...Indeed yes - an even better title! <br />I might have been a bit hard on Matlock Bath there - the beauty of the place is that you can escape all that in no time, simply by climbing any of the roads or paths away from the main drag. Suddenly it's all rather wonderful. I remember a sunny autumn morning above Matlock Bath. Dozens upon dozens of Tortoiseshells on the buddleia bushes...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-72134808927816461272013-12-23T17:36:01.889+00:002013-12-23T17:36:01.889+00:00Not forgetting the 'companion piece' to He...Not forgetting the 'companion piece' to Hedley Verityesque "F*** Me Its Fred Titmus! "Banished To A Pompous Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141515769740567476noreply@blogger.com