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This was the most inspiring performance of WOMAD this year. The Portico Quartet were amazing, their ability to improvise and produce intricate cross rhythms was absolutely brilliant.
It was great to see them and it made me rethink what I’m doing musically.
I went along to a workshop at WOMAD this year and I had to get a shot of this frame drum with a QR code on it. What a great idea!
Apart from the incredible variety of plants in the biome there was also some great sculpture and design. I just loved this piece.
I think it has been almost 10 years since I visited the Eden Project, and a lot has changed since I was last there. One of the biggest changes was the enormous zip wire that goes across the entire site. Of course, I had to try that out, and it was a truly amazing ride, I can thoroughly recommend it.
Of course, the biomes are really impressive too. It’s very easy though to walk through them and not stop to take in the huge variety species inside. It’s really worth spending the time to look, read and think about the work that the Eden Project is doing and just how amazing it is, especially when you think it was just a clay mining pit in the not too distant past.
I’m glad to have gone again and spent the day there, it was a great day out, and if you’ve never been I’d thoroughly recommend it.
But that’s what you need sometimes to alert people to a real problem. Well done greenpeace.
I bought this tent as my last 2 man pop up tent had really gone beyond what I could expect from it, so this 3 man replaced it, and I have to say that I’ve been really pleased with it. It has loads of space and was just great during WOMAD. It’s slightly more complex to put away than the other pop up tents I’ve had, but even so it only took a few minutes to get it packed away.
My ticket for Laurie Anderson’s amazing show on Friday. It was everything that I’ve come to expect from a Laurie Anderson show. Amusing, emotional, political and personal, it was a great performance on every level. I’m so glad I went along.
I wish she’d release another album. I know it hasn’t been long since her last, but the material from her last few shows is so good I’d like to hear it again.
In any case, it was a superb show and I’m glad I made the effort to get along to it.
The Science Museum seems to have a real problem with cockroaches. It’s a shame, I’m sure it’ll start to impact on the visitor numbers at some point. They’re big ones too!
I had a great time at WOMAD this year. It was a good time to relax and reflect on what’s been a very busy year indeed. More thoughts on this over the next few days.
I know I always go back to this exhibition, but I love that it’s there, and I love visiting it too. It’s always good to see it anytime I’m at the Science Museum. Each time I visit I always find something new to look at, and this time it was these waveform slides.
I am Ashley Elsdon 