Pardshaw! The Movie!

Where do I start!

Well that’s another post….

So anyway with only 1 confirmed guest, me, set off for my 40 Birthday Bash. Think I had better let pics speak for themselves with minor over dicta? Whatever.

Bought a supersaver return ticket at Leeds Train station. Not a bad journey as far as Penrith over oceans of green…. Had a through ticket to Cockermouth.The railway runs out at Penrith however, no doubt due to Dr Bleaching… So waited for bus at Penrith Station. Looks like they got a castle at Penrith. Pictures of rainbows and sunsets never seem to come out as good in pics especially my digital cameras..





So along to Cockermouth.



Actually got to Cocker quite late. It was already dark and so had great fun walking in the dark down a 2 lane A road for miles to Pardshaw. Well busses are a rarity in that part of Cumberland. Oh with no pavement and a few suicidal dangerous corners. A small mercy was that I had a head torch which I shone onto the road in the hope of some visibility. And I had too much to carry.

But likesay Made it! The old Coopers Dip Enamel was still there.



And I managed to get the fire going



Now things are getting a bit stream of consciousness….

Walked into Cockermouth following morning to do some shopping.

Here is Chairman Herdwick the great pioneer of Marxist Ovinism. Good to see a bit of Stalinist Realism.



Had to stop for refreshment in Cocker, found an alehouse dedicated to some Lakeland poet and one to a Lakeland mutineer by the name of Fletcher Christian.



Mutiny not poetry say I!.

Have a pic somewhere which I took waiting for final bus out of Cockermouth. Shows statue of Mayo (the pious inventor of Mayonnaise) in the high street.

Now it gets a bit more stream of consciousness…. A random shot of the burial ground.



Welcome to Pardshaw.



Now Cumberland is a bit bumpy here is the path from the Meeting House up to the front entrance and the School Room



Now Pardshaw makes a lovely hermitage but it is a bit big. It was my birthday and I was all alone… Thankfully the Lovely Linda graced Pardshaw with her wonderful presence. She even brought a cake! Pity it was not vegan but I was more than honoured to cut it



Not everyone makes it to 40. Noticed headstone of one deceased Friend in the burial ground who had died a few months before her 40th birthday.

Here is the Birthday Boy cutting the cake



Don’t Mess with the Chef! LOL



Here’s the Dalton Memorial





Getting random and stream of consciousness now….



A pic of the Meeting House



A better pic more oblique



A lovely view of the Cumberland countryside



Another pic of the Meeting House in a better light



A view from the Throne Room



All thanks to the work camp of 1786. Bit before my time…



Here’s one of those red skies that looked better in real life



Here is the front door to the Pardshaw Complex



Just arrived



Or just leaving?



Welcome to Pardshaw, hope you find the presence of GOD. I did.



Let’s go to the school room



I went for a short walk into the village



The Drying Room



Just to show I was there! Bluebell and Pardshaw. Can you guess which is which?



In the School Room! John Dalton the man who invented physics and chemistry was educated here!



Wish you had been there. Here’s to the last 40 years! And JAH willing the next!

A Fairy Tale...

More textual harassment though this time I will protect my sauces


“World’s shortest fairytale.. Once upon a time a man asked a woman ‘Will you marry me?’ The woman replied ‘No’ and the man lived happily ever after and went golfing, drinking, shagging and still had money in his pocket at the end of the week. The End”

The Charter!

I hold in my hand a charter, The People’s Charter!

Back from Pardshaw

If I ever have the energy will do a proper post on my latest misadventure at Pardshaw for my 40th Birthday celebrations or whatever.

So glad that this enamel had survived into the era of digital photography, it was there when I first went to Pardshaw for the Easter gathering 1996



I managed to get the fire going

Student Heaven!

Do all students go to heaven? Or is it just the Elect?

Let Us Pray! (a very occasional series part one I think)

What’s In Your Wallet?

The Village In The Jungle…

I do believe that Chapel Allerton, (or Chapel A if u is posh) is known as the village in the city. By contrast Armley is known as Chav Central or alternatively the village in the urban jungle…

I took this picture of a lovely herbivore grazing on the common.



And some roses….

Naughty Naughty (again)

Your Score: On your way

You scored 53 %Sexuality and 53 %Freedom!

You have tried out a few sexual fantasies. You enjoyed them and look forward to pushing yourself further. You may be a little afraid of how far you may go...losing complete control.

Link: The Naughty Bedroom Test written by fergy77 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Born In Hell! Made of Fluff

Pumpkin Ted was a considerable gift from London lover Becki, helloo Becki if reading this Love you!



Born in Hell! Made of fluff! That’s me that is lol

Terence McKenna Lives!

Looks like someone in advertising has been reading the immortal (though sadly now dead) McKenna…. Terence McKenna that is.

Diet Plans Trough The Ages…. (part one of a series that might just run and run)

Fairly self explanatory I think…. This one currently nailed to the door to my room.



There again, found a copy of “I Can Make You THIN” by Paul McKenna (any relation?) in a charity shop. Will keep you posted.

Cock!

Much as I would love to help this young lady out…. I’m not that sort of chap LOL.



Spotted in Leeds City Center

Life began 40 years ago. Discuss?

JAH willing I will complete my 40 trip around the sun soon. So I have booked Pardshaw Young Friends Center for a Celebration of Life 27th September to 1st October. If you are coming do let me know. Bring friends just don’t bring the bad people (we know who they are).

only curious.....?

Your Score: Poly Leaning

You scored... 55% = PolyAmorous

You really seem like you could have what it takes to live in the complex world of polyamory. You do also have quite a sexual appetite, but no one says that there has to be Love without sex. BiParadise.com has articles on Jealousy, PolyAmory vs Swinging, MonoPoly and the fact that is is fine to love more than one person.

Link: The PolyAmory Test written by ericsnyder on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Eating beautiful animals

Hurrah for ex police officer and mum Nina Hobson looking into the issue of what could potentially get fed to the sprogs (Undercover Mum, ITV 1 Wednesday night if I remember but can’t find it on the website).

Funny though that the narrator said that they had to focus on a limited number of issues, as there are so many when it comes to food. And the great discovery? That some of the steaks on the children’s’ menu in alehouses were not actually from beautiful British bulls and cows but from African zebus.

No thanks I am a vegetarian and gotta love family planning. But if I were to feed beastly vile animal products to my offspring I would want it to be beautiful British Animals not some minging African ones… LOL



Even so there is a serious issue of traceability. I have for years been seen as a freak when asking what was in food when trying to purchase especially ready cooked food. I can well understand that the low paid fellow workers behind the counter are far from passionate. But hey, beastly vile animal products are not food. So I do want to know if potential “food” contains any.

Doubling Up (a bit of a rarity)

Spotted on the Otley Road. The joy of seeing virgin tarmac covered in yellow lines. Yeah Baby!

On The Straight And Narrow.....

Your Score: Liberal

You scored 115% Talk the Talk and 55% Walk the Walk!

You have a lot of things to say about embracing difference, but when it comes to living your own life, you keep pretty firmly on the straight and narrow. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - you're perfectly willing to let other people do as they wish, but you know what works for you, and that's a pretty tradional lifestyle. And hey, being open-minded includes being open to more traditional styles of life as well, right?

Still, you may want to ask yourself... are you really all that open-minded, or do you quietly judge those around you? If the latter is true, be careful... people pick up on that a lot more than you might think!

Link: The Are you REALLY open-minded? Test written by on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Top Ten Green Things (a one off)

1. Leaves
2. Broccoli
3. Kermit the frog
4. Peas
5. Gooseberries
6. Wine Bottles (with wine in them)
7. Parakeets
8. Jade
9. Grass (smoking is bad for your health! Don’t do it kidz!)
10. Percy the small engine

Pinched from the Northern Green Gathering program. Cheers!

The Joys of YouTube (part one of an occasional series....)

It looks like in Amerika they have a salad dodging vicar who thinks that warlocks are evil and that in the Old Testament (The Hebrew Scriptures) Harry Potter would have been put to death. Apparently with her approval! :-o



I think she's nuts! And her diet plan has gone even more pear shaped than mine LOL

BTW who is Harry Potter?

textual harrasment (maybe part five of an occasional series...)

I often txt my brother after watching The Show. One morning there was another couple of wimin fighting over a chap. And since the dna result showed that they both had a kid by him I wonder why…. But still. My brother’s reply:-



“Well if he is arogant selfish baStard who can blame them for wetKnickers”



Absolutely!



Now off to the Cornerstone Garden party…..

Here Me Now (part one of an occasional series..)

IN HOC VINCES and mine’s a pint LOL. Meet the new Vicar! Picture above taken at Kidderminster New Meeting House (Unitarian) founded in 1792. The pulpit was once used by Richard Baxter the man on the telly.

Possibly more to come about my trip to Kidderminster. Or maybe not. Nobody reads my blog anyway.

Many thanks to Kidderminster Unitarians, God Bless!

Jeremy Kyle Moments (part two of an occasional series)

Likesay there was a chap on The Show this morning who smokes 100 ciggies a day. Respect! Only problem is his lungs are fucked. Well that and an anual cost of about 7000 UKP. Which no dout keeps the tobbaco corporations happy.

Textual Harrassment (Part four I think of an occasional series)

Another one from my brother

"Some DEMAND the depot,some have it thrust upon them! There r manY roads to kidderminster as the adage goes"

Chat Up Lines Of Polar Explorers

Nice to have caught some of Race to the Pole on UKTV Herstory. Since then nutrition has moved on, and a modern analysis of the diet of Scott of the Antarctic's expidition's diet shows it to be low in B vitamins. They should have taken a few crates of Special Brew.. They could have opened a bar at the south pole.

Interesting difference of strategy. The team re enacting Amundsen's expidition had a problem with a bitch coming onto heat and as a result the male huskies took armourous interest in her and no interest in pulling the sleigh.. They tried putting her at the front of the team in the hope that the dogs would then chase her and hey presto! but it didn't work. Amundsen would have just shot her and been happy for the fresh meat. Perhaps Scott would have seen it as unBritish. I get the impression Amundsen was a bit of a loner. Well if his chat up line was "Hi! I shoot my bitches!" perhaps I can see why. There again some wimin at least would go for it. Remember the trial of Ted Bundy, he had quite a following amongst the ladies.

Fuckin' Hippies! (part two of an occasional series...)

My brother accused me of being a hippy! Cheeky sod! To my protests he sent following text:-



"TOFU, HUGEMOSE, SUB-COMMITTEES- this is the way to the hippi side"

Fuckin' Hippies!

Your Score: Mystic

You are 59% experimental, 40% feral, 54% spiritual, and 10% square!

Of course! You're the Mystic. Always seeking to expand your mind and achieve enlightenment through religion and spirituality, alternative social relationships, and mind-expanding substances.

The hippie world needs you because you are a visionary. You see what is ahead, and keep other hippies on the spiritual path.

If you believe that opposites attract, you probably find yourself around Treehuggers. If you are more inclined to enjoy the company of those with similar attitudes, then other Mystics, as well as the Faerie-child, Raver, and Full-blown Hippie are for you.

The other categories are Alternate, Neopagan, Feral and of course, the Non-hippie

Link: The what kind of hippie are you Test written by pragmaticdreams on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Where’s Wally?

Where’s Wally? Or should that be “Where’s Willy?” LOL. This todger was latter given a good thrashing by one reveler (not me)… Who’d have thought it Bashing the Bishop at a party! LOL I was shocked! shocked!

Small parts

Pictured below is very recent picture of Bluebell with his little old man. Many thanks to Lev and the Burley Lodge Crew.

Bloody Students! (part one of an occasional series…)

It would appear that someone has made some offerings of empty wine bottles to the Goddes. At least one pious soul has at least made an offering of half a bottle of rose. Or maybe it was an offering to the local Big Issue seller. Oh well as a friend once said if you lose your home there is not much for it, buy some tins of special brew and show each other your tattoos.

Jeremy Kyle Moments (part one of an occasional series)

Nothing like some working class tragedy of a morning to inspire me. Am I sick or what? Anyway a chap this morning, DNA tests confirmed that he is the father of 3 children by two mothers, and another 6 unconfirmed. What is his secret? Didn’t look pretty to me but then I am a hetrosexual male…. Perhaps his tendency towards wife beating is a positive turn on for the ladies concerned or one of them anyway… Chicks Dig Jerks…..





Anyway a few weeks ago there was this chap and his ex on. When the DNA test came back that he was not the father of his exes baby he leapt in the air for joy as if his favourite football team had won 3-0 away. Perhaps they can publish the lie detector and DNA results in the newspapers for those who miss The Show.

Eight reasons for not buying deodorant

EIGHT REASONS



WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BUY DEODORANT



1. Body smells are erotic and sensual. Capitalists don’t like that because they are impotent and opposed to all free manifestations of our natural beauty. Sexually awakened people are potentially dangerous to capitalists and their rigid, asexual status symbol system.

2. Body smells remind us that we are animals. Capitalists don’t want to be reminded of that. Animals are dirty. They eat things off the ground. They are openly sexual. They don’t wear tuxedos or corsets or have their hair done.

3. Body smells are unique. Everyone has their own body smell. Capitalists don’t like individuality. There are millions of body smells but only a few deodorant smells. Capitalists like that.

4. Deodorants are harmful. Capitalists like that because they are always looking for new illnesses to cure. Capitalists love to invent new medicines. Medicines make money for them and win them prizes. They also cure new illnesses so that they can invent even more medicines.

5. Deodorants hide the damage that capitalists’ products cause to your body. Eating meat and other body pollutants sold by capitalists makes you smell. Capitalists don’t want you to stop wearing tights or eating body pollutants.

6. Deodorant users are insecure. Capitalists like insecure people. Insecure people also buy room fresheners, hair conditioners and makeup. They are great consumers.

7. Deodorants are unnecessary. Capitalists are very proud of that and win marketing awards for it.

8. Deodorants cost you money. Capitalists are especially pleased about that.