The Kernow Explorer IV
Posted in Railways on 23rd June 2012
This jaunt has now become something of an annual pilgrimage to the far south west, usually involving a mixed band of locals and northerners, and always involving quite a bit of real ale. It was also of special significance this time around because Spitfire have not run a tour since...
Preview: OLO Worms - Yard Is Open
Posted in SHOFT on 22nd June 2012
When the man of many pseudonyms, Heinz Junkins pressed a hand-decorated copy of this album into my hand in a dark corner of The Fleece, he was perhaps a little reluctant to let go of this precious cargo. "I think it's finished..." he trailed off, before disappearing once again into...
Randolph's Leap, The Pictish Trail, King Creosote - The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow
Posted in SHOFT on 18th June 2012
The Old Fruitmarket is a bit of a revelation. Entry is through the overbearing civic frontage of the City Halls, and then via a fairly anodyne, typically minimalist 'arts centre' type space. But buried within is an impressively cavernous, high-vaulted hall. There is a sense of the old times here...