Fluffy Car?

Saw this on the motorway the other day... from the distance I thought "wow cool paint job", then as I got closer I realised that it had in fact been covered in faux fur all over. Now that must be interesting to wash... explain that to the Polish hand car wash people:

"Yeah can you give it a shampoo and set for me" :-)

My car passed another milestone with all the driving I've been doing lately:


88'888 miles in total. Given I've had the car from new that's some serious driving I've been doing in the last 6 years!

The White Van Man (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde )

It seems like far too often I'm moving my stuff around lately, I've hired a van 3 times in the last year to move. Ho hum, that's life I suppose.

The people that drive vans all the time have probably gotten used to it, but to me every time I drive a van it's like I've suddenly become some huge behemoth of the road, dwarfing normal road users. I now understand the white van man, high up in his cab surrounded by a massive sheet of glass looking down upon the ant like road users in their cars, people move out the way, not thru courtesy (Which is rare amongst road users) , but thru fear of being crushed by a white van... made all the more dangerous by the simple words "Hire Van"... highlighting it's not just a white van with a man on an ego trip... it's a man on an ego trip with a new toy :-)

It's funny it's like the van has a mind of it's own, and on motorways it must insist on bearing down on some Nissan Micra doing 60 in the middle lane like some cheetah chasing its prey, until eventually they realise they're being a twat sitting in the middle lane of an empty motorway, highlighted all the more by headlights shining right thru their car from a van mere inches away.

Not like I drive like this... no... that's my alter ego the white van man, I'm just a puppet until I get my car back... like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde :-)

Moulin Rouge Crazy Golf

I've not had the chance to play on it yet but Great Yarmouth has a crazy golf course that looks like it was modeled after tho Moulin Rouge! Cool :-)

Makes me feel slim

Bought myself some new trousers... I felt really slim given that some of the styles i looked at didn't go that small :-)

Hello Kitty Rocks

Lou needed to get a new guitar and amp... After mentioning it was for her woodshed theatre charity she managed to get £100 off :-) if she played the guitar she'd probably have bought one of these :-)

Iado

Fishermen Dance

Addendum: Added video 2007-10-29

Geisha on stilts :-)

Cutey Honey Video

Nuff said really... would you mess with these guys? Exactly that's why they can pull this dance off :-)

Will Adams Festival

Will Adams was a famous figure in both Japanese and English history as he was the first foreign Samurai. Every year for the last 7 years there's been a festival in Gillingham on his birthday. It's full of Japanese culture and is totally unique.

This photo is of a 16th century Samurai warrior armed with a pair of swords and a bow.

Precision reversing

It's a bit cramped in the car park of the county arms.