Minirolls Musings

Shrewsbury Steam Fair

No walk needed for the dogs this morning (other than the obligatory squat n pop) We are going to the most British thing you can do during the spotty British summer. We are off to Shrewsbury Steam Fair!

Le Whoop 24hr

My lovely Aimi granted me Friday night away, so I didn’t have such an early morning to deal with. This meant I could get there and have a chilled evening drinking with James and Cerb, Sam and Karolina, smashing down Pringles and Haribo bears.

The Malle Mile Motorbike Rally

You know when you look at some of the advertising photos those expensive, hipster, scruffy-posh brands put out. The people look like their having such a jolly good time but you think, “ahhh its so pretentious, so staged…” Well this is that rally where they are taken. And you know what…

British Grand Prix Silverstone

What time is it? No… really? We are already at the circuit and we are arguably late. At 7 am! We had to queue to get in. We had to get a bus to get here. From a park and ride. At the other end of the A43. After an hour’s drive for picking up Cerb. After an hour and half drive from Stoke…. Yeah, I was up early. But not as early as it could have been. I did the drive from Stoke last night and stealth camped in the Birmingham suburbs. As you can tell from this blog entry, I survived un-stabbed.

Formula 1 Family Day

Driving down the motorway this morning I was in a bad mood. Work should not affect your mood in your recreation time but the reality is, it does. But some overpriced coffee and a two-hour journey later I found myself at the Silverstone race circuit.

The Re-Shedding

A couple years ago, the tree that had been growing between the bricks of the wall behind my shed, decided to fall over. And as luck would have it, a branch punched its way through the roof of my shed. It was stormy and so, come the morning, I found a lot of stuff very wet. I had a portion of type 2 fun, patching it up as best I could in the remaining 4 days before going on holiday….

Weston Park Whoop Takeover

Weston park international model air show is absolutely-freaking-massive!!!!! I thought Wings’n’Wheels was big, but this is another level!

Sushi Fixes Everything

Weddings put a lot of pressure on everyone, after all, you only get one* shot at it.

1HH Beer Festival

It was one of the first events Aimi and I attended as a couple, wayyyyy back in 2018. And since then, disgracefully, I’ve only managed to attend a few times, so this year I made a special effort to come to the 1st Hampton Hill Sea Scouts Beer Festival.

Sunny Sunday Dragon

I woke at the time I usually wake up – because that’s just what an adult routine does to you. But also because, no matter how much a lay in would have been nice, or how warm I was in my nice big poofy down sleeping bag, my bladder said I needed to move in the direction of a loo…. Like, right now. Maybe this really is what being an adult is like, is this the start of being old??!?!