Bye Bye Pluto

 
So - Pluto's not a planet any more! Does this mean every horoscope since 1930 was wrong? There's a whole load of books and posters that will need air-brushing.

Llew's naming party

The problem with recording an event your participating in is tricky remembering to get your camera out. If your responsible for the event then it's a bigger issue. I've have learnt, through bitter experience, not to sing "Happy Birthday" when recording a cake having it's candles extinguished because the resultant audio really only contains my singing (loudly) and drowns out everyone elses. You tend to end up turning the whole thing down and laying mood-music over the images.

So - Llew's party was fantastic and I've barely in image to show for it.

The party went on all night - with the BBQ getting fired up for dinner as well. In the photo above people are still reletively sober. It went down hill after that ....

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Last knob gag (I promise!)

Here's the best cock in Brecon:

It won first prize in the County Show.

In order to provide some level of cultural balance to his post here's what I do like about the place:

The scenery is stunning, absolutely stunning. Possibly not as mind-buggeringly steep, primordial and rugged as New Zealand - but not bad considering it's only an hour out of Cardiff.

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Brecon (Part II)

Why am I sure Brecon men have more success wid da ladies? Because the condom machines have every base covered!

Top item: headache tablets (anadin). That's the excuses out of the way! A gents travel kit (third item down) cleans your teeth (if you're a more sensitive guy) and the final four buttons take care of the, er, meat of the issue.

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The Shoe Event Horizon

There's a joke in the Hitch Hiker's Guide second radio series about an economy being choked to death by the rampant expansion of Shoe shops. It was a sketch of its time (early 80s) - but, having walked around Brecon, Powys (Southern Wales, UK) it could be updated and estate agents used instead. How many does a small market town need? What goes through the heads of a planning committee?

1 x WH Smiths - check

1 x Woolworths - check

1 x Tourist tat and hippy candles shop - check

1 x Butcher - check

1 x Baker - check

6 x Estate Agents - Marvelous!

A quick tip: if you are walking around Powys, especially on a Sunday morning, keep looking down. There's an incredible amount of regurgitated food on the pavements. A shame really because, puddles of chewed food and estate agents aside, it's a pretty place.

One last thing: be careful with the "gastro-pubs" in the general Brecon area. The foods okay (not brilliant, better than a grotty pub, but not brilliant) but, unlike the prices, not up to London levels. In fact, one of the pubs (named after a Royally protected species of white water fowl) appeared to be cooking from a Delia book my mum used in the 70's.

On the plus side - if you want a B&B that thinks it's a luxury hotel (and looks and behaves like one) then try the Canal Bank. Faultless execution. It has the added bonus of a driveway like no other: you drive along the canal bank before attempting a 90 degree left hander to get into the back car parking area. If you don't know the width and length of your vehicle to the nearest 1/4" then get a taxi. Personally I loved it!

Sam Bullement's naming

Some things never change - and the photos above could have been taken any time in the last twenty years. Minus the kids obviously.

A great party - with tons of food and, despite the constant threat, very little rain.

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