The Story of the Gypsey Race

There's a track on our Loudhailer Electric Company studio album called Gypsey Race. In fact, the line from that song: "All roads lead to... the stone at the bend on the Gypsey Race..." is the reason we chose the title of the album, Cursus. Click below to listen... The map below is on the inner sleeve. So, what's … Continue reading The Story of the Gypsey Race

Scale Lane Sound and Light

Playing the Bridge is an inventive collaboration which transforms Hull’s Scale Lane Bridge into an interactive musical instrument as part of Hull 2017 City of Culture. It’s the idea of bridge architect Jonathan McDowell who recognised that like the Gamelan, the bridge can be played by striking the metal work to make tuned sounds. The culmination … Continue reading Scale Lane Sound and Light

Altogether now!

One more for today, our auriculas altogether in the cold frame, they look lovely and the scent is gorgeous…

The Auricula Suite

Rich takes gorgeous closes up photographs of most of the flowers we grow in the cold frames in the garden, but I thought it would be good to have some pictures of them altogether. So I went outside with my phone camera and here’s some of the auriculas in flower today in one of our cold frames…

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Flowers Like Garden Birds

More of Rich’s lovely photos from The Auricula Suite

The Auricula Suite

In the garden today it’s a pair of beautifully named flowers.  Primula auricula Eden Goldfinch and Starling, both lovely colours and reminiscent of the garden birds…

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All Aboard for Filey Folk Festival

We are delighted to be hosting our stage at Filey Folk Festival again this year - at Filey Masonic Hall, 27 Rutland Street, YO14 9JA - on Saturday and Sunday April 29th and 30th (the early May bank holiday weekend). There will be two afternoons of music opening at lunchtime (£3 on the door each day) … Continue reading All Aboard for Filey Folk Festival