5 on the 5th - February

I'm afraid today's contribution to 5 on the 5th is a bit of a cop-out. I have no new pictures to post, I'm lacking inspiration for the theme of "Reflections" and it's very windy outside. 

Having decided to look through old photos, I decided to post some from my holiday in Padstow a few years ago. I had actually forgotten I had previously done so (on this post) but here is another selection:

Camel Bay

Land's End

The River Camel

St Michael's Mount

Tintagel

Andrew

P.S. I'm dead chuffed I got through this post without trying to pretend I was on theme!

Jus' Like That...

... the late, great Tommy Cooper:

No need to tell you to "Enjoy"!

Andrew

The Day the Music Died

Today's post is the first in what I intend to be a (semi-) regular "On this Day in History" feature. So without further ado, here goes: 

On this day in 1959, Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash along with Ritchie Valens, J P Richardson and the pilot. To mark the anniversary, here's two tracks - first from Buddy Holly himself, Peggy Sue:

The plane crash was subsequently used as the basis for Don McLean's classic song, American Pie, with the roles of "Father, Son and Holy Ghost" attributed to the three singers:

Andrew

An A-Z of my CDs: U

Well, we've reached the thin end of the alphabet and the second last of my entries in this series as I have nothing for V, X, Y or Z...

For U, though, we have one of the greatest bands of all time: U2. Although I never really got on with their 90's material, the 80's stuff and much of their output over the last decade is in a class of its own.

For this entry I've chosen a real classic, With or Without You from The Joshua Tree. Enjoy:

Andrew

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle... Repurpose

I've featured sites I've found via Stumble Upon here before - and todays post is borrowed from another (which in turn had borrowed it from another blog!). So not only is this post about redeploying some common household objects to alternate uses - it is also recylced itself!

 

You can see more examples of "Extreme Repurposing" here and the rest of the blog is well worth a visit too.

Andrew