Tuesday 12 July 2016

Painting of the Month - Next Man In

This is Ian, he has been playing cricket ever since he can remember. He can reel off almost anything to do with cricket: the players, the history, the commentators and the various cricket grounds - his favourite, by the way, is the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antiqua. 
All members of his family play, watch, read and think cricket. Even his mother Jeanne, is involved, she is in charge of the afternoon tea, making sure that the scoring is correct and the bus schedule for the team.
During the summer, on most Saturday afternoons, you will see Ian preparing to be the "Next Man In", he will wait patiently in the clubhouse, sipping on peppermint tea, listening to his walkman, singing along to The Carpenters "On Top Of The World".
As well as cricket, Ian also enjoys his extensive model plane collection, especially the Nieuport 17 model, practicing Chinese calligraphy and fiddling with old lawn movers.



Manufactured and distributed by the Academy Plastic Model Company, headquartered in Korea, the Nieuport 17 model airplane is a historically accurate replica of a famous allied fighter in World War I. - See more at: http://model-airplane-stores-review.toptenreviews.com/academy-nieuport-17-review.html#sthash.2fHHQAfS.dpuspecially  and he is studying chinese caligraphy.

Saturday 2 July 2016

Just cannot stop running!

By now, you may be aware, that Fowey is a very social little village. 
Most days, we have friends drop into the gallery and somehow, at the end of our working day, we finish up at one of the many pubs and clubs, all walking distance from our home. 
So about 18 months ago, we decided to start early morning, coastal running in order to combat our very social evenings.
Then came parkruns, followed by short fun runs, we subsequently joined the St Austell Running Club and now HE is running night marathons and even ultras! 
nice long socks boys !
Who runs 44 miles for fun? 
Not stopping for over 10 hours? 
Wearing head lights and carrying foil blankets and glow lights?
Well, he does.

Once the bug bites, that is it! One cannot go back. 
Naturally, he HAS all the gear... all spanking new, all the right brands, and all colour coordinated.
He also has a wall of honour, yes, you got it... the MEDAL wall!
Boys and their medals, madness.