Wednesday 23 September 2009


Just back from a couple of weeks away and for me it marks the end of summer. My longed for Indian summer didn't materialise and after all, we are only three months away from Winter Solstice. While spending a little time looking backwards over the year so far, I realised that summer has presented quite a few notable high lights.

So here is my short review with a few photo memories. The above photo and the photo below were taken in one of my favourite places near the estuary of the tidal river the Orwell.


Earlier in the summer on a very warm Monday the EB Band played at the Friars 40th Anniversary gig in Aylesbury. We had a great night and received a Friars Heroes Award which was a very nice surprise. Later we had another great afternoon at the East Barnet Community Festival where we played a free concert. ( Just like the old days).


A newly discovered gravel pit and a favourite haunt in the late part of this summer. Had a couple of very nice days float fishing here in the sunshine, rain and wind.


A fairly secluded private fishery. My idea of what a river should look like before the winter kills of the weed. The wild life here is plentiful. On a soft breeze a few butterflies appeared occasionally. Cormorants, Canadian geese and swans were in abundance with several types of wildfowl. The pike were not interested in taking a lure but snapped at them occasionally sending great waves across the surface of the slow flowing river.

Some of you will have read my post on here about the bike ride with Ramblin Mad along the South coast from Hove. Ramblin has found a couple of pics. We had a few laughs one night at his his place making up stories to fit the images. I hadn't laughed so much in ages.

Above I am pictured by Ramblin with our "domestique" in tow. In the peloton ( French word for bike riders in a race) the domestique is a servant rider who's duty it is to bring bottles and food from a team car to the star riders. Unfortunately we couldn't run to an actual bike for this guy so he ran along behind us carrying our goodies and neccessary refreshments in a blue plastic carrier bag from Hove to Worthing, beyond and back to Hove.

Above you will see that the nice lady in the wheelchair is getting ready for the final sprint for the line. The guy on the mountain bike made of plumbing materials is about to be caught by yours truly if Ramblin can get his big stick in the guys back wheel just as he passes the bush on his right.

This is me playing with a micro UFO by Devil's Dyke. The photo by Ramblin is completely untouched. I knew some thing was going on when I sailed past the wheelchair user on the imaginary finish line in Worthing. Fortunately people from the residential home team she represented were there to commiserate with her.

The gig at The Assembly Leamington Spa was a home coming high light and a good time was had by us all.

One little pike after a day on the Yare with Nick the guide. We went for dead fish baits on a float set up rather than fish with artificial lures which I would have preferred. Still the guide knows best and he reckoned no pike were taking lures and the season had been hard. As a pro it his job to put people like me on the fish. He tried his best but after eight hours this fish was the only one to fancy a nice mackerel tail . Still better than nothing and it fought harder than expected. He went back in the river as good as he came out. All good.

A day later, with a friend, we had three nice pike out of a small lake on spinnerbait lures. So, no one had told them they were not to eat those nasty things that look like prey fish but are really trick fish with hooks to catch 'em.

Some September time on the ocean lead to a catching day that included this nice codling pictured above. The various fish we caught provided eight wonderful dinners. We had a few days of feeling the swaying of the boat long after we disembarked but I actually quite like that. Excellent!


So Summer is over. Below is a short video of a yours truly singing to the trees and chanting for release. Any one got suggestions of locations for similiar antics?






Peace






copyright edgar broughton 2009


8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a summer full of fish and bikes! Glad the gigs went well. Hope there are more UK ones to come soon.
Cheers
John

Anonymous said...

Very entertaining. Nice idea. Love the words on the previous blog. The overall imagery has stayed with me since I read it. Very uplifting and hopeful.
peace
Dazza

Anonymous said...

Hey Edgar does this mean you are the first English guy to Yoik? Hope to see you here in Bergen
again soon. Hello to all.
Reidar and Malena
x

Anonymous said...

Serenade No 5 Movement No 1 Sunlight Sonata to THE TREE !....love it!

Bravo maestro!

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Radenko and Milena,
Ontario.

Anonymous said...

You obviously had a good summer. So why the glum expressions?

Tony H

edgar broughton said...

Hi Folks

John we are planning a few UK gigs but not until the new year AYE!

Ta Dazza. Team is scary now innit? made it easy for the Chelsea boys.

Hi Reidar and Malena. Don't know if I am the first English Yoikist but we are planning a trip back to Bergen in 2010.

Hi Radenko and Milena, long time no hear. I am planning to sing to the North sea next ha ha!

Glum expressions Tony? That is me content as distinct from my unhappy face of death. Seriously though it was a good summer.

Happiness to you all where ever you are.

Anonymous said...

Hi Rob. I guessed that the photo on the cover of Inside Out was taken in the alley between Hammersmith Hospital & Wormwood Scrubs prison, but where was the photo for the cover of Sing Brother Sing taken?

Tony H

Anonymous said...

yippee live date spotted for the board walk in sheffield in feb 2010!
see you there and meybe elsewhere when i spot more
cheers
tony