http://benaston.com the site of ben aston Wed, 07 May 2008 14:34:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } elephantos trumpetos, originally uploaded by benaston. Summer has arrived and it's hot. What I really need is an elephant to give me a refreshing shower. Spare elephant, anyone? http://benaston.com/2008/05/07/wherefore-art-my-elephant/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Robo X, originally uploaded by benaston. In the final race of the day, the 5.45 at Titch Towers, Aston's Robo X won the 50cm sprint by two lengths. Probably the greatest ... http://benaston.com/2008/04/29/robo-x/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } lone cycle, originally uploaded by benaston. It would appear that the storms have taken their toll on the other cyclists. Wimps. http://benaston.com/2008/03/12/lone-rider/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Pho, originally uploaded by benaston. Pho was about to open its doors in Titchfield Street but kindly invited us for a taste of Vietnam to test their kitchen. It's a bit ... http://benaston.com/2008/03/12/pho-licious/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Soul, originally uploaded by benaston. The first round of the Titchfield Charade-fest ended in stalemate with neither team able to snatch a point from the other. In a game that lasted ... http://benaston.com/2008/03/12/titch-charades/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } foy vance live in london, originally uploaded by benaston. Mondays are of course normally reserved for swimming club, but after some serious MySpacing, Steve-fun John persuaded me that this should be ... http://benaston.com/2008/02/27/foy-vance-live-love-at-luminaire/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Creek's Cake of the Caribbean took the gold medal in the latest round of the Dare Titchfield Towers' bake of series. With 9 ... http://benaston.com/2008/02/27/titchfield-towers-bake-off/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } carnivalaroni, originally uploaded by benaston. Probably the most inspired idea to come out of Team Sony at Dare so far in 2008 was the mac and cheese bake off; two titans ... http://benaston.com/2008/02/02/the-mac-cheese-bake-off/ This is an amazing instrument; music love. http://benaston.com/2008/02/02/hang-drum-manu-delago/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } campfire in the pub, originally uploaded by benaston. It would have almost have been inappropriate to have a candle, and not played with the fire. And so it was that we ... http://benaston.com/2008/01/10/who-wouldnt-want-a-campfire/