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prunesquallormdBack in Liverpool and back to work after a very pleasant week away. Now I have to sort out all that building work that I was putting off until after I came back (which my insurance doesn't cover. There's a shock :/). But it's Friday night so that can wait for a little bit longer.
On the plus side, game night is back to the Warhammer 'Enemy Within' campaign, which YAY nostalgia :D. This instalment is Death on the Reik, which I think we played all the way through when it was first published back in 1987 (LOLscary :D), although I don't remember any of the plot. I know we didn't get as far as the next part (Power Behind the Throne) because Steve started to read it and threw up his hands in defeat (from what I've heard it's long, extremely complex and not the slightest bit linear, so it's a bit of a nightmare for a GM to run. Our current GM seems to be happy to face the challenge, though, which is nice). Not much has changed since we played part 2 (Shadows Over Bogenhafen) last year. We're still ridiculous, immature, and entirely incapable of coming up with a coherent, well thought-out plan without resorting to hitting things. So, to put it briefly, it's a lot of fun :D
Anyway, for lack of much else interesting to say, I'm going to spend a little while spamming you with pretty pictures and stuff.
Firstly, here's a few pictures of Chipping Campden, where we stayed last week. Specifically, it's the outbuildings of Old Campden House, which was built by the fabulously named Sir Baptist Hicks at the end of the 16th Century and destroyed 50 or so years later, in the Civil War (the Hicks were Royalist, which the Roundheads obviously had something to say about). What remains (there were separate banqueting houses and whatnot) is still rather lovely though.
All that remains of the original house, with the East Banqueting House (where a number of us stayed. The walk from the West Banqueting House (behind me when I was taking this) was spooky as all hell at night. It was worse with a torch, because the scary people lurking in the shadows can see exactly where you are when you have a torch. LOL Overactive imagination? me?).
The East Banqueting House from the back. You can see here that it's actually three storeys, but built into a hill, so it looks rather tiny from the front.
Yep, there it is again. This was me trying to be all artistic and stuff. LOL I fail at photography.
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And one more, of some of the other buildings this time. Also, sheep. There were a lot of sheep (but then, Hicks made his fortune on the wool trade, so I guess not much has changed).
I took a random trip to Avebury half-way through the week, and completely failed to get a single decent picture. This one came out the best, but it still doesn't really do the site justice (given as how it's the most important megalithic site in England, and arguably only second to Carnac (which is both extraordinary and extraordinarily beautiful) in the rest of Europe).
At no point in the entire trip did I come across Ben Barnes staring soulfully out to sea. This makes me sad ;)
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likecharity, from whose post I stole this picture, captioned it simply "Hnnnng.". Which is appropriate).
Righty, I'll leave you with a couple of songs. Despite the slightly down-beat nature of the lyrics, this always lifts my spirits.
And this is just lovely.
Finally, Ani. I love Ani (although not so much her more recent stuff. But whatever. There's more than enough of the good stuff).
Well, I think I've spammed you enough for tonight.
By the way, I haven't signed up as a beta for the Skins Big Bang yet, but if anyone reading this is in need of one, let me know. I do enjoy it, and it's so much easier than actually writing! :D
I hope you're all well.
♥
On the plus side, game night is back to the Warhammer 'Enemy Within' campaign, which YAY nostalgia :D. This instalment is Death on the Reik, which I think we played all the way through when it was first published back in 1987 (LOLscary :D), although I don't remember any of the plot. I know we didn't get as far as the next part (Power Behind the Throne) because Steve started to read it and threw up his hands in defeat (from what I've heard it's long, extremely complex and not the slightest bit linear, so it's a bit of a nightmare for a GM to run. Our current GM seems to be happy to face the challenge, though, which is nice). Not much has changed since we played part 2 (Shadows Over Bogenhafen) last year. We're still ridiculous, immature, and entirely incapable of coming up with a coherent, well thought-out plan without resorting to hitting things. So, to put it briefly, it's a lot of fun :D
Anyway, for lack of much else interesting to say, I'm going to spend a little while spamming you with pretty pictures and stuff.
Firstly, here's a few pictures of Chipping Campden, where we stayed last week. Specifically, it's the outbuildings of Old Campden House, which was built by the fabulously named Sir Baptist Hicks at the end of the 16th Century and destroyed 50 or so years later, in the Civil War (the Hicks were Royalist, which the Roundheads obviously had something to say about). What remains (there were separate banqueting houses and whatnot) is still rather lovely though.
All that remains of the original house, with the East Banqueting House (where a number of us stayed. The walk from the West Banqueting House (behind me when I was taking this) was spooky as all hell at night. It was worse with a torch, because the scary people lurking in the shadows can see exactly where you are when you have a torch. LOL Overactive imagination? me?).
The East Banqueting House from the back. You can see here that it's actually three storeys, but built into a hill, so it looks rather tiny from the front.
Yep, there it is again. This was me trying to be all artistic and stuff. LOL I fail at photography.
.And one more, of some of the other buildings this time. Also, sheep. There were a lot of sheep (but then, Hicks made his fortune on the wool trade, so I guess not much has changed).
I took a random trip to Avebury half-way through the week, and completely failed to get a single decent picture. This one came out the best, but it still doesn't really do the site justice (given as how it's the most important megalithic site in England, and arguably only second to Carnac (which is both extraordinary and extraordinarily beautiful) in the rest of Europe).
At no point in the entire trip did I come across Ben Barnes staring soulfully out to sea. This makes me sad ;)
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likecharity, from whose post I stole this picture, captioned it simply "Hnnnng.". Which is appropriate).Righty, I'll leave you with a couple of songs. Despite the slightly down-beat nature of the lyrics, this always lifts my spirits.
And this is just lovely.
Finally, Ani. I love Ani (although not so much her more recent stuff. But whatever. There's more than enough of the good stuff).
Well, I think I've spammed you enough for tonight.
By the way, I haven't signed up as a beta for the Skins Big Bang yet, but if anyone reading this is in need of one, let me know. I do enjoy it, and it's so much easier than actually writing! :D
I hope you're all well.
♥
