sunday drivers

We enjoyed a tour around the peninsula inbatween Aviles and Gijon, had a little walk and visited the sleepy harbour at Luanco.

Nice building

I spent a couple of days walking around Gijon admiring the diverse architecture, its a scruffy seaside town with some lovely buildings and all in all a very flamboyant style whos hayday was in the 1930's/ 40's.

touring around

Well I had a nice time in London but this blogg is about Spain and whats hot in Asturias so I will tell you. Theres a new cultural centre about to open in Gijon Universidad Laboral de Gijón its a huge complex and will have many exciting events in the future. We went there on Friday as guests of Bob and Plaid to see them perform as part of a two day festival. It was very cold in this big reconverted powerstation factory space, and the organisors set the stage up smack bang in the middle of a big pillar so the direct view was obstructed, not so clever as the festival was for video and music with big projections! Was entertaining all the same. For the fine visuals Bob creates are a pleasure to bestow on ones eyes.

AWL

Ive been away in England so havent posted on my blogg for a while, so to celebrate my return here are some wigs in Rodrigo's hair shop.

bathers

Ive been to Gijon twice this week as it is very sunny and warm.

sculpture

This is a sculpture in Gijon with an empty bottle of beer.

un-hinged

This is a chest of drawes im making for my up and comming exhabition in Berlin. It will be part of a set of bespoke 'one off' master crafted furniture set! I In my search for re-cycled cardboard and other bits, im finding it difficult to forrage these plastic handles. So if anyone happens to find sush a thing, usually attatched to a box which carried a D.V.D player or Hi Fi system, please send to me. It doesnt matter what colour or shape, more variety the better.
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dont eat me.

It is prohibited to eat 'Pipas'... me

Bear trail

week ago Me and a friend caught a bus to Proaza.
This is a cycle trail along a disused railway which follows a river up a long valley. Seb and I hired bikes for 9 euros and spent a few hours cycling. What we didnt realise was how much of an incline the path was on the way to Entrago, so on the way back we didnt have to peddle, just sit back and enjoy the scenery.
Seb took these pictures on his mobile phone.

our neighbourhood

After the market we rambled around and had a coffee in a square near our house, it is very popular with the out of town visitors and at one point there was a pram jam. On our way back we saw some people dancing around the umbrella in the square at the back of our house. They were singing some kind of rhym, and each had a turn to add a verse or something like that, well it was very nice weather for it, 20 degrees.
this is a picture of Rob walking up our street, our Flat is the one with the lamp post outside, opposite is the diosin offices and living accomodation for retired priests.
making the most of the weather and the fine selection of cheese in our fridge we made a picnic and went to the park, after half an our it rained and thats a complete Asturian Sunday for you. Oh not forgetting the cakes for later.

Big rummage

Today I went to the market in the park to look for some old postcards. I found many interesting postcards and a box of old photos from the 60's and 70's of this area. I recognised the specticles that were also being sold to be the ones worn by the lady in the photos and I wonder if the instant snap camera was the very on which took the pictures. I think someone must have just thrown all these memoirs out and some opportunist is recyling them for cash. Ive made a collage of my finds. Also I bought a funny booklet of printed pictures 1950's its like a story book but with random technicolour prints and no story.