The Grim Adventures of a Refined Savage

I really do not want to get out of bed this morning, the whole world can fuck off.

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:46:21 +0100

I really do not want to get out of bed this morning, the whole world can fuck off.

I got into bed with the sole purpose of spending some time reading before I slept. It doesn’t...

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:22:01 +0100

I got into bed with the sole purpose of spending some time reading before I slept. It doesn’t matter how hard I try I just can’t focus my mind on my book.

Awesome Weekends

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:27:14 +0100

I’ve been having a really good time as of late, the last few weekends have been just awesome, and I’ve done so many cool things. It started just after we got back from our trip to stay with Kellys grandparents in Scotland and it’s basically continued every weekend since.

We kicked it all off with a gig, our first gig of the year really, we saw The Wildhearts at Rock City. The support bands were great and everyone was in the mood for a good time, with the bar serving up two pint glasses of cider who wouldn’t be. We stayed on after the show and made a night of it, catching the late bus home and spending the next day chilling out.

The weekend after that we did some shopping for our little garden, picked up a few plants and started to get it on the way to looking nice. The Sunday morning we took Bertie out for his first real run of the year to the Limes Cafe with the Midlands Aircooled Collective, as always he looked and ran great, we got the chance to catch up with some of our fellow members and check out their cars.

The last few weekends have been pretty much full of hi-lights, but one of the best of these was Saxon, they’re an epic band that still know how to blow away an audience. We met Steve and Dave down there and had an awesome night, the second support act, The Quireboys, were so good I’d have happily paid to see them headline, in fact I thought they might just steal the show until Saxon came on and showed us what 35 years of being one of the best in the business means. Every time I see them they get one step closer to kicking Iron Maiden and Motorhead from the top two slots of my “awesome bands to see live” list.

Next I have to say a big thank you to my lovely fiancée Kelly for buying me an awesome Christmas present, she got me tickets to see The Lumberjacks. Craig Campbell, Glenn Wool and Stewart Francis, they were just amazing. I’ve been a fan of Craig Campbell for some time now, Kelly bought us tickets on the strength of this and I’m so glad she did, all in all it was an awesome night. Glenn Wool being the real surprise of the evening, having never really seen much of his stand up I wasn’t expecting to be stunned but he was truly hilarious and I will be looking out for tickets for one of his solo shows.

Finally coming to the weekend just gone, it started with a takeaway and a night relaxing with my lady, which is always amazing and a great way to counteract the stresses of the week. It soon started to pick up pace with a run out to Stanford Hall in Bertie for our first, and also our favourite, big classic VW show of the year. As always this was a great show, lots of beetles, vans, campers, gias etc. all well loved and all amazingly presented. There was is a relaxed, family atmosphere that is sometimes lacking in other shows we have attended in the past and the autojumble is always worth a visit, we picked up a new 6v horn which is now fitted and working a treat. The weekend culminated with meeting the living legend that is Mick Foley, he was just awesome and seemed a genuinely nice guy, we got a picture taken with him and he signed a few things for us and his show was just epic. it started with shorts sets by Craig Campbell and Brendon Burns who just blew us all away, they were hilarious. When Mick came out the whole room was chanting and shouting his name, from the moment he opened his mouth to the moment he shook my hand after the show he was amazing, his stories were hilarious, his timing was spot on, he knew exactly how to talk to the audience and new what we wanted to hear. He really shone, he was funny, witty and clever. The only thing that topped his show was actually getting to meet him afterwards.

The best thing about how the last few weekends is that we’re not done yet, we’ve still got more stuff to come, more shows to see and more places to visit over the next few weeks and months. I’ve got a feeling this summer is going to be one of the best yet and I really can’t wait to spend it with Kelly.

Meeting Mick Foley after going to see his stand up comedy show

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:29:40 +0100

Meeting Mick Foley after going to see his stand up comedy show

Our first classic VW show of the season at Stanford Hall

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:26:00 +0100

Our first classic VW show of the season at Stanford Hall

Two pints are always better than one

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:22:00 +0100

Two pints are always better than one

First meet of the Midlands Aircooled Collective at the Limes...

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:18:38 +0100

First meet of the Midlands Aircooled Collective at the Limes Cafe near Bilsthorpe

Day trip to the Arkwright mill in Cromford

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:14:23 +0100

Day trip to the Arkwright mill in Cromford

thefrogman: This is the real reason I grew a beard. [video]...

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:03:30 +0100

thefrogman: This is the real reason I grew a beard. [video]

SavagelyRefined: why does this never happen to me?

Spotted this on facebook and it made me chuckle

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:44:50 +0100

Spotted this on facebook and it made me chuckle

Mad World

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:23:15 +0100

I’ve started writing on here a several times over the last few weeks but never really gotten to the position where, I’ve felt, that the post was finished. There’s been various things I’ve wanted, and tried, to talk about that I’ve simply failed to do justice. Over the last few weeks the world, in general, has been an extremely dramatic place. We’ve had horrific bombings, terrible accidents, devastating natural disasters and countless other things that have either been over shadowed or simply remained untold or unnoticed by the international community. Many of these things have already been blogged, vlogged, discussed and denounced so many times, by so many different people, that I feel anything I could possibly have to say will have already been said by someone else, and much more eloquently than I ever could. So much pain has been caused, so many people have suffered, so many people have lost their lives or loved ones that nothing I, or anyone else, could ever say would even so much as scratch the surface. It’s probably best to say nothing at all and instead for those of us who have been lucky enough to be untouched by these tragedies to quietly contemplate just how lucky we are…

porphyee: Rocking out with my little lebowski.

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:02:33 +0100

porphyee:

Rocking out with my little lebowski.

I can’t believe it’s already Thursday, where is my lovely week off vanishing too?

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:52:39 +0100

I can’t believe it’s already Thursday, where is my lovely week off vanishing too?

My trip to Scotland 2013

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:55:15 +0100

My trip to Scotland 2013

It’s not even 10 and I’m actually considering going to bed

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:47:47 +0000

It’s not even 10 and I’m actually considering going to bed

Photo

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:53:41 +0000

Enjoying a few bottles of Hobgoblin and an early easter egg

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:56:00 +0000

Enjoying a few bottles of Hobgoblin and an early easter egg

I love the air in my room to be ice cold as I’m all cozied up in my bed

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:29:52 +0000

I love the air in my room to be ice cold as I’m all cozied up in my bed

Me: Getting out of bed in a morning really does suck massive rancid donkey balls

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:51:49 +0000

Me: Getting out of bed in a morning really does suck massive rancid donkey balls

I woke up deliberately early just so I could appreciate that last half hour of being in bed before I...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:51:15 +0000

I woke up deliberately early just so I could appreciate that last half hour of being in bed before I know I really have to get up