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[Giles]

Most of the Dorset Coast is fantastic......Lulworth Cove is very much so, but will be absolutely fucking heaving with grockles at that time of year....

[goosehd]

@Giles I had to look up the definition of grockle: lol

It's hilarious that you guys have a proper word for it as we just call them fucking tourists...

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd come August I may be one of them

[Giles]

I could also have used emmet - but note, both this and grockle are west country dialect specific....

[Giles]

I more generic disparaging catch-all is DFL....

[Alex]

@Giles said in Random Announcements:

Most of the Dorset Coast is fantastic......Lulworth Cove is very much so, but will be absolutely fucking heaving with grockles at that time of year....

I would skip driving to LC or to anything advertised as parking for Durdledoor, having done this with all visiting American friends and family recently I can confirm it is full of arseholes (that’s normal English for grockles).

Assume you’ll be in a car @Tago-Mago - I would suggest taking the sandbanks ferry to Stuland rather than driving the quick way, check out the corfe castle area. Once you get further west, there’s a nice pub with great beach views in Seatown called the anchor inn. Lyme Regis/Beer and Branscome are all very nice slightly further along, Masons Arms in Branscombe is my favourite there. If you’re into walking, Dartmoor National Park is stunning too, and once you’re west of Exeter you can’t really go wrong unless you end up in Plymouth which is a bit of a hole

[Graham]

If you do make it to Lulworth Cove, may I recommend the Castle Inn in West Lulworth, a lovely little pub and West Lulworth, a short walk (north?) of LC is a beautiful little village / hamlet

[endo]

Mrs E and I are planning a similar trip in September before coming to Foxtown: London - Bristol - Cornwall and back along the South coast. So, thanks and noted. Any more suggestions for Cornwall?

[Graham]

@endo Mousehole in Cornwall for sure!

[Kasi]

Well what can I say.

My boy is a shining star in the Manchester area

https://www.9sjs.com/news/winner-of-the-access-awards-2024-qasim-amin/

Proud dad.

[Aetas]

@Kasi , proud dad’s shine as well!

[tody]

@Kasi What an achievement, congratulations!

[Mizmazzle]

Dang, Mo! That's incredible!! It might be time to adorn the lad with a select piece of GAH!

[Twistlock]

Brillant Mo @kasi, congrats to your son!

[Giles]

Congrats Mo......

[Luijim78]

@Kasi congratulations my friend

[Kasi]

@Aetas @tody @Mizmazzle @Giles
@Twistlock @Luijim78
Also those had voted as well
Thank you

[Kasi]

@Mizmazzle said in Random Announcements:

Dang, Mo! That's incredible!! It might be time to adorn the lad with a select piece of GAH!

@Mizmazzle already has the Good Art Buddy loop.

Wears Iron Heart at the age of 15.

[popvulture]

Thought about putting this in either or both of the Music and Instagram threads, but I figure it probably makes the most sense to put it under one roof here as a random announcement.

I've played in bands my whole adult life, but lately have been pivoting more towards pared down solo work. I recently started an Insta to corral my music stuff, plus a new Bandcamp to collect recordings as I work on them, both demos (as are on there right now) and any future stuff that's more fully produced.

If you'd like to check it out, follow me at @palmooremusic (Insta) and palmoore.bandcamp.com. And fyi, I have the demos currently on there as set to a high stream count per song until it asks you to pay, after which putting in $0 is totally fine with me. These are unmastered songs, really just put up to get out there and into people's ears. Thanks, y'all!

Edit: whoops, left the last p out of the Bandcamp link. Fixed

[Matt]