Scooby Doo, Where Are You

I caught the debut of new local folk/blues band the Wildwood Flowers at the Navigation on Sunday night.  And very good they were too.

As Scooby Doo has a smile on his face, I think he liked their kind of music too. Even Batman is singing along, But I don't think Robin knows the words!

The Guitar Gently Rides

How's this for a fancy guitar? I don't know what it sounds like when played, but it certainly is a showstopper.

It's probably the most colourful acoustic guitar that I have ever seen. I wonder why the designer decided on a cowboy theme. Maybe he's watched too many Clint Eastwood films.

We're Walking In The Air

An unbelievable thirty years ago, Channel Four first screened a cartoon based around the story of a snowman that comes to life and takes a little boy to see Father Christmas. Written by Raymond Briggs, it has been shown on TV every Christmas since then.

This year a new story debuted on Channel Four. It was a similar story, but this time the little boy makes a dog out of snow as a friend for the snowman that he has built. The boy had a dog himself but it died earlier in the year. He sends a letter to Santa asking for a new dog for Christmas.

It was a lovely story and used the same line drawing animation as the previous tale. No CGI, just old style animation. It's worth watching and hopefully will be on again next Christmas.

I noticed that my local branch of the Nationwide building society had a poster in their window of a scene from the film, so I just had to take a photo.

Comic Cuts

A builder obviously has a sense of humour and some artistic flair, when he whitewashed the window of this building that is being done up.

He clearly was a fan of the Beano or Dandy comics when he was younger, as the main character he has drawn looks very similar to one of the Bash Street Kids.