We are off to the Purbeck Valley Folk Festival for three days. The amount of stuff we’re taking would indicate otherwise.
Julian Crawley
@juliancrawley.bsky.social
Engineer. Cyclist. Music lover. Director of FromeFM and presenter of the Rebellious Jukebox programme. Joined up here in an attempt to rekindle my interest in informing the World what I get up on a daily basis, for no apparent reason.
Strava says I’ve ridden a bike at least once a week, every week for six years.
First full day in Shropshire. A stunning part of the country. Walk up Carding Mill Valley to Pole Bank. Amazing flora.
Mid thirteenth century statue of an angel playing bagpipes.
… and if you’re ever in #Tewkesbury recovering from a long bike ride, the abbey is worth a visit. They even fired up the organ while we were there. Sounded awesome. 4611 pipes.
Just caught up with the final stage of the Tour de France. How exciting was that??
Bill Oddie used to present a show on Jazz FM in the nineties. It was great. He played a lot of Zappa, which was probably why he got the boot after a while.
I did a DJ set at a street party and caused no one to leave… I don’t think. It included two Hawkwind tracks!
Kora player Sura Susso together with Amadou Diagne. Stunning virtuosity during the last weekend of the #FromeFestival.
Went to two #FromeFestival gigs last night: sea shanties with the Hotwells Howlers and then legendary #Frome punk band #FarCue.
#LauraJurd and band play Miles Runs the Voodoo Down during their Miles Davis 100th birthday tribute. Hottest gig of the opening night of the #FromeFestival, in more ways than one.
Part of me wishes that I’d kept the ticket from every gig I’ve ever been to. Occasionally one turns up somewhere in the house.
This month’s @audaxuk.bsky.social ride was a bit different, with a big portion of it being distinctly urban. #RRtY
The BIG Frome FM Summer Fundraiser live local bands, Frome FM DJs, food, and a bar all day. Frome FM Family Discovery afternoon — 1pm to 5:30pm Entry by donation Evening party — 6pm to late | £7 tickets From 6pm with Free Monet headlining, plus Frome FM DJs keeping you dancing until late.
If you want to enjoy the unedifying spectacle of an ageing man struggling to find the words for things he really ought to know, or just forgetting what he’s doing per se, you could do worse than catch up with my most recent Live Vinyl Hour from @fromefm.bsky.social … www.mixcloud.com/FromeFM/51-l...
51. Live Vinyl Hour (23/05/26). Darren Giddings Enters The Library.
A weekly live Saturday evening show called Vinyl Hour, presented by a range of different presenters from FromeFM. The only stipulation is that all music should be played from vinyl. Airs every Saturda...
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Last night’s Frome FM is this morning’s Mixcloud www.mixcloud.com/FromeFM/57-s...
57. Space Folk Horror Lounge (11/05/26). 2-08 - Heiße Lippen.
Presented by Darren Giddings. Darren will be playing new and recent work by artists - many of them in the Bristol-Yeovil-Frome triangle - who are making music inspired by folklore and the space-age a...
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The soundtrack to David Attenborough’s original Life on Earth series from the seventies is superb.
Been to the pub and had a kebab (the latter being pretty much an annual event). Celebrating as #AngusCrawley has now passed all the exams required to allow him to become a train driver.
Rode another @audaxuk.bsky.social 200k yesterday. The Brevet Cymru Mini. The full version was 400k: respect to those riders! A beautiful day until the deluge started at around 3.00pm.
