The profile of the head
Morris Dancing, and Rick Wakeman Opens the Park Pavillion Mural, Diss, Norfolk - 30th May 2008
The day after Nosher's birthday, we are at Addenbrooke's hospital for "Scan 2 - the sequel". As it's part of a medical monitoring trial, we get a long and very detailed scan, which is very cool, and includes highlight such as Doppler imaging of the blood flow in and out of the four chambers of the heart. The following weekend, Nosher and Isobel wander in to Diss on the Saturday morning for the usual sausage and food-gathering activities, to find that there seems to be rather a lot of things happening. Firstly, a whole bunch of Morris Dancing kicks off by the Mere, featuring the Hoxon Hundred and a visiting group from Greenwich, London who were apparently on some kind of busman's holiday. Then, there's some kind of mini music festival in the park, where a new mural is being "opened" by local celebrity Rick Wakeman, of 70's prog-rock group Yes, and more recently T.V's "Grumpy Old Men".
next album: A New Bedroom, and The Cambridge County Show, Parker's Piece, Cambridge and Brome - 14th June 2008
previous album: Nosher Flies a Plane, Cambridge Airport, Cambridge - 28th May 2008
A cool slice through the head
Derelict Mark 2 coaches at Cambridge Station
Rush-hour commuters mill around at King's Cross
The Mere at Diss
The Hoxon Hundred do something with sticks
Ladies with hoops of flowers
Dancing at the Mere
Morris dancers hang around
The band
The hoop ladies have a dance
Music and Morris at Mere's Mouth
The men from Greenwich do the stick thing
Morris dancing near the public toilets
Wave your hankies in the air like you just don't care
All the Greenwich Morris-dudes are in the air
Diss Park and Mere
A band sets up at the 'Pagoda'
A young band plays in the pvaillion
A teenage Emo band gives it some
Blowing bubbles
A group of teenagers hang out, enjoy the music and text each other
Crowds in the park
The lead singer talks to the crowds
A graffiti demonstration occurs
A dude shows how to tag a wall
Two women in sumo-wrestler suits
The band clear up
Rick Wakemand chats to the crowds
Rick Wakeman prepares to cut the ribbon
Rick Wakeman gets the mural painters on stage
Rick signs a few autographs
There's a hog roast going on
A view over 'Big Park' and Diss Mere
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The profile of the head
The profile of the head
A cool slice through the head
Derelict Mark 2 coaches at Cambridge Station
Rush-hour commuters mill around at King's Cross
The Mere at Diss
The Hoxon Hundred do something with sticks
Ladies with hoops of flowers
Dancing at the Mere
Morris dancers hang around
The band
The hoop ladies have a dance
Music and Morris at Mere's Mouth
The men from Greenwich do the stick thing
Morris dancing near the public toilets
Wave your hankies in the air like you just don't care
All the Greenwich Morris-dudes are in the air
Diss Park and Mere
A band sets up at the 'Pagoda'
A young band plays in the pvaillion
A teenage Emo band gives it some
Blowing bubbles
A group of teenagers hang out, enjoy the music and text each other
Crowds in the park
The lead singer talks to the crowds
A graffiti demonstration occurs
A dude shows how to tag a wall
Two women in sumo-wrestler suits
The band clear up
Rick Wakemand chats to the crowds
Rick Wakeman prepares to cut the ribbon
Rick Wakeman gets the mural painters on stage
Rick signs a few autographs
There's a hog roast going on
A view over 'Big Park' and Diss Mere