Neil Hopcroft

As too often seems the case i’ve arrived at the airport with a number of hours to spare. So i’m trying each of the coffee bars in sequence. Illy is the best so far, i think i’ll go back there later. Also amused that the new c class merc has managed to pick up the […]

Or so it seems. I made it to the nokia office, somewhat late and somewhat damp. But very grateful for the guy from NEC who saw me trying to get directions, took pity on me and gave me a lift. I don’t know his name, but he helped me when i wasn’t expecting it. Thank […]

I close my eyes and i could be in the final scene of the leningrad cowboys, the bassist has just thawed, but the crowd here are harder work. And what kind of house has a private bull ring?

Damn, how did i let that happen? I’d forgotten how much i love travelling… And i’ve hardly even started yet. Waiting in a cafe for boarding time, overlooking the taxiways, brings back so many memories, journeys to a bright new future. This isn’t one of those, of course, but the memories are there, the dreams, […]

The sharp eyed amongst you will have noticed there was actually a bright red convertible in the background of that picture, unfortunately that was a 1970s Triumph, which while being a beautiful piece of engineering is not quite the height of reliability I’m after. And the escort doesn’t count – can you honestly see me […]

I found a car shop. Shame they didn’t have a fireapple red convertible, cos thats what i’d’ve driven home… But still, somewhere with interesting cars. I tried that saab, which was nice as a general car, but that one in particular was a bit wobbly after being stored for a while. And i sat in […]

“It always starts the same way. I am in the garden airing my terrapin Jetta when he walks past my gate, that mysterious man in black.” …this isn’t my normal sort of thing, but this is just so bizarre it needs to be passed on: Roy Orbison in Clingfilm.

Knitted dalek Chocolate dalek Bentfest tours America (worksafe…its not what you might think) R2S2 Symphony in B and G# (though whether they were playing this or another piece is currently unclear to me) Imaginative parking Panorama of museum in Oxford

Crisis…stop…need cake…stop…end…

Saturday night saw a trip to Milton Keynes for Laibach, where I met up with Matti for some food before the gig, and he took me to see some indoor skydiving, which was quite fun to watch but probably not my sort of thing to actually do. Then we sauntered off down to the Woughton […]