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Wednesday, March 20, 2002 13:26
Lek-oLast night of T'ai-Chi tonight. It's quite upsetting. But that's not the big news. We had the lek at the weekend - that's why things have not been updated very much round here lately. Rather an odd weekend. We had to take a 17-seater minibus, and while I had thought I was going to be nervous at the prospect of getting behind the wheel of any vehicle after several months of only cycling, I wasn't as nervous as some of my passengers. "Have you ever driven one of these before?" A shrug, a bit of hand-waving. Not one of those, no, but I've driven all sorts of things from tractors to fork-lifts and it didn't worry me particularly. It was quite a good conference. Not as good as last year's, about as good as the first year's. The main problem was that the weather was beautiful this year (last year it rained), and while I enjoy the conference, it's impossible to be in Tintagel when the weather's fine and not want to be outdoors. I finished off one film over the weekend and got halfway through another. Frood should be able to drop them off at Supasnaps in Taunton this week and so I should get them developed in the next few days. Then I'll be able to post any decent ones. I'm hoping that the ones of King Arthur's head will come out - an absolutely stunning rock formation in the cliff just beyond the King Arthur Hotel in Tintagel. I'd never seen it before, despite having gone there every year for a few years now, and get very excited. Andy N quickly punctured my excitement bubble by telling me it was very famous and fairly obvious. Having said that, I've just done a Google search and can find no mention of it. St Nectan's Kieve is pretty spectacular if you are into hydrodynamics and geology. Well worth a visit. You can see where the waterfall has carved out basins earlier in its history, and the hole in the rock through which it finally hurls itself is totally awesome. Strangely enough, however, we felt that the most potently pokey place was just through the gate on the way down to the waterfall. About 6 feet along that path downwards, there is an area that is so pokey it made me feel like my eyes were trying to float up into the inside of my head and the top of my head was falling away upwards like something out of a manga movie. However, only visit it after a period of heavy rain if you don't mind getting very, very muddy. More later. I've just noticed the time!
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