Tonight I went along to one of Soho’s fine bars with Richard for an early meeting about London Pride. I’ve been involved as a volunteer for a couple of years now, and I’m going to have to decide whether to get even more involved soon. In the meantime, a short plug for stewarding on the day. I’ve done it a few times, and it’s great fun. If you think you might be interested, sign up here. If you’re more interested in coming along to watch, keep Saturday, June 30th free.
Every time I visit Stockholm (3 or 4 times a year, I’d guess) I make a point of spending at least one evening at Mandus. It’s a little restaurant in the old town (Gamla Stan), that is mainly marketed at (and apparently run by) gay folk. However, it is certainly ‘heterofriendly’, and seems to get a fair bit of passing trade.
The food is good, reasonably priced (much cheaper than many of the tourist targetted establishments nearby), and they are always very tolerant of my need to speak English!
I’ve idled many pleasant evenings there, and I tend to take colleagues along if we’re travelling as a group. It makes a nice change to be on the road, and in a bar where the eye candy is biased in my direction :-)
If you’re ever in Stockholm, it’s highly recommended. Apologies for the quality of tonight’s picture, but it was dark by the time I left!
Revolution is a Track Cycling event at the National Cycling Centre (Velodrome) in Manchester. I’ve wanted to go and watch since it launched a few years ago, and last weekend I actually made the time to get there.
It was a lot of fun. The event packs in around 15 competitions in one evening, and so there is always something happening on the track. Track cycling is quite varied, and when I saw it for the first time a few years ago, I was surprised how dramatic it was.
Apparently, there’s another event at the velodrome in February. I may have to visit!
I turned the trip into an excuse for a short holiday – two days in Manchester, and two in Leeds. This meant I could take a trip to The Lowry (recommended!), and a stop in Leeds on the way home. In Leeds I caught up with some of my family I hadn’t seen in a while, which was a very pleasant evening.
The picture shows the limits of my compact camera. At least the blurring gives you an idea of their speed!