Lizzy Coughlan and Ross Darby

hopefully you will be able to view this Facebook video from this link

Snatched on iPhone from an Open Mic session at The Establishment, I love this song. This was only their third or fourth performance - hopefully many more good things to come from them.

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Coventry Telegraph Calendar 2015

Super-psyched as they say in the US to have a pic chosen for the month of June.

I had forgotten that I had sent some photos in for this and missed the shortlisting and online voting; only found out when someone asked me whether it was my pic in the paper.

Charles Dexter Ward and The Imagineers

Popped down to the newly opened Fargo Village in Coventry last week to see the brilliant Charles Dexter Ward in action

Fargo

Fargo Village in Coventry opened at the weekend and promises to bring a whole new dimension to the city offering niche and unique retailers, artists’ studios, creative workspace, crafts, cafes, markets and entertainment space. Affordable rents will allow new businesses to set up, thrive and survive in an attractive environment, in a community of like minded people.

Fargo is bringing a piece of the London cool scene of Camden and Brick Lane to Coventry. Twenty years ago these were run down areas of London but with investment into the creative industries they have now become major attractions bringing in visitors from all over the world and in turn supporting the local economy. To emulate some of that success here would give Coventry a huge boost in perception and appeal to locals and visitors. Fargo Village will inject energy and fun into Coventry.

Bavella

Spent a lovely day on a little beach by the river which tumbles down from the mountains at Bavella gorge in Corsica

Corsica

Visiting the beautiful French Island in the Med

Photos are from an evening out in Porto Vecchio

Berlin

Just had a lovely few days in Berlin. The weather was fantastic, the place was buzzing, great bars and cafes and the public transport is brilliant.

So many places to take photos

Beer, dog and sofa - what more do you need?

Pocklington - York

Spending a couple of days in the lovely village of Pocklington in Yorkshire

The Gait Inn in Millington

Visited the wonderful York Minster

and the superb, free National Railway Museum

not to mention just wandering around York

Godiva Festival

The Godiva Festival in Coventry is a great free festival put on by the local council in the city's War Memorial Park. It is spread over a weekend in July each year, although it had to be cancelled in 2012 due to so much rain making the ground waterlogged and unsafe. The acts are a mixture of local talent and well know headliners.