Eden Sessions

A slight break from the holiday snaps.  Thursday evening Barbara and I went to see Spandau Ballet perform at the Eden Project - they were brilliant I have to say.  Loved them when they were popular in the 80's but never saw them live.  They put on a great performance and were so obviously enjoying themselves - a great evening. Anyway here are some pics for you, not great as I was definitely one of the shortest people there and was surrounded by a number of tall men!!!

 

In front of us were two couples and the guys were soooooo bored it was hilarious.  Their wives said that whilst out one night the guys got so drunk that they agreed to come to see Spandau Ballet and here they were, so funny!!!!  Then yesterday whilst talking to Bernadette on the phone she was asking how the evening went and the conversation went as follows. 

 

 "How was Eden?" 

"Really good, brought back so many memories!"

"Of what?"

"My college days"

"Oh!  I never knew you liked or did ballet!"

 

Well talk about making me laugh, still chuckling whilst writing this lol. Bless her.

 

 

 

Elton John - Singing the Blues

What an amazing evening I had this week, I went to see Sir Elton live at The Eden Project.  I haven't been there before for a concert so not too sure what to expect, but it was excellent.  Yes it is standing only and small but that made it more enjoyable I think, plus it was on my doorstep!!!  Even better.  Originally Mick and I were going with a couple of friends, Nick and Barbara, then on Tues the men bailed on us!!! Which in hindsight was just as well, not really their thing.  So another friend bought Nick's ticket and Yvonne had Mick's ticket and then another friend of mine managed to get a late ticket and joined us, so five altogether and what a fantastic night we had.  There were rumours that Elton's voice had gone and he should retire etc etc but don't believe them, his voice is still there and he did interact with the crowd and boy was he good.  And I am not actually a big fan of his!!  Just couldn't miss the experience. Anyway here are some pics.  Off to see Spandau Ballet in a couple of weeks here :)

 

 

Eden Project - Love it or Hate it?

This morning I took myself over to the Eden Project - two reasons, one I wanted to purchase my £5 local's pass and secondly council employees could go in free today. So I picked up my trusty camera bag and off we went in the pouring rain, I was only interested in the biomes so the rain wasn't an issue, plus if I don't go out in it then I wouldn't be going out of the house at all. Having arrived there I showed my ID and then ask to purchase the local's pass, first of all the lady informed me that it runs out in Oct, some odd explanation that if it starts on the 1st Nov everyone is on the same level playing field!!!! Yeah whatever, really couldn't work that one out, then she tells me it is £14!!!!! Hmm that is some increase from a fiver. Well I decided against it as to be honest as I don't really feel it is worth it. I have been to Eden several times and each time I find myself asking what is the big attraction? It was the same today, yes the ice rink is up and there were children skating away having a wonderful time, which is brilliant, much better than being sat in front of the box or festering in their pits. It also happened to be 'Dogs Day' so there were hundreds of dogs all on leads and being very well behaved and lots of pooper scouping going on :) Never the less I had a stroll round (rained had stopped for awhile) and I know it is winter and I wasn't expecting to see colourful flower displays or anything, but nothing has changed, not that it is the sort of place that will change much I guess. I headed off into the mediterranean biome to start with as this is the hottest and the one I wanted to be in, plus it takes awhile for the camera to climatise and stop being a foggy scene when you look through the viewfinder! Thankfully due to the temperture outside it was a pleasant warmth in there though it still took 30 mins for the lens to settle down lol. Having watched "Die Another Day"Saturday night it was interesting to work out where the various scenes had been shot. After that I had a stroll around the other biome then headed out. All the time I was thinking about the local's pass and comparing it with the Heligan annual pass of £25 (which I am planning to get this year) and generally the cost to get into Eden - which is £23.50 for an adult and £68 for a family!!!! (and that is before you add drink and food). Personally I think that is astronomical amount for what is there!!! As I was walking back to the car it dawned on me that my me it just isn't natural enough - I know that is a very obvious statement to make, but it just doesn't feel right to me hence it's lack of appeal for me. I have friends who think it is amazing and go every month, some every week - so ultimately I guess it is a marmite place - you ever love it or hate it. I don't like marmite!!

 

 

 

Eden Project

Last Friday Yvonne and I went over to the Eden Project for a catch up and to play with the cameras.  It was a great day so thought I would share some of the photos I took.

         Beautiful blue skies and one of the many rustic sign posts at Eden  

A bunch of dried sunflowers hanging in the Mediterranean Biome

I was fascinated by this flower, so much so I forgot to see what it was called, just hope I get back to see it open fully.

 A deliberately abandoned wagon wheel.

When we came out of the biomes the sky had changed colour just slightly

The heavens opened once we got into the main enterance and out to the car park, but me being me dragged Yvonne out into it to walk to the cars (I think she has finally forgiven me!!)

As I drove out of the grounds this is the sky that greeted me

So all in all a very enjoyable day. :)