HASTINGS PIRATES DAY 2013 WITH CAPTAIN OSCAR

 

Arrrghhh me maties, it be that time for Tortuga's Pirate gathering again, lots of scallywags and rum was a flow with many a sea shanty including one of my favourite, Chicken on a Raft.

 

6 Pirate parachute jumpers coming down over us Pirates and they had large pirate skull and crossbones flags hoisting the colours high.

 

 

Fabulous band playing all sea shanties and pirate songs very loud and they had had a lot of Pirate Rum so they said...

 

 

Once again a fabulous Pirates Day, I am still one of the 14,231 Pirates that hold the World Record for the most Pirates recorded in one gathering, since the 1800's.

PASSED MY 2nd MON JUDO GRADING

 

MY 2ND MON GRADING, THIS WAS THE HARDEST GRADING YET FOR ME AS MY INSTRUCTOR SAID SHE WAS GOING TO REALLY TEST ME ON MY THEORY AND MY PRACTICAL MOVES AND GOING TO ASK ME FAKE QUESTIONS TO SEE IF I REALLY KNOW MY 2nd MON STUFF!

 

Here I am starting to show one of my favourite moves mune-gatame where I am going to place my chest over my partners and then clamp them to me by gripping them under their neck and arm.

 

 

 

Here my instructor is asking me some theory questions for my grading, I had to know the English translation for:

Osae-komi = Holding

Toketa = Hold broken

 

 

Here my instructor asked me who is the founder of modern day judo?

 

As I communicate with a strong single or quick double blink for a YES and a strong long stare for a NO, my instructor tested me with this question she asked:

 

is the answer BRUCE LEE, I said NO

is the answer DADDY, I hesitated for a moment, thought about it and said NO

is the answer JIGORO KANO, I said YES YES YES

 

 

Here I am being asked about the judo code and my instructor slipped in a few wrong answers here too, but I know my judo code and said NO to the incorrect questions!  The code is:

 

COURTESY

COURAGE

FAIRPLAY

HONOUR

MODESTY

RESPECT

SELF-CONTROL

FRIENDSHIP

HYGIENE

 

 

My instructor has been working really hard with me in learning how I communicate so that she could grade me thoroughly and with no compromise and without the help of any translation from anyone else, this is because she is so tough and passionate about the sport that if you work hard and learn well you deserve to pass if not you will not...

NATIONAL TRUST NYHAMS GARDENS

 

Fantastic day out at Nyhams Gardens in Sussex, this is the ruin of the original house that still stands, I had a lovely walk around the grounds, round the old pond and through the Laural pathways, then a wonderful picnic and ice cream to finish off.

 

Amazing huge tree...

 

The famous wisteria walkway, this was still just in bloom on the sides and the trunks of the wisteria are amazing as they are so old.

 

Magnificent ruins, I can imagine how stupendous this house was before the fire.

 

 

I just love folly's like this one, they are real bursts of peoples personality's and it is a real pleasure to walk round and enjoy their passion.

 

These are fig trees that grow over the back wall of the car park, and we wanted to look at how they are trained so that we can maybe add this feature to my Mediterranean garden wall at home.

 

Fountain in the flower garden.