Urban 1
It's Saturday night, and I'm writing the blog instead of being out on the razz. I'm not disappointed, as it's been a great day, just taking a day as a tourist in my home city.
It could have been an unsatisfactory day, as the two evening activities which we had as options, were both cancelled. Andy put off his birthday party, which was a shame because we always enjoy them, and Dan (of Falling Dan)'s gig was also postponed or was otherwise off.
In the knowledge that we had a day in the city, Moonface & I decided to walk to the city centre and have a look at the Project 360 activities, a festival of urban sports and arts. By Urban, I think the organisers mean "working class" rather than High Art. It certainly looked that way. The visual arts were represented by grafittis, and the sports were those of - let's face it - the poor white boys. There were BMX half-pipes, parkour set-ups, and skateboard ramps. In the first sunny weather for a month, the participants were true athletes. Their dress was street, and most of the parkour boys went bare-chested with baggy track bottoms. How they handled their bodies and bikes I cannot understand: it seemed as if the laws of physics and physiology were being broken every second.
All of this took place in the Lloyds Amphitheatre, beside the Docks. After sharing a Pieminster pie, we strolled along the banks of the new developments of flats towards the old Cumberland Rd gasworks, astounded at the new blocks replacing the old shunting yards and admiring the clean water, appreciated by birds as well as boaters.
And then we retraced our steps and walked home in the heat, with a bit more tourism thrown in. But I'll try to cover that some other time.
:-)
It could have been an unsatisfactory day, as the two evening activities which we had as options, were both cancelled. Andy put off his birthday party, which was a shame because we always enjoy them, and Dan (of Falling Dan)'s gig was also postponed or was otherwise off.
In the knowledge that we had a day in the city, Moonface & I decided to walk to the city centre and have a look at the Project 360 activities, a festival of urban sports and arts. By Urban, I think the organisers mean "working class" rather than High Art. It certainly looked that way. The visual arts were represented by grafittis, and the sports were those of - let's face it - the poor white boys. There were BMX half-pipes, parkour set-ups, and skateboard ramps. In the first sunny weather for a month, the participants were true athletes. Their dress was street, and most of the parkour boys went bare-chested with baggy track bottoms. How they handled their bodies and bikes I cannot understand: it seemed as if the laws of physics and physiology were being broken every second.
All of this took place in the Lloyds Amphitheatre, beside the Docks. After sharing a Pieminster pie, we strolled along the banks of the new developments of flats towards the old Cumberland Rd gasworks, astounded at the new blocks replacing the old shunting yards and admiring the clean water, appreciated by birds as well as boaters.
And then we retraced our steps and walked home in the heat, with a bit more tourism thrown in. But I'll try to cover that some other time.
:-)
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