Mr Hankey? A Piece of Cake!

Mr Hankey cake for forthcoming New Year Shenanigans 

News of the Stews 2015

This year's shenanigans....

Don't You Just Love Role Plays?

Our role play involved guessing the symptoms of heatstroke

Mr Unorthodox

Mr Neil Midgley performing an unorthodox procedure....

Ben Meets His Match

1st Aid Fun: some found the abdominal thrusts challenging

Choking Charlie

Outdoor First aid course this weekend put me though my paces.... highlights include wrestling with a buff male torso  ("Choking Charlie") whilst attempting abdominal thrusts

Snow Job

1st snow of the season. Time to roll out the snow cliches.....

"Britain is gritting its teeth and its roads today in anticipation of the return of Arctic conditions"

Manx Cats & Kippers

 For colleagues at work with an Isle of Man connection

Fahrt Nicht

Predictable German bus sign, boring instruction to Top Deckers and a sign without the letter 'p' scratched out or the letter 'h' added 

Sorry Not In Service

More bus related doodles

Ride of the Valkyries

Some bus signs, Dewsbury Bus Museum

Off Peak Return

1st leg of our public transport excursion to  Dewsbury Bus Museum Open Day

Hold Very Tight Please

Standing Only...No More Room On Top

Push Once

Getting ready to push some buttons....

Rogue Life Drawing

For those not at work, living in Huddersfield, here's a free life drawing event. 

Plus a great flyer from Dan Gallo

World Cup Bonfire

It's FIFA President, Sepp Blatter...

For Gav, welcome home from Dublin , Sepp was already a pile of cinders by the time you got to the bonfire.........

Trophies

 A famous trophy.....

Clue for this year's guy.... 

FIFA World Cup?

Mystery Guy

Head being painted.........some clues may be needed

This Year's Guy

Part 1: assembling the head, stuffing with wood shavings....

Adding mouth and ears....now who could it be?

Committing a Nuisance

Another polite railways sign, York, from last week....

Farnley Tyas Milestone

Nice old waymarker with stubby finger pointers and a nice bench mark , marked on t'other side by  John Bottomley, surveyor. 1861?

The Golden Cock

The Golden Cock, Farnley Tyas. 

Bike ride to Shelley in shirtsleeves and  sunglasses on November 1st!

Chewbacca Arrested in Ukraine

Ukraine Elections: Darth Vader's election agent, Chewbacca, is arrested by police for illegally driving Darth Vader to the elections .......no I didn't make it up, see; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34645605

Return of the Jedi (by 1 vote)

Ukraine Elections: Darth Vader's election agent, Chewbacca, is arrested by police for illegally driving Darth Vader to the elections .......no I didn't make it up, see; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34645605

Darth Vader's Election Bus

Ukraine local elections attract surprise candidate. Apparently he stands every year....wait till you see who his election agent is.....

Langsett Res

More 'shrooms. These were the only ones I knew...great walk round the res with pals Alison & Fiona. Autumn colours and pockets full of pine cones.....

Shaggy Ink Cap

Mushroom spotting at Langsett Res....

Wills O'Nats

Old barn or coach entrance to the Wills O'Nats

(Th' Owd Spotted Cow on the 1854 map)

Trombone Weather Vane

Spotted in New Mill.....

Toot, Toot!

It's the Woodsome Hall Man (I think!) Blowing his horn on the old rafter post (Tolson Museum trip). 

Gatepost

Old blacksmith-made iron gate near the Wills O'Nats

Trainspotting

 Railtastic trip to The National Railway Museum at York with Marcus. Staggered to see trains from the 1980s are now museum pieces....except for the ones still being used in Yorkshire that is! Highlight for me was  a film from the driver's cab of a train going from Birmingham New Street to Aberystwyth....it took nearly as long as the real thing

Pointy Finger Sign

Another helpful sign at the National Railway Museum

Bullet Train

Sign on the Bullet train at the National Railway Museum. Probably says "Please mind your head when leaving your seat"judging by the end pictograph....

Welsh Shag

More old enamel signs at the National Railway Museum in York.

 Ringers corner the market for the old Welsh favourite....

Anyone Found Tampering With these Bells

Old enamel signs at the national Railway Museum, York

Railtastic trip to York

Trip to the Railway Museum at York....

The Hole In the Wall

Great walk up to the Meltham Boundary stone near Bethany, past the Hole in the Wall marked on the 1854 OS map.....here's some things I found in the grass