Well, August was indeed interesting. Beautiful Days rocked. Hawkwind played for their fortieth birthday which was good but Dreadzone played just before them a I've got to say.... Dreadzone for the win! But then I'm biased  There were a bunch of other really good bands including the king blues, the dub pistols, the subhumans, cara dillon, the imagined village and the peatbog faeries. Oh and the levellers were fairly good I also bought shiney dangly things. Canada was great. Though customs were hesitant to let me in. From somewhere they got the crazy idea that I'd just hit the trees and not come back. And to be fair the thought had crossed my mind. It was very good to see Thiyavat again. Despite the years since last we met, and the many and varied changes in both our lives, we got on well. There was the occasional mind melty conversation. But in a good way I got to go to Chimera (An event Thiyavat runs and Dj's at), which was interesting, and meet several... *pause to deal with senseless bullshit generated by idiot utility company* ....of her friends. Which was also interesting and enjoyable. We took a few trips. One to a place called Drum Heller. Wherein I discovered, to my complete lack of surprise, that desert is not my natural environment. And one to the Athabasca Glacier in the Rockies north of Calgary. That, in more ways than one, was very cool. I got to spend a while meditating on the glacier itself though I had to ignore the tourists to do so. And the urge to wander up onto the ice field proper. The altitude was interesting as was the feel of the ice. It was also quite interesting to listen to the world around there. A quite different shade of song from the one I'm more familiar with. And happily not as dry as much of the rest of Calgary. I was also pleased to note the presence of the local ground squirrels, nutcrackers and ravens. No clouds was one of the harder things to deal with. Jet lag and spatial displacement were interesting to deal with. Watching myself adjust and reconnect resulting in occasionally not noticing questions as I stared into space. Watching the integration, connection and communication. All in all it was a very interesting and enjoyable trip. Not really long enough for too deep a communion with the land or it's denizens but long enough for a taste. Still, I suspect I'll be back I got back to Devon mid september and I'm leaving again in a little over a week. For most of October. Seems I'm just not ready to settle down yet *shrugs* Speaking of which, I've booked an intensive driving course for late October so there's half a chance I'll be in a van and on the road by the end of the year. Always present a moving target  be well all. | 
