Iron Heart IH-634S - World Tour 2010 - 2013

[Madame Buttonfly]

@monday:

no Geo i would be considered distinguished,heheehehehehe

scouring the photo for any other hidden gems & . . . wait a second, is that a denim clad knee i see in the corner of that photo??

madame buttonfly, is that you??

come on out & say hi to the kiddies, haven't seen or heard from you in a little while & G$ has been misbehaving while you've been gone 

Sharp eyes, Monday!  Yes, that's my little Triple Works clad knee you spotted.  Have been loving the pics of you and the other Weekdays and family/friends partying!  G had a great time in NYC and came home very "tired and emotional".  Next time I'll be with him and look forward to meeting you and Tuesday and beautiful kiddies.  Sorry I've been such a stranger - and please say HUGE HI to the all the IH kiddies, big and little 'uns. 

[madmonday]

Hey all, good to see & read you madame buttonfly 

thanks for the kind words, i'm used to getting beat up on by G$ so i need you around to help me out. plus we know you are the one that makes him do his World Tour updates 

we look forward to your next trip to the Big Apple

translation of kip for non UK folks means a nap -got to help out the slow folks like me-

[Giles]

WT
IHSH-16ss
IHT-20xx - Crankbuster
IHB-01
Russell - not done up

[elclintor]

Cool!

[Giles]

So, today I was going to go out and about and take loads of pics, but the weather is evil.

Instead, I'll see what photos I have on the PC.

We live in Gosport which is on the south coast of England.  Gosport is about 1/2 a mile from Portsmoth by Ferry and about 20 miles by road.  Portsmouth is a Naval town, it is where a lot of (what is left) of our Navy lives.

Gosport too historically has relied on most of its employment from the Navy.  The Navy has contracted over the decades combined with the fact that Gosport is on the road to nowhere, being at the end of a peninsular, means that whilst Gosport has a fascinating history, these days it is massively economically challenged.

The Portsmouth Navy was supplied with booze and food from a victualling yard called Royal Clarence Yard.  In 2000 the Navy sold all 43 acres of Royal Clarence Yard to developers.  It is a long story, but the developer could not get permisioin to convert our house into flats.  They decided to sell it and we decided to buy it.

Some of the Navy top right, our house middle left

It had not been occupied (apart from pigeons) for 30 years, had no water, no gas, no electricity, a few floors and walls were missing.

These 3 rooms are what we now use as IHHQ:

It took us 12 months and quite a few tears to get the house back in a habitable state, but that seems a long time ago now and we could not think of living anywhere else.

Before the weather turned, I managed to get out side in the WT and mow the lawn for the first time this year:

One of the benefits of living in a Naval town is that things like this happen all the time:

And then of course, one of my passions is fishing, so in the Spring and Summer, you'll more likely to catch me on the beach, than sitting here:

[Seul]

Great pics, Giles!..

[Geo]

+1

great to see how the castle came into use

[Beatle]

super awesome updates

[madmonday]

there you go Lord G, super-laser-awesome updates 

i was getting worried for a bit

[jacoavlu]

added to bucket list: visit The Castle (note: explain to wife later)

[babyknight]

love the pictures Giles, makes me miss my old life in England!

[riffblaster general]

amazing! would love to see pictures of the rebuild of the house.

[Beatle]

Worldtour Members

Lando            32      USA – SFO NYC  July 10 / August 10
Peterrock        32        USA Foster city  August 13 / September 13
corporalcegg  30        USA – SFO LA    September 16 / October 16
leftofthedial    31        USA – Atlanta    October 20/ November 20
Simon 626      30        USA LA  November 24 /December 28 merry xmas
a.khan12390  32          USA – NYC  December 31 - February 1 happy new year
thomasnunnally            Philly
Giles        33        UK IH Headquarters
Martinchris      32        Singapore    March - April
Stan               31        Malaysia  April May
Stever            31        Australia  May June
Shoque            32        Austria  June July
Beatle              31        Germany August
Seul                  32      Belgium  September

So Martinchris would be up next …you still around ?

[Giles]

@riffblaster:

amazing! would love to see pictures of the rebuild of the house.

I'll see what I can sort our Riff…

[Giles]

I'm going to ship these to martinchris tomorrow.  In the washing machine atm…........

[Beatle]

P gonna tumble them ?

[Giles]

No, I need her to do the packing and shipping today, and if she tumbles them, she's dead meat, so I will intervene…..........

[Beatle]

Not even Johnny Cash could save her…

[Madame Buttonfly]

@Giles:

if she tumbles them, she's dead meat, so I will intervene…..........

Yeah, well as we don't actually own a tumble-drier I guess I'm fairly safe… duh!  Anyway, here they are, washed and fragrant for the next wearer (next to an IH tee that is magically white again after G chucked copious quantities of red wine down it yesterday evening).

[Beatle]

Thanks for that pic, love it..which reminds me - need to throw in a white T next time i wash indigo, always wanted to find out if it turns light blue–-