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Still wiggling
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Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Hello, hello and welcome to the all-new, shiny thread for fire dancers, spinners, object manipulators, drummers, musicians and anyone else interested in these arts anywhere in Ireland.
Our community started coming together a few years ago, and it's grown to include people from all over the country...
If you are new to poi or staff or spinning stuff and want to meet up with any of the Irish spinners, please post in this thread, introduce yourself and feel free to come along to the workshops, gatherings or events that get talked about.
Also, if you'd like to be on my mailing list for fire gatherings and other juggling events, please PM me your email address and I'll add it. The fire gathering takes place fortnightly in Belfast, but it's one way to keep in touch with everyone.
So welcome, and hope to see you soon
Clare x
Updates on Circus/spinny gatherings around Ireland
Belfast:
Tuesday:
5pm-7pm
Streetwise (community circus) meet in Morton Community Centre (off Lisburn Road)… providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills. Run by Dave from Babcock and Bobbins (on HoP as Bobbins).
8.30pm-10pm
I run a poi workshop for the Crescent Arts Centre (now housed in City Church, Holylands - opposite the Spar), featuring occasional special guests when they visit… Please PM me if you are interested in poi lessons.
9.30/10pm-midnight
Fortnightly fire gathering in Crescent Park, Belfast (opposite The Fly/Scratch bar). This is a friendly and informal gathering for anyone interested in spinning fire or learning more. Please PM me if you want to know the dates for the next gathering.
Wednesday:
7pm-9.30pm
Adult circus in Belfast Community Circus (Gordon St, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast). Weekly circus training for adults using various circusy props. £5 per week.
Galway:
Tuesday:
5pm-??
NUI Galway juggling club meet in Aras Na MacLeinn. Providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.
Thursday:
5pm-??
NUI Galway juggling club meet at the Bank of Ireland theatre.
Sunday:
12pm-4pm
NUI Galway juggling club meet at the Dangan Sports Centre.
Cork:
Tuesday:
5.30pm-8pm
Cork Community Circus meet at Loch Community Centre, at the top of Barracks St, Greenmount – providing an indoor space to practice and learn new skills. (Probably) run by Cormac (not on HoP). Three euro cover charge.
Limerick:
Thursday:
7pm-9pm
Limerick Juggling Club meet at the Limerick Youth Centre, on Lower Glentworth Street. Club run by fantastic jugglers Joe McGinley and Richy Brennan.
Dublin:
Monday:
5pm-9pm
DIT juggling club meet in the hall behind Belvedere College – providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.
Tuesday:
7pm-9pm
Trinity juggling club meet in Goldsmith Hall, Pearse Street – providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.
Wednesday:
7pm-9pm
DIT juggling club meet in Linen Hall, across the road from Bolton Street. Go through the archway at the side of Bodkins, and it's on the top floor, in the gym.
4.30pm-6pm
NCAD juggling club meet.
Thursday:
6pm-9.30pm
UCD juggling club meet in the Memorial Hall, beside the Architecture buildings – providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.
(PS:
DIT will meet...
24th September - 5th December 2007
28th January - 14th March 2008
31st March - 25th April 2008)
Dun Laoghaire
Tuesday:
6pm-8pm
IADT meet… somewhere… a new club, and everyone is welcome!
Events:
British Juggling Convention (April)
UberParis (June)
Play (July)
EJC (July)
Falmouth (September)
Clonakilty JC (September)
Bristol (September)
(If you have any updates on these clubs or events, please PM them to me...)
Take care, happy spinning
X
EDITED_BY: _Clare_ (1213212737)
Hello, hello and welcome to the all-new, shiny thread for fire dancers, spinners, object manipulators, drummers, musicians and anyone else interested in these arts anywhere in Ireland.
Our community started coming together a few years ago, and it's grown to include people from all over the country...
If you are new to poi or staff or spinning stuff and want to meet up with any of the Irish spinners, please post in this thread, introduce yourself and feel free to come along to the workshops, gatherings or events that get talked about.
Also, if you'd like to be on my mailing list for fire gatherings and other juggling events, please PM me your email address and I'll add it. The fire gathering takes place fortnightly in Belfast, but it's one way to keep in touch with everyone.
So welcome, and hope to see you soon
Clare x
Updates on Circus/spinny gatherings around Ireland
Belfast:
Tuesday:
5pm-7pm
Streetwise (community circus) meet in Morton Community Centre (off Lisburn Road)… providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills. Run by Dave from Babcock and Bobbins (on HoP as Bobbins).
8.30pm-10pm
I run a poi workshop for the Crescent Arts Centre (now housed in City Church, Holylands - opposite the Spar), featuring occasional special guests when they visit… Please PM me if you are interested in poi lessons.
9.30/10pm-midnight
Fortnightly fire gathering in Crescent Park, Belfast (opposite The Fly/Scratch bar). This is a friendly and informal gathering for anyone interested in spinning fire or learning more. Please PM me if you want to know the dates for the next gathering.
Wednesday:
7pm-9.30pm
Adult circus in Belfast Community Circus (Gordon St, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast). Weekly circus training for adults using various circusy props. £5 per week.
Galway:
Tuesday:
5pm-??
NUI Galway juggling club meet in Aras Na MacLeinn. Providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.
Thursday:
5pm-??
NUI Galway juggling club meet at the Bank of Ireland theatre.
Sunday:
12pm-4pm
NUI Galway juggling club meet at the Dangan Sports Centre.
Cork:
Tuesday:
5.30pm-8pm
Cork Community Circus meet at Loch Community Centre, at the top of Barracks St, Greenmount – providing an indoor space to practice and learn new skills. (Probably) run by Cormac (not on HoP). Three euro cover charge.
Limerick:
Thursday:
7pm-9pm
Limerick Juggling Club meet at the Limerick Youth Centre, on Lower Glentworth Street. Club run by fantastic jugglers Joe McGinley and Richy Brennan.
Dublin:
Monday:
5pm-9pm
DIT juggling club meet in the hall behind Belvedere College – providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.
Tuesday:
7pm-9pm
Trinity juggling club meet in Goldsmith Hall, Pearse Street – providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.
Wednesday:
7pm-9pm
DIT juggling club meet in Linen Hall, across the road from Bolton Street. Go through the archway at the side of Bodkins, and it's on the top floor, in the gym.
4.30pm-6pm
NCAD juggling club meet.
Thursday:
6pm-9.30pm
UCD juggling club meet in the Memorial Hall, beside the Architecture buildings – providing a free, indoor space to practice and learn new skills.
(PS:
DIT will meet...
24th September - 5th December 2007
28th January - 14th March 2008
31st March - 25th April 2008)
Dun Laoghaire
Tuesday:
6pm-8pm
IADT meet… somewhere… a new club, and everyone is welcome!
Events:
British Juggling Convention (April)
UberParis (June)
Play (July)
EJC (July)
Falmouth (September)
Clonakilty JC (September)
Bristol (September)
(If you have any updates on these clubs or events, please PM them to me...)
Take care, happy spinning
X
EDITED_BY: _Clare_ (1213212737)
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lapsed spinner
412 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
lapsed spinner
412 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
You guys might be interested in the new Emerald Circus Website which has just been set up as a resource for Irish circusy juggley spinny types.
You guys might be interested in the new Emerald Circus Website which has just been set up as a resource for Irish circusy juggley spinny types.
Helen_of_Poi
EJC Ireland 2006 Organisational Team
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Posted:
Hmm...of course...that would be foolish as i'm supposed to be going to that...so first week it is, thanks Helen
Well thats that...
Ronan, that sounds grand to me, I'll study double extra hard in the mean time and by the time you get here it'll be high time i sat back with a fatty and enjoyed some spinnin-ny goodness...you never know, we might go mad all together and end up in the dishwasher
Hmm...of course...that would be foolish as i'm supposed to be going to that...so first week it is, thanks Helen
Well thats that...
Ronan, that sounds grand to me, I'll study double extra hard in the mean time and by the time you get here it'll be high time i sat back with a fatty and enjoyed some spinnin-ny goodness...you never know, we might go mad all together and end up in the dishwasher
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addict
412 posts
Location: Ireland, but floating around at the moment...
addict
412 posts
Location: Ireland, but floating around at the moment...
Posted:
Well I'm fatty free at the moment
and once again I'm amazed at how high I get from not smoking....
Had a lovely practice session in front of the solar collecter/mirror.... 4 steves in a row! New world record I'd say. Beat that!
We have a few Catalan woofers down here at the moment, would it be ok if one of them came up with me perhaps?
So I should be up in Galway Saturday evening, and hopefully stick around til tuesday.
See ye then
Well I'm fatty free at the moment
and once again I'm amazed at how high I get from not smoking.... Had a lovely practice session in front of the solar collecter/mirror.... 4 steves in a row! New world record I'd say. Beat that!
We have a few Catalan woofers down here at the moment, would it be ok if one of them came up with me perhaps?
So I should be up in Galway Saturday evening, and hopefully stick around til tuesday.
See ye then
Don't bolt your door with a boiled carrot...
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Nice one Ronan
Hope it continues going well...
I'm just back from a hen weekend with my school friends in Newcastle, ai.
Learned to pole dance like a good'un, like (might be able to steal one move... without looking like a prostitute... maybe).
But I mainly spent my night laughing at the horror of stag/hen nightclubs...
The DJ played:
Country Road
Time Warp
YMCA
Dancin on the Ceiling
9-5
blah blah, etc etc.
Each song was accompanied by shrieks from my friends of 'this is my favourite song, ever!!'
Argh.
The air was thick with cheap perfume and aftershave; stale, spilt beer and testosterone.
Coupled with the fact that the group of girls I was with were all pretty (at least, when compared to other.... patrons... of this nightclub)... so our circle was surrounded all night by rather ugly, rather sleazy, hormone-driven men. You could almost slip in the drool.
Yeush.
So I left early
I was never into nightclubs... but it surprised me to realise how far I've removed myself from that scene.
Anyways... hope y'all had a good weekend.
And see you the first weekend in June
xx
PS: Eimhin... just saw my emails, been away all weekend...
Nice one Ronan
Hope it continues going well...
I'm just back from a hen weekend with my school friends in Newcastle, ai.
Learned to pole dance like a good'un, like (might be able to steal one move... without looking like a prostitute... maybe).
But I mainly spent my night laughing at the horror of stag/hen nightclubs...
The DJ played:
Country Road
Time Warp
YMCA
Dancin on the Ceiling
9-5
blah blah, etc etc.
Each song was accompanied by shrieks from my friends of 'this is my favourite song, ever!!'
Argh.
The air was thick with cheap perfume and aftershave; stale, spilt beer and testosterone.
Coupled with the fact that the group of girls I was with were all pretty (at least, when compared to other.... patrons... of this nightclub)... so our circle was surrounded all night by rather ugly, rather sleazy, hormone-driven men. You could almost slip in the drool.
Yeush.
So I left early
I was never into nightclubs... but it surprised me to realise how far I've removed myself from that scene.
Anyways... hope y'all had a good weekend.
And see you the first weekend in June
xx
PS: Eimhin... just saw my emails, been away all weekend...
Getting to the other side
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1,247 posts
Location: lost, Canada
veteran
1,247 posts
Location: lost, Canada
Posted:
yay Ronin! 
yay Ronin!
"God *was* my co-pilot, but then we crashed, and I had to eat him..."
AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
He's no masterless samurai...well...um
looks like you have an admirer (
)
bring them all sure, bring the family too, all welcome, see you early sunday morning i'd imagine,
sound,
oh and you're never fatty free, fatties or no fatties you still are and ever will be a fatty
He's no masterless samurai...well...um
looks like you have an admirer (
)bring them all sure, bring the family too, all welcome, see you early sunday morning i'd imagine,
sound,
oh and you're never fatty free, fatties or no fatties you still are and ever will be a fatty
AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
And for anyone who isn't going to UberParis: check out life-festival.com its going to be fantastic, again...
And for anyone who isn't going to UberParis: check out life-festival.com its going to be fantastic, again...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
Posted:
I wish I'd been in Dublin this w/e durbs, another time mayhaps. I've been in County Clare for the weekend.
I'm living in Navan now, in case any lost souls are near by and want to play.
I'm also going to Galway tomorrow so may see some of you soon!
I wish I'd been in Dublin this w/e durbs, another time mayhaps. I've been in County Clare for the weekend.
I'm living in Navan now, in case any lost souls are near by and want to play.
I'm also going to Galway tomorrow so may see some of you soon!
I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
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enthusiast
248 posts
Location: Ireland
enthusiast
248 posts
Location: Ireland
Posted:
i try my best
Written by: Helen_of_poi
You guys might be interested in the new Emerald Circus Website which has just been set up as a resource for Irish circusy juggley spinny types.
i try my best
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lapsed spinner
412 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
lapsed spinner
412 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
Nice work by the way
Written by: splinterificWritten by: Helen_of_poi
You guys might be interested in the new Emerald Circus Website which has just been set up as a resource for Irish circusy juggley spinny types.
i try my best
Nice work by the way Helen_of_Poi
EJC Ireland 2006 Organisational Team
BRONZE Member
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Yep yep... nice one
Thanks x
Yep yep... nice one
Thanks x
Getting to the other side
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newbie
47 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
newbie
47 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
Now we only have to go and fill it up with lots of helpful information (and not get sidetracked by the shoutbox)!!
Now we only have to go and fill it up with lots of helpful information (and not get sidetracked by the shoutbox)!!
kicking cucumbers constantly : )
160 posts
Location: Dublin City Centre
160 posts
Location: Dublin City Centre
Posted:
*Looks around disorientated*
A new Home!
Smells a bit like patchouli...
Whos gonna come to the BJ your C Convention ?
*Looks around disorientated*
A new Home! Smells a bit like patchouli...
Whos gonna come to the BJ your C Convention ?
Today's subliminal thought is : " . ; ..." that is all.
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newbie
47 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
newbie
47 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
A quick note to let people know that pre-registration has opened for the EJC in Greece - I managed to be the very first person to register online this year (which beats my previous record of being 5th in 2005 and equals my "1st to register" from last year!)
Online Pre-registration Here
Remember, if you are planning to go to Athens for the EJC that pre-registering makes life much easier for the organisers.
Dee
A quick note to let people know that pre-registration has opened for the EJC in Greece - I managed to be the very first person to register online this year (which beats my previous record of being 5th in 2005
and equals my "1st to register" from last year!)Online Pre-registration Here
Remember, if you are planning to go to Athens for the EJC that pre-registering makes life much easier for the organisers.
Dee
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Member
79 posts
Location: Co Louth, Ireland
Member
79 posts
Location: Co Louth, Ireland
Posted:
AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Its such a wkd day, and i'm sat a bleeding computer!!! I hate work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOD DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Its such a wkd day, and i'm sat a bleeding computer!!! I hate work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOD DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOLD Member
enthusiast
248 posts
Location: Ireland
enthusiast
248 posts
Location: Ireland
Posted:
oh you and me both mate...im sitting here trying to contact juggle at my desk so i dont feel like im wasting it...
oh you and me both mate...im sitting here trying to contact juggle at my desk so i dont feel like im wasting it...
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Hahahahah....
Doing the same thing... Trying not to break the keyboard with my acrylic
Hahahahah....
Doing the same thing... Trying not to break the keyboard with my acrylic
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(...trusty steed of the rodeo midget...)
403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland
(...trusty steed of the rodeo midget...)
403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland
Posted:
I did the Gardening.:D
In the sunshine.
With a beer.
I did the Gardening.:D
In the sunshine.
With a beer.
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member
37 posts
Location: Bungendore...near Canberra, Australia
member
37 posts
Location: Bungendore...near Canberra, Australia
Posted:
eeep. is anyone going to the electric picnic?
im backpacking round the place for about 2 and a half months, arriving in july, and i definitely want to make this festival before i have to go home
eeep. is anyone going to the electric picnic?
im backpacking round the place for about 2 and a half months, arriving in july, and i definitely want to make this festival before i have to go home
"...life is like John Howard- too short to waste time worrying..."
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enthusiast
248 posts
Location: Ireland
enthusiast
248 posts
Location: Ireland
Posted:
not sure jess... and is that a name i recognise from goldenplec?
not sure jess... and is that a name i recognise from goldenplec?
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1,459 posts
Location: Dublin, Ireland
veteran
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posted:
yay! new thread, woohoo!
thanks clare xx
so eimhin, is the date set for the 1st weekend in june then? that would be fantastic as it'll be my birthday
L xx
yay! new thread, woohoo!
thanks clare xx
so eimhin, is the date set for the 1st weekend in june then? that would be fantastic as it'll be my birthday
L xx
My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely
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member
37 posts
Location: Bungendore...near Canberra, Australia
member
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Location: Bungendore...near Canberra, Australia
Posted:
haha yes! i thought id better get myself aquainted with like minded people over there haha and get abit of knowledge of the local music scene. :P splinterific..is that your goldenplec name?
haha yes! i thought id better get myself aquainted with like minded people over there haha and get abit of knowledge of the local music scene. :P splinterific..is that your goldenplec name?
"...life is like John Howard- too short to waste time worrying..."
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enthusiast
248 posts
Location: Ireland
enthusiast
248 posts
Location: Ireland
Posted:
na, im splinter on gp one of the admins there i am
na, im splinter on gp
one of the admins there i am AnonymousPLATINUM Member
Posted:
Yay! thats the plan as it stands, with any look it won't fall over for lack of support
Yay! thats the plan as it stands, with any look it won't fall over for lack of support
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member
37 posts
Location: Bungendore...near Canberra, Australia
member
37 posts
Location: Bungendore...near Canberra, Australia
Posted:
ooooh haha. ill make sure i say hello if i come across you on gp heh.
sooo i gather theres a bit of a twirling scene in ireland! thats great. Canberra (where i live) is so crap when it comes to meeting other spinners. it sucks
but ohhh well. i shall meet lots of lovely irish spinners when i visit your fair country! *lessthan3monthsnow!* eeep!
ooooh haha. ill make sure i say hello if i come across you on gp heh.
sooo i gather theres a bit of a twirling scene in ireland! thats great. Canberra (where i live) is so crap when it comes to meeting other spinners. it sucks
but ohhh well. i shall meet lots of lovely irish spinners when i visit your fair country! *lessthan3monthsnow!* eeep! "...life is like John Howard- too short to waste time worrying..."
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Location: In a warm bed with me teddy!!, United Kingdom
member
138 posts
Location: In a warm bed with me teddy!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
Okay lack of spinning in Ballycastle is doing my head in so every thursday evening, weather permitting I will be doing poi beside the fountain at the sea front from about 7 onwards.
feel free to join me if your in the area
Okay lack of spinning in Ballycastle is doing my head in so every thursday evening, weather permitting I will be doing poi beside the fountain at the sea front from about 7 onwards.
feel free to join me if your in the area
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
Awesome
Good work lady
Be seeing you sometime soon I hope
xx
Awesome
Good work lady
Be seeing you sometime soon I hope
xx
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Location: In a warm bed with me teddy!!, United Kingdom
member
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Location: In a warm bed with me teddy!!, United Kingdom
Posted:
yeh its count down time now to me moving to engerland Had an email about the house today could do without the hassle with the exams coming up.
I have packed in my job too so I may be popping down some weekend if your free- after i obtain some kevlar rope first of course
yeh its count down time now to me moving to engerland
Had an email about the house today could do without the hassle with the exams coming up.I have packed in my job too so I may be popping down some weekend if your free- after i obtain some kevlar rope first of course
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Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Posted:
You're very welcome, as always.
There's lots of hassle I could do without at the minute too
You're very welcome, as always.
There's lots of hassle I could do without at the minute too
Getting to the other side
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Location: In a warm bed with me teddy!!, United Kingdom
member
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Posted:
Thursday was a success!!! Myself and Sinead *waves* ( in know you are lurking so some and say hi!!) were spinning and we had half a dozen or so people "have a go" was a great day for it .
Back to books now, hope everyone is having a nice day!!
Thursday was a success!!! Myself and Sinead *waves* ( in know you are lurking so some and say hi!!) were spinning and we had half a dozen or so people "have a go" was a great day for it .Back to books now, hope everyone is having a nice day!!
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