Kingfisher

A second badge from the bird exhibition. It was from a set of three but I gave the third to the birthday girl.

Puffin

We went to see this exhibition at the Natural History Museum for a birthday treat (not mine). I had a soft spot for the puffin badge of course.

Green RWCMD

Another badge from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. This one was a present as I yet again failed to visit the show myself this year.

Cotswold Distillery

A delightful distillery with some lovely gin and whisky.

The Longest Johns

This is a badge I nearly didn’t get. A bout of Covid prevented me going to the London gig we’d been planning to attend for months. Luckily we managed to grab tickets to the Southampton show a week later so I didn’t miss out. So much fun (and singing along)!

Festen Survivor

This badge is definitely pretty special – as I designed it and had it made, for myself, my family and most of all for my daughter who staged managed this show.

Read more

Rijksmuseum

They had several badges each one based on something on display at the museum. This one is based on The Night Watch.

Amsterdam

A lovely coat of arms for a lovely city.

Pimoroni Pizza

Father Christmas dropped me off a cheery little badge in my stocking.

Hard Rock Cafe Lisbon

My first visit to a Hard Rock Cafe.

Castelo de São Jorge

This is a lovely castle and has fantastic views of the rest of Lisbon.

At The Barrier

I don’t think I can do better here than to share these folks’ review of the festival. And yes, I managed to acquire a couple of these – people know I like badges.