| Place | Le Comptoir De Vins, Fontevraud-l’Abbaye |
| Size | 32mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Brooch |
After a fascinating visit to Fontevraud Abbey we wanted a little lunch. This place provided, with real vinyl as the background music (and a fascinating selection of that).
| Size | 40 x 40mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Brooch |
One of my birthday presents was membership of this society, which included a lovely handwritten letter from the organiser. Now just to find the time to get my pen and paper out.
| Event | Hadestown, Lyric Theatre, London |
| Size | 27 x 24mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Button |
This was a show we went to to celebrate somebody else’s birthday. It really was a fantastic evening out.
| Event | Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, Cropredy |
| Size | 52mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Safety pin |
I love this festival which is a very special part of August for us. So this limited edition and beautiful leather badge is absolutely wonderful.
| Event | My birthday |
| Size | 29 x 33mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Button |
It’s not uncommon for people to buy me presents from Cropredy festival. This one though is pretty special, coming from the Roger Dean stall (Yes, he of the amazing artwork, pun intended). And I do absolutely love dragons.
| Size | 30mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Button |
You have to love a good car club.
| Place | Natural History Museum, London |
| Size | 36 x 16mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Button |
I miss the dinosaur from my childhood of course, but the whale skeleton was impressive.
| Event | Birds, Brilliant & Bizarre, Natural History Museum, London |
| Size | 30 x 33mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Button |
A second badge from the bird exhibition. It was from a set of three but I gave the third to the birthday girl.
| Event | Birds, Brilliant & Bizarre, Natural History Museum, London |
| Size | 30 x 32mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Button |
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.
| Event | ABTT Theatre Show, Alexandra Palace, London |
| Gift | Yes |
| Size | 25mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Pin |
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.
| Place | Cotswold Distillery, Stourton |
| Size | 31 x 20mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Button |
A delightful distillery with some lovely gin and whisky.
| Event | The Longest Johns, Engine Rooms, Southampton |
| Size | 24 x 35mm |
| Date | 2024 |
| Fastening | Button |
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)!
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