The Classic Car Boot Sale Kings Cross 2026

So it was great to finally get out and about for some photo blogging after that long

Winter. And last weekend saw in The Classic Car Boot Sale, an idea first thought up

by designer Wayne Hemingway back in 2011. Although I feel that the name of the event 

belittles itself as there are car boot sales going on everywhere all the time.

What about calling it The Annual Vintage and Retro Festival.

The event is described as two full weekend days of retro inspired fun fashion, classic

cars and sustainable shopping at Granary Square Kings Cross London.

And it's clear to see that visiting fans of retro and nostalgia seem to favour the 1940's

and 1950's, with many all decked out in clothing attire from those very decades.

THE CLASSIC CAR BOOT SALE FACEBOOK

HOMEPAGE &  INSTAGRAM

My Previous large Car Boot Sale post from 2017.

LAUGH...I NEARLY DIED...A WORTHY REPOST

THIS WASN'T THE GIGGLES.
THIS WAS A COMPLETE MELTDOWN!


While recently scanning the digital radio for a bit of Sunday afternoon distraction
I came across the sounds of Elaine Page on her Radio 2 Show, not just having 
the giggles, but going through the throes of a full on meltdown.
I'm not sure what the listeners were thinking. And the studio technicians 
must have been having kittens.
And it was one of her longest laughter meltdowns as she struggled to compose herself.

Apparently it's people with funny names that seems to set her off as you can
hear in two other classic meltdowns where she has a problem pronouncing
the Birthday of Dick Van Dyke as well as promoting a local amateur production
of Moby Dick. 


But I've got to admit that Elaine's laugh is quite infectious. And I've actually  played 
the above and below videos on my phone just before going to bed at night.
With all the horrors and unfairness going on around the world today, there's
 nothing like going to sleep with a smile on your face.  

ABOVE YOUTUBE VIDEO UPLOADED BY  - therealache

Those two other (possibly even funnier) Elaine meltdowns
can be found below.
DICK VAN DYKE'S BIRTHDAY


And this one below where Elaine is struggling to promote
a local Theatre production of Moby Dick.
Me thinks it's the 'Dick' word that is setting her off in these
two lower videos. 

Does It Really Matter?

Isn't it amazing how beautiful music can minimize life's problems and trivialities.

Although the bills still have to be paid.

Okay so we may have lost many of our old time regular visitors, looking at the blog

statistics, although they may of course be hiding behind private VPN's. And my last

Youtube Video uncharacteristically failed big time. But when I listen to this kind of music

above by Thomas Newman taken from the film 'American Beauty'  then life's trivialities

don't seem so bad.

Of course next month sees the start of our annual Summer events. And I'm hoping to be

back out on the streets with my video camera with all the other patriots for the next

'Unite The Kingdom' rally. It's always great to be out there among all the regular and

familiar Street Youtubers. What we now know as citizen journalists.

But first there's one obstacle to get past as I'm booked in for a Kidney and Bladder

operation at the start of May.

ABOVE VIDEO KINDLY UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE

BY  japaro3

Looking forward to returning to Cornwall at the end of next month having turned down

the offer of my fully paid holiday there last September due to bad weather. Of course you can

never trust the weather predictions so I'll be going there anyway.

Interestingly after visiting my old friend this week at the Paddington Hospital, I then took

a walk down Praed Street and into Paddington Station and the ticket booking office. It seems

that if I buy my ticket in advance to Cornwall two to three months early then a single standard

ticket will only cost £150 as opposed to the £300 I paid last June when buying the ticket on the

actual day of travelling.

I should know these things, but then my usual travelling partner used to organize the train

 fares to Cornwall. But with his declining health it's most likely that for the second year

running I'll be going on my own.

Above:  The beautiful sea by Tresco Island in The Isles of Scilly Cornwall.

Above is an old painting I made of St Michael's Mount in West Cornwall.

And I'm hoping to visit the Island next month to see the carnage that was caused

by the terrible Winter storms in February when eighty percent of the Island's

trees were uprooted. 

MY BIRTHDAY FITNESS VIDEO

So I've been gathering up lots of sportswear props from my wardrobe as well as buying

lots of new things from Amazon and e-bay. And as you can see from the picture above, it

gives you a clue as to which sporting activities I'll be including in my video.

(original post on the Birthday video HERE ).

I realized later that actually much of the video can be filmed indoors in my Flat where

I can be a bit bolder, or as bold as Youtube will allow, rather than feeling uncomfortable

outdoors in the Park.

Below is some of the gear I hope to be wearing including some colourful shorts and

briefs as well as a rather cheeky pair of see through shorts (below). I also picked up from

Amazon an interesting sports vest, shown in the bottom picture.

But as I hinted earlier in this post, I'm undecided about splashing up all the pictures and video

up on this blog as our readership has been sinking lately, with lots of our old followers

no longer to be seen on the blogs statistics. And unfortunately this blog is only linked on

four other blogs, three of which no longer post anymore.