It’s August and for the first year since 2009, I won’t be in Edinburgh for the Fringe. What I’m going to write about instead on here is the memories of…
Author: Alex Love
The taste of a pint
The pubs have opened again and it still doesn’t feel quite right to go in them, what with the looming threat from a certain deadly virus. Stroud appears to have…
Clone Wars and Rebels
I think after three entries, it is safe to abandon the lockdown diary facade. I meant to write something in June, but that didn’t happen. One of the main reasons…
Lockdown diaries – Volume three: Thimbleweed Park
Well, this lockdown diaries thing never really took off, did it? Never mind. I at least managed one entry in May, in the final few hours of stoppage time. I…
Lockdown diaries – Volume two
I feel it’s time to write something else on here, as it at least gives me something to do. Since I last wrote, I haven’t done a massive amount. My…
Lockdown diaries – Volume one
I am ten days into my quarantine after returning to the UK. So far, I don’t seem to have any noticeable symptoms of Covid-19. But I’m not counting my chickens…
Christchurch and lockdown
I’ve spent the last five nights in Christchurch due to my replanned itinerary after my Dunedin Fringe show being cancelled. As it turns out, the entire Dunedin Fringe festival has…
Stewart Island
After visiting Gisborne and Napier, the third and final location on my list of places I didn’t visit in 2007 was Stewart Island. Stewart Island is famous for its bird…
Wellington
I checked out of my horrendous hostel on Monday and don’t think I’ve ever felt the same level of euphoria when I’ve left other places. I booked into somewhere around…
NZ Fringe 2020 – Show four
Audience numbers for last night’s show thankfully picked up a bit. And while hundreds of people were lining the streets with the Wellington Pride parade, I managed to get around…