This past weekend (17th-18th May) was the 21st Collectormania at Milton Keynes and the 6th that I’ve been to. I went along on the Saturday with my family. The main draw for me was to meet Billy Boyd (Pippin from Lord of the Rings) and some World Snooker Champions: Mark Selby, Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy. The day for me, started at 5.30am! We got to Milton Keynes at around…
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Convention Plans 2014
I think this may be my quietest year, convention wise, since I started 🙁 – That pesky thing called money limiting the amount I can go too! Well, not so much the money, but that it’s now spent on other things – like bills. Here’s a run-down of the ones I’ll be attending this year (since I suck at keeping my events page up to date – haha): Memorabilia Show…
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Winter is Coming
Winter is Coming – It’s definitely getting colder lately! The clocks went back last weekend (27th October) in the UK, so the days are shorter and it’s getting darker a lot earlier. 🙁 The thing I love about this time of year though is how colourful it is! Leaves changing colour, dropping from trees and going ‘crunch’ under foot. 🙂 I also love Halloween and fireworks! What I’m not loving…
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MCM Spring Memorabilia Show – Birmingham March 2013
This weekend was the Memorabilia show in Birmingham. A two-day general signing event primarily focusing on British television and old movies with a few glamour models and sports stars (footballers mostly) thrown in. I attended on the Saturday with my parents with the sole intention to meet ‘the knights of Camelot’, three of them anyway from the BBC show ‘Merlin‘ – fantastic show by the way, if you haven’t seen…
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Bitten 3 – UK True Blood Convention
This past weekend was my mum’s big 5-0 and, as she’s a big fan of the television show True Blood. I decided to surprise her with tickets to Massive Events 3rd True Blood convention: Bitten 3. Although I did end up having to tell her we were going so she could book the time off work. But I did manage to keep her ticket type – Standard, Silver or Gold…
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Geeky Birthday Weekend at Chevron 7.6 – UK Stargate Convention
Hey there! Things have been busy since my last post. I celebrated my birthday weekend at the Chevron 7.6 UK Stargate convention and we finally got a new computer after our last one suffered a fatal computer failure. I also purchased a new laptop so we have a back-up if any goes wrong in the future. Fingers crossed it doesn’t!🤞🤞 But I’m happy to have a back-up, just in case.…
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Winter Memorabilia Show Birmingham, November 2010
Yesterday was the Winter Memorabilia Show at the Birmingham NEC. A comic convention covering multiple fandoms, with celebrity guests, talks, photo ops, a large dealers room and so much more. It’s held twice a year (in March and November) and this marks my third time attending a Memorabilia event. The Winter Memorabilia Show is always one of the highlights of the convention calendar for me and a great way to…
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Hallowhedon 2 Cosplay Experience
Last weekend was Hallowhedon 2, a 3-day unofficial convention celebrating the various TV shows created by Joss Whedon. It was also my first solo cosplay experience! Having previously cosplayed as a Lornette (with my mum) at the first Hallowhedon. I decided very early on that my Hallowhedon 2 cosplay would be Kaylee Frye. Hallowhedon 2 Cosplay Experience Cosplay is something I’d like to do more of so, for this convention,…
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Hallowhedon | UK Joss Whedon Convention
I know it’s been a while since my last update. I’ve been focusing on getting well so blogging took a bit of a back seat. But I am happy to say that speech therapy has really helped and I’m more or less, talking normally again. There are still a few days I struggle if my throat is particularly dry however. And I have damaged my high vocal cords, meaning I…