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Sadly, SOUTH PARADE as we know them have split up.

From their site:
“south parade are no more. Fuelled by personality clashes and musical indifference the band have deceided to call it a day.

The lads would like to thank ALL of the bands that have supported south parade over the past 3 years, everyone who has been to the gigs and of course everyone who has viewed the website. Everyone in the band will go away with great memories of some amazing times.”

According to sources close to the band, James is going to be engaged in DJ’ing and mixing, including remixing some of the local indie scene’s tunes. Shaun continues to play with his covers band Relish, and I’m sure it won’t be long before sensible “Fingers” Freeman is back on the local indie circuit. He’s too good to lie idle for long.

Which leaves Oli & Tim who have gone on to form a new band, the NORTHERN LIGHTS.
Included in the lineup are Tim’s brother Pete Chapman on lead guitar and the mighty Dave Sprawka on bass. It’s early days yet but already web gurus Jamie & John have sewn the seeds of the band’s new website which you’ll find with a single click around about here: www.myspace.com/northernlightsgy

There’s already the beginnings of a great new tune called “Bring It On” on the site for you to hear, but just wait until the lads have it recorded with the full ensemble, It’s gonna rock. You’ll see more on the development of the band here on the newts.net, but be sure to check out the band’s new site and leave them a message or two.

…”Not just the fish with the biggest dick in ocean, but it is also a country!”
Ali G.
And it was the destination of choice for Wez to spend his stag do.

The very picturesque North Wales town of DOLGELLAU to be precise. You probably couldn’t get further from your typical stag do destination than the gorgous little spot where we stayed; the Main House just outside Dolgellau on the A470. A huge 4 storey place, pretty basic inside but it had all we needed; loads of bedrooms, a barbeque, a pool table, a table tennis table and scenery to die for. Sorted.

It’s just a shame we were only there for 1 night because I’d have loved to tour round the area for a few more days but we managed to get the important stuff done, ie. getting pissed / stoned, singing songs and having a laugh. Wez managed to survive unscathed, but that will be remedied at some point in the not too distant future.

We did get to see the gorgeous Blue Lake. Properly known as Glaslyn, it was the site of the old Britannia copper mine and it’s the copper salts that turn the water blue. It took us ages to find as it’s down the smallest little dead end road without a single sign post indicating it’s whereabouts, and once parked up it’s a substantial walk up the steep sides of the mountain to the remains of an old slate quarry and copper mine where the blue lake formed. When you see it though it’s well worth the knackering journey to get there.

Thanks to Wez for the invite, Bov for the transport, Kurt for the organisation and sound system, and everyone else there who made it a great laugh. There’s plenty more pics here in the Media Library.

I’ve had this bird box up for 3 years now. The first year saw no action, but last year there were a pair of blue tits in and out all summer long. This year they’re back. I don’t know if it’s the same pair, but I do know that they aren’t camera shy!

Check the short high quality vid in the newts.net Media Library.