CollyLogic: Under the stars & over the moon

Under the stars & over the moon

28th September 2008

After the traumas of the last few weeks, I’ve been itching to just get away and get out of Nottingham. Its many months since I first suggest that the whole Erskine Design gang go camping, but this weekend we finally got the Defender, the Datsun and, erm… the Peugeot, and set off up North, mob-handed.

Our trip was a blast from start to finish, taking in the spooky ruins and fishy smells of Whitby, the smuggler’s coves and shanty-singers of Robin Hood’s Bay, and the vast moorlands and curious holes of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. This part of the world is stunning all year round, but for our trip to coincide with an incredible sunny and warm blue sky dream of a late-September weekend was something none of us expected (though we all took our shorts just in case).

At no point did we even mention the internet, computers, clients or work, seeing as we’ve actually become friends first, colleagues second. So, we were too busy having real japes. Drinking ale and dodgy cider from plastic containers; cooking steaks on fires and consuming massive stews; doing keepy-ups or batting a ball; playing guitars or singing sea shanties; hunting for crabs in rockpools; walking through enchanted pitch-black woods to find strange pubs, and getting covered in wet dog. That is - as they say - how we roll.

I’ve put aside my need for a good scrub and instead thrown together a Camp Erskine 2008 Flickr set, should you have some time to waste, or are curious to see what these “outdoors” are that I speak of. Alternatively, our Glen has summed the whole thing up from his perspective, removing the need for me to write much more. Good work that man. Update: Finally, our Greg has illustrated the whole weekend using images and a list in his own unique way.

All in all, this was a perfect weekend that couldn’t come soon enough for me. It made me a little sad at times, as I spent quite a few family holidays on that wonderful coastline, but with good friends around I didn’t dwell on those thoughts for too long. Now then, back to the grindstone…

Simon Collison published this on 28/09/08, at 11:52 PM

Comments

Ah, it looks perfect. I have such a yearning to see a sky full of stars again, after all these years in a city, in a house, often at a computer.

Thanks to you and Greg for the photos. It’s a great reminder. And, I’m glad you had fun and a break, Colly.

29/09 at 01:42 from Carolyn

I know that for me, getting away from it all, especailly if I can get around water, is the best medicine for getting out the cob webs. Hope you had as much fun as it appeared you did. Now let’s hear some new pearls of wisdom gained from the break, ya know!!!

KeeKee

30/09 at 15:11 from KeeKee

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