You can read a blog post about this fab weekend trip to Hayling Island, with my Yellow Dawn player group.
The majority of the following photos were taken by my good friend (and game breaker) Hagen
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| 2011 – Hayling Island – Djr eyes |
November: leaving Bristol and heading out through Bath the weather turned torrential; a few miles further south from us was a huge crash on the M5 that killed 7 people and left over 60 injured.
Photo by Hagen
| 2011 – Hayling Island – NGT, Doc, Djr |
November: on the beach after arriving , supping Jack Daniels and enjoying the moment. We made it. We’re here. We have a WHOLE weekend ahead of us. Bliss.
Photo by Hagen
| 2011 – Hayling Island – suddenly the moon came out |
November: it was almost as if somebody flicked a switch; as the last colour bled from the sky, suddenly the moon popped out and enhanced the already visceral and Mythos vibe of the evening.
Photo by Hagen
| 2011 – Hayling Island – the beach front |
November: gives you a nice sense of how close the house is to the ocean.
Photo by Hagen
| 2011 – Hayling Island – NGT |
November: Friday night We’ve been to the pub. We’ve had Indian takeaway. Everyone is happy.
Photo by Hagen
| 2011 – Hayling Island – Djr |
November: Friday night. I’ve run into the sea. Come out again, failed to persuade the chaps to join me and gone back in again. It was utterly fantastic being in that wild, churning, black and glassy water under the blaze of the moon.
Photo by Hagen
| 2011 – Hayling Island – Djr |
November: Friday night. Coming out, Tony through a towel over me. I was so exstatically happy… one of those moments like in Switzerland (2003) that I’ll always recall and cherish.
Photo by Hagen
| 2011 – Hayling Island – Game Day |
November: Saturday came and went although it seemed to go on forever; a cooked breakfast and then 12 hours of Yellow Dawn followed by watching Cthulhu (2007). Awesome. This is a great shot by Hagen, capturing the essence of this period of my life… from the leather bound notebook from Santiago, the Horror on the Orient Express campaign pack for Call of Cthulhu (that I read through during my train journeys through France, Switzerland and Italy earlier this year) – now being played within the Yellow Dawn universe, and the Yellow Dawn rulebook, which I’m currently in the middle of revamping (since March 2011) to create version 2.5. And of course, a bottle of whiskey.
Photo by Hagen
| 2011 – Hayling Island – Djr |
November: Sunday morning I was up early and spent an hour supping coffee, listening to Eurythmics and gazing out at the ocean.
Photo by Hagen – modded by Djr
| 2011 – Hayling Island – Doc |
November: Sunday morning – Chris pulls more epic dance moves (and makes a flat stone skip across the waves).
Photo by Hagen
| 2011 – Hayling Island – Djr |
November: Sunday morning.
Photo by Hagen
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| 2011 – Hayling Island – Chris “Doc” |
November: a glimpse of Doc’s secret technique for making cleaning-up more fun and interesting: jive!
Even though I’m using a crappy little credit-card camera I’m so happy not to be using that heap of shit I bought in New York.
| 2011 – Hayling Island – Chris “Doc” |
November: of course, having such fun in the kitchen precludes Doc from gaining any form of angelic status for his actions; on the contrary… the Devil in him begins to show.
| 2011 – Hayling Island – Chris “Doc” , GB-Hagen, Nice Guy Tony |
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| 2011 – Hayling Island – Chris “Doc” |
November: after bacon sarnies Chris, Hagen and I went for a final walk along the beach that Sunday morning; we ended up going much further than planned because it became such an enjoyable period of time. Chris hunted down interesting pebbles.
| 2011 – Hayling Island – GBH |
November: Hagen really got into the trip from the photography angle; it was great having somebody there so enthusiastically documenting the weekend. Great memories deserve great photos. However, it did seem he was getting frustrated by the seagulls not listening to his instructions…
| 2011 – Hayling Island – Doc, GBH |
November: blissful walk along miles of empty shoreline.
| 2011 – Hayling Island – Doc |
November: sometimes, every now and again, Chris would have to break out of stride and just… do Michael Jackson. Kind of complements his “kitchen jive” routine.
| 2011 – Hayling Island – GBH |
November: i think Hagen had a lot of fun, as we all did, reverting to a sort of young lad, teenage state, where we clambered over things and kept up a decent pace.
| 2011 – Hayling Island – GBH |
November: Hagen dealt with all the obstacles with aplomb.
| 2011 – Hayling Island – Doc |
November.
| 2011 – Hayling Island – GBH |
November: explorer, photographer… game-breaker.
| 2011 – Hayling Island – GBH |
November: Hagen, being Hagen, decides to warp the rules of reality and throw a few metaphysical moves to compete with Chris’ jive and Michael Jackson displays.
| 2011 – Hayling Island – Captain NGT |
November: yarrrrgh!
2011 – Hayling Island – Captain NGT
November: such a lovely bloke. A great and genuine friend – all these years.
2011 – Hayling Island – Djr
November: Sunday morning – coffee with thoughts.
Photo by Hagen
