Video - Los Pacaminos (inc Paul Young) at the Swan Inn Pub, Milton.

Here is my latest video:
Paul Young in the band Los Pacaminos performing at the charity gig at the Swan Inn Pub, in Milton, Derbyshire. In this video they can be seen playing the Tequila song, they played this three times during their gig. Its a silly song that involves a lady from the audience going up on stage to hand out shots of tequila to the band members.
The evening was compere for the evening was Bonney, he really knew how to get the crowd going.


The Swan Inn and Cygnets Tearooms can be found in the village of Milton, near Repton.
49 Main Street,  Map location :  Swan Inn and Cygnets Tearooms.

If you would like to learn more about the Derbyshire village of Milton then see my village page :
Milton, Derbyshire.

Paul Young has performed charity gigs at this pub a few times over the years. This gig was in aid of the Macmillan charity.


The rest of the band members have performed  or written songs with some well known musicians such as
Go West, Joe Jackson, Level 42, Jimmy Nail, Leo Sayer, Robbie Williams,Squeeze, Chris Rea, Jools Holland,Tom Jones, Queen, The Pretenders, Mike and the Mechanics, Chaka Khan, Gary Barlow, Tony Hadley, Pete Townsend, Dave Stewart, Joan Armatrading, Alison Moyet, Elvis Costello, The Human League and Bob Geldof !


Hope you found this of interest.

Thanks
Andy

Video of a fast drive at night from Derby to Swan Inn Pub in Milton, Derbyshire, September 2012.

Here is  my latest video A fast drive at night from Derby to Swan Inn Pub in Milton, Derbyshire, September 2012 HD.

The video :

Or click the link :  Fast drive at night from Derby to Swan Inn Pub in Milton, Derbyshire, September 2012.

This car journey is something a bit different to my usual "Derby streets by car" series of videos, as this one is filmed at night at 1080p HD.
I put the camera into Low Lux mode and turned off Auofocus, set manual focus to infinity.

This video is a fast drive at night from Derby to The Swan Inn Pub in Milton, Derbyshire.
Recorded on Wednesday 12th September 2012.
It starts in Sainsburys car park on Osmaston Park Road at 8:19pm and ends in the car park of the Swan Inn pub in Milton, Derbyshire at 8:40pm

Points of Interest
0:00 The Car Park at Sainsburys Osmaston Park Road store
0:22 Left onto Osmaston Park Road
0:25 Over the railway line
0:27 Entrance to Foresters leisure park on left
0:34 Oast House pub and Premier inn (Derby South)
0:36 Left down Sinfin Lane
0:50 Entrance to Foresters leisure park on left
0:58 Over railway line
1:32 Right onto Grampian Way
2:11 ASDA Sinfin Roundabout
2:31 Left onto Stenson Road
2:52 Over the A50
2:56 Stenson, Derbyshire
3:08 Stenson Bubble Pub and Hotel
3:11 Over the Trent and Mersey canal
3:17 Right onto Buckford Lane
3:46 Left onto Frizams Lane
4:07 Right onto Twyford Road (A5132)
4:08 Willington Cooling towers on right
4:32 On right side is where Willington Car Boot takes place on a Saturday
4:35 Willington, Derbyshire
4:57 Under railway line
5:03 Left onto Repton Road (A5008)
5:16 Becomes Willington Road
5:20 Over the River Trent
5:43 Repton, Derbyshire
5:57 Left down Brook End
6:07 Right up Milton Road
6:50 Milton, Derbyshire
6:53 Main Street
7:05 The Swan Inn Pub on the left (49 Main Street, Milton, Derbyshire,UK)

Statistics:
Perhaps your good at maths?
Total distance of driving route = 9.0 miles
Total real driving time = 19 minutes 45 seconds
Total speeded up driving time = 7 minutes 12 seconds
So..............
Average driving speed in this video is ?

The driving route map for my video:


View Driving route map for my video Derby to Swan Inn Pub in Milton in a larger map
 

Hope you enjoyed the night drive.

Music Credits :
Forest of Dreams by Platinum Butterfly
www.ccmixter.org/files/F_Fact/30978
Used under creative commons license.

This is just a village pub but you can see Paul Young in Los Pacaminos perform here !!!!
http://derbyphotoscouk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/paul-young-performing-near-derby-this.html

If you enjoyed my drive and like Derby and Derbyshire stuff then please subscribe to my channel.

To learn more about the Derbyshire village of Milton, see my page :
Milton in Derbyshire.


thanks
Andy

Tenth annual beer and music festival, The Swan Inn, Milton, Derbyshire. August 17th - 19th 2012

MILTON-FEST Beer and music Festival

The pubs 10th Year Anniversary Beer Festival takes place this weekend Friday 17th August to Sunday 19th 2012 at the Swan Inn pub, Milton, Derbyshire. Roger and Stella will make you feel at home in this nice little village pub.
All the proceeds raised from the beer festival and all affiliated stalls and events will go to the Derbyshire Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance.

The Swan Inn and Cygnets Tearooms can be found in the village of Milton, near Repton.
49 Main Street,  Map location :  Swan Inn and Cygnets Tearooms.

Miltonfest 2012 - Beer and Music Festival flyer.

Saturday will be the main fund-raising day and will include a number of local bands performing for free to help raise money (from 2pm). One of the bands will be The Weasel Kickers.

There will also be a barbecue, karaoke and a disco which will finish later in the evening.
4 ciders will be available including Thatchers Traditional, Doris Stokes and two Scrumpy ciders and of course Beers.

If you would like to learn more about the Derbyshire village of Milton then see my village page :
Milton, Derbyshire.


Paul Young
Four weeks after this event, Paul Young (yes really, the pop star from the 80's) will be performing at the Swan Inn in his new band The Los Pacaminos for a charity gig in aid of Macmillan Cancer. This will take place in a large marquee in the pubs garden.

For tickets and more information see their website :

www.lospacaminos.com

Paul Young has performed charity gigs at this pub a few times over the years. If you don't manage to get tickets in time the you can catch him at the Flower pot pub in Derby on 17th November.

Thanks
Andy

Pot Fest - Beer and Cider festival at The Flower Pot, Derby 26th-29th August 2011.

There is a Beer and Cider festival starting a week on Friday (The Bank Holiday weekend) at The Flower Pot pub in Derby. It runs from Friday 26th August until Monday 29th August 2011.

There will be Live music, an Ale Garden with 40 Real Ales and Ciders to try. This is to celebrate 40 years of CAMRA.

Here is a flyer for The Flower Pot Beer Festival 2011 :

Their flyer lists two websites but it would appear that neither of them work or have ever worked. They do have a Facebook page but you have to join to see anything. I think I have provided as much info as you could need here anyway. The only reason I'm aware of it taking place is because of a flyer I got from The Derby Beer Festival in July, there does not seem to be any info on the internet about it. There IS now !




The Flower Pot is located on King Street (A6) very near the new Jurys Inn Hotel. You can see The flower pot in this Google Streetview. I did a post on The Flower Pot last year when I saw Midge Ure perform there.

If you have a smartphone then you can use my drop pin below to find your way to the pub using the mapping application.
Smartphone mapping drop pin. <-- Tap this link on your smartphone to get accurate directions.

On Sunday 28th live music will be provided by Lil' Jim's Big Squeeze. The five-piece band were one of the acts to play to thousands of real ale lovers at the Assembly Rooms festival, which took place in July.

They will launch their debut single Cheatin' and Creepin'
Lil' Jim's Big Squeeze website.

Hope you found this of interest.
Andy

Greyhound Pub, Friar Gate - A 360x180 degree VR photograph outside.

Following on from yesterdays post on the Greyhound pub reopening I thought I would make a 360x180 degree virtual Reality photograph so you can see what it looks like and its position on Friar Gate.

I have created an interactive 360 degree high resolution photograph in front of this pub so you can see exactly where it is located on Friargate and what it looks like, click the link and then use the mouse to look around and zoom in :
360 view of The Greyhound Pub, Friargate. <-- Click link for a great 360 view of The Greyhound pub.
It is like google streetview image, its an interactive 360 degree photograph that you control using the mouse.
To move the view around simply click with the mouse and drag the viewpoint to where you want to look. You can look in all directions including up and down. As well as the mouse, you can use the control buttons at the bottom of the viewer or even the keyboard cursor keys and +/- keys to zoom in/out.
Here is my VR photograph of the Greyhound Pub, Derby :


I photographed this at 06:52 on 21st May 2010, the day after it reopened.

If you like this VR photograph then you might like to view my High Resolution FullScreen version of it by clicking this link here (need broadband and fast pc) :
High Res/fullscreen VR photograph of Greyhound Pub.
This one has a button at the bottom that toggles the viewer so it fills the entire screen (same as youtube videos do, Hit esc to exit fullscreen mode or click the fullscreen button)


I hope you like it.
Andy

The Greyhound pub in Friar Gate, Derby re-opens tonight.

I have created an interactive 360 degree high resolution photograph in front of this pub so you can see exactly where it is located on Friargate and what it looks like, click the link and then use the mouse to look around and zoom in :
360 view of The Greyhound Pub, Friargate. <-- Click link for a great 360 view of The Greyhound pub.

The Greyhound dates back to 1734 and is at the heart of the "Derby Mile" pub crawl of which several pubs have been lost over recent years. Four years ago, it closed after falling victim to the recession, which has shaken the pub trade.
The pub will be opened by Dino and Pete from Ram FM at 8:30pm Thursday 20th May 2010, why not go along and show support for this newly reopend pub.

The Greyhound pub is located at 76 Friar Gate, Derby DE1 1FN.
You can see how the Greyhound looked in 2008 when the Google Streetview car captured it by clicking my link below :

The Greyhound Pub, Derby on Google Streetview.

iPhone Push Pin

If you have an iPhone and are viewing this blog with Safari, click the link below to get a drop pin placed on the Maps app which you can use for precise directions....

iPhone Maps drop pin.

I hope this pub does as well as the Brewery Tap on Derwent Street. There is also a VR photograph of the outside of this pub which I made, click the link to view my new blog post :

Greyhound pub, Derby VR photograph.

Andy