Starfury T2
June 13, 2010
Friday 11th June 2010
This is the second time I have attended a Starfury Convention the first being T1 last year where I filmed THIS video of Zachary Levy leading a group of attendies to Subway to help the TV show Chuck a third season. Read more
Collectormania Milton Keynes
May 30, 2010
Friday 28th May
I started the drive down to Milton Keynes at about 5.40 and it took just under three hours to get to the MK Dons Stadium in Milton Keynes.
I will be staying at the Doubletree by Hilton which is actually built in to the football stadium. Check in was really smooth and they gave me a free chocolate chip cookie. The room was very nice, you could tell this is a new hotel as everything is still fresh and clean. My room even looks over the pitch. Read more
London Weekend Jan 2010
January 25, 2010
Friday 22nd January 2010
Late last year I was able to get tickets to The Misanthrope at the Comedy Theatre so planned a mini theatre break to London around it.
I get to London my usual way which is the train from Chester to Euston, but this time there is some problem with the signals and we needed to be diverted via Wolverhampton adding an extra 45 minutes to the journey. Read more
Collectormania London Nov 09
November 29, 2009
Friday 27th November
It does not seem like five minutes since I was last in London, but here I am again on the train down there. This time it is to attend Collectormania London. Read more
MCM London Expo Weekend Oct 09
October 26, 2009
Friday 23rd October
Just before I left I though I would do a quick websearch to see what I was going to do that night, well I found out that the cast of Monty Python (with the exception of John Cleese) were doing a one night only performance of a He’s not the Messiah (he’s a very naughty boy). After calling the box office they only had a few tickets left, so I got one at a very steep £110 plus £4.50 booking fee, the cost made me feel quite faint. Read more
London Theatre Weekend Sep 09
September 27, 2009
Left work at the usual time and caught the direct 16.35 train from Chester to London Euston, then got the underground to Hyde Park Corner which was the nearest stop to our hotel, the Intercontinental Park Lane. To be honest considering this was quite an up market hotel there was nothing really special about it and our standard king room was nothing to blow you away. Read more
MCM London Expo Weekend May 2009
May 24, 2009
Friday 22nd May 2009
Left work at lunch time and caught the 12:35 train direct from Chester to London Euston after just over two hours I arrived and got the underground to Tower Hill where my hotel was.
I was staying at the Travelodge Tower Hill that I got at the bargain rate of £9 per night during the January sales. The hotel was clean but reception staff at check in was very miserable. Room was adequate but no hairdryer, shower gels, draws, wardrobes etc. I went across the road to a Weatherspoons for fish and chips and then went into town. Read more
Autographica & Collectormania Midlands
April 20, 2009
Saturday 18th April
Got up very early, too early and drove down to Birmingham. This year Collectormania Midlands and Autographica was combined and took place at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel by the NEC. Got there for about 8.30 and joined the queue to go in, when I was waiting both Mickey Rooney and Ernest Borgnine walked past me and said good morning to everybody.
When we went in at 9am I went over to Ke Hu Quan (Short Round from Indiana Jones and Data from Goonies) and got his autograph and had my picture taken with him. I then went and saw Matthew Lewis (Neville from Harry Potter) and talked to him for a while before getting a signed pic and photo with him. Final autograph of the morning was Ian McNeice another friendly person and good to talk to.
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I then spent a bit of time walking around the stalls, to be honest I don’t know whether it was the small venue or the credit crunch but there was hardly anything here and nothing worth buying.
The photo shoots then started, I had a full scheduled planned with a lot of the classic actors in attendance. First up was Joan Collins, she seemed nice and friendly.
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Then Mickey Rooney, for some reason his wife was also taking part in the shoot, don’t know why and he would not shake anyones hand.
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Next was George Kennedy, again like Mickey before him he was sitting on a chair but seemed a lot happier to be there.
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My final photo shoot of the day was Ernest Borgnine and what a genuinely nice person he was, all the way through the shoot he did not stop talking, cracking jokes and putting people at ease, what a top bloke.
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I then went and got some lunch and the food court provided at by the event and had a hamburger and chips which was not to bad.
After lunch I then went into Autographica and got the autographs of both Ernest Borgnine and Mickey Rooney. Ernest was as friendly as ever but Mickey looked like he wanted to be somewhere else he signed my picture without even looking up.
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I carried on walking around for a while looking at the stalls and then went home.
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Sunday 19th April
Had a bit of a lie in today before heading back down to Birmingham. Got another autograph from Ke Hu Quan, this time on a Goonies treasure map that I purchased from a stall. Then headed over and got George Kennedy’s autograph and waited around for my two photo shoots for the day.
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The first photo shoot of the day was Ke Hu Quan followed by Matthew Lewis (I think I was the only guy getting a picture with Matthew!!).
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I went to a couple of talks, first was the Indiana Jones one followed by a Harry Potter one.
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I spent the next few hours waiting around for the photos to come back which took hours.
When I was sitting in the reception at the end of the day surfing the net on my mobile phone Leonora Crichlow from Being Human came and stood right next to me, I thought about it for a while then asked her if I could have my picture with her, she seemed happy to so I did.
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After another long wait the photos were finally ready, I picked them up and then came back home.
Eclipse 2 – Heroes Convention, Northampton
November 17, 2008
Background
After how much I enjoyed the previous Eclipse event in Northampton I decided to go to the second instalment, this time the guests attending included James Kyson Lee, Dania Ramirez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Alan Blumenfeld and Adair Tishler. There was a lot few attendees this time leading to a lot more guest interaction which was great. Read more
MCM London Expo Weekend
October 27, 2008
Background
For those people who have seen the occasional updates I add to this site will know I am a big fan of the TV series Heroes and I have attended a few events to meet and get their autographs, well this weekend I went to London to meet five of them, four from the new season 3 and one original member. As well as attending this event I also, as usual went to the theatre and visited a museum. Read more