Theres a reason for all this stuff I've been posting recently

1 Year ago yesterday my friend Keith Thompson (the man who introduced me to Rock Pubs/clubs, helped me set up the first RPG club I ran and was therefore respopnsible for me having a lot of the friends I have today) took his own life

I found out about that a couple of weeks before my health scare started and his death was on my mind the entire time I was ill

since I was cleared by the Doctors I have been 'thrashing around' trying to find I dont know what but the thought of my entire existence being 2 RPGs a week, work an occasional boardgame and 1 or 2 trips to the pub nearly bought me to tears

now thanks to increased confidence and clarity due to weight loss and some sage advice from my friends I have some ideas about what I can do to expand my horizons

have a list of things for next year and a lot of stuff I need to sort before I get to the first event which is Con - quest on May 4th in Derby (RPG/Boardgame/Boardgame con) just a one dayer but somewhere I can fill some gaps in my collection

Then nothing until August where I have Whooverville 5 (31/18/13) Doctor Who con 50th Anniversary year

Also Folk Festival in Ocfordshire thrown by Fairport Convention every year (this years featured Big Country and Joan Armatrading amongst others) and is a 3 dayer

finally there is the gathering which is a 3 day Larp event also in August

I think theres room for another gaming thing somewhere in the year but we'll see how the cash goes

so loads of planning to do and next year some travel and meeting loads of new people, before now I would be scared of all this as some of it will be me alone but sometimes you just got to do stuff  or resign yourself to the fact that what you are is all you are - I'd like to explore the possiblity that all I am is a start

The old Jules the one that let the pressures and problems of other pople grind him down recently met with an unpleasant accident

The New Jules is just settling in

J