u/Paul8v

I did this out of my office the other day, my favourite era of GW...

I'm really pleased with this, it looks so bold. It didn't hurt anywhere near as much as I thought it would and Tom doesn't muck about, it only took a couple of hours. Stinging like a bastard now though 😂

The beans were separate, which is how I prefer them. Although not all the components one would usually expect to be there are present, it was very nice. The black pudding was next level. In the daytime/evening this is a fancy restaurant.

The cost of the breakfast was included in the overnight stay.

The memorial seems to have a lot of visitors, there's a tub to leave notes in and a lot of stones. Very easy to find because of the pink text.

I went to Alex's flat today. A short walk away from Elstree Studios where Kubrik filmed numerous other films. There's a plaque on the exterior of the building to commemorate the film, and there's also a Kubrik plaque in the high street.

I heard the maze scene from The shining, where Jack looks over the model was also shot from the roof of the flat block here, and superimposed over the maze model (If someone could confirm/deny this, that would be great!)

There was a West Ham match on today, so the Cart and Horses was really busy!

It's a shame the Ruskin Arms is shut and it doesn't look like it's set to reopen any time soon 😞

I visited Kensal Green and had to find the location from the TV show. No fenced off areas this time, and looking at the building, the interior must have been filmed in a studio as it looks quite unsafe.

I couldn't work out which Mausoleum they hide on the roof of, mainly because it was so sunny I could barely see my phone screen to compare!

It's the Anglican chapel, in case anyone wants to visit. You can't miss it, it's enormous and well signposted.

I'm going to try and find some more real life locations. One very obvious one for fans of brutalist architecture is the Barbican...

I can only seem to find them on a Russian site. I know they do the sandals but I've got a beard and I don't want to look like Goth Jesus, these might be a bit more fitting but I can only seem to find them on Russian or Polish sites, I've never found them on the main new rock site.

England is so flipping humid right now you can't wear anything even vaguely fancy, and forget layers, you will die...

I see a lot of people on here looking for ideas for masculine outfits, there's so much feminine goth stuff out there, and I don't see anywhere near as much on the masculine side.

I got a T shirt from the charity shop for a couple of quid and proceeded to cut it up to make something a bit more suited to this minging weather we're having right now...

Basically I got hold of a long sleeve T shirt (short sleeve is easier, but this is what they had) that was a couple of sizes too big (it gets smaller when you weave it and I wanted it oversized).

I cut the sleeves off with a pair of decent kitchen scissors (better if you have proper fabric ones) then I shaped the sides to make the arm holes bigger, this is a matter of personal taste, less is more, you can take it off, but you can't put it back.

I cut a bit of the bottom because it was quite long and looked like a dress on me. It doesn't matter about the edges, they kind of roll up.

For the back, it looks complicated but it's pretty easy. You fold it in half, slit it (start and finish with smaller slits width-wise as otherwise it gets saggy) then you basically weave it, pull the strip of material that's second down through the first, then third down through the second etc etc. I've probably explained that terribly but there's loads of tutorials on it out there.

It would probably be about £40 if you got one of these from some goth fashion shop, but this is as cheap as you can get a t shirt from a thrift/charity store.

Anyway, hope this helps someone!

Greedy bastard re-sellers on eBay can suck my balls 😂

Am I ok to screw into those white bits on there? Wife has just sent me this pic, there's so much tape on there it looks like an Egyptian mummy. I was just going to drill the plate and screw it on...

I've got some very boring (and colourful) suitcases and I'm looking to replace them with something more suitable.

I was going to buy two of the Killstar large coffin ones for my wife and I, but they're out of stock and they've said they aren't doing them any more.

Has anyone got any ideas for an alternative, must be a proper suitcase with wheels and handle please, I'd rather get something decent that doesn't fall apart, I know there's a few on Temu etc but I don't want anything that's going to fall to bits 😂

Thanks to everyone who showed kindness to my two at their first ever concert. This is one of my boys on the shoulders of a man who'd never met them before. The man behind was looking out for them whenever anyone barged through. Someone gave them the stickers out of their VIP pack, another gave them their spare earplugs. (They kept losing them)

They were treated like royalty and cheered on by everyone when they did the charity bike race on the turbo trainers, someone helped us with the "secret route" into the urinals, the wellbeing team gave us wristbands and ice cold water, and everyone let them through the crowd when we made our way backwards to get out before the end.

It felt like one big family, and this is why Maiden gigs are special. The boys loved it, they are knackered today 😂

It was an absolute shit show getting in and out the venue (but that's another matter), but the Darkness were bloody brilliant. They even did a bit of "Don't let the bells end" because someone in the crowd shouted out for it 😂

I've not seen these anywhere else, but as far as I can tell they're an exclusive to Schuh in the UK (they are 💯 real)

I dress ABIT corporate goth anyway, so it seemed only right to try and inject a bit of New Rock in to my everyday attire.

They aren't great for walking long distances, or driving (but I still can), but more importantly, they're one of those "if you know, you know" things