From the Whitby Gothic Weekend!!
[Nov 5th - Nov 7th 1999]

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What do you call a group of Goths? A heard? A pack? A gaggle? Who knows, but if you do let me know because I am curious… Me, Odie, Christabel, and some bearded bloke who's name I have totally forgotten, but who is wearing the same top as me. Shesh now I know what women feel like when they go somewhere and there is another woman there in the same outfit. And if you look further down the page you will see slaine is also wearing the same top, seems to be very popular.

Ax, Odie, and me. With Odie modelling the wonderfully sexy purple wrist bands. Oh yes, the Whitby organisers in collaboration with the government have started a Goth-Tag scheme whereby they are slowly starting to tag all people of a gothic persuasion, in an attempt for the BBC wildlife team to do an in-depth study on the Gothic wildlife. They claim that after their study they hope to release us back into the wild. Who knows, but I am not a Number, I am a free Man (Well I have never charged)

Sal, Sian, and Mat. This is a very rare photo indeed, for both Sian and Sal are smiling, and at Whitby as well, will wonders never cease!!! This photo goes to prove that not all Goths are depressing people. And that in fact we are all happy, party animals. But don't take my word for it, wait for the BBC documentary, it should be quite enlightening!!! Nice jacket Mat.

Ax and Sal. What a pair!!!!!! I meant what a pair of people, not what you were thinking you dirty minded individual. God what is the world coming to, when you cant even make an innocent comment without some dirty minded pervert getting the wrong idea. Well I suppose everyone can't be nice, sweet, and innocent like me. Oh I have no idea why Ax has that strange look on his face, he is either falling asleep, in utter ecstasy, or constipated?

Aj, and his Girlfriend Sorry AJ, I know you introduced me to her in Edwards Birmingham, but I have the memory of a blonde, and a very dumb blonde at that, and her name has totally gone. But anyway it's a lovely photo of you two, you defiantly make a great couple, which is a good thing, and I wish you all the luck you will ever need!!!! (EDITORS NOTE: Her name is Helen. I remembered after I wrote these pages. And Congratulations on your engagement..)

Alexander - Jackal This is a look of shock, well he had just been pounced on out the blue by Ax, and got his photo taken. If I remember correct it was to get a photo of Alex before his moustache disappeared, well over night his beard had vanished, and Ax was worried that the moustache and side burns may go the way of the beard, and he wanted photographic evidence..

Alexander and Me The only photograph of me and Alexander in existence, and as one person pointed out, judging by this photo that is probably a good thing, and NO we were not snogging as some people described the photo, it was a harmless pose for the camera. How did one girl who saw the photo describe it.. " Ooooeerrrr, you and Jackal, very Icky... never mind, looked quite erotic from where I was standing, but then why would'nt I find two loverly blokes licking each other sexy??".

Slaine and Me Argh, we are wearing the same top, don't you just hate it when that happens? Well I do!!!. Anyway slaine was just jealous because I had a sparkly collar. I got some right funny looks from the staff of the pet shop when I was trying out their collars.. Look its another of the BBC wildlife teams Goth-Tags I wonder what the made of the ritual of the Tagged one leading me around by a collar? Who says I am a sub?? ;0)

Slaine and Esther It's a pair of angels, look how they glow with holy light, its pretty all glowy light. Now the look their faces is easy to read. Esther has a look of pure happiness while Slaine has a look of pure contentment, at least both emotions are pure, which is what you expect from a couple of angels. Owww they even have matching straws, its so sweet!!!!! Maybe I should point out to Ax that taking photos of people who have their faces all whitened up at close range while using a flash is not the best of ideas??

Nefilim and Me. This photo got us both by surprise, since we were trying to avoid the camera, I would like to point out it was at the end of the night, and after a long day drinking, so our hiding from the camera may not have been up to the standard that it would otherwise have been. But still that is no excuse.

Fluffy Dave, Lark and Me. Another new couple? I do not know, we can but hope, its nice to see people get together, maybe it's the romantic in me, I just don't know. Anyway it was nice to see dave in something other than shorts, as he had lost his bag and his hotel on the Thursday night, and did not find them till Friday, how you can misplace a whole hotel is beyond me, but I suppose if you get drunk enough you can lose anything.

Valkyrie My little fairy godmother (??) and Saturday afternoon Whitby drinking companion. Did you know she is exactly 5' tall? To the inch??. Also she is a wonderful person, she granted me a wish, and with a cute little whirl of her magic wand, she wished me up a cute, rich girlfriend, all I have to do now is wait for her to turn up. So if you are out there, my wished for partner, drop me an email and arrange to meet up, since I am depressingly single, and it is pre-ordained that we will meet up and such, for it was granted to me!!!!

The following three photographs were taken by, and are owned/copyrighted by goilla. They and the rest of his Whitby photos can be seen at :- http://bob.bob.bofh.org/~giolla/goth/whitby

Valkyrie and Me The Saturday afternoon in question, at the elsinore. Now that is what Whitby is all about, a large group of drunken people, all of whom I had never met before (with the exception of Ax, and Valkyrie). Large amounts of alcohol, lots of merriment, Whips, handcuffs, what more could you ask for. And we had only popped into the pub to check who was there, and when we popped back out again several hours had passed, and many photos were taken (by a strange bloke who I think is called giolla?? Photos Here!!!)

Ax who was demanding in his most masterful voice, that he was very dominant, and that there was not a submissive bone in his body, even thought he had been going to the bar for everyone at the table, gets himself handcuffed to an interesting lady who had the most lovely cat of nine tails type whip I have ever played with. I cant remember what happened to give the person in the left of the photo a look of such total shock, but it must have been something major to register shock past the amounts of alcohol we were drinking, at one point we even found ourselves toasting toasts..

Ax is still getting handcuffed up, while Valkyrie takes the opportunity to do a quick fingernail inspection, we had to stop playing with the cuffs a little bit after this photo was taken, due to the fact that drunken people + handcuffs + pints of beer do not mix and a few drinks got knocked and almost spilled, well we could never have lived with ourselves if we had broken the cardinal rule and spilt alcohol, so we quit. Also the photos, started looking dodgy to us, ok we have dirty minds, and we were drunk, but even still, most the people there were married, and so we decided to stop before some innocent shot looked just a bit to dodgy and war broke out!! Anyone know a good divorce lawyer??

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