<![CDATA[Gurning - Blog]]>Fri, 05 Aug 2022 10:09:57 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[London]]>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:01:37 GMThttps://www.theamericangurner.com/blog/londoniWe'll be posting pictures and such when we return. Back in London for one day then home. The drive across the Lakes District was pretty outstanding with acres of sheep and cows out standing in the vast fields. We stopped by a centuries old church for a last final comment against the graves and the buildings worn stones, and shrubbery. The caretaker popped out and gave us a whole history. I don't people stop there often. The inside was filled with Celtic stones, old stained glass, beautiful hundreds of years old handcrafted woodwork. Suzanne sand 'Shall We Gather By the River' at the pulpit, after a little coaxing. The guy was thrilled. He told us this was the church where Fletcher Christian was baptized as an infant. The reason, he explained, was that Christian, he of the mutiny on the Bounty,  looked like he was going to die as a baby, so he was baptized on the day of his birth.
Off for one day of museums. Home, work, and editing next.]]><![CDATA[The Contest]]>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:32:18 GMThttps://www.theamericangurner.com/blog/the-contestWell, we did it. I competed in the contest for the world's ugliest gurn and lost. I lose big. They sang me a special song from the American singer Johnny Cash. At that moment I knew I wouldn't be taking home a trophy. The only trophy winners were them's without teeth and born local. Tommy Mattinson took 1st place for the 15th time. Happy Hornell took 3rd. I got coaching from both - on camera.

We made headlines in the papers: "Americans seek to take the Crown".  I was called the American Gurner". So we have a title for the film. The footage shot by Steve is mind blowing and the images by photographer  Aad van Vliet are stunning. The intrepid journey is far from being about winning. The characters we met, you will not believe. These are the funniest warmest people this side of a Christopher Guest movie. Posting has been difficult, and there's much more to come - including images.]]><![CDATA[The Crab Fair Show Schedule]]>Sun, 15 Sep 2013 01:36:17 GMThttps://www.theamericangurner.com/blog/the-crab-fair-show-schedulePicture
Looks like there is a schedule. Here it is. 
]]><![CDATA[Ready to go]]>Sat, 14 Sep 2013 20:38:19 GMThttps://www.theamericangurner.com/blog/ready-to-goLast hotel booked. I dreamed about this far last night because it's getting close. This time next week we will have traveled quite a ways be staying in Whitehaven conducted interviews and probably be in the middle of the one of the oddest competitions at a fair that has been around since the 1200's. 
It seems unreal and impossible. But there it is. I'll try to keep posts up.]]>