Since I last wrote anything on here, I have done two gigs and maintained the unintentional trend of only gigging in Gloucestershire. Both gigs also happened to be on Fridays.…
Home ownership pending
As we approach the end of the first week of the year 2023, it at least gives me some sort of deadline to write an update for January. I have…
Cheerio, 2022
What is there left to do in this… year? Did I achieve what I had set in my sights? Well, the short answer is: no. In numerous ways, 2022 has…
Getting the bug
I had a gig last week, which has taken me a little while to write about for reasons that I shall divulge. There were about 20 people in. They were…
Moving slowly
I have been planning to move back to London at various points over the past five years, only for stuff to get in the way. I was talking about it…
Dropping in
I had a gig in Gloucester this week in a pub that I have driven past hundreds of times, if not thousands, over the years but had never been in…
Drafted in late
I had an unexpected gig on Friday night. I was just finishing some work, or trying to start some, and received an email from a promoter just before 6pm to…
Hopless
The tally I had to beat for the hops I’ve been growing this year was just 1.5 flowers, which was last year’s record. They say the first-year volumes can be…
Covid report
I am pleased to report that I am now testing negatively for my Covid acquired at the Fringe. it is my first encounter with the disease since it forced its…
A positive visit to Edinburgh Fringe
A week ago, I was in Edinburgh for five nights. It felt much like returning to the MCU after the Blip. It was familiar, but also different. And someone else…