Life's about experiences. These are mine.
So, here we go again, for another spin around the Walt Disney World parks in Florida. Yes, yes, yes I know we said that last time was THE last time and that we said that the time before too but we just couldn’t resist. This really is the last time… The flight was at a …
It has been a while since the last time I saw Marillion live – 34 years to be precise. A lot has happened since then for both them and me. My last outing to see them was at the Apollo in Oxford when Fish was still the front man. He burst onto the stage through …
Continue reading “Marillion, Hexagon, 19th April 2018 – So Here I am Once More”
Today we finally collected our new car after several false starts during which Hyundai proved that they were incapable of mounting an efficient delivery operation. There was a tedious hand over process that had to be sat through before we could finally get the keys though. When we arrived we handed over the keys to …
Continue reading “Chris Difford & Boo Hewerdine, The Forge, 6th April 2018 – Cars and Girls”
This morning at 10am I was in front of my computer trying (in vain as it happened) to get tickets to see Snow Patrol in April. The tickets were going to be £70 and it was standing. Remember what I said about standing before? In the evening I was seated in the splendour of the Royal Albert Hall to …
Continue reading “Steven Wilson, Royal Albert Hall, 29th March 2018 – The Sound of Muzak”
Those of you that are reading this and know me will know that I like my cars fast and, like many others, like top end marques such as Jaguar, Aston Martin and Tesla. Helen and I have long talked about what our next car would be to replace the hated Vauxhall Insignia and had our …
It seems that the lead times from ticket purchase to actually going to the event are getting longer and longer. We waited the best part of six months from booking to seeing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Yesterday, some 13 months after we booked the tickets, we got to see the musical that everyone is talking …
I think that there might be a risk that today’s post may well be more foodie than travelogue. My hosts are keen for me to sample everything Szczecin has to offer and so that is what I have to work with. As I said yesterday the eating habits of the Poles, or at least those …
Continue reading “Szczecin 2018 – Day Two – Food Glorious Food”
All my previous travel posts have been documenting our adventures while we have been on holiday so this post is a little different as at the moment I am away on business. Travelling for business doesn’t always make for the most interesting of trips. Often you are on the outskirts of town on some business …
Continue reading “Szczecin 2018 – Day One – Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!”
A year or so ago I discovered Reading band The Amazons and really loved their music. So when I heard that they were going to be playing a homecoming gig at the Hexagon in Reading I had to go. Tickets went on sale August 2017 and were either seated in the balcony or standing downstairs. …
Continue reading “The Amazons, Reading Hexagon, 10th February 2018 – I’m getting too old for this!”
I was lucky that my boys were exactly the right age for the phenomenon that was the Harry Potter books. Each time a new one came out they would eagerly await their arrival from Amazon on the day of their release. We would order two copies to ensure that they could be read in parallel. For …