On the Road Again!

The concert was originally planned for 7th October 2020.  It was cancelled due to Covid until the 7th October 2021.  And now....  Cancelled again. Now it has moved to 2022!   I hope that we, that includes the band, are all still alive in 2022!!!!!!

The date is rescheduled from October 7th 2020! I suppose I could get the money back but I'll let it ride until next year.

COVID!!!!!!

What can I say? I'd not seen Deep Purple for about 40 years and then twice in just a few! I had to leave work and travel home.  Walk the dog. Then Claire came home and it was a rush to get to Ashford for the high speed train to Stratford. We made it. Didn't have enough change for the very expensive car park. But used the online booking on my phone!! This time to cut the walking to save Claire's wonky hip we went Stratford International, DLR to Stratford mainline and then Jubilee Line to North Greenwich.  In the end it was a cock-up as the escalators at Stratford International were broken and we had to walk up. Then at North Greenwich the up escalator was broken. Dinner in Wagamama. Two chicken katsu later we emerged to join a very long queue for security. This time we had seats in the 100 series lower tier. Unlike the 400 series seats these are gently sloping and still with an unobstructed view. We also had the back row with just th...

" If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die ." We have often been to concerts  since Claire and I met back in 1999.  Most of them I have to admit at my bidding it has to be said. Some have been less than exciting for her, but have actually been very good and she enjoyed the spectacle.  From the Download Festival (where I was lucky to have won £300 worth of tickets) to Motorhead and of course, last week, Metallica. Motorhead were probably at the lower interest level. The last time we saw them the support was The Damned.  And it is The Damned we are going to see in February at the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone.  Only a few miles from home.  No travel to London. First up in November is a return to the O2 to see Deep Purple. A farewell tour?  A gig free December leads us into the New Year and  Think Floyd at the Leas Cliff Hall. Another tribute band th...