A Short Day In England....

Well "Hello" Worlds...

It's a Wednesday here in England, about 2pm & I've been awake around about 1 hour, give or take. After what I will describe as one heck of a night, I took some sort of sedative about 4am & B topped that off with another one about 8am...... hence, I've only just about woken up !!

Ain't life grand !!

Anyhoo - that was last night.... I'm here on my own, at the moment. J has a meeting in town, so B has driven him into that.... from there - if I heard right - B is meeting up with an old school friend. If all goes well, they will be back in a couple of hours or so.  Who the friend is - well.... B did tell me, but I've forgotten the details !!

As for ME - she has gone off to work, at about 7 this morning & will be home much later in the day. She seems to be enjoying her new job - but, until she gets her official pin number come thru' (which basically says she is a qualified nurse) she has to do lower ranking jobs. It pays less - but, it's giving her chance to get stuck in & meet people, before going up to nurse grade.

So - that just leaves me here - typing these words & listening to Mike Oldfield's 'Ommadawn' - which has always been my favourite studio work by him...... not so much part 2 of it... but, the first part.

One of my happiest memories of this tune, was playing it - as I drove along the road into Darwen, Lancashire, in 1976....... that was a long time & another life ago !! It's funny how certain things stick in your mind.

Ok - as I've been asleep, for most of the day... I don't really have that much to write about !! But, I do have a Led Zeppelin concert, from San Bernardino USA in 1969. The Tracks are:

1) The Train Kept A Rollin'
2) I Can't Quit You
3) I Gotta Keep On Moving
4) Dazed & Confused
5) White Summer/Black Mountain Side
6) You Shook Me
7) How Many More Times

The 3rd track is a bit of a strange one. The guitar lost a string & the band just sort of filled in... a type of "Jam Session"... which sort of became 'I Got Keep On Moving'. Oh well - it's all music & worth having in my collection !! As always, don't buy bootlegs !!

I see that the Allman's are back on the road !!  "Yippee"..... more music for me to try & collect - tho' - as I've been feeling lower & lower - I've not ordered anything lately, as I'm trying to save a little bit of money !!

But - I think - if I read it right... Lynyrd Skynyrd have been sharing the stage, to promote their new album.. so, I've stuck an order in for that one. I'm not sure when it's going to be released - but, I do like Skynyrd's studio - & live - stuff !!

In 1987, I made a long bunch of tapes...a musical diary of what was happening to me, each day of that year. On this day - August 8th... the music I chose was 'Out In The Fields' By Gary Moore. 25 years later - I can't remember why - but...... it's still a great track !!

Right - I must be on my ways.... I got a whole load of nothing to do, so I don't want to waste time, not doing it !! No really - I've no big plans for this afternoon.... tho' I will check what is on the Olympics - there might be some more bike stuff to enjoy !! So... until next time..

Bye Bye