3TC: Ballad for Wind Instrument and Canoe

People who know me in person will no doubt be aware of my special relationship with Athleticism, Sports and Team Sports and how much the other members of the Three Musketeers and I were the red hot stars of the school sport's playing field. This relationship did not preclude other sorts of outdoor activity which …

Upton Jazz Festival 2018: The End

Read the previous entry here   The fringe at Upton was a free event being held in the courtyard of the Swan Hotel on the river front (not to be mixed up with my accommodation, the Swan at Hanley Swan) and was looser with the variety of acts that would be performing. The event was …

Upton Upon Severn Jazz Festival 2018: Sunday Part Two

Read the previous entry here Now I quickly got myself a bite to eat from one of the many stalls which were on the river front and headed to the Star Hotel venue which was the courtyard and had the benefit of an outside bar, which at least could act an alternative to the beer …

Upton Jazz Festival 2018: Sunday Part One

Read the previous entry here I woke at a good time and had a nice cooked breakfast and had a nice gentle walk up to the town and arrived under the bridge just after the gig began, I made a mental note that aside from the Friday night incident I would decline to stay at …

Upton Jazz Festival 2018: Saturday Part Three

Read the previous entry here   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2O5tvfCdcQ I sat myself down at the left hand middle front row of the marquee and got myself a good view of the band, upon arrival I was slightly concerned that the band was called the Millington Legacy Band which to me implied a death in the band but …

Upton Jazz Festival 2018: Friday Part Three

Read the story so far, here, here and here After the somewhat suspect “On A Coconut Island”, which I will have to admit that I did find myself humming many years ago while doing the Island Cruise around Les Rocques on my first trip to Margarita, the band changed to a more traditional number which …

FOWC: The Fearless Vampire Hunter

When I was a child I was something of a gamer, of course growing up in the 80s and early 90's my gaming wasn't done on Worldwide Computer Communities, it was done on a Commodore 64 initially and later a Super Nintendo. One of the games I did like to play was a game called …

Upton Jazz Festival 2018 #3: Friday Part Two

Read the Previous Entries HERE and HERE I arrived at the gig and got myself a good seat near the front as there wasn’t a particularly large crowd for the event, possibly the tucked way nature of the tent was a contributing factor to this. The band were playing a number as I arrived and …

Upton Jazz Festival 2018 #2 Friday Part One

Friday I woke in good time, indulged in two of the three “S’s” a gentleman conducts in a morning and headed down to the Hotel Bar for Breakfast: There was a good selection of cereals and a wide variety of fruit juice available alongside the cooked breakfast, naturally I went for a full English Breakfast …

A Night at the Opera (ii)

My second real social attempts at karaoke took place in London in November 2015 when I went down to the big Smoke to visit my old friend Amy Cherry, we hadn't seen each other in person since previous when she visited me a for a few days. We met up twice and on the first …