Today is the 1st January 2022 so it feels like an appropriate time to review 2021. The whole year has been dominated, haunted even, by COVIS. I don’t mind wearing masks in shops, don’t object to wearing them to enter pubs and restaurants and I’m more than happy to wear them in work. The thing …
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Mingin’ – Rescued by a return to live music
It is only a few short weeks since I took my first tentative steps back into blogging. I was a little disappointed with my last effort. I was writing about a great holiday and a great subject but felt I hadn’t rediscovered my blogging Mojo. Since then I have attended a CRAFT Club meeting which …
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Reaching the Peak
It’s been too long since my last blog. COVID drags on seemingly indefinitely. Everything seems stuck in quicksand. Politics is stale; Boris Johnson’s woeful government is still popular with the British electorate who seem to have forgotten the brave new world promised by Brexit. Instead, all the promises that have failed to materialise are blamed …
Freedom or false dawn??
Monday 12th April 2021 saw the first wave of the re-opening of Great Britain. Non-essential shops have re-opened meaning a much needed haircut and the ability to visit record shops again for yours truly. Pubs can re-open providing they have an outside space in which to serve patrons. Despite not having been in a pub …
2021 – Let’s hope it’s a good one, without any fear
Happy New Year comrades. I hope you have enjoyed the Christmas break and are looking forward to a better year. I expect I am not alone in being glad to see the back of 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic cast a dark shadow over pretty much the whole year. 2021 sees us back in lockdown but …
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Take it to the Bridge – A week in West Yorkshire
Well comrades, it looks like another lockdown is inevitable. A blind man on a galloping horse could have seen the current crisis coming. The need for economic recovery sent politicians across Europe into a frenzy of returning life to ‘normal’ with indecent haste. Travel was positively encouraged, bars and restaurants allowed to return to near …
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Under the covers
Back to music for the latest blog. ‘Rona has restricted travelling and any form of social life. Pat and I went for a few beers in the Crown last Saturday for the first time since February, the first time we’ve been anywhere locally since ‘Rona breezed into town. It was great to get back in …
Back in the saddle!
Since the last time I blogged I have returned to work. I’m going in three days a week. I’d actually prefer to be in five days but feel I need to show some solidarity with my comrades who are still stuck working from home. Working from home has taken its toll on my mental health. …
The singer not the song
In a recent blog I wrote about my favourite song lyrics. In the same piece I railed against people describing the singer as ‘having a good voice’. I find this to be the most fatuous of comments. Much better would be ‘I think he/she is a good singer’. Even ‘I like his/her voice’, though not …
Oh well, whatever, Nevermind
Well comrades, today we were due to fly to Los Angeles. We were looking forward to seeing our Niece Steph in LA so much. We haven’t seen her since the 30th December 2019 when we had a great pub crawl in Liverpool. I couldn’t wait to have a few beers in the Rainbow Bar and …