It seems that one of the things I actually write about most here is music (whether that be listening to it or attending gigs), so as a bit of housekeeping there’s now a whole music category
Meeting Shakespeare
Not Straight
The wonderful uneven lines of the old buildings
This year’s WAY AGM was in the land of Shakespeare, at his home town of Stratford-Upon-Avon. So it was a surprisingly small train took us out of the hustle of London and away to a more tranquil town. Stratford really does make an impression. Emerging from the station to be surrounded by obvious regeneration and building sites isn’t necessarily a good one but we were very soon wandering through its mix of modern and wonderfully quirky old. Every corner seemed to hold another opportunity to exclaim “oh, look at that!”
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Whitstable Celebration
Small Boats
There were countless small boats around
About four years ago there was a trip to Edinburgh which in its own way led to a trip to Rochester, the start of something. It seemed worth celebrating and as Heather’s mum had bought me vouchers for a lovely lunch for Christmas it seemed a good opportunity to use them. So it was we headed off down to the seaside town of Whitstable.
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Not So Angry Mob
A return to the O2 Arena, this time to see the Kaiser Chiefs. They were supported by Howl (who seem to have a track on the Fifa 17 soundtrack which explains my standing going “I recognise that from somewhere”) and Spring King, both of whom were quite good. The Kaiser Chiefs were also surprisingly better than I expected, giving a fine performance.
Hawoo
Howl
Stage Howl
Spring King
A King of Spring
The Kaiser Chiefs
The KC
Rock On
Life Size
SCary
Up Close
Singing A Sing
Blue Song
Sparkles
Oh Yeah
Soap Box Singing
The Band
KC
Paper Falls
Climbing
The Band In Action
