A long weekend well spent:
Wednesday – As mentioned previously, Tom McRae was playing at the Junction on Wednesday night. I managed to get there with plenty of time to spare and even get back from the bar before the start. B & I managed to secure a spot stage right that gave us a fantastic unobstructed view of Tom and Olli (the cellist), unfortunately the other Olly (on keyboards) was hidden behind the PA. Starting with the wonderful ‘Hidden Camera show’ we enjoyed over an hour of fantastically emotive music and between-songs chat:
Tom’s introduction for the song ‘walking to Hawaii’ – This started out as a love song. For the first 2/3 it was going really well, but by the time it was finished it was about the Third World War. Sorry.’

Thursday – We went to the Prince Regent to watch Harvey playing his regular slot. As good as ever although it was pretty quiet, and my brother was there too which was good. I found out that Harvey does ‘No one knows’ by Queens of the Stone Age, which I will have to get him to do next time.

Friday – B and I saw Touching the Void at Cambridge Picturehouse. A very good film, though unable to capture the terror found in the book. It was also good to see not an ‘artistic license’ Hollywood version but a true account with the three involved (Simpson, Yates and Hawking) describing events as they happened. I was especially amused to look round the cinema during Joes description of his injury [lower leg driven up and through the knee], to see 100+ expressions of horror.

Saturday – Took B out for a huge meal at Cambridge’s Slug & lettuce in honour of her getting a Teaching English as a Foreign Language job. In Beijing.

Sunday
I found out that fresh ground Monsoon Malabar coffee makes excellent Espressos (with lots of Crema). Trying the first one at midnight was a bad idea though.

I also managed to do most of my Christmas shopping, which is unusual, I am normally a Christmas Eve last minute shopper.

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