Blog ≫ 2023 ≫ Wednesday was a beautiful day
The good weather is back! I dictated all while walking to the pub to meet my friends before the Strawbs gig up at the Tower Theatre. So I'm going to do it like I'm quoting something, but I'm quoting myself. I've done this before, you now what is going on.
Wednesday's turned out to be a beautiful day. I came out for a walk at lunch time. Nice and sunny and warm. So much warmer than yesterday and so much warmer than yesterday. Work have awarded us a wellness hour, to celebrate things going well at work and because it's a nice day so I got an extra hour to take. Couldn't take it with my lunch because I was busy before and had a meeting after but I packed up quarter past four and have taken an early walk to the pub. I'm meeting some friends at the Clarendon and we're off to see Strawbs1 this evening at the Tower Theatre. This seems to be a band who had their one hit in 1973 so I'm not sure what it's going to be like. It's walking distance from here so should be good for that reason alone.
Lovely walking along the beach. Loads people on the beach and I can see loads of sailing boats out. Few people swimming in the sea and generally I noticed everyone smiling. I had change jingling in pocket so I bought a vegan ice cream from the kiosk.
Work's going really well today. My big project finally went live across Central Europe today. 100% Live anyway. Started putting it live yesterday. There are no problems. Everyone was pleased so by lunch time today it was fully rolled out. I pretty pleased with that. Then someone from another team got in touch to respond to a query I had about some changes they wanted us to make, and as an aside, he said he seen my work that I've done and was really impressed. It sounded like it had been passed around the team to say "hey. Look what this guy's doing with our product". So that makes me feel good. I think that's a team I would work in if I ever changed. And then I also had an idea using that same product how to solve one of the problems we have in our team. Which I want to get down into code as soon as possible. Before I forget it! Hoping to get a chance to work on that on Friday. Everything seems to be going well at the moment. Touch wood2...
Clare and the boys went into Canterbury today and they had a Wagamama while I was working. She's got another day off tomorrow. I'm supposed to be going into London but I'm thinking I can not. Boys are out all day Friday while I'm working and then Saturday and Sunday, we'll find stuff to do together because Clare will be working. It seems a long time until we have more days off again.
I've got a weekend visit to Mum and Dad soon. Not sure if that will be with the boys or not. I hope so, but I want to go on the train. Thinking I can get away after work on a Friday, head down there, spend a couple of days. There's a thing going on at a pub called The Hidden Tap somewhere near Fareham, a tribute to Led Zeppelin playing and some friends are using it as a opportunity to meet up.
Also got a trip to London soon for the theatre so looking forward to that.
I've finished my first beer while waiting for my friends (I'm dictating this) so I might get another one in before they get here. This is very good for a Wednesday.
And then my friends arrived and we had a few more beers and walked up to the Tower Theatre.
We got there after it started, we mistimed it a bit, and it was a bit more like a theatre show than a gig. Everyone was seated and the support acs were on. The support seemed to be the members of the main band and their other projects. One was the keyboard player who talked about his time in other bands. He was in Amen Corner and Mott The Hoople and played with The Bee Gees too.
There was an interval and then the actual gig, and it was alright. They're an eight piece band, at least one original member, maybe more. For their big hit "Part Of The Union" one of the new younger members (or perhaps they were just session musicians who had joined) sang it instead.
Here's a picture!
- They're just called Strawbs, not The Strawbs.
- Yeah of course the shit hit the fan the very next day but we'll come back to this.
💬 Strawbs