Had a practice session with Tony for the jubilee party with full PA etc. Got some drum tracks from Tom. Had a call from Madeline on Wednesday, she's not exactly crawling but she can move somehow. In the evening I had a ticket to see The Lovely Eggs at the Face Bar. Wasn't sure about it as I haven't been to a gig for a while and thought I might feel out of place. I shouldn't have worried, it was a bit like being at EOTR, great atmosphere. They do this thing called the middle aged crowd surfing championship. Matt was first up and quite a few followed. When she introduced it the singer was joking about putting your bus pass in a zip pocket so I got up, bus pass in hand and did my first crowd surf. I thought I might have won but no such luck. Great evening. Had a final practice for the jubilee street party on Thursday afternoon then went out for a ride with Kelvin and Andy. We stopped off at The Sun at Hill Bottom which was very busy as they were having a 2 day jubilee party. The Black Horse and The Fox And Hounds were very quite though. Andy made some new friends along the way.

On Friday it was the Mansfield Rd jubilee party at Yvonne and Steve's. Me and Tony started setting up about 1pm and it took nearly 2 hours including a professional sound check by Sue. We did a couple of sets, the first about 30 mins and the second 45. We seemed to go down quite well in spite of a few mistakes and technical issues. There were probably about 50 people there. My first public performance for about 30 years. Had a quiet day on Saturday. Got a call from Madeline but had problems with WhatsApp. M made an excellent pesto lasagne that will have to become a regular. I organised the society walk on Sunday along the hills round Watership Down followed by lunch at The Crown in Kingsclere. All went well but not a very clear day unfortunately. Tom and Sally arrived in Madrid.