Monday, March 10, 2025

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A Trip To Devon - Sunday March 9th 2025

On Sunday we drove to Torbryan near Totnes in Devon for the annual walking society holiday. We stayed in a disused pub called  the Church House Inn.
It came with a dart board and full sized snooker table. We met the others for lunch first at the Union Inn in nearby Denbury. Had a game of killer on the dart board and a few games of come up. Did a walk on Dartmoor on Monday. 3 tors and a beacon. They were burning the gorse. 
Played a couple of games of snooker when we got back against Steve and Nick. They were both black ball games but I lost them. Jane and Dave cooked a fine chilli for dinner and we played a couple of games of  a variation of killer Nick knew where you have to get less than the previous person. Went for another walk on Dartmoor on Tuesday. M didn't come on this one as she felt a bit knackered from the previous day. This walk was a bit more varied, starting and ending in woodland. We dropped a car off on the way so those who wanted to could dip out. We also got held up by ponies on the road.
We were joined in the evening by the Cox's and Andy Lewis who happened to be in the area. Steve and Lindsey cooked a fine sausage casserole for diner.
We met up with Andy Lewis again on Wednesday and did a walk around Totnes where he was staying.
We stopped for lunch at the pub at Bow Bridge and sat outside in the sunshine in T shirts.
Had a couple of pints in the hotel Andy was staying at when we got back. Everyone sorted themselves out for diner with leftovers and stuff. Had a few games of shithead afterwards. We drove back on Thursday. Great little trip. On Friday we went up to London for the Fawlty Towers Experience. My secret santa present from Anne. It was actually Faulty presumably for copyright reasons. Very enjoyable but you did have to share tables. Sybil was very good as was Manuel but Basil just wasn't tall enough and didn't really have the presence.
JAMO came over for lunch on Saturday and we looked after Owen whilst they took Madeline for her first trip to the cinema. Went to Brendan and Lynda's for a meal in the evening with Kelvin as its Bren's 70th birthday (on Sunday). A good start to the day on Sunday, cycled over to Woodley to pick up the car in my shorts. The first airing of the year. Made a jam sponge to take to no 81 as we went round for roast lamb, salads and flat breads.
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Thursday, March 06, 2025

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Tina Turner Tribute Night - Saturday March 1st 2025

Tony came round for a practice on Monday afternoon and we did the Castle Tap  open mic in the evening. We did a tribute to Marianne Faithful. Broken English, As Time Goes By, Working Class Hero and The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan. Fiona, Yvonne and Steve from down the street were in as were Danny and Alison. A good atmosphere and some new faces. On Tuesday I did a ride with Kelvin. Followed my old route to Slough as far as The Pineapple then back along route 4. M had been to the BRO but was developing a bit of cold when I got back. Went swimming on Wednesday morning but M didn't feel up to it. In the evening I did the Castle Tap folk session. Three alcohol related songs, One Scotch, One For My Baby and John Barleycorn. Quite busy to start with but by the end just the hardcore. Did the Southcote Lock walk on Thursday morning. A lot of flooding on the towpath opposite Waterloo Meadows and Elgar Rd. I decided to walk through it rather than turn back. It was up to the top of my boots in places.
Had a practice at Pirate for tribute night on Friday afternoon. I had to drop the guitar amp off back at RSAC after and helped set up for Club Velocity. On Saturday we popped round to no 81 for a spot of lunch then did the Tina Turner tribute night at RSAC in the evening. We did A Fool In Love and Sweet Rhode Island Red. Went well.


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