Though I’m not sure how I knew it

So there we were, sitting in Cologne as darkness was falling. My friend grabbed his binoculars and started looking up at the apartments above him. Addressing some guys across the table, he said something in German. I caught one word, which seemed familiar. “What’s Schwanz?,” I asked, “I’m sure I know it.”
He stopped, looking completely [...]

I have a bear

A bare what? Arf, arf. No, seriously, I think there’s a bear living at the end of the garden in my vegetable patch.
I can hear you hmm-ing from here, so let me explain. This year’s sweetcorn is rubbish. I thought it was just down to shitty seed that had rotted, but then last year’s great [...]

John and Sam’s wedding

On Saturday 9th August Sam and John were married at Albury Park, Surrey. I have a very happy brother and a very happy sister-in-law (who are now in Hawaii, lucky dogs). Click the photo for the full set. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to Cologne.

7 Days x 7

John and Sam’s wedding on Saturday brought together seven (exceedingly well-dressed) members of 7 Days. So it seemed only right and proper to gather in the ladies’ loo for a photo, featuring: barrybloke, fionajblair, doow, russ, jbmg40, laurenhewings, jimmymoonbeam
Lauren later took this magnificently dignified shot below.

A long story, mostly about trains

So, the third day dawned. We rose earlier than the day before, knowing that we were due to leave Hirschhorn about 8am, arriving in Heidelberg, where we would disembark, at about 10am. The musicians were, for the most part, still tucked up in their beds while we sorted ourselves out with some breakfast and watched [...]

Rocking out in Hirschhorn

The second day Suzy and I woke up late – how did it get to 11am? – but fortunately life on the boat is geared to musicians who come awake at night and get up late, so we hadn’t missed breakfast or anything dreadful like that. The boat was already on its way to the [...]