Peter Gabriel Blickling Hall 21.7.07

What a crazy weekend! Spent most of Friday stuck in traffic due to the colossal rainstorms that hit the UK, but made it to Norwich after about 6 hours or so. We booked into the hotel and fell almost immediately asleep. We arrived at Blickling Hall at midday on Saturday and spent the afternoon walking around the grounds. At this point the sun was out and it looked as though we were going to have great weather for the concert (should have known really). We then joined the queue at about 4.30 and waited until they opened the gates. Once we got into the venue I charged down the field to nab a spot up front, we were rewarded with a fantastic view of the gig. The rain DID come down but it didn't matter. PG was on top form, the whole thing was more raw than the "Growing Up" tour. Gone were the theatrics, it was just him and the band. It was fantastic to hear some of his older stuff like "D.I.Y", "Intruder", "Rhythm Of The Heat", "On The Air" and "Lay Your Hands On Me". Great stuff. Here are just a few of the pics I took...

"On The Air"

"Solsbury Hill"

The man himself..


Tony Levin




David Rhodes




















Sledgehammer!



Thank-you and goodnight!

A wonderful night! Thanks Peter!

Scotney down...

I have removed the "It Came From Outer Scotney" section as all the links seem to be dead. I will see if I can find an alternative and then start posting them again.

Too long...

Sheesh. It's been ages since I posted last. As I said before life can get in the way. Lots to update. The kitchen is ALMOST done. There have been a few irritating little things that have gone wrong along the way but we should have the worktop installed and all most things fixed within the next 2 weeks. It's strange how one job can morph into several if you aren't careful! The next stage is to get the floor in the living room done and then some repair work in the basement. IT NEVER ENDS!

Eeek!

The wall came down that separated the original kitchen from the main room, and for a while we were living in a bombsite.

But gradually things got better. GRADUALLY!



Almost done now. I will post a pic when it is complete.
Now....... a few months ago I posted about these bastards.


They opened up a shop near the local bookshop that I have been working for on and off for the last 4 years. This was a worry. We fought as long as we could but in the end....



Oh well. I guess this is what people want. Even more big business and fewer independents. They say they want the opposite but then they vote with there feet. All because they can get the new Harry Potter book for £8.99 instead of the RRP of £17.99. How do they make money on that? Clue? They don't. It's a loss leader. They deliberately make a loss on it to get you in the door in the hope that you will buy other items. How can you compete against that as a small business?




All in all a very depressing day.





Well done Waterstone's! Mission accomplished!