One of the only live appearances by Public Service Broadcasting in the UK this year, the other will be at Ally Pally for the Race for Space 10th anniversary celebration in September.
Hebden Bridge
After a leisurely morning we headed to Hebden Bridge to get some brunch. On the way there we drove past the [Boxford factory](New Works, Burnley Road, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX6 2TF) that I used to work for in 2003-2004.
Once we parked up in Hebden bridge we found an excellent Taco place to eat. After food we went for a gentle walk along the canal and found a craft market.
Public Service Broadcasting
Public Service Broadcasting were fantastic, they played my favourite song They Gave Me A Lamp, from the Every valley album, with an appearance from the singer Haiku Salut.
Last night while browsing the web one of the algorithms showed me the perfect t-shirt for me, I immediately tracked it down and purchased it.
T-Shirt
The t-shirt I'm talking about is a fluorescent yellow Soulwax t-shirt made specifically for their appearance at Pukkelpop Fes...
Getting to Tate Modern
We started the morning at the Tate Modern, I went there via the DLR from Beckton, when I got to Bank Station due to some closures I got stuck and it took me way longer to escape the station than it should have done.
I walked down from Bank Station to t...
The plan was to go to Lewes, meet friends and then sit atop a west facing hill and watch the partial solar eclipse.
Fire A13
I got in my car about 14:00 and headed to East Sussex. When I turned on to the A13 there was a massive plume of smoke and it looked like Jenkins Lane ...
A year ago today my amazing friend and partner in crime, Sarah, passed away.
When Sarah died, I was not in a fit state to write about her so I am doing this now on the anniversary of her death.
Music
The first time I met Sarah was at Glastonbury Festival 2010, when she had ...
Last night I got a message from a friend asking if I wanted to go see Gary Numan and Marc Almond at Crystal Palace for free. It was Marc Almond that sold it for me.
It was odd going back to Crystal Palace after only 6 days.
Ladytron
I was kinda excited to see Ladytron it had...
Penge West
This is the second festival in July that we’ve had to get the Overground to Penge West rather than Crystal Palace Station because there are more trains to Penge West than Crystal Palace. This meant that we had a 20 minute walk to the festival entrance, which is no...
This weekend I performed at my first ever festival, with my friend Steve aka Filter Sequence.
Boho Festival
Boho Festival is a small (about 500 people) intimate weekend festival, just outside Nottingham at Millview Glamping & Events.
I arrived at 12:00 on the Friday Lunc...
School
When I was at school I really didn’t like English, but this was not because of the books we read. One of the books that we studied was A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines.
Once we had finished reading the book we were shown the film Kes based on the book and directed...
Today is my mum's first birthday since she died on 21 October 2025, she would have been 81.
I don't need my phone to tell me when my mum's birthday is, I have always known this, it is on Bastille Day. I have always had my mum's number stored as a favourite on my phone, since...
Today was our last day in Türkiye, we had our breakfast at the hotel headed back to the room to pack. At 10:20 I headed down to the reception as the rental car was being picked up at 10:30. When 10:35 arrived I spoke to Tania to see if the rental company were usually on time...
After a lie, in due to not getting to bed after 03:00 due to the England quarter-final in the world cup, we went for a walk down to the Harbour for brunch.
DoyDoy restaurant
Susan and I met our friend at the top of the old town and ambled through the shaded streets until we ...
A leisurely start to the day with breakfast at the hotel then at 10:30 I drove Susan up to the villa. She was joining the other ladies for a spa day. Then I drove two friends over to the next town along the Lycian Coast called Kaş.
Kaş
Before we set off I looked for a car pa...
Susan and I went to, another, restaurant where we were the only customers.
Discovery
Before coming to Türkiye I did a lot of searching for places to eat, but I found Şahika Bahçe by looking at places on google maps. When I found it the reviews were amazing and the only menu ...
Car Hire
Today we decided to hire a car and go explore out of Kalkan. After breakfast I went down to the hotel reception to ask if they could recommend a car hire company near by. The told me that they would phone around and get me the best price. Ideally I only wanted the c...
Anyone who knows me, knows that I hate the heat, so I would never ever come to Türkiye in the height of summer without a very good reason.
Today we had a very long lie in, so long breakfast was over (10:00) before we woke up. This could be down to:
The drugs I took for inse...
Today we had an early start because we were going on a boat trip. So we had an early breakfast, well it started at 08:00 so not that early.
After breakfast, we strolled down to the harbour to meet the others for the boat trip.
Lipsos Boat
Our boat was called Lipsos, but one ...
Since I have been in Kalkan a number of times people have praised my look and style, the first time was the hotel bar manager, Josef, who said:
I really love your harmony.
Today we had a leisurely day. We had a lie in and a late breakfast at the hotel. Once we were done th...
We decided the night before not to stay up to watch the Mexico v England game, as it wasn't going to kick-off until 03:00 in Türkiye. This was a great decision as the rain in Mexico delayed kick-off until 04:00 our time. When I awoke at 07:15 I put on the stream of the match...
It turns out that the Holiday Inn at Gatwick was a great idea. We both managed to get a good few hours sleep and awoke at 03:00. A quick turn around and we were outside the hotel waiting for the Gatwick Hoppa a shuttle bus that goes around the hotels before dropping off at t...
Today we leave home to go to Kalkan. When we originally booked our flight was at 20:40 but in April we received a notification, from Tui, that our flight had been moved to another flight. This was probably something related to the stupid war that Trump had started.
Our new f...
Today we leave home to go to Kalkan. When we originally booked our flight was at 20:40 but in April we received a notification, from Tui, that our flight had been moved to another flight. This was probably something related to the stupid war that Trump had started.
Our new f...
Today we went to Crystal Palace Park to see Kneecap play their largest headline show to date, there were 20,000 mostly Irish fans. Thankfully the temperature was much less than the previous few days and only peaked at 30ºC.
On the way we passed the Kneecap pop-up merch shop....
Tonight I went with friends to see Mark Thomas, practice his Edinburgh Fringe set.
The venue, The Museum of Comedy, was very intimate and based in the Crypt of St George’s church. There were less than 100 seats, it was nice and cool which was awesome because heat outside was...
Today we went to the Southbank Centre to see an immersive exhibition called Choose Love x Jon Hopkins.
When we walked in it was an absolute delight the room was filled with fog and the temperature was like being in a fridge.
Description
Part of Harry Styles’ Meltdown and Ref...
On the way in to The O2 I spotted Guadi having a cigarette before he went in.
There was a merch stand outside with a huge queue. I straight off ignored it as I wasn’t really interested. On walking in I noticed someone wearing a DEVO Energy Dome a red pyramid hat. Now I have ...
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