Rich

When you’re stuck in an airport on the other side of Europe, completely stranded because your connecting airport is shut, the last thing you want to hear from the airline agent is “good luck”… 

There’s a nightingale singing outside my bedroom window. Oh, glorious. 

When you're at the airport waiting to check in, decide to have a quick browse on Farcebook while you're waiting, and the first pic that pops up on your screen is this. The algorithms are taking the pish. 

Get a real kick out of seeing my band listed alongside some big names. 

Oh band dramas, the sh!@ has really hit the fan with this one, honestly I sometimes wonder why we put ourselves through this

The famous 'This England' speech from Shakespeare's Richard II is much beloved by demented flagwavers:

  "This precious stone set in the silver sea,
  Which serves it in the office of a wall,
  Or as a moat defensive to a house,
  Against the envy of less happier lands,
  This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, 
  This England."

How many of them know that the speech continues thus:

  "This dear dear land is now leased out
  Like to a tenement or pelting farm:
  England, bound in with the triumphant sea
  Is now bound in with shame,
  With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds:
  That England, that was wont to conquer others,
  Hath made a shameful conquest of itself."

Shakespeare knew.

"Guitar is for the head, drums are for the chest, but bass gets you in the groin" Suzi Quatro.

Who is going to the UK Guitar And Bass Show this weekend?

https://theukbassandguitarshow.com

Just had some update pictures on my latest Overwater come through 😍 Not gonna share them yet though!

Just lost a tiny bit of weight... ganglion removed from left middle digit. Had it years but it was becoming a real pain in the arse. Finger. Whatever. 

Is there something funy?

My stepson has just tested positive, 8 days before he was due to leave for his fortnight's holiday in the Maldives. They've been looking forward to it for literally years. Gutted is an understatement.

I can't type.

I can't spell.

The only thing about me,

Is the way I smell

I seem to have used 481% of my 'attachment quota'

Moving to Warwick at the end of the month for a new job... and oh dear... Bass Direct is only 3 miles away from my new front door... hiding my wallet now!

New culinary discovery... kabsah spice. Made a fabulous chicken dish last night using it.

New culinary discovery... kabsah spice. Made a fabulous chicken dish last night using it.

Moving to Warwick at the end of the month for a new job... and oh dear... Bass Direct is only 3 miles away from my new front door... hiding my wallet now!

Today's sudden and ludicrous earworm is... the soundtrack from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. WTF?

This lovely bass is now sold.

Big thank you to @Old Horse Murphyfor helping me sort wonky jack socket on my brand new (yes....) Rick 4003S. Took jack plate off his own bass and sent photos to guide me. Top man

Today I purchased my first ever Squier. Should arrive tomorrow!

I've never got along with Musicman basses... So why do I suddenly have GAS for a 5 string 'ray? Odd... 

I've never got along with Musicman basses... So why do I suddenly have GAS for a 5 string 'ray? Odd... 

Radio 2 really is the perfect early morning listening...

...'cos if there's one thing guaranteed to get me up and at 'em, out of bed and away from the alarm, it's Zoe fecking Ball's vacuous yakking and her incessant, relentless bloody Strictly fixation.

SHUT. UP.