Nail Soup Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Last week I took my ukulele to a local folk session. I wanted to have a couple of pints, so instead of driving I went by bike. Uke/case on a shoulder strap. That reminded me of the Uke/bike based adventure I treated myself to for my 50th birthday. Hope it's OK to share the memory. My hobbies at the time were open mic nights and a bit of cycling. Basically I put some clothes and toiletries etc in a rucksack, and strapped the uke (in a case) to the back of the rucksack. Then cycled from my home near Dunstable to Portsmouth in 4 legs with overnight stays in hotels. Each of the 5 nights I played the uke at an open mic night. Got lift home. It took a fair amount of planning and preparation. Also had to increase my bike stamina as I was a 10-mile-ride guy prior to this. It only rained once (but absolutely whizzed down for a few hours).... but it was the last leg so didn't seem to matter as much. Here is the itinerary and map (the map still shows a stop at StAlbans which was cancelled by the venue, and replaced by an extra night in London) May 10th – 14th 2015 Sun: Paper Dress, Shoreditch Mon: Bedroom Bar(?), Dalston Tues: Jolly Tanners, Staplefield Weds: Fishbowl, Brighton Thurs: Crown Inn, Portsmouth It was an absolute blast, met some great people - one of my treasured memories. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Top man ! Wish I'd have known about this at the time as I was often around Shoreditch in 2015 and would have happily come and hurled things at you ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 Yeah, the Shoreditch one was interesting. I got to stay two nights in a trendy hotel (the Z). The open mic itself was held in a clothes shop. At the end of the day all the clothes racks are moved to the side and it becomes a kind of venue. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Nail Soup said: Yeah, the Shoreditch one was interesting. I got to stay two nights in a trendy hotel (the Z). The open mic itself was held in a clothes shop. At the end of the day all the clothes racks are moved to the side and it becomes a kind of venue. Unless you had blagged the hotel as a freebie, you coulda' saved a pile of dosh and crashed at our flat in Islington back then 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 On 20/09/2021 at 20:09, Waddo Soqable said: Unless you had blagged the hotel as a freebie, you coulda' saved a pile of dosh and crashed at our flat in Islington back then 👍 Cheer! Yeah, the costs did rack up a bit by the time I’d included everything - I naively thought it would work out cheap. But worth it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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