I've had a busy week which culminated in hubby and I attending a local music festival, Weyfest (http://www.weyfest.co.uk), for the first time last night.
I had heard of the festival before and, in fact, had organised to volunteer there a couple of years ago but life got in the way and I had to cancel my plans. Anyway, as a spur of the moment thing, we decided to go along and see how it was and.....it was great!
It had the same vibe as The Cambridge Folk Festival which we went to a couple of years ago and really enjoyed. It was not too busy, there was plenty of free parking and ample clean loos. There were lots of stalls selling the usual festival hippy clothing which I love (obviously!) and there were hardly any queues for drinks, food or anything else.
We were very surprised to discover a Doctor Who exhibition of sorts in one of the outhouse buildings and couldn't pass up the photo opportunity....
...and the music was supplied by Eddie and the Hot Rods and 10 cc. We have seen both bands before but really enjoyed their performances in this much more intimate setting. I'm not sure if any of you remember the 10 cc hit 'Donna'? It was their first hit I think and it was memorable due to Lol Creme's falsetto. Well, Lol Creme is no longer with the band but they have an all round musical genius called Mick Wilson who sings vocals among many other things in the group. Towards the end of their set it has become customary for the group to sing 'Donna' acapella and it really is a brilliant thing to see and hear. Four voices in perfect harmony singing a classic song. Fantastic.
Eddie and the Hot Rods are great to see live. Still full of energy and enthusiasm after all these years....their main hits were back in the 70's! Here's a sneaky peak of the biggest hit which I recorded last night....
Well, that looks interesting! I haven't put a video clip on my blog before so I've no idea if that's going to work but we shall soon see.
Moving on, we have accepted an offer for our house and have made an offer on one we like and, at the moment at least, things seem to be going fairly well. The house that we want is, indeed, the house that I was having seconds thoughts about last week. Hubby came to see it with me last weekend and loved it, which was a relief, we made our offer on the Tuesday and it was accepted so it would appear that we will be moving to Clanfield. Hooray!!
I'm trying to keep a lid on my excitement as I am aware of all the things that can, and may, go wrong but a little bit of me is already in organising furniture for rooms and thinking about what I would like us to have in our new home. We home to be all moved in and settled before Christmas which would be fantastic. Keep everything crossed for us please.
On Wednesday I worked my last shift with one of my favourite young men. That young man is Sam and I have worked with him, on and off, since he was 9 I think. He is now 18.
Now, last Saturday Sam was very poorly and ending up in hospital for the night but, Sam being Sam, he bounced right back and was home again the next day, a little weary but much better. I very relieved to see him on Tuesday and on Wednesday and see that he was back to his old self...loving his keyboard, his Prox Talker and his iPad.
I was given these when I left on Wednesday evening...
Thank you Sam xxx
How many of you have done the ALS/MND ice bucket challenge? Loads, if not all, of you I expect. I was feeling very left out as nobody had nominated me but then good old Sam did the honours and I couldn't refuse. To be honest, I was really excited and couldn't wait to have that bucket of ice thrown over me. Mad, I know. You might be able to see the video here:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10154521431160191&l=768721623376140885
But, again, I've no idea if that link will work. Sorry for being so rubbish with my IT 'skills'.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do today. All of a sudden the summer is almost over and I will be returning to work on Monday after being off since the beginning of July. I think a trip to the hut may be in order, especially as the sun is doing it's best to shine and I have various bits and pieces to take down there including the beach shoes that are now clean and dry after our last visit. If I don't take them back to the hut they are likely to get lost among bits and pieces that we will, hopefully, soon be packing up.
I do hope the videos that I have put on here work. once again, apologies if they don't.
Have a wonderful day all.
A xxxx
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