Mon - Rang up Robin Thorn who claims he has never heard of a cable failure, and can't understand how it might have rusted. Anyway, he is sending a replacement set (£20) for me to fit, and I spoke to the workshop guy who was very helpful and will talk me through it. Will fit next week when Mrs M is back at work.
Blood test and ECG at doctors, all well, so my pyrenees 'turn' is now down to dehydration/heat exhaustion.
To Rex in evening to see Senna - absolutely gripping film and so well edited together. A must-see.
Tue - It was Mum's 90th birthday yesterday so we celebrated by taking a a picture of her (with Lulu and Jon who couldn't come as they are at work) for tea at Luton Hoo with Eddie and Shirley plus the Aspley Heath Marshalls. Lots of happy memories.
In evening went to acoustic/song night at Peppermill with Georgina, great to have such events at a restaurant in Chorleywood.
Wed - Took Granny out to lunch at Chippefield Larder, what nice friendly service - the lady said the chicken and ham pie was dry so it was half price, but I thought it was fine. In afternoon cycled (solo bikes) to deliver post to the Robbs, then onto see if Majestics in Amersham have any of the Loire wines we had on our trip, they have a couple so we will go back to buy. Cycled back along Chiltern Cycleway track to Chenies Manor, a super ride through woods above the chess valley, you could imagine you were in France, 11 miles. Then hot tub.
Thu - Wedding Anniversary - 32 years. Coffee at the Peppermill in the sunshine to start the day. Lovely English sunny day, so top down on the BMW, and we drove via New Forest and ponies on the road to Barton-on-Sea for lunch at the Pebble Beach Cafe (http://www.pebblebeach-uk.com), on the terrace overlooking Christchurch Bay, seeing from the Needles to Swanage.
After a walk along the beach below, and a snooze on a bench, we drove along the coast to our hotel in Bournemouth (The Royal Exeter) just opposite the BIC where The James Taylor concert was to be later that night. We wandered to the sea front, then through the gardens to hear a few tunes from a brass then jazz band. I had the full seaside experience with a Mr Softee icecream cone. The crowd going into the BIC was very good natured (and of our vintage). We had great seats at the front on the first elevated terrace (bought on eBay at 75% uplift), and the man was superb, all the old favourites plus some interesting newer numbers.
So nice to just then walk across the road for a drink in the bar, and so to bed. What an awesome day, could not have been better. From the Bournemouth Echo:
11:51am Friday 15th July 2011 By Debbie Moore
IT would be hard to find a more amiable entertainer to spend an evening with than James Taylor. The legendary singer-songwriter with the unchangingly beautiful voice sings with a smile you can hear and creates an intimate, friendly atmosphere.
This show is a trip down memory lane for James, and we're all more than happy to be taken along. Most songs are familiar, some more obscure, but every one's a winner, delivered with a story that puts them in context.
There's Jump Up Behind Me, about the time his father drove to New York to rescue a teenage James after a failed band project, Angry Blues, written in the throes of a hangover, and the stand-out My Travelling Star, one of many variations he's written on the theme of being torn between home and the open road.
And when the long-awaited favourites take their turn - Sweet Baby James, Fire and Rain, How Sweet It Is, Carolina In My Mind, You've Got a Friend - they're delivered faithfully and with the same feeling as when they were first recorded, to a pin-drop silent audience appreciating every word and note.
Taylor never leaves the stage, even spending the entire interval perched on the edge shaking hands and signing anything and everything that's put his way.
At the end he thanks us for allowing him and the band to take another turn through town. And the warmth he shows his audience is sent right back.
Fri - Breakfast in the hotel, left 9ish and back in CW for coffee by 11(lid down again). Lulu, Amy & Helen W came out to stay the night, and Jon joined us for a curry at Sathi.
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