Friday, 5 December 2014

05-12-2014 - The Who, Nottingham

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A first visit in decades for the Who to Nottingham.

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Stutter Video



Support Act The Standard lamps were very good too

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Saturday, 15 November 2014

15-11-2014 Manvers open mic

Not been here for a long long time and this is the last one.

Arrived late due to another gig, Chas and Dave at Rock City

Played
Rocking in the free world - Neil Young
Long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll - AC/DC
Spirit in the sky - Norman Greenbaum

Was joined by Martyn on bass for all three, and I was on electric guitar so a loud and rocking set. Was great everyone was dancing too.

Friday, 14 November 2014

14-11-2014 USA Trip Video

Stutter video of the trip!
Updated with added pictures!



14-11-2014 Friday USA Trip Day 8

Shannon to Birmingham, slight delay but the trip was fine, cases off quick and bus waiting to take us to the car.

Tipping it down!

Easy trip home as the rain stopped.

Stats

· Outdoor Ice rinks
o Seen = 6
o Used = 1
· Miles walked >20
· Beers > 30
· Sky Scrapers = 2
· Public Transport
o Bus 1
o Metro/Subway Rides
§ Washington = 5 (Pay as you go)
§ New York = 15 (7 day ticket)
§ Sky Train = 1
o Ferry = 1
o Train 1
· Weather
o Sunny = 6
o Rain = 0

Summary

Category Washington New York
Weather Fine and Sunny Fine and Sunny
Noise None Loads
Crowds None Loads
Public Transport Safe Safe
State of Public Transport Clean Dirty
Cost of Public Transport Cheap (Ish) Cheap
Cleanliness Clean Dirty!
Things to see Loads Loads (but more exciting)
Would I live there? Yes Maybe
Our Accommodation
Location Good Very Good
Noise None Loads, cross roads and subway
Cleanliness Clean Clean but shabby
Recommend Yes If backpacking maybe
Value for Money Yes Not really

The End!








Thursday, 13 November 2014

13-11-2014 Thursday USA Trip Day 7

Last day

Quick trip to Brooklyn Macy’s to buy some more jeans then off to Coney Island to see the Sea.

Nice sandy beach but being November it was closed. Today the weather turned, I had to wear my fleece!

Had a hot dog and cheese fries at Nathans. Apparently they are famous for their hot dogs!

Left Coney Beach and collected bags and went for our flight.

Flight took 5 hours, instead of 6 and screens worked great. Also a better system with Aer Lingus than on the United flight! Far more control.

When we landed the ground crew had not yet started their shift. lol

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Wednesday, 12 November 2014

12-11-2014 Wednesday USA Trip Day 6

Shopping and site seeing.

A bit of low cloud today

Started at the 9/11 memorial to see it in day light, not as impressive, but still very moving,

Went to the top Northern End of central park, near Harlem, then walked through it also did the Nike Store, Empire State Building, All the way to floor 102, Macy’s again, the great multi diner place we found the day before.

Little miss had some vegetarian food at Times square, I had a McDonalds!

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