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This song has been swirling around my head recently: Read the whole post

It has become a tradition amongst our group of friends to go either to a festival or camping at least one weekend every year. It keeps us young and it is a lot of fun. This year, we decided against the festival circuit since the tickets are expensive, sell out too quickly and we have already had a good year of gigs. We instead decided to go camping. This year, I did not organise it which was both a blessing (since I didn’t have to do anything) and a curse (since I didn’t have to so anything). We ended up at a campsite in South Wales near the Rhossili Bay. The beach at Rhossili is just outstanding: a very white expanse with plenty of room for beach games. Read the whole post

The recent dearth in decent TV has led me to some very dark places, The Hills being a perfect example. I had seen these fools all over the gossip pages and wondered who they were and why people cared. I now realise no-one cares but for some reason, we can’t look away either. It is totally car-crash TV. It has been a long time since I have watched a TV show with so much venom and hate. Read the whole post

About a year ago, my husband bought himself a bass guitar since he has been wanting to learn to play for years. It was very pretty and sat happily in our lounge on a stand in the corner. It was picked up occasionally and was a conversation piece but that was about it. Finally, ricardo got round to finding himself a tutor so that he could learn to play in earnest. And learn he did! He clearly has a natural ability for it and enjoys playing immensely. Then a couple of months ago, his tutor told him about one of his other students who had a band that needed a bass player. And so began my husband’s rock career. Read the whole post