Aitch's 2009 UK adventure

[mrs_brown]

What a great time! Keep posting pictures it is so much fun to see what is going to happen next. I love the picture of you on the beach Howard. It almost looks like that sand hurt. It appears you have had perfect weather. What a wonderful trip! Graham is doing a fine job so far, buy that man a beverage will you he looks parched!

[wints]

Camber...Haven't been there since a kid.

Glad to see you having fun Aitch, and visiting all the right places. I was just down the road from you last Sunday at cricket, but you were up north. I've benn running from pillar to post myself since I got here last week, but hopefully will catch up with you both soon...

[ozover50]

Next week maybe, Wints?

We're away this weekend but back on Monday. The following Friday we go our separate ways for a week.

[8mileshigh]

We can only do Monday night or Thursday next week....Quiz night Tuesday and the GG's Wednesday

[ozover50]

Perhaps you'd better contact my social secretary, Andy.........

[leesh]

Hey fella's! Glad that you're having a grand summer adventure!!!!

[wints]

I'll have to do that Aitch!

In Amsterdam partly next week, and still running. That's going to be tight with your schedule...

Where do the days go...

[harvey49]

Seems like you and Graham are having a wow of a time, and packing heaps into each day.

Pity you haven't found time to have a bit of a jam yet. I'm sure if you trott out a few Rics Graham, Howard would be more than willing to play them, in fact I'm amazed he's not suffering withdrawal symptoms from not having his daily guitar fix. I guess he's got his priorities right regarding his time management though, historic sites, good friends, a brew or two and sleep. Not much room for anything else - oh, maybe a bite to eat now and then. LOL

Hope you've allowed for some wind down time when you get back I think you're going to need it with what you're packing into this trip Howard.

[ozover50]

Yesterday we went to another old pub for lunch...... I take it there are no new ones in this country!

The Ramblers Rest... 1684

After that we went on a tour of the Chislehurst caves..... fascinating and of some significance - they were used as bomb shelters during WW2 and at times housed 15,000 people. Sorry... no pics - pretty dark down there!

Last night Graham took me to one of London's more "upmarket" music venues - the Bridge House 2 in Canning Town:

The Bridge House...... posh!!!

Finally some Rickenbacker content. One of the bands(??) had a guy playing a 330JG.... it sounded good even if the rest of the band didn't!!

A Rick amid the mods....

[longboard_ric]

Nice one Aitch.

At this rate you'll have a Masters in English History by the time you're finished !!!!

Have fun !!!

[ozover50]

The next picture will be worth a fortune one day! One of the bands was a Who tribute band - Quadrophonia. Excellent band with a great bass player who happened to be........

Often heard and heard of but rarely seen ....let alone photographed!!

"The Shadow", "The Whisper", "The Ghost".....................



The one and only................................









Wait for it........................................




















SIMON MOLE!!

The Shadow.......

A truly lovely guy and a terrific bassist.

The other band that played was The Small Fakers. Being a huge Small Faces fan I was in my element..... the awesome sound of a cranked up Hammond through a miced up Leslie cabinet - delicious!! Terrific vocals and guitar work - these guys were really tight and nailed everything they did. It was a pretty small crowd and they could have just mucked around a bit but they gave it 100% plus. I wish they could get over to Australia.... I'd be their number one fan!!

The Small Fakers

I had a chat with the lead singer and drummer after the set.... again, super, super guys who are totally professional. I bought a t-shirt from the drummer and he threw in one of their "limited edition" ones for free - how good is that??

This afternoon we're driving down to Teignmouth for a Tony Carey gig tonight and hopefully a pleasant weekend by the seaside.... the weather forecast isn't looking great, though. Really looking forward to catching up with Tony.

Nice pubs down that way too!!

Cheers!!

[ozover50]

Seems like you and Graham are having a wow of a time, and packing heaps into each day.

Pity you haven't found time to have a bit of a jam yet. I'm sure if you trott out a few Rics Graham, Howard would be more than willing to play them, in fact I'm amazed he's not suffering withdrawal symptoms from not having his daily guitar fix. I guess he's got his priorities right regarding his time management though, historic sites, good friends, a brew or two and sleep. Not much room for anything else - oh, maybe a bite to eat now and then. LOL

Hope you've allowed for some wind down time when you get back I think you're going to need it with what you're packing into this trip Howard.

Yeah...... not having the daily guitar fix is tough stuff!!

I should be right, Ron. I arrive back on a Friday morning so I'll have the weekend to get over it and steel myself for the return to the office...... erk!!

But that's a few weeks off yet.................

[scotty]

Looks like a top night i wish i was there the Small Fakers are a top tribute band.Cant wait to drink you two ladies under the table..........

[dr_bob]

The gauntlet has been thrown down. Now let's see if someone throws up !!

[scotty]

heres a taster for those who have not seen the SF akers. viewtopic.php?f=11&t=386368