Seven Days In

Since I started writing on Vocal , that has become my main creative focus. It has a slightly easier interface but posts need approval and h...

Last night , this morning I was having another weird dream , someone had stolen my ladder from my garage , and the garden umbrella look...

Actually this is post 2113, the last one here was 2112. I only realised as I was getting towards the end of it and it was all about my...

The #AprilSongs is sort of a bit of a chore but I am determined to complete it and it has made me revisit and discover music in my col...

I'm under a three day Facebook ban for posting an Instagram shot of the art on the wall at No 28 ( here  and you can see it on the...

For some reason The Pixies song "Here Comes Your Man" has been going through my head. I don't know why. It is a great so...

There was a homeless guy in th epassage down the side of the Tyneside Cinema asking for spare change. I said I had none (which was tru...

Due to one thing and another I expected today to be the first day in a very long while that I stepped into the office having walked le...

Described by Andy Kershaw as England's greatest folk band and may John Peel said the describe the minutiae of everyday life every ...

I took the title from a line from "Sir Henry at Rawlinson End" the Vivian Stanshall film and monologue that first appeared a...

The weather has been awful for walking, wind , rainy and cold meaning that an umbrella is not really a viable option. While April Fool...

One of the good things about doing this Million Step Challenge is that I am listening to part of my record collection on random play a...

It could be a house number, it could be a bus number , it could be any number. It's the first three number in the powers of two wi...

I'm currently up to day 6 of a "Step Challenge" (see pic to the right). Next Monday I need to hit 15,000 step...

I try to keep things positive on this blog but am a little sad to be thinking about the passing of two greats , Dave Swarbrick , fiddle...

Someone asked me if I knew about the Alberts as they'd seen a great documentary on them. I said yes, I have , and have a couple of t...

All The World's A Stage So Kelpies are water horses and Sheepdogs and I'm posting a seasonal song a day, and this is my mos...

Just been amazed by the amount of rain today, so no need to water the garden then. Also had the lights replaced in the kitchen though t...

I remember John Peel being very depressed because he'd been measured for a suit and his results were 40-40-40. Well I cant actually ...

We had the rain on Friday , the sun was back yesterday and this morning is shaping up to be good , too. Blue cloudless sky , which may m...