Bit of a journey to Derby. We paid £10 to go on the toll road as the sat nav told us to. It was really empty but turned out we didn’t really save much time by going that way. Waste of money. Nice day in Derby, the Assembly rooms get in crew were a friendly double act. I popped into town and took a few photos
The venue (marquee is a market thing going on)
The Guildhall opposite the stage door.
During set up they put this amusing picture of Jeff on the big screen!
Here is pic of venue from my position…
And from out front
Here is pig doing his soundcheck!
Tonight saw my debut on keyboards in ‘PIGS’. Really enjoyed doing something quite different.
Show was the totally new one this evening which made it feel fresh.
We met a chap called Jeff after the show.
Felt a new level of tired afterwards once the adrenaline had worn off. So many roadworks in Derby it took us a bit longer to find the hotel too.
Friday 23rd - Union, UEA Norwich
After breakfast we travelled to Norwich. Got a bit lost thanks to Sat Nav and it took about a hour longer than it should have! Found the Union on University campus. The sun was out so the shorts were on....check out Jason's pale not seen the sun yet legs!!
As it was such a lovely sunny day that after feeding the crew with toasted sandwiches, we went to sit on the lawn outside with all the students! (there were groups of them behind me when I took this picture)
We got tempted by the sun and ate icecreams. (Fredi got a a £5 tub of phish food ben and jerrys' and then regretted it afterwards!) Noticed out of the corner of our eye that there was a lake in distance and moved! What a nice campus!
Took some blankets and sat by lake.
Jeff modeled for me! Here is the least vulgar picture! (ie after he'd done all the other poses and collapsed) Ignore Jeff, the lake is in the background
Jeff then found rabbit poo and threw them at me. I forget these are grown men!
We were not allowed to make noise until 5 in the venue and everything was done by 4 so it was nice to relax for a bit.
We were ready by 7.30 only to find it started at 8, so for amusement I put hair extensions in Jeffers as he had the most hair for them to clip to. The curls don't really work tho huh?
If you wonder why Jeff gets on this blog the most it's cos he comes up with the most poses and does the stupid stuff. Patch hates people taking pictures now he's bored by it, Chris is usually busy and Steve is usually restringing his guitar!
The show at Norwich was great fun, the crowd are standing up and there is a bar at the back so it's quite a different atmosphere. Lots of very enthusiastic people! Much hand shaking at the end. One of my fav's this year! (Although the sound on stage was a bit different because of the room.)
At the end we met some nice people. There was Dennis and it was his birthday, and I presume they were his sons but i'm not sure, John and Danny Saggers. John chatted to us, (well to Fredi!) he had the tightest jeans i've seen and they showed a lot of ankle, is that the new look?
Saturday 24th April - The Regent centre, Christchurch
On the minibus! me and Chris
Last of the three shows, bit of a trek to Christchurch which is next to Bournemouth. Again quite a nice day but not sunny enough for sun bathing (rubbish!) After get in had a wander around the town. Had a errand from Jason (and with him was Chris today!) for some araldite glue. We found this nice church (Spot the Fredi game!)
The we found a charity with some abandoned Greyhounds, Whippits and Lurchers in the square so there was a lot of stroking and they let me take pictures if I mentioned them on here..(I gave them money too don't worry!) The lady said they are the most placid dogs ever, and sleep for 21 hours of the day. I thought they'd need loads of exercise being that they are such sprinty runners!
Think Fredi liked this one the most!
Made more chuffing toasted sandwiches! It's like a factory line now! Me and Fredi were churning them out, two loaves of bread gone!
Friend of Fredi's dad came to see us play as he lives near by, Dave was his name and he was very tall!
There were some sweet people at the gig, and some rowdy ones! We met Sabrina who was with her dad. She was 13 and already loads taller than me!! Good on her for liking floyd at that age, totally cool young lady!
Did an overnighter home.
Spotted, the pig logo on bus en route!
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