Weekend list

Saturday:

  • Get up
  • Notice that it is pouring down
  • Shower
  • Shave
  • Teeth
  • Dress
  • Put motorbike stuff on
  • Ride the VFR to Shipston on Stour
  • Get wet
  • Get two new tyres fitted to the VFR
  • Ride to Oxford
  • In the pouring rain
  • Get to the B&B
  • Check in
  • Strip off
  • Shower
  • Get warm
  • Then get dry
  • Slide in to bed to read stuff
  • Wake up three hours later
  • Get dressed
  • Go in to town
  • Find the ticket/bracelet exchange
  • Find the Purple Turtle
  • Order cider
  • Drink
  • Listen to music
  • Drink
  • Get deafened by absurdly ill-balanced PA
  • Meet up with muso friends
  • Gossip
  • Drink
  • Gossip more
  • Listen to music
  • Drink
  • Get deafened by absurdly ill-balanced PA
  • (repeat until)
  • Stagger out of the venue
  • Find a taxi that knows where my bed for the night is
  • Fall in to bed
  • Sleep

Sunday:

  • Wake up
  • Sleep
  • Wake up
  • Check phone
  • Sleep
  • Wake up
  • Check phone
  • Read three emails
  • Reply to three emails
  • Sleep
  • Wake up
  • Watch the Japanese F1
  • Sleep
  • Wake up
  • Watch more Japanese F1
  • Sleep
  • Wake up
  • Check phone
  • Read four emails
  • Reply to four emails
  • Watch more Japanese F1
  • Sleep
  • Wake up
  • Shower
  • Teeth
  • Dress
  • Put motorbike stuff on
  • Ride the VFR up the A43 then M1
  • Get wet
  • Arrive Rugby
  • Soaked
  • Park up outside the house
  • Squelch in to the kitchen
  • Peel every soggy layer off
  • Shower
  • Shave
  • Teeth
  • Hang wet motorbike clothes up to dry
  • Make tea
  • Grab chocolate
  • Slide in to bed
  • Start to read last night’s notes
  • Sleep
  • Wake up
  • Get up
  • Put cold tea in the microwave
  • Fill a plate with Friday night’s leftover pizza
  • Slide back in to bed
  • Drink tea
  • Eat cold pizza
  • Read last night’s notes (noticing the writing gets extremely erratic towards the end of the evening!)
  • Watch two episodes of The West Wing
  • Sleep
  • Wake up
  • Notice it’s stopped raining
  • Get up
  • Get dressed
  • Wash down the VFR and cover her up
  • Make more tea
  • Rearrange drying motorbike clothes
  • Get in to bed
  • Drink tea
  • Send emails to various outlets, re last night’s sets
  • Watch another two episodes of The West Wing
  • Collect the website addresses of the seven bands seen last night

and it’s not even 15.30 yet!