Jubilee Gig No 1

So it was back to base for our first gig of the long Jubilee weekend. A curious evening: there seemed to be a few technical cable-related issues that took the wind out of our sails early in the evening. Luckily, our only audience at that stage consisted of Capt Kidneystones and La Gamine, who kindly cheered every song anyway. As the evening went on, things got going a bit more, the crowd swelled and danced, and a very good time seemed to be had by all. A couple of the Louche Ladies took it upon themselves to land in Capt Kidneystones' lap - obviously believing it to be some sort of primitive cure for the condition. Not sure if it worked, but it was fun to watch. A very special mention must go to PC Paul of the Hampshire Safer Neighbourhood Policing Squad Group Force plc who was about to end his late shift in Bramdean at about 1.10am when he saw a dodgy blue Land Rover cruise past towing what appeared to be an equally dodgy Ivor Williams trailer loaded with unsecured stuff. He very kindly followed it along the A272, up Hinton Hill, through the farmyard and round to Shed 9L, where he equally kindly used his Plod skills to help unhitch and park the trailer. He and I chatted for some time - I suggested he join me for my traditional post-gig Crunchy Nut Cornflake frenzy but he declined - while John bade us a casual farewell and headed off into the night.