Quote from: Thenop on May 17, 2024, 02:04:11 PMEven though the vinyl is not here yet, I can still listen to the live Ayreon show form last September. One of the songs not on the featured album (01011001) but from the latest Star One album is now up on youtube. It's worth a listen if it's your sort of thing. It has Unleash the Archers singer Brittany Slayes and oh boy does she have a set of pipes on her...

Oh I hate you Now there is another band I need to check out and get hold of some CDs from.
In a similar vein discovered Blackbriar recently. A Dark Euphony is a great album.

1 minute, quite surprised when it all turned green

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Alter Bridge - ABIII

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Surprised my third go turned out to be the solution. First word I thought of to fit, and I was too idle to try to find something more promising. About a minute.

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Fantastic opener, then it went downhill fast.
Took me a couple of minutes to come up with line 4, did no know the word but it stuck. Had to look it up.

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About 10 mins @ Glasgow airport..

Boston - Don't Look Back
Peter Frampton - Breaking All The Rules

A beautiful afternoon and I wanted to escape from work at about 1500, and do a fondo. Then someone thoughtfully invited me to a meeting at 1700.

So instead I thought I'd take an extended lunch at about 1300 and do maybe 35 miles or so. A light wind was coming from the east, roughly, so the plan was to do about 18 miles of the eastbound route, then come back.

After about four miles, I entered Loughborough Road as usual, only to find that it had been "resurfaced", if I can dignify what they've done with the term, by having a huge quantity of dusty, sharp gravel piled onto it. I tolerated it for about 150 metres or so then decided to turn back. My tyres were liberally coated in grey dust.

I'll have to avoid Loughborough Road for a while, but fortunately there are other options for that part of the route.

I went west along the Coalville bypass then past Sinope and north through Peggs Green and Griffydam, up Top Brand. Rather than pursue the eastbound route I did a sort of loop through Belton, Long Whatton, Diseworth - just following my nose - and came back down Top Brand. Then west along Alton Hill, to Ashby then Packington, then Normanton Road to Heather, which I don't think I've done for at least two years. Back home via Ibstock, on 37.81 miles, in plenty of time for the meeting.

Really nice out there, warm and sunny. I trialled a pair of cycling shorts in a garish black and green colour scheme that were a Christmas present from Stepdaughter 2. You'd think I'd get a bit of credit for this from her mother but no, she just wanted to point out that they look ridiculous with a black and red cycling top. I suppose I need to buy a new top, I don't really have one that goes with it.

https://www.strava.com/activities/11432305648

Son was waiting for me prior to the Riverside concert last night and he got collared by a Daily Mail reporter...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13430449/amp/The-Portal-intended-bring-New-York-Ireland-closer-people-used-flash-boobs-Atlantic-futuristic-device-shut-locals-blast-authorities-setting-worst-spot-Dublin.html

(I know, The Daily Mail!!)