9:07 am. Being drawn 13th means that there is a lot of time to fill waiting around. Last on the bill. The band can either blow the adjudicators away or annoy them with mistakes. All I know is that I need to stay calm over the next few hours. 9:37 am. Ordered a coffee and […]
This post means that 2013 has now drawn level with 2005 for the most posts in a year. Although, that’s not strictly accurate as the Temperature Conversion infographic means that this is post 62 this year, placing it firmly on top! Today saw a little bit of work getting dragged out to fill what seemed […]
Lots has popped into my head to write about today. Five years ago today, I began seeing the lovely Mrs Pitts – that’s clearly an important milestone in both our lives. It doesn’t feel like 1826 days have been spent with each other, but that’s what it is. Also, it is St. David’s Day and I came across […]
Today began over in Hornby, Lancashire, where we spent the night as I discussed yesterday. The Castle Inn at Hornby is a fabulous little bed & breakfast, which triples up as a restaurant and the local pub. The owners do a very good job! The room we stayed in was very comfortable – albeit a little warm […]
Today has been another long day. The morning featured assessments at school, with the children sat working quietly and well on their own. The afternoon was disrupted by a few things: some children being borrowed by their maths teacher (I teach a separate cohort of children for maths to my usual bunch) to complete some […]
Today was the day I’ve been rehearsing with Knottingley Silver Band for, Brass At The Guild held at Preston’s Guild Hall. It has been a long day: up at 5:30am, back in just before 9pm. As I said yesterday, morning practice isn’t something that’s readily available for percussionists as it’s pointless to cart all the required kit […]
Most of today was spent doing very little (aside from finding a geocache, GC3K8QY, and changing the log sheet in our own, GC30PJJ). As an update on our attempt to fill our calendar grid, January and February now look like this: February needs a lot of work. The six gaps left in January mainly stem […]
Now then, 1963 was the year that Doctor Who was first broadcast. As I type this, I’m in my Doctor Who themed t-shirt of a knitted style TARDIS and Dalek. So, I quite like the programme. Today the BBC announced that David Bradley will play the first Doctor William Hartnell in a BBC drama about […]
This evening was spent at Knottingley Silver Band rehearsing Gareth Wood’s Brass Triumphant for this weekend’s Brass At The Guild contest in Preston. To say I had never seen any of the parts before this evening, I think I did a good job of it. Hopefully I can help the band to a decent result. […]
Back to work today. Not that it was a surprise to be, but it was a significant event. The place looked beautiful – icicles everywhere which were promptly knocked down. One, which I saved to share with my class was 40cm long and 6cm in diameter at the break off point. Both I and they […]