Friday and I’m not out tonight. I’d taken a flex day off work and spent the day working on my book. Completely cream crackered, so I had an early night.
Saturday I watched ‘Live Earth’ which was a bit average. Some of the acts were good, some sounded a bit weedy and rubbish. Given the serious message that the musicians were trying to get across, I was disappointed that Jonathan Ross didn’t know if they recycled rubbish in his house. Presumably he is too famous to actually throw his own rubbish away. This is probably the death knell for big charity events and I can’t say that I’m sorry.
In the evening the girls (and boyfriends) decided that they wanted to go to the cinema, so off we trundled to Vue at Clifton Moor where we watched F4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. I’m sorry but I’m a bit nerdy and like these super hero films, probably because reading the comics filled much of my mis-spent youth. I really liked this film.
On the way back into town three of us got dropped off and ended up at the Roman Bath where we were treated to a superb set from Barnsley covers band, Vamp (Vintage rock through Valve Amps). Vamp are: Steve Firth (Vocals, Rhythm and Slide Guitar), Ian Wilkie (Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals), Mark “Hutch” Hutchinson (Bass), and David Wilson Jones (Drums/Percussion). They played a refreshing mix of The Faces/Rod Stewart (Stay With Me, Maggie May), Free (Alright Now, The Hunter, Wishing Well), Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil, You Can't Always Get What You Want), Status Quo (Caroline, Rocking All Over the World), Diamond Dogs (Every Little Crack), The Undertones (Teenage Kicks). Needless to say there was plenty of audience singing and dancing going on. Top stuff! Highlight of the night? It was all smoke free!!!!!
Sunday was the British Grand Prix from Silverstone with Hamilton on pole position after a nail-biting during qualifier on Saturday. Massa managed to stall on the parade lap and was reduced to starting from the pits. Although he bravely worked his way back up the field, he never looked as if he was in contention. However, at the front Hamilton was under constant pressure from Raikkonen and after the first set of pit stops he had slipped back into second place. Alonso fought hard and managed to wrest even that from Hamilton, pushing him back into third. Still, nine podium places from nine starts is a formidable record.
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