The Book Club - 26th April

This months Book Club had a great line up including one special guest and his golden globe. There were the usual suspects Robin Ince, Martin White, The Trap, Natalie Haynes, Johnny Candon, Chris Neil, Peter Buckley-Hill, Tim Key, Asher Treleaven was back, and Daniella Ward bought us a new Chat play. I believe the Chat play may be becoming a spin off comedy show of it's own.

And then the special guest of the evening Stephen Merchant, the other one who wrote the Office, and had a radio show and podcast show with Ricky Gervais.

With the power, yet again, of youtube I am able to being you a whole 14 seconds of the Book Club.

The Flaming Lips/Go! Team - Royal Albert Hall - 22nd April

Oh yay, Oh yay!

There's a town cryer on stage and that can mean only one thing. The Flaming Lips are in town.

Gutted that we didn't get standing tickets, but still excited that we got to see the Flaming Lips play the Royal Albert Hall.

And we finally go to see the giant balloon with Wayne in it, that I've heard so much about. And it is an amazing spectacle to see him all lit up, inside a giant balloon, walk/roll across the crowd.

And now with the power of the internet and the marvel that is youtube here is that exact moment captured on video

As ever it was just one big party, with balloons, tickertape, puppets, fancy dress and some damn fine songs.
In fact Youtube has all these little snippets from this gig.

Cornwall and it's beaches - 13th to 17th April

Tim very kindly took me to Cornwall for a break during Easter. We stayed at some very pleasant B&B's at Newquay, just off Fistral Beach, so we were in walking distance of the beach. And then we took daytrips out to all the places you're supposed to visit as a tourist. Rick Steinville or Padstow as it used to be called. We had some of his fish and chips, I have to say they were good. St Ives - I really loved the little streets, and all there nooks and crannys. Mousehole - a disappointing amount of cats about, apparently there are loads basking in the sun in summer, but nice all the same. And many more places besides.

We had to visit the new cornish tourist hot spot of Boscastle

We sat out on the cliffs at Boscastle to see those waves in action as the tide came in.

We had a brief pitstop at St Agnes for a Cornish Pasty and some sea air.

As some of you will know there was talk of me donning a wetsuit and getting in the water.

I would just like to explain, it's April.

Pleasant but cold English weather.

I dipped a toe in, it was bloody freezing.

Only a mad person would have gone in that water.

Tim swears it's warm.

That it's not that cold.

That you get used to it.
Mmmmm.

Still Fistral beach isn't just for bodyboarding.

It has lovely sunsets too.

I hope to go back soon.