meanwhile, back in London

I believe I left off as we were going to the Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 show. That was fun as well as interesting. The venue was basically a largeish room with bars on either side and a stage at the front. It was already fairly crowded when we arrived, so there was no chance to get to the front, which was just as well. We quickly found Ll & H, and then AP; 'twas good to see her again, though briefly. We couldn't chat because the opening band was too loud, of course, and she had a seat in a roped off area to the side at the front. Everyone else was standing.

We sort of staked out our turf midway back, off to one side a bit. Eventually some very very tall men got in front of us, which was a tad annoying. The concert was very good. I'm not very familiar with RH's music, but it was a good and fun show, and nice to see PLB and SM and BR looking like they were having fun. Pretty near the end, Z and I needed the loo and once we went back there, we found that the back part of the room was much cooler than the front, so we stayed back there, could hear fine and see almost as well.

The funniest part of the evening was when the concert ended. Our normally genial host seemed to be in a big hurry to leave, practically bolted like a bunny. I was ready to get home anyway, so that was fine with me.

Friday J took us to nearby St Albans. It was a cool, windy, dampish day. We walked past the ruins of a Roman wall and went to visit the very large cathedral. www.stalbanscathedral.org.uk. After touring the cathedral, we wandered around town a bit and found a pub for lunch. Starving by then, we were!