Had I known dad was going to be there I might well have taken a trip. I could legitimately claim an interest so it wouldn't really feel like stalking. You see when I was a kid I went through the pony stage.
Below is my fat little pony - Sherry and here I am all dressed up and ready to go
And this is one of me on another pony showing off my good seat - it's an equestrian term!
These were taken more years ago than I care to admit and when I grew out of Sherry we couldn't afford to buy a horse. After a while I lost interest.
Anyway in case you need to up date your diary:-
The Royal International Horse Show is on at Hickstead between 26 and 31 July
The Horse Of The Year Show is on at The NEC in Birmingham between 4 and 9 October.
I can't remember how these things work so no idea whether Jessica would qualify to jump at either show.
I was on the bus this week when Born To Run took a turn on my iPod... followed by Badlands. I have an irresistible urge to punch the air at the appropriate moments when these songs come on.
If I'm in the car I do it - whilst singing at the top of my voice. A couple of years ago when I was off work convalescing I tried to do 10,000 steps a day and during these walks I would throw my arms up. I had to do arm exercises anyway so it was as good reason as any...
...but on the bus - well - didn't want to startle the other passengers so early in the morning.
So I bought 'Live At The Main Point' this week. I know, I know, I could have downloaded it for free or somebody would no doubt have sent me a copy but in the end after reading Uncut Magazine's review I had to buy it.
Regular readers will know I don't subscribe to the adage that Bruce was better in the seventies. Different yes, but not necessarily better. To be honest some of the stuff from the early days does nothing for me. I think you had to be there.
For those of you who don't know we first saw Bruce in 1993. He was with the 'other' band but we didn't know, or care, we loved it. That being our first time was special for us just as 1975 was special for the people who saw him then.
Anyway despite my reservations about the early days I absolutely love this version of Incident.
We were lucky enough to hear this live at the Wembley gig in 2002 which I talk about here. Don't know if we have heard it since because my old laptop gave up the ghost and our Bruce spreadsheet went with it.
We had listed all the shows we had been to and the set list for each show. Need to do it again but as it's such an enjoyable thing to do we won't mind. It's a good excuse to get all the boots out a have a listen to each show as we go along. Quicker to get the set list off Greasy Lake of course but not so much fun.
Finally just had to let you know that my Bruce doll went down really well at work and I'm excited to say I've got my first order - it's Claudio Sanchez
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