A special request from Dan tonight as he’s away and can’t stand this film.

40/250

Anticlimactic

Tonight was the album launch party/gig for Ryan’s band Fromage en Feu. I won’t attempt to explain the music other than to say it’s the first time I’ve danced like a loon to the music from Tetris.

Tonight’s TV viewing was the entire The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy TV series. The first time I’ve seen it for years, it’s still as good as ever.

Re-brand your website like this:

I can’t even remember if I’ve seen this or not, but the box was open, so I’ve probably seen it.

39/250

Watchmen Director’s Cut in Maximum Movie Mode, followed by the three documentaries on the extras disc, followed by Dark City Director’s Cut, followed in due course by bed.

A film I’ve only ever actually seen once, well twice after tonight.

38/250

According to the sign in the door of the local post office, it closed temporarily on 22^nd September 2009.

Following the end of todays TdF stage I headed out to christen the Trek 69er 3×9 on my usual Uni route. Other than forgetting it had gears occasionally it was a superb ride. The bike handled like a dream, the only think I need to do is fit the Poploc so I can lock-out the forks for road climbs.

Trek 69er 3×9

Golf Course

My second visit to the Cheese and Grain this week, and there were far fewer people in attendance tonight. Because of this I was stood much nearer the front which meant it sounded a lot better than usual for the venue.

Support came from Al O’Kane, standing in for the absent Ella Edmondson. Fortunately however, her Dad had turned up. After a short break, three professionals and the self proclaimed “twat in the middle” took to the stage, pointed out the lack of sheep thereby proving how bad they were at being shepherds, then launched into 90 minutes of music interspersed with occasional jokes from Ade. A superb evening and I can’t wait to see them again at Cropredy next month.

Setlist:
I Fought the Law
Rise
Whole Wide World
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
The Model
Teenage Kicks / Whisky in the Jar
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
No More Heroes
Once in a Lifetime
London Calling
Up Against the Wall
All Around My Hat
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue / Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment / Blitzkrieg Bop / Sheena is a Punk Rocker
Yan, Tyan, Tethera, Methera!
Up the Junction
God Save the Queen

White Riot
Hurry up Harry

The geared Trek 69er has now been built, the only stumbling block is that I can’t get the rear tyre seated properly, it looks like it’s catching on the rim strip, time to attack it with tyre levers again.

Update: Apply two doses of Fairy Liquid, pump it up to 60psi, and 30 minutes later the recalcitrant bead pops into place.

Support tonight came from the highly amusing Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs, who performed an interesting Skiffle/Punk themed set, starting out with a bit of Led Zeppelin and Green Day, and ending up with "What shall we do with the drunken sailor".

As always with the Cheese and Grain, the sound was a bit muddy for the main act, but the Levellers still put on a superb set, barely stopping to catch breath between the songs. Two encores followed the main set, then all too soon it was 11pm and time to drive home.

I’ll be back at the Cheese and Grain again on Saturday for The Bad Shepherds.

After a 4-week exam marking induced interlude the film night returns with a comedy classic.

Hopefully this should last me a little while.

Some of the alcohol purchased in France, the 7 bottles of various spirits are elsewhere.

I bought a 3-man pop up tent today, £70 reduced to £40, and it’s ace. I can put it up and pack it away in less time than it takes to remove my normal tent from it’s bag and unroll it.

The Raceface XY post in the 456 slips just as badly as the Thomson did, I’ve now resorted to a hand-made shim from that renowned manufacturer Stella Artois in order to try to cure the problem.