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Elvis Costello & The Imposters – Colston Hall, Bristol
Tonight Elvis was on tour accompanied by the giant wheel of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook. Unsuspecting volunteers were dragged up onto stage to spin the wheel and pick a song, and if they were really unlucky they were persuaded into the cage to dance. This gave us nearly three hours of music, interspersed with a bit of banter. The last 20 minutes or so was an up-tempo run through of some old classics to finish the night off.
At some point in the next couple of days the tracklisting will appear.
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The return of the Ribble
Back at the beginning of 2010 I retired my Ribble Audax and replaced it with a Singular Peregrine for winter commuting duties. The Peregrine is good, but bloody heavy, weighing in at nearly 30lbs with full guards. For commuting in the winter this isn’t a problem, however this year it hasn’t really stopped raining since the beginning of April, and I’m getting a bit fed up with the weight of the Peregrine for every-day duty.
The frameset for the Ribble was still in the cellar, and in a dusty corner of the lean-to was my Planet-X Uncle John cross bike, unridden for the last two years. A plan formed.
The Uncle John has been stripped, and all the components swapped on to the Ribble frame, which gives me a commute bike with full guards weighing in a good 7lbs lighter than the Peregrine. Should I want a cross-bike again, I can either swap the components from the Peregrine on to the Uncle John, or more likely remove the rack and guards from the Peregrine and fit some cross tyres.
The only downside is that there’s a fair bit of corrosion around the chainstay bridge on the Ribble, so if I prefer this to the Peregrine for commuting I’ll look to replace the frame later in the year. Another Ribble Audax is only £100 or so, or there’s the Surly Pacer for a bit more.
Bath Cycle Races 2012 – Round Three
At last the sun shone which made for a much nicer evening of racing in Victoria Park. Local former rugby player Victor Ubogu even made an appearance in the Cat 3/4 race.
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#102 – Mr Smith Goes to Washington
A rare quiet night combined with an empty TiVo means a chance to catch up with another film. This time the fourth in my James Stewart collection.
129/250
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The return of summer
Summer, or at least some sunshine, has made a brief re-appearance for the weekend, something which can’t be ignored after so much rain.
Despite having to work on-and-off all weekend, I decided to head out on the Pegasus to check out the new bridge built as part of the nearby Two Tunnels route, and then headed up the hill to see where I ended up. After a bit of pottering about I rode home along the canal which whilst dry and dusty in places was interspersed with wet and muddy puddles, making it a somewhat messy ride into town.
Once home, I caught up on emails and calls and then headed out on a clean bike up to Cadence to pick up a new road helmet to replace my aged Bell Sweep. I ended up with a white/green Kask Mojito not the white/pink which, while being listed on the site, doesn’t appear to actually exist.
An afternoon of beer and the Giro finished off the day nicely.
Tomorrow I shall ride the road bike, or maybe just stay in bed.
Bath Cycle Races 2012 – Round Two
Despite the weather warnings from the Met Office, the heavy rain held off for the evening. The number of spectators and riders was a bit down on last week, but we had a good night of racing.
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Bath Cycle Races 2012 – Round One
Tonight was the first of five rounds of racing in Victoria Park. Unfortunately it was a bit too gloomy tonight, and the camera was struggling to focus by the end of the evening.
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Avengers Assemble – The longer version
The Marvel film franchise has been a bit up and down. Mostly up, but a couple of the films didn’t impress me as much as they could of done. I loved Iron Man and Captain America, but thought Iron Man 2 finished a bit too quickly, almost as if they’d run out of film (or disk space), Thor never really grabbed me, and The Incredible Hulk, while being a vast improvement on Hulk, didn’t quite hit the spot.
Now it’s the turn of all of the cast, plus a few we haven’t seen before, to take centre stage with Avengers Assemble, or The Avengers as it’s known to the rest of the world. This sees Iron Man, Black Widow, Hulk, Captain America, Hawkeye, and Thor teamed up to, as you’d expect, save the world from a nasty person, in this case Loki.
The film follows the traditional “they’re winning, they’re losing, they’re winning again, oh no they’re losing, oh look they’ve won” path, but follows it well. Bruce Banner is played by yet another actor which is a little disconcerting, but in the end it all works out. Plenty of action, plenty of laughs, plenty to like. When is the Blu-ray out?
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#230 – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
I’ve never seen this before, and I can’t say that a black and white western would be my usual choice of viewing, but it’s another one to tick off the list.
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