A TRIP TO LONDON TO SEE MY FAVOURITE BAND

Wednesday, 30th May and I make my way back to Reading by lunchtime. My grandsons are home with their dad and so it's great seeing them for the first time in 6 months. For dinner, we all (that's me, Gordon, Agnieszka and the boys, Julie, Gemma and her partner, Juan and Agnieszka's son, Dominic) go to a restaurant in Reading, which serves smoked and barbequed food. Very nice to have a meal altogether. And then it's Thursday, 1st June and I'm on my way home. Train to London Paddington, tube to King's Cross and train to Edinburgh (standard class this time). All transport was punctual and I arrived in Edinburgh just before 5pm and caught a bus to Peebles without too much of a wait. Back in the house about 6.30pm. Reading Station, which I got to know quite well after four days travelling. A hectic and tiring few days but worth it just to see everyone and to see such a brilliant concert. And that's all really. Here's to next time! P.S. "Cool Places" i...

Left Edinburgh on time at 1.30pm and had a complimentary sandwich and drink en route to London. Travelling first class, of course (mainly because that was the only type of tickets left to purchase - got a good deal though). Train arrived on time, walked to the underground station and got a tube to Paddington. Managed to get the 6.20pm train to Reading which arrived at 6.54pm where my son picked me up.  A quiet tea with Gordon and his fiancée, Agnieszka, a couple of drinks and to bed. Got the bus down to the station mid morning and a train to London Paddington, and was there by noon. Walked through Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens to have a look at the Royal Albert Hall, stopped for a pub lunch nearby and then walked down to my hotel to check in. Met my youngest daughter, Julie, for tea in a steak restaurant about 10 minutes walk from the concert venue. Then, after the brief support act, Sparks took to the stage just after 8pm. Concert lasted just under two hours. They played seven ...