Thursday

Just a typical Thursday night in Barrow - a packed pub, loud music and guitarists up on the tables. Can’t remember what we were playing at the time, but I’m guessing it was something I could cover off on the open strings so I only needed one hand, thus freeing up the other hand to snatch a photo.
I do know it wasn’t “Chelsea Dagger” though. After spending the afternoon learning it (see yesterday’s blip), we never got round to doing it, though we did delve deep into the setlist and played a few we’d not done for a few months!
All good fun though and much enjoyed by all who were there. The only downside was that my cough got worse throughout the night and by the time I got home, I was not feeling at all well. I managed a few hours fitful sleep in the chair, but I now haven’t actually been to bed since Monday as lying down just exacerbates the coughing.
The day has been spent as quietly as possible whilst consuming cough mixture and cold and flu remedies like they were going out of fashion. I really hope I can get some sleep tonight as tomorrow night is our New Years Eve gig and I don’t want to let the others down. As long as I can stand upright, I’ll be there and will get through the night on adrenaline alone, if needs be.
It would be nice to say I’ll then have time off to fully recover but Panto starts a week tonight so it’s going to be full on with final rehearsals from Monday…