Post 477. THEY ARRIVED

 IN THEIR THOUSANDS.

FOR FESTIVAL TIME AGAIN.
It meant one way traffic for motorists on the Isle of Wight's busiest road (Ryde/Newport) from Thursday 15th June  until  the following Monday. A very long weekend. But a lot of people had a great time and why not? This year our grandson, Ellis Dayer, played bass guitar there. He and his fellow performers did their set in the Stage One marquee early on Saturday afternoon. Apparently all went well. We didn't see it. We have only ever seen the names shown on Sky Arts TV over the weekend. Don't like crowds, are picky with the music, and couldn't afford the tickets. 
For what it's worth, we liked Jarvis Cocker with Pulp on Friday night. Great festival opener. And Jarvis has been doing this stuff so long he can do it standing on a pair of giant speakers. We also liked, in no particular order, Mika, Anne-Marie, George Ezra, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sam Ryder, Toyah, Niall Horan and, top of the bill, the indefatigable Robbie Williams. It was a good festival. 

Oh, it rained: but only a light shower. Glastonbury's next. There it'll probably pee down. Ah well.

ADDITIONALLY ON SUNDAY

IT WAS FATHER'S DAY.

Or, as my wonderfully cynical (the apple doesn't fall far from the tree) daughter, Jac, put it: 'Contrived American nonsense day.' Son Neil bought two cards, the first congratulating me on passing my driving test: 'They didn't have any bloody father's day cards so this was the closest I could find. It's the bloody thought that counts!!' The second was a father's day card picked up from the display alongside the till in the shop where he had just bought the first one.'They'd been there over a month: I had talked to the lady behind the counter about them weeks ago , but you know my memory...' (ditto apple and tree quote). No wonder I love the pair of them.
Driving test? Yeah.  I passed it in 1957.
THAT'LL DO FOR NOW

BACK, ALL BEING WELL, QUITE SOON.