Christmas Day

Christmas Day with Colin, Cherry, Max, Hannah and Les. The normal routine with Turkey at 2 pm. Very nice!

 

Alien Bloc

Colin and Max drove down to Alien Bloc for Colin's annual go on the climbing wall. Working on the Bumble Bees it was a fairly decent effort from Colin. Max did endurance work on Level 3 climbs.

 

Wicked at the Playhouse

With all the family home for Christmas we had a family outing to see Wicked at the Playhouse. It was a general thumbs down to greater or lesser extent from all of us. 

China Crisis at the Queens Hall

Hannah, Colin & Cherry went to Queens Hall to see China Crisis. 40th anniversary of Working With Fire and Steel. A run through of the album then a short interval then another 45 minute set finishing around 10.30 pm. Nice set and lots of chat from Gary.

 

Arab Strap at Summerhall

A good performance. Started with a run through of Philophobia celebrating 25th anniversary then a few other songs to complete the set. Summerhall again a pretty nice venue.

 

Orienteering at Bush Estate

A local event at Bush Estate in the rain. An Agatha Christie theme with various cards to complete in score format. Didn't go at all well as I missed one of the 9 controls on each card thinking I had done them all. Bit of an accident clambering over a barbed wire fence - luckily just getting some bruising on the arm. Right heel plantar fasciitis also started playing up quite badly from half way. In spite of all that was great fun. Sadly I'll need to keep off the running for a while limiting myself to just the races I've already booked in 2024. 

Billie Marten at Summerhall

Another concert at Summerhall. One of Hannah's favs Billie Marten with a nice mix of folk/rock/pop.