Dan Reed

Last night Dan Reed was back at King Tuts for the second time this year.  Once again, it was a brilliant show.  The band are really tight, and Dan really looks like he's enjoying himself, no pretentious rock star posturing or ego on show here.

The new material is brilliant.  It's not the funked up sound he had in the early 90s, it's got a laid back acoustic-y feel to  it, and it's already proved to be the perfect soundtrack for lazing in the garden on a sunny day.

Here's a wee pic from last night's gig.

All change (sort of)

After posting about the sweltering temperatures that were threatening to turn the average weegie into some sort of weird human-lobster hybrid, the weather goes and changes on me today.  It was all fine and dandy when I left the house and cycled into work this morning, but by late morning, it was considerably cooler, and when I was out for a wander at lunchtime, it tried, and failed, to rain.  This probably means it will try, and succeed, when I'm cycling home.

The lunchtime karate class was cancelled today as the sensei is ill, she's hoping to be ok for Friday, but if it's off, it'll give me a lazy evening, which at the moment, I wouldn't be averse to :-D.

In other news, I picked up Lawrence of Arabia for a fiver.  I've not seen it since I was a kid, and at over 200 mins, I'll have to set aside an afternoon to watch it.  Hope it's as good as I remember.

Hot hot hot

Glasgow is currently trying it's best to resemble a tropical paradise.  Well, the sun is out, at least, and for the past few days it's been hot hot hot.  In typical weegie* style, the natives are moaning about the heat, and forgetting that last week they were moaning about the rain.

Taking advantage of the weather, I got up earlier than usual so I could cycle slowly to work.  When the weather is good and you're up early enough that the traffic is minimal, Glasgow is actually a nice city to cylce round.  Tomorrow I'm on the train as I'm going out straight from work, but on Wendesday, I need to remember to pick up my camera and do another leasiurely pedal into work, looking for photo oppertunities.

(*Weegie - a native of the City of Glasgow)

Linn Park mooch

Went for a wander round the Linn Park again yesterday.  This time we went up to the spot where Mary Queen of Scots was supposed to have stood and watched the Battle of Langside take place.  (Battlefield in Glasgow is built on the actual site of the Battle of Langside trivia fans).

There's a monument on top of the hill to mark the spot, unfortunately you can't see down to Battlefield as there's trees in the way.  Hey, at least it's not flats.

The above is the engraving on the monument to the Battle, that stands on the spot Mary stood while watching the battle rage below her.

 

Above is the monument, showing the engraving commemorating the battle, and below is another view of the monument.

                                               

Home again home again jiggedy jig

That's us back from our holiday to Beirut, with a two day trip to Damascus thrown in. 

An excellent time was had, although Simon and Wendy had to head home a week early, as Wendy had a shoulder injury that was causing a lot of pain.

Lebanon is a beautiful country, with Beirut a very cosmopolitan city.  Syria is also stunning, with possibly the friendliest people I have ever come across.  Highly recommended, and can't wait to go back, only this time, we'll spend more time in Damascus.