The Cavern

I just love a road trip but in this instance as I am minus a car I had to settle for a rail trip which was gonna be long and pretty boring but the end result was sure to be worth it.

Friday dawned grey and drizzling but who cares after a few hours work I was going to escape for 2 days of fun... actually it turned out to be one day of the best fun ever and one day of extreme hangover..................

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For all the slating the rail system takes it go me there in a reasonable 4 hours and pretty relaxed which would not have been the case if I has driven the M6 on a Friday evening, a little anxious to find the hotel as I know the first band was gonna be on in about 30mins..

A question for you lovely people of Liverpool ,why do none of you have any knowledge of where you live? after asking several people directions I was about to give up when I spotted a group of young girls obviously out on a hen night... but no success and why they had to tell me they were not local but were from Wales I will never know, the accent gave it away.Anyway at last I found a native of Liverpool who gave me full and precise directions to the Travel Lodge although I was slightly surprised at the distance I was going to have cover to get there.. I looked back to thank him and then I saw it.. we were actually standing outside the Travel Lodge when he gave me these directions..!!

Rushed in put on a bit of slap ( waterproof mascara... this comment will only be relevant to a few people... luv ya David) , by then Katherine & Kelly arrived but I could not wait for them to get ready as I did want to miss The Aviators, if they had travelled all that way to play the least I could do was get there to see them.

Arrived at the Cavern just in time to catch their set which was great.. now anyone who reads my blogs will know I very seldom mention anything to detailed about the musical element of the night unless it particularly stands out and in this instance these guys did, it could have been a bit daunting playing the Cavern but you were fantastic.

Point 7 Pistol were once again excellent growing to like them more every time I see them ( must be my days of managing a heavy rock band makes me in tune with their sound), was sorry I scared Jimmy to death... truly mate I was not inviting you back to my hotel... you are just a little bit the wrong side of 40 for me lol and I suspect a certain young lady would not have been very pleased either.

I am not being rude by missing out the second support as they were great but pratt that I am I have actually forgotten their name, you were great guys possibly not my thing but that is no disrespect to your talent I am just one strange cookie... I think you may have been called "the barrow boys" if not hell I just made things worse really sorry.

To the main act.. what can I say about this bunch of talented guys... possibly nothing I have not said before... great to see you on your home turf...Liverpool obviously loves you and it was great to see such a good turn out, but I know it takes hard work to achieve this ,just because you are local does not guarantee you a crowd in a city buzzing with a billion things to do on a Friday night. You were great as always... David my being rude to you is just a sign of affection honestly I always take the piss out of people I like if I think they can take it, and of course you can , lets face it I would not travel to see you guys if I did not have respect for you all. Paul thank god the bar was shut cause judging by my hangover yesterday a drinking contest , however great the company, would have killed me.

A note about the nightlife in Liverpool.... never seen anything like it we hit a few clubs and as a people watcher I found them fascinating... obviously the closest they get to finess in asking a girl out is "are you single? how about it then", which I suspect is probably pretty much the same in most clubs in UK cities and obviously the beer goggles were out in force cause even I got propositioned... I am glad my polite refusal was understood even though a scouse accent and my Norfolk one are miles apart. ***** Off seems universally understood.

Sat was a long day waiting for trains and buses to get home but it was worth every minute cause its what life is about.. music fun and beer ( well actually I am never drinking again)