I had a great night’s sleep on Friday night, so I only needed 4 hours last night (I guess). I woke up stupid early because obviously there were many important things to worry about. In no particular order: should Keith wear his good black shoes to wait in the rain for our ride or should […]
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The weather report for our town was to expect 100mph winds (yes, they use miles here. We got miles from them) (They do use liters and grams, though, so I don’t know about that). Storm Eunice was coming our way. (No tropical in front of that, because no tropical. It sounds so…short.) (And Eunice sounds
Keith here again. I wasn’t offered any British candy this time. That’s probably because I ate it all last time. (But I just found the last package of digestives, so I will be okay.) Last night was another rehearsal. We arrived pretty early as we got a lift with Gwyn and he needed to be
It was Keith’s first full day of work. He was up and at it by 7am, getting ready for an 8am meeting with his team in China. In Minnesota, he works at 9pm to meet with them first thing in their morning. Here, 8am is their 4pm, so it was upside down for everyone. I
During a break in the rain yesterday, we decided to walk down the high street in search of some groceries. After some more trying, we figured out that the stove top was locked (you had to hold the button for about 15 seconds to get it to unlock, hence our initial quickly push every button
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Keith asked if I thought he should upgrade his jeans and t-shirt before rehearsal and I said I thought so. You only get one chance to make a first impression and why not just go up a notch. When I was packing, I specially asked him he wanted to wear his typical Disney aloha-style shirts
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The bistro/hotel is on the corner and Keith, in his spiffy Gorton’s fisherman yellow raincoat, is in front of our new home. Neil and one son, T, (I really respect people’s privacy and think initials are enough for the boys. T was sent home from school with a headache, covid tested, and joined our move-in
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Fended? Mmm. Doesn’t sound like a word. Anyway, we did a brilliant job of sleeping and may actually be acclimating quickly to UTC. Yay. We decided to refuse Neil’s help and get on with helping ourselves. We are having dinner with Philip, the band’s conductor, tonight and since actual dinner will happen, I suggested candy
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And it is raining. Quite a bit of raining actually, but it is nearly 50° and that is delightful. Cory Band manager Neil picked up us and our extensive luggage and delivered us to Cardiff Arms Bistro and Hotel in Treorchy. We are staying just tonight in the hotel (lovely room) before we move to
We have paid attention to brass bands in the UK since we were introduced to them via the movie Brassed Off in 1996. Keith played in the Sheldon Theatre Brass Band in Red Wing, MN, from 2006 through 2012. We visited London in October 2019 and timed it so we could attend the National Brass