A terrible night's sleep and a very foggy morning.
Got up late and went to the Regal for fruit & coffee. Thence to PandIS to pack cages etc.
Took Laura her prints (loved them & took them to show to her mother). Also went to John Lewis to price up new cloth for framing area but they didn't have anything like what we have got (mostly too thin).
Couldn't do much else as there was exam on (so no use of lift etc) so pushed off back to RNB and packed some photos.
Left around 13.00 and went to the Issac for a couple of pre-gig snifters. Whilst sat there this went round Castle Court.
Caught the bus/train to London then tube to Highbury. The club was right across from the station so popped into the bar for a pint to wait (a couple already there and more wandered in). Joined queue around 18.30 and stood for ages as more & more steampunks turned up. Some (Germans by sound of accents) had tickets while we had to wait to get to box office. As a result we couldn't get right to the front so went to bar for beer and merchandising booth for a tour T-Shirt.
Got a pretty good view close to stage (3rd 'row' back) and the 1st act - "The Memepunks" - were very good. I've never heard "The Final Countdown" as a tango and "The Girl From Ipenema/Pretty Fly" was funny. They even did "The Safety Dance".
The 2nd band = "Cauda Pavonis" - were OK but I couldn't really hear what the big lady was singing.
As some people moved we ended up being pretty close to the stage (2nd 'row') and Lou had a good view.
The Abney Park came on and were brilliant (as always).
It was incredibly hot and I was dripping with sweat by the end. We thought about staying for a beer with the band but bar looked crowded and Lou was nervous about missing the train so we shoved off back to Kings Cross. Went to Waitrose to get some beer for the train but was told it was past their licencing hours (why didn't the cordon it off?) so left beer, and sandwich, for them to put back.
Spotted that there was an earlier train going to Cambridge but couldn't figure out where it was going from. Who knew that there was a "Platform 0"?
Got a taxi home and peeled boots & socks off damaged feet. A small G&T, some reading and sleep.
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