Back to the prep for the long-awaited phone box map while I’m taking a break from new boxes. Today I’ve added coordinate links for the Upper Street boxes from November 2016: here, here, here, here and here. (Plus a sad realisation that one of them is no longer in situ!)
Month: February 2026
Gig Review: Holly Johnson at The Glasshouse (Sage Gateshead), 12th November 2023
On we go with the gig blog catchup!
I really enjoyed this gig… well, I remember I did once the main act came on. There was a support act, which I only know because I took a picture. The old listing from the Glasshouse website tells me his name is Matt McManoman, but I’m afraid he was most likely doing the kind of acoustic stuff that my memory tends not to retain:
Sorry, Matt. If I see you again I’ll try harder to remember your set!
Onto Holly. Setlist recorded by the good folks at setlist.fm. It was a perfect list as far as I was concerned, with a great mix of Frankie classics and solo highlights. Holly also had some great stories about Newcastle back in the ’80s when he used to come up to record The Tube.
The encore was one song – ‘The Power of Love’ – which Holly said he believes shouldn’t just be a Christmas song but should be played year-round. I see his point, but seeing this lovely performance of the song in the run-up to Christmas did feel pretty special.
Onto 2024 next week! We’re getting there…
parkrunday: Town Moor #693
Last Saturday, Geth and I went to the Moor for a change. He fancied a faster effort and I was still taking it really easy due to my hamstring niggle. It’s strange how slow parkrun feels when you’re taking it properly easy. I was a little faster than the previous week at Jesmond Dene… but not much.
No picture as there was no photographer (I did take a selfie for logging purposes but it’s not particularly blogworthy).
I’ll still be taking it easy this weekend (yet to decide where) but the hamstring is much improved following a sports massage so hopefully I’ll be able to get a bit of speed up again soon!