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Daily Archives: January 23, 2013

The Nailheads

There’s a new show in town! The Nailheads!

I’ve just been for my daily walkabout – just something I do to keep the joints working. I’ve to go for keyhole surgery on my right knee soon but I am hoping to have my bum fixed first. It never rains but it pours!

No worries – The Nailheads are in the studio just round the corner from me so I don’t have far to walk.

There’s Lead singer – Joshua —

On Backing Vocals – Gasper —

with his twin brother – Growler —

and little Eddie —

while Brucie is on the harmonica —

and Jasper plays the tambourine —

Now that’s something you don’t see every day. There’s obviously a fertile imagination at work here. I asked a couple of old guys – former Woodentops – who were hanging around outside the studio what they thought of the new boys in town —

They were speechless —

But I think their expressions say it all 🙂

The Nailheads

Eyemouth Breakers

23 Jan

In a previous thread I mentioned my penchant for long stay cheapie breaks in Tunisia to get away from the winter frosts. Cyprus and Jamaica were another two destinations that I used.

But this time I stayed in Scotland – I should have been well warned when on my way to Eyemouth on the east coast I stopped by this clifftop memorial to the drowned fishermen in a former maritime disaster. It shows the families waiting on the shore and wading into the pounding surf in some cases to pull bodies and exhausted men from the sea after their boats had capsized —

I was on my way to Eyemouth where a friend had offered me the use of his holiday cottage for the winter at a reasonable rate. Facing the beach right behind the breakwater – it all sounded idyllic – till the waves started coming over the houses —