Fuck the lager. Get on that sherry!
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Naa, you look full of youthful vim and vigour, just a reference that only smokers drink outside, this side of July.
Take that as a compliment, @JxgrSaint . He usually addresses me as âold boy,â and asks if I need a hand. 
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First BBQ of the year
Cunts!
Had to scrape wet slushy snow off the car to go to the village shop.
Now 3C & rain turning to shitty snow overnight.
The mountains are on the plus side having an extra good skiing weekend.
Been lovely here today - spent most of it in the garden - even slapped on a bit of factor 30.
I hope youâve all been dosing up on vitamin D3/K2 during the winter monthsâŚyour immune system needs a steady supply of sunlight.
This is why I live in the Philippines and work in Equatorial Guinea
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Pmsl.
Look BiL is not really a going out type, so he was shocked to find Krakow is lovely at night and even watching us lose was fun in a way.
But the 
part was that I had to teach him how to catch a Tram/Bus to get home, he hadnt been on a bus here since he was at college 30 years ago.
Golf time
Seeing our resident hedgehog for the third time this spring. Witnessed by grandog which barked furiously at the dangerous and threatening hedgehog.
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We use to have a raft at Lepe just not like these with tables chairs and BBQâs
Happy Easter everybody.
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One of my traditional pleasures of Easter weekend is listening to the Classic FM âHall of Fameâ top 300. I know itâs only a device for setting their playlist for the next year but you do get to hear less well known works and less well known movements of popular works. Just heard the first movement of Tchaikovskyâs Fifth and the finale of Mahlerâs 2nd. Awesome stuff. Interspersed with some absolute rubbish computer game jingles. Sadly, Iâve little doubt the fucking lark will still be ascending into top spot.
I love how classical music can expose ignorance in those who try to bluff musical sophistication. Many years ago a youngster at work was telling me how wonderful was Tchaikovskyâs 1812 Ovature. Yes, I said a wonderful work. Have you heard Beethovenâs 5th Symphony? No he hadnât, so I lent him my copy.
He wasnât impressed, he thought it a total rip-off of Tchaikovsky.
I couldnât agree more. itâs embarrassing painful when you hear someone trying to sound knowledgeable about classical music on the basis on knowing one or two pieces.
Iâd say my classical music knowledge isnât bad, but itâs still pretty mainstream on the basis of listening to Classic FM all the time. But I have developed a liking of many less well known works. In particular Iâve built my repertoire of Bruckner works over the last few years. Initially, theyâre challenging but itâs superb stuff. The 3rd, 4th and 8th symphonies are awesome and reflect the composerâs insecurities, self-doubt but also moments of absolute triumph. Iâm just getting into his choral pieces which are a brilliant new experience.
Iâm even more mainstream than you, Bruckner is a mystery to me. My dad exposed me to the Classics early in life but by the time I discovered Radio Luxembourg it began to take a back seat but I do particularly enjoy piano music; Satie, Chopin, Grieg, lots of Mozart.
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Classical Music?
Thatâs Cliff & Status Quo isnât it?
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If you like piano music, try the Schubert impromptus, Op 90 D899 and D900. High on my current listening list.
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Heathen.
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Hell of a band. 
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