Whilst I don’t yet have a date for my surgery, the NHS is keeping me on my toes. I recently had to make a trip to the hospital to hand over some more of my blood.
I knew they would want to check to see if the iron infusion had done the trick. So I already had that appointment in my calendar.
However, a telephone call out of the blue informed me that they wanted more blood. Apparently they needed to check my liver function and also to ensure that my blood is clotting correctly.
Over the last few weeks I have had so many needles inserted I beginning to think I’m in an episode of Hancocks Half Hour, namely the Blood Donor.
Here I am continuing on my nostalgia trail and, following on from, the previous evenings hard rock blast with Uriah Heep and friends, we were out again.
Two nights on the trot is considered to be hard partying at my age.
And so, Friday night found us sitting, with eager anticipation, in Portsmouth Guildhall. We were there to see Brit Floyd, a Pink Floyd tribute band.
Gerry and I had been to see Pink Floyd back in February of 1972 at the Colston Hall, Bristol, when they, Floyd, were on their Dark Side of The Moon tour with complete quadrophonic sound system. The audio and visual show back then was stunning. So we were wondering if Brit Floyd were going to be up to snuff.
Well we needn’t have worried.Brit Floyd hit the stage running and never slowed down.
The sound was spot on and, dare I say it, they were note perfect.
They were on stage for around two hours and thirty minutes. Performing numbers from many Floyd albums. Including Meddle, Dark Side Of The Moon, Animals, The Wall, The Division Bell, and Wish You Were Here.
The central theme for this evenings show was to celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Wish You Were Here” which they played in its entirety.
The entire show was stunning. The quality of the sound system was second to none, the laser light show was fabulous. The projected imagery was spot on, some of it was the original Floyd material but had been updated to include some of the current political figures.
WrAnTz 