Out And About In Summer 2024

Introduction

This is for James and Oneg's final prompt in the challenge below.

The music is "Staying Out For The Summer" by Dodgy.

So Why My Summer Was A Good One

There are lots of reasons

I've had great times with friends and family and became friends with a wonderful trans performer Jade Mi Broadhead who I interviewed here.

I also discovered I could get very cheap rail travel to visit my home town of Preston. This started last year when I was going to take my sister Yvonne for a birthday lunch and the trains south were all cancelled. Then we tried to rearrange and I found I could get return tickets for £20 (the full cost should be £140).

We did lunch early in the summer and discovered an amazing restaurant for her belated 2023 birthday lunch and this was the place.

Wandering Preston I was struck by the beauty of Avenahm Park, close to where I went to secondary school, but I thoroughly enjoyed a beautiful day there by the River Ribble (which I often visit when I holiday in Settle).

In my wandering around Preston I chanced upon this wonderful artist who I am going to hopefully interview. Her soundscapes are amazing so hope to share more of her in a Vocal interview, but you can check her art and music out here:

I do love the image and it was her guitar case that first caught my eye and I used it for this Vocal piece.

Because of my age I get free bus travel over the whole of the UK which means that I can travel to so many places and discover new things.

Today I revisited Morpeth and this amazing antiques place in the old courthouse:

I have discovered a lot of new restaurants and seen a lot of bands as well.

I keep discovering new and old music and my vinyl collection keeps growing.

My writing on Vocal continues to improve and I am getting a lot of reads, though i am not sure from where, though I still continue to be a thorn in Vocal's side but someone needs to tell them when they get it wrong, along with the many things that they get right.

Conclusion

This is has been a great summer and I have a lot more journeys of discovery to take going forward.

Thank you so much for reading.