I got up in the end and stayed just outside of Durham nice little b & b everywhere else booked up. Loved it....nothing melancholy about brass bands and old lodge banners they are so inspiring and it gis yer a lump. Met some old faces and made some new friends...talked about the past...wondered about the future...I needed a nostalgia fix. Had some laffs but there was some tears too...spent saturday night in the half moon with some people from easington and italy( who were playing at next weeks durham festival) fuck me a lots going on atm up there. In the wake of all the banking shysterness and bollox elsewhere its great for it to be about ordinary salt of the earth folk. Thats a legacy that will never go. Ive done way too much wandering the streets looking for fash twats that I never did much of this stuff before.
The weather was ace and on the sunday I had a few hours to kill so instead of spending all day in the spoons...ok so I had a fat mans roast and watched a car roll down the hill opposite or was that the 'spooky' sorry 'speckly'...dont matter...dont care, I spent a couple of hours watching the fly fishermn just lea of the shopping centre on the river. After sea trout or salmon...didnt see any of them netted but he got a couple of chub who are known to take a 'wettie' Also had some laffs at a baby heron with its ma trying a bit of fishing on the weir. Only thing was the fairground was too near the stage...not a problem with certain speakers though.....cheers
Busy as fek all day, there definately was a large turnout, including more dedicated knowledgeable people who were previously disengaged from the movement for whatever reason (apathy probably). Things appear to be moving... Very large numbers of people, the march took even longer to get around Durham - you can ask any contacts you have to confirm this reading if you wish
Krink, we'll have to go for a drink
Aye, tell N to give me a shout via facebook when you're all next over this way and I'll try me best to pop down for a swift one or four
we went back to the fair after about 1 minute of miliband.
