Music

I met some friends going up towards the Globe. Richard was going to play his harmonicas in the acoustic tent with Troy Redfern. He said: "In church, I had to read the lesson in front of six bishops and an archbishop - and tonight, harmonicas!"
Later that evening, giving Islay another wheelie around town, I met another friend walking up from the Globe to Kilverts, and I joined her for Open Mic Night. They've put a tent up in the garden for it this week, and there were lots of people there I hadn't seen play before. Em had been in the acoustic tent at the Globe before she came up the hill, and she said the set with Troy and the harmonicas and the lad with the bongos was fantastic!
We met Ros up there, who had been working at the Hospice shop. She said they were completely sold out of blankets, duvets - even dog blankets! Anything to keep the poor shivering campers warm!
Later in the evening we were joined by a South Walian up for the Festival. He'd spent the afternoon in Booth's Bookshop doing a workshop on collage. He showed us a picture of his work of art on his mobile phone. He also said that he'd been up in Hay at Easter and had gone for an evening out at the Hollybush. This is the pub and caravan site that featured in The Hotel Inspector on TV recently - and it seems that the owner hasn't taken any of the advice from the programme to heart! He went to see a guitarist who he said was very good indeed - but would have been even better if they'd managed to organise a PA system for him.