Newcastle Visit

Took a wee trip down to see the parents at the weekend again and to see Katie and Nathaniel who are over for a wee holiday. As always, it’s nice to see Father P doing so well and Katie and Nathaniel seemed to be having fun too. The main reason for going down was to see them all before their imminent depature to Spain for a weeks holiday.

I managed to escape into town on Sunday night where I tried to get into Trillian’s (the Newcastle version of The Solid) and turned up at 3:30 only to be told that it should have opened at 3:00pm but strangely – wasn’t! I have the feeling that the rock fraternity of Newcastle was venturing down to Castle Donington for the Download Festival to see bands like Slipknot, Anvil, Thunder, Whitesnake, Faith No More, Journey and Sunday’s headliner’s Def Leppard.

Ended up at a place called The Percy Arms which was kinda rockkin’ so not a bad night all in all.

Def Leppard’s Donington Set List: Rocket, Action, C'Mon C'Mon, Make Love Like A Man, Too Late For Love, Nine Lives, Love Bites, Rock On, Two Steps Behind, Bringin On The Heartbreak, Switch 625, Hysteria, Animal, Armageddon It, Photograph, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Rock Of Ages, When Love & Hate Collide and Let’s Get Rocked.
Whitesnake’s Donington Set List: Best Years, Bad Boys, Can You Hear The Wind, Love Ain't No Stranger, Guilty Of Love, Lay Down Your Love, The Deeper The Love, Is This Love, Got What You Need, Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City, Give Me All Your Love, Here I Go Again, Still Of The Night.

This weekend coming I’m off to Dundee for more beers with Mr Scott and Mr Dave (if he turns up), then we’re all getting ready to get onboard the “Rock N’ Roll Train” heading for Hampden Park on 30th June. :)