First Livingstone Road BBQ Of The Year

At half eleven this morning, I was sat at my desk at Astrium, looking out of the window at the glorious weather with one thing on my mind: barbecue. I have a fantastic flat that I love very much, but unfortunately land is not something that comes with it. So I took action and decided to lie to my dad.

I sent him a message saying that gran has just called me saying that you had the intention of lighting the barbie round Livingstone later on and if is this true? Dad gamely called my bluff and “Could be…” was the reply I received. The seed was now sown. I left work as early as possible and cycled back to Southsea to buy cold beer and marinated meats from the Med Supermarket on Elm Grove (£4, bargain). Twenty minutes later dad and my uncle marched through the garden door, after a day out on the boat, with the catch of the day. What ensues is a very typical, last minute Livingstone Road barbecue. I love them. Big thanks to my landlords Cat & Stu for providing the firelighters.

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Strong Island AGM

A lot of very exciting things in the pipeline. Massive thanks to Rob & Steve at Pie & Vinyl for being such great hosts. Cheeky pint of Timothy Taylor’s Landlord in the Barley Mow too. Nice.

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Cure

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The Day After

Dangerously hungover. However my landlady Cat came to my rescue with this present of cheese and mash to fry. I can’t thank you enough…

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Ian’s 30th – Portsmouth to Chichester

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Friday Nights

Checked out the excellent A Hundred Seas Rising at The Aspex Gallery yesterday, a very interesting audio concept and the subject of much debate during homemade pizza and grog later on. The Aspex Gallery is such a great space and a real gem to have within the city, I encourage you all to pop down from time to time to check things out, it’s all free so no excuses. Support the local scene.

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Surprise Chutney

I knew I had at least something hanging about in the recesses of my shelves. Jackpot.

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