cancer fundraising
My second trip to London in three days to see what is the third of four concerts in 10 days! It’s been a while since I was able to say anything like that. I must admit the stamina is not quite up to speed yet, but nevertheless it was a brilliant evening watching Kim Wilde at The London Palladium last night.
Last night was all about live music and friendships, two things that play such a big part in my life. I travelled up to the 100 Club in Oxford Street to see the first non-chart band I really go into Department S. A massive bonus was Eddie Macdonald, original bass player in The Alarm playing an acoustic support slot. I was also meeting fellow Alarm fans Jan and Margaret, from Norway who are in London for a few days.
Sending love, hope and strength to Mike Peters, his wife Jules and all their family at this time with Mike’s Leukaemia having come back. The music of Mike Peters and The Alarm has been a massive part of my life since 1983. But it is more than music. The wider family that now exists through the music is something truly special.
I’ve bought a very special fundraising album which is raising funds for the Ukrainian humanitarian appeal in war torn Ukraine.
Last night I went to see Frank Turner at Reading Hexagon, almost 6 years since I first saw him play live at the same venue. It was a terrific show and the first gig of his first full UK tour since lockdown.
A New Dawn was released last Friday. Tonight I have donated £810, which equates to £270 each for Bowel Cancer UK, Love Hope Strength and The Bowel Movement. I am so grateful for all the support for the album. Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy so far. The pre-order period was hugely successful, but now the hard work begins to try and sell more copies and increase the amount that can be donated. The feedback so far has been excellent so if you are able to support the album that would be amazing x
A weekend away in North Wales has meant a few days off from the journal. Rather than backdate posts, I shall bring all my news up to date in this one post. My trip to North Wales was to take part in the Love Hope Strength Coastal Hike. I was so pleased when everything fell in place to allow me to release the Fields of Dawn album on the same day. LHS along with The Bowel Movement and Bowel Cancer UK are the three charities that are receiving the profits from sales of A New Dawn.
I am writing this in the final hour before A New Dawn is officially released on the stroke of midnight. As well as from the rivers2cross store you will be able to stream and download the album from all the major digital music platforms. Obviously from a fundraising point of view if you are able to order a copy from rivers2cross.com then that way more of your money gets to the three charities.
t’s a period of national mourning that most of us will never have experienced before and as seems to be the way these days, especially on social media, emotions are running high with the usual bombardment of people telling us how we should feel and what should happen etc. I always come back to kindness these days. I would like to think I would treat others how I like to be treated myself. We all share many different views and we should try and respect that we are all entitled to our own opinions, whether we agree with others or not.
A rare sight these days is me dressing up either socially or for work, but today I had to go to the funeral of one of my customer’s at work, who we have known for over 30 years and who got on really well with Dad back in the day.
