Davie’s Birthday

Today is Davie’s birthday and we enjoyed spending the morning with him. By happy coincidence I had booked the Proclaimers at the Lowry yesterday evening for the four of us, which meant that we were still in Manchester today. The concert was great. I don’t think that the Proclaimers have toured for at least four years, so when I saw the tickets come on sale I hurried to book them. I also booked tickets for their Carlisle concert (Glasgow sold out very quickly) but then we booked the cruise so couldn’t go - luckily Suzy and Brian were keen to go in our stead and sent us photos of their evening which Suzy said that they enjoyed very much. And I have booked tickets for their Motherwell concert too at the end of November (maybe I have gone a bit overboard with this!) but there is a question mark about that date too. Hopefully I will be able to make it. 

Anyway, yesterday afternoon we drove to Manchester and had a long hold up on the M6 yet again. We went straight to Davie and Chanel’s flat and had a cup of tea before having pre-concert dinner at Salford Quays. The concert was sold out and the audience was very enthusiastic. Craig and Charlie were still excellent and sang lots of songs old and new. Of course all of the big hitters like “500 miles” and “Letter from America” got the most response from the audience; it must be a bit annoying for bands who want to showcase their new album but the audience just want to hear their old favourites! 

This morning we picked up Davie from the flat and had brunch with him at the Trafford Centre before going shopping for his birthday presents. After coffee we dropped Davie back home and said our farewells (with extra birthday kisses!) and James and I set off homewards. The drive went very well at first but guess what there were roadworks on the M74 which delayed us by about an hour. At least we couldn’t blame the M6 this time!