That was a ridiculous, and, you could argue, pointless day. Well, woke up and did a couple hours freelance work from home, but then set off on what have been a simple journey to Bilston. It was for a lounge show; another work in progress evening and, having fiddled with the script a lot I was feeling quietly confident about this one. Also, I had a cracking time there - at Ade's house, last year, it was where Inadequate Man really started to come together.
But then there was an accident on the A6. A huge, bugger of an accident, closing two junctions.
In short, I left at 2pm, expecting to be there for 5pm for pre-show beers, food and a catch up with friends, but didn't make it until 10.40pm. 10.40PM! I'm obviously grateful that I wasn't involved in the accident directly; I'm grateful and aware of that, but equally...there was one point when I didn't move for four hours. And, as I said yesterday...I really could do without any time to dwell at the moment. Spent a long time sat on the M6, with no food, just a couple cans of Emerge, and no human contact. Bad thoughts, bad times. Horrible.
Eventually made it to the house just as the audience were leaving. They were very nice and apologetic "on behalf of the Midlands" but had trains to catch to go home...disappointed regarding the lack of show but lovely all the same. I still stayed there overnight, my old chum Steve - an old friend from many years ago, was there with Ade and his girlfriend, so the four of us sat, drank and watched the '50 Ways...' film, which they all liked. It was a nice catch up, but I was still gutted not to do the show.
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