Herring night...

Playlist
Jackie McLean – Capuchin Swing
Cloudland Blue Quartet – Acoustic Fringe Set

Almost imperceptibly, I began to notice late afternoon that I was beginning to be able to swallow without very much pain and so I hope that my throat is on the mend...

I still have a pretty bad cough though...

So once again no rehearsing for me today although I did listen to the songs...

I’ve been offered more gigs in September at Beanscene cafes and I’m contemplating the possibility of playing not only Edinburgh but possibly Glasgow and St Andrews too...

An early evening drink prefaced our first ever visit to Le Café St Honoré for a delightful pre show dinner, comprising an appropriate hot smoked herring salad, a chicken dish for Anne and Steak avec des Pommes Frites pour moi...

Topped off with a bottle of French House Red and some sparkling water – formidable!

We walked up over the Mound to George IV Bridge and down on to Victoria Street. The Festival has barely started and already the streets are hoaching with tourists – what a great atmosphere on a warm sunny night...

We went into the Bow Bar and ordered a couple of halves of strangely named beers from tiny breweries which are part of the Bow Bar’s Beer Festival...

Tasty...

And then back up the street to the Underbelly – a disused Government or Council Building which springs into life every August for the Fringe – over 80 shows are being presented in this complex...

Richard Herring’s new show “Ménage a un” was superb – he’s really honed his stand up over the last year and the fact that very little of the material has been aired on his excellent “Warming Up” blog, made it all the better...



I urge you all to get a ticket and make the show the success it deserves to be...

We emerged from the warren of little theatres down along from the Grassmarket and walked back round and up Victoria Street – everywhere was so busy and Edinburgh looked beautiful in the gathering gloom as we made our way back down the Mound to Princes St and the bus home...

Walking down from the terminus, we saw at least three foxes scampering around the neighbourhood. I like foxes...

We rounded off the night with some truly dreadful TV on Channel Four - why isn't Mr Herring on mainstream TV???

Highlight of the Day : Richard Herring’s Best Show for a couple of years...