Abersomething...

Playlist
JC Bach - Quintets & Sextet
CPE Bach & WF Bach - Symphonies & Concertos
Philip Glass - Piano Music
Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variations (1955 Version)
Miles Davis – Circle in the Round (CD2)
Models – Collection
Various Composers – Your 100 Best Tunes (CD1)
Cloudland Blue Quartet – Skylines Full of Cranes/Do As Others Do
Mozart – Clarinet Concerto
Mozart – Flute, Harp & Orchestra Concerto
Rheostatics - Raise a Little Band (Radio Documentary)
Various - Destination Out Top 10 Downloads 2006

Slept late (8:24) then got up and listened to the new CD of JC Bach’s quintets and sextet whilst watching the last 45 minutes or so of last night’s FA Cup “Match of the Day”...

Then upstairs to do some exercises whilst listening to a couple of symphonies by CPE Bach and WF Bach - what a prolific lot the Bachs were...

By the time Anne was up and we were ready to leave the house it was just after 11. We drove to our breakfast favourite, Patisserie Florentin...



We noticed that Herbie’s Delicatessen, the place in Stockbridge from where we sometimes get lovely bread, has opened a sit-in branch a couple of doors up from PF. It wasn’t open today but one for the future perhaps...



On the spur of the moment, I suggested we drive to Fife to the small town of Aberlady. However, Anne pointed out that Aberlady’s actually in East Lothian....

True enough – I was thinking of Aberdour, to where, in 1975, my local church had its Sunday School Trip – buses with streamers out the windows, sports competitions and bags full of goodies (actually probably just a sausage roll and a bun...)

So thirty minutes after finishing our late breakfast, we parked up at Aberdour railway station....



We took a leisurely walk down to the beach and a long the sands and back...

Very relaxing indeed...



We walked back to the car and drove on to the rather less picturesque Burntisland, all the time accompanied by the piano works of Mr Philip Glass...

Finding nowhere to lunch, we ended up at the Tesco Metro in Dalgetty Bay and purchased some lovely soup and a small baguette and headed for home...

Here we found that Dunfermline had knocked the mighty Glasgow Rangers out of the cup and that Hearts are away to the Pars in the next round while, if they can overcome Dundee at home in a replay, QoS will play either Cowdenbeath or Brechin City – both from divisions below, which must give the Queens a fighting chance of getting into the last eight...

Dundee will probably beat them knowing my luck though...

I watched Man U beat Aston Villa whilst listening to Glenn Gould’s 1955 rendition of JSBach’s Goldberg Variations, then did the weekend’s washing up to the sounds of Mr Miles Davis’ “Circle in the Round” ...

Ah you can’t beat this rock’n’roll lifestyle of mine...

We watched the second episode of the 3d series of “Desperate Housewives” then I was reading some stuff on the net whilst enjoying my new Models compilation when Anne gave me the shout that someone was about to win £250k on “Deal or No Deal”...

They did indeed win...

I keep reminding myself I have no chance of winning the lottery as, the odds of two people from the same primary school class each winning £8M are pretty high – and someone from my primary school class has already won £8M....

However, if I did win, I might just buy one of the lovely big houses within walking distance of the beach at Aberdour...



I hatched a plan to buy ten lucky dip tickets a week for the next ten Saturday draws and see how much cash I have at the end. I am willing to wager I will have £0 left out of £100...

In the evening we listened to some well known classics then watched “Coronation St” whilst waiting for an Indian takeaway to arrive (Anne had a hankering – I was ready for beans on toast if needs be)...

We ate the takeaway whilst watching the opening episode of “Ugly Betty” which I feel will become a staple over the next few weeks...

Then as Anne enjoyed her daily dose of “Soapstar Superstar”, it was more exercises for me to the delightful Clarinet Concerto by Mozart...

Rounded off the day by downloading the top ten downoads of 2006 from Free Jazz Bog-Site Destination Out...

Far out, man...

A good Sunday...

Highlight of the Day : A trip to Aberdour