Quintet...

Playlist
Alice Cooper – Raise Your Fist and Yell
Alice Cooper – Trash
Alice Cooper – Hey Stoopid
Alice Cooper – The Last Temptation
Alice Cooper – Brutal Planet
Alice Cooper – Dragontown
Alice Cooper – The Eyes of Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds
Alice Cooper - 25 (2CD-R)

Up early – couldn’t sleep...

Compiled a 2CD set of my favourite song from each Alice Cooper album...

Generally mucked about doing nothing...

Before I knew it, it was 11am and Anne wasn’t even up yet...

We were to pick my mum’s old chum Pat at Waverley Station – her train was due in at 11:50...

So we quickly got ready and drove into town and were at the platform with just a couple of minutes to spare when she arrived...

Twenty minutes later and the old ladies were reunited for an afternoon of fun – but one we were to miss as we were off to Berwick Upon Tweed to see Queen of the South’s first competitive match since the cup final in May...

First though, some sustenance and we had the best ever sausages on a roll scenario at The Munch Box in Loanhead’s High Street – where I used to by my 7” singles in the early 70’s...

Then off via the A1 for 90 minutes, arriving in Berwick with an hour till kick off – just as well as it took us much driving around and asking for directions before we found the ground – including a man with one of those artificial voice box thingies once lampooned so well in “Chewin’ the Fat”...



Queens never looked troubled and were 2-0 up at half time. Even though Berwick pulled one back just after the restart (when the ball bobbled over our keeper’s outstretched hands), three further goals put the Doonhamers through to the second round of the Challenge Cup with ease...

First time I’ve seen them score five goals in one game...

Then into Berwick town and a wander about...

Found a great wee bar called The Barrel Alehouse and partook of some local tasty cask brewed “lager” – though it didn’t taste anything like lager...



We stumbled across the award winning Magna Tandoori just along the road from the bar and couldn’t resist its lure – so in we went for a very enjoyable curry...



Back to the car and up the road to Edinburgh again in good time – home just after 8pm...

“Mock the Week” entertained followed by a quirky film “Blast from the Past” which took us to midnight and bed...



A good day...

Highlight of the Day : Queens netting five times