Fairport

The photo is at the new University site, taken as I waited in the lovely evening sunshine. There are quite a few of the elements that I like in a photo here. Emptiness, stark light, good sky, a touch of the surreal. But it doesn't quite work.

I have seen some strange gigs in my time - Elvis Costello on the Mersey Ferry for starters - but last nights of legendary folk-rock giants [Fairport Convention] at a village hall outside York [Poppleton] is up there with them. Quite how a local mover and shaker persuaded them to play there is beyond me but it was a great gig.