We spent the last fortnight, or at least a goodly chunk of it, on a leisure centre sports field in sunny Burton-upon-Trent where I had the dubious pleasure of being the Technical Manager of the entertainment venues at the IWA Waterways Festival (we're also the suppliers of all the PA and lighting equipment to the show).
There's a lot of work involved what with four flown lighting bars, set construction, and a 4.7kw PA system to install and commission in two days ... well it would have taken two days if someone hadn't half inched the ladders for most of the first afternoon of the build which cost us several hours of build time.
Then three days of running the show and it time to take it all down again! That took another full day and then it was time to head for home after packing away our accommodation (an elderly folding camper)
I had planned to head down to Brigantia for the rest of the week after getting home but my left ankle, which I can't recall injuring, was swollen and quite painful which took several days to settle down so that put paid to that.
This coming weekend my brother is moving house and wants help. It'd be churlish to say no, of course, but it's another weekend lost! Worse still, my mate Tony is stuck in Felixstowe for the weekend and it would have been a perfect opportunity for him to get down to the boat for a couple of days.
I'm planning on going down to Fambridge the weekend after the coming one unless something else comes up to get in the way! It's that or the following weekend, the one after that a friend wants me to play at her 40th birthday party and then we're into the week Rik and I have planned for a decent sail, weather permitting.
It's very frustrating this, having a boat at last and then never seeming to have the time to get down and use her. Oh well, there's no IWA festival next year so I'll have a lot more spare time I hope.
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