Day 6 - A Sort Of Homecoming

After 30 hours of sitting on my backside and being thoroughly spoilt by Jackie, I set off on foot to Haywards Heath Railway Station. I stopped in Sainsbury and purchased a couple of cans of red wine for the journey.

The train ride to Brighton took 20 minutes and then it was a short walk to the Eagle PH, the designated pre-gig drinks venue, where a lot of the usual faces had congregated.

I chatted mainly with the German contingent including Marco Schroeder, Alex Bielan and Monika Bielan. I could have impressed them with my expertise of the German language, but they all spoke perfect English.

They are doing all of the NMA UK tour, except Edinburgh, the same as me and they had been at the same gigs last year as the Magic Bus on the European Tour. I also discovered that Alex and Monika used to live in England for many years prior to Brexit and she used to work in Haywards Heath as a Social Worker. Small World!!

I was joined by my brother, Marc and sister-in-law, Jackie for a quick pint, then we walked down to tonight’s venue, Chalk. We watched The Autumn Saints together, during which the lead singer’s wife, Louise Strickland came over and said hello. I did know her, because she was also on the Magic Bus last year.

Tonight I braved the mosh pit, whilst Marc and Jackie secured a spot right at the front. It was another great set, but no new songs that they hadn’t already played on this tour.

After the photo, we rushed back to the railway station and I managed to be home by 11.30pm.

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