First few days

Immediately on arrival, Jane and Dermot were off in an Uber to watch all time low - they missed the first of the support acts, but saw every one else. Dermot seemed happy with the result. Next morning Hertz did their best to rip me off - but I was ready for hire car nonsense , and ensured that all the unauthorised charges were dropped- why are hire car companies allowed to behave the way that they do? The off for some civil war reenactment, and then some shopping. Next day was a early morning run for me, burger and then Blondie and Garbage- Jane says it's because I don't like live music - but to be honest parts of it just showed Debbie Harry to be quite a spritely 71 year old, maturing well, but passed her prime.

We also visited Minute Man - not sure what we expected - but it was a flute and marching band from the colonial days together with a talk about how the English were defeated by the Americans.Read more