Finished work early yesterday after a weekend of too much PostgreSQL and too little sleep.

Then off to Derby – arriving already overheated and flustered, thanks to a train with sealed windows and broken air conditioning. Into The Victoria Inn to catch up with old friends, happily noting that the photograph of me and Dan in traditional dress is still on display in the collage in the corner.

Then into the back room for a cracking set by Alfie (Flash site, yes I know).

I hadn’t seen them live before, but their first two albums are both favourites. Unfortunately I guess I should have bought their later two albums before the gig, as these are where most of the tracks played came from. Still, the few tracks I knew sounded great, and some of the new stuff was at least as good, if not better…

Today, a day off to relax, hook up with friends and catch up on sleep…