It's nearly a month since my last post and I think it’s time to sign out of my Covid blog, so this will be my last post. I’ve spent the...

The weather is getting warmer, the blossom is coming out and there is slight sense of positivity in the air. Having said that,...

A year after the first lockdown began. There are calls to mark the day annually with 'Covid Memorial Day' and have a monument on...

Now a year since it all began, and I'm afraid I will look back on it in the future and think that I wasted it. I've kept myself busy,...

Almost a year since the very first lockdown and the cherry trees have started blooming again. This week we had planned to go skiing with...

The glorious weather and the first signs of spring have cheered me up somewhat. Early flowering blossom, banks of daffodils, snowdrops...

I’ve been doing well with funeral gigs recently. Another one on Tuesday. This time it was in a small village in West Sussex, nearly 2...

The weather has turned very cold. A freezing easterly wind has brought snow and ice across much of the country. It’s really weather for...

On Monday I cycled down to a care home to have a Covid test in anticipation of my gig there on Friday. It also meant a group of us had...

The Spitz is a charity whose mission is to “use the power of live music to increase wellbeing while reducing isolation and loneliness”. ...

This week should have been a holiday for me and my wife. She has to take the holiday, so we’ve spent the week at home, enjoying a few...

I am now a fully trained “vaccinator” for the Covid vaccination drive. I had been sent a preliminary online application last week which...

2021, out of the frying pan and into the fire... A nationwide lockdown has been announced again, schools closed, only essential shops...

Christmas plans had been hijacked – instead of five days by the sea in Paignton, Devon with my wife’s family we stayed in London,...

Christmas eve tomorrow, and it really feels like things are getting out of control now. Just as the country was feeling a little...

Well my Christmas song hasn’t exactly gone viral but I’ve had some kind comments, raised a bit for Crisis homeless charity, and learned...

I was pleased to fit in two gigs last Saturday – the first, a lunchtime slot in a large venue in The City with Ben Hazleton on bass and...

As soon as my recent 14 day isolation period was over I took to my bicycle for a trip up to Muswell Hill nearby to replenish our stocks...

This is the last day of my 14 day isolation. Other than missing the two gigs (playing outside for a funeral) it hasn’t changed my life...

Last Friday I went to a studio to record some tracks with banjo player Dickie White and trumpeter Pete Rudeforth (whose studio it was). ...