December 6th

The sound in my head appears to be like having half of it immersed in a swimming pool, not ideal for a working musician about to drive to the studio, so I go to the walk in medical centre in Brentford. My own GP cannot see me till next week. I have a bad ear infection and the Eustachian tubes are blocked.

Get to the studio for day 2. Even play a bit of flute! I also use Mel's 335 on a jazzier number.

We finish early enough for me to get to the west end in time for the Eclectic Christmas party. Live band for the evening are the legendary Edgar Broughton band. I'd never seen them back in the 70's, but had just seen their albums and photo's from the numerous festival appearances.

There was also a prog type quiz and we joined forces into teams. Mine included Sid Smith, Steve Wilson (of P Tree) and Wooly Wolstenhome, keyboard player with Barclay James Harvest. Indeed with 3 anoraks and someone who was there at the time, how could we fail? We didn't and won hands down. A free T shirt and a bottle of Champers to the good.