Thursday 10 March 2005

As I was saying earlier in the week, I've finally moved into my new flat/apartment in Tyldesley. The flat is fantastic, a new purpose built block full of lads toys and gadgets! The area it's in is nothing to write home about. Tyldesley is actually smaller than Leigh but it has a better choice of shops, a cracking cafe and a couple of decent pubs! Unfortunately the Chinese takeaway I had was minging!
It seems very strange living alone. I like it, don't get me wrong and I suppose the novelty of not shaving and walking around in my underpants will wear off! I haven't met any of the neighbours, don't know when the bins are emptied and I can't get the dryer on my washing machine to work for love nor money. However I have cooked a couple of meals, had Sky plumbed in, put some shelves and pictures up and did some washing...I'm turning into my Dad!
There have been a couple of strange gigs recently one in particular was for twenty people in Yorkshire. The deal was was that the company were treating some key employees to a slap up meal in a posh hotel and thought that an entertainer would round off the night well, cue Roughy! It was a nice experience and having cut my teeth in some of the worse comedy clubs in the UK I was well prepared for playing in front of such a small gathering.......they liked me anyway! I also did a fantastic rugby Club on the Welsh border. On booking into my B&B I noticed in the local paper that my colleague SD was playing the Assembly Rooms in the same town that added to his recent appearance in "The Stage" he is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the country's up and coming stars and rightly so! The B&B was in itself something to tell you about, run by a Crippen lookalike from Birmingham, he showed me in to the bar that was (back of the net) self service with an honest box!, me? Roughy? with my reputation?. I dutifully took advantage and never even thought to refill his Vodka bottle with water. The bedroom was the smallest on the planet, but was warm,clean and (un)comfortable. For people who think working a stag night equals a sex festival (copyright Alan Partridge) then you should have checked out the proportions of this particular bed! The gig itself was fantastic and full of suprises, the strippers turned up late but that wasn't a problem as they'd kept me informed of their progress. I knew they were going to be a nice audience when the assorted Rugby lads offered to carry my gear in while I had a fag and a pint! They were well behaved, the strippers weren't, I was fantastic and the B&B bar was drunk dry!
I spent some of last weekend with my daughters A and M. A has her head full of musicals and Marilyn Monroe and M is just the sweetest funniest little thing, showing a remarkable vocabulary and a keen interest in everything that goes on around her..her mother's daughter then!
Just a quick note on the exploits of my beloved Sunderland AFC. Things are hotting up in The Championship, as you'll know we've gone joint top. We were briefly top after an easy win against the clog sparking Burnley. It really is between us, Wigan and Ipswich. My preference? SAFC top, Ipswich second and Derby County via the play offs.
FTM!