Woke around 0745...dozed back off for bit. Aki up and about around 0930. Got up and porridged. The night in the spare room had yielded no benefits in respect of her skin condition. She went off to tai chi with Jane from No.36 and Katherine from No.127. I did my exercises. Aki back for lunch…I defrosted and warmed up some pea soup. Tidied the desk up a bit. Early dinner…Aki cooked a chicken curry. Had planned to venture up Highgate Hill for the beginner’s Irish session at the pub Brendan The Navigator. I took my mandolin. Aki decided to come along for the ride. We walked to the bus stop in the rain and got to the pub in time for the 1830 start. The session was run by a whistle player called Pete, and a squeeze box player called Caitlin. There were two other whistlers, a guitarist, an accordion player, and a fiddler, and we were joined by some young children on violin, and concertina. There was no sheet music to work with…it was lucky the guitarist had come along as I was able to watch his left hand and pick up the chords…but it wasn’t a very satisfying evening. Don’t think we’ll be back. The pub is a bit grim…the gents toilets were two portaloos out back. We caught a bus back down to Holloway, and walked home. Watched the last half hour of the League Cup semifinal game between Newcastle and Man City…the latter take a 2-0 lead back to the Etihad.
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