I wish I’d gone to Chorlton

• Richard Fair
• 21 May 07, 03:07 PM

See that down there? That cavernous thing? It’s my naval and I’ve be contemplating it for a couple of days now wondering how on earth to fill in the time between the next two really big events in my diary - a strategy meeting I have in Derby on Thursday and a PTA meeting at school a fortnight later.

Transmission reports that “The Chorlton Arts Festival kicked off in style on Saturday with the fantastic Arts and Crafts Market - even the FA Cup Final didn’t keep the crowds away!“ Well after wasting an hour and a half of my life listening to John Motson saying the words ‘new Wembley’ two hundred and forty three times, I wish I’d gone to Chorlton.

So who’s blogging about the Chorlton Arts Festival then? There’s been a few advance postings – Why Did I Go Wrong, Ready Steady Blog and err, that’s about it. Even the Festival site itself doesn’t appear to have a Blog, which is a shame as legally I’m not allowed to link to them as this is only a blog about blogs. If I post about other stuff I'll get hauled up in front of the Head of BBC Blogs and forced to look after Motty over the summer.

Oh what the heck, I'll take him to Rhyl. There’s loads going on at the Chorlton Arts Festival for the rest of this week and to be honest I’m sick of the sight of my belly so the Chorlton Folk Club Canada Night looks like a great alternative. I was always led to believe that Chorlton was a hot bed of creative media types so can one of you blog about the Festival. Please.

Baby distraction

So I'm sat here trying to write while all around me women are talking about babies. Having them, about to have them, never having them. I politely suggested that they contact Keris Stainton who is thinking about setting up a parenting blog. The looks. I'll get my coat.