Morning all. Last few days of my contract - looking forward to lying in next week.



HOTEL oldies?



I'm sure the Eagles and Elvis will be frequently mentioned, so a couple of other suggestions from me:



LOVE - A House is Not A Motel



BOBBY THURSTON - Check Out The Groove



THE BEATLES - Savoy Truffle



FRED ASTAIRE - Putting On The Ritz



For the Bates Motel in "Psycho"

TALKING HEADS - Psycho Killer



For those who find unexpected charges on their bill:

SHAGGY - It Wasn't Me



For anonymous hotel encounters:

BILLY PAUL - Me & Mrs Jones



and I suppose there's:

MADONNA - Holiday (Inn)



THE KINKS/KIRSTY MacCOLL - Days (Inn)



JIMMY CLIFF - Hard Road To Travel (Lodge)

Good morning Simon, team and fellow blogsters,



Firstly, ****** HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOE ******



So pleased to hear your news Lilac Blue.



Jennie, I hope that you are feeling better today.



Simon, I hope that you are also feeling much better and that you have progressed from the bread and water diet. Drivetime yesterday, with Glenn Frey, was a delight.



madchick x

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



How fab was Glenn Frey last night! And how great would it be if the Eagles do appear at the R2 Hyde Park gig... especially as we have tickets...



;o)



Hotel songs - well I'm sure the world and his neighbour will suggest



HOTEL CALIFORNIA by the Eagles



And I'd like to throw in



BLUE HOTEL by Chris Isaak



HEARTBREAK HOTEL by Elvis Presley



HOLIDAY by Madonna



STAY BY Shakespear's Sister



STAY by U2



SINGLE BED by Fox



~X~

Morning all.



First things first:



Happy Birthday Zoe :))

Great news from Lilac Blue :))



Yesterday's Sports Day turned out reasonably fine and only started to rain with a vengence in the last 15 mins so all was well. It does however leave me with a huge pile of work to do today, so I need to get on.



I suppose the obvious oldie is Hotel California - The Eagles



I'll try and think of something less obvious and come back ....

Good morning all



AUBERGE = CHRIS REA

My oldies choices (tweeted earlier):



SMOKE ON THE WATER - DEEP PURPLE (about the burning of a casino/hotel complex, could be a good Mosh contender seeing as it is Wednesday)



LIFE'S BEEN GOOD - JOE WALSH (I live in hotels...)



YMCA - VILLAGE PEOPLE (a 'sort of' hotel!)



HAPPINESS HOTEL by THE MUPPETS



x

Hi again everyone



STAY ~ Shakespeare's Sister



CHELSEA HOTEL ~ Lloyd Cole



BROADWAY HOTEL ~ Al Stewart



STAY ~ The Hollies (or Jackson Browne)



IN MY ROOM ~ Beach Boys



HOTEL CALIFORNIA ~ The Eagles



LET'S STAY TOGETHER ~ Al Green



HOTEL CHAMBERMAID ~ Graham Parker



ROOMS ON FIRE ~ Stevie Nicks

#3 that's obviously STAY by Shakespear's Sister - don't think they did a song called STAY BY...



Also



A Very Happy Birthday to the lovely Zoe!!!!!! Have a fantastic day!



Back later, as I have more to say...



~X~

Happy Wednesdays All Round and hello Simon and Driveteam



#Oldies



IN A ROOM - DODGY



THE THIN WALL - ULTRAVOX



BLUE HOTEL - CHRIS ISAAK



HOTEL SONG - REGINA SPEKTOR



CHELSEA HOTEL - LEONARD COHEN

Good Morning (Again)



Thank you all for your birthday greetings :)) Coffeebuzz, thanks for the fruit juice, you're right, I hate tea and am not all that keen on coffee!



I already tweeted (along with a million others...)



HOTEL CALIFORNIA - THE EAGLES



BLUE HOTEL - CHRIS ISAAK



HEARTBREAK HOTEL - ELVIS PRESLEY



And I'll add a few, more tenuous ones into the mix...



WHITE ROOM - CREAM



GIMME SHELTER - THE ROLLING STONES



ROOM AT THE TOP - ADAM ANT

LATE NIGHT GRAND HOTEL - NANCY GRIFFITHS

YMCA - VILLAGE PEOPLE



PENNSYLVANIA 65000 = GLENN MILLER

Hi Simon and everyone



Listened to I player last night and I must say Glenn was awesome.



Happy birthday Zoe!



Great news for ya Lilac Blue.



Thank you for my mention Simon for Hot Chocolate and congrats to all else who got one.



Sir Circumference. are you Alex Girl?



Now for choons:



1. HOTEL CALIFORNIA - The Eagles

2. BLUE HOTEL - Chris Isaak

3. ROOM SERVICE - Bryan Adams

4. HEARTBREAK HOTEL - Elvis

5. System Addict - FIVE STAR

6. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS - Deep Blue Something

7. BREAKFAST IN AMERICA - Supertramp

8. THE INN CROWD - Roxy Music

9. ROOM IN YOUR HEART - Living in a box

10. COME ON FEEL THE NOISE - Slade

11. HOME MOTEL - Willie Nelson

12. ITS ONLY ROCK AND ROLL - Billy Joel



Must scoot



Have a nice day



Laters



Mandy ;)

EAST 17 - Stay Another Day



PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS - Indian Reservation



DEEP BLUE SOMETHING - Breakfast at Tiffany's

DO THE STRAND - ROXY MUSIC

Good Morning Each!



'Stay' by Shakespears Sister

'Let's Stay Together' by Al Green

'Room With A View' by Richard Hawley (Hope the leg soon mends, Richard)

'I Got A Booking' by Chuck Berry

'Sign In Stranger' by Steely Dan

'One More Night' bt Phil Collins

'Breakfast In Bed' by Dusty Springfield, or, at a push, UB40

#Oldies



LOOK THROUGH ANY WINDOW - HOLLIES



CHECK OUT THE GROOVE - BOBBY THURSTON



STAY - HOLLIES



BREAKFAST IN AMERICA - SUPERTRAMP



ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE - MIKE & THE MECHANICS

THE ONE - ELTON JOHN ...for the lyrics 'drunken nights in dark hotels'

#13



LOLLING at Mandy's question to Sir Cumference!





#Oldies



ROOM AT THE TOP - ADAM ANT



WAKING UP - ELASTICA



BED SITTER - SOFT CELL



BEDS ARE BURNING - MIDNIGHT OIL

#13 Waiting for Sir Cumference's response to that one! :-)

Last one from me:



CROSSROADS - TRACY CHAPMAN

Congratulations Lilac Blue on your fantastic news - so very happy for you :-)



Happy Birthday Zoe !!! Hope you get some form of peace and quiet on your big day.



Can I recommend the 'Daily Mail' to everyone today as it has an article about a blogger from over the fence. Susan has been a wonderful supportive friend to me over the past year or so.



Songs,, Oh I cant think of anything! But I have managed to book cherub a horse riding lesson for her birthday,, SO THERES THAT.

Perhaps insperation will HIT me later.

~gill~

#16 Paul O' - what a fine selection of choonage



:^)

OOooh, one more, then I'm definitely done!



INTERNATIONAL JET SET - SPECIALS



....x

Has anyone suggested:



EMPTY ROOMS - Gary Moore



If not, there it is. If yes, sorry for duplication.

He's not very R2 but has a certain Je ne sais quois that I sort of get despite my advancing years:



HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - Pitbull

Good morning from The Shire.....feeling the glow from the torch in my white nylon track suit....all that static is playing havoc with my hair *monica hair*





PSL xxx

Another couple of oldies:



Putting on the Ritz - Fred Astaire

Club Tropicana - Wham!

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

And some bed-related ones:



GET OUT OF YOUR LAZY BED - Matt Bianco (a band name that for those who were viewers of Swap Shop is always followed by another phrase...)



BEDSHAPED - Keane (who possibly qualify as the epitome of R2-friendly)

#22 Thanks Gill :) Twin 2 has respite tonight & Twin 1 has afterschool club until 6pm, so I will get a bit of a breather on my birthday!



I'm going to throw one more oldie into the mix...



WISH YOU WERE HERE - PINK FLOYD

Loved the film - A really feel good story. Can thoroughly recommend.



Bedshaped - Keane

Blue Hotel - Chris Issac

Come as you are - Nivarna

Come back and Stay - Paul Young

The Hindu Times - Oasis

Bright Lights Bigger City - Cee lo Green

♫ ..I spend the night, yeah

Looking for my insides in a hotel room waitin' for you

We're gonna make it tonight, yeah

Something in the air tells me the time is right

So we better get on .. ♫



DJ play a SONG FOR THE LOVERS - RICHARD ASHCROFT





♥

SECRET LOVERS.....ATLANTIC STAR



ME & MRS JONES....BILLY PAUL



CABARET.....LIZA 'rented by the hour....'



PSL xxx

Hi Everyone!



Thank you so much for your support, compassion, encouragement and kindness helping me to walk through this recent life passage. I am so very grateful to you all and nothing short of humbled. Tired-weak with every four hour medicated masked pain of healing as I write this from bed, here on the second floor that has views from the two open windows of the white-grey filtered sunlight, Kent tree tops swaying, the loud crow cawing to the backround sing song of the happy ones. I'm not the same woman before April 13th as the alchemy of cancer has made a intrinsic indelible mark on my psyche and life. It has changed who I am and the lens if viewing life - a new awakening.



Has to be: Hotel Californa - Eagles

Blue Motel Room - Joni Mitchell



Gentle hugs,

LB, x

#32 Ha! we have both taken the same line!

Only just read back yesterday's closing posts - great news Lilac Blue!



And Happy Birthday Zoe!

Hotel California of course but well done for breakfast at Tiffany sir cumference and Mandy







Your latest trick -dire straits robbery in a room often occurring in hotels 



West end girls pet shop boys gatherings occur in hotels and friction between east and west



Man of the world fleet wood mac They say I'm a man of the world

I've flown across every tide 

This man will have had to have stayed somewhere 



Come fly with me frank Sinatra , travelling jet setting needs a hotel



Drive in Saturday Bowie



Saturday nights alright for fighting Elton John like a hotel





Have a nice day -sterophonics cliched saying of hotel staff anywhere 



Walk like an Egyptian bangles talks of waitresses

Happy Birthday to you lovely, gutsy Zoe!

RAT IN THE KITCHEN - UB40

(FAWLTY TOWERS)

Happy Birthday Zoe... I hope you'll have a lovely day. x



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#13 Mandy. I had to smile!



No, I used to be The Driver but fancied a new moniker. Like Alex Girl my work is contract based but unless Alex Girl has a beard (which I strongly doubt) then I think that's where the similarity ends!

Posh Torch Lady, will you be in Lincoln tonight?



"The Olympic Torch returns to the Midlands for a total of eight days, and tonight the Red Arrows will perform a flypast over Yarborough Sports Ground as the Torch arrives in Lincoln"



https://www.itv.com/news/central/2012-06-27/the-red-arrows-will-perform-flypast-as-part-of-olympic-torch-celebrations/

parish notices:



Happy birthday Zoe xxx



LB glad to hear you good news x



PSL

Sir Cumference, if you used to be The Driver, are you also Magic Bus Driver from over the fence?

#42 toying with the idea....gridlock making me think not though!



PSL

Good Morning All,



A Very Happy Birthday to Zoe, hope you have a great day



Lilac Blue, so very pleased to hear your news

Lilac Blue, you are an inspiration! Your post #80 on yesterday's blog and #34 above brought a lump to my throat. I don't have any personal experience of cancer but I know plenty of people who have, including my late mother-in-law. It seems to me that a positive attitude can make a lot of difference. Not that I'm trying to make light of your illness, which I'm sure has been extremely difficult for both you and your family who have had to watch you go through it. I hope that now you have turned the corner and you will be able to start planning for the future. Have a gentle hug from me (so as not to hurt your sore bits!)



~X~

'Dinner At The Ritz' by City Boy. (Now there's a blast from the past.)



'Strangeways Hotel' by Mrs 'ardings Kid ;0)

'Stay With Me' The Faces (go on you really do want to play it!)



'Alone Again, Naturally' Gilbert O'Sullivan



'The Bed's Too Big Without You' The Police



Have a good day everybody

Morning all



Really pleased to hear your news Lilac Blue. #34 really touched me and I send you my warmest wishes.



Happy Birthday Zoe. Hope you have a lovely, peaceful, cake filled day.



Fire Brigade “incident” the cause of my tardiness today.



Off to ithingy last nights show as only heard bits.





Fugitive Motel - Elbow



Chelsea Hotel #2 – Leonard Cohen or Rufus Wainwright (if there is a radio version I guess)



Hotel Song – Regina Spektor



Hotel Chelsea Nights – Ryan Adams

#44 No Flo - Magic Bus Driver is somebody else entirely.



#49 Hi Brandon - I've noticed you've been posting a bit more lately. Nice to see you!



~X~

#50 Wendy, did your fire brigade "incident" involve men in uniform by any chance...?



*brushes off naughty step*



;o)

#44 no, that's not me. unless you're about to send him loads of money in which case, yes, that's me!



This is the only blog I post to - I'd never get any work done otherwise.



There's a spitfire_driver who posts here occasionally too, and he/she isn't me either. and I've been asked if I was the same 'The Driver' who posts on another board by someone I work with. All too confusing for me! That's one of the reasons for my name change - there can't be many Sir Cumferences out there!

Let's do it in here - as well. You can never have too many birthday cupcakes

:^D





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Big hugs to Lilac Blue and I'm sure your positive attitude is going to be a massive help for you, just as it helped a friend of mine back in 1982, who had a very similar experience as you and 30 years on, she is as fit and well as other friends who have never had any experince of cancer, other than fund-raising, running and suchlike and I send you big hugs and the warmest of wishes. xx



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Seeing an earlier post made something stir in the depths of my brain about a song I heard in the US in the early 80's. Unfortunately I couldn't recall with resorting to YouTube but found it in the end. It was a huge, huge hit as I remember - you couldn't go anywhere without hearing it:



PUTTING ON THE RITZ - Taco



and until 5 minutes ago I don't think I'd heard it for 30 years!

Afternoon all



Keep having to do a double-take when BBC 1 runs one of its ident thingies- my brain keeps going "that sounds like it should be on one of John Martyn's early albums".



Apparently it's Alexi Murdoch and a song called "All My Days" from 2006. But could have been on one of John's albus 25 years earlier.



London-bound soon. Gig night.

Good morning, again!



No time to read back, so apologies for repeats...



HOTEL CALIFORNIA - ALABAMA 3 (superb cover)

MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM - BEAT

BOOM! SHAKE THE ROOM - JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE

MR RAFFLES (MAN IT WAS MEAN) - STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL



#34 LB I can only try to imagine what you're going through and express my admiration for your strength.



Off to the coffee machine...



--

cBzz

Yes #51 Deebee lots of nice young me in uniform! Never especially done it for me though but each to their own!



Deebee, you asked a while ago for book suggestions. I would add a couple, without knowing what you like. At the moment I am half way though The Long Earth, the new Terry Pratchett / Stephen Baxter collaboration. It is a twist on the “many worlds” theory, lots of new earths that you can just “step” onto. It is apparently the first part of a series so a little rambling while it establishing characters but I love it so far.



The best book I read this year was Stephen Kings’ 11.22.63. Time travel adventure around the assassination of JFK (but so much more than that). I could not put it down; I was stirring risotto with one hand and holding this in the other. It is a bit of a monster at almost 900 pages but I think you mentioned you had a kindle.



Talking about books, I don’t think our glorious leader has mentioned it (would have to go on a course or something I suppose, no doubt someone will tell me if I shouldn’t be mentioning it here) but he is talking about Itch at the Edinburgh Book Festival on Saturday 18th August (he even gets his picture in the brochure). I mention it now as the tickets go on sale this Friday morning. I trust he is worth £4.50.

hi all



happy birthday zoe x





STAY-JACKSON BROWNE



STAY-THE HOLLIES



STAY-MAURICE WILLIAMS AND THE ZODIACS



HOTEL CALIFORNIA-THE EAGLES



ROOM IN MY HEART-LIVING IN A BOX



IN MY ROOM-BEACH BOYS



BEDS ARE BURNING-MIDNIGHT OIL



and what people use hotels for



HANKY PANKY-TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS

Just a quick in and out for now, I'm afraid, but time to wish Zoe a Happy Birthday and to express my good wishes for Lilac Blue. Your news should act as an encouragement and inspiration to all.



No tune suggestions that haven't already been offered, and Simon gave us half the lyrics to Hotel California for starters...

#59 Wendy, you beat me to it... and like you aid, I expect Simon would have to go on a course if he mentionshe'll be at the Edinburgh Book Festival!



https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/258583-simon-mayo/

#62 I read that as the Edinburgh Rock Festival. That's my kind of festival! I used to love Edinburgh Rock as a kid - haven't had it in years.



Hmm... someone must do it by mail order...

Hi Simon,



Oldie suggestion, stay at...



THE RHYTHM RANCH - Huey Lewis And The News



Thanks,

#63 SirC, try "a quarter of" in your favourite flavour of search engine...



--

cBzz

Good afternoon all - warm and sticky here today.



At the risk of repeating myself, it was great to read your news LilacBlue - best wishes for the future.



And HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOE .............Hope it's a good one!!



I still feel grotty. Called doc out and she thinks I have a middle ear infection which apparently should clear up on its own - if not tablets can be prescribed. Have to put up with it for a few days and see what happens :0(



Found a Richard Gere film amongst all the dross on the box so hopefully it will keep me amused for an hour or so..Wish I liked tennis...



JW

#65 cBzz - mmmmmm



:^)

May be a bit late but

The kinks all day and all of the night

Tommy Steele and the steelmen -elavator rock

Good afternoon everyone.



#9 Katy, can you really see Drivetime playing Chelsea Hotel? Janis Joplin's shenanigans are hardly suitable pre-watershed listening. ;0)



I've been listening the Glenn Frey's new album. Not overly impressed. So many people do it so much better and I think the idea of 'standards' album is a leeeeettle passé. Having said that, I must concur, "Take It To The Limit" was bloody marvellous last night.

Still late but good about a bar could qualify as a hotel

Where everybody knows your name-cheers

#65. Thanks :o)



I went there and ordered some Edinburgh Rock, but then I got a hankering for some Oddfellows, only they didn't have them. So, I had to go to another similar place so that I could get both.



Along with some Sherbet Straws.







And Mint Cracknell drops.



Honestly, I was like a kid in a, er... , sweet shop!

#59 Thanks for the book suggestions, Wendy - I'll check both of those out. I'd also like to read this weeks book club choice.



~X~

Is there any birthday cake left?

Avoiding the obvious...



Hotel - 10cc



Camelot Motel - Mary Gauthier





Both longer than your average pop record, but well worth it!

#69 Harry - hehe - suppose not.

Have been 'Lenning' on and off all day actually.

Currently enjoying Jennifer Warnes - taking Manhattan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvmt2TeI_2w&feature=related

#34 Lilac Blue, what a lovely post - you are so strong and we'll keep sending all our good vibes and energies to keep strong. XX



Jennie, I hope you feel better soon and there's nothing like a bit of Richard to keep you amused on a Wednesday afternoon!

#76. I hope that's not a euphemism, especially given the shorter form of Richard...

#75 Katy, I have days like that. I love the duet Jennifer Warnes does with Lenny on Joan of Arc .............. I'm sure it must be a metaphor for something ;0)



Having listened to the Glenn Frey I'm now listening to the modern master of the 'standard', Michael Bublé.

#77 Sir Cumference, you found me out. Indeed it was a euphemism - just trying to cheer Jennie up a bit ;))

But I just had to take a break and listen to ..................



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtwUyDPXROQ



Jennifer Warnes & Leonard Cohen - Joan of Arc

63 Sir Cumference... I heard Ken Bruce talking about Edinburgh rock, one day last week, with one of his quiz contestants!

#79 glad it was intentional, then - saves me a trip to the naughty step

#69 Harry and #9 Katy... I also chose Chelsea Hotel at #7, but I'd like to hear the lovely Lloyd Cole sing it rather than the dour Leonard Cohen or Rufus Wainwright! ;o)

#83 Flo, if it wasn't for the wink at the end of that sentence I would have taken your for a complete philistine! ;0)

#83 If I hear Rufus Wainwright on the radio, up goes the off switch. His voice to me is what the sound of scraping nails down a blackboard is like to others.

Apropos ................... there's a little boarding house on the A595 called "The Kelsey Hotel". I drive by it every day and I often think of Lenny and Janis Joplin on an unmade bed :-S

#86 Naughty step for you Harry. Deebee has already swept it off in preparation;)

#76 - Sadly, Richard was away last weekend so nothing on IThingy this week and I've listened to all I had on my tele recording box.



I'm missing my bit of Richard through the week, helping with the shopping, etc etc

;0)



And you'll never guess the name of my lovely Mr who is playing Florence Nightingale at the moment (without the uniform.........!!)



Move over on that norty step....



JW

#86 - *and* your first reference was post #69 - 'though I have a strong suspicion Lenny and Janis was more of a one-way street ...



Sorry chaps and chapesses of the blog - I'll have to leave you jostling for the naughty step - am visiting the 'salon of the daughter' for my quarterly coiffure. It's now half way down my back - ought I to act my age and get it cut?



;^)

#89 Katy, "You told me again you preferred handsome men but for me you would make an exception"? Not enitrely sure that sounds like a one-way street but I guess we'll never know as Lenny is unlikely to say more about the incident. He has since said he regrets saying the song was about his encounter with Janis Joplin.



Enjoy being coiffured.

I hope Toots is standing by to recieve the Torch all this nylon in this heat...



PSL

As if on cue:



*TORCH RELAY*

Day 49 - and the 'lympic torch is fast approaching Lincoln having been passed to the safe hands which are attached to the fine figure of our resident runner:

TOOTS! Go Girl

:^)





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#91... especially if the Red Arrows fly over when Toots has the torch!



https://www.itv.com/news/central/2012-06-27/the-red-arrows-will-perform-flypast-as-part-of-olympic-torch-celebrations/

could do with a bit of that pink Champers after a day of torch bearing *hic*



PSL

Afternoon all! Hope you are all enjoying your day - especially Zoe - and of course, Jennie, with Mr Gere. A middle ear infection sounds nasty, poor poor you.



Lilac Blue, your post on yesterday's blog stood out a mile for me, then you wrote so beautifully again today. You are truly an inspiration. Take the greatest of care as you continue with the recovery process.



No blog suggestions today as too late to join the party, but did tweet a couple this morning, not least of which was Hotel California - any excuse to hear a little bit more from the Eagles after last night's show.



This might not be agreeable to everyone, but this afternoon, thank goodness for ELO. I had a car full of 5 & 6 year olds on their way back from a local primary schools sports gathering. The noise was deafening and Teen Hoffs, who had joined me from his sick bed for the ride, typed a message on his iPod - 'It's going to be a LONG evening' (several are here for tea). I reached to switch on the CD player and Mr Blue Sky joined us. Sudden silence. Phew!



Looking forward to the show tonight. Mr Frey will be a hard act to follow. No pressure now!



Ps. Simon - up it from 100m to 200m tonight, go on, you know you want to!

Can't believe I missed the opportunity to suggest



CROSSROADS BY CREAM



What a mistake to make. 3 word Wednesday - Riding lesson tonight.



Now, to paraphrase one of Mr Mayo's old sayings, I'm going home because I live there.

Evening All :)



Thanks again for the cake, Katy :)



Also, a big thank you to everyone who has left a birthday greeting for me, since I was here earlier :))



I know my blood group! It's A negative, I had all kinds of problems when I was pregnant with the twins, because I'm A negative and they're O positive, and I had to have injections to stop anti-bodies, or something, it was all very confusing.

Another ad for the 24 hour blog, from Simon :D



And well done 'hot' ponyclubmum for Paul Young 'Come Back And Stay..' mensh.

#95 - Thank you Hoffs. I did enjoy my afternoon with Mr Gere, Mr Allinson being unavailable!



And I shall spend my evening with my very own Richard - Mr 'Wren' - what a plethora of Richards to choose from! One for every occasion!



JW

Today's theme song.....The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger