I'm having a Field Day

[lproven]

(As befits a Field Engineer, perhaps.)

Another challenging callout tonight, to a faulty PC in Barnet. The "fault" being that he'd turned it off at the wall. Another fierce test of my technical skills there.

However, this gave me a chance to run an errand and collect a Freecycled UK101, which has aroused so much interest on ClassicCmp that I plan to auction it off on eBay and donate the proceeds to Bletchley Park.

Driving back to the office featured a number of unexpected experiences. Finding myself briefly stopped outside the flat of ukmonty, former home of mr_flay, hitherto an unknown bit of North London I'd once Tubed and bussed to to fix Edwin's Mac, and indeed, unexpectedly stayed the night at; randomly driving past d_floorlandmine and valkyriekaren; and then to pip the lot...

I was listening to Xfm, as is my wont when I transform into White Van Man. On a whim, I pulled over and emailed in an entry to the competition on John Kennedy's Xposure show. By answering with the title of Laura Marling's debut album - "Alas, I Cannot Swim" - you could win various prizes. And I did! I came 2nd, and I've got a pair of tickets to the Field Day festival on 9th August and a pair of Converse trainers, apparently.

Huzzah!

Looks like August will be The Month Of Festivals. Current plans:
Field Day (indie/alternative) - 9^th
Bloodstock, Derby (black metal) - 15/16/17^th
InFest, Bradford (goth/electronic) - 22^nd/23^rd/24^th

Double huzzah!