BEAULIEU-THE BEAUTIFUL

WHAT A LOVELY DAY IT REALLY WAS-IT WAS MAGICAL. WE TOOK KAYLEIGH ROSE AND JOSHUA JOHN ALEC TO THEIR VERY FIRST WHO GIG. AND THEY LOVED IT! AND SO DID WE!
WE TOOK A LEISURELY RIDE DOWN TO BEAULIEU. IT'S IN THE THE MOST MAGICAL PART OF ENGLAND KNOWN AS THE NEW FOREST. IT'S REALLY AMAZING SEEING WILD HORSE JUST RUNNING ABOUT WITH THEIR YOUNG. JUST LIKE US (HA). WE ARRIVED AT THE GATES AND SHOWED OUR LAMINATES AND WE PARKED IN A PRIVATE CAR PARK. VERY PRIVATE INDEED-WE WHERE THE ONLY CAR THERE! WE THEN CHECKED OUT THE VENUE. IT WAS THE MUSEUM'S CAR PARK WITH A STAGE. WE SPENT THE DAY AT THE MUSEUM LOOKING AT FAB MOTOR'S. WE TOOK THE MONORAIL WHICH TOOK US THROUGH THE GROUNDS AND THE MUSEUM ITSELF (LIKE DISNEY). WE ENDED UP WITH SIMON, JANIE (DALTREY) AND THEIR GIRLS ON VARIOUS RIDES. IT WAS A FAMILY PACKED WHO DAY. WE MET UP WITH MIKEY AND MARK T IN THE MUSEUM AND HAD A LOVELY CHAT. KAYLEIGH TOLD MIKEY AND RACHEL TO STOP SMOKING AND SHE WILL BUY THEM SOME CHOCOLATES. MIKEY WANTED US TO COME BACK TO THE BUS TO BE GUESTS ON ITA, BUT WE WENT BACK TO THE STAGE AROUND 4 P.M. FOR THE SOUND CHECK. THERE WAS ABOUT 30 PEOPLE WATCHING THE SOUND CHECK AND ROGER COMMENTED THAT "YOU ARE LUCKY PEOPLE". PETE LOOKED MISERABLE AND THEY ONLY PLAYED 2 NUMBERS. OUR MOBILE RANG AND LOW BEHOLD IT WAS LISA SECKLER-ROODE FROM NEW YORK. NOBBY WAS STANDING NEXT TO ME SO I PASSED ON THE PHONE TO HIM SO I COULD WATCH THE SOUND CHECK. IT WAS SO HOT AND THE KIDS ATE ICE CREAM AND MORE ICE CREAM. WE SPOKE WITH RABBIT FOR A BIT. ONCE AGAIN HE WAS MOANING ABOUT HIS MOBILE SIGNAL. HE HAS THE ORANGE NETWORK-IT'S ONLY GOOD FOR ONE THING AND THAT'S 2 FOR 1 CINEMA TIX ON A WED. BEFORE THE PUNTERS WHERE LET IN AT 6 P.M. WE TOOK OUR POSITION IN FRONT OF THE TWOOOOOO. THE KIDS HAD THEIR STEP LADDERS TO SEE OVER THE BARRIER. AS SOON AS THE DOORS OPENED THERE WAS HARRY & IAN FROM SCOTLAND, BENN KEMPSTER, AND KAZUKO FROM N.Y. WHAT LOVE THAT SURROUNDED US. AND PROTECT THE KIDS FROM ALL HARM! THE WHO WHERE IN GOOD FORM. PETE WAS PLAYING WILDLY, JUST LIKE WHEN KENNEY JOINED THE FORCES WAY BACK IN '79. THE MIKE POST THEME WAS BRILLIANT! ROGER GOT INTO A STROP. HEY RANTED AT EVERYONE ABOUT SMOKE AND HOW HE WAS ALLERGIC TO IT! AND OF COURSE PETE STARTED IN AND HAD A LAUGH AT ROGER'S EXPENSE! NO HARM INTENDED! AS MY GENERATION WAS PLAYED JOSHUA JOHN ALEC FELL FAST ASLEEP IN OUR ARMS. ROGER GOT ANGRY AT US AND STARTED SAYING TO US THAT WE ARE STUPID BEING IN THE FRONT, NOT ONCE BUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. HE WAS LIKE AN OLD JEWISH MOTHER THAT GIVES YOU A GUILT TRIP! ROGER MY DEAR:OUR KIDS ARE ALRIGHT AND THEY'RE OUR LIFE AND NEVER WILL ANYONE OR ANYTHING HARM THEM! SO THERE! KAYLEIGH JUST LOVED SUBSTITUTE AND THE TOMMY MEDLEY. AFTER THE GIG WE WENT BACK STAGE TO HAVE A WEE AND GET A SO CALLED COLD DRINK. CAN YOU BELIEVE ALL THERE WAS WAS CRANBERRY JUICE AND WATER? YUP..IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL! LOOKED AT IN THE ATTIC BUS AND STUPIDLY IT WAS TOTALLY OPEN! LUCKILY FOR PETE AND RACHEL WE ARE HONEST AS PETE'S GUITAR TABLE WAS JUST SITTING THERE! THE DAY WAS JUST WONDERFUL AS OUR KIDS GOT TO SEE OUR FAVOURITE BAND AND HEAR THEIR MUSIC LIVE!