John Burke's a-Musings

14 January 2012. We were in London with friends David and Jeannie and it had been decided that the ladies would go shopping, whilst David a...

This last weekend we had a couple of nights in London with David and Jeannie. On the Friday night we ate in the Mermaid's Tale on L...

An unexpected treat today. We went down into Blackpool to meet up with David and Jeannie for breakfast at Quilligan's . Sean provided ...

Great night last night. We hosted a dinner party to celebrate Fran's birthday which falls within the week. We had Gill and Eddie, Mum a...

Poor David my foot... He gave it to me didn't he! Ah well, best mates should share stuff, but I'd have been as well pleased if he h...

Last night we played the Highfield Road Servicemens' Association club in Blackpool. Poor David has been suffering since the Saturday gig...

Monday night saw David and I playing at a junior school prom. I think that an apt description of the audience would be " wildly enthusi...

Great gig last night for David and I out at Larbreck Hall Caravan Park. We were going to do an outdoor, but the weather was appalling. The ...

Well we've been playing Myerscough College's open day events for years but yesterday was the wettest one since our very first in 20...

Last night we were out in the beautiful countryside of the Trough of Bowland, playing at the wedding of Lee and Gail in Oakenclough. We were...

We've gained a new backing singer! David's wife Jeannie joins us for a bit of help on the chorus of Be My Baby . Which is a good th...

I've mentioned both of these before, but here's a photo of both of them! It's not one of mine this time, it was taken by my best...

We had a bit of help from some enthusiastic singers last night as David and I performed at a 40th birthday party in Freckleton. An interesti...

What a fabulous weekend! David's surprise birthday trip included a trip on the London Eye - the weather was a bit dull but it is Novemb...

Have just got back from London (second time in a week!) where we went to Ingrid Pitt's annual Birthday Party and Fan Club Bash and a ve...

Last night we went off to Garstang to see the Garstang Light Opera Group present " Love's Roundabout ", a collection of songs ...

The thing about mp3s is that you can't watch them. You can't even watch a CD on the vast majority of players. Records you can watch....

Creeping Bentgrass were out at Garstang Golf Club last night, playing for a Golden Wedding party. It all went down very well, though I had a...

This afternoon, once the rain stopped and the sun came out, the two flowerpot men shook off their flowerpots and rocked around the little we...

Sounds like a Rick Nelson song... No, what I really mean was that we've done a garden party this afternoon and early evening for our goo...