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Comment by bemuzic on June 7, 2015 at 2:23am

aha brilliant idea David!

thanks Jamie, the Ayrshire coast sounds good..

yes Bill I'm certainly trying to go back to the simple things!

oooh Steve holiday chalets, very posh!

Jamie, pebbles , you were lucky!! we had to dig for hours with our bare hands to find a pebble ; -)

 Col, not sure what we're doing yet as that day is FIL's Birthday...

Comment by Jamie MacBlues on June 7, 2015 at 2:13am

EE, by gum Steve, ah remember walking to the seaside, about 30 miles, as we could not afford busfare (having shoes woulda helped btw!). We took some old newspapers with us, so we could "cover up" when sleeping on the benches. I remember collecting pebbles from the beach, as if we could not "down" a seagull or a pidgeon, we went hungry. All this in storms and force 10 gales as well. Ah, those were the days !  ;)

Comment by StumbleCol on June 6, 2015 at 11:39pm

Who`s coming to Cambridge next Saturday, to see Hollowbelly at my album launch?

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on June 6, 2015 at 11:20pm

yes i remember many sunny days in South Devon in a caravan and one very rainy week one year, ..we graduated to holiday chalets after that, my poor Dad only got one week off a year... :-(

Comment by Bill Isherwood on June 6, 2015 at 9:08pm

Maybe we're all  "going back" in our own way, without realising it.

Home built guitars, shonky old amps, busking on street corners..............

Brill!!

Comment by Jamie MacBlues on June 6, 2015 at 2:39pm

Dr Who gitar cool :)

Btw, Be, Nice song :) My Granny had caravan on Ayrshire coast, used to go down in my early to mid teens. Fond memories

Comment by David Bowes on June 6, 2015 at 12:49pm

Hi Bemuzic

Yes we can go back, I have the solution, we just need a "Guitar-dis Riff in the Space Time Continuum"...and I have just the instrument to do it!

Comment by bemuzic on June 6, 2015 at 8:39am

thanks Bill and David, yes simpler times. There's no going back now though!

Comment by David Bowes on June 6, 2015 at 8:22am

Nice song, it brings back good memories of Bridlington, Filey, Scarborough, Withansea and Whitley Bay (Spanish City), happy times, all we needed as a spade and beech (not allowed the coin operated TV).

These days the kids need guaranteed internet access, a mobile phone, charger, spare charger, laptop, tablet, games station, DVD player, theme parks.

Comment by Bill Isherwood on June 6, 2015 at 5:34am

Great song, Bemuzic, takes me right back.

Benllech Bay on Anglesey in my case!

Collapsing gas mantles, collapsing beds, & collapsing bucket & chuck it loos.

But then there was the sand, the rock pools, the ice creams & the picnics.

Much simpler times!

Bring 'em right back!!!

 

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