Dana Centre - Gadgets

Having not been for a while, thethirdvoice and I went to the Dana Centre twice this month. The first time we saw a stand up comic talking about man's journeys into space.

On Tuesday we went back for a talk on gadgets. A bit of a big subject really and as such the talk ended up a bit woolly, especially as one of the speaker's spent the whole time promoting his book every other sentance.

There ended up being an interesting discussion on environmental issues, as the speaker who had come to focus on this part was a bit more vocal in her views than any of the others. However, she didn't really get her points across very well.

All in all, it was an interesting evening, but I don't think I learned any thing new.

Bowling

thethirdvoice and I went bowling on Thursday, mainly because she was shocked that I'd never been before.

Needless to say I was fairly incompetent at it. Although it did take some time for my incompetence to manifest itself, allowing me to win the first game before losing the second badly.

Glorystrokes @ C#

It was the Knees Up a Cecil Sharp house last night, so thethirdvoice and I went with a couple of her work colleagues and met up with some people from Cambridge there.

Glorystrokes were playing. This was now the third time I've heard them and although the base was a bit lacking at the beginning they got the sound level just right and the place wasn't too crowded like it was in Warwick.

Gordon Potts was a good choice of caller to go with them. Although I still think Martyn Harvey worked better with them at Warwick, because he had a lot more stage presence to carry it off.

Unfortunately, we couldn't stay for the last dance as we had to get the last train home, but it was a fun evening all the same and it was good to see a lot of Cambridge people we don't see very often anymore.