Feasting

The weather has made it a quiet start for the butterfly year for me so far, with sightings on only eleven different days during March and April to date. Hopefully a bit more warmth and sunshine will be around the corner.

This Small Tortoiseshell was one of two feasting on the mass of dandelions to be found on Monument Moor. I also saw one Speckled Wood in the park across the road.

Later, I was back down in the Live Room in Saltaire for a set from Son of Town Hall, a trans-Atlantic acoustic folk duo who perform in character as kind of Victorian, out of time, seafaring vagabonds. Personally I found the cabaret aspect wore thin after a while, but the quality of songs, harmonising and musicianship was high throughout, and I’d still recommend them. Their tour continues in Manchester, Sheffield, Cambridge, Cardiff, London, Didcot, Rhayader, Salisbury and Portsmouth.

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On this day, 34 years ago (26/04/90), Ride supported by The Charlottes, The Sugarhouse, Lancaster. Setlist courtesy of the Ride archive. Not keeping my Ride vinyl, during the infamous record cull of 2000, has proved to be one of my poorest decisions.