Birmingham Maypole Travelodge...a few mishaps at Loughborough University; strong winds blew the equipment every which way and it ended with the speaker/amp box blowing over and the cabinet burst open on the muddy ground exposing the electrics to the elements....the amp burnt out and silenced the bicycle powered ipod for a couple of hours....not to be defeated by the elements i went into town to a car audio shop, a cornucopia of massive black speakers with names like Blue steel and lazer and ornate alloy wheels and got a cheap amp....it still looked like a piece of Cylon hardware but it got the tunes going back at the Student Union. A sudden downpour almost ended the event a couple of hours early but we dragged the gear into a back entrance hall, dried it all off and started the racing again with music and lights.....motelwise it's back to Travelodge and down the road pub food....a pint of Mild and back to some cookies from Sainsburys.....a culinary lowpoint but tomorrows city centre Aston University could bring us back from the edge of mediocrity. On what is in some parts Super Tuesday and others Shrove but with no pancakes or spoilt chads in sight i'll settle for a pack of lychees and a cup of tea to round off day 2.......


power tools... drill drivers for president.