Monday, November 21, 2005
Quo At Oxford 18.11.05
Saw the mighty Quo at Oxford on Friday. Seemed a little lethargic compared to previous times I've seen them. Still a good show though with classics such as Whatever you Want, Don't Waste My Time and a shortened Forty Five Hundred Times.
My brotehr and I decided to make a day of it and got up to Oxford about half one via the Oxford Tube. First stop was a Youngs pub called the Angel & Greyhound. A walk down the Cowley road enabled us to browse in a couple of record shops. After buying a sandwich, a dodgy bloke asked where the station was. We assumed this was a slang term as he obviously didn't want the station (and also we were miles away from it!). The fairly awful Hobgoblin pub was visited to next, only frequented as other places were shut. Walking back into town, passing three sex shops in the process, we went into the Mitre. This was a bar/restaurent type place. After passing the Turl bar we then went to check out where the venue was and it's proximity to the bus station. Another record shop was found and I managed to purchase a rare Dada album I hadn't seen before. The Old School was next where I won a rather poor standerd pool game 2-1. After a forgettable pub called the Grapes, we went to the White Hart. Many years ago this small pub used to serve Tuborg on tap, alas we had to settle for Carlsberg. The Turf was our next port of call, a historic pub set in acourtyard or stable. Had quite an atractive girl polishing the tables here and was the second pub running that had a low ceiling. Historic pubs continued the theme with a visit to the Bear with the mammoth tie collection in the smoky back bar! As we were due to meet Dan about sixish we headed north to the Morse favourite, the Eagle & Child. Sitting in the conservatory bit we also read that Tolkien used to be here every Sunday in the first half of last century. Contact was finally made with Dr Lovegrove and we met him in the Lamb & Flag. The busiest pub so far. After a walk through the hospital we headed to Jericho and into Jude The Obscure. Some nice barmaids I seem to recall in a well lit friendly pub. Bidding farewell to Dan, we headed back to town turning down a few bottle only places. Metal pub the Gloucester Arms was next and AC/DC promptly put on the jukebox by myself. We then headed to Far From The Madding Crowd, a well lit Allbarone type place, where I also bought crisps as we forgot to have a mian meal. Heading across to the venue we saw that the support was still on, so we decided to have a quick half in O'Neills which was the same as all the others in this chain. We then managed to get back to the venue just as the lights went down, I can't actually recallour tickets being checked which was odd! The show finished about twenty to eleven allowing us time for a final drink in the Goose before getting the coach back to Notting Hill which allowed us a quick dash to get the final tube to Wimbledon. A long but ultimately enjoyable day!
My brotehr and I decided to make a day of it and got up to Oxford about half one via the Oxford Tube. First stop was a Youngs pub called the Angel & Greyhound. A walk down the Cowley road enabled us to browse in a couple of record shops. After buying a sandwich, a dodgy bloke asked where the station was. We assumed this was a slang term as he obviously didn't want the station (and also we were miles away from it!). The fairly awful Hobgoblin pub was visited to next, only frequented as other places were shut. Walking back into town, passing three sex shops in the process, we went into the Mitre. This was a bar/restaurent type place. After passing the Turl bar we then went to check out where the venue was and it's proximity to the bus station. Another record shop was found and I managed to purchase a rare Dada album I hadn't seen before. The Old School was next where I won a rather poor standerd pool game 2-1. After a forgettable pub called the Grapes, we went to the White Hart. Many years ago this small pub used to serve Tuborg on tap, alas we had to settle for Carlsberg. The Turf was our next port of call, a historic pub set in acourtyard or stable. Had quite an atractive girl polishing the tables here and was the second pub running that had a low ceiling. Historic pubs continued the theme with a visit to the Bear with the mammoth tie collection in the smoky back bar! As we were due to meet Dan about sixish we headed north to the Morse favourite, the Eagle & Child. Sitting in the conservatory bit we also read that Tolkien used to be here every Sunday in the first half of last century. Contact was finally made with Dr Lovegrove and we met him in the Lamb & Flag. The busiest pub so far. After a walk through the hospital we headed to Jericho and into Jude The Obscure. Some nice barmaids I seem to recall in a well lit friendly pub. Bidding farewell to Dan, we headed back to town turning down a few bottle only places. Metal pub the Gloucester Arms was next and AC/DC promptly put on the jukebox by myself. We then headed to Far From The Madding Crowd, a well lit Allbarone type place, where I also bought crisps as we forgot to have a mian meal. Heading across to the venue we saw that the support was still on, so we decided to have a quick half in O'Neills which was the same as all the others in this chain. We then managed to get back to the venue just as the lights went down, I can't actually recallour tickets being checked which was odd! The show finished about twenty to eleven allowing us time for a final drink in the Goose before getting the coach back to Notting Hill which allowed us a quick dash to get the final tube to Wimbledon. A long but ultimately enjoyable day!
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