Face Of Cheam

So a lot to fill in. Saw Mick Ralph’s Bad Company, who officially go under the name Ex-Com, at the Kingston Peel a few weeks ago. Classic Rock is what classic rock does and with Robert Hart stepping in for Paul Rodgers admirably well, we got great versions of Feel Like Making Love and Can’t Get Enough, as well as bizarrely Free’s Wishing Well and closer All Right Now, with the absent Rodgers being the only connection between the two bands! An excellent night, even without a stripper from the bar round the back! On a brief crawl before we visited a pub called the Bull & Bush, done only once before. A big old fashioned pub in the middle of a large 60s style estate. Glad we were in there by daylight.

Went to Putney to watch the skates win the FA Cup. A nice young barmaid in the Arab Boy for the first half was probably the highlight, although a crawl was done to get to the Coat & Badge for the second half with the Ye Olde Spotted Horse to end with before going dog racing at Wimbledon. Three forecasts came in so profit was made.

In the file world I ventured to the cinema for the first summer blockbuster to see, which is Iron Man. Iron Man is not one of my favourite superheroes from my comic reading days (issue 206 when he fights Goliath is an exception) however I thought the film was fantastic. Robert Downey Junior is great as multi-millionaire Tony Stark, looking cool like Hey from the Fun Lovin Criminals, and the storyline was believable and held interest. The franchise looks healthy with a great ending too.