Working weekend for him, a holiday for me.

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My husband, (I'll call him Mr Platypus, or Mr P for short), has recently joined a rock band again. For many years, in the 70's and 80's he was lead guitarist and vocalist in a band, but life happens, and he gave the gigging away to live a relatively normal life. Now, in his 60's, he has rejoined the music world, this time as a bass guitarist. The band is quite popular around this area, and a couple of weekends ago they had a gig at a motorcycle rally for BSA motorbike owners. (Beautiful machines, I must say). This gig meant 2 nights away, in a very picturesque cottage in a very picturesque area. I came along, as the 5th wheel. Friday night was a great jam night in the cottage, and Saturday was setting up for the gig, then Saturday night the band played. I went to see the band for an hour or so, and then came back to the cottage and baby-sat the fire, for this town, whilst picturesque is jolly cold, as you can see from the photograph I took on my morning walk. It was a wonderful weekend. Mr P is so enjoying playing bass instead of lead. It's a new way to listen to the songs, bass has a whole different feel to lead guitar. He is really relaxed while playing. They have another gig tomorrow,at a local winery; that will make it 5 band jobs in the last 6 weeks. He's loving the extra money!! The picture shows gum trees in the fog or mist.