I came into Piccadily to get a ticket for the Bruce Springsteen show in May. The system at the ticketmaster office in Virgin megastore was down so im just wasting time here for a bit. Feeling a tad shitty with the flu still, and i guess a little homesick today....... Deciding what my plans should be over summer. Want to do a little more travel before coming home while the weather is good here in Europe.. Contiki tour of Russia/Scandanavia? Busabout through Berlin, Prague, Budapest etc?? There's many options. All depends on money though. Turkey in a few weeks.....

I only worked 3 hours today, knocked off 2 hours early 'cause the place is dead. Late licence last night saw me working until after 1:30am, have the flu again so feeling a tad shitty........ I've been taking it easy the last few days, just working and all that. Had a bender over last weekend that saw me catch up with Sticksy for his farewell, head to Belushi's after work, the Walkabout for a Sunday session and the Sports Cafe in Piccadilly for Hospitality night... £1 drinks...

It's at the stage now where I really look forward to my nights/days off and enjoy getting away from the pub.. Still love it here though, don't get me wrong but as was the case Friday night it was good to head into town for a meal with friends and get back to normality again..... Been here almost six months without any real time off. Oh , except for the two days in Belfast.. Where has the time gone????

Have been spending my breaks over in the park reading a book, playing the guitar or just relaxing. I played tennis yesterday with Chris. There are about 5 courts just a short walk from here, just off Tower Bridge Rd.... Haven't played in a long time.... Took me a bit to get back into it..

Also went to the gym the day before for a brief workout. One of the girls I work with has a sister who works there so myself and Gerrard went down for a free workout before starting work.... It's on Haymarket just off Piccadilly Circus circus... Did a breif cardio workout (Jogging, Cycle and Rowing) before doing about a 20 minute swim... Im on a healthkick!!!

A day off today, slept in a bit after a leeedle bit to much red wine last night. Some of us headed over to a mates place down the road for dinner. One of the locals at our pub.. It hit me hard and I left not longer after spilling wine all over the bloody couch...

Sunday was one of those memorable days. World cup cricket final, our pup opened to the public at 8am, I didn't arise until 9 though. We started serving at midday and by this stage there were already quite a few in. It turned out to be a big session watching the Aussies thrash India. With the weather the way it is, quite a number of people from inside went across the road to the park for a kick of the footy at the end of the game.... Wound up around midnight! I love the days when the pub is packed full of Aussies, or Kiwi's. Their just so much more friendly to serve or to be around. The atmosphere better than a pub full of English Soccer fans, that's for sure....

Works still going great, trip to Turkey soon, although with whats going on in the world at the moment there is a little bit of doubt. Will see what happens....

Think I'll get off this thing now, to nice a day..... Catching up with Sticksy very shortly... His two years is up and about to head home....

All along the Southbank, along the Thames, near Waterloo, it was flooded with a sea of people last Sunday. St Patrick's day weekend celebrations. As I strolled along the river, crowds of people wearing Irish shirts, hats and waving flags surrounded me. Not just Irish people either, from all over... There's a park at the base of the London Eye. Literally thousands took their place in the sun watching the numerous live Irish bands, performers, dancers etc or drinking guiness and beer.... The Final group at 6'oclock had the masses singing along to the loudest version of Whiskey in The Jar I've ever heard. The words flashed on the big screen.... Ended up at Waxy O'Conners that night for a few drinks....... The next night I ended up at Callaghans in Piccadilly with Heath, Row, Kat and a few others.. A crowded pub with a band playing a mixture of modern rock/pop and traditional Irish Music had us dancing and singing for ages.. The craic was good.... A memorable St Pat's Day..

There's now a war going on two and half thousand miles away. A war the majority of people in this world don't want. You wouldn't notice here though, especially last weekend where everyone was sooo happy... We see it all on television. Live on SKY, Cnn... Very realistic.... It's easy to change the channel...

Been working the last few days, tonight im going to be in relax mode...... Have a TV and stereo in my room now... Feels more like home....

The weather is getting better in London now...So is the general feeling of being here.....

Sticksy and Croughy came into the pub last Friday and was great to see 'em again... We went down the road to get a cheap meal from Weatherspoons and as we past the Nat West bank across the road we noticed a few cops holding guns surrounding the bank. More quickly arrived and we were asked to get off the street and into Weatherspoons. Crowds of people watching the siege and seeing staff being evacuated from the bank. The culprits threw a shitload of dosh from the top story that fell to the streets below... We were evacuated via the back entrance and had to take the long was back to the Camel, only a few hundred metres down the road. ... So we get back and notice the street blocked off by police from the front of our pub.. A camera crew was set up outside doing live interviews for the news, crowds of people inside cheering and going silly as we watched a live report that was headline news. You could see us all in the backround..... Theres always something going on here....


Stayed on with Sticksy and a few others for a few drinks before heading to a pretty cool bar called Grand Central, in Old Street. Left around midnight as it closed and headed to Temple walkabout with Peter, Bruce, Nick, Mark etc etc.... Sticksy had to get the last train back to Fulham...... It got messy again and somehow ended up back at Pete and Melissa's place sprawled out on a fold out couch watching DVD's on the big screen...

St Pats day celebrations in town today. Im outta here to catch the parade and soak up the atmosphere in the sun!

Last night at work was just one of them weird, silly nights...... Lemme see... Cam and Craig had their last night before retruning to Aus. They got reeeally shitfaced on the 241 Cocktail shakers and caused there usual loud rucus! The last I saw of Cam he left with this extremely drunk chick who could hardly stand.... There was a guy at the bar who was challenging everyone that he could skull 8 vodka cruisers in a row. Steve, one of the locals, bought him the drinks and this guy had the entire pub cheering him on as he downed them all. Didn't see much of him after that, think he went outside to vomit.... We sprung a leak in the downstairs staffroom that needed a 24 hour plumber to be called in.. Billy spent most of the night trying to calm down some wasted guy who didn't really understand the concept that he'd had enough..... Some other guy vomited in the toilets that i had to mop up. He was soo wasted that he admited to it and was profusely apologetic as he tried to help me with some paper towling... The staff had drinks bought for us left right and center by all the wasted locals.....

I would also like to thank Heath's Mum for sending over 8 hours worth of simpsons episodes. There's all our spare time taken!!!

Just been perusing through the ticketmaster website. There's a plethora of good gigs hitting London over the next few months and into Summer. I feel so out of touch with my music and such interests of late. Still, it's time to organise a few shows me thinks...... Bruce Springsteen, Placebo, Silverchair, The Rolling Stones, Mark Knopfler ,Massive Attack, Beck, Nick Cave, Bon Jovi, Coldplay, Eletric 6, Avril.....

I've had a few nights off lately and therefore managed to have a few nights out for the first time in a little while. Temple Walkabout last Friday for a delayed birthday celebrations. Extremely drunk and it wasn't my fault as always! Went with a group of the local lads from our pub who have become mates. Liquid Blue after work Saturday night with Billy, Row and Liesel. Met up with Heath and a few of the Waterloo crew. Was fairly laidback for myself whilst others were under the weather. A few fights seemed to break out in the club...... On the busride on the way home we were suddenly stopped in Trafalgar sq by a couple of dickheads holding up the bus by standing in the middle of the road and not moving. Yours truly and some English geezer got off the bus and made 'em move out of the way.......

I'm the new hostel cleaner now, up every morning cleaning bathrooms and toilets, changing beds and whatever. Who woulda fucking thought in a million years??

Work is still occupying alot of my time. I just don't have any stories of drunkin stupidity lately. I had my 25th birthday on Sunday and despite having the day off I took it pretty easy. That fucking flu didn't help! Lazed around the pub, watched the cricket and went out for Chinese with Mike and Aimee for dinner. Have this Friday night off work, and I think a big night on the town is in order. Got a few packages in the mail of late, which was good... The pub is still going great, always meeting plenty of people either coming into the pub or staying in the hostel. Never really a dull moment........

If I think of anything more I'll write later....

Oh, Regurgitator are set to have their Euro CD launch/signing at the Camel in a few months. How good is that?

We hired a car for our second day in Belfast and drove north. Through Ballymena, across to Londonderry then back east along the Antrim coast. Northern Ireland was blanketed in snow, a blizzard fell at times. Got some great photos and was easily then most enjoyable day I've had in a while. I got extremely drunk that night at a pub called Robsons that had traditional Irish music. The whiskey went to my head... Came back to London and straight back to work, been flat out since. Nice to unwind tonight, going to go see a film at Surrey Quays.

In another part of the world today. Belfast, Northern Ireland. A town partly devided by religion and politics. Flew in this morning on the 7am easy jet flight from London Stansted with Heath and his dad. Spent last night sleeping in a nice Hotel room at the Park Lane Shereton. Knocked off work at 11pm and headed over there. We had 9 scotch and cokes at the hotel bar as a nightcap. It's a rich mans world alright. It cost us almost $300 Aus for the drinks. Did a black taxi tour of the Loyalist and Rebublican areas which was very interesting. Resting up now. Might head out for a while tonight and hire a car tomorrow to head to the Giants Causeway.....