An interesting year in every possible way. So where do we go from here? I have no idea. At the time of writing the UK is still part of the EU though I suspect not for that much longer sadly.

I have spent a lot of time soul searching about my personal life which has changed markedly since the sudden death of Vicky Martin in April 2019.

I am still performing live music but somewhat sporadically. I had seriously considered giving up live performances completely to be honest.

Well the leaves have turned but it’s not too bleak out yet fortunately. A couple of possibilities on the music front and I am waiting to see if they will bare fruit. Plus a festival for next year, which is cool if we still have a band by then Live music seems not to want to give me up just yet?

It’s still business as usual though on the whole. Nothing radically different.

Upgrading the TLI forum has run into a few problems which I am trying to resolve and it’s turning out to be slightly more complicated than I envisaged but with a bit of patience I am sure the bugs can be ironed out. The Problems I have encountered are the same ones that many others are according to the Vbulletin support forum. So far none of the bug fixes has actually worked it has to be said. There seem to be a lot. Surprising for a commercial product that is widely used. Fortunately I should be able to get on with it without breaking anything on the “old” forum mostly

Apart from that music and recording and a bit of DIY is the order of the day here. I have had a few low days and whilst I do get a bit of support from friends, it’s not really a fix yet. The world I knew is dissolving around me and I am adrift. Life sort of goes in cycles though. I remember when I left my driving job which I had had for many years and things were particularly grim having to take them to a tribunal for unfair dismissal and feeling like it was all downhill, but as it turned out it was the start of a new and very different career so you can never tell what’s around the corner? In my personal life the old order of things has collapsed though and to keep my sanity or what little is left of it. I must as they say at Sandhurst “Crack on”.

Maybe there is something new around the next bend, though precisely what is really the question.