The Sounds of Summer

   The clickety-click in the still air of a distant train speeding along the tracks; children laughing whilst at play in a neighbour's garden; the drone of a lawn mower cutting the grass; the buzzing of insects pollinating the flowers; the thud of willow on leather at a cricket match; the crash of thunder as the rain teems down; the bells in the church tower calling people to worship on an otherwise quiet sunny Sunday morning, a Brass Band playing in the park - these are the sounds of summer.

Radioactive

   There was an entirely different atmosphere this Sunday afternoon though as The Carnaby Rocks, Radioactive (pictured) and the Midnight Pumpkin Trucks entertained in an event called "Summer Sounds"from the bandstand in Victoria Park. I suppose one of the sounds I missed in those listed above was the noise of a rock festival but at least we didn't get the squelch of the mud so frequently associated with the likes of Glastonbury!

Sunday In The Park

A Brass Band playing on the Bandstand, people listening or chatting to each other, flowers in bloom, children playing - just a Sunday afternoon in the park. What more could you ask?

Sixteen Going On Seventeen

It doesn't matter how many times I visit Victoria Park, I can usually find a picture or two. Today I climbed the steps to the bandstand and saw that the council workers are still busy replanting the borders but this view through the structure put me in mind of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "The Sound Of Music" and in particular of the scene where Liesl and Rolf perform the song "Sixteen Going On Seventeen". Now if only I were that age again and know what I know now.