The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #72235   Message #1246675
Posted By: Larkin
13-Aug-04 - 07:21 AM
Thread Name: Review: Sidmouth - Good stuff and boring stuff
Subject: RE: Review: Sidmouth - Good stuff and boring stuff
The best bits for me were the sessions in the Bedford and one lovely one in the Dove. Also my friend Ric was busking in the square and while he was building an audience a couple arrived - she walking , he in a motorised wheelchair. They wouldn't come closer and when asked said they didn't want to be picked on . Ric assured them that he wouldn't pick on them and they came up to the rope. He continued with his show and at one point a large gull appeared in the performance space walked round the circle and pecked at a couple of kids. Ric then chased the gull which then took off, collided with the guy in the chair and knocked his hat off. He wasn't hurt and saw the funny side of it . Ric had the presense of mind to say 'it took me months to train it to do that !' Hilarious.

Worst bit was getting a text from my son on holiday in the   Czech republic saying that his brother ( also in Czech) was very ill and could I book him a flight home immediately. I had to leave a day early coz he needed picking up from the airport. Bollocks!
He's fine now but was pretty poorly.