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In Concert

It's been a while since I sat down to update this blog.  Where have I been?  Well, nowhere much - however, I've been filling my free time with other stuff, mostly making things.  And I've been learning to code - I know, at my age! - which both fascinates and frustrates me.   Anyway, I've decided that it's high time to shape myself and write another instalment.   David was a Billy Joel fan.  Billy Joel more or less passed me by - I knew Uptown Girl and Piano Man but that was about it.  In the early days of our relationship he wrote out the words of "She's got a way" for me.  (Did I write the lyrics of a song for him?  Yes, I did, but I'm not telling you what it was!) He was thrilled to get tickets to see Billy Joel at the NEC in 2006.   We set off mid-afternoon, heading for the Premier Inn where we'd booked a room - it seemed like a good idea not to rush back immediately after the concert.  It turned out to be just as ...