Simply Fuss Free wrote:

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I thought The Monkeys had a bit of an intimidating townie vibe and I didn't really feel comfortable there by myself, I left but was drawn into the lounge across the street called "The Garden", where they were exclusively playing Pulp on Spotify all night, so it became a kind of beacon for wayward Pulp fans. Met lots of people there including the Mexican fan club.

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It did have a townie vibe, yeah. I went up to the bar and was waiting for about a fortnight! In the end, a proper unit of a guy actively pointed at me to get me served! They played Common People, but yeah, didn't feel very Pulp.

Didn't think much of the bar at the venue, either. I was waiting a long while for my pint while someone took the card terminal for a little walk and a natter! Then the tap died out mid-pour, and I was so desperate to rejoin the crowd (which had grown a bit thicker) that I just said "that's ok" and took what they'd poured me! The only non-Carling pull was John Smiths...

The Garden sounds nice, thankfully I wasn't around for The Apollo. I did notice that it was karaoke night at the pub across from the Spa... I was tempted 

I would love to say, thanks again to Fran and her partner for the lift and putting me up for the night, and therefore sparing me my rather mad plan of just hanging about for a few hours. If nothing else, it would've made the next day a bit of a horrible slog. I decided that Pulp was worth it, but also putting off sleep might have rather affected my memories of the whole thing. It was a bit stupid to be honest! I said I'd done worse, but to be honest, that might have been me putting a brave face on things (trying to tackle it with the attitude of 'well I'm a student, students do things like this'...)

I got my poster back unscathed too. Went to the National Railway Museum the next day and did my best Russell Senior impression by sitting on the Shinkansen trying to look artistic.

Eamonn, did you see any puffins? By all accounts there were gannets too - and townie gulls...

Eamonn wrote:

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Great to meet Fran & partner again and Lipglossed/Sam - the bright new hope of Bar Italia who will hopefully keep this place running and full of life post-2050 (coincidentally which is when we will eventually hear the We Love Life demos ). Hopefully you didn't have to kip under some park bushes in York?!

And a pleasure to finally meet Mr Mark Sturdy for the first time this afternoon, after all these years #i'llrememberthefirsttime #live on

This morning, still coming down from the gig, I went out on the Yorkshire Belle to spot the puffins but the fuckers were hiding, only saw a handful, briefly. Plenty of gannets but c'mon, puffins are clearly Pulppeople (well, Pulpbirds).

Now at the station waiting for my train back south, a bit worse for wear. Only regret is that I didn't have time to get fish and chips. It's been a brilliant 24 hours in Bridlington though and has kind of reminded me that my favourite holidays are actually short city/town breaks in a new place where you see a gig of an artist you love at a quirky venue and then sample in some of the local culture before bogging off back home.

-- Edited by Eamonn on Saturday 27th of May 2023 06:26:11 PM

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 Jings, I've missed an entire page in the thread.

Ah cheers Eamonn! I'll do my best haha

Puffins are the most Pulp seabird, sorry they were elusive. I really enjoyed the short time I was in Bridlington - there's something nice about just discovering a new place and having a stroll around it and whatnot.

Oh, wow, great shot! What a creature. I love that built-in sorrowful expression!
Next time I'll try from land/the cliffs rather than at sea/a boat.

Did see some dolphins at least, including one show-off who did a majestic leap into the air.