'The BIG D Is Here!'

By jove! It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas outside now, isn't it? I think we are in for a chilly festive season this year and there might even be a chance of a truly 'White Christmas'!

The very beautiful Church-in-the-Wood

Now, you might think that we get a lot of White Christmases in this country but in actual fact in the South East of England its pretty rare to see a single snowflake fall on Christmas Day. There have been 10 official white Christmases in my area since 1960 and the last was back in 2004. According my search on the Internet it is odds on that 2017 will be a white Christmas with Ladbrokes so I might get my 'magical carpet of fun' to scrunch around in on the big day again this year!

Sadly, I don't have too many candidates to throw snowballs at though now so any White Christmas would most likely be spend out with my camera making LOVELY films and taking pictures. As I habitually love to make a fresh Christmas video single each year I can eventually use all the footage of snowy scenes and festive places I can get...

Hopefully the bus service will be better than 2004!

On that front I am due back in the studio with my mate, Harvey Summers on the 4th of this month to try and put the finishing touches to this year's song, 'Heart Full Of Joy'. I like the song very much and find it a jolly one to sing so am hoping to learn it properly in time to be able to perform it at a few social gatherings over the Christmas season. We are nearly there with the bulk of the song so I'm hopeful that the 4th will give us enough time to complete work on the track to my satisfaction. I have also been invited to be a guest on the Jeff Belton Conquest Hospital Radio Breakfast Show on the 6th of December to 'have a laugh' and play some selections from, 'A Nod To Mr.Dickens'. If you like you can tune in to that from 9am -11am here...http://www.conquesthospitalradio.co.uk

I went up to meet Jeff at his home last week to discuss the album and his plans for the show and we got on like a house on fire! Talk about a 'big kid' like me! Jeff has his own 'man cave' full of CD's, musical equipment, records and the like that looks suspiciously like my bedroom upstairs and I am looking forward to being a part of his 'full english' breakfast show!

Finally, I have had a GREAT day today with my friend, Yvonne at the R.O.A.R. Christmas meal at Pevensey Bay. A three course meal for a £10, good company and a few drinks with  plenty of festive chat and memories was the perfect way to start the 'D month' and I have a lovely warm glow inside me writing this!

A cute little guy, isn't he!

Let's hope that the rest of this month turn out to be as happy, eh?