{"id":13873,"date":"2025-02-03T22:57:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T22:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13873"},"modified":"2025-02-04T00:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T00:26:03","slug":"lots-of-live-music-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13873","title":{"rendered":"Lots of live music, and a 100th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uptown Lights put on their usual great show at the Braunbaer last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0454-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1837\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0454-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0454-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0454-300x215.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0454-1024x735.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0454-768x551.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0454-1536x1102.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0454-2048x1469.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0454-418x300.jpeg 418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Val was up early for work this morning. In the village a banner hangs over the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0118-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1626\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0118-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0118-1.jpg 1626w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0118-1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0118-1-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0118-1-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0118-1-1536x1050.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0118-1-439x300.jpg 439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1626px) 100vw, 1626px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Downhill Only Club is 100 years old this week. We&#8217;ve been members for a mere 34 years (more than half our lives!), and during that time we&#8217;ve done lots of good stuff like racing on the Lauberhorn with the club. Val has her name on several of these trophies for racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1001\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0119-1024x1001.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0119-1024x1001.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0119-300x293.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0119-768x751.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0119-307x300.jpeg 307w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0119.jpeg 1453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve done a few things for the club over the years, and when I retired from work they very generously gave me honorary membership for life. Our racing days are over, but there\u2019s still no escape from the DHO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our buddy Michael gave Val a super jigsaw puzzle for Christmas which she finished this afternoon. It\u2019s a scene of Heidelberg where Michael lives. Heidelberg is our favourite German city, and the completed puzzle looks splendid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0456-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1792\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0456-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0456-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0456-300x210.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0456-1024x717.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0456-768x538.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0456-1536x1075.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0456-2048x1434.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0456-429x300.jpeg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More live music tonight, with Colin and Nev at the Anonym bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9985.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1786\" height=\"1275\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9985.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9985.jpeg 1786w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9985-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9985-1024x731.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9985-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9985-1536x1097.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9985-420x300.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1786px) 100vw, 1786px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a good crowd, all locals and no tourists at all as the school holidays haven\u2019t started yet. The kids will soon be here though, and it feels like the calm before the storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uptown Lights put on their usual great show at the Braunbaer last night. Val was up early for work this morning. In the village a banner hangs over the street. The Downhill Only Club is 100 years old this week. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13873\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travelsandtribulations"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}