It’s been a fun (long) weekend of two halves:
Manchester Pride. Somehow I’ve always managed to be away (or elsewhere) for Manchester Pride, so this was my first. It was packed, but good fun: it was great catching up with friends that I’d not seen in years, as well as meeting some new ones. The parade got cancelled, but there was a protest that happened instead, and I joined in. The turnout was much better than expected. Polly, who stands outside New York New York all weekend, is the hardest working person on Canal Street.
![Polly](/images/mcr-pride-2021.jpg)
Field Day. I’d not been to a festival in ages. I headed back to London on Saturday night to go stand in Victoria Park on Sunday with a bunch of friends. Ross from Friends was good, Hot Chip Megamix is a lot of fun (it’s CDJs, drum machines, synths, some vocals: generally a good time), and the Blessed Madonna was decent (second half of the set being better than the first). I’d also forgotten how much pushing happens in a festival crowd. Being able to walk home afterwards was a good novelty too…
![DJ Seinfeld and George Fitzgerald at Field Day](/images/field-day.jpg)
After that, it’s been a bank holiday Monday of doing almost nothing. Other than that – not much news. The house is within touching distance now: it looks like we might exchange on Thursday, so stay tuned 🤞🏼