Mick Hitchin
@mickhitchin.bsky.social
Family man, music lover and West Ham fan. Also on Facebook.
Whoop! Just got tickets for The Mission at the Forum in Kentish Town celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Gods Own Medicine album next year.
Great have something in the diary.
7th time seeing them!
Great have something in the diary.
7th time seeing them!
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Whoop! Just got tickets for The Mission at the Forum in Kentish Town celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Gods Own Medicine album next year.
Great have something in the diary.
7th time seeing them!
Great have something in the diary.
7th time seeing them!
“Arise ye starvelings from your slumber”.
Oi @johnferrett.bsky.social, look what I got in the post.
A gold PCS badge for 25 years’ membership.
Not as good as redundancy or retirement but it will have to do…
Oi @johnferrett.bsky.social, look what I got in the post.
A gold PCS badge for 25 years’ membership.
Not as good as redundancy or retirement but it will have to do…
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“Arise ye starvelings from your slumber”.
Oi @johnferrett.bsky.social, look what I got in the post.
A gold PCS badge for 25 years’ membership.
Not as good as redundancy or retirement but it will have to do…
Oi @johnferrett.bsky.social, look what I got in the post.
A gold PCS badge for 25 years’ membership.
Not as good as redundancy or retirement but it will have to do…
3-2 win.
Good day out!
Burnley played their part but we edged it.
Good day out!
Burnley played their part but we edged it.
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
3-2 win.
Good day out!
Burnley played their part but we edged it.
Good day out!
Burnley played their part but we edged it.
Four gigs this year and they have all been good.
Pixies
Iron Maiden
Wendy James
And last night’s Fields of the Nephilm set in Kentish Town was a great way to round off the musical year.
Roll on 2026 and 40 years of gig going.
Pixies
Iron Maiden
Wendy James
And last night’s Fields of the Nephilm set in Kentish Town was a great way to round off the musical year.
Roll on 2026 and 40 years of gig going.
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Four gigs this year and they have all been good.
Pixies
Iron Maiden
Wendy James
And last night’s Fields of the Nephilm set in Kentish Town was a great way to round off the musical year.
Roll on 2026 and 40 years of gig going.
Pixies
Iron Maiden
Wendy James
And last night’s Fields of the Nephilm set in Kentish Town was a great way to round off the musical year.
Roll on 2026 and 40 years of gig going.
A great rock and roll show tonight at a packed Forum in Kentish Town seeing Fields of the Nephilm.
Everything a live gig should be.
Everything a live gig should be.
November 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
A great rock and roll show tonight at a packed Forum in Kentish Town seeing Fields of the Nephilm.
Everything a live gig should be.
Everything a live gig should be.
Having seen Transvision Vamp twice back in 1988, virtually 37 years to the day I’ve had the pleasure of seeing @thewendyjames.bsky.social live again in Brighton.
Top night out last night.
Top night out last night.
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Having seen Transvision Vamp twice back in 1988, virtually 37 years to the day I’ve had the pleasure of seeing @thewendyjames.bsky.social live again in Brighton.
Top night out last night.
Top night out last night.
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Lunch time stroll.
October 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Lunch time stroll.
Every home Ive ever lived in has had rubbish soil in the garden.
None worse than my current home.
Every year I do some gardening and dig up loads of coal.
None worse than my current home.
Every year I do some gardening and dig up loads of coal.
October 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Every home Ive ever lived in has had rubbish soil in the garden.
None worse than my current home.
Every year I do some gardening and dig up loads of coal.
None worse than my current home.
Every year I do some gardening and dig up loads of coal.
I always want West Ham to win.
On Monday they play David Moyes’s Everton who sit in the top half of the table.
West Ham are in the relegation zone.
When DM left we were ninth.
I always knew he was the best we could get. Not perfect but a good fit.
He would have rebuilt the team.
On Monday they play David Moyes’s Everton who sit in the top half of the table.
West Ham are in the relegation zone.
When DM left we were ninth.
I always knew he was the best we could get. Not perfect but a good fit.
He would have rebuilt the team.
September 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I always want West Ham to win.
On Monday they play David Moyes’s Everton who sit in the top half of the table.
West Ham are in the relegation zone.
When DM left we were ninth.
I always knew he was the best we could get. Not perfect but a good fit.
He would have rebuilt the team.
On Monday they play David Moyes’s Everton who sit in the top half of the table.
West Ham are in the relegation zone.
When DM left we were ninth.
I always knew he was the best we could get. Not perfect but a good fit.
He would have rebuilt the team.
I’m not naming names but we somehow have managed to acquire seventeen pairs of 3D cinema glasses.
I’m not naming but it’s the responsibility of the person who has brought a similar number of tins of baked beans.
I’m not naming but it’s the responsibility of the person who has brought a similar number of tins of baked beans.
September 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’m not naming names but we somehow have managed to acquire seventeen pairs of 3D cinema glasses.
I’m not naming but it’s the responsibility of the person who has brought a similar number of tins of baked beans.
I’m not naming but it’s the responsibility of the person who has brought a similar number of tins of baked beans.
For whom the bell tolls.
West Ham 1 Palace 2
A better performance but is it too little too late?
We were ninth when David Moyes left.
West Ham 1 Palace 2
A better performance but is it too little too late?
We were ninth when David Moyes left.
September 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
For whom the bell tolls.
West Ham 1 Palace 2
A better performance but is it too little too late?
We were ninth when David Moyes left.
West Ham 1 Palace 2
A better performance but is it too little too late?
We were ninth when David Moyes left.
France road trip day 10:
After a great stay and a lovely meal at La Matelote Hotel in Boulogne we arrived home safely.
Now to put away our purchases and put a couple of clothes washes on!!!
After a great stay and a lovely meal at La Matelote Hotel in Boulogne we arrived home safely.
Now to put away our purchases and put a couple of clothes washes on!!!
September 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
France road trip day 10:
After a great stay and a lovely meal at La Matelote Hotel in Boulogne we arrived home safely.
Now to put away our purchases and put a couple of clothes washes on!!!
After a great stay and a lovely meal at La Matelote Hotel in Boulogne we arrived home safely.
Now to put away our purchases and put a couple of clothes washes on!!!
France road trip day 9:
A more reasonable drive from Chartres to Boulogne via the infamous (in our house) Rouen route.
The La Matelote Hotel is pretty fancy on first viewing.
I’m particularly impressed to have been given my own private garage. One that isn’t full of my own junk, that is!!!
A more reasonable drive from Chartres to Boulogne via the infamous (in our house) Rouen route.
The La Matelote Hotel is pretty fancy on first viewing.
I’m particularly impressed to have been given my own private garage. One that isn’t full of my own junk, that is!!!
September 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
France road trip day 9:
A more reasonable drive from Chartres to Boulogne via the infamous (in our house) Rouen route.
The La Matelote Hotel is pretty fancy on first viewing.
I’m particularly impressed to have been given my own private garage. One that isn’t full of my own junk, that is!!!
A more reasonable drive from Chartres to Boulogne via the infamous (in our house) Rouen route.
The La Matelote Hotel is pretty fancy on first viewing.
I’m particularly impressed to have been given my own private garage. One that isn’t full of my own junk, that is!!!
France road trip day 8:
Very long drive from near Cahors to Chartres.
52 junctions on the A20 alone!
Safely ensconced in the hotel car park and tonight’s dessert was the best crème brûlée of the holiday!!
Very long drive from near Cahors to Chartres.
52 junctions on the A20 alone!
Safely ensconced in the hotel car park and tonight’s dessert was the best crème brûlée of the holiday!!
September 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
France road trip day 8:
Very long drive from near Cahors to Chartres.
52 junctions on the A20 alone!
Safely ensconced in the hotel car park and tonight’s dessert was the best crème brûlée of the holiday!!
Very long drive from near Cahors to Chartres.
52 junctions on the A20 alone!
Safely ensconced in the hotel car park and tonight’s dessert was the best crème brûlée of the holiday!!
Day 7:
Some shopping for travel provisions and snacks and a walk down to the river Lot.
Some shopping for travel provisions and snacks and a walk down to the river Lot.
September 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Day 7:
Some shopping for travel provisions and snacks and a walk down to the river Lot.
Some shopping for travel provisions and snacks and a walk down to the river Lot.
Day Six: Lunch in Puy-lEveque.
September 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Day Six: Lunch in Puy-lEveque.
Day Five update 2:
Following the football on my phone with a glass of rose in the courtyard.
Following the football on my phone with a glass of rose in the courtyard.
September 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Day Five update 2:
Following the football on my phone with a glass of rose in the courtyard.
Following the football on my phone with a glass of rose in the courtyard.
Day Five update:
Snails!
Snails!
September 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Day Five update:
Snails!
Snails!
Day Five:
Buying some more wine and a spot of lunch.
Buying some more wine and a spot of lunch.
September 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Day Five:
Buying some more wine and a spot of lunch.
Buying some more wine and a spot of lunch.
Road trip day four update:
Holiday reading going well.
One down, one to go.
Holiday reading going well.
One down, one to go.
September 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Road trip day four update:
Holiday reading going well.
One down, one to go.
Holiday reading going well.
One down, one to go.
Day Four of the France road trip.
Leisurely day, eating quality food and some light gardening and catching up with my reading and admiring the walnut trees from the window of the farm house.
Leisurely day, eating quality food and some light gardening and catching up with my reading and admiring the walnut trees from the window of the farm house.
September 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Day Four of the France road trip.
Leisurely day, eating quality food and some light gardening and catching up with my reading and admiring the walnut trees from the window of the farm house.
Leisurely day, eating quality food and some light gardening and catching up with my reading and admiring the walnut trees from the window of the farm house.
Day three of the France road trip.
Saumur to Grezels.
Very long drive but arrived safely.
Saumur to Grezels.
Very long drive but arrived safely.
September 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Day three of the France road trip.
Saumur to Grezels.
Very long drive but arrived safely.
Saumur to Grezels.
Very long drive but arrived safely.
Day Two.
“Vino Valley “ in Saumur.
“Vino Valley “ in Saumur.
September 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Day Two.
“Vino Valley “ in Saumur.
“Vino Valley “ in Saumur.
Day one of the France road trip completed.
Calais to Saumur.
Calais to Saumur.
September 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Day one of the France road trip completed.
Calais to Saumur.
Calais to Saumur.