Concerts I've Been To

In my life I've been to three concerts; I went to a McFly concert when I was very young, Summer's End Lincoln music festival in September 2016 and a Skillet concert in Camden, London in December 2016.

The first concert I went to was my sister's birthday present - a McFly concert. My Granddad bought three tickets to see them live at Lincoln Castle. I can't remember much of it, but I remember that my sister was very happy. My granddad got us both matching t-shirts and I think I may still have that t-shirt somewhere!

The second time I went to a concert, it was a music festival! My mum bought two tickets to go to Summer's End Lincoln 2016 as a 4-month-late birthday present for me. Some of the bands playing there included Shed Seven, Ocean Colour Scene and Dodgy. We got there fairly early, so we managed to get a front row view the entire 10 hours!

The latest concert I went to was Skillet on the 9th of December 2016. They were playing in Koko in Camden. We spent the day looking around Camden and found a delicious vegan buffet. None of us were vegan at the time, but it was the best priced food around and it tasted amazing! At the concert, the atmosphere was so positive. I had a brilliant time, despite being stuck behind a pillar at the back of the room! I'd definitely recommend seeing Skillet live.

I'm going to another concert soon, too. I have a ticket to see Bon Jovi and Manic Street Preachers play live in June this year. It will be amazing to see Manics live for the first time ever. They're my favourite band! My blog is even named after one of their songs. Seeing Bon Jovi will also be great.

An Unexpected Stop During a Train Journey

I have quite an odd story from a train journey I made in October/November 2016 from Lincoln to Leicester. Everything was going alright until 20 minutes into the journey, there was a loud 'bump'. Nothing happened, though, and the train journey continued as normal the rest of the way. That is, until 5 minutes away from our destination, the train suddenly stopped! Nobody knew what was happening. People working on the train were making frequent, hurried trips from one end of the train to another. Several times throughout the next 15 minutes, one of the people working on the train would apologise for delays and update us on everything they discovered - which was pretty much nothing.

Then, after what felt like hours spent constantly confused, our train driver came out to tell us exactly what was going on. He told us that there was a blockage somewhere in the train. This confirmed one of my theories, and also strengthened my belief that the seemingly harmless 'bump' I heard had something to do with this. I was sure we had hit something back then. But what? The train driver then told us that we had hit some sheep. It was very sad to hear this, and I hope that their ends came quickly (they probably did, luckily.)

The most interesting thing I remember from this was that someone asked the driver, "Why didn't you call the police when you hit the sheep?" The train driver replied, "We only hit two sheep! You have to hit 5 sheep before you call the police!"

Well, I guess...the more you know...

I hope you enjoyed that story, and thank you for reading :)