did a series of fun gigs the last 3 weekends. tony j brown gave me a last minute one in doncaster, nice theatre. trying more and more not to use the guitar or the guitar case gag. the constant dilemma of a comedian, when to drop old jokes and put new ones in. I got so many good ones but i just can’t remember them all the time.

spoke to adam bloom via email. he quoted one of my jokes in his new book ‘Finding your comic genius’, and a very fine work it is. did a workshop in abergavenny a coupel of weeks ago which went went, even though it was only 5 people present, gareth came with me to give me some moral support. The melville centre currently doesn t have anyone in charge, but i hope it will have soon so i can organise a longer course.

did Oktober Fest in shrewsbury – so atmospheric i almost burst out into Tomorrow Belongs to Me. apart from the parking it was good fun. though the second show was harder than the first: a marquee with noise from other tents, and the people moving in and out, changing throughout the day. went onto to do a Bobby Murdoch gig in the evening – that went pretty well except for the woman who said ‘ you’re crap’ towards the end. but everyone else – outside her table – was on my side, even got a nice FB message from one audience member.

did Blue Sky bar in Bangor – went terrific! and gavin the booker of the club helped me out by giving me the gig, boosted my esteem a bit. God bless Ian Cooper. also did the first of Britain’s Got Comedy shows, in shrewsbury Severn theatre – seems i’ve been to that town a lot this year. It went pretty well, and anna and jade and gabriel of Abel’s Harp came along as my guests.

Terrible shit going on in the world right now. everyone getting cancelled. what happens when more people are cancelled than not ? do we seek counselling?

I have to go to an island in scotland soon, to do a gig in the afternoon – bit of a logistic nightmare.

The last Cu Mumbles show with ali mcgowan went great – 80 people sell out, paul james was totally on form as were the 2 middle spots. Alistair got a clap for every other line.

I had a hearing test recently and i went to the dentist. well i got my teeth knocked out didn’t I?? methaphorically and literally – well loosened anyway. it was in llanberis mid september , i did my frog tongue joke to a woman in the front row and she pushed the plastic prop back into my mouth – Aooow! so ended up going to the dentist twice and having a loose tooth taken out each time. eventually i’ll be getting a ‘plate’ to fill my lower front.

and if i weren’t having enough shit experiences in my life right now Wales got knocked out of the rugby world cup yesterday by – yes a southern hemisphere side – Argentina. Bastard! i put 100 quid on them getting to the final as well…oh well…