Tuesday Night and Wednesday Day

On Tuesday evening Rachel and I went to Manchester to see Jackson Browne at the Apollo and he was fantastic... Jackson came on stage with his band at 8.00, performed for an hour, took a short break and then came back on for another hour and fifteen minutes. He performed lots of old favourites and tracks from his superb new album Time The Conqueror. We had a great time.

Yesterday I spent the day with fellow authors and poets - Terry Caffrey, Joe Stretch and John Siddique - at the Blackpool Sixth Form College, talking to some of the keen students about writing. It was an absolute pleasure meeting all the students, lecturers and Joe - who I'd never met before (his books are now on my "to read" list) - and great to meet up with Terry and John again too.

I seem to follow Terry Caffrey around quite a lot and often find myself visiting schools that he's been to... not surprising really as he has visited thousands of schools. I love his poetry style, and hearing him talk is always a pleasure. He's got a real gift for making people feel good about themselves.

I had a really good day and hope everyone else did too - Big Thanks to Estelle and the students for organising the day and for looking after us so well.

Today it's back to work.