The mate who came with me to do Tough Guy was also the same mate who got me tickets to go and see Nine Inch Nails last month. He has earned yet another gold star by getting tickets for the Pixes.

I don’t think I’ve been to as many gigs in one year.

I will confess that I only started listening to the Pixies after they split up (and would have been in my first year at university). I won’t go into a long dialectic about why I like them because the crux of it is that they’re wacky, dark and loud enough for my tastes.

It should be a good night out.

Only in Korea eh?

British weather is a wonderful thing and don’t believe anyone who tells you differently. I was terrified (well, mildly concerned anyway) a couple of weeks ago during the brief heatwave that we had that the sun would be out and blazingly hot on Sunday. Fortunately it wasn’t and it was exactly the same weather as we had a year ago.

This may not have been a good thing for all you sun seekers but it was a blessing for the 2500 people who trekked up to Wolverhampton on their annual pilgrimage to the Killing Fields of Tettenhall Horse Sanctuary for the summer Tough Guy event commonly known as “Nettle Warrior”. Nettle stings, barbed wire scratches, smoke inhalation, electric shocks, near drowning and cramp are one thing without complicating matters with dehydration and sun stroke.
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