Madness – Carisbrooke Castle
Madness were very good and they played at Carisbrooke Castle for 2 hours from 8.30pm until 10.30pm . We all got there at 6pm and watched the supporting bands. Jo, myself and friends who went from the Club enjoyed the outside venue and danced like loonies to all their famous hits like Baggy Trousers, Night Boat to Cairo. Some drizzle did not dampen the atmosphere and helped to cool us all down as we were so hot dancing!
It was an excellent idea to cycle there as to get there by car or shuttle bus would have been a nightmare due to the access roads being so small.
Getting into the venue was interesting as we discovered that the small print on the reverse of the ticket stated we could not take food or alcoholic drink into the site. So the plums and Cornish Pasties we had to leave outside in one of the panniers or see them thrown in a bin! What a waste!? The flask of coffee was allowable for some reason. We were lucky as managed to get some red in and then sneak in a pasty !!
Going home was a doddle and we cycled to our B&B; the lovely Wheatsheaf pub in the centre of Newport.
On Bank holiday Monday we cycled to Sandown along the flat disused railway track and layed on the beach and swam in the warm sea as was a scorcha!
A great couple of days!
