Rockin Dave

It is with deep regret that I must inform everyone that Midnight Rock is no more. It was a matter of choice. Health or Midnight Rock.

I probably made the wrong choice (as usual). Fire Pit are now the new…

I went out for my usual morning constitution,having been discharged from Mt. Carmel Hospital some several weeks earlier. Ultimately,I ended up at Midnight Rock for my morning water. (Nothing alcoholic had passed my lips for a good few months now.)…

Ghosts, Globulins and Campanology. Over the past few months, I have felt run down and 'under the weather' and so decided to see a doctor, not an easy chore when you have a cataract in one eye. Visiting the doctor…

What is weight? Does it really exist?  Or, more to the point, would it exist without gravity?

We all know approximately what our weight is; at least here on earth. Of course, on other planets the gravity will vary, so…

Back in the early seventies,we had a booking in Ireland and took the ferry from Holyhead in North Wales, to Dun Laoghaire. We were going to fly with an Irish carrier, but none of us fancied sitting on a plane…

The workers were building the new parking spaces today opposite Midnight Rock, and boy, did they look thirsty! I invited them over for a few beers and they were happy!

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, but it will be one day. Or will it?

We all reminisce about the ‘good old days’, and how we perceive things used to be. Childhood memories, teenage year’s, places that we have…

 1 month before I was born, Bill Haley was greeted by 5,000 fans , when he arrived from New York on the liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton, for his debut UK concert tour on this day, 5 February  in 1957.…

Last Monday, whilst imbibing at Midnight Rock (as is my want), I was confronted by a rather unsettling sight. To wit, a creature struggling in the ditch opposite. It was attempting to stand up, but failing miserably, in an amazingly…

I have made many mistakes on this long rocky road, but then again, maybe it's better to forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success. I…