Posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2026:

Last week Thursday after work, a crowd of us headed to The Grocer for a few after work celebratory drinks and some nibbles. Then on Friday, Greg had offered his second ticket to see Metallica at London Stadium, as part of their M72 World Tour with him which was awesome. We met up beforehand at Westfield Mall for a quick burger then over to the stadium to see the gig. It has been years since I last saw them live, and even though I've not really listened to much of their recent material, they still played some of their best hits which was cool to watch.

The Grocer Spitalfields
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On Saturday morning Ellen had PQA and Ian had football, then that afternoon Una took them both into Brighton to the cinema while I managed to sort out the garage and watch some of the South Africa vs England rugby on the TV. After a fairly chilled day at home on Sunday, we started the week off with another heatwave here, probably not quite as hot as the previous one, but still higher than comfortable temperatures for the week! So in order to maximise the Mediterranean climate, we had scallops on the Egg last night and lobster for dinner tonight :)

Lobster on Big Green Egg

It might be hot and sticky and humid during the day, but the evenings are brilliant, especially when you're having shellfish for dinner.

:: posted by Mike Salmon at from Southwick, England -
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