Quite a busy weekend when all said and done.
Friday evening I went to The Killers concert at the Telenor arena. Not one of my top favourite bands but it'd be chance to get out and see something different. I'd heard they were coming when somebody at the office put two tickets up for sale a few weeks ago. Unfortunately I was too late to get them. Luckily for me another work colleague said his wife had suffered a leg problem and probably wouldn't be able to make it. I had to wait 'til last Monday to find out if I had a chance or not.
I was looking forward to going all week.
Up 'til today I had been cycling into work, as I felt it was safer than trying to walk on the blasted ice. This morning however I needed to walk so that I didn't have to leave the bike at the office when we went to the concert. Iain Knight who lives just up the road had promised to show me a relatively easy walk apparently. Still took us 30-35mins and I was sweating like a goodun, especially on the arms and back. Good thing I had spare clothes and a towel for showering when I cycle into work.
I had a rush to get the spreadsheet off to the REG before our planned departure time of 1600hrs. Didn't make it and I also cleaned up the cake trolley so it wasn't left til Monday again!
We did manage to get to the train for 1630hrs to take us into Oslo. The Telenor Arena lays on shuttle buses from the National Theatre. Not free as a return costs 100NOK. Still it's a lot less hassle than trying to use public transport or a car. Chris and I decided we'd have a few beers before setting off to the concert. Three poorly poured Guinness was out limit before we then headed out for something to eat at McDonald's.
The bus when we got on was quite full and took approx 20mins to get to the arena. The driver we had must've been a frustrated rally driver as we actually over took the bus in front of us. I was nervous about standing up between two glass panels. Took quite a while to get from the dropoff point to our entrance to the arena, and it was slippery all the way. Security was done by the same company that provides security for the Schlumberger office. G4S. as I went through the turn-stile I got recognised by one of the guards. Thought it might have been mistaken identity until I twigged.
As went up the stairs to our seats they were handing out ear plugs. I for one was grateful as I'd left mine in the trousers at the office.
The arena didn't look up to much but I guess they never do. As we took our places for the preview act I thought the stage looked a little small as it only covered about half the width of the floor space. This also meant we were quite a long way off.
The support group were not as I'd imagined a local band but also from the US. They weren't too bad and we may hear more of them on the mid week middle aged mosh on Radio2 drivetime in the future.
There was a long gap between them and The Killers. There was an almost constant parade of people leaving the row forcing me to stand more times than in a church.
Once the Killers finally turned up it was pretty good. I knew ssome of the ssongs and Chris knew most of them. I think he is a bit like Stafford in that he actually listens to the songs on an album whereas I have music on for background. Again the venue was a bit of a let down as we were quite far from the stage off to the side. Look at the attached videos (when I get them loaded).
We got another shuttle bus back to the central station where I managed to just make the 2339 train from platform 5 to Asker. This tied in just nicely with the 0010 bus to Voyen. Result.
Got to bed quite late.
Friday evening I went to The Killers concert at the Telenor arena. Not one of my top favourite bands but it'd be chance to get out and see something different. I'd heard they were coming when somebody at the office put two tickets up for sale a few weeks ago. Unfortunately I was too late to get them. Luckily for me another work colleague said his wife had suffered a leg problem and probably wouldn't be able to make it. I had to wait 'til last Monday to find out if I had a chance or not.
I was looking forward to going all week.
Up 'til today I had been cycling into work, as I felt it was safer than trying to walk on the blasted ice. This morning however I needed to walk so that I didn't have to leave the bike at the office when we went to the concert. Iain Knight who lives just up the road had promised to show me a relatively easy walk apparently. Still took us 30-35mins and I was sweating like a goodun, especially on the arms and back. Good thing I had spare clothes and a towel for showering when I cycle into work.
I had a rush to get the spreadsheet off to the REG before our planned departure time of 1600hrs. Didn't make it and I also cleaned up the cake trolley so it wasn't left til Monday again!
We did manage to get to the train for 1630hrs to take us into Oslo. The Telenor Arena lays on shuttle buses from the National Theatre. Not free as a return costs 100NOK. Still it's a lot less hassle than trying to use public transport or a car. Chris and I decided we'd have a few beers before setting off to the concert. Three poorly poured Guinness was out limit before we then headed out for something to eat at McDonald's.
The bus when we got on was quite full and took approx 20mins to get to the arena. The driver we had must've been a frustrated rally driver as we actually over took the bus in front of us. I was nervous about standing up between two glass panels. Took quite a while to get from the dropoff point to our entrance to the arena, and it was slippery all the way. Security was done by the same company that provides security for the Schlumberger office. G4S. as I went through the turn-stile I got recognised by one of the guards. Thought it might have been mistaken identity until I twigged.
As went up the stairs to our seats they were handing out ear plugs. I for one was grateful as I'd left mine in the trousers at the office.
The arena didn't look up to much but I guess they never do. As we took our places for the preview act I thought the stage looked a little small as it only covered about half the width of the floor space. This also meant we were quite a long way off.
The support group were not as I'd imagined a local band but also from the US. They weren't too bad and we may hear more of them on the mid week middle aged mosh on Radio2 drivetime in the future.
There was a long gap between them and The Killers. There was an almost constant parade of people leaving the row forcing me to stand more times than in a church.
Once the Killers finally turned up it was pretty good. I knew ssome of the ssongs and Chris knew most of them. I think he is a bit like Stafford in that he actually listens to the songs on an album whereas I have music on for background. Again the venue was a bit of a let down as we were quite far from the stage off to the side. Look at the attached videos (when I get them loaded).
We got another shuttle bus back to the central station where I managed to just make the 2339 train from platform 5 to Asker. This tied in just nicely with the 0010 bus to Voyen. Result.
Got to bed quite late.
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