Back in the UK for a week...bit of a mixed trip but been great for the most part, especially spending a week in the glorious English countryside of Dorset.  There really is nowhere to match the beauty of the English countryside in the Summer.  Elsewehere it's the usual English fixation on bad news, interest rates and house prices.  One other unfortunate coincidence is that the new Coldplay album has just been released here, and they are everywhere.  Chris Martin is such an annoying dweeb.  But generally music scene is really good, though the new Fratellis album is a bit dissapointing, a bit like the Beatles minus the melodies and songwriting.  Weather is crap as usual, a bit of sunshine here and there, but cold...Syndey is actually warmer and it's winter there..