I'm completely knackered, having spent about five hours cutting up bits of tree and stuffing them in compost bags so this is more of an assembly job than real cooking.

So while Old Nick is watching Top Gear I have slammed two pheasants in bacon waistcoats in the oven at 220 degrees for 20 minutes then three sweet potatoes will go in on a separate baking dish.

After they have had another 20 minutes on will go the shredded red cabbage to boil. Then after another ten minutes, out come the birds to be divided amongst the three of us and in go the Yorkshires (shop bought I'm afraid), the red cabbage water will be used to make some instant Bisto gravy, red cabbage plated up, one sweet potato each skinned and on plate two Yorkshires each, gravy for Mrs F and Old Nick, none for me I prefur it dry.

Open bottle of Faustino I Rioja, slob out in front of TV, where did the weekend go?

Apologies to anyone wanting for my Spanish chicken dish it will be along later.

What a busy day its been, I pruned one of our trees and still haven't bagged up all the cuttings yet as it got too dark to see.

Anyhow we went to see Alice Cooper with Motorhead and Joan Jett (no they were playing support not going out with us) at Wembley's Empire Pool (Cook does not do rebranding)

First up was Joan Jett, she did the hits I Love Rock n' Roll, Crimson and Clover, Cherry Bomb, Hate Myself for Lovin You and some new stuff which was alright, big moron beat and chuggin riffs, bur not exactly memorable. Joan has always had shit choice when it comes to cover versions er Gary Glitter's Do you Wanna Touch anybody!

Next up Motorhead, well they are Motorhead so what do you expect? Cracked on with Dr Rock, Stay Clean, Metropolis and some newish stuff including a drum solo (does anyone like drum solos?), plus stonking cover of Thin Lizzie's Rosalie dedicated to Phil Lynott and polished off with Killed by Death. Back for an encore with Whorehouse Blues - Phil and Mickey on acoustic guitars and Lemmy vocals and harmonica, totally unexpected, blew me away. Then Ace of Spades and Overkill. First time I've seen Motorhead for yonks and I'd like to see them agian, but not in a barn like Wembley.

Incidentally check out the album Lemmy made with Slim Jim Phantom of 50's rock n' roll classics like Big River and Cut Accross Shorty its fabulous.

Well how's Alice going to top this? you may ask, Showmanship that's how. Kicking off with Under my Wheels and No More Mr Nice Guy, Alice played a rockin set with plenty of theatricals. Numbers included I'm Eighteen, Welcome to my Nightmare, Only women Bleed, Halo of Flies (with another fuckin drum solo)Dead Babies, Feed my Frankenstein, and Cold Ethel. Last time we saw him he had his head chopped off by a guilotine, this time he gets hung on a gallows only to wake again with I Love the Dead and close the show with School's Out

Encores Billion dollar Babies, Poison and Elected, completely brilliant, not bad for a bunch of pensioners.

Good to see Kizlode again after so long too.

Right I'm off to beddy byes or shall I have a wee drinkie, who knows what might happen.