February was a month of ups and downs!
The downs came first - when my Central Heating boiler decided it had had enough and collapsed after more than 30 years of hard labour! It was a good boiler in its time - a pity that it waited for the coldest day of the winter to retire! I was without heat for a few days but survived until a new boiler was installed!
The ups came with a trip to Berlin and surrounding areas!
Very enjoyable "house-full" concerts in the Petruskirche, Lichterfelde and Villa Felice in Heiligensee!
I return to both venues later in the year (see "Dates").
During this time I was delighted to visit long-standing friends in Halle and Leipzig as well as catch up with "old comrade" of the 1970s and 1980s, Hannes Wader, whose concert in HDK, Berlin brought back many great memories!