Argyll Hotel/ Lee Evans

Lee Evans

Went to the Lee Evans gig on Thursday night in the Glasgow SECC. My beau and I wanted to make a night of it, so booked the Argyll Hotel on sauchiehall street in glasgow.

Paul picked me up and then I drove to Glasgow. I love driving. It was all wintery and I had my hat n scarf on. All wrapped up. So the satnav takes us to the doorstep of the hotel. We shoot up to check in and ask about parking arrangements. As guests we could park in the customer parking bay at the back of the building. Free parking glasgow is unheard of!

Up to room 210. Its beautiful. Small, but clean and fresh. Everything we needed. The TV was an LCD, which was a surprise. Almost as soon as we got into the room, Paul knocked the lamp and burst the bulb. I called concierge (Sandy, a very pleasant chap indeedy) and he not only brought one up, but changed it and opened my bottle of wine! Sandy explained that our room was the Buchanan tartan. And that each room had is own tartan theme. I liked this. Very Scottish hotel, the carpets and paintings were all Scottish. It was a nice touch. Made me quite patriotic. I can imagine it being a novelty to travellers from all over too.
Paul and I had a wee munch, wee drink (erm, i drank the whole bottle before the concert - i don't even drink! I was a little tipsy but okay)

Sandy had given us directions on how to walk to the concert hall from the hotel. We were both surprised how close by it was! We got there and immediately went to our seat. Didn't want to bump into certain people we knew were going to be there. Secretly I hoped we did. But then its probably better we didn't.

Onto the gig. I've never been to a stand up comedy act and only recently was introduced to Lee Evans. OMG I was so not disappointed. My cheeks still hurt from the constant laughter and smiling! He has this very British sense of humour, that I like. Its crude but tasteful at the same time. The material he writes is so funny. We can all relate to it, which is why its so easy to get. He himself is a humorous man. His facial expressions and also his wee giggle sent the concert hall into one big belly laugh!

The concert was about 3 hours long. He came on for an encore and didn't disappoint. He did a mime of Bohemian rhapsody. He reminded me of a new age charlie chaplin in this.

Lee Evans seems a very genuine man. A family man and a man who is grounded. He made a point of signing autographs and shaking the hands of his fans. He probably would have cooked us all dinner too if he could. Overall, the gig was fantastic. We had great seats (thanks Paul xx), great laughs and great company.

At the end of the gig, we walked back to the hotel. Dying of thirst had a bit of irn bru and chilled out. Early morning. We got up had a nice shower and head down for breakfast. Yum. Lovely. I was most impressed by this hotel and would love to go back.

We check out, and head home to pick up family for journey number II ...

(pics coming soon)