Tour Diary pt2

EDINBURGH
A sleep in is much needed but unfortunately not possible due the hostels 10.30am kick out time. At least we are up and out.
We make a quick dash to the same cafe Elly and I ate at last time we played Edinburgh, buying postcards like true tourists along the way. Disappointment looms when the vegetarian breakfast has no vegetarian haggis. This is soon forgotten though as everyone is soooo hungry and in need of a brew. Elly takes about 4 days to write 3 postcards in the cafe and we head off around the city. Tim and Sophie have never been here before so there is excitement in the air.

Elly buys an owl in a Christmas shop that is maybe a little too expensive but actually is quite cute and will spend the rest of the tour sharing the stage with us.

I'm in need of more football and it's Man Utd v Chelsea today so a pub is found. The others get bored after about 10 minutes and go for a walk.

The genius road system of Edinburgh fucks us in the ass again as we try to get about a mile down the road to the venue. We have 2 maps and GPS on Elly's phone and we still screw it up.

It's good to see Euan again... he's putting the show on tonight in this cool venue in the Art College which was probably our best show on the May tour. The French Quarter are already here and we all laugh about the previous nights nonsense in Perth. Alex the sound engineer made us sound great last time we were here so I'm excited about how we will sound tonight.

Phil is here too! Opening up tonight and he plays a beauty. The French Quarter sound sweet and play their hearts out. Ace band.

Our set is about as good as it can be. Visuals of fox walking nowhere to not meet it's death accompany the sounds and it feels huge tonight. Like a proper band or something.
http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/reviews/live/4727

We stay at Ally's house and I fall asleep sat up in the chair and wake up in pitch black not knowing what the fuck is going on. I curl up on the floor. I hurt bad in the morning.
Being able to chill at Ally's in the morning is a welcome relief as we can check emails and drink tea until a lunch time load out and off to Newcastle.

NEWCASTLE
We pass a place called Cocklaw which is pretty funny don't you think?
We are very early so stop off in Berwick-upon-Tweed. A lovely town on the coast. Tim and I demand Fish and Chips be eaten by the sea. I nearly pass out from not eating very much at all and drinking far too much the previous day. Everyone in Berwick owns a ridiculous whipet-type of dog with unnecessarily long legs. Weird. We eventually find Fish and Chips and a hill where we can see the sea and a massive seagull. It's freezing and my food is cold in about 3 minutes. Elly goes on another postcard writing mission and we head on our way to Newcastle.

Today is exciting for me as I finally get to meet Chantal (Sleepingdog) who's record I am releasing. She has traveled from Belgium to tour with us for the remainder of the week. We arrive and Chantal and Mark are already here. We greet John the promoter again - a lovely chap who has put us on a few times this year.
The show tonight is really nice. Sleepingdog's set is mesmerizing and the room is silent. A beautiful moment. We seem to go down well and plenty of merch is shifted. Our friend Stephen is here (he has designed our new t-shirt/poster) and he enjoys the new fuller sound we are pushing.

A drive back to Leeds is on the cards. It feels like we're really on it now after 4 shows in a row.