Hurray have finally pitched up in Kirkcaldy, nabbed some free wi-fi and am connected with the outside world. I can honestly hand on heart say that Liddi and I are having the absolute best time since we cross to border to Scotland.
The scenery up here has stolen my heart and I feel as though have fallen in love, every corner we turn Liddi and I are gasp "wow" it is truly truly beautiful.
So first stop was the lovely Coffee Shop in Strathpeffer. Uber cool coffee house complete with silent laurel and hardy movies and a soda fountain store. We had a wonderful show with the kindest of audiences. Many thanks to Rob Ellen for putting us on, to be honest I have developed a bit of a mini crush on Rob, he has a great warmth to him. The gig is run along similar lines to a house concert which made the whole atmosphere all lovely and warm. We stayed overnight with Jim and Marilyn on the breathtaking Cairngorm mountains. We drove up to the house late at night when it was pretty dark so couldn't really take in the scenery but awoke in the morning to realise that there was a snow capped mountain right outside the window. I have never breathed air so fresh or eaten eggs so yellow. Wonderful.
Next stop we made a lovely journey over the highlands to catch the ferry over to Mull.
Onwards to Tobermory which to be honest I think is the prettiest village I have ever been to. Huge thanks to Gordon and the team at the An Tobar arts centre that were our hosts for the evening. After a quick photo shoot with the gorgeous men of the Tobermory RNLI crew, we were straight up to the show:
I managed to catch a shot of the stage backstage which for me summises why I love/fear gigging. It's the moment when you see the stage all lit up backstage with an empty seat and your guitar waiting ready.....there is nothing left to do but play:
The show was wonderful and the audience were as good as they come. After staying in the fab B&B gordon sorted for us and eating potato scones for breakfast we made the drive down from the highlands to Edinburgh. Last night I caught up with a old friend I haven't seen in over 12 years, strange to realise how much time changes and doesn't change us at the same time.
So, now we have arrived in Kirkcaldy for the show tonight at The Acoustic Club. I can't believe we are counting down our last three shows. Tomorrow we head up to the highlands again to the loft in Forres before the long long long drive down to Burton on Trent for the last show on Saurday at The Madhouse. If you are anywhere near driving distance of Burton on Saturday you should come along for the following reasons a) it's our last gig of the tour b) the madhouse is brilliant and c) if all goes to plan Clive will be heading across to play the set with us.
Super exciting I get to see Dom on Saturday and this time not leave him to go anywhere else. However, I do have a desperate urge to write new material so my friend is going to try and sort me out a little hideaway in Ireland for a week so I can lock myself away with my guitar and a keyboard to get some new material written.
Liddi is good, being a rock and I have laminated her a certficate for best equipment lugger the world has ever seen.
Soooo gald you are having such a great time :)
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