Right, where was I?

Valencia was the next city and the venue was Durango Club. Another great venue with fantastic artwork and facilities. It was a Friday night but when the weekend comes in Spain, people don’t believe in starting off their nights until it’s the early morning. We didn’t quite get into the swing of the whole siesta thing so we were pretty wrecked by the time we went on stage. The energy of the crowd got us through the show though, helped by a few Kalimotxo’s (Red wine, Cola, ice and lime) introduced to us from a German couple who drove 150km to see us. Kalimotxo’s became the drink of choice for the remainder of the tour. Gig went grand.

By the next morning the tour was beginning to take its toll. On the way to the next place, finding a pharmacy was top priority. Luckily the nearest pharmacy was just beside the Valencia sea side. Popped into the Med for a quick paddle and with ear, throat and head medicine purchased, we were off to Barcelona. Rocksound was the venue. More crazy Irish were at the gig. The Diamond Rings made their voices heard and a few others from Dublin helped contribute to another fantastic night. And Barcelona beat Athletico Madrid in La Liga that evening so everybody went home happy.

Only an hour journey to the next place on the Sunday, so we had a few hours to spend doing whatever we pleased in Barcelona that morning. Some hit the beach and some wandered around the city gawking at Gaudi’s astonishing architecture. Departed for Salt/Giorona after our dose of sun and culture. The venue was La Mirona. Another venue that couldn’t really rely on passing trade, kind of in the middle of nowhere. But a good crowd showed up and our final Spanish show went swimmingly, and that’s taking into account John’s mid-gig stomach exhumation.

Said goodbye to Spain on the Monday morning and made our way towards Cergy, on the outskirts of Paris, France. We spread the journey over 2 days. Gonna be doing a bit of recording in the venue from Tuesday to Friday before our show on Saturday night, a possible new EP in the pipe line. I’ll let you know how we get on.

Talk t’ya then.

Damo – JS

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Ditto to that.