Category: Travels

Today’s drive was just three and a half hours, initially along quiet country roads and through small villages where you have to know to keep your speed down to 50 kph although there is not always a sign saying this. Most of these country roads have a cycle track next to them with a wide,…

Tonight, Ray played the opening concert for the music night in Elmshorn. For one evening, starting at 18.00 and going on until 22.30, music is found in twenty venues throughout the centre of the city. Following the opening concert, music starts in the other venues at 19.30 where one artist or band will perform two…

The first show on this tour is in the dining hall of the Grönne-Eng Eco-Village in Ørestad just outside of Copenhagen. The picture above shows Ray on the roof of the Eco-Village pointing out Copenhagen on the horizon, with the rooftop greenhouse in the background. The EcoVillage is a block of apartments and condominiums with…

My return to European roads began with a combination of a train and ski lift. Not really a train but it did run on a track and although the size of a small ski lift, it takes 4 people, it also ran mostly horizontally. I had to get a very early flight, 6.55 am, so…

It’s May again and the start of another tour in Northern Europe – specifically Denmark and Northern Germany. Ray drives down from his home in Sweden and I fly early tomorrow morning to Copenhagen after a night in an airport hotel. See you on the road…. Click here for the next entry on this tour

Another long drive but an early start, a sunny day and an easy journey meant that we arrived at the Temperance Cafe in Leamington Spa just after 2pm and when the midday show featuring two members of the band Razorlight had just finished. Setup and sound check was completed by 3.15 giving us four hours…

Thursday gave us our only day off from performing. It was a short drive from York down to Otley and Boff Whalley had offered for us to stay at his place before the show at UpCo the following evening. As you can see from the picture, Boff’s house was preparing for Halloween. We were very…

The Fortyfive Vinyl Café lies in the historic heart of York. As a café, it is barely a year old and is modelled on the cafés and listening rooms found in Nashville, Tennessee. It specialises in coffee, light food and has a licenced bar. The walls and tables are covered with music memorabilia and there…

We had a pleasant drive from Fareham to Honiton in Devon for a house concert, the only one on this tour. As you can see from the photographs, a house concert is a very intimate affair. Totally acoustic. You don’t need a large room as here there were just 15 people although Ray has played…