Gourock and Glasgow, Scotland
March 13th, Crossmyloof, Glasgow and Gourock And the radio says… United Kingdom prepares to vote on leaving the Euro. A recent poll says France would also welcome a vote to…
Read MoreFour Countries in a Day
Friday, March 11th 6pm ish, Doyle’s, Dublin Rows of Guinness are settling on the bar. The place is full of French, German, Irish, English accents, ready for the weekend.…
Read MoreOn the Road Again – Brooklyn to Belfast
New York – Belfast I am back on the road. Back in the skies. Honestly, I would have loved at least another week in New York, but professionally and musically…
Read MoreAmerican Folk Art Museum Tonight
Who’s in Manhattan and finishing work around 5.30pm today? I am honoured with a ‘U’ to once again be invited to play the Free Music Friday’s Series at The…
Read MoreOld Friends in the Old Town – Vienna – Budapest
After a bleak enough delay at the Eastern Czech town of Přerov’s train station, we arrived into rainy Vienna’s Hauptbahnhof about forty minutes later than expected. One friendly taxi ride later,…
Read MoreThank You Olomouc – Hello Vienna
February 17th, 2016 – Train from Olomouc to Vienna Go to Olomouc A two hours and twenty minute train ride from Prague, Olomouc is well worth the trip. An historic…
Read MorePrague
The train from Berlin to Prague is one of the more scenic routes I’ve taken in Europe. Clare slept off a bit of jetlag for a few hours. Later, our…
Read MoreStuttgart – Berlin
Feb 11th 2016, Before the gig, Journey to Stuttgart I was irritable today. Partly through tiredness. Partly through being a little worried about the long night ahead of me. Partly…
Read MoreThere’s a Monastery Under My Bed
Tuesday February 9th, Gent, Belgium In my hurry to book somewhere cheap this morning I failed to read the small print. I entered something along the lines of “cheap…
Read MoreWork Your Way Around The World
In 1999 I spent a summer in The Hague. Packing tulips in a factory. A job I found in “Work your way around the world”, a book I bought…
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