Half Term

Hi all.

Last week was exciting, full of ups and downs...

We performed in Newcastle, Blyth, Bishop Auckland, Wakefield, Warrington and Glasgow. The best Premier Inn was in Glasgow, for all who are interested! We were photographed a lot last week, lots of the schools wanted photos for their websites, newsletters and govenors. We posed after the show with some children from the schools. The performances we did were lively, the show is getting much closer to the 1hr 5min target, Warrington was 1hr 6!! We just need to keep Paddy on track!

On Wednesday night, while driving from Wakefield to Warrington, I put £60 worth of petrol into the van. When I took the company fuel card up to the kiosk to pay, they told me I'd put the wrong fuel in!! aaaaaaagh!! So I had to pay for the fuel, then we waited to get the fuel pumped out. We got to Warrington at half 10 and I felt really sheepish! Hopefully I will never do it again...I've heard loads of 'wrong fuel' stories from loads of people since, which has been nice!

Its half term now, Emily and Mariae have gone to Tunisia and Portugal respectively. Paddy is planning a new music show with a friend of his and I am taking a couple of days off before the final five weeks of the tour begins. I will also be doing some fixing jobs; sewing, spraying and stapling mainly!

The second part of the tour sees us bound for the south of England for four weeks. We will be in Kent, Essex, Beds, Oxford, Hampshire and more before finishing the tour with a week in Harrogate. We will be staying in rented accomodation, which I'm really looking forward to...I enjoy cooking my own food too much to be in hotels and restaurants all week!

Bye for now

Jack

I've been to Northumberland

Hey all,

This week has been eventful. We started with a jump start of the van in Piercebridge and a squashed show in Staindrop, which was very lively! Then two shows on tuesday with a very rowdy but involved bunch of year 8s from Blyth! Then to the north of Northumberland, staying a night in Beadnell Towers on tuesday night, doing shows in Seahouses and Wooler on wednesday. We were in Alnwick on Thursday in the ornate Dukes Middle School hall, and a middle school in Bedlington on Friday. I went to look at a possible venue for the La Pelota tour in the autumn on thursday, it was good and I think we could use it.

Tonight I am off to Newcastle to do shows in the city and Blyth tomorrow. Then we are in Bishop Auckland on tuesday, my homeland! Wed, Thurs and Fri we are in Premier Inns in west Yorkshire and Glasgow, before its half term and Emily and Mairae go on holidays! While they're enjoying sun and warmth, I'm going to fix a chair leg, sew the set, and explore amplifier options!

Aaaah the life!

Jack