We had the most amazing experience this summer – A tour of
The gig
Squishy's
21 June –
Aunty Yvonne and Lauren drove us into
After the gig – massive hangs with Ricky and Lauren!! Some incredible food, great people, good drinking and endless jokes!!
22 June –
After a beautiful ferry ride to
Posing in the sun Backstage @ Victoria
A wicked bar, with a great bass (cheers – Tillah) meant a cool gig. A brief hang in the Hotel cocktail bar – Apple Martinis all round and jokes at a piano that played itself!!!
23 June – Travelling
Leaving
We Boarded our flight to
Us mid flow at the Society
Having hooked up with our great friend John Escreet, we hung at Dizzy's for a bit before Shane and Jay went to check
25 June – Travel to
A dark morning – getting on a train at 8.20am!! A long haul train journey, back across the border, to
Met by Dani and Uncle Marc! Another generous member of Jay's family. Back to his for much needed Barbeque and Beer – and to meet
26 June –
Our first festival gig at
27 June –
Leaving out early once more, we took the train to
28 June –
The second day in
Our last gig – an honour to play at the Upstairs club. Following the sleepy train journey back to
30 June –
Jay's cousin Tyler fancied himself as a soccer player – so an impromptu
Kit left us mid afternoon to fly back to Blighty for some gigs. We chilled in his absence – much Wii, Pancakes, Jay and Tillah bought excessive Candaian Candy and we watched Cloverfield. Uncle Marc and Lorena are legends – has a bar in the basement where we were sleeping –safe.
Tillah behind the bar
1 July –
Feeling relaxed, Jay and Tillah hit some back yard Badminton whilst Face ran off to the park so assert some more English dominance on the Soccer pitch. Shane slept. Anne Darla took us to the hippest shops in Montreal- after a beer with Uncle Marc. Face got some Nikes!!
Us and Uncle Marc
We were treated to some fine Chinese dining – Lobster no less – by the generous Auntie Marlene and Luciano! He said he could get us some incredible suits – and hooked it up! Legend…
A great Hang at Upstairs Jazz Club again – a Jam session featuring Greg Ritchie, many beers, great fun.
2 July –
The suit hook up happened!! Luciano introduced us to Tony Tatkiss – importer of fine leathers and Suits! Everyone got seriously kitted out…
The Suits
Us Luciano and Tony
Back to Marc's to hang, more Wii, watching Nadal beat
3 July ––
Our last day – Uncel Marc had promised to take us golfing, so we Jay, Shane and Tillah hit the range. Much harder than it looks, it pained us but we had to admit, Jay was best.
Some fond farewells, we were blown away by the warmth and generousity shown to us in
Unfortunately, we were flying with the now defunct Zoom. Then plane never arrived, we were shuttled off to a hotel, annoyed and shattered.
4 July – Delays!
After a beautiful al fresco lunch, we drudged back to the airport to wait for another 8 hours! Jay and face were corralled into entertaining the passengers, which led to some upset security guards.
