The last wee while, chapter 1

Posted by Karina

Where do I start? I bet you've been wondering where we disappeared to eh? Well, the truth is we disappeared to a lot of different places! I've got so much to tell you it's tough to know where to begin (to avoid a massive blogation I may do this yin in stages)...

For those of you who don't know, we've been away to Europe on a wee adventure. It began on the shores of Newcastle. We had one to two beers aboard the ferry to Amsterdam (except for our hardcore rhythm section who managed to sink one to two hundred!) and took in the delights of the ferry entertainment, all thoroughly excited about the coming days. On arrival in Holland, Tony promptly bought some porn and we hit the road for our first eight-hour drive of the trip to sunny Kappeln (in Germany). We arrived to a stunning holiday apartment with a fridge stocked with beer and a hot meal cooked for our arrival! Our hosts were incredibly hospitable, we we're looked after by the wonderful 'Sommer Haus'. You should check these guys out, great players and unbelievably nice human beings! We were also lucky enough to be blessed with the company of Sheila and Ronnie, the most rock folk ever who flew from Scotland to see us play (and have a wee holiday!). You crazy cats! It was so lovely having them there. Thank you guys! The good company didn't end there, we also had the full-on crazy times, party crew on call, in the form of Ade and Matze, friends of Thilo's from Stuttgart. These guys party hard! They were spectacular fun and it was a pleasure hanging out with them.
To be honest, everyone we met there were really wonderful people, proper great.

Anyway, after much sea swimming, sun bathing and sound checking in bikinis. O.S took the stage for their headline slot and the Strandfest beach festival on Saturday night. IT WAS FECKING AWESOME! Truly one of the best night's EVER and I know the whole band would agree with me on that one. Sommer Haus had just played a blinding set before us and the crowd were truly primed for some O.S action.

As the evening drew to a close and Daniel (our wonderful soundman) twiddled his knobs from the lifeguard hut above us, we sucked up the German beer and fantastic atmosphere and lord we did ROCK! So much fun, it almost hurt! The party went on till well into the wee small hours and we made some great friends that night.

The Sunday saw a relaxed early evening appearance from us, which meant playing in the blazing sunshine. Something we're truly unaccustomed to in Scotland. It was really lovely. Later in the night, Sommer Haus rounded off with a belter of a set while awesome fireworks went off overhead! Beautiful man! We were moved! Especially when Sommer Haus presented us with a framed, signed picture from the night before... It would've brought a tear to a glass eye! As our time in Kappeln came to a close, we were truly gutted and reluctant to move on. We had such a good time there (definitely want to go back next year!). Fortunately, there were more good times to come...

I don't want to flood you with too much info in the one go fellows, so I'll leave it here and the next instalment will be all about high times in Ludwigsburg (I've definitely spelt that wrong! Sorry!) and Stuttgart.

Love you all,

Peace homies,

Kaz xxxxxxxx

P.S I’ll put up a link to our photos and photos other folk have taken so you can have a look through at your leisure.