Tanya and Bee share one of the many fine dining experiences available in England.
Sunday, 2/9/14 – Driving, driving, driving – well, I’m
not, but Tanya is. She’s doing the hard work, and she’s sick, so I’m inclined
to forgive her blasting “Smoke On The Water” from the radio for now. I may have
to find a way to destroy the radio if this goes on too long, though. Now it’s
“Rocky Mountain Way”. Oh God.
A quick, kind, overview of my room in Wales.
That
huge, insane drive through the wilds of Wales cumulated with a gig at the
Marine Hotel in Colwyn Bay, in a small hall there. Good playing from all, nice
people, mediocre food and really pretty crummy rooms. Toilet across the hall,
threadbare sheets, uncleaned sink and tea maker, and a smell of fustiness at
best, and some true stomach-turning smells at worst…especially in the
stairwell, where apparently something must have died and decomposed into the
carpet. The hot water tap ran yellow and brown with bits of unknown
particulates spitting down into the basin. Rinsed my hair with clear cold
water, and forwent breakfast. They said it was built in 1840, and apparently
they hadn’t cleaned the hallway carpet in all that time. It really did have an
appalling stench.
Giant straw Dalek.
You
see strange and beautiful things on the road – before I could get out my
camera, we’d passed the 30-foot Dalek statue that was just standing in a
field!! The fact that none of my fellow travelers had a clue as to what it was
was strange. Oh, well, I can tell Cyn about it
via Skype later. We’ve been communicating that way when we can, if I have time
and a wi-fi available, all the way through the tour. Sometimes when there’s
wi-fi but the signal’s weak we’ll IM on Facebook, which is fine. So much better
than the old days, trying to make a phone call in the middle of the night in
some booth in Germany…or sending postcards that arrive after I get back. My
last tour before this one, there was Internet available occasionally in hotels,
usually on a machine in the lobby. Even email was a luxury for staying in touch
with your spouse. Really, the new technology makes touring and staying sane so
much easier!
Our Dutch brother and manager of Boogie Headquarters In Europe, Henny Houben.
And
with luck we’ll be at Henny’s tonight! We’ve been driving 4 hours or so, and I
suspect a few more to go before the ferry. At least we’ve got good clear
weather! I wish we’d had it for our drive up yesterday, it would have been even
more stunning in regards to the scenery. Wales is largely wild and quite
beautiful. But I’m looking forward to seeing The Netherlands and Germany again
– and I’d like to get some edible and healthy food, too! Then there’s
Spain…that should be interesting. It’s been a long time since I’ve been there.
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