Another early start after for another Ferry is the last thing I want but it’s the price you pay for ultra fun. Me, Paul and Mike take our positions in the back of the van and try to sleep in a series of increasingly uncomfortable positions while Luke drives and Broads navigates. This formation works for us but I feel a bit guilty that Luke has to keep driving! I blame John the van man for messing up his schedule. This time we had to drive to Belfast to get the Ferry to Scotland, and it’s lovely to see the extortionate prices in the Queen’s sterling.
(Paul being grateful for Luke’s driving skills.)
After the ferry Luke skilfully weaves along the Scottish coastline and me and the Wecht watch Gladiator and I fall asleep during all the boring bits and see all the gore which is like some kind of incredible highlights reel. Today is a bit of a boring one because we spend most of it travelling, then setting up but when all that is taken care of we can start to have some fun. We meet up with the Holy State guys again and they’re playing Magic: The Gathering. I have literally no idea what is happening as they play but it’s fun to watch the arguments break out. We get some amazing pizzas and talk music, films and tattoos and get to know them a bit better. They have their friend Adam with them, and along with Jason and Chelsea who we’re staying with tonight, he’s the only person there!
This looks like it could be a disaster but before Holy State’s set we all grab some candles and make the show a little more homely. Holy Ghost as the posters for the show have renamed them, played brilliantly tonight and the sound is amazing so it’s a shame no body made it. After their set we swap the gear over and play ourselves. This is when it starts to all get a little bit homoerotic. All the Holy State guys join us on stage playing percussion, for literally the whole set and it’s not long before everyone is topless. Max grabs a drum out of nowhere while everyone else dances round a candle and they lay down the challenge to get more naked and before long almost everyone is in their boxers. The bar staff from downstairs come down and watch the ridiculous scenes unfold. It’s a bit of a shame but what could have been a rubbish night turned into a really fun one. After dropping the van off Jason and Chelsea take us to Nice and Sleazys for a drink and then take pity on us as we’re all so tired and let us go home to bed! Me and Broads go back to Chelsea’s for a cup of tea and then get to sleep in her bed which is above her kitchen and bathroom. As soon as my head hits the pillow I’m out for the most amazing night sleep ever in the muscular arms of BZE.
