Final Tour Entry

Beasly, swimming back to cupar.

The York gig having gone well we had a day of driving back up to anster and another day completely off. Desperate for some kind of exercise, I walked further this time, on to pittenweem, the next village south on the fife coastal path. It was an absolutely gorgeous day. i had originally intended to walk down to elie to try out the chain walks there, these slightly treacherous paths along the rocky coast that have chains along them for climbing. after a 2 mile hike to pittenweem i gave up and bought an icecream cone instead. i sat there in a little park next to a swing set and looked out into the north sea. not bad.

Last gig of the tour, glasgow, the gargage. a massive place, probably 700 capacity, and by my 2nd song (i started at 7:30, not expecting many to be there), all the people came up to the front. it looked like a music video audience, i kept my eyes shut for most of it, finding the glaswegian hoots and hollers hard to decipher as friendly or not, but they applauded generously, so i figured they mostly dug it. what a crowd. they loved johnny and kenny. this was a sort of homecoming. apparently when we were not allowed an encore (things had to finish by 10, for some sort of nightclub or ritualistic lamb-slaughtering or something), people got slightly lairy and the security all congregated to the front to get people out. a suitable ending to a remarkable outing. it has been quite an experience to see britain this way, i am most grateful and humbled by kenny, johnny, gavin and pete. in our conversations, jokes, travels and music it has been most rewarding. i am definitely looking forward to being home. until next time, lots of love-

J.